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  • Culture, Communication and National Identity

    The Case of Canadian Television

    by Richard Collins ...
    Series series Heritage
    ‘There can be no political sovereignty without culture sovereignty.’ So argued the CBC in 1985 in its evidence to the Caplan/Sauvageau Task Force on Broadcasting Policy. Richard Collins challenges this assumption. He argues in this study of nationalism and Canadian television policy that Canada’s political sovereignty depends much less on Canadian content in television than has generally been ... Read more

    $45.59 CAD

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  • The Long Exile

    A true story of deception and survival amongst the Inuit of the Canadian Arctic

    by Melanie McGrath ...
    A chilling true story of deception and survival set amidst the Inuit communities of the Canadian Arctic.In 1922 the Irish-American explorer Robert Flaherty made a film called ‘Nanook of the North’ which captured the world's imagination. Soon afterwards, he quit the Arctic for good, leaving behind his bastard son, Joseph, to grow up Eskimo.Thirty years later a young, inexperienced policeman, Ross ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Standing into Danger

    by Cassie Brown ...
    In the snowy predawn of February 18, 1942, a convoy of three American ships zigzagged up the North Atlantic toward Newfoundland, heading for one of the worst disasters in naval history. The ships were under radio silence to protect their position from the threat of German U-boats. A storm was raging, visibility was zero, and the currents had turned wildly unpredictable. With only unreliable ... Read more

    $12.79 CAD

  • David Busch's Nikon Df Fast Track Guide

    by David Busch ...
    Series series FAST TRACK GUIDE
    If you’ve invested in a camera as sophisticated as the Nikon Df, you’re looking for more than good pictures -- you demand outstanding photos. After all, the Df is a “mini” version of Nikon’s flagship cameras like the D4s and D5. It boasts 20 megapixels of resolution, blazing-fast automatic focus, and excellent high ISO performance in a compact package. But your gateway to pixel proficiency is ... Read more

    $26.10 CAD

  • Vancouver Is Ashes

    The Great Fire of 1886

    by Lisa Anne Smith ...
    On the morning of June 13, 1886, a rogue wind fanned the flames of a small clearing fire—and within five hours, the newly incorporated city of Vancouver, British Columbia, had been reduced to smoldering ash. Vancouver is Ashes: The Great Fire of 1886 is the first detailed exploration of what happened on that pivotal, yet seldom revisited day in the history of Canada’s third-largest city. Lisa Anne ... Read more

    Was $15.99 CAD Now $11.99 CAD

  • Climbs & Exploration In the Canadian Rockies

    by Hugh E.M. Stutfield ...
    Series Book 2 - Mountain Classics Collection
    First published in 1903, Climbs & Exploration in the Canadian Rockies details the mountaineering adventures of Hugh Stutfield and J. Norman Collie while the two were together during various explorations in the area north of Lake Louise, Alberta. Between 1898 and 1902, Stutfield and Collie journeyed through the mountain towns, valleys and passes of the Rockies, where Collie completed numerous first ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • Our Lives: Canada after 1945

    Second Edition

    by Alvin Finkel ...
    This book offers a short, comprehensive history of post-war Canada. All the major events and developments in Canadian history are discussed: the evolution of the welfare state; the growth of economic domination by the United States; the halcyon days as a Middle Power; the Quiet Revolution; the First Nations' quest for autonomy; the flowering of English-Canadian nationalism; Quebec nationalism; the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 1

    The Early Years, 1884-1933

    by Blanche Wiesen Cook ...
    The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe).The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War II, the years of the Roosevelts' greatest challenges and finest achievements. In her remarkably engaging narrative, Cook ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Banker and the Blackfoot

    A Memoir of My Grandfather in Chinook Country

    by J. Edward Chamberlin ...
    In his remarkable and entertaining memoir of his beloved grandfather, Ted Chamberlin conjures up vividly the never-before-told story of a particular time and place not long after Canada was founded. And shows us not only what Canada once—briefly—was, but what it still could be.This is the story of when “Sorreltop Jack” was friends with Crop Eared Wolf; of two decades, 1885 to 1905, when the people ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Whisky and Ice

    The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada's Most Daring Rumrunner

    by C.W. Hunt ...
    During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed was not Kerr's only worry - he had to contend with Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie Perri.Whisky and Ice takes the reader back to the Prohibition era, when Canada and the United States were ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • RMS Segwun

    Queen of Muskoka

    by Andrew Hind, Maria Da Silva ...
    One hundred and twenty-five years of steamboating in Muskoka come alive with the anniversary celebration of the RMS Segwun.The Royal Mail Ship Segwun is the oldest operating steamship in North America, a Muskoka icon, and one of Ontario’s best-known tourist attractions. Built as a paddlewheeler in 1887, the RMS Segwun saw her initial career suspended in the 1950s when the ship ceased operations. ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

  • Carving the Western Path: By River, Rail, and Road Through Central and Northern B.C.

    By River, Rail, and Road Through Central and Northern B.C.

    by R. G. Harvey ...
    The history of British Columbia's transportation systems north of the Canadian National Railway's mainline may not be well known—but it certainly is colourful. Continuing the story he began in the first volume of Carving the Western Path, R.G. Harvey describes the development of river, road and rail routes that crossed the northern two-thirds of BC.This was a land of dreams and schemes that seemed ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD