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A Stunning Backdrop
Alberta in the Movies, 1917–1960
by Mary Graham
Discover Alberta’s inspiring, unconventional film history. A Stunning Backdrop bursts with untold stories of Indigenous and local talent on both sides of the lens, unexpected connections to early Hollywood’s key players, and captivating behind-the-scenes tales of the movies that couldn’t have been made anywhere else.
The Greatest Comeback
How Team Canada Fought Back, Took the Summit Series, and Reinvented Hockey
by John U. Bacon
The Summit Series took place in September 1972, when Cold War tensions could not have been higher. Team Canada, featuring the country’s best players, was expected to crush their untried Soviet opponents eight games to zero. But five games into the series they had mustered only one win against a tie and three stunning losses. The Summit players asked John U. Bacon to tell their story and provided unparalleled access and candour in dozens of interviews with almost every living player.
The Possession of Barbe Hallay
Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada
by Mairi Cowan
A microhistory of bewitchment that sheds light on the social and religious history of New France. When strange signs appeared in the sky over Quebec during the autumn of 1660, people began to worry about evil forces in their midst. They feared that witches and magicians had arrived in the colony, and a teenaged servant named Barbe Hallay started to act as if she were possessed.
Gold, Grit, Guns
Miners on BC’s Fraser River in 1858
by Alexander Globe
“Eureka. Globe has hit a literary jackpot ... the diaries are foundational.” — Alan Twigg, author of Out of Hiding
Only four extensive miners’ journals survive from 1858. Substantial quotes provide an engaging authenticity as the miners’ voices, personalities and experiences reveal their dreams of glory, hardships, and fortunes won and lost. Richly researched and packed with illustrations of life on the Fraser.
Changing Canadian History
The Life and Works of Olive Patricia Dickason
by Darren R. Préfontaine
A remarkable contributor to Canadian public life, Olive Dickason was an award-winning journalist, influential academic, and respected human rights advocate. Her life was a triumph over seemingly impossible obstacles, which she faced with determination and dignity. This book is the first biography of this trailblazing icon who forever changed how Indigenous history is viewed in Turtle Island and beyond.
Big Men Fear Me
The Fast Life and Quick Death of Canada’s Most Powerful Media Mogul
by Mark Bourrie
When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the Globe and Mail, the charismatic 31-year-old high school dropout had already made millions on the stock market. In Big Men Fear Me, award-winning historian Mark Bourrie tells the remarkable story of McCullagh’s inspirational rise and devastating fall, and with it sheds new light on the resurgence of populist politics, challenges to collective action, and attacks on the free press that characterize our own tumultuous era.
10 Days That Shaped Modern Canada
by Aaron W. Hughes
Revisiting ten notable days from recent history, Aaron W. Hughes invites readers to think about the tensions, events, and personalities that make Canada distinct. These indelible dates interweave to offer an account of the political, social, cultural, and demographic forces that have shaped the modern nation.
The Acadian Saga
A People’s Story of Exile and Triumph, New & Expanded Edition
by Dean Jobb
The Deportation of the Acadians — one of the darkest events in Canadian history — is replete with the drama of war, politics, and untold human suffering. Now, in a revised and updated edition of the book published to mark the 250th anniversary of first deportations, award-winning author Dean Jobb revisits his dramatic and compelling account of “Le grand dérangement” — immortalized in Longfellow’s famous poem, Evangeline.
Toronto: City of Commerce 1800–1960
Stories of a city’s factories, businesses and storefronts
by Katherine Taylor
In its early years, Toronto was a city of small businesses of astonishing variety. In this book, photographer and blogger Katherine Taylor recounts the stories of these old businesses and their owners and workers. Each is richly illustrated with a variety of archival images and occasionally contemporary photographs of lingering signs, buildings and storefronts.
Kinauvit? What’s Your Name?
The Eskimo Disc System and a Daughter’s Search for her Grandmother
by Norma Dunning
In 2001, Dr. Norma Dunning attempted to legally solidify her existence as an Inuk woman. But she was faced with a question tied to a colonial institution retired decades ago: “What was your disc number?” Dunning took it upon herself to reach out to Inuit community members who experienced the Eskimo Identification Tag System first-hand, providing vital perspective and nuance to the scant records available on the subject.
The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case
The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries
by Jon S. Dellandrea
The greatest art fraud in Canadian history. Jon S. Dellandrea investigates the masterminds behind a scandalous art-world mystery that resulted in countless fraudulent paintings being sold to collectors across Canada.
Lifesavers and Body Snatchers
Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War
by Tim Cook
From Canada’s top war historian comes a definitive medical history of the Great War. Based on extensive research and unpublished letters, Lifesavers and Body Snatchers illuminates how the carnage of battle gave birth to revolutionary medical innovations and brings to light shocking revelations and the hidden history of Canadian health care.
Deadly Triangle
The Famous Architect, His Wife, Their Chauffeur, and Murder Most Foul
by Susan Goldenberg
The 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his 30-years-younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, riveted people. The trial became one of the 20th century’s most sensational cases, sparking widespread debate over sexual mores and social strata distinctions.
Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America, Second Edition
by Michael G. Johnson
This superb, fully illustrated reference offers the most up-to-date and essential facts on the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the North American continent, both living and extinct, from the Canadian Arctic to the Rio Grande.
Finding Edward
A Novel
by Sheila Murray
“A clear-sighted and deeply felt novel … This is a powerful debut that considers the history and the present of Black people through a truly vibrant set of characters … It took Murray ten years to write this relevant and exquisite tale. And though the plot plays out in the past and in the present, it also reaches forward, with the characters making arrangements for a protest that will take place beyond the pages of the book. In this way, we catch a glimpse of what Cyril and his generation have planned for their future. And we sense that as they live and relive the stories that have partially shaped them, they will ultimately define themselves.” — Véronique Darwin, Literary Review of Canada
The Plains of Abraham
Battlefield 1759 and 1760
by the National Battlefields Commission with Hélène Quimper, trans. Katherine Hastings
This book puts the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in the broader context of a war with worldwide consequences, the Seven Years War.
“This is an outstanding book about the origins and development of Canada … presented clearly, in detail and inclusively in a way that has avoided all the traps of myth-making.” — Sandra Stock, Quebec Heritage News
For a Better World
The Winnipeg General Strike and the Workers’ Revolt
edited by James Naylor, Rhonda L. Hinther, and Jim Mochoruk
Canada’s most famous example of class conflict, the Winnipeg General Strike, redefined conversations around class, politics, region, ethnicity, and gender. Probing the meaning of the General Strike in new and innovative ways, For a Better World interrogates types of commemoration, current legacies of the strike, and its ongoing influence.
Second Chances
by Harriet Zaidman
Thirteen-year-old Dale Melnyk finds himself stuck in an iron lung, desperately fighting for breath — and wishing he could die. It is the worst outbreak of polio in the history of Winnipeg, and Dale is one of the many young victims being treated in the early 1950s. When Dale finally emerges from his recovery he must reassess what is most important in life — a life that has been changed forever.
Ron Thom, Architect
The Life of a Creative Modernist
by Adele Weder
A definitive biography of iconic Canadian architect Ron Thom — and a social portrait of the mid-century design world he lived in. Thom came of age just as the modern movement and an impending building boom were about to reshape the country. In Adele Weder’s new biography, he emerges as a complex figure, gifted with creative genius but pursued by demons. More than just the life story of one man, this book is also a portrait of the society that shaped him.
The Ecological Buffalo
On the Trail of a Keystone Species
by Wes Olson and Johane Janelle
An expert on the buffalo tells the history of this keystone species through extensive research and beautiful photographs. Based on author Wes Olson’s thirty-five years of working intimately with bison — and featuring 180 stunning, full-colour photographs by Johane Janelle — The Ecological Buffalo is a story that takes the reader on a journey to understand the myriad connections this keystone species has with the Great Plains.
Her Courage Rises
50 Trailblazing Women of British Columbia and the Yukon
by Haley Healey
A beautifully illustrated collection of inspiring life stories of fifty extraordinary historical women from BC and Yukon. This fascinating, informative, and charming book introduces young readers to a diverse group of women who changed the face of history in unexpected ways and defied the expectations and gender norms of their times.
But I Live
Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust
edited by Charlotte Schallié
An intimate co-creation of three graphic novelists and four Holocaust survivors, But I Live consists of three illustrated stories based on the experiences of each survivor during and after the Holocaust. To complement these hauntingly beautiful and unforgettable visual stories, But I Live includes historical essays, an illustrated postscript from the artists, and personal words from each of the survivors.
We Were Not the Savages, 4th edition
Collision Between European and Native American Civilizations
by Daniel N. Paul
The title of this book speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi’kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to that the Mi’kmaq lived healthy lives and in harmony with nature in the land they called Mi’kma’ki. The author’s research catalogues the historical tragedy and the ongoing attempts to silence the Mi’kmaq and other Indigenous Peoples, giving the Mi’kmaq a voice that must be heard.
E. J. Hughes
Canadian War Artist
by Robert Amos
The third volume of this award-winning series showcases paintings and drawings created by the artist during his years of war service in Ottawa, England, Wales, and Alaska.
“A penetrating study based on unique archival material and a deep analysis into hundreds of wartime works of art.” —Tim Cook, author of The Fight for History
Rare Merit
Women in Photography in Canada, 1840-1940
by Colleen Skidmore
Rare Merit is a beautifully illustrated and astute examination of the work of women photographers in Canada. As Canada took shape in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, women across the country captured people and places that were entirely new to the lens. This book shows how they did so, and the meaning their work carries.
Thomas Mackay
The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of Ottawa
by Alastair Sweeny
Rideau Hall. Rideau Canal Locks. Lachine Silver. Spanish silver. Thomas Mackay was without a doubt one of the founders of what would become Canada’s capital. His story is finally told in this first, long overdue and richly illustrated biography by historian and master storyteller Alastair Sweeny.
The Volunteers
How Halifax Women Won the Second World War
by Lezlie Lowe
The long-awaited narrative history of the women who volunteered in Nova Scotia during the Second World War by award-winning journalist and author of No Place to Go. The Volunteers is the untold story of Halifax women who geared up in a flash to focus on the comfort, community connections, and mental health of Halifax’s exploding population of sailors, soldiers, airmen, and merchant mariners.
Search for the Unknown
Canada’s UFO Files and the Rise of Conspiracy Theory
by Matthew Hayes
Beginning in the 1950s, alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects in Canadian skies bred tension between the state and its citizens. In Search for the Unknown, Matthew Hayes uncovers the history of the Canadian government’s investigations into reports of UFOs, revealing how these reports were handled, deflected, and defended from 1950 to the 1990s.
Aboriginal™
The Cultural and Economic Politics of Recognition
by Jennifer Adese
Aboriginal™ explores the origins, meaning, and usage of the term “Aboriginal” and its displacement by the word “Indigenous.” More than legal vernacular, the term has had real-world consequences for the people it defined. Adese offers insight into Indigenous-Canada relations and current discussions of Indigenous identity, authenticity, and agency.
Hollywood in the Klondike
Dawson City’s Great Film Find
by Michael Gates
In this exciting account of an unexpected cinematic discovery, Michael Gates delves into the history behind a hoard of silent films found buried beneath the permafrost of an Arctic gold rush town. The Klondike gold rush was unique in the development of Canada’s North, and Gates ponders the question: Did the Klondike help make Hollywood, or did Hollywood make the Klondike?
The Great Saint John Fire of 1877
The rise, destruction and recovery of Canada’s leading port city
by Mark Allan Greene
By 1851, Saint John had grown to be the third-largest city in British North America. Home to thriving shipbuilding and lumber-exporting industries it was a vibrant port city and had the world’s fourth-largest accumulation of vessels. An economic depression in the 1870s was hard on the city, but nothing prepared residents for the disaster on June 20, 1877. A sudden enormous fire swept through the busy centre of Saint John over nine hours.
The Russian Refugees
A Family’s First Century in Canada
by Michael Andruff
A sweeping family history, chronicling the journey of a group of Russian refugees who settled in rural Alberta in 1924, this book pays tribute to countless people who have found a safe haven in Canada over the past 100 years.
Speaking Up
New Voices on War and Peace in Nova Scotia
edited by Maya Eichler, Reina Green, and Tracy Moniz
Speaking Up: New Voices on War and Peace in Nova Scotia brings many previously neglected voices to the fore — voices of current members of the Canadian Armed Forces and military veterans, members of the African Nova Scotian and Mi’kmaw communities, refugees and immigrants displaced by war, historians and other academics who study war and militarization, artists who reflect on war’s impact, and peace activists who vigorously protest against the militarization of the region.
Owóknage
The Story of Carry the Kettle Nakoda First Nation
by Carry the Kettle First Nation
Born out of a well-researched land-use study, Owóknage (A Telling of Stories) is the first book to tell the comprehensive story of the Nakoda people in their own words. From pre-contact to contemporary life, from thriving on the Great Plains to a forced starvation march from their traditional lands to their current First Nation reserve, this is their story of resilience and resurgence.
20.12m
A Short Story Collection of a Life Lived as a Road Allowance
by Arnolda Dufour Bowes
This multiple-award-winning book sheds light on a key episode of the life of the Métis Nation when the Métis were known by the larger society as the “Road Allowance People.” This coming-of-age short story collection honours the true-life experiences of Arnold Charles Dufour, a resident of the Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Road Allowance community.
First Canadian Army
Victory in Europe 1944-45
by Simon Forty and Leo Marriott
A pictorial history of the decisive role played by Canada in the final year of World War II. After Dunkirk, as the tattered remnants of Britain’s best troops returned home without their heavy weapons, Canada moved in troops to defend northwest Europe, sending in virtually all of its disposable weapon resources and 368,000 soldiers. The book concentrates not just on the events of 75 years ago but also what can be seen on the ground today.
A Very Canadian Coup
The Rise and Demise of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell, 1894–1896
by Ted Glenn
A fresh take on the Manitoba Schools Question and the Conservative Coup that toppled Canada’s fifth, little-known prime minister, Mackenzie Bowell. Plans for a quiet caretakership were dashed in January 1895 when the courts ruled that the Manitoba government had violated Roman Catholics’ constitutional rights by abolishing the provincial separate school system. Catholics in Quebec demanded that Bowell force Manitoba to restore the schools, while Ontario Protestants warned him to keep his hands off.
The Right to Read
Social Justice, Literacy, and the Creation of Frontier College: The Alfred Fitzpatrick Story
by James H. Morrison
The definitive biography of the unsung Canadian literacy hero who created Frontier College by teaching workers in railway and lumber camps how to read. Historian and author James Morrison situates Fitzpatrick in a time of burgeoning nation building and economic growth, where he crusaded for humane working conditions in railway, lumber, and mining camps, and held the government to account for its lack of support for adult and immigrant education.
305 Lost Buildings of Canada
by Raymond Biesinger & Alex Bozikovic
A National Bestseller! Fully illustrated, full of history, this book is the perfect gift for history buffs.
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth
Letters of the Lost Franklin Arctic Expedition
edited by Russell A. Potter, Regina Koellner, Peter Carney and Mary Williamson
May We Be Spared to Meet on Earth is a privileged glimpse into the private correspondence of the officers and sailors who set out in May 1845 on the Erebus and Terror for Sir John Franklin’s fateful expedition to the Arctic. The book provides new insights into the personalities of those on board, the significance of the voyage as they saw it, and the dawning awareness of the possibility that they would never return to British shores or their families.
The American Western in Canadian Literature
by Joel Deshaye
What happens when a quintessentially American genre crosses the border? What happens when it comes back changed? Professor Joel Deshaye traces over a century of the Western in Canadian literature, from its early roots through the pulps and postmodernism to contemporary Westerns, Easterns, Northerns, and beyond.
Iceland
Born of Lava, Chiseled by Ice
by Arnold Zageris
Iceland has an alien quality that defies expectations. Its interior is lifeless and bare with volcanic formations that are reminiscent of what the earth must have looked like in Archean times. My focus was not on the iconic hotspots that made Iceland famous but the less visited and undiscovered features that had their own intrinsic values in texture, form and colour. Iceland is a photographer's paradise
Contested Waters
The Struggle for Rights and Reconciliation in the Atlantic Fishery
edited by Rick Williams and Fred Wien
With contributions from Mi’kmaw leaders, academic researchers, legal experts, non-Indigenous industry leaders, and other knowledgeable observers on all sides of the conflict, Contested Waters: The Struggle for Rights and Reconciliation in the Atlantic Fishery provides a respectful and realistic examination of Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives with the goal of encouraging dialogue and a shared search for lasting solutions.
The Halifax Public Gardens
The creation, destruction and restoration of North America’s finest Victorian public gardens
by Robert Pace, Robert Salah, and Peter L. Twohig
The Halifax Public Gardens are the oldest and finest Victorian public gardens outside the United Kingdom. This is the authoritative visual account of their history including the story of how a destructive hurricane led to a complex restoration project drawing on heritage experts from across North America.
Opimōtēwina wīna kapagamawāt Wītigōwa / Journeys of The One to Strike the Wetigo
by Ken Carriere
A first-hand account of a Swampy Cree boy’s experiences growing up in one of the world’s largest inland deltas and one of North America’s most important ecosystems. Depicting an Indigenous lifestyle that existed way past the fur trade era, Carriere shares childhood memories alongside interviews with elders, stories, and personal photographs, creating a vivid portrait of what it was like to live off the land.
Gifts from Amin
Ugandan Asian Refugees in Canada
by Shezan Muhammedi
The first major oral history project dedicated to the stories of Ugandan Asian refugees in Canada, Gifts from Amin explores the historical context of their 1972 expulsion from Uganda, the multiple motivations behind Canada’s decision to admit them, and their resilience over the past fifty years.
Ice War Diplomat
Hockey Meets Cold War Politics at the 1972 Summit Series
by Gary J. Smith
Discover a diplomacy mission like no other in Ice War Diplomat, the behind-the-scenes story of the historic 1972 Summit Series. Amid the tension of the Cold War, caught between capitalism and communism, Canada and the Soviet Union, young Canadian diplomat Gary J. Smith must navigate the rink, melting the ice between two nations skating a dangerous path.
A Journey of Love and Hope
The Inspirational Words of a Mi’kmaw Elder
by Elder Sister Dorothy Moore
The long-awaited collection of talks, presentations, prayers, and ceremonies of renowned Mi’kmaw Elder, human rights activist, and language and culture warrior, Sister Dorothy Moore. In A Journey of Love and Hope, Sister Dorothy’s words are collected in print, as she originally spoke them, for the first time.
In Our Youth
The Lives, Adventures, and Sacrifices of Early Canadian Flyers
by Angus Scully
A fascinating, photo-rich exploration of early aviation in Canada, told through the backstories of pilots who flew, fought, and risked their lives in the First World War, through the interwar period, and beyond.
Canadian Spy Story
Irish Revolutionaries and the Secret Police
by David A. Wilson
“An outstanding book by one of Canada’s leading historians — meticulously researched, well structured, and beautifully written. Wilson paints a compelling picture of the twilight world of émigré conspirators, their anger at their plight, their desire to strike back, their resilience in the face of innumerable setbacks, and their doggedness in planning for the great day of liberation.”
— Thomas Bartlett, University of Aberdeen
The Shortest History of War
From Hunter-Gatherers to Nuclear Superpowers — A Retelling for Our Times
by Gwynne Dyer
Acclaimed historian and military expert Gwynne Dyer tells the story of war from its earliest origins up to the present age of atom bombs and algorithms.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has punctured the longest stretch of peace between major powers since WWII. In a technologically advanced and hyper-connected world, we humans find ourselves in a most precarious position: under the heightened threats of climate change, nuclear war, and superpower rivalry. Far from another dry military history, The Shortest History of War synthesizes research from multiple fields of study and journalism into a highly readable, fast-paced, and enlightening read for anyone who wants to understand the role of war in the long human story — and how we can stop it from dominating our future.
More Maritime Murder
Deadly Crimes of the Buried Past
by Steve Vernon
More Maritime Murder presents twenty new and spine-tingling tales of cold-blooded crimes from across Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. From 1859 to 1947, these stories spring from police files and trial records, telling the true, gruesome, and long-buried tales of the Butterbox Babies, a murderer named Tom Collins, and a still-unsolved cold case from Goblin Hollow, P.E.I. — just to name a few.
The Power of Story
On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era
by Harold R. Johnson
Harold R. Johnson agreed to host a group who wanted to hear him speak about the power of storytelling. This book is the outcome of that gathering. In The Power of Story, Johnson explains the role of storytelling in every aspect of human life, from personal identity to history and the social contracts that structure our societies, and illustrates how we can direct its potential to re-create and reform not only our own lives, but the life we share.
Battle of the Atlantic
Gauntlet to Victory
by Ted Barris
The years 2019 to 2025 mark the eightieth anniversary of the longest battle of the Second World War, the Battle of the Atlantic. It also proved to be the war’s most critical and dramatic battle of attrition. The story of Canada’s naval awakening from the dark, bloody winters of 1939–1942, to be “ready, aye, ready” to challenge the U-boats and drive them to defeat, is a Canadian wartime saga for the ages.
