Dundurn: 2215 books
Chefs Guerriers
Perspectives concernant les militaires canadiens de haut niveau
Language: French
Release Date: February 27, 2002
Ce sont les hommes qui ont dirigé notre nation en temps de guerre et en temps de paix. Au cours des deux grandes guerres, ces hommes ont fait preuve d’une force à toute épreuve, qui a guidé nos troupes vers la victoire. Dans le cadre d’opérations de maintien de la paix, ils ont contribué...
Les Apathiques et les rebelles
Des exemples canadiens de mutinerie et de désobeissance, 1812 à 1919
Language: French
Release Date: February 12, 2007
Il y a des siècles que les soldats canadiens servent honorablement leur pays. Il est toutefois arrivé que leur conduite ait été tout sauf honorable! Que ce soit en désobeissant aux ordres, en terrorisant la population locale ou en commettant divers crimes, certains soldats se sont comportés...
by Mike Ingram
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2016
Bosworth marked the end of the reign of Richard III and the rise of the Tudor dynasty.
Bosworth Field saw the two great dynasties of the day clash on the battlefield: the reigning House of York, led by Richard III, against the rising House of Tudor, led by Henry Tudor, soon to become Henry...
King's Men
The Soldier Founders of Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1980
King's Men is the story of the Loyalist regiments who became the soldier founders of the Province of Ontario, the Loyal Colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, Canadian Command, during the American revolution.
Mythology on the United Empire Loyalists who founded two Canadian...
To Stand and Fight Together
Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper Canada
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2008
In 1812, a 67-year-old black United Empire Loyalist named Richard Pierpoint helped raise "a corps of Coloured Men to stand and fight together" against the Americans who were threatening to invade the tiny British colony of Upper Canada.
Pierpoint’s unique fighting unit would not...
Rowallan
The Autobiography of Lord Rowallan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1976
In his eightieth year, Lord Rowallan has finally completed this autobiography. This is a book both moving and modest. He shares with us his joys and sorrows alike, keeping nothing back, yet never causing us embarrassment. He has inspired many people, especially the young, by his life, his unswerving standards, and his indomitable faith; and this, his testament, will surely do the same.
by George Fetherling
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
A travel narrative written over the course of ten years, One Russia, Two Chinas is about change and resistance to change in the postmodern world. In 1991, when the Soviet Union was about to morph into the Russian Federation, George Fetherling found himself in Moscow. He both marched with the workers...
by Edward Butts
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2010
Shrouded in the mists of history and legend, the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is a land of mysteries. Its waters are a graveyard for countless wrecked ships. Its lore is full of tales about treachery and murder. And it was once the haunt of pirates. Haunt, indeed!
Newfoundland and...
Paras Versus the Reich
Canada's Paratroopers at War, 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2003
This meticulously researched book traces the development of airborne forces from their earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War. More importantly, it reveals in exacting detail the story of Canada's paratroopers - from the early resistance to their establishment,...
Keep Up If You Can
Confessions of a High School Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2012
A light-hearted and touching memoir of Bill Sherk’s 30-plus-year career as a Toronto high school history teacher with a creative flair and passion for his work.
Bill Sherk taught history to Toronto high school students for more than thirty years. With his dynamic, creative, and occasionally...
60 Years Behind the Wheel
The Cars We Drove in Canada, 1900-1960
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
From rumble seats and running boards to power tops and tailfins, 60 Years Behind the Wheel captures the thrill of motoring in Canada from the dawn of the twentieth century to 1960. There are intriguing stories of cars with no steering wheels, and fascinating photographs of historic vehicles from across...
I'll Never Forget My First Car
Stories from Behind the Wheel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
In this hilarious collection of stories, Old Autos columnist Bill Sherk describes in vivid detail the trials and tribulations of those brave souls who, throwing caution to the wind and money down the drain, made the fateful decision that would forever change the course of their lives. They went out...
Old Car Detective
Favourite Stories, 1925 to 1965
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2011
In this hilarious collection of old car stories, Canada’s very own "Old Car Detective" Bill Sherk presents 80 of his favourite stories from all 10 provinces and spanning the years from 1925 to 1965. In this book you will meet the man in New Brunswick who chopped the top off his 1927 Whippet...
The Mountain Knows No Expert
George Evanoff, Outdoorsman and Contemporary Hero
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2009
Short-listed for the 2010 Banff Mountain Book Festival Competition
The Mountain Knows No Expert epitomizes George Evanoff’s philosophy towards the outdoors, while presenting an intriguing contrast with the man himself. Widely regarded as an "expert," he was a knowledgeable, experienced,...