After Royal Navy captain Sir John Franklin disappeared in the Arctic in 1846 while seeking the Northwest Passage, the search for his two ships, Erebus and Terror, and survivors of his expedition became one of the most exhaustive quests...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Dalton, AnthonySummary: - Author:Bryan, LizSummary:
Stone by Stone takes readers on a fascinating journey across the short-grass prairie of southern Alberta and Saskatchewan in search of tangible evidence of the region’s ancient past—a civilization dating back at least twelve thousand...
- Author:Fayle, Thelma, McTeer, Maureen, Clark, JoeSummary:
Ted Grant, the undisputed father of Canadian photojournalism, has made a career out of being in the right place at the right time. Over his sixty years in the business, he has immortalized some of the greatest events in history and...
- Author:Mole, RichSummary:
This colourful account of the Chilcotin War is an insightful and absorbing examination of an event that helped to shape the course of British Columbia history. In the spring of 1864, 14 men building a road along the Homathko River in...
- Author:Dalton, AnthonySummary:
In mid-July 1925, the SS Bayeskimo ran into heavy drift ice at the entrance to Hudson Strait. The ice carried her north, squeezing the steamer and testing the strength of her rivets. Helpless until the tide changed and the ice moved,...
- Author:Vaillant, JohnSummary:
In 1997, when a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an Alaskan island north of the Canadian border, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. The author braids together the strands of this mystery and...
- Author:Keene, Thelma RuckSummary:
The author relives an extraordinary life, often at odds with the fog of convention surrounding religion, class distinctions, sex and war. During WWII she free lances her secretarial skill from the Balkans to the Middle East and Sicily....
- Author:Coates, Kenneth, Morrison, BillSummary:
In 1918, the steamer Princess Sophia left Alaska for Vancouver, but during a storm she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef - there were no survivors. Tracing the stories of many of the 353 aboard the Sophia - how they had gone to the north,...
- Author:Johnson, Peter WiltonSummary:
Gleeful and noisy celebrations greeted several dozen nervous young women when they stepped ashore in Victoria in September 1862, through a jostling crowd of boisterous, eager men. The hardships and happiness of Louisa and Charlotte...
- Author:Holmes, W. Leslie, Northorp, Bruce L.Summary:
In the summer of 1981, as teenagers in British Columbia's lower Mainland disappeared, members of the RCMP swung into action. When they started discovering bodies, they began to wonder if this was the work of a single person. A...
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For a generation or more there have been few books that brought together in accessible form the raw materials of Canadian history. In many minds the impression has taken root that those materials are uninteresting. Broadview's two-...
- Author:Hackett, F. J. PaulSummary:
The area between the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg, bounded on the north by the Hudson Bay lowlands, is sometimes known as the "Petit Nord." Providing a link between the cities of eastern Canada and the western interior, it was a...
- Author:Greenhous, BreretonSummary:
This is the story of a “no military risk” campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a number of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the...
- Author:Short, DonnSummary:
Recent cases of teen suicide linked with homophobic bullying have thrust the issue of school safety into the national spotlight. In "Don't Be So Gay!" Queers, Bullying, and Making Schools Safe, Donn Short considers the effectiveness of...
- Author:Wilson-Raybould, JodySummary:
THE #1 BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY. A compelling political memoir of leadership and speaking truth to power by one of the most inspiring women of her generation Jody Wilson-Raybould...
- Author:Deane, Lawrence, Silver, Jim, Morrissette, Larry, Comack, ElizabethSummary:
With the advent of Aboriginal street gangs such as Indian Posse, Manitoba Warriors, and Native Syndicate, Winnipeg garnered a reputation as the 'gang capital of Canada.' Yet beyond the stereotypes of outsiders, little is known...
- Author:Hume, Margaret AnneSummary:
Just Mary and Maggie Muggins are names that will arouse memories in those who grew up with CBC radio and television in the 1940s and 1950s. The creator of these and other children’s shows, former Fredericton schoolteacher Mary Grannan,...
- Author:J. Savoie, DonaldSummary:
Est-ce qu'on naît entrepreneur ou est-ce qu'on apprend à le devenir? « Merci de nous avoir choisis » cherche à répondre à cette fameuse question en examinant l'histoire fascinante des magnats des affaires Arthur Irving et...
- Author:Goodwin, JamesSummary:
During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr. George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats. Canadian warships like Ottawa had...
- Author:Satzewich, VicSummary:
Race and Ethnicity in Canada: A Critical Introduction, third edition, is a core text intended for race and ethnic relations courses offered out of sociology departments at both the college and university level. Covering the major...
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