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  • The Inconvenient Indian

    A Curious Account of Native People in North America

    de Thomas King ...
    WINNER of the 2014 RBC Taylor PrizeThe Inconvenient Indian is at once a “history” and the complete subversion of a history—in short, a critical and personal meditation that the remarkable Thomas King has conducted over the past 50 years about what it means to be “Indian” in North America.Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, this book distills the insights gleaned from that meditation, weaving ... Leer más

    $245 MXN

  • War of 1812: A History From Beginning to End

    de Henry Freeman ...
    The War of 1812 is often forgotten when we think about the history of the United States. Yet the effects of what seems a minor and insignificant conflict are far-reaching, even to today. The world settled into the roles it would play out for decades, and the boundaries of the United States and Canada would be set for the next two hundred years.Inside you will read about...✓ The Beginning of the ... Leer más

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  • Lethal Marriage

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

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $196 MXN

  • The North West Passage Exploration Anthology

    The Personal Accounts of the Explorers of the North-West Passage

    Series series Bybliotech Discovery
    “The Northwest Passage Exploration Anthology”, features the first-hand personal accounts of explorers: Roald Amundsen, Robert McClure, John Rae, John Franklin, Thomas Simpson, Peter Warren Dease, William Edward Parry and Richard Hakluyt. This book charts the full history of the exploration of the legendary “Northwest Passage” – the sea-lane around the frozen Northern shore of the North American ... Leer más

    $78 MXN

  • A Little History of Canada

    de H.V. Nelles ...
    This lively and opinionated history is a whirlwind tour of the Canadian land and inhabitants from the earliest human occupation to the present. The country has undergone several fundamental changes - from Indigenous occupation, to French and British colonization, to the rise of an independent nation and distinct society - and it is doing so yet again. Fully revised, this updated 150th anniversary ... Leer más

    $180 MXN

  • A Cowherd in Paradise

    From China to Canada

    de May Q. Wong ...
    In 2006, the Prime Minister apologized to the Chinese people for the legislated discrimination created by Canada’s head tax laws in the first half of the twentieth century, acknowledging the far-reaching and long-term consequences it has had on their families. A Cowherd in Paradise is the story of one such family.The book chronicles the remarkable lives of Wong Guey Dang (1902–1983) and Jiang Tew ... Leer más

    $173 MXN

  • Extraordinary Canadians: Tommy Douglas

    de Vincent Lam ...
    Series series Extraordinary Canadians
    Once voted the greatest Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas was a prairie politician who believed in democratic socialism, the crucial role of civil rights, and the great potential of cooperation for the common good. He is best known as the “Father of Medicare.” Born in 1904, Douglas was a championship boxer and a Baptist minister who later exchanged his pulpit for a political platform. A powerful ... Leer más

    $229 MXN

  • A National Crime

    The Canadian Government and the Residential School System

    Serie Libro 11 - Critical Studies in Native History
    “I am going to tell you how we are treated. I am always hungry.”—Edward B., a student at Onion Lake School (1923)"[I]f I were appointed by the Dominion Government for the express purpose of spreading tuberculosis, there is nothing finer in existance that the average Indian residential school.”—N. Walker, Indian Affairs Superintendent (1948)For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children ... Leer más

    $359 MXN

  • The Last Spike

    The Great Railway, 1881-1885

    de Pierre Berton ...
    In the four years between 1881 and 1885, Canada was forged into one nation by the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Last Spike reconstructs the incredible story of how some 2,000 miles of steel crossed the continent in just five years — exactly half the time stipulated in the contract. Pierre Berton recreates the adventures that were part of this vast undertaking: the railway on the ... Leer más

    $260 MXN

  • Denny's Trek: A Mountie's Memoir of the March West

    A Mountie's Memoir of the March West

    Like many other pioneering North West Mounted Police officers, Cecil Denny was a colourful, independent man with a career full of conquests and controversy. He and his comrades played key roles in the taming of Canada's wild and woolly west, and in this compilation of selected writings from his books The Law Marches West and The Riders of the Plains, we get that story straight from the horse's ... Leer más

    $173 MXN

  • Bush Runner

    The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit Radisson

    de Mark Bourrie ...
    Series series Untold Lives Series
    Will appeal to history buffs and fans of quality biography. Race and culture historical issues play a role in the book and make for a very interesting angle, as does the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company, one of the lasting influences on Canada and the Northern US.“If you’re one of the many people who think that Canadian history is boring, this book may change your mind.” —Barb Minett, The ... Leer más

