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The Mound Builders - Large Print EditionOurs are the only mounds making up a distinct mound-region on Canadian soil. This comes to us as a part of the large inheritance which we who have migrated to Manitoba receive. No longer cribbed, cabined, and confined, we have in this our "greater...
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In the Shadow of Saint Death: The Gulf Cartel and the Price of America's Drug War in MexicoWith the war between the Mexican state and the drug traffickers operating within its borders having claimed over 70,000 lives since 2006, noted journalist and author Michael Deibert zeroes in on the story of the notorious Gulf Cartel, their deadly war with their former...
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For Want of a Lighthouse: Building the Lighthouses of Eastern Lake Ontario 1828-1914No safe harbours for steamboats or sailing vessels could be found along an isolated 70-mile stretch of eastern Lake Ontario, dominated by the irregular-shaped Prince Edward County peninsula. Frequent storms, rocky reefs and sandy shoals were among the many dangers facing 19th century mariners....
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For Want of a Lighthouse: Building the Lighthouses of Eastern Lake Ontario 1828-1914No safe harbours for steamboats or sailing vessels could be found along an isolated 70-mile stretch of eastern Lake Ontario, dominated by the irregular-shaped Prince Edward County peninsula. Frequent storms, rocky reefs and sandy shoals were among the many dangers facing 19th century mariners....
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The Great Migration (Second Edition)Here is a record of one of history's great migrations, the Atlantic Migration to the New World, especially from 1770 to 1890, when eleven million people came from the British Isles to North America. The slow crossing by sailing ship was unpleasant even in...
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General Sir Arthur Currie: A Military BiographyThe most important Canadian in the First World War, Arthur Currie was an extraordinary successful field commander in a war that produced few successful generals. In this biography A.M.J. Hyatt recalls the military career of a remarkable man. Currie's achievements were realized in spite...
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The Cold Light of Dawn: A History of Canadian AstronomyThe discovery in 1987 of a supernova brought to world attention the excellence of Canadian astronomers. As Richard Jarrell explains in this book, the path to excellence has been a long one. Although astronomy has been practised in this country from the earliest days...
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Closing Sysco: Industrial Decline in Atlantic Canada's Steel CityClosing Sysco presents a history of deindustrialization and working-class resistance in the Cape Breton steel industry between 1945 and 2001. The Sydney Steel Works is at the heart of this story, having existed in tandem with Cape Breton's larger coal operations since the early...
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Canada's Odyssey: A Country Based on Incomplete Conquests150 years after Confederation, Canada is known around the world for its social diversity and its commitment to principles of multiculturalism. But the road to contemporary Canada is a winding one, a story of division and conflict as well as union and accommodation. In...
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Not Good Enough for Canada: Canadian Public Discourse Around Issues of Inadmissibility for Potential Immigrants with Diseases And/Or Disabilities,Not Good Enough for Canada investigates the development of Canadian immigration policy with respect to persons with a disease or disability throughout the twentieth century. With an emphasis on social history, this book examines the way the state operates through legislation to achieve its...
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John A. MacDonald: The Young Politician, the Old ChieftainFirst published in 1952 and 1955, John A. Macdonald: The Young Politician, The Old Chieftain remains a classic in Canadian arts and letters. Described as the greatest biography ever written in Canada, it earned Donald Creighton two Governor General's Awards. In 2013, the Toronto...
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Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens: A History of Native-Newcomer Relations in Canada, Fourth EditionFirst published in 1989, Skyscrapers Hide the Heavens continues to earn wide acclaim for its comprehensive account of Native-newcomer relations throughout Canada's history. Author J.R. Miller charts the deterioration of the relationship from the initial, mutually beneficial contact in the fur trade to the...
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Taking the Bite Out of Rabies: The Evolution of Rabies Management in CanadaInvolved in rabies research for much of their working careers, editors David J. Gregory and Rowland R. Tinline explore Canada's unique contributions to rabies management in Taking the Bite Out of Rabies. By placing the major players in rabies management from provincial and federal...
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The Bush Garden: Essays on the Canadian ImaginationOriginally published in 1971, The Bush Garden features Northrop Frye's timeless essays on Canadian literature and painting, and an introduction by bestselling author Lisa Moore.In this cogent collection of essays written between 1943 and 1969, formidable literary critic and theorist Northrop Frye explores the...
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Staking Claims to a ContinentStaking Claims to a Continent is a highly readable examination of how Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, and Sir John A. Macdonald took part in a daring game of nation building that has impacted the global order to the present day.Three political leaders presided over...
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A Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies Or, a Faithful Narrative of the Horrid and Unexampled Massacres, Butcheries, and all Manner of CrueltFew people read the full account of De Las Casas. Frequently this piece is referenced in excerpts in anthologies. However, should the reader want an authentic and direct account of the real events of the Spaniards' treatment of native peoples of the Carribbean and...
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Sailing the Inside Passage to Alaska: A practical guide to sailing the inside passageA practical guide to Sailing the Inside Passage to Alaska. Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm, Juneau, the Broughton Islands, Barranof Warm Springs, Sitka, Anke, and Anan Nature PreservAuthor: Robb KeystonePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 10/16/2012Pages: 140Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36dISBN: 9781479302246About...
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On Eagle's Beak: A History of the Montauk Point Lighthouse, A National Historic LandmarkThe Montauk Point Lighthouse has been a significant American landmark for over 200 years. Since its lighting in April of 1797 it has safely guided untold numbers of ships and people safely to their destinations. Because of its contributions to the economic development of...
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Baja Dreaming: Stories from another timeIf you've ever spent time in Baja, you'll enjoy this book. If you've ever wondered what Baja was like in the 70s, you'll enjoy this book. If you'd like to take a journey back to the "Baja of old", you'll enjoy this book. If...
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Energopolitics: Wind and Power in the AnthropoceneBetween 2009 and 2013 Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer conducted fieldwork in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec to examine the political, social, and ecological dimensions of moving from fossil fuels to wind power. Their work manifested itself as a new ethnographic form: the duograph--a combination...
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