This updated Seminar Studies volume provides an overview of the process of British decolonisation. The eclipse of the British empire has, of course, been one of the central features of postwar international history. At the end of the...
History and geography
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Author:White, Nicolas J.Summary: - Author:Perkins, Mary Ellen, Andre, NicoleSummary:
Depuis que le programme de commémoration historique a été inauguré par le gouvernement de l'Ontario en 1956, plus de 1 000 plaques ont été érigées d'un bout à l'autre de la province. La variété des sujets commémorés est...
- Author:Curnoe, GregSummary:
Before his tragic death in 1992, Greg Curnoe had submitted to Brick Books a manuscript based on extraordinarily detailed research into the history of 38 Weston, his address in London, Ontario. The result is a journal/collage that traces...
- Author:Gorka, SebastianSummary:
America's fight against radical Islam could soon be over, and a top secret plan from the Cold War is the key to our victory. Dr. Sebastian Gorka, counterinsurgency expert and Distinguished Chair of Military Theory at Marine Corps...
- Author:Townley, AlvinSummary:
Alvin Townley takes listeners back to the Vietnam War to tell the story of the indomitable American POWs who endured "Alcatraz," the Hanoi prison camp where North Vietnam locked its most dangerous and subversive prisoners, and the wives...
- Author:Foran, Timothy P.Summary:
"Defining Métis" examines categories used in the latter half of the nineteenth century by Catholic missionaries to describe Indigenous people in what is now northwestern Saskatchewan. It argues that the construction and evolution of...
- Author:Beckwith, Charlie A.Summary:
Wanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both.With this call to arms, Charlie Beckwith revolutionized American armed combat. Beckwith's acclaimed memoir tells the story of Delta Force as only its...
- Author:Tocqueville, Alexis deSummary:
Presents excerpts from Tocqueville's treatise, written in 1834, about the advantages and pitfalls of democracy.
- Author:Bausum, AnnSummary:
The story of America has always been shaped by people from all corners of the Earth who came in search of a better life and a brighter future. Immigration remains one of the critical topics in 21st century America, and how our children...
- Author:Denny, Cecil E.Summary:
Like many other pioneering North West Mounted Police officers, Cecil Denny was a colourful, independent man with a career full of conquest and controversy. He and his comrades played key roles in the taming of Canada's wild and woolly...
- Author:Gagnon, ClaudeSummary:
Cette troisième édition de l’histoire de la médecine nutritionnelle intègre les plus récentes tendances et ses nouveaux horizons. À une époque où les ouvrages sur la nutrition se multiplient, il est utile d’avoir une perspective...
- Author:Houde, RéalSummary:
Des patriotes de 1830 à 1837 d’origine acadienne ? Est-ce vraiment une surprise après le traumatisme vécu en Acadie et l’arrivée douloureuse à Québec entre 1755 et 1759 ? Des anciens gradés de la guerre de 1812 qui changent d’allégeance...
- Author:Massad, Joseph AndoniSummary:
From Abu Ghraib to Guantanamo Bay, sexual torture has played a notorious role in the recent history of American interventions into the Arab world. These abhorrent techniques have been officially justified as an effective tool for...
- Author:Wilson, JohnSummary:
Short-listed for the 2009 Red Maple Award for Non-Fiction, OLA Forest of Reading and commended for the 2009 OLA Best Bets This book presents the story and issues of the First World War in a clear, concise and objective manner,...
- Author:Collins, GarySummary:
Shipwreck. Starvation. Cannibalism.
For the first time, celebrated author Gary Collins brings to life the tale of the brigantine Queen of Swansea. Bound for Newfoundland in December 1867, the vessel made her first port...
- Author:Hindley, MeredithSummary:
In the summer of 1940, following France's surrender to Germany, Casablanca was transformed from an exotic travel destination to a key military target. It soon became rife with rogue soldiers, Jewish refugees, celebrities, and Nazi...
- Author:May, AndrewSummary:
When the Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon in 1969, many people imagined Mars would be next. However NASA's Viking 1, which landed in 1976, was just a robot. The much-anticipated crewed mission failed to materialise, defeated by...
- Author:Allison, GrahamSummary:
CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES ARE HEADING TOWARD A WAR NEITHER WANTS. The reason is Thucydides's Trap, a deadly pattern of structural stress that results when a rising power challenges a ruling one. This phenomenon is as old as...
- Author:Poolton, Jack A., Poolton, Jayne TurveySummary:
Private Jack Poolton was among the Canadians landing at the disastrous raid on Dieppe. Fortunate to have survived, Jack was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Germany. In Destined to Survive: A Dieppe Veteran’s Story, Jack Poolton...
- Author:www.accessible-devices.comSummary:
A short history of the National Library Service of the Library of Congress of the United States.
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