Dundurn: 2215 books
One Voice
The Selected Sermons of W. Gunther Plaut
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
W. Gunther Plaut is an internationally recognized rabbi and scholar, and one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century. He was born in Germany, but in 1935 fled the Nazis for the United States, where he became a rabbi. He served in Chicago and St. Paul, and, from 1961 to 1977 was Senior Rabbi...
Now You Know Disasters
The Little Book of Answers
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2008
Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and tidal waves, fires, mine cave-ins, bridge collapses, ship sinkings, airplane crashes, explosions, and plagues — natural and human-engineered calamity and catastrophe have many forms and guises. In Now You Know Disasters, Q & A ringmaster Doug Lennox...
Running The Rapids
A Writer's Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2005
Poet, travel writer, teacher, quiz-show presenter, broadcaster, adventurer - Kildare Dobbs has played many parts, met many people, and been many places. His life journey, marked by frequent diversions and detours, reflects the exuberant eclecticism of the man himself.
In Kildare Dobbs: A Writer's...
Aboriginal Ontario
Historical Perspectives on the First Nations
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1994
Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations contains seventeen essays on aspects of the history of the First Nations living within the present-day boundaries of Ontario. This volume reviews the experience of both the Algonquian and Iroquoian peoples in Southern Ontario, as well...
Paddling the Boreal Forest
Rediscovering A.P. Low
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2004
The boreal forest of Quebec/Labrador -- some of the most rugged and isolated land in Canada -- has captivated avid canoeists for generations. In the latter 19th and early 20th centuries, the intrepid A.P. Low of the Geological Survey of Canada spent, in total, more than ten years of his working life...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2001
The canoe is a symbol unique to Canada. One of the greatest gifts of First Peoples to all those who came after, the canoe is Canada's most powerful icon. Within this Canexus II publication are a collection of essays by paddling enthusiasts and experts. Contributing authors include: Eugene Arima, Shanna...
Pike's Portage
Stories of a Distinguished Place
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2010
"Pike's Portage plays a very special role in the landscape of Canada's Far North and its human history. It is both an ancient gateway and the funnel for early travel from the boreal forest of the Mackenzie River watershed to the vast open spaces of the subarctic taiga, better known as the "Barren...
Nastawgan
The Canadian North by Canoe & Snowshoe
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1987
A rich history of Canadian wilderness travel, "an utterly compelling collection," said The Globe and Mail, and "a gem -- it absolutely sparkles," according to Canadian Geographic. Declared by the Canadian Historical Association to be the best book published of its year on the regional...
End-of-Earth People
The Arctic Sahtu Dene
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2014
A history of the "End-of-Earth" Native people of Canada’s far-North Sahtu region.
Bern Will Brown, noted northern author, artist, photographer, and respected community leader living in Colville Lake, Northwest Territories, provides new insights and perspectives on the Sahtu Dene,...
Reading Rock Art
Interpreting the Indian Rock Paintings of the Canadian Shield
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2002
More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec, across Ontario and as far west as Saskatchewan. The pictographs are the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibway, whose roots may extend to the beginnings of human occupancy in the region almost 10,000 years ago.
Archaeologist...
Adventures in the West
Henry Halpin, Fur Trader and Indian Agent
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
This is the story of Irish-born Henry Ross Halpin, who by the age of 16 began a long association with the fur trade and Canada’s native peoples, was thrice employed by the Hudson’s Bay Company, and became an Indian agent (18851901). Halpin’s work took him from Fort Garry, Manitoba, to Fort York...
by Richard Palmisano
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
When one thinks of Toronto's Canadian National Exhibition, memories of bright lights, cotton candy, the rush of people, and the excitement of rides spring to mind. But when the lights go down and the people head home, the fairground takes on a life of its own. The spirits that dwell there from the...
Edward James Lennox
"Builder of Toronto"
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
From 1876 to 1915, Edward James Lennox was a formidable force in Toronto’s architectural community. Many of his buildings are still landmarks in a city that continues to evolve.
Born and educated in Toronto, Lennox looked to the past for inspiration but was never captured by it. His prototypical...
by John Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Inside the Museums views Toronto’s heritage museums for the first time as a single community — linked by events, personalities, and function. In this special excerpt we visit Spadina House on Davenport Hill, less renowned than its ornate but much later neighbour, Casa Loma, and first erected by...