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The “Red Baron” from Local 213 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) was Les McDonald, once a firebrand Communist activist and the youthful leader of the left faction within the Vancouver electrical workers’ union. His fate would be intertwined...
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AU Press and CCLH
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2026-03-27
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Canada is repeatedly ranked the world's most favourite tourist destination. And there's a lot of reasons why. It is a nation of vast, unspoiled wilderness, and yet you still get the feeling everyone still knows each other's name. It has a ton of bears. And maple syrup....
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OH
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2024-06-06
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THE GRIPPING TRUE STORY OF A MURDER WHICH HAUNTED CANADA AND BECAME A RALLYING CRY FOR JUSTICE'If you were hooked on the Serial podcast, then you need to order this now' RedLonglisted for the Crime Writers' Association ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-FictionTina FontaineA...
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Virago
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2019-08-27
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The Oxford Handbook of Canadian Literature provides a broad-ranging introduction to some of the key critical fields, genres, and periods in Canadian literary studies.The essays in this volume, written by prominent theorists in the field, reflect the plurality of...
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Oxford University Press
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2015-11-02
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Grasp the unique history of Quebec? Easy. Packing in equal parts fun and facts, History of Quebec For Dummies is an engaging and entertaining guide to the history of Canada's second-largest province, covering the conflicts, cultures, ideas, politics, and social changes...
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For Dummies
Parution :
2013-05-29
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In a small prairie school in 1929, Connie Flood helps a backward student, Michael Graves, learn how to read. Observing them and darkening their lives is the principal, Parley Burns, whose strange behaviour culminates in an attack so disturbing its repercussions continue...
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Maclehose Press
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2012-08-30
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I am foreborn of spud runts who fled the famines of Ireland in the 1830s, not a man or woman among them more than five foot two, leaving behind a life of beggarment and setting sail for what since Malory were called the Happy Isles . . .'So begins Baltimore's Mansion,...
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Transworld Digital
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2010-12-15
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A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated! This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin's...
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For Dummies
Parution :
2009-08-26
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On October 21, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI canonized Saint Kateri Tekakwitha as the first Native North American saint. Mohawk Saint is a work of history that situates her remarkable life in its seventeenth century setting, a time of wars, epidemics, and cultural...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2004-11-25
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Framing the West argues that photography was intrinsic to British territorial expansion and settlement on the northwest coast. Williams shows how male and female settlers used photography to establish control over the territory and its indigenous inhabitants, as well as...
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Oxford University Press
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2003-10-30
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Through insightful essays, Revisiting Human Rights in Canadian History challenges the national myths that celebrate Canada’s inclusivity, frame this country as a global human rights leader, and minimize persistent inequalities at home. Contributors to this volume...
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University of Manitoba Press
Parution :
2025-11-13
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Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Turmoil: The Life and Times of Philip Hankin follows the daring, rocky life of a world traveler, marine charter, four-time acting head of government, and larger-than-life personality who has for too long been an unseen...
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Touchwood Editions
Parution :
2025-11-04
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p>Narrative, photo-filled historical guide to Nova Scotia's historic ferries from author of Nova Scotia's Historic Harbours and Nova Scotia's Lost Communities.
Nova Scotia is a peninsula—almost an island—with a meandering coastline and a crisscrossing network of...
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Nimbus
Parution :
2025-10-21
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Delve into the life and legacy of one of Canada's most influential leaders in "Sir John Macdonald" by W. Stewart Wallace. This captivating biography takes readers on a remarkable journey through the political landscape of 19th-century Canada, exploring the life and...
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Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2025-10-17
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Thresholds, Walls, and Bridges is a collection of essays by historian Dr. Elizabeth Jameson, Imperial Oil-Lincoln McKay Chair in American Studies at the University of Calgary from 1999 to 2017.
Together, these essays represent the intellectual evolution of an important...
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University of Calgary Press
Parution :
2025-10-15
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Gander, Newfoundland, is a rare example of a town that emerged after its airport. Opened in 1939, the airport played a crucial role in World War II, reportedly becoming the world's largest multinational military base. Immediately after the war, a new town developed,...
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Flanker Press
Parution :
2025-06-13
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To understand Canada one must understand racism, for Canada was born and grew as a racist state. Race riots, segregated schools, racially-based union membership, mass deportations of innocent people, the state sanctioned kidnapping of children, a conscious attempt at...
Editeur :
J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing
Parution :
2024-07-16
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This thrilling story of the Klondike Gold Rush is at once first-rate history and first-rate entertainment. Some of the anecdotes of the last great gold rush have been told by others, but Pierre Berton is the first to distill the Klondike experience into a single,...
Editeur :
Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2024-05-22
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One hundred and forty-one people from MacKay Presbyterian Church, in Ottawa, served in the First World War. This is an astonishing record, but one that was by no means uncommon in Canada. Why did these men, their families, and their church enlist in this great war for...
Editeur :
Mercury-Mercure
Parution :
2024-03-26
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Terry Carlson’s thoroughly researched history offers a detailed account of the activities and evolution of the Newfoundland Constabulary from 1871, when the force was founded, to 1949, when Newfoundland became the tenth province of Canada. It is a compelling portrait of...
Editeur :
Flanker Press
Parution :
2023-12-01
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