Documents Forrest's career as inland explorer, public servant and politician. "After being actively involved in the drafting of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia, Sir John Forrest fought hard for 'fair...
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Auteur:Sommaire:For over 100 years, the Regina Public Library has served its community with innovative programming, but the full story of this venerable institution has never been told-until now. From the efforts of its first librarian who ensured...
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Auteur:Allen, RichardSommaire:Since the 1970s Richard Allen's scholarship on the social gospel has broken new ground in the field of Canadian social and religious history by recovering key aspects of the tradition and its contribution to reform movements and...
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Near the end of World War II, thousands of Allied ex-POWs were abandoned to wander the war-torn Eastern Front. With no food, shelter, or supplies, they were an army of dying men. The Red Army had pushed the Nazis out of Russia. As they...
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Explains how and why surf lifesaving enjoys iconic status across Australia, and remains relevant and popular today. Covers all aspects of surf lifesaving; including technology, competition, membership, and the professionalism of the...
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The French Jesuit Isaac-Joseph Berruyer's Histoire du peuple de Dieuwas an ambitious attempt to connect the ideas of the Enlightenment with the theology of the Catholic Church. A paraphrase of the Bible written in vernacular French...
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Auteur:Boyce, GerrySommaire:Winner of the 2010 Ontario Historical Society’s Fred Landon Award for Best Regional History. Belleville, on the shores of the Bay of Quinte, traces its beginnings to the arrival of the United Empire Loyalists. For 30 years the centre of...
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Auteur:Fellowes, JulianSommaire:Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's new legendary ball, one...
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Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, histories, and memories of German...
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Auteur:Thompson, CherylSommaire:One of the first transnational, feminist studies of Canada's black beauty culture and the role that media, retail, and consumers have played in its development, Beauty in a Box widens our understanding of the politics of black hair...
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A day-by-day account of the infamous Battle of Britain includes information on British and German command, airplanes and warfare machinery, and the experiences of pilots, soldiers, and British people struggling to protect the homefront...
- Auteur:Deneault, AlainSommaire:
Le colon, figure mitoyenne qui ne se trouve ni dans la position invivable du colonisé ni dans celle, indéfendable, du colonisateur, est généralement relégué au statut de figurant du récit colonial. Complétant le diptyque de Memmi, Alain...
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Auteur:Sweet, MelissaSommaire:Presents a tribute to the creator of the giant balloons that fill the sky during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, tracing the work of artist Tony Sarg, whose innovative "upside-down puppet" creations have become the parade's...
- Auteur:Kraay, HendrikSommaire:
Since 1824, Bahians have marked independence with a popular festival that contrasts sharply with the official commemoration of Brazil's independence on 7 September. The Dois de Julho (2 July) festival celebrates the day the...
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Covering everyone from Louis XIV to Prince, "Bad boys of fashion" looks at men across history who have broken the rules both in fashion and in life. For junior high readers.
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Auteur:Reyes, Lawney L.Sommaire:The childhood memories of the author portray the building of the Grand Coulee Dam during the Depression, and the stories of the men who came to build it. B Street was the street of shops, restaurants, bars, and brothels where the...
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Auteur:Duder, CameronSommaire:The lives of lesbians who grew up before 1965 remain cloaked in mystery. Historians have illuminated the worlds of upper-middle-class "romantic friends" and working-class butch and femme women who frequented lesbian bars in the ’50s and...
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Authorized Heritage analyses the history of commemoration at heritage sites across western Canada. Using extensive research in Parks Canada records, it argues that heritage narratives are almost always based on national and conventional...
- Auteur:Duff, MichelineSommaire:
2 septembre 1880. Joseph Laurin se recueille devant la dépouille de sa femme exposée dans sa maison. Quelques heures plus tard, après avoir mis le feu à la demeure, il disparaît dans la nuit, avec ses trois fillettes endormies dans la...
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Auteur:Mahaffey, James A.Sommaire:With clear explanations of some of the most complex scientific endeavors in history, this book looks back at the atom's wild, secretive past and then toward its potentially bright future. Mahaffey unearths lost reactors on far flung...
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