Penguin Canada: 177 books
by Robert Bothwell
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2007
Canada is in many ways a country of limits, a paradox for a place that enjoys virtually unlimited space. Most of that space is uninhabited, and much of it is uninhabitable. It is a country with a huge north but with most of its population in the south, hugging the U.S. border. An uneasy and difficult...
The Beaverton Presents Glorious and/or Free
The True History of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
A hilarious tour through Canada's history, from the nation's most trusted news source: The Beaverton.
There is a new media empire in Canada--and unlike others, it is honest about being "fake news." Its satirical headlines have been misinforming Canadians across the country and the...
Vij
A Chef's One-Way Ticket to Canada with Indian Spices in His Suitcase
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
**Winner of the 2018 Taste Canada Awards - Culinary Narratives
Vikram Vij, one of Canada’s great chefs, shares his story of the trials and triumphs in building a world-renowned food empire**
Fragrant with the smells of cumin, turmeric, fennel, and cloves, Vij reveals the story of Vikram...
A Fair Country
Telling Truths About Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2009
In this startlingly original vision of Canada, renowned thinker John Ralston Saul argues that Canada is a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by Aboriginal ideas: Egalitarianism, a proper balance between individual and group, and a penchant for negotiation over violence are all Aboriginal...
The History of Canada Series: The Destiny of Canada
Mcdonald, Laurier And The Election Of 1891
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
It was Sir John A. Macdonald's last campaign. His Conservatives had dominated Canadian politics since Confederation. Their National Policy, which protected Canadian manufacturers from foreign competition, was well established and affection for the "Old Man" was deep and widespread. The Liberal leader,...
by John Ralston Saul
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Canada has no better interpreter than prolific writer and thinker John Ralston Saul. Here he argues that Canada did not begin in 1867; indeed, its foundation was laid by two visionary men, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin. The two leaders of Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, worked...
by Andrew Cohen
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2008
In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 1963–1968, Lester B. Pearson oversaw the revamping of Canada through the introduction of Medicare, the Canada Pension Plan, the Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, the Auto Pact, and the new Maple Leaf flag. Pearson came to power after an impressive...
The Efficient Society
Why Canada Is As Close To Utopia As It Gets
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2002
In this fascinating account of what makes Canada such a successful society, Joseph Heath celebrates the much-maligned value of efficiency and asks some searching questions about the forces that threaten to undermine our quality of life. Canada is an efficient society, much more efficient than our...
Canadians
A Portrait Of A Country And Its People
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2008
Who are we? In Canadians, one of Canada’s most intelligent and beloved writers maps our national psyche in a wonderful and ambitious work. Canadians is an entertaining portrait of this country and its people, through its history, popular culture, literature, sport, landscape, and weather. In his...
by Lewis Desoto
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2009
Mad, bad, and dangerous to know is how Victorian society dismissed Emily Carr. Lewis DeSoto, a painter and novelist, sees Emily Carr as a woman in search of God, freedom, and the essence of art. Her quest to be an independent woman and a modern artist takes her from the studios of Paris to deep inside...
A Season to Remember
How Canada's Team Gave Us the Best Summer in Twenty-two Years
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
What started as a baseball season like any other became the most thrilling sports story of 2015
Canada’s team began the season with as many losses as wins, but things changed rapidly. With inspired moves by management at the trade deadline, and a bullpen rally not seen since the back-to-back...
Mavericks
An Incorrigable History Of Alberta
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
The fifth title in our provincial histories series, Mavericks is an idiosyncratic and episodic history of what is arguably Canada's most unconventional province. From mapmakers to ranchers, Stampede Wrestling to Stockwell Day, acclaimed writer Aritha van Herk brings the drama and combative beauty...
by Randy Boyagoda
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2007
Sam Bokarie is an ex–African warlord who moves to small-town Canada to capitalize on its zealous hospitality. Based in part on a notoriously vicious figure, this debut novel responds to this warlord’s mysterious disappearance by imagining what would happen if he turned up in Canada and aligned...
Hockey Night in Canada
60 Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Hockey Night in Canada has reached a great age (and for television, practically an immortal one) because it made itself into something that Canada couldn't live without. It is this surge of emotion that connected us all each week, and which connects us through the years to now. Hockey Night in Canada...