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  • Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King

    So Similar, So Different

    by Terry Reardon ...
    Born just two weeks apart in 1874, Winston Churchill and William Lyon Mackenzie King took different paths to achieve their objective of a parliamentary career, Churchill through military exploits and King via academic excellence. When he became prime minister, King realized that Canada had to progress from a subservient position to an independent one. Thus, when the Second World War broke out, ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Warlords

    Borden, Mackenzie King, and Canada's World Wars

    by Tim Cook ...
    Two portraits flank the doors leading into Canada's House of Commons: Sir Robert Borden to the left and W.L.M. King to the right. While each man appears flatteringly stern, wise, and charismatic, it is the portrait plaques that are of particular interest. Borden's caption reads: "World War I War Leader, 1914–1918," while King's caption is similar: "World War II War Leader, 1939–1945." No other ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

  • Macdonald at 200

    New Reflections and Legacies

    Edited by Patrice Dutil, Roger Hall ...
    A modern look at a classic leader.Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. Well researched and crisply written by recognized scholars and specialists, the collection throws new light on Macdonald’s formative role in shaping government, promoting women’s rights, managing the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Battle of London

    Trudeau, Thatcher, and the Fight for Canada's Constitution

    by Frédéric Bastien ...
    Translated by Jacob Homel ...
    A bestseller in Quebec that describes the horse-trading, intrigue and unrest behind Trudeau’s quest to repatriate the Constitution.After the referendum in 1980, Pierre Elliott Trudeau turned his sights on repatriating the Constitution in an effort to make Canada fully independent from Britain. What should have been a simple process snowballed into a complicated intrigue.Quebec, which thought its ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Churchill: The Power of Words

    His Remarkable Life Recounted Through His Writings and Speeches

    by Winston Churchill ...
    A collection of "exceptional works" from the British prime minister and Nobel Prize winner is "a superb volume of Churchill's writings and speeches" ( Washington Times).Winston Churchill knew the power of words. In speeches, books, and articles, he expressed his feelings and laid out his vision for the future. His wartime writings and speeches have fascinated generation after generation with their ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Last Lion: Volume 1

    Winston Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874–1932

    by William Manchester ...
    The first volume in William Manchester's masterful, magnum opus account of Winston Churchill's life. The Last Lion: Visions of Glory follows the first fifty-eight years of Churchill's life--the years that mold him into the man who will become one of the most influential politicians of the twentieth century.In this, the first volume, Manchester follows Churchill from his birth to 1932, when he ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Last Lion: Volume 2

    Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, 1932-1940

    by William Manchester ...
    A #1 New York Times Bestseller, this biography of the legendary British Prime Minister explores his life in an era of rising fascism and encroaching war.“**Told with skill and vivid anecdotes ... the story continues to shock and horrify.” —**TimeIn Alone, the second volume of William Manchester's brilliant three-volume biography of Winston Churchill, we witness the war within, bef... ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City

    The Meeting That Made Canada

    by Christopher Moore ...
    Series series History of Canada
    In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Necessary War, Volume 1

    by Tim Cook ...
    Series Book 3 - Canadians Fighting
    Co-winner of the 2014-2015 Charles P. Stacey AwardTim Cook, Canada’s leading war historian, ventures deep into World War Two in this epic two-volume story of heroism and horror, of loss and longing, sacrifice and endurance.Written in Cook’s compelling narrative style, this book shows in impressive detail how soldiers, airmen, and sailors fought—the evolving tactics, weapons of war, logistics, and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Fight to the Finish

    Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945

    by Tim Cook ...
    Series Book 4 - Canadians Fighting
    **Winner of the 2016 Ottawa Book AwardThe magisterial second volume of Tim Cook's definitive account of Canadians fighting in the Second World War.**Historian Tim Cook displays his trademark storytelling ability in the second volume of his masterful account of Canadians in World War II. Cook combines an extraordinary grasp of military strategy with a deep empathy for the soldiers on the ground, at ... Read more

    Was $16.99 CAD Now $13.99 CAD

  • Their Finest Hour

    by Winston S. Churchill ...
    Series Book 2 - Winston S. Churchill The Second World Wa
    The second volume in the WWII history "written with simplicity, lucidity, and gusto" by the legendary leader and Nobel Prize winner ( The New York Times).In Their Finest Hour, Winston Churchill describes the invasion of France and a growing sense of dismay in Britain. Should Britain meet France's desperate pleas for reinforcements or conserve their resources in preparation for the inevitable ... Read more

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  • At the Sharp End Volume One

    Canadians Fighting the Great War 1914-1916

    by Tim Cook ...
    Series Book 1 - Canadians Fighting
    The first comprehensive history of Canadians in WWI in forty years, and already hailed as the definitive work on Canadians in the Great War, At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of 1914—16. Tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands, died before the generals and soldiers found a way to break the terrible stalemate of the front. Based on eyewitness accounts detailed in the ... Read more

    Was $12.99 CAD Now $8.99 CAD