Kurt F. Jensen argues that Canada was a more active intelligence partner in the Second World War alliance than has previously been suggested. He describes Canada's contributions to Allied intelligence before the war began, as well as...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Jensen, Kurt F.Summary: - Author:S. Leach, Norman S., Melbourne, JohnSummary:
Many of the airmen of the First Word War who challenged both the enemy and death did not survive. These are their stories. In the clinging mud and trench warfare of WWI, it was soon clear that the cavalry — the elite of the elite —...
- Author:Doner, Sue, Robertson, Tara, Coolidge, AmandaSummary:
La Trousse d'outils d'accessibilité est une collaboration entre BCcampus et le Centre for Accessible Post-Secondary Education (CAPER-BC ou Centre pour les études post-secondaire accessible). BCcampus est une organisation financée par...
- Author:Richer, MarcSummary:
Ce grand homme que je cherchais est le récit très humain de l’histoire de Maco, un enfant qui a grandi à la recherche de l’idéal, espérant trouver un grand homme à travers un modèle de vie socialement valorisé. Marié pendant plusieurs...
- Author:Conrad, JohnSummary:
Si l’on se fie à tous les principes de la guerre et à la logique militaire, le soutien logistique de la force opérationnelle Orion du Canada aurait dû s’écrouler en juillet 2006. Peu de pays posent un défi logistique aussi important que...
- Author:Bibeau, Pierre, Denton, David, Burroughs, AndréSummary:
La réalisation de l’aménagement hydroélectrique de l’Eastmain-1 a créé en 2006 un réservoir de 603 kilomètres carrés sur le territoire d’Eeyou Istchee Baie-James. Des recherches archéologiques préventives y ont été menées entre 2002 et...
- Author:Lycopolus, Emily, Acken, DLSummary:
Homegrown, modern recipes that feature the most treasured local ingredients from Vancouver Island's forests, fields, farms and sea. Off the shore of Canada's west coast lies a food lover's island paradise. Vancouver Island's temperate...
- Author:MacDonald, CherylSummary:
Canadian history is full of touching stories of animal companionship, and some relationships between people and their cherished companions are legendary. From Grey Owl and the Beaver People to Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King'...
- Author:Baker, Peter E., Fleming, John A.Summary:
A visual journey showcasing how history can make a house a home, a reminder of the strength of character and ingenuity entrenched in Canada’s history. Inspired by the 150th anniversary of Canadian confederation — the same year...
- Author:Beaunoyer, Jean, Germain, Georges-Hebert, Beaulne, Jean, Homel, DavidