Dundurn imprint: 1894 books
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30
William C. Van Horne / George Simpson / Tom Thomson / Simon Girty / Mary Pickford
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2013
Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: nineteenth century railway builder William C. Van Horne; early nineteenth century governor and fur baron George Simpson; legendary Group of Seven-associated...
The Capital Years
Niagara-on-the-Lake 1792-1796
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 1996
The Capital Years is being published to celebrate the bicentennial anniversary of the opening of the first parliament of Upper Canada.
Nine scholars have contributed to this book, which explores the daily life of the inhabitants during the time period 1792-1796 when the area served as the capital...
Haunted Too
Incredible True Stories of Ghostly Encounters
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2012
Upon writing Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House, Dorah thought her situation was unique. What she didn't realize was how many others would relate to how it feels to be haunted, too. After being flooded by emails from people with similar experiences,...
Hope and Heartbreak in Toronto
Life as a Maple Leafs Fan
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
False hope, hollow promises, and a mind-numbing lack of success - these words describe the Toronto Maple Leafs and the hockey club's inexplicable mediocrity over much of the past decade.
Author Peter Robinson has attended some 100 games over the past six seasons and has little to show for it...
by Michael Januska
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2012
The Terrible Tripper of 1957, the 1962 Fog Bowl, Vic Washington's Fabulous Fumble in 1968, Tony Gabriel's Classic Catch in 1976, Henry "Gizmo" Williams's Wild Run in 1987, and Dave Ridgway's Magnificent Kick in 1989 are some of the legendary moments leading up to the 100th Grey Cup game...
by Doug Lennox
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2009
It's easy to be a Monday-morning quarterback, but the true football fan has the answers all week long. Doug Lennox, the all-pro of Q&A, leads the drive as he tells us why a touchdown is worth six points, who first decided to pick up the ball and throw it, and how a children's toy changed the sport's...
Canada's Other Game
Basketball from Naismith to Nash
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013
Basketball, the only major world sport undeniably invented by a Canadian, has ironically failed to win Canadians’ hearts more than a century after its creation. James Naismith’s brainchild is a popular recreational pastime in his homeland, but players with bigger dreams had better take their talents...
Canadian Women in the Sky
100 Years of Flight
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2015
How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth’s atmosphere into space.
The story of how women in Canada, from Newfoundland to British Columbia, struggled to win a place in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and...
Music Express
The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The glory days of rock from the perspective of Canada’s original music magazine.
The story of Music Express is told through the unique perspective of Keith Sharp, the magazine’s founder and editor. During its seventeen-year existence, Music Express rose from a small, Calgary-based regional...
Unlikely Paradise
The Life of Frances Gage
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2009
Artist Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life, yet she flourished in her work and as part of the contemporary Toronto art scene. A friend of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, she developed a greater connection with the Group of Seven,...
Pioneer Girl
Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from...
A Waterloo County Album
Glimpses of the Way We Were
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
Commended for the 2003 Honourable Mention for Superb Craftsmanship in Production
The early settlers of Waterloo County - Mennonites, Germans, and Scots - built enterprising communities in a land of rivers, rolling hills, and fields. Today the linked cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge...
A Calgary Album
Glimpses of the Way We Were
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2001
Before becoming the oil capital of the nation, Calgary was a nineteenth-century boomtown in the heart of Alberta. The roots of great prosperity were growing, despite the fact that politicians and the general public believed the West was best left to the trapper and trader.
Nurtured by a sense...
How Women Make Money
Inspirational Stories and Practical Advice from Canadian Women
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
How Women Make Money is an inspiring collection of profiles, anecdotes, and practical advice and guides that will help women take control of their lives and attain their financial goals. Whether you are starting a new business, growing an established one, supplementing a pension, working for "extras"...