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100 More Canadian Heroines
Famous and Forgotten Faces
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2011
In this second installment of the bestselling Canadian Heroines series, author Merna Forster brings together 100 more incredible stories of great characters and wonderful images. Meet famous and forgotten women in fields such as science, sport, politics, war and peace, and arts and entertainment,...
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Dreams and Shadows
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Mackenzie King (1874-1950) was Canada’s tenth and longest serving prime minister and an important figure on the international scene, especially during the Second World War. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of Mackenzie King.
Breakthrough!
Canada's Greatest Inventions and Innovations
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2013
Canadians are behind a variety of cutting-edge products, life-saving medicines, innovative machines, and fascinating ideas. Although our inventions have typically been created with little fanfare, financing, or expectation of return, they have often gone on to play important roles in day-to-day life....
Dancing in the Sky
The Royal Flying Corps in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2009
Dancing in the Sky is the first complete telling of the First World War fighter pilot training initiative established by the British in response to the terrible losses occurring in the skies over Europe in 1916. This program, up and running in under six months despite enormous obstacles, launched...
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
An Illustrated Guide: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1999
Established in 1876, Mount Pleasant Cemetery has a rich and textured history. It is the keeper of thousands of stories, each of which has contributed to the history of our city, province, and country.
Many of Canada's most beloved figures rest there - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Foster Hewitt,...
Belleville
A Popular History
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2009
Belleville, on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, traces its beginnings to the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists. For 30 years the centre of the present city was reserved for the Mississauga First Nation. White settlers who built dwellings and businesses on the land paid annual rent to them until...
Whisky and Ice
The Saga of Ben Kerr, Canada's Most Daring Rumrunner
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 1996
During the Roaring Twenties, Ben Kerr was known as the "King of the Rumrunners." The U.S. Coast Guard put him at the top of the most-wanted list and offered a reward of $5,000. But ending up in Club Fed was not Kerr's only worry - he had to contend with Hamilton crime lords Rocco and Bessie...
Toronto Sketches 11
"The Way We Were"
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2012
Mike Filey’s column “The Way We Were” first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey’s column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper’s most widely...
1000 Questions About Canada
Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
What are "snow worms"?
Are there more moose than people in the Yukon?
What is the meaning of the word "Niagara"?
Where will you find the world’s largest perogy?
Does Elvis have a street in Ottawa named after him?
What was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s...
Sudbury
Rail Town to Regional Capital
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 1996
At the turn of the century Sudbury was a town set on the railway line, with a population of about 2,000. The community was smaller than Sault Ste. Marie and Copper Cliff to the west, and to the east, North Bay and Pembroke. Now, nearly 100 years later, Sudbury is the largest city in northeastern Ontario....
Greatcoats and Glamour Boots
Canadian Women at War, 1939-1945, Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, "to free a man to fight," as the recruiting posters urged....
Flying Canucks II
Pioneers of Canadian Aviation
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2002
Among the many technological advances of this century that have shrunk our country, few have had as great an impact as aviation. Technologies evolve and national priorities change, but the qualities necessary to design aircraft, fly them in war and peace, and manage airlines remain constant. In this,...
by Randy Ray, Mark Kearney
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1998
Did a Canadian kill famed escape artist Harry Houdini? Are the streets of Yellowknife really paved with gold? What was Canada's connection to those famous "Paul McCartney is dead" rumours of the late 1960s? And just how long does it take a drop of water to flow from Lake Superior to the...
Toronto Sketches 8
The Way We Were
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Toronto Sun columnist Mike Filey is back with Toronto Sketches 8, the series that captures the people, politics, and architecture of Toronto’s past with photographs and anecdotes that will change the way you see the city forever. The book brings us back to the time of Toronto’s original horse-drawn...