Canada category: 4109 books
Escape Hatch
Newfoundland’s Quest for German Industry and Immigration, 1950–1970
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
"Beggars cannot be choosers. We wanted just companies, we gave a damn who they were, we had no prejudice against them. We went to Germany because Europe was scared of Soviet Russia and saw a communist revolution coming. The German industrialists were particularly scared. In 1950 I was the first...
by Robert Borden
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1971
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1971
Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister of Canada from 1911 to 1920, was born in the village of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, in 1854. He practiced law in the province before entering politics. In 1896 he was elected to the House of Commons, and in 1901 was chosen leader of the Liberal-Conservative party.
After...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2013
With the electoral success of the Harper Conservatives federally and of a number of conservative parties provincially, the topic of Canadian conservatism is more important to our understanding of Canadian party politics than ever before. This timely volume presents the first comprehensive examination...
The Aspiring Hiker's Guide 1: Mountain Treks in Alberta
Mountain Treks in Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
This first volume in The Aspiring Hiker’s Guide series is meant to encourage beginner and intermediate hikers, backpackers and scramblers to step into and explore the backcountry in Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Jasper National Park, Kananaskis Country and the Icefields Parkway with both confidence...
Ya Ha Tinda
A Home Place - Celebrating 100 Years of the Canadian Government's Only Working Horse Ranch
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
An illustrated history celebrating the 100th anniversary of this historic, working horse ranch located along the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies.
The story of the Ya Ha Tinda and its evolution into the only continuously operating federal government horse ranch in Canada is much more...
L'Alberta Autophage
Identités, mythes et discours du pétrole dans l'Ouest canadien
Language: French
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Winner / Lauréate, Prix du Canada en sciences sociales, 2015! http://www.ideas-idees.ca/media/media-releases/winners-canada-prizes-announced-1 Finaliste de langue française, Essais, des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général de 2013! http://ggbooks.canadacouncil.ca/fr Cet ouvrage présente une...
by Chantal Hébert, Jean Lapierre
Language: French
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Les généraux politiques qui ont mené la bataille référendaire de 1995 ont aujourd'hui tous quitté la scène politique. Certains sont plus ou moins oubliés; d'autres sont entrés de plain-pied dans l'histoire du Canada. Pour plusieurs d'entre eux, il restait encore à raconter comment ils avaient...
by FRANCOIS-XAVIER GARNEAU
Language: French
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Histoire du canada, depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours, est l'œuvre de l'historien canadien François-Xavier Garneau , publié au Québec en 4 tomes de 1845 à 1852. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau dira de lui | J'aime à croire aussi que, le jour où il termina son œuvre, il trouva quelques...
by FRANCOIS-XAVIER GARNEAU
Language: French
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Language: French
Release Date: September 11, 2017
Histoire du canada, depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours, est l'œuvre de l'historien canadien François-Xavier Garneau , publié au Québec en 4 tomes de 1845 à 1852. Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau dira de lui | J'aime à croire aussi que, le jour où il termina son œuvre, il trouva quelques...
by Keeran Jacobson
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Canada is in North America. Canada border and three oceans: the Atlantic to the east, the west Pacific and the Arctic north. The country has 39 national parks. Among the most visited cities are Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and most visited attraction - Niagara Falls. Canada is one of the most unique destinations on the planet.
Plunder & Pillage
Atlantic Canada's Brutal and Bloodthirsty Pirates and Privateers
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011
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. Privateers-licensed by governments to harass the enemy-aimed to capture...
The Firebrand
William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
In The Firebrand, William Kilbourn brings to life the rebel Canadian hero William Lyon Mackenzie. A skilled historian and an entertaining writer, Kilbourn reveals Mackenzie's complex character: able political editor, shrewd recorder of his times, efficient first mayor of Toronto, and gadfly of the...
London Eh to Zed
101 Discoveries for Canadian Visitors to London
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Discover London — and Canada — in one guidebook!
Thousands of Canadians visit London, England, every year. But what their popular guidebooks always fail to mention are the over one hundred objects, monuments, and locations in the city associated with their own home and native land.
Take...
by Jody Robbins
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
Silver prize-winning guidebook in the Society of American Travel Writers' Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition
Now is the perfect time to explore this vast country with your kids while finally experiencing the spectacular Canadian destinations you’ve been dreaming about.
Planning...