Dundurn imprint: 1894 books
The War on Drugs
A Failed Experiment
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2014
A criminal prosecutor discusses the illegal drug trade and the failure of the so-called “War on Drugs” to stop it.
In 1971, President Richard Nixon coined the term “War on Drugs.” His campaign to eradicate illegal drug use was picked up by the media and championed by succeeding presidents,...
Migraines
More than a Headache
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
A complete guide on how to treat and prevent migraines.
Though often viewed as a “women’s ailment,” migraines affect nearly 15 percent of the world’s population. In addition to the effect migraines have on the sufferers’ quality of life, they also carry an economic cost, felt especially...
Temagami
A Debate on Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 1996
Over the past two decades, the question of who owns the land of Temagami and how the land should be used has caused a debate of unparalleled intensity.
For the native people, it is their lands under attack. For environmentalists from all parts of Ontario, it is a case of ecological preservation...
Canada in Afghanistan
The War So Far
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2007
It has been said that Canada is a country with too much geography and too little history. Afghanistan has too much of both. As the war escalates in Afghanistan, more Canadians are asking what we are doing there. For a country that has specialized in peacekeeping, this war is a shock one that we have...
Warrior Chiefs
Perspectives on Senior Canadian Military Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2000
They were the men who led our nation in war and peace. In world wars, they were the steady hands guiding our forces to victory; in peacekeeping, they helped to establish and preserve order. Over the years they have helped the Canadian Forces to become one of the proudest militaries in the world.
Warrior...
by Ann Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2013
At the International Classical Guitar Competition in Montreal, top-flight musicians fly in from all over the world to compete in a gruelling week. A career can be made or lost here, and the slightest mishap - a lapse of memory, a shaking right hand, a broken fingernail - can ruin years of preparation.
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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...
Rails Across Ontario
Exploring Ontario's Railway Heritage
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2013
Rails Across Ontario will take the reader back to a time when the railway ruled the economy and the landscape.
Read about historic stations, railway museums, heritage train rides, and historic bridges. Follow old rail lines along Ontario's most popular rail trails. Find out where steam engines...
No Easy Task
Fighting in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2012
Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires. Throughout their history, Afghans have endured the ravages of foreign invaders, from marauding hordes and imperial armies to global superpowers, while demonstrating a fierce independence and strong resistance to outside occupiers. Those...
Sailing Seven Seas
A History of the Canadian Pacific Line
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2010
Under Canadian Pacific's red-and-white-checkered flag, the company's founders, George Stephen and William C. Van Horne, created a rail-sea service from Liverpool to Hong Kong. Boasting sternwheelers, Great Lakes bulk carriers, ferries, and luxurious ocean-going liner leviathans, the Canadian Pacific...
Murder
Twelve True Stories of Homicide in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2011
Who committed Toronto's Silk Stocking Murder? Why did a quiet accountant in Guelph, Ontario, murder his wife and two daughters? When did police in Alberta hire a self-styled mind reader to solve a mass murder? How did an American confidence man from Arizona find himself facing a murder charge in Cape...
McCully's New Brunswick
Photographs From the Air, 1931-1939
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2005
During the Great Depression, promoter, salesman, and pilot Richard Thorne McCully became an aviation pioneer, capturing much of the Maritime region from the air. Along with photographer Harold Reid and pilot Marty Fraser, McCully spent the early 1930s flying over Atlantic Canada. The photographs they...
by H. Clark Adams, QC
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2011
H. Clark Adams let you be the judge on 60 cases that he’s already made his decisions on in the legal arena of small claims court.
It’s enough to put you off wedded bliss forever, but if you did harbour strong opinions on how the case Smith v Brown a couple on the brink of matrimony, interfering...
by Daniel J. Baum
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
This book explains our right to freedom of expression, its limits, and how Canadian courts draw the line.
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is part of the Constitution of Canada and, as such, the highest law of the land. But...