Canada category: 4109 books

Several books on Rob Ford have already been published. Though we should not judge their authors’ intentions, even a brief look at them tells us that they have been written from the point of the media and political elites that have little interest in assessing Ford’s work objectively and going beyond...

This section features chapters on humans and the seven principle domestic mammal species in Canada, such as the domestic dog, cow, and goat. The Natural History of Canadian Mammals is a beautifully illustrated, up-to-date guide to all 215 known species of mammals in Canada. It features brand-new,...

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...

Alfred Valdmanis is best known in Canada for his infamous role in Premier Joey Smallwood's scheme to industrialize Newfoundland. A Latvian immigrant, he was appointed Director General of Economic Development in 1950 with the understanding that through his connections to Europe he could entice German...

Il y a des pays où l'ordre règne par la tyrannie des baïonnettes ; il y en a d'autres où la paix s'étend comme un vaste linceul sur les intelligences. Ici, point de révolte de la conscience ou de l'esprit brutalement subjugué ; point de tentative d'émancipation, parce qu'il n'y a ni persécution,...

Il y a des pays où l'ordre règne par la tyrannie des baïonnettes ; il y en a d'autres où la paix s'étend comme un vaste linceul sur les intelligences. Ici, point de révolte de la conscience ou de l'esprit brutalement subjugué ; point de tentative d'émancipation, parce qu'il n'y a ni persécution,...

Il y a des pays où l'ordre règne par la tyrannie des baïonnettes ; il y en a d'autres où la paix s'étend comme un vaste linceul sur les intelligences. Ici, point de révolte de la conscience ou de l'esprit brutalement subjugué ; point de tentative d'émancipation, parce qu'il n'y a ni persécution,...

« ... Vers le milieu du XVIIIe siècle, le Canada ne comptait encore qu’une population de 60 à 70 000 âmes, avec un petit nombre de villes ; l’admirable route du Saint-Laurent, chemin creux foré à travers les Laurentides, avait été la voie suivie par la colonisation française ; Québec,...

The discovery in 1987 of a supernova brought to world attention the excellence of Canadian astronomers. As Richard Jarrell explains in this book, the path to excellence has been a long one. Although astronomy has been practised in this country from the earliest days of exploration, its professional...

John Stanley Plaskett was Canada’s pre-eminent astronomer in the first half of the twentieth century. His legacy lives on in the observatory he founded in Victoria, British Columbia, and the reputation he built for Canada as a nation making vital contributions to basic science. Plaskett’s pioneering...

In this elegant and rigorously researched work, Kenneth McNaught details the life, work, and principles of J.S Woodsworth and shows the powerful moral and political force that the pacifist, Methodist thinker exerted on Canadian politics. Woodsworth first went to the House of Commons in 1922,...

In the 1920s, as a national network of roads and youth hostels spread across Canada, so did the practice of hitchhiking. By the 1960s, the Trans-Canada Highway had become the main thoroughfare for thousands of young baby boomers seeking adventure. Thumbing a Ride examines the rise and fall...

Alex McNaught was raised on a farm in the community of Wallbridge where he attended the Wallbridge Public School (SS #13 Sidney) and the Wallbridge United Church. He is a graduate of Quinte Secondary School, Belleville and the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B., where he earned BPE, BA...

According to Wikipedia: "Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 24 November 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. Perhaps the American Indian of his generation best known...