Our Whole Gwich’in Way of Life Has Changed / Gwich’in K’yuu Gwiidandài’ Tthak Ejuk Gòonlih
Stories from the People of the Land
Leslie McCartney & Gwich’in Tribal Council
This invaluable compilation of historical and cultural information documents the biographies of the oldest Gwich’in Elders in the Gwich’in Settlement Region. Through their own stories, twenty-three Gwich’in Elders from Fort McPherson, Tsiigehtshik, Inuvik, and Aklavik share their joy of living and travelling on the land. Their distinctive voices speak to their values, world views, and knowledge, while McCartney provides context and background.
Stephen McNeil
Principle and Politics
by Dan Leger
The anticipated biography of the polarizing former Nova Scotia premier, from award-winning journalist and author of Duffy. Stephen McNeil willingly committed the political sin of valuing principle over popularity. Premier of Nova Scotia for seven years, through elections, unrest, danger, and even tragedy, McNeil was determined to govern by putting principle first.
Through Their Eyes
A Graphic History of Hill 70 and Canada’s First World War
by Matthew Barrett and Robert C. Engen
Through Their Eyes imagines the experiences of Canadian soldiers during the First World War through graphic artwork and illustration. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie, was tasked with capturing Hill 70, A German stronghold near the French town of Lens. Through Their Eyes depicts this remarkable but costly victory in a unique way.
Our Long Struggle for Home
The Ipperwash Story
by Aazhoodenaang Enjibaajig
In Our Long Struggle for Home, people from the Stoney Point Reserve tell their story of the Ipperwash crisis, both before and after the 1995 police shooting of Dudley George. It is a story of broken promises and thwarted hopes in the decades-long battle to reclaim their ancestral homeland, and also of what can be accomplished through perseverance and undiminished belief in a better future.
This Game of War
by Ed Butts
“This is an imaginative, exciting, yet serious work of fiction.” — John Robert Colombo
12-year-old Teddy doesn’t want to go to the boring Remembrance Day ceremony. But when an old veteran gives him a “special” poppy it transports him to historic battles. Teddy experiences the camaraderie, fear, danger, and devastation of life in a war zone. Where will his journey finally end?
The Far Northeast
3000 BP to Contact
edited by Kenneth R. Holyoke and M. Gabriel Hrynick
The Far Northeast: 3000 BP to Contact is the first volume to synthesize archaeological research from across Atlantic Canada and northern New England for the period spanning from 3000 years ago to European contact.
Évangéline
The Many Identities of a Literary Icon
by Joseph Yvon Thériault
A thorough exploration of the role of Longfellow’s literary icon Évangéline and her role in the North American cultural landscape is available for the first time in English. The eponymous character of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem Évangéline is an Acadian girl searching for her long-lost love, Gabriel, during the Expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764).
Arts and Crafts of the Native American Tribes
by Michael G. Johnson and Bill Yenne
Arts and Crafts of the Native American Tribes is the authoritative illustrated reference that has been carefully created to be a companion to Encyclopedia of Native Tribes of North America. It examines in detail how Native American culture evolved and considers the regional similarities and differences of the arts and crafts created by tribes across the continent.
An Unrecognized Contribution
Women and Their Work in 19th-Century Toronto
by Elizabeth Gillan Muir
Women in nineteenth-century Toronto contributed to the city’s commerce and were owners of stores, factories, brickyards, market gardens, hotels, and taverns; as musicians, painters, and writers, they were a large part of the city’s cultural life; and as nurses, doctors, religious workers, and activists, they strengthened the city’s safety net for those who were most in need. Their stories are told in this wide-ranging collection of biographies.
Road to La Prairie Ronde
by Cort Dogniez
This book takes the reader on an imagined journey of the author’s ancestor, Frederick Dumont, from his home in Batoche to the Métis settlement of La Prairie Ronde (Round Prairie), Saskatchewan. Frederick was a relative of the famous Métis leader Gabriel Dumont, and his journey takes place just a few years prior to the tragic events of the 1885 Resistance.
The Sea Wins
Shipwrecks of the Bay of Fundy
by Eric Allaby
A fascinating narrative and pictorial history of over forty shipwrecks in the dynamic Bay of Fundy region, one of the seven wonders of North America, bordering Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the state of Maine. Featuring dozens of paintings and drawings by the author, The Sea Wins: Shipwrecks of the Bay of Fundy vividly recounts more than forty dramatic tales of the real people who faced great odds in their sailing ships, only to discover that inevitably, the sea wins.
