Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials. For 34 years the great explorer, surveyor, and fur trader travelled across the continent, finding and mapping the routes between the St....
History and geography
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Author:Shardlow, TomSummary: - Author:Andra-Warner, ElleSummary:
Surveyor, cartographer, fur trader, adventurer, naturalist and entrepreneur, David Thompson is now recognized as one of the greatest explorers and geographers of all time. By 1812, he had surveyed almost four million square kilometres...
- Author:Miles, TiyaSummary:
Most Americans believe that slavery was a creature of the South, and that Northern states and territories provided stops on the Underground Railroad for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. In this paradigm-shifting book, celebrated...
- Author:Harding, StephenSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and...
- Author:Peters, KatieSummary:
The Day of the Dead is a day to remember loved ones who died. Colorful photos and accessible text bring this family tradition to life for young learners.
- Author:Pitt, SteveSummary:
Commended for the 2009 Best Books for Kids & Teens Canadian World War II pilot Charley Fox, now in his late eighties, has had a thrilling life, especially on the day in July 1944 in France when he spotted a black staff car, the...
- Author:Backhouse, ConstanceSummary:
Malgré l'ouverture proclamée des Canadiens face à la diversité ethnique et culturelle, l'histoire canadienne n'en est pas moins marquée par la discrimination systématique. Cet ouvrage expose la ténacité juridique de cette...
- Author:Barnes, TrevorSummary:
Based on newly-released archival material and inside sources from around the world, this book follows the hunt for the highly damaging Portland Spy Ring. The narrative, layered with false identities, deceptions, and betrayal,...
- Author:Jenner, GregSummary:
Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating, and outraging us for much longer than we might realise. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron,...
- Author:MacKinnon, J.B.Summary:
On June 22, 1965, a soldier in the Dominican Republic reported that he had just shot two policemen and an outspoken Canadian priest. It was the opening scene in a mystery that compels the author to visit the island nation for himself,...
- Author:Geiger, John, Beattie, OwenSummary:
In 1719, James Knight set out with two ships and 40 men to find the north-west passage, never to be seen again. This book records the authors' search for the truth behind their disappearance, using historical clues, archaeological...
- Author:Larson, ErikSummary:
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were...
- Author:Brown, Yvonne ShorterSummary:
Dead Woman Pickney chronicles Yvonne Shorter Brown’s life growing up in Jamaica between 1943 and 1965 and teaching in Canada from 1969. Told with stridency and humour, the stories include both personal experience and history. Taking up...
- Author:Barris, TedSummary:
Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations. All the services were there and all served with distinction. The Royal...
- Author:Gallaher, BillSummary:
Best-selling chronicler of the gold rush Bill Gallaher now brings us the compelling story of the Rennie brothers. Lured by dreams of wealth and a better life, William, Gilbert and Thomas Rennie set out for the Cariboo goldfields in the...
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
The Salvadoran Civil War was a conflict between the military-led government of El Salvador and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), a coalition of five left-wing guerrilla groups. Lasting 13 years from 1979-1992, the...
- Author:Brode, PatrickSummary:
A single gunshot on Saturday night, October 6, 1894, shattered Toronto’s prevailing sense of peace and security. That gunshot took the life of Frank Westwood, a respectable young man from one of the city’s most prominent families. This...
- Author:Hornbaker, TimSummary:
For decades, distinct professional wrestling territories thrived across North America. Each regionally based promotion operated individually and offered a brand of localized wrestling that greatly appealed to area fans. Promoters...
- Author:Karram, KerrySummary:
A harrowing tale of human intelligence pitted against the forces of nature. With prospectors, trappers, and whalers pouring into northwestern Canada, the North West Mounted Police were dispatched to the newest frontier to maintain...
- Author:Robinson, Helen CaisterSummary:
Decades of Caring: The Big Sister Story is a record of the trials, errors, and accomplishments of an organization of Toronto women who have carried a torch for youth through good years and bad from 1912 to the present time. The author...
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