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  • A Time Such as There Never Was Before

    Canada After the Great War

    de Alan Bowker ...
    Ottawa Book Award 2015 — ShortlistedBetween 1918 and 1921 a great storm blew through Canada and raised the expectations of a new world in which all things would be possible.|The years after World War I were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history: a period of unremitting change, drama, and conflict. They were, in the words of Stephen Leacock, “a time such as there never was before.”The war ... Leer más

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  • Alan Bowker's Canadian Heritage 2-Book Bundle

    A Time Such as There Never Was Before / On the Front Line of Life

    de Alan Bowker ...
    In this two-book bundle, Alan Bowker sheds new light on two subjects with a surprising connection: the great Canadian writer Stephen Leacock and the rise of Canada on the world stage, which Leacock profiled with keen wit and observational skill. With Bowker as your guide, explore what it was really like to live through the great upheaval that pushed Canada to come into its own on the world stage.A ... Leer más

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  • On the Front Line of Life

    Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944

    de Alan Bowker ...
    In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these ... Leer más

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  • The Paris Game

    Charles de Gaulle, the Liberation of Paris, and the Gamble that Won France

    de Ray Argyle ...
    At a crucial moment in the Second World War, an obscure French general reaches a fateful personal decision: to fight on alone after his government’s flight from Paris and its capitulation to Nazi Germany.Amid the ravages of a world war, three men — a general, a president, and a prime minister — are locked in a rivalry that threatens their partnership and puts the world’s most celebrated city at ... Leer más

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  • The Ashes of War

    The Fight for Upper Canada, August 1814—March 1815

    Series Libro 6 - Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812
    The end of the War of 1812 brought with it great political, economic, and social upheaval.The sixth and final book of the Upper Canada Preserved — War of 1812 series, The Ashes of War examines in detail the closing stages of the war on the Northern Frontier, including the two-month siege of Fort Erie, the engagement at Cook’s Mills, the American attempt to recapture Michilimackinac (Mackinac), the ... Leer más

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  • Ontario 1610-1985

    de Randall White ...
    If Ontario is the land that is ours to discover then surely Randall White has written a book of discovery. Ontario 1610-1985 fulfills the need for a comprehensive text that chronicles the history of one of the founding provinces of Confederation, a province that has provided a vital legacy for Canada.Ontario 1610-1985 is for the general reader and an invaluable text for teachers and students of ... Leer más

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  • Macdonald at 200

    New Reflections and Legacies

    Edición de Patrice Dutil, Roger Hall ...
    A modern look at a classic leader.Macdonald at 200 presents fifteen fresh interpretations of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, published for the occasion of the bicentennial of his birth in 1815. Well researched and crisply written by recognized scholars and specialists, the collection throws new light on Macdonald’s formative role in shaping government, promoting women’s rights, managing the ... Leer más

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  • None Is Too Many

    Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948

    Winner of the National Jewish Book Award (Holocaust Category)Winner of the Canadian Historical Association John A. Macdonald PrizeFeatured in The Literary Review of Canada 100: Canada’s Most Important Books[This] is a story best summed up in the words of an anonymous senior Canadian official who, in the midst of a rambling, off-the-record discussion with journalists in 1945, was asked how many ... Leer más

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  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Champion of Freedom

    de Conrad Black ...
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms as president, he transformed an inward-looking country into the greatest superpower the world had ever known. Only Abraham Lincoln did more to save America from destruction. But FDR is such a large ... Leer más

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  • Army of Lovers

    A Community History of Will Munro

    de Sarah Liss ...
    Series series Exploded Views
    Will was pretty much the perfect role model.' - Beth Ditto, The Gossip In the spring of 2010, Toronto lost one of its most important queer civic heroes when local artist, DJ, activist, impresario, promoter, party-thrower, café operator, community-builder and lover Will Munro died of brain cancer at the unfathomably young age of 35. Famed for his subversive, irreverent visual art, which co-opted ... Leer más

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  • Not Too Long Ago: Stories of a Traditional Way of Life

    Stories of a Traditional Way of Life

    Not Too Long Ago is back by popular demand in this newly revised and expanded edition! In this volume, today's senior citizens talk about some of the more exciting and memorable moments of their lives growing up in Newfoundland and Labrador. Read these richly detailed biographies, and meet: Charlie Bown — Bell Island Miner Arthur Clarke — Ambulance Driver Howard Elliott — Big Game Outfitter ... Leer más

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  • Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882–1940)

    Series Libro 1 - Roosevelt
    "A brilliant full-length portrait of Franklin Roosevelt the politician"—the first in an award-winning two-volume biography ( The Christian Science Monitor).Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving president in United States history, reshaping the country during the crises of the Great Depression and World War II. But before his ascension to the presidency, FDR laid the groundwork for his ... Leer más

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