Posts Tagged ‘canadian’
When the Bubble Bursts
A newly updated edition for the fast-changing real estate market in Canada! Starting in 2008, investors upset by the stock market collapse started to see real estate as a “safe haven” investment. While talking with numerous clients, investment manager Hilliard MacBeth realized that Canadians have far too much of their investment capital and savings tied…
Read MoreBlack Donnellys
The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized beginning with the first book published on the story by Thomas Kelley in 1954. A thick layer of rumour, legend and hearsay has built up around the facts of the case. But one thing is clear — no one who reads this book will…
Read MoreA Life in the Bush
National Bestseller Winner of The CAA-Birks Family Foundation Award for Biography The 2000 Ottawa-Carlton Book Award The (U.S.) Rutstrum Award for Best Wilderness Book “A portrait of a true original.”–The Hamilton Spectator In 1929, at the age of twenty-two, Duncan MacGregor, the son of a lumberman, great-grandson of a voyageur, and an avid reader and…
Read MoreGoodnight Canada HC
A bedtime book that opens children’s minds to the wonders of the world around them. Award-winning Canadian author and illustrator Andrea Beck has created a unique gift for parents as they wind their little ones down for bedtime. Goodnight, Canada inspires a sense of community, as a child who lives in Newfoundland lies in bed…
Read MoreUnforgettable Ontario
Unforgettable Ontario explores Ontario at its best. This beautifully illustrated guide celebrates 100 of the communities, events and festivals that help to make a visit to Ontario unforgettable. Author Noel Hudson reflects the province’s rich cultural and geographic diversity as he travels Ontario’s countryside, from its villages, towns and cities to cottage country and the…
Read MoreWaterfalls of Ontario
Praise for previous editions: “A very practical guidebook to exploring 80 different provincial waterfalls… A coffee table book on one hand, a guidebook on the other… nicely balanced, organized and provocative.” –Toronto Star “It’s rare to have a book that’s so user friendly, packed with information yet beautiful enough to hold its own on the…
Read MoreHalifax Explosion
110 Nature Hot Spots in Ontario
An expanded guide to the best places in Ontario to connect with the natural world. The best-selling 100 Nature Hot Spots in Ontario now features 10 additional destinations. This reader-friendly guide explores the remarkable splendor and diversity of the province, from its soaring clifftops, subterranean caves and thundering cataracts to the province’s tallest white pine,…
Read MoreClarence Gagnon
Grade level: 4, 5, 6, e, i, t.
Read More21 Things you may not know about The Indian Act
Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous Peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer.Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has shaped, controlled, and constrained the lives and opportunities…
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