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Raymond Collishaw and the Black FlightThe first comprehensive biography of Canada's third-highest- scoring ace in the First World War. Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War? Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight takes you to the Western Front...
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The Call to Arms: The 1812 Invasions of Upper CanadaFrom 1812 to 1815 a war was fought between the United States and Britain that decided the destiny and future of North America. The Call to Arms is the first of six books in the series Upper Canada Preserved -- War of 1812. Each...
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Haunted Hamilton: The Ghosts of Dundurn Castle and Other Steeltown Shivers2013 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award -- Shortlisted, Nonfiction Hamilton, Ontario, may seem just like any other city, but a haunted past is hidden beneath it. From the Hermitage ruins to Dundurn Castle, from the Customs House to Stoney Creek Battlefield Park, the city...
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Oak Island Family: The Restall Hunt for Buried TreasureFor 200 years people have sought the treasure buried on Oak Island on Canada's East Coast. Bob Restall got his chance, but it ended in tragedy. A fabulous treasure lies buried deep within an island on Canada's East Coast. Or so they say. For...
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Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature (Large Print 16pt)When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent,...
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French Connections: Cultural Mobility in North America and the Atlantic World, 1600-1875French Connections examines how the movement of people, ideas, and social practices contributed to the complex processes and negotiations involved in being and becoming French in North America and the Atlantic World between the years 1600 and 1875. Engaging a wide range of topics,...
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The Killing Fields: Harvest of WomenHundreds of girls and young women are brutally killed or missing in Juarez, Mexico, and no one does anything about it. Most of the victims come from poor families. This explosive book reveals who is killing them and why. Across the border from El...
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Lucie and Lu's Adventures: Travelling Vancouver, Canada and AustraliaEveryone has their own way of living in the world and managing their fears and anxieties. But can two people with very different approaches come together to overcome obstacles? Rendered in full colour, this delightfully illustrated book is about friendship, adventure, travel, and overcoming...
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Canada's Road: A Journey on the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John's to VictoriaRussia has the Trans-Siberian Highway, Australia has Highway 1, and Canada has the Trans-Canada Highway, an iconic road that stretches almost 8,000 kilometres across six time zones. In the summer of 2012, on the highway's 50th birthday, Mark Richardson drove its entire length to...
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Fishing in British ColumbiaThis book contains a comprehensive guide to fishing in British Columbia, with a chapter on tuna fishing at Santa Catalina. The chief purpose of this book is to give some idea of the habits and peculiarities of the rainbow, and the sport which it...
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Canadian State Trials: Rebellion and Invasion in the Canadas, 1837-1839This second volume of the Canadian State Trials series focuses on the largest state security crisis in 19th century Canada: the rebellions of 1837-1838 and associated patriot invasions in Upper and Lower Canada (Ontario and Qu bec). Historians have long debated the causes and...
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From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian FinanceThe 2008 financial crisis rippled across the globe and triggered a worldwide recession. Unlike the American banking system which experienced massive losses, takeovers, and taxpayer funded bailouts, Canada's banking system withstood the crisis relatively well and maintained its liquidity and profitability. The divergence in...
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Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration CampWinner of the 2016 Vine Award for Nonfiction The Allied soldiers who liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 were faced with scenes of horror and privation. With breathtaking thoroughness, Distance from the Belsen Heap documents what they saw and how...
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Remembrance of Patients Past: Patient Life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane, 1870-1940In Remembrance of Patients Past, historian Geoffrey Reaume remembers previously forgotten psychiatric patients by examining in rich detail their daily life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane (now called the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - CAMH) from 1870-1940. Psychiatric patients endured...
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Modern MexicoHow did modern Mexico become a nation of multicultural diversity and rich indigenous traditions? What key roles do Mexico's non-Western, pre-Columbian indigenous heritage and subsequent development as a major center in the Spanish colonial empire play the country's identity today? How is Mexico today...
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Troubled Memories: Iconic Mexican Women and the Traps of Representation2019 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleIn Troubled Memories, Oswaldo Estrada traces the literary and cultural representations of several iconic Mexican women produced in the midst of neoliberalism, gender debates, and the widespread commodification of cultural memory. He examines recent fictionalizations of Malinche, Hern n Cort...
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Cuckoo, Cuckoo: A Folktale from MexicoThis Mexican folktale tells the story of a beautiful bird named Cuckoo, who loves to sing all night and day. When the other birds in the forest need help planting seeds, Cuckoo does not help them, but continues to sing instead. After the planting,...
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It Helps to be Crazy: The Story of Maya Chan BeachThat property had been thoroughly decimated by a category 5 monster named Hurricane Dean. It was now five months later, January 2008, and that little stretch of beach still had nothing to offer but sea grass and sand. There were no palm trees, no...
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Hiking Musings: The West Coast TrailSixty-eight-year-old Kenneth T. Gallagher may have been slightly ill-prepared for his first West Coast Trail hike. Still, armed with too much confidence and an out-of-date trail guide, he set off on an adventure. His number one priority: spend time and make memories with his...
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo: With Fiestas, Music, and DanceCelebrate Cinco de Mayo continues National Geographic's spectacular Holidays Around the World series with this joyous feast of Mexican culture--an annual event in Mexico and an increasingly popular holiday in America as well. Many mistakenly assume that the fifth of May is Mexico's Independence...
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