Canada category: 4109 books
From Telegrapher to Titan
The Life of William C. Van Horne
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2004
William Van Horne was one of North America's most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the...
From Indians to Eskimos (storey 24 of 40)
Coppermine, N.W.T. Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
Out with the old and slide into the new. My two brothers and I stand shivering at the school door. Winds howl off of the snow swept rock that stands guard above the school. Willy wags wing gusts of powered snow into the corner that we huddle. Frigid fingers tear and tug at our faces and pull on our...
Canadian Scholars Bundle
Lucille Teasdale / Robertson Davies / George Grant / Marshall McLuhan
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent people in Canada’s history. In these books we explore Canada’s rich academic and philosophical history through the fascinating lives of some of its most influential figures. Profiled are: prescient media guru Marshall...
by William Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2009
There has never been a book about Stephen Harper, yet on June 28 he came close to being our prime minister. If Paul Martin miscalculates, Stephen Harper could be our next prime minister in months, not years.
Who is this man? Everyone knows that he became leader of the Alliance Party and, against...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
Coins of Canada
Featuring more than 150 years of coins, pricing in up to six grades, and the authoritative voice of the most trusted name in numismatics, the second edition of Canadian Coin Digest offers a grand overview of the coins of Canada while providing the greatest value of any guide on the...
by John Nixon
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
When James FitzGibbon dons the British army’s redcoat, little does he know that he will be sent to backwoods Upper Canada just prior to a war that will shape the North American continent. FitzGibbon’s memoire details his experiences during the War of 1812, from his service as adjutant to heroic General...
traite des fourrures, La
Album jeunesse - autochtone
Language: French
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Le monde fascinant des Amérindiens et des marchands de fourrure à l’époque où la quête des peaux de castor entraîne l’exploration du Nord-Ouest canadien. Il faut faire la connaissance de Pierre Radisson, La Vérendrye, Grant Cuthbert, etc. Autres titres de la collection « À la découverte...
Nouvelle-France,La
Album jeunesse, à partir de 9 ans
Language: French
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Hommes et femmes héroïques qui colonisent le Nouveau-Monde. On découvre leur façon de travailler, de s’habiller, de manger et de survivre dans une terre d’adoption. On y retrouve Jacques Cartier, Françoise Latour, etc. Autres titres de la collection « À la découverte du Canada » : Les...
by Per-Henrik Gurth
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2011
A playful introduction for Canadian youngsters to the wealth of experiences to be discovered in their home and native land.
The Day the World Came to Town
9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2011
The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway’s Smash Hit Musical Come from Away
When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town...
by Maria Hurst
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Victoria.
Mad Dogs and an Englishwoman
Travels with Sled Dogs in Canada's Frozen North
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2009
Polly Evans had a mission: to learn everything possible about the howling, tail-wagging world of sled dogs. Fool’s errand? Or the adventure of a lifetime? The intrepid world traveler was about to find out.
In the dead of winter, Polly Evans ventured to Canada’s far northwest, where temperatures...
Opening Act, The
Canadian Theatre History 1945–1956
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The conventional opinion is that professional Canadian theatre began in 1953 with the founding of the Stratford Festival. But Susan McNicoll asks how this could be, when the majority of those taking the stage at Stratford were professional Canadian actors. To answer this question, McNicoll delves...
Committing Theatre
Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Committing Theatre offers the first full-length historical study of political intervention theatre and theatrical spectatorship in English Canada. Building on twenty years of research and engagement in the field, this book’s historical narrative frames close-up examples of how theatre artists have...