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  • Ausgewandert

    de Frank Oberle ...
    The German-language translation of the autobiography of Frank Oberle, born Franz, in Mörsch, Germany. At age nine he relocated with his parents to Poland where, having been placed within a Nazi youth indoctrination program, he fled the Russian advance and survived on grass and stolen eggs. He walked 800 kilometres to his ancestral village on the edge of the Black Forest, only to be rejected by his ... Leer más

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  • Return of the Eagle

    How America Saved Its National Symbol

    de Greg Breining ...
    This is the story of how a nation reversed a “silent spring” and saved the bald eagle from extinction. This bird of prey was declared the national symbol in 1782 but, by the 1960s, pollution and development had wiped out all but a few dozen. Grassroots movements started, the American consciousness was raised to all environmental threats, and federal laws were passed to keep the eagle population ... Leer más

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  • Party of One

    Stephen Harper And Canada's Radical Makeover

    InParty of One,investigative journalist Michael Harris closely examines the majority government of a prime minister essentially unchecked by the opposition and empowered by the general election victory of May 2011. Harris looks at Harper’s policies, instincts, and the often breathtaking gap between his stated political principles and his practices.Harris argues that Harper is more than a master of ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

  • A Short History of Canada

    Sixth Edition

    Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history.Morton ... Leer más

    $19.99 USD

  • Unlikely Soldiers

    How Two Canadians Fought the Secret War Against Nazi Occupation

    Published to rave reviews, this is the never-before-told story of two brilliant young Canadians who became unlikely soldiers. Ken Macalister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Frank Pickersgill was a doctoral student in classics at l’Université de Paris. Together, they volunteered for the British SOE and soon found themselves being trained to kill. On June 15, 1943, with false identities, they ... Leer más

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  • Canada's Rumrunners

    Incredible Adventures and Exploits During Canada's Illicit Liquor Trade

    de Art Montague ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    "...despite flying bullets and cannon shots, Ben had his crew hastily tossing evidence over the side of the boat. Bullet-riddled, the Maritimas finally came to a stop, but even then, the crew continued to throw the beer overboard." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: the history of crime or prohibition. It is safe to say that America would have been a much drier ... Leer más

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  • Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark

    The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation

    de Mary Janigan ...
    The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, author Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate: but as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • Plunder & Pillage

    Atlantic Canada's Brutal and Bloodthirsty Pirates and Privateers

    For over three hundred years, lawlessness in Canada flourished off Canada's east coast. Pirates roamed the North Atlantic, and master storyteller Harold Horwood recounts their action-filled careers, crimes and violent deaths. Privateerslicenced by governments to harass the enemyaimed to capture enemy ships and plunder their cargo.Among the characters readers meet in these pages are the folk hero, ... Leer más

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  • Ignored but Not Forgotten

    Canada's English Immigrants

    Series Libro 3 - The English In Canada
    The story of early English Canadian immigration to Canada is finally told in detail.Ignored but Not Forgotten is a compelling and moving account of one of Canada’s foremost immigrant groups: the story of the great migration of English people to Canada that peaked during the early twentieth century. Based on wide-ranging documentary and statistical sources from both countries, it sets out the ... Leer más

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  • Much to Be Done

    Private Life in Ontario From Victorian Diaries

    Victorian Ontario included people from all walks of life from homeless beggars to wealthy gentry. In Much To Be Done we glimpse how life was lived in 19th-century Ontario, not only in the grand mansions, but also in the farm houses and streets where our ancestors lived.This publication could be your great-grandmother's story, following the cycle of life from courtship to childbirth to celebration ... Leer más

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  • The Importance of Being Monogamous: Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915

    Marriage and Nation Building in Western Canada in 1915

    de Sarah Carter ...
    Series series The West Unbound
    Sarah Carter reveals the pioneering efforts of the government, legal, and religious authorities to impose the “one man, one woman”model of marriage upon Mormons and Aboriginal people in Western Canada. This lucidly written, richly researched book revises what we know about marriage and the gendered politics of late 19th century reform, shifts our understanding of Aboriginal history during that ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

  • Greatcoats and Glamour Boots

    Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945, Revised Edition

    Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, "to free a man to fight," as the recruiting posters urged. By the war's end almost 50,000 of them were in the forces.Carolyn Gossage has compiled a fascinating collage of ... Leer más

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