These published rolls are intended to provide a fairly comprehensive list of the loyal colonials who joined the Provincial Corps of the British Army, 1775-1784, that were part of the Northern, or Canadian, command during the American...
Political science
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Author:Fryer, Mary Beacock, Smy, William A.Summary: - Author:Coppins, McKaySummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! In this illuminating and "scoop-rich biography...the tell-all tales rush forth" ( Los Angeles Times ) offering a "penetrating analysis of the ongoing Republican civil war through the eyes of...
- Author:Bousfield, Arthur, Toffoli, GarrySummary:
These observations and quotations comprise a witty anthology of anecdotes by and about the royal family in Canada over the last 400 years. Enhanced by drawings from the well-known cartoonist Vince Wicks, this book looks at the memorable...
- Author:Bousfield, Arthur, Toffoli, GarrySummary:
A beautiful and nostalgic look at the royal tour that captured a generation — the first visit of a reigning monarch to Canada. This six week visit from the Atlantic to the Pacific and back again (with a short excursion to the United...
- Author:Bousfield, Arthur, Toffoli, GarrySummary:
Royal Tours 1786–2010 is a penetrating look at the tours of 11 royals who were or would be monarchs, viceroys, and commanders-in-chief of Canada. Leaving California in 1983 to tour British Columbia, Queen Elizabeth II said she was “...
- Author:Pigott, PeterSummary:
The conveyance of royalty, whether to Balmoral or Buffalo, by Rolls Royce or Canadian Pacific train, has its own mysterious traditions and protocols. With dry humour and a keen sense of history, Peter Pigott describes how the British...
- Author:González, Pablo RafaelSummary:
The shocking implications of a worldwide scarcity of natural resources have suddenly started to become clear. Higher prices for gas and heating oil may be a mere inconvenience so far; occasional brown-outs and water shortages can be...
- Author:Wilson Rowe, ElanaSummary:
Russia holds more Arctic territory than any other state, yet unlike other Arctic states it does not have a unified strategy identifying economic and political aims for the North. Russia's policies on the North are dispersed across...
- Author:Swift, RichardSummary:
Financial collapse and crisis; disgust at bankers' greed; the devastating effects of yawning inequality: all these and more have led to widespread dissatisfaction and disenchantment with capitalism. People are crying out for an...
- Author:Yamazaki, TomokoSummary:
This is a pioneering work on "karayuki-san," impoverished Japanese women sent abroad to work as prostitutes from the 1860s to the 1920s. The narrative follows the life of one such prostitute, Osaki, who is persuaded as a child of ten to...
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A collection of biographical essays on the twelve premiers who led the province of Saskatchewan during the twentieth century.
- Author:Clark, DennisSummary:
Satan a Socialist-Really?
Conspiracy Theory or Fundamental Truth of the AgesSatan Is a Socialist stirs up a lot of social, political, and spiritual questions such as:
• What are the real differences between free... - Author:Chambers, Nathalie, Roberts, Robin Alys, Wooding, SophieSummary:
When Nathalie Chambers and her husband, David, first took over Madrona Farm, 27 acres on southern Vancouver Island with a deep history, they never thought their small-scale agricultural business would blossom into an international...
- Author:Comey, JamesSummary:
James Comey, former FBI Director and New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Loyalty, uses his long career in federal law enforcement to explore issues of justice and fairness in the US justice system. James Comey might best be...
- Author:Savage, MichaelSummary:
Michael Savage says that for the past eight years there has been a retrovirus in the White House, and that the last Presidential term has infected the body politic with hateful, anti-American views. Savage reveals what to do in order to...
- Author:Levine, AllanSummary:
The image of the scrum – a beleaguered politican surrounded by jockeying reporters – is central to our perception of Ottawa. The modern scrum began with the arrival of television, but even in Sir John A. Macdonald’s day, a century...
- Author:Greenwald, GlennSummary:
Takes readers on a fascinating ride through Brazilian politics as the author, his husband, the left-wing Congressman David Miranda, and a powerful opposition movement courageously challenge political corruption, homophobia, and tyranny...
- Author:Moscatello, CaitlinSummary:
From an award-winning journalist covering gender and politics comes an inside look at the female candidates fighting back and winning elections in the crucial 2018 midterms. After November 8, 2016, first came the sadness; then came the...
- Author:Kaur, ValarieSummary:
An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love.
“In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur shows us how to summon our deepest wisdom.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of...
- Author:Francis, DanielSummary:
At the end of World War I, Canada was poised on the brink of social revolution. At least that is what many Canadians, inspired by the success of the Russian Revolution in 1917, hoped and others dreaded. Seeing Reds tells the story of...
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