Town and Crown is an illustrated history of the planning and development of Canada’s capital, filling a significant gap in our urban scholarship. It is the story of the transformation of the region from a subarctic wilderness portage to an attractive modern metropolis with a high quality of life. The book examines the period from 1800 to 2011 and is the first major study that covers both sides of the Ottawa River, addressing the settlement history of Aboriginal, French, and English peoples...

Too many stakeholders have neglected their duty of imagining an aspiring federal capital region for Canada. Under the auspices of the Forum of Federations, a number of persons interested in the fate of Canada’s federal capital region came together to examine the challenges facing the region and to put forward suggestions to deal with them.In this report on the brainstorming exercise conducted in January 2011, professionals, academics, and elected officials take stock of the vast ar...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton

Recueil de 3 romans inéditsL’amour d’abord, Trisha DavidAprès dix ans d’absence, Joy revient en Australie, émue de retrouver la chaleur âpre du bush en été et... Mike McTavish, l’amour de ses quatorze ans. Mike qui, loin du jeune homme insouciant et libre d’autrefois, agit désormais en père protecteur pour ses deux neveux orphelins, dont il a la charge. Un homme tendre à aimer, des enfants à chérir... n’est-ce pas tout ce dont Joy ...