Posts Tagged ‘canadian’
Everyday Heroes
Son of a Trickster
Dead Reckoning
With this book—his most ambitious yet—Ken McGoogan delivers a vivid, comprehensive recasting of Arctic-exploration history. Dead Reckoning challenges the conventional narrative, which emerged out of Victorian England and focused almost exclusively on Royal Navy officers. By integrating non-British and fur-trade explorers and, above all, Canada’s indigenous peoples, this work brings the story of Arctic discovery…
Read MoreCanada’s Odyssey
In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Peter H. Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day.
Read MoreThe Ontario Craft Beer Guide Second Edition
The Huron Carol
An illustrated edition of the seventeenth-century Canadian Christmas carol that places the Nativity story in a Huron Indian setting.
Read MoreIn the Cage
One man’s fight through poverty, crime, and violence to build a better life for his wife and daughter.
Read MoreAt Vimy Ridge
April 9, 2007 marks the 90th anniversary of the pivotal World War I battle — one that many historians view as the battle that defined Canada as a nation. At Vimy Ridge, Canadian soldiers achieved what more experienced soldiers from Britain and France could not — taking the strategic position of Vimy Ridge from the…
Read MoreDieppe
Hugh Brewster’s moving account of “the bloodiest nine hours in Canadian military history” is now available in paperback. On the night of August 19, 1942, a force of five thousand Canadians launched an attack on the Nazi-held French port of Dieppe. When the disastrous raid was over, and the Allies were forced to retreat, nearly…
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