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  • The Franchise and Politics in British North America 1755-1867

    by John Garner ...
    Series series Heritage
    To discuss the history of the franchise in Canada, Mr. Garner had to go back well before Confederation because 1867 did not mark the beginnings of a new franchise. Until 1885 the federal government employed the provincial franchises at each federal election, and the provinces in turn continued for some years the franchises that had served their colonial predecessors. This then is the story of the ... Read more

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  • Disappeared: Stories from the Coast of Newfoundland

    by Eric Colbourne ...
    In Disappeared Eric Colbourne takes us on a fascinating journey through the history, folklore, and customs of a Newfoundland island outport. His sweep is broad encompassing chapters on home remedies, schooling, tragedy and adventure, and the battle fronts of the First World War. What unites these pages is a love of place and people and the truly impressive craft of the writing. ... Read more

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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

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  • October Crisis, 1970: An Insider’s View

    An Insider’s View

    by William Tetley ...
    "Tetley addresses important questions, corrects widely believed factual errors, and successfully deconstructs events from a side of the conflict seldom written about by popular historians." The Beaver. ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • A Better Place

    Death and Burial in Nineteenth-Century Ontario

    by Susan Smart ...
    Series Book 10 - Genealogist's Reference Shelf
    A Better Place describes the practices around death and burial in 19th-century Ontario. Funeral rituals, strong religious beliefs, and a firm conviction that death was a beginning not an end helped the bereaved through their times of loss in a century where death was always close at hand.The book describes the pioneer funeral in detail as well as the factors that changed this simple funeral into ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • May Day

    A Graphic History of Protest

    by Robin Folvik, Mark Leier, Sean Carleton, Graphic History Collective ...
    May Day: A Graphic History of Protest traces the development of International Workers’ Day, May 1st, against the ever-changing economic and political backdrop in Canada. Recognizing the importance of work and the historical struggles of workers to improve their lives, with a particular focus on the struggles of May 1st, the comic includes the reader as part of this history, and the story concludes ... Read more

    $10.69 CAD

  • The Soviet Ambassador

    The Making of the Radical Behind Perestroika

    by Christopher Shulgan ...
    Few realize that behind Mikhail Gorbachev’s Cold War-ending perestroika reforms stood an owlish figure who was just as important as the Soviet leader himself. Fewer still know the role Canada played in transforming Gorbachev’s advisor from a devout Stalinist to the most potent force for democracy and justice ever to walk the halls of the Kremlin.His name was Aleksandr Yakovlev. Today in an ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Plunges into Canada

    Illustrated Edition

    by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Uncle John Plunges into Canada . . . in color!Uncle John and the folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute love all things Canadian and figure that just because we weren’t lucky enough to be born in the Great White North doesn’t mean we can’t devote an entire Bathroom Reader to the cause . . . and this time we’re doing it in Technicolor!Uncle John’s Plunges into Canada (Illustrated Edition) is full ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Lumberjacks

    by Donald MacKay ...
    Short-listed for the 1978 Governor General’s Award for Non-FictionThe 19th century spawned a unique breed of men who took pride in their woodsmen skills and rough codes of conduct. They called themselves lumberers, shantymen, timber beasts, les bucherons – and, more recently, lumberjacks, working in the vast forests of eastern Canada and British Columbia.Across the country, farm boys would go to ... Read more

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  • Even Bearded Men Cried

    A memoir of growing up in World War Two Germany

    by Brigitte Kurowski-Wilson, Bernard Marrocco ...
    Even Bearded Men Cried is the memoir of a young German girl. Torn from her childhood and orphaned in 1938 at the age of 12, Brigitte Speidel was housed by an imperious grandmother before being sent to a Hitler Youth boarding school. She nursed in Austria in the midst of Allied bombs during the war, tending concentration camp victims after it. Expelled from Austria, she became a beggar refugee ... Read more

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  • Flying Canucks II

    Pioneers of Canadian Aviation

    by Peter Pigott ...
    Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this, his second book about pioneers of Canadian aviation, Peter Pigott brings a richness and ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors

    Canada at 150

    by David E. Smith ...
    Whether it’s the first-past-the-post electoral system or partisan government appointees to the Senate, Canadians want better representation and accountability from the federal government. Before reforms can be enacted, however, it is important to explore and clarify the relationships among Canada’s three parliamentary institutions: Crown, Senate, and Commons.In The Constitution in a Hall of ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD