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  • Canada's Colonies

    A History of the Yukon and Northwest Territories

    by Ken S. Coates ...
    Series series Canadian Issue
    Furs, gold, whales, oil--the reason for going north has always been to empty the treasure house. The northern territories are vast and sparsely populated, so southern Canadians have been content to consider the North a colony, not a true part of Canada.Since the first British naval expeditions to the "Frozen North," the history of the region has been romanticised. This book presents that history ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Spooky Sudbury

    True Tales of the Eerie & Unexplained

    by Mark Leslie, Jenny Jelen ...
    "I tried to leave" is a common theme for those from the Sudbury region. People often vow to move away, but something about the Nickel City keeps luring them back. Whether it's the taste of fresh air -- or just the sulphur in the air -- it's hard to move beyond the black rocks, endless lakes, and great openness without longing to come home.Some are so attached to the northern community that they ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Goal That United Canada, 72 Amazing Stories by Canadians from Coast to Coast

    by Sean Mitton, Jim Prime ...
    A moment in time.It’s rare for a person to remember exactly where he or she was at a single moment in time, some four decades past. It’s rarer still for an entire nation to hold a collective memory of such a moment. This kind of hardwired retention usually results from group trauma — the shock of assassination, large scale tragedy, or natural disaster.Occasionally, the event that galvanizes a ... Read more

    $2.81 CAD

  • Flames Across the Border

    1813-1814

    by Pierre Berton ...
    The Canada–U.S. border was in flames as the War of 1812 continued. York's parliament buildings were on fire, Niagara-on-the-Lake burned to the ground and Buffalo lay in ashes. Even the American capital of Washington, far to the south, was put to the torch. The War of 1812 had become one of the nineteenth century's bloodiest struggles.Flames Across the Borderis a compelling evocation of war at its ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Loyalists

    Revolution Exile Settlement

    by Christopher Moore ...
    In 1783 and 1784, some fifty thousand Americans felt that they could not support the revolution against Britain. They were called Loyalists – and there would be no place for them in the new United States.As they streamed into the Canadian colonies to the north, they changed forever the face of settlement there. Their arrival would eventually lead to the formation of the provinces of New Brunswick ... Read more

    Was $17.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

  • October Crisis, 1970

    An Insider’s View

    by William Tetley ...
    In October 1970, Robert Bourassa's provincial government refused to exchange political hostages for twenty-three FLQ terrorists. By the evening of 15 October, 3,000 outraged Quebecers appeared poised to riot. Fearing insurrection, the federal government implemented the War Measures Act and jailed 497 people. Most Canadian historians cite this event as an unjustified assault on civil rights and ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • The Right Balance

    Canada's Conservative Tradition

    by Hugh Segal ...
    In a manner that reflects his long-time academic and practitioner’s association with conservative politics and ideas in Canada, Hugh Segal traces the deep historical roots of Canadian conservatism and the themes that unite its pre- and post-confederation reality with today’s challenges and issues. The Right Balance connects the historical roots and exclusive intellectual principles of Canadian ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Liquor, Lust and the Law

    The Story of Vancouvers Legendary Penthouse Nightclub

    by Aaron Chapman ...
    The story of Vancouver’s legendary Penthouse nightclub, founded in 1947 and active to this day. In its heyday, acts like Sammy Davis Jr and Nat King Cole performed, and stars like Frank Sinatra and Gary Cooper visited; in the 1970s, the club became infamous for its exotic dancers and a lurid history that included vice squads, politicians, and con men. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hockey Night in Canada

    60 Seasons

    by Michael McKinley ...
    Hockey Night in Canada has reached a great age (and for television, practically an immortal one) because it made itself into something that Canada couldn't live without. It is this surge of emotion that connected us all each week, and which connects us through the years to now. Hockey Night in Canada didn't just aim a camera at a game and observe what happened-it actively gave the country a prism ... Read more

    Was $18.99 CAD Now $14.99 CAD

  • The Mass Media in Canada

    Fourth Edition

    by Mary Vipond ...
    Canada has one of the most advanced mass-media systems in the world, which allows Canadians more access to American culture via television, the movies, and the Internet than ever before. At the same time, governments support the production and distribution of Canadian content to Canadians.In this fully updated fourth edition, Mary Vipond traces the rise of the traditional mass media in Canada, ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Isaac Brock

    Canada's Hero in the War of 1812

    by Cheryl MacDonald ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    Isaac Brock is the best-known figure of the War of 1812. He is widely credited as the military leader who frustrated the United States in its ambition to invade and take over Canada.Brock was born in the English Channel Island of Guernsey, where his limited combat experience did nothing to shake his moxy. Before coming to Canada, he faced a challenge to duel; when he insisted the other man be a ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Little Horse of Iron

    by Lawrence Scanlan ...
    Part history, part memoir, this tale of Canada’s heritage horse is a moving odyssey into the past — and one man’s heart.Saving what’s left of our history often falls to a passionate few. This is the case with a group of horse breeders who have pledged to re-establish Canada’s heritage horse, aptly called the Canadian — a breed descended from the Norman horses that took European knights into battle ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD