North America local history
-
The Big Red Fox: The Incredible Story of Norman Red Ryan, Canada's Most Notorious CriminalShort-listed for the 2000 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction Norman Red Ryan was a notorious bank robber, safecracker, and killer. He escaped from Kingston Penitentiary twice - first by force, and then years later by gulling the credulous into believing that he was...
- Dhs. 132.12 AED
- Dhs. 132.12 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
A History of the Rowayton Waterfront: Roton Point, Bell Island & the Norwalk ShorelineWelcome to Rowayton, a vibrant community nestled on the shores of Long Island Sound and encompassed by the city of Norwalk, Connecticut. Great steamships once delivered thousands of visitors daily to Roton Point to enjoy one of the premier amusement parks on the eastern...
- Dhs. 183.79 AED
- Dhs. 183.79 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Eaton's: The Trans-Canada StoreExplore the broad, fascinating history of the Eaton's department store empire. Exhaustively researched and thoughtfully written by a prominent department store historian. Canada's largest and most well-known department store, Eaton's was an icon of Canadian culture. From its founding in 1869 to its famed...
- Dhs. 224.00 AED
- Dhs. 224.00 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Little Frida: A Story of Frida KahloYoung Frida Kahlo's imaginary friend comes to life in a touching story by Anthony Browne enhanced by exquisite surreal illustrations. Following a bout with polio at the age of six, Frida Kahlo's life was marked by pain and loneliness. In real life she walked...
- Dhs. 113.90 AED
- Dhs. 113.90 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Royal City Volume 2: Sonic YouthIn this second installment of bestselling author Jeff Lemire's (Descender, Sweet Tooth) ambitious new series we travel back to the year 1993 and follow the then-teenaged Pike siblings and see the the last week of Tommy Pike's life unfold. The mysteries of his death...
- Dhs. 113.90 AED
- Dhs. 113.90 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Day of the DeadThe Day of the Dead (or Dia de los muertos) is a special Mexican holiday that honors loved ones who have passed away. Readers will learn about how people celebrate the holiday with the creation of altars and traditional foods. Complete with simple text...
- Dhs. 210.25 AED
- Dhs. 210.25 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Violence, Order, and Unrest: A History of British North America, 1749-1876This edited collection offers a broad reinterpretation of the origins of Canada. Drawing on cutting-edge research in a number of fields, Violence, Order, and Unrest explores the development of British North America from the mid-eighteenth century through the aftermath of Confederation. The chapters cover...
- Dhs. 543.00 AED
- Dhs. 543.00 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Rochdale: The Runaway CollegeThe fascinating story of Toronto's experimental Rochdale College's rise and fall, now reissued in a handsome A List edition.Toronto's Rochdale College began as an experiment in living and learning, and ended as a symbol of the flower-child sixties, a financial and social controversy. In...
- Dhs. 97.36 AED
- Dhs. 97.36 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
1968 Mexico: Constellations of Freedom and DemocracyRecognizing the fiftieth anniversary of the protests, strikes, and violent struggles that formed the political and cultural backdrop of 1968 across Europe, the United States, and Latin America, Susana Draper offers a nuanced perspective of the 1968 movement in Mexico. She challenges the dominant...
- Dhs. 909.26 AED
- Dhs. 909.26 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Anne of InglesideAnne of Ingleside' is the sixth book in the 'Anne of Green Gables' series. Seven years on from 'Anne's House of Dreams' the Blythes have set up home in a house they affectionately name Ingleside. Anne and Giblert now have several children who engage...
- Dhs. 275.70 AED
- Dhs. 275.70 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Ghosts of Niagara-On-The-LakeA new, expanded edition detailing Niagara-on-the-Lake's ghostly inhabitants. Long-dead British soldiers, grieving lovers, lingering spirits -- Niagara-on-the-Lake's long and colourful history is kept alive by ghosts of its past. Through historical investigation and eyewitness accounts, Andrew Hind and Maria Da Silva share over two...
- Dhs. 143.58 AED
- Dhs. 143.58 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in CanadaShining a light on the dark history of hangings in Canada.Take a journey through notable cases in Canada's criminal justice history, featuring well-known and some less-well-known figures from the past. You'll meet Arthur Ellis, Canada's most famous hangman, whose work outfit was a frock...
- Dhs. 143.58 AED
- Dhs. 143.58 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Creepy Capital: Ghost Stories of Ottawa and the National Capital RegionA supernatural tour of the Ottawa region with ghostwatcher Mark Leslie as your guide. Come along with paranormal raconteur Mark Leslie as he uncovers first-person accounts of ghostly happenings throughout Ottawa and the surrounding towns -- the whole region is rife with ghostly encounters...
- Dhs. 143.58 AED
- Dhs. 143.58 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Our Own Master Race: Eugenics in Canada, 1885-1945Was Canada immune to the racist currents of thought that swept central Europe in the 1920's and 1930's? In this landmark book Angus McLaren, co-author of The Bedroom and the State, examines the pervasiveness in Canada of the eugenic notion of "race betterment" and...
- Dhs. 254.26 AED
- Dhs. 254.26 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Surviving Trench Warfare: Technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918, Second EditionThe horrors of the First World War were the product of a new and unprecedented type of industrial warfare. To survive and win demanded not just new technology but the techniques to use it effectively. In Surviving Trench Warfare, Bill Rawling takes a close...
- Dhs. 421.87 AED
- Dhs. 421.87 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Border Towns and Border Crossings: A History of the U.S.-Mexico DivideThe U.S.-Mexico border is far more than a line that separates two countries. A winding path of nearly 2,000 miles from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, it is history, commerce, and culture. In recent years, however, attitudes about border crossings and...
- Dhs. 1,024.69 AED
- Dhs. 1,024.69 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Bones Are Forever#1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs, a producer of the Fox hit show Bones, is back with her fifteenth "pulse-pounding" (Publishers Weekly) novel featuring North America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Tempe Brennan--a story of infanticide and murder set in the high stakes, high...
- Dhs. 66.97 AED
- Dhs. 66.97 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
The Rancher Takes a Wife: A True Account of Life on the Last Great Cattle FrontierContinue on the adventure with The Rancher Takes a Wife, the conclusion to Richmond Hobson's western frontier trilogy The interior of British Columbia in the early 20th century is a jungle of swamps, rivers, and grasslands. It's a vast and still barely explored wilderness,...
- Dhs. 53.53 AED
- Dhs. 53.53 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Talavera Designs Entspannendes Malbuch: Mexikanisches Fest Färben Sie Ihre beste Talavera-Keramik Meditation und StressabbauGenie en und entlasten Sie Stress mit dieser wunderschön dekorierten Talavera-Keramik und seien Sie kreativ und voller Inspiration, um diese traditionelle mexikanische Kunst in Ihrer Notiz auszumalen. Merkmale: - Über 35 Malvorlagen. - Doppelte Bilder - Färben Sie Ihre Lieblingsbilder zweimal! - Einseitig bedruckt,...
- Dhs. 80.37 AED
- Dhs. 80.37 AED
- Unit price
- per
-
Letters from Montreal: Tales of an Exceptional CityLetters From Montreal documents the experiences of Montrealers past and present, creating a portrait of the storied city unlike any other. Drawn from the celebrated column in Maisonneuve magazine, this anthology features writers documenting a quintessential part of local life. Narrated with the intimacy...
- Dhs. 80.16 AED
- Dhs. 80.16 AED
- Unit price
- per