Canada category: 4109 books
by Darcy Rhyno
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
Frommer’s books aren’t written by committee, or by travel writers who simply pop in briefly to a destination and then consider the job done. We employ the best local experts to author our guides, like Darcy Rhyno, a seasoned journalist born into a Nova Scotia fishing family, who has been traveling...
The Natural History of Canadian Mammals
Marine Mammals
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
The selections in this section include whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
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, full-colour images of each species, as well as stunning photographs...
by Ben Nearingburg, Eric Coulthard
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
A full-colour, comprehensive scrambling guide to the increasingly popular mountain landscapes located in the northwestern reaches of the Rocky Mountains.
Following in the footsteps of classic publications such as Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies and More Scrambles in the Canadian Rockies,...
Roadside Nature Tours through the Okanagan
A Guide to British Columbia's Wine Country
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Road trips to introduce the diverse geography, flora and fauna, and historical landmarks of British Columbia's spectacular wine country.
Biologist Richard Cannings, who was born and raised in the Okanagan Valley, guides the reader along his favorite road trips through this fascinating region....
How Different It Was
Canadians at the Time of Confederation
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2017
An enthralling exploration of the lifestyles, ideas, habits, organizations, customs, fears, and aspirations of Canadians in the age of Confederation.
Too often we think of Victorian Canada as dull. We imagine our ancestors as sepia-tinged, dour, excruciatingly respectable figures sitting stiffly...
by Margaret Conrad, Kadriye Ercikan, Gerald Friesen
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2013
What role does history play in contemporary society? Has the frenetic pace of today’s world led people to lose contact with the past? A high-profile team of researchers from across Canada sought to answer these questions by launching an ambitious investigation into how Canadians engage with history...
Ten Decisions
Canada’s Best, Worst, and Most Far-Reaching Decisions of the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2017
In the chaos of the Second World War, Canada faced cruel choices, both on the battlefield and in the world of politics. Of all these life-and-death choices, ten stand above the others in their importance, their agonizing stakes, and the impact they have on the country to this day.
Canadian Political Bundle
Nellie McClung / William Lyon Mackenzie King / John Diefenbaker/ René Lévesque / Maurice Duplessis / James Douglas / John A. Macdonald / Joey Smallwood / Wilfrid Laurier
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Presenting nine titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. In these books we explore Canada’s rich political history through the fascinating lives of some of its most influential lives. Profiled are: prime ministers John Diefenbaker, John A. Macdonald,...
by Llewelyn Pritchard
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Tombstone
[The British Government’s Cover-Up]
Port Hope Simpson, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada [Part 1/3]
Series Title: Port Hope Simpson Mysteries [Vol 5a]
Copyright 2012 by Llewelyn Pritchard
Smashwords Edition
What was really going on behind the scenes?
For the first time, declassified official...
by Gilles-Philippe Delorme, Danielle Roy
Language: French
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: September 26, 2014
En mars 1966, une histoire de mœurs et d’espionnage ébranle la Chambre des communes. Quelques années plus tôt, certains anciens ministres conservateurs du gouvernement Diefenbaker auraient fréquenté une certaine Gerda Munsinger, une femme réputée facile. Madame Munsinger est venue s’installer...
My Dearest Wife
The Private and Public Lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1998
The private and public lives of James David Edgar and Matilda Ridout Edgar symbolized the increasingly complex nature of Toronto society as older generations gradually gave way to a new generation of "outsiders" seeking fame and prominence.
James David Edgar (1841-1899), a self-made man, born...
Within the Barbed Wire Fence
A Japanese Man's Account of his Internment in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2012
Takeo Nakano immigrated to Canada from Japan in 1920, later marrying and starting a family in his adopted homeland. Takeo's passion was poetry, and he cultivated the exquisite form known as tanka.
Then came the Second World War. Takeo Nakano was one of thousands of Japanese men forcibly separated...
by William Wood
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
CONTENTS
I. THE BOY
II. THE YOUNG SOLDIER
III. THE SEVEN YEARS' PEACE
IV. THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR
V. LOUISBOURG
VI. QUEBEC
VII. THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM
VIII. EPILOGUE — THE LAST STAND
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Running With Dillinger
The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2008
This book picks up where The Desperate Ones: Canada's Forgotten Outlaws left off. Here are more remarkable true stories about Canadian crimes and criminals -- most of them tales that have been buried for years. The stories begin in colonial Newfoundland, with robbery and murder committed by the notorious...