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  • Escaped Killer: True Story of Serial Killer Allan Legere

    af RJ Parker ...
    When this killer was on the loose, citizens were vigilant, yet scared. Children were not allowed outside to play without adult supervision.But then he was captured, tried, convicted, and put away for life in prison. The community could finally breathe again.They are out of danger.Until the day the convicted killer escapes prison and rains terror upon anyone and everyone in his way. The manhunt ... Læs mere

    Gratis

  • The Oak Island Encyclopedia

    Your unauthorized guide to the History Channel's TV series "The Curse of Oak Island".Packed with information on the history of the Oak Island treasure hunt; plot summaries and analyses for each episode of "The Curse of Oak Island" from Seasons 1 through 6; and summaries of the various theories regarding the nature of the Oak Island mystery. ... Læs mere

    64,64 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Lethal Marriage

    The Uncensored Truth Behind the Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

    af Nick Pron ...
    One of Canada’s finest crime reporters tells the whole story of the infamous Bernardo-Homolka case.NOW UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTERThe sensational trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka for abduction, rape, manslaughter and murder caused widespread controversy that continues to this day. The public was particularly outraged by the so-called “sweetheart deal” — the twelve-year sentence Homolka ... Læs mere

    80,18 kr.

  • What I Remember, What I Know

    The Life of a High Arctic Exile

    Larry Audlaluk was born in Uugaqsiuvik, a traditional settlement west of Inujjuak in northern Quebec, or Nunavik. He was almost three years old when his family was chosen by the government to be one of seven Inuit families relocated from Nunavik to the High Arctic in the early 1950s.They were promised a land of plenty. They were given an inhospitable polar desert. Larry tells of loss, illness, and ... Læs mere

    106,61 kr.

  • Dominion

    The Railway and the Rise of Canada

    af Stephen Bown ...
    A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nationIn The Company, his bestselling work of revisionist history, Stephen R. Bown told the dramatic, adventurous and bloody tale of Canada's origins in the fur trade. With Dominion he continues the nation's creation story with an equally gripping and eye-opening account of the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.In the late ... Læs mere

    129,99 kr.

  • The Loyal Atlantic

    Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era

    Redigeret af Jerry Bannister, Liam Riordan ...
    Adding to a dynamic new wave of scholarship in Atlantic history, The Loyal Atlantic offers fresh interpretations of the key role played by Loyalism in shaping the early modern British Empire. This cohesive collection investigates how Loyalism and the empire were mutually constituted and reconstituted from the eighteenth century onward. Featuring contributions by authors from across Canada, the ... Læs mere

    262,26 kr.

  • Inside the Museum — The Market Gallery

    af John Goddard ...
    Inside the Museums views Toronto’s heritage museums for the first time as a single community — linked by events, personalities, and function. In this special excerpt we visit The Market Gallery at 95 Front Street East — the upper floor of the famous St. Lawrence Market. Walk into the market’s interior and look back carefully, and you clearly see an earlier building. It is the remains of Toronto’s ... Læs mere

    15,96 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Toronto Trailblazers

    Women in Canadian Publishing

    af Ruth Panofsky ...
    Serier serie Studies in Book and Print Culture
    Toronto Trailblazers explores the influence of seven key women who, despite pervasive gender bias, helped advance a modern literary culture for Canada.Publisher Irene Clarke, scholarly editors Eleanor Harman and Francess Halpenny, trade editors Sybil Hutchinson, Claire Pratt, and Anna Porter, and literary agent Bella Pomer made the most of their vocational prospects, first by securing their ... Læs mere

    258,74 kr.

  • Pensionnats du Canada : Les séquelles

    Rapport final de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada, volume 5

    Entre 1867 et 2000, le gouvernement canadien a placé plus de 150 000 enfants autochtones dans des pensionnats d’un bout à l’autre du pays. Les autorités gouvernementales et les missionnaires étaient d’avis qu’afin de « civiliser et de christianiser » les enfants autochtones, il fallait les éloigner de leurs parents et de leur communauté d’origine respective.La vie de ces enfants au pensionnat ... Læs mere

    168,91 kr.

  • The Travelling Dental Team

    af Mary Stickel ...
    From 1986 to 1990 Mary Stickel DH and her husband Charlie Stickle DDS operated one of several outreach dental programs on behalf of the Ontario Ministry of Health's, Under Serviced Area Dental Program. From the very beginning Mary kept a journal of their experiences and this book is the result. Their clinic was operated out of a 12 x 60 foot purpose built coach that included both living quarters ... Læs mere

    34,95 kr.

  • Spirited Commitment

    The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation

    Showing how the SSBFF has balanced its commitments to Jewish charitable causes and to Canadian culture, Spirited Commitment explores how the Foundation dealt with the challenge of respecting the wishes of its famous founders while still making a difference in contemporary Canadian society. A detailed account of the Foundation's numerous programs over three decades - including the Centre for ... Læs mere

    320,90 kr.

  • The Last of the Wild Rivers

    The Past, Present, and Future of the Rivière du Moine Watershed

    For four hundred years, the journals of all the great explorers of Canada have mentioned the Deux Joachims portage and the wild Rivière du Moine as they made their way west to discover riches, routes, or souls to save. The Du Moine is the last of the ten major Quebec tributaries of the Ottawa River to resist the development threats of hydro, mining, and modern colonization. Recent conservation ... Læs mere

    80,18 kr.

  • Pathway Through Memories

    People Who Lived in Burloak Waterfront Park

    A Public Park Like No Other: A story of the people who lived in and around the present Burloak Waterfront Park. This park is a treasure of nature accessible now to the public along the eastern entrance to the City of Burlington, Ontario. It is a part of the Waterfront Trail founded under the leadership of David Crombie. This trail wanders also along the shore of Lake Ontario in parts of the Golden ... Læs mere

    40,78 kr.

  • "Ironsides"

    Canadian Armoured Fighting Vehicle Museums and Monuments

    Major Hal Skaarup has woven together an informative and detailed synopsis of the carefully preserved and restored armoured fighting vehicles on display in Canada. He highlights the importance of these upon key turning points in history when these AFVs were in use as tools of war at home and overseas. We often associate the evolution of military prowess with the advancement of sophisticated ... Læs mere

    89,11 kr.

  • Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941

    Hiroshima Immigrants in Canada, 1891-1941 is a fascinating investigation of Japanese migration to Canada prior to the Second World War. It makes Japanese-language scholarship on the subject available for the first time, and also draws on interviews, diaries, community histories, biographies, and the author’s own family history.Starting with the history of the feudal fiefs of Aki and Bingo, which ... Læs mere

    242,40 kr.

  • I Bless You in My Heart

    Selected Correspondence of Catharine Parr Traill

    Serier serie Heritage
    Though her life was largely circumscribed by domesticity and poverty both in England and in Canada, Catharine Parr Traill’s interests, experiences, and contacts were broad and various. Her contribution to our knowledge of nineteenth-century Canadian life, from a literary, historical, and scientific perspective, was significant.Chosen from her nearly 500 extant letters, the 136 presented here ... Læs mere

    361,24 kr.

  • Who Pays for Canada?

    Taxes and Fairness

    Redigeret af David Tough, Elsbeth Heaman ...
    Canadians can never not argue about taxes. From the Chinese head tax to the Panama Papers, from the National Policy to the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, tax grievances always inspire private resentments and public debates. But if resentment and debate persist, the terms of the debate have continually altered and adapted to reflect changing social, economic, and political conditions in ... Læs mere

    268,10 kr.

  • Toronto Sketches 10

    "The Way We Were"

    af Mike Filey ...
    Mike Filey’s column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey’s column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper’s most popular features. In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches: "The Way We Were." Since then ... Læs mere

    64,06 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Spirit of the Issei

    The Story of Tonari Gumi

    A young woman, Hanako Masutani, a self-described "Gulf Island girl," attends a series of gatherings over three years in Vancouver and is drawn into the narrative of how an upstart group of Japanese immigrants joined forces with Canadian-born third generation Japanese Canadians to re-energize a community still reeling from the aftershock of the forced removal and internment of the 1940s. She ... Læs mere

    80,10 kr.

  • Canuck Rock

    A History of Canadian Popular Music

    The Guess Who. Gordon Lightfoot. Joni Mitchell. Neil Young. Stompin' Tom Connors. Robert Charlebois. Anne Murray. Crowbar. Chilliwack. Carole Pope. Loverboy. Bryan Adams. The Barenaked Ladies. The Tragically Hip. Céline Dion. Arcade Fire. K-oS. Feist. These musicians are national heroes to generations of Canadians. But what does it mean to be a Canadian musician? And why does nationality even ... Læs mere

    256,43 kr.

  • A Man and His Words

    Robert Boyer was a consummate Canadian, whose long career can be measured by words. An author, journalist, researcher, editor, printer, and public speaker, Boyer’s professional life began at the age of 19 when he became a newspaper editor, and continued through the publication of his twelfth book at the age of 88. He was also a church organist, a member of the Ontario Legislature for seventeen ... Læs mere

    64,06 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus

  • Searching for W.P.M. Kennedy

    The Biography of an Enigma

    Born in Ireland in 1879, W.P.M. Kennedy was a distinguished Canadian academic and the leading Canadian constitutional law scholar for much of the twentieth century. Despite his trailblazing career and intriguing personal life, Kennedy’s story is largely a mystery. Weaving together a number of key events, Martin L. Friedland’s lively biography discusses Kennedy’s contributions as a legal and ... Læs mere

    374,86 kr.

  • Is God a Racist?

    The Right Wing in Canada

    Serier serie Heritage
    ‘God is a racist’—so goes a statement published in the literature of the Western Guard, a white-supremacist, anti-semitic group in Toronto. It is one of a number of racist organizations that have sprung up in Canada since the Second World War. Stanley Barrett points out in this disquieting study that although many of the principles of such organizations are offensive to the vast majority of ... Læs mere

    313,24 kr.

  • The Winning of Canada: a Chronicle of Wolfe, from Chronicles of Canada

    af William Wood ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area,[6] and shares land borders with the United States to the south and northwest. The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by ... Læs mere

    7,94 kr. eller Gratis med Kobo Plus