At the Bridge chronicles the little-known story of James Teit, a prolific ethnographer who, from 1884 to 1922, worked with and advocated for the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia and the northwestern United States. From his base at...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Wickwire, WendySummary: - Author:Brodie, IanSummary:
Offers a first-hand view of the inner workings of the Canadian federal government, with a particular focus on the interplay between the Prime Minister's Office, the Privy Council Office, the federal cabinet, and the role of...
- Author:Bray, Matt, Thomson, AshleySummary:
Mining has played a formative role in the history of Northern Ontario. It has been one of the key generators of wealth in the area since the mid-19th century, and is also responsible for much of the urban development of Ontario's...
- Author:Tovell, Freeman M.Summary:
Capitán de Navío Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was the most important Spanish naval officer on the Northwest Coast in the eighteenth century. Serving from 1774 to 1794, he participated in the search for the Northwest Passage and...
- Author:Moss, John, Morra, Linda M.Summary:
At the Speed of Light There is Only Illumination collects a dozen re-evaluative essays on Marshall McLuhan and his critical and theoretical legacy; from intellectual adventurer creating a complex architecture of ideas to cultural icon...
- Author:Little, J. I.Summary:
Vancouver prides itself on being a green city, and the west coast is known for its active environmental protest culture. But the roots of this mentality reach far beyond the founding of organizations such as Greenpeace. Small campaigns...
- Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
May 1940. Britain is losing the war. Churchill is desperate for bombers. Aircraft deliveries from U.S. factories are being ravaged by German U-Boats at sea. Can the planes be flown across the storm-swept North Atlantic to Britain? A...
- Author:Doak, AngelaSummary:
From Atlantic puffin to zooplankton, with lots of wild Atlantic Canadiana in between--like lobster, brown bat, moon jellyfish, porcupine, and more--Atlantic Animal ABCs is the perfect introduction for young ones to the region's wildlife...
- Author:Hartson, Tamara, Sheldon, IanSummary:
Concise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying features. Fifty common animals from Atlantic Canada, including...
- Author:Campey, Lucille H.Summary:
A transformative work that explodes assumptions about the importance of the Great Irish Potato Famine to Irish immigration. In this major study, Lucille Campey traces the relocation of around ninety thousand Irish people to their new...
- Author:Chaulk, BobSummary:
In the pre-dawn hours of April 1, 1873—as the lookouts looked, the steersman steered, and the captain slept—something was happening to the SS Atlantic. The tide had quietly carried the White Star Line ocean liner twelve miles off course...
- Author:Gauthier, Yvon, Fortin, Gilles, Jeliu, GloriaSummary:
L'attachement consiste en ces relations qui se construisent dans les premières années de vie entre le parent et l'enfant. Il s'agit d'un besoin d'apaisement et de sécurité que l'enfant trouve auprès de ses parents et qui constitue,...
- Author:Glover, DouglasSummary:
In the tradition of E.M. Forster, John Gardner, and James Wood, Douglas Glover has produced a book on writing at once erudite, anecdotal, instructive, and amusing. Attack of the Copula Spiders represents the accumulated wisdom of a...
- Author:Heiti, WarrenSummary:
Attending - patient contemplation focused on a particular being - is a central ethical activity that has not been recognized by any of the main moral systems in the European philosophical tradition. That tradition has imagined that the...
- Author:Duclos, GermainSummary:
Bien qu’il s’agisse d’une réaction normale et nécessaire de l’organisme le stress lorsqu’il inhibe l’action ou paralyse la personne qui le subit reste l’un des maux les plus envahissants de notre société. Débutant dès l’enfance il peut...
- Author:Béliveau, Marie-ClaudeSummary:
Cet ouvrage fournit plusieurs moyens concrets pour aider l'enfant à s'engager activement dans sa vie scolaire et favoriser le développement de son autonomie et de son sens des responsabilités, particulièrement au moment des devoirs et...
- Author:Meilleur, Isabelle, Proulx, Annick, Bachelet, Tamara, Arsenault, AnnikSummary:
Le trouble du langage, aussi appelé dysphasie, affecte le développement d'un ou de plusieurs aspects du langage. Ce livre présente les principaux concepts liés à ce trouble et propose des stratégies d'intervention pour stimuler le...
- Author:Cunningham, Jack, Maley, WilliamSummary:
Afghanistan is a long way from both Canada and Australia, but from 2001, fate conspired to bring the three countries together. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Australia and Canada joined the U.S. and other Western allies in...
- Author:Thakur, Ramesh, Cunningham, JackSummary:
A collection of essays on the war in Iraq; including pieces by Jean Chrétien and John Howard, the prime ministers during the war. When it was declared in 2003, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was intensely controversial. While a few of...
- Author:Wren, JecobSummary:
Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART is a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. It tells the story of the interdisciplinary performance group PME-ART and their ongoing endeavour to make a new kind of...
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