    $245 MXN

  • What's Your Story? / Raconte ton histoire

    A Canada 2017 Yearbook / L'album souvenir Canada 2017

    What's Your Story? A Canada 2017 Yearbook is a timely collection of profiles and portraits from Canadians in every region of the country—a snapshot of the diverse people, places, things, and events that tell a fascinating story of the country now and where it is headed. The Yearbook pays tribute to Canadian people and landscapes with stunning visuals from across the nation, framing the big and ... Leer más

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  • The Day the World Came to Town

    9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

    de Jim DeFede ...
    The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway’s Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the AuthorWhen 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The ... Leer más

    $224 MXN

  • Unsettling Canada

    A National Wake-Up Call

    Unsettling Canada, a Canadian bestseller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson.Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between them are in many ways even more interesting. Arthur Manuel is ... Leer más

    $215 MXN

  • What Nudism Exposes

    An Unconventional History of Postwar Canada

    This highly original work will find an audience among students and scholars of Canadian history and those more broadly interested in transnational histories of the body, gender and sexuality, and childhood. General readers of Canadian history and the history of the postwar period will also put it on their reading lists. ... Leer más

    $501 MXN

  • Historia de Canadá: Una guía fascinante de la historia de Canadá

    ¿Qué tanto conoce la historia de Canadá?Puede pensar que sabe mucho sobre Canadá, especialmente si vive en Norteamérica. Pero, en realidad, es sorprendente lo poco que sabemos la mayoría de nosotros sobre la historia de Canadá. A pesar de que Canadá está al otro lado de la frontera con Estados Unidos, tiende a quedar injustamente eclipsada. Sin embargo, su historia es vibrante.La historia ... Leer más

    $119 MXN

  • A History of Canadian Culture

    In a country this diverse, 'culture' has different meanings. Vance tells a story from the wind-swept Arctic where a stranded Innu woman, fighting to survive, took the time to decorate her clothing with rich designs. A British explorer was amazed at her efforts, but Vance reminds us of the inseparable connection between life and art in Inuit culture (the Innu word for 'breathe' also means 'to make ... Leer más

    $172 MXN

  • Klondike

    The Last Great Gold Rush, 1896-1899

    de Pierre Berton ...
    With the building of the railroad and the settlement of the plains, the North West was opening up. The Klondike stampede was a wild interlude in the epic story of western development, and here are its dramatic tales of hardship, heroism, and villainy. We meet Soapy Smith, dictator of Skagway; Swiftwater Bill Gates, who bathed in champagne; Silent Sam Bonnifield, who lost and won back a hotel in a ... Leer más

    $358 MXN

  • Kukum

    de Michel Jean ...
    Kukum cuenta la historia de Almanda, bisabuela del autor, que enamorada de un joven innu de Quebec, adoptará con entusiasmo su forma de vida nómada: la existencia libre en el bosque de acuerdo a los ciclos de la naturaleza. Se convertirá en una auténtica innu aunque siempre conservará el hábito de la lectura, rompiendo así las barreras impuestas a las mujeres indígenas. En la madurez, tendrá que ... Leer más

    $159 MXN $139 MXN

  • 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act

    Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality

    de Bob Joseph ...
    Since its creation in 1876, the Indian Act has dictated and constrained the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Peoples, and is at the root of many enduring stereotypes. Bob Joseph’s book comes at a key time in the reconciliation process, when awareness from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities is at a crescendo. Joseph examines how Indigenous Peoples can return to self-government, ... Leer más

    $159 MXN

  • Escaped Killer: True Story of Serial Killer Allan Legere

    de 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 ... Leer más

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  • I'm Movin' On

    The Life and Legacy of Hank Snow

    de Vernon Oickle ...
    A biography on the Canadian country musician, from his poor childhood in Nova Scotia to international celebrity on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry.Born in tiny Brooklyn, Nova Scotia, Hank Snow enjoyed a musical career that spanned five decades and sales of more than 80 million albums. In I’m Movin’ On, journalist Vernon Oickle chronicles Snow’s hardscrabble life, from his destitute childhood in ... Leer más

    $206 MXN

  • James Fitzjames

    The Mystery Man of the Franklin Expedition

    James Fitzjames was a hero of the early nineteenth-century Royal Navy. A charismatic man with a wicked sense of humour, he pursued his naval career with wily determination. When he joined the Franklin Expedition at the age of 32 he thought he would make his name. But instead the expedition completely disappeared and he never returned. Its fate is one of history's last great unsolved mysteries, as ... Leer más

    $173 MXN

  • Penguin History of Canada

    Canada is in many ways a country of limits, a paradox for a place that enjoys virtually unlimited space. Most of that space is uninhabited, and much of it is uninhabitable. It is a country with a huge north but with most of its population in the south, hugging the U.S. border. An uneasy and difficult country, Canada has nevertheless defied the odds: it remains, in the 21st century, a haven of ... Leer más

    $402 MXN