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  • Broadsides and Bayonets

    The Propaganda War of the American Revolution

    by Carl Berger ...
    Originally published in 1961, author Carl Berger has "attempted to encompass the story of propaganda and subversion in the American Revolutionary War. The archives and literature of the Revolution contain many intriguing references to "secret arts and machinations," some relating to incidents familiar to us, others touching on events long forgotten. This book for the first time brings them ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada

    The 1982 Joanne Goodman Lectures

    by Carl Berger ...
    Series series Joanne Goodman Lectures
    Professor Berger aims in this book to ‘explore the rise, expression, and relative decline of the idea of natural history’ in Canada, during the age of Victoria. Science, particularly natural science, was then accessible to the general public in a way scarcely imaginable today. Natural history societies were set up in a number of cities and provided a focus for the descriptive and collecting ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Literary History of Canada

    Canadian Literature in English, Volume IV (Second Edition)

    Edited by Clara Thomas, Douglas Lochhead, Philip Stratford, Alan Cairns, Carl Berger, William New, Francess Halpenny, Henry Kreisel ...
    Series series Heritage
    This new volume of the Literary History of Canada covers the continuing development of English-Canadian writing from 1972 to 1984. As with the three earlier volumes, this book is an invaluable guide to recent developments in English-Canadian literature and a resource for both the general reader and the specialist researcher.The contributors to this volume are Laurie Ricou, David Jackel, Linda ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • The Sense of Power

    Studies in the Ideas of Canadian Imperialism, 1867-1914, Second Edition

    by Carl Berger ...
    Prior to the publication of The Sense of Power most studies of the Canadian movement for imperial unity focused on commercial policy and military and naval cooperation. This influential book demonstrated that the movement – which held that Canada could only become a great nation within the British Empire – was significantly influenced by its leading advocates’ belief in nationalism. Carl Berger ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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  • Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Volume One: Summary

    Honouring the Truth, Reconciling for the Future

    by Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ...
    This is the Final Report of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and its six-year investigation of the residential school system for Aboriginal youth and the legacy of these schools. This report, the summary volume, includes the history of residential schools, the legacy of that school system, and the full text of the Commission's 94 recommendations for action to address that legacy.This ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Canoe Country

    The Making of Canada

    by Roy MacGregor ...
    One of our favourite chroniclers of all things Canadian presents a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes.From the earliest explorers on the Columbia River in BC or the Mattawa in Ontario to a doomed expedition of voyageurs up the Nile to rescue Khartoum; from the author's family roots deep in the Algonquin wilderness to modern families who ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Mary Janeway

    The Legacy of a Home Child

    by Mary Pettit ...
    Mary Janeway is the story of a little girl's childhood while living on a farm as a domestic servant in the late 1800s. Based on extensive historical research, Mary's story begins in Scotland where family circumstances lead to her being sent to Canada as a home child. Separated from her siblings, Mary, at age eight, is sent to a farm near Innerkip, Ontario, where the Jacques family "needed a girl." ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from their American Homeland

    The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland

    by John Mack Faragher ...
    "Altogether superb; a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past."--Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewIn 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a desperate guerrilla resistance. ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Ice Ghosts

    The Epic Hunt for the Lost Franklin Expedition

    by Paul Watson ...
    "Intriguing [and] enjoyable." —Ian McGuire, New York Times Book ReviewIce Ghosts weaves together the epic story of the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845—whose two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and their crew of 129 were lost to the Arctic ice—with the modern tale of the scientists, divers, and local Inuit behind the recent incredible discoveries of the wrecks. Paul Watson, a Pulitzer Prize ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • Unbuilt Toronto 2

    More of the City That Might Have Been

    by Mark Osbaldeston ...
    Series Book 2 - The City That Might Have Been
    Quill & Quire cited Unbuilt Toronto as a book filled with "well-researched, often gripping tales of grand plans," while Canadian Architect said that it is "an impressively researched exploration of never-realized architectural and master-planning projects intended for the city." Now Unbuilt Toronto 2 provides an all-new, fascinating return to the "Toronto that might have been."Discover the ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Policing the Plains

    Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police

    by R. G. MacBeth ...
    In "Policing the Plains," R. G. MacBeth explores the complexities of law enforcement in the Canadian West during the late 19th century, deftly weaving historical narrative with a critical analysis of social justice and authority. His meticulous attention to detail and immersive prose captures the tension between traditional Indigenous ways of life and encroaching colonial laws. MacBeth's narrative ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Animals Strike Curious Poses

    by Elena Passarello ...
    “It might be the best book on animals I’ve ever read. It's also the only one that's made me laugh out loud.” —Helen Macdonald, The New York Times Book ReviewBeginning with Yuka, a 39,000-year-old mummified woolly mammoth recently found in the Siberian permafrost, each of the sixteen essays in Animals Strike Curious Poses investigates a different famous animal named and immortalized by humans. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD