Canada category: 4109 books
Histoire du Manitoba français (tome 2) : Le temps des outrages
Essai historique - Récipiendaire du Prix Champlain 2014
Language: French
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Récipiendaire du Prix Champlain 2014 Le temps des outrages, tome 2 – Histoire du Manitoba français, retrace l’époque se situant entre 1870 et 1916, au Manitoba français. En 1870, il n’y a aucun précédent pour guider les pas des uns et des autres, entre les forces en présence. Les questions...
by Per-Henrik Gurth
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2008
Bestselling illustrator Per-Henrik Gurth takes children on a countrywide exploration in brilliant color.
Canada's Daughter
The Story of Captain Nichola Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
On May17, 2006, Captain Nichola Goddard was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan. She was the first Canadian officer to be killed in Afghanistan. She was the first Canadian artillery officer to call fire down since the Korean War. She was also the first female Canadian soldier ever to be killed in...
The Quest for the Northwest Passage
Exploring the elusive route through Canada's Arctic waters
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
For centuries, Europeans sought the elusive Northwest Passage that would link Europe to the Far East and China. Early visitors to Canada's northern coasts included Viking sailors and Basque whalers. Then came the prominent explorers -- John Cabot, Vasco da Gama, Martin Frobisher and Sir John Franklin....
by Ginger McDonnell
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Welcome to Canada! From its majestic mountains to its exciting sports, readers are invited to explore what makes Canada so special in this exciting, Spanish-translated nonfiction title! With informational text, fresh vocabulary, and engaging maps, readers will be engaged from beginning to end.
by Jean Rae Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In this, the final instalment of Jean Rae Baxter's best-selling young adult trilogy, eighteen-year-old Charlotte sails from Canada to Charleston in the beleaguered Thirteen Colonies to join her new husband Nick. During these final months of the American Revolution, she must muster all her wit and...
by Camilius Chike Egeni
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2015
On the cusp of adulthood, Meeka is about to confront a clash of lifestyles and cultures as she leaves her community in Canada’s Far North and begins her education in the South. Being a teenager in Nunavut comes with its own challenges, but as a daughter of an Inuk hunter, Meeka has enjoyed a certain...
by Ian McKercher
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
This fusion of fact and fiction brings authenticity to a little known facet of Canadian history. In September,1939, a modest country with limited resources or military tradition signs up for world war. In The Incrementalist, Frances McFadden finds herself propelled into the top echelon...
Oak Island Unearthed!
Third Canadian Edition (2017)
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2018
Oak Island Unearthed! Third Canadian Edition by John O. O’Brien
This is a story of the world’s oldest continuous mystery about Oak Island - of supposed treasure left before 1795 by Spanish, French or British pirates, or the Knight’s Templars/Holy Grail, Christopher Columbus, returning...
Hometown
Out and About in Victoria's Neighbourhoods
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Join beloved storyteller Anny Scoones as she sets out to discover the quaint and quirky charms of Victoria, BC. Not just a book of facts, Hometown is a gentle stroll through a diverse region with a fascinating and layered history. Observe, pause, ponder, and have what Anny likes to call “a little...
The Real Dope
Social, Legal, and Historical Perspectives on the Regulation of Drugs in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2011
Recent debate around the potential decriminalization of marijuana, along with a growing perception that illicit drug use is on the rise, has brought the role of the state in controlling intoxication to the forefront of public discussion. Until now, however, there has been little scholarly consideration...
by Ed Readicker-Henderson
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
The desire to travel is instinctive; to see what's ahead of us, around the corner, or across the sea. We've been curious about the world since time began. So get out there, see the world, have an adventure, have fun, live! This book first covers all of British Columbia in a detailed Introduction. Then...
The Last Plague
Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
The ‘Spanish’ influenza of 1918 was the deadliest pandemic in history, killing as many as 50 million people worldwide. Canadian federal public health officials tried to prevent the disease from entering the country by implementing a maritime quarantine, as had been their standard practice since...
The Pacific Crest Trail
Hiking the PCT from Mexico to Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
A comprehensive guidebook to the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), an epic 2650 mile trek through the USA from the Mexican border to British Columbia in Canada. One of the world's best hikes, the route passes through California, Oregon and Washington State, taking in the Mojave desert, High Sierras, Cascades...