Working for Canada
A Pilgrimage in Foreign Affairs from the New World Order to the Rise of Populism
by Geoff White
An officer of Global Affairs Canada from 1990 to 2018, Geoff White is a career expert in Canadian foreign policy. In this insightful memoir he shares that expertise. Writing with wit and common sense, White demystifies Canadian diplomacy and provides a clear view of how it actually works — and when it doesn’t.
Bombs and Barbed Wire
Stories of Acadian Airmen and Prisoners of War, 1939–1945
by Ronald Cormier
The stories of Acadians who overcame prejudice to fight for the country they loved.
The Ribbon Leaf
by Lori Weber
Would you risk your life to help a friend? In Nazi Germany, friendship between an Aryan German girl and a Jewish German girl is strictly verboten, and an act of kindness might mean death. Sabine and Edie have been best friends since kindergarten. Even though the girls are separated, the yellow ribbon that once decorated their identical dresses binds the girls' families in ways that contradict Nazi ideology.
The Garrett Bluenose Patterns
Celebrating Nova Scotia's Rug Hooking Heritage
by The Teachers Branch, Rug hooking Guild of Nova Scotia
A colourful, photo-filled history of Nova Scotia’s iconic Bluenose hooked-rug patterns, featuring step-by-step instructions for aspiring rug-hookers. An absolute treasure trove of Nova Scotia’s history, The Garrett Bluenose Patterns is accented with hundreds of vibrant photographs, including preserved stencils and burlap patterns as well as finished rugs, celebrating the meticulous, beautiful Bluenose designs that have been hooked into colourful finished rugs worldwide for over a century.
Dead in Halifax
Stories of Adventure, Scandal, Heartbreak and Heroism
by Craig Ferguson
An amazing array of people have lived — and died — in Halifax since the arrival of English settlers in 1749. In this book author Craig Ferguson recounts the life stories of fascinating characters as well as ordinary people with extraordinary experiences who are buried in downtown Halifax’s historic cemeteries.
British Columbia in the Balance
1846–1871
by Jean Barman
Esteemed historian Jean Barman brings new insights on seemingly disparate events that converged to lay the foundation of present-day British Columbia. Examining newly accessible private correspondence exchanged with the Colonial Office in London, she pieces together the events that caused the distant colony to join Canadian Confederation, as opposed to becoming one or more American states.
From Left to Right
Saskatchewan’s Political and Economic Transformation
by Dale Eisler
The story of the transformation of Saskatchewan, in which the once powerful NDP has been relegated to the political margins, reaches far beyond the province itself — reflecting global and national events that have shaped the province and its destiny over the last half century.
Nova Scotia’s Historic Inland Communities
The Gathering Places and Settlements that Shaped the Province
by Joan Dawson
A narrative, photo-filled historical guide to Nova Scotia’s inland communities from the author of Nova Scotia’s Historic Harbours and Nova Scotia’s Lost Communities. With the help of more than forty historical photos, trusted historian Joan Dawson takes us through the stories of the many Indigenous, Acadian, European, and African Nova Scotian communities in inland Nova Scotia.
I Will Live for Both of Us
A History of Colonialism, Uranium Mining, and Inuit Resistance
by Joan Scottie, Warren Bernauer, and Jack Hicks
Joan Scottie’s I Will Live for Both of Us is a reflection on recent political and environmental history and a call for a future in which Inuit traditional laws and values are respected and upheld.
Jackson’s Wars
A.Y. Jackson, the Birth of the Group of Seven, and the Great War
by Douglas Hunter
A captivating account of the formative years of one of Canada’s best-known artists, Jackson’s Wars follows A.Y. Jackson’s progress as a painter before he was a well-known artist and his time on the battlefield in Europe, before he cast his lot in with a group of like-minded Toronto artists.
From Denmark to the Cariboo
The Epic Journey of the Lindhard Sisters
by Linda Peterat
A captivating account of the lives of Laura, Christine, and Caroline Lindhard, three sisters who left their home in Stege, Denmark, in 1870 due to war, political turmoil, and limited opportunities, and sought out new lives in the Cariboo region of British Columbia.
Sketches of Historic Truro
by Joseph M.A. Ballard, art by Minette Murphy
An illustrated history of Nova Scotia’s Hubtown, Truro, featuring over 90 profiles of iconic buildings — from grand homes, to churches, to industrial buildings, from the author of Historic House Names of Nova Scotia.
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