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  • Growing Up Canadian

    Canada and its Youth Come of Age 1960-1980

    by Clyde Woolman ...
    Series Book 1 - Growing Up Canadian
    The generation that came of age from 1960 to 1980 had front-row seats to the events and personalities that laid the foundation for the Canada we know today. As the generation matured, so too did the country.Chapters range from TV to sports, music to business, and stage to screen. A section includes the lengths individuals went to be “cool.” Another features Canada’s attempts to deal with the big ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Growing Up Canadian: Volume 3

    by Clyde Woolman ...
    What a ride! And this third and final volume of the Growing Up Canadian trilogy completes the journey. The youthful days of Canada’s boomer crowd are told with wit and humour. Part history, part trivia, part pop culture and fully Canadian, this volume includes an array of topics featuring music, television, hobbies, sports, lifestyle, politics, school life, and much more. Covering every region of ... Read more

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  • Talking to Canadians

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    For sixty years, Lloyd Robertson lived his dream of working in broadcasting, bringing us the major events of the day. The longest-serving national TV news anchor in Canadian history, first for CBC and then for CTV, Robertson remains one of the most accomplished journalists of our time. His career reflects the history of the past half century, as he reported on JFK’s assassination, the moon landing ... Read more

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  • Off the Record

    INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERPeter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into his life and career, from his early broadcasting days in the remote northern Manitoba community of Churchill to the fast-paced news desk of CBC’s flagship show, The National, where he reported on stories from around the world.Today, Peter Mansbridge is often recognized ... Read more

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  • The Big Book of Canadian Trivia

    Here in one big book is all the trivia and facts about Canada anyone needs to know. The Big Book is jam-packed with facts and stories. There are stories of important Canadian artifacts and history including what became of Canada's World War II spy camp. All regions and provinces are covered, as well as important Canadian figures like John Molson, Elizabeth Arden and Russ Jackson. If that isn't ... Read more

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  • Is Canada Even Real?

    How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe

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  • The Class

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    One of Canada's greatest journalists shares a half century of the stories behind the stories.From his vantage point harnessed to a tree overlooking the town of Huntsville (he tended to wander), a very young Roy MacGregor got in the habit of watching people—what they did, who they talked to, where they went. He has been getting to know his fellow Canadians and telling us all about them ever since ... Read more

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  • Fascinating Canada

    A Book of Questions and Answers

    Few people have read as widely in the field of Canadiana as has John Robert Colombo. The curiosity of this Toronto writer, editor, and anthologist knows few if any bounds when it comes to the lore, literature, history, culture, and character of Canada. He has an inquiring mind and he seems able to find national and even international twists to subjects of interest or importance.Fascinating Canada, ... Read more

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