Canada category: 4109 books
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
This time, let’s head to the Northern part of the world – Canada! Did you know that there are a lot of beautiful sights in Canada? This book features only some of them. By reading this educational material, your child will be introduced to the Canadian culture and people. It will also help your...
by Elle Parkes
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
O Canada! From life in the tall mountains to major cities like Toronto, Canada is quite diverse. Visit fantastic landmarks like the CN Tower as you enjoy all that this country has to offer.
by James Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Victoria is the capital of British Columbia and is situated to the south of Vancouver Island off the west coast of Canada. Victoria, B.C. is a small, beautiful “Garden City” known for its impressive Butchart Gardens and other parks. The city has the world's most northerly Mediterranean climate....
by Kelly Sanderson
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Vancouver, British Columbia. Vancouver is the largest metropolitan area in Western Canada, and third largest in Canada, with a population of 2.6 million. Located at the southwestern corner of the coastal province of British Columbia, it is well known...
In the Shadow of the Pole
An Early History of Arctic Expeditions, 1871-1912
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
In the Shadow of the Pole explains how the Arctic came to be part of Canada.
In the Shadow of the Pole tells the history of how the Arctic became part of Canada and how the Dominion government established jurisdiction there. It describes the early expeditions to Canada’s North, including...
The Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
An Illustrated History of Railway Stations in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Brown celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use.
Despite the "green" benefits of rail travel, Canada has lost much of its railway heritage. Across the country stations have been bulldozed and rails ripped up. Once the heart of...
Just Watch Us
RCMP Surveillance of the Women’s Liberation Movement in Cold War Canada
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
From the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, in the midst of the Cold War and second-wave feminism, the RCMP security service – prompted by fears of left-wing and communist subversion – monitored and infiltrated the women’s liberation movement in Canada and Quebec. Just Watch Us investigates why and...
by A.B. McCullough
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 1996
Of special interest to coin and bill collectors, as well as history buffs and students, is this clear, concise and intriguing explanation of the various coins and currencies used in Canada between 1600 and 1900. Covering the French, British, and Canadian periods of our history, the wide range of currencies...
Getting Back in the Game
A Foreign Policy Handbook for Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Has Canada lost its place in the world? Are we destined for a future as a middle power, denied a seat at the "grown-ups table"? Some would argue yes, that decades of neglect and inattention have rendered Canadian foreign policy ineffective at best and non-existent at worst.
Paul Heinbecker...
The Case of Valentine Shortis
A True Story of Crime and Politics in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1988
Two men were shot and killed in the office of the Montreal Cotton Company in Valleyfield, Quebec, on a night in 1895. A third victim, shot through the head, managed to survive. Charged with the murders was Valentine Shortis, a young Irish immigrant. His trial, the longest on record at the time in...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Calgary : (Canada) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Calgary : (Canada) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Calgary : (Canada) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
Fifty Years Honouring Canadians
The Order of Canada, 1967–2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2017
This fully illustrated history traces the Order of Canada from its establishment in 1967 to its place today as a national honour.
Over the past fifty years more than six thousand Canadians have been appointed to the Order of Canada. Those who embody the motto of the Order through their efforts...
by Robert Wright
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
The night of October 30, 1995, was like no other in Canadian history. The young, modern nation that the UN Human Development Index had ranked #1 for the two previous years now faced its greatest challenge: the possibility of fracturing as Quebecers made a fateful decision—whether...
The Diplomacy of Impartiality
Canada and Israel, 1958-1968
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2010
The Diplomacy of Impartiality is an analysis of a major decade in Canadian–Israeli relations, dealing with significant events that led to the Six-Day War of 1967 and its aftermath. Using primary documentation from the National Archives of Canada and the Israeli State Archives, Zachariah Kay shows...