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On the night of November 29, 1929, eleven schooners set sail for home from the comfort and safety of St. John’s harbour. They all headed north: directly into the teeth of a deadly hurricane.
Here for the first time are the stories of the eleven schooners that were...
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Flanker Press
Parution :
2013-06-27
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From Meteorite Impact to Constellation City is a historical geography of the City of Greater Sudbury. The story that began billions of years ago encompasses dramatic physical and human events. Among them are volcanic eruptions, two meteorite impacts, the ebb and flow...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2013-06-15
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Pierre-Claver Ndacyayisenga was a history teacher in Kigali when he was forced to flee to the neighbouring Congo (Zaïre) with his wife and three children. Thus began a harrowing five-year voyage of 9781926824789 low ressurvival during which they travelled thousands of...
Editeur :
Baraka Books
Parution :
2013-05-15
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Professor Paul-André Linteau tells the fascinating story of Montreal from prehistoric times to the twenty-first century, from the Iroquoian community of Hochelaga to the bustling economic metropolis that Montreal has become. He delves into the social, economic,...
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Baraka Books
Parution :
2013-04-15
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This book examines prehistoric culture change in the Gulf of Georgia region of the northwest coast of North America during the Locarno Beach (3500–1100 BP) and Marpole (2000–1100 BP) periods. The Marpole culture has traditionally been seen to possess all the traits...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2013-03-30
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The Yarns We Had is a collection of stories that were handed down to Cyril W. Greenham by his father, Wilbur Greenham, and grandfather, Andrew (Chum) Greenham. Both men were fishermen and seagoing captains from Notre Dame Bay, and in this collection, they relate the wit...
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Flanker Press
Parution :
2013-02-20
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Terry Copp’s tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed memory of their country’s role in the Second World War. This collection, drawn from the work of Terry’s colleagues and...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2013-02-01
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The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown in the trenches of the First World War, andThe Dumbells—concert parties made up of fighting soldiers—were central to this process. Soldiers of Song tells their story....
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-11-06
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Imagined Homes: Soviet German Immigrants in Two Cities is a study of the social and cultural integration of two migrations of German speakers from Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union to Winnipeg, Canada in the late 1940s, and Bielefeld, Germany in the 1970s. Employing a...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2012-10-18
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Bestselling author Frank Galgay offers up this collection of his personal favorites from a wide variety of Canadian writers. Spanning 160 years, Classic Christmas Stories includes heartwarming tales of Christmases from pastoral Canadian towns, to hustling and bustling...
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Flanker Press
Parution :
2012-09-14
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The waters off Newfoundland, in the North Atlantic, held the world’s most abundant supply of codfish, which, when discovered, was in great demand. Unlike the fur trade—the other major early commercial activity in what is now mainland Canada—the production of codfish did...
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Flanker Press
Parution :
2012-09-07
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In the spring and summer of 1938, a third-generation German Canadian took an unforgettable road trip in Europe. Franklin Wellington Wegenast drove through Austria, Italy, France, Luxembourg, and Germany. He stopped to talk to people along the way and offered rides to...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-08-21
Collection :
WCGS German Studies
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The residents of Harbour Breton, a small fishing village in Newfoundland, claimed that it rained for forty days and nights.
For forty days and nights, a prevailing southwest wind off the Grand Banks brought persistent rain, drizzle, fog, and sometimes torrential...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2012-06-12
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"This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety — no single volume will ever do that — but including many of the finest things. It is also a book of mountain travel, under conditions such as perhaps the European...
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RMB | Rocky Mountain Books
Parution :
2012-05-15
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A social and economic history of one of the oldest Ukrainian settlements in Western Canada. Established in 1896, the Stuartburn colony was one of the earliest Ukrainian settlements in western Canada. Based on an analysis of government records, pioneer memoirs, and the...
Editeur :
University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2012-05-11
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Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada considers how the terms of critical debate in literary and cultural studies in Canada have shifted with respect to race, nation, and difference. In asking how Indigenous and diasporic interventions have...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-05-09
Collection :
TransCanada
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Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History traces the history of social policy in Canada from the period of First Nations’ control to the present day, exploring the various ways in which residents of the area known today as Canada have organized themselves to deal...
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-05-09
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Cold War Comforts examines Canadian women’s efforts to protect children’s health and safety between the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945 and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Amid this global insecurity, many women participated in civil defence...
Editeur :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Parution :
2012-05-01
Collection :
Studies in Childhood and Family in Canada
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Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years is a compelling mix of historical narrative, personal anecdote, and expert, local knowledge. Illustrated with more than 200 new images--the author's own watercolours and brush-and-ink drawings as well as archival and private...
Editeur :
Whitecap Books
Parution :
2012-03-15
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The First World War profoundly affected every community in Canada. In Regina, the politics of national identity, the rural myth, and the social gospel all lent a distinctive flavour to the city’s experience of the Great War. For many Reginans, the fight against German...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2011-11-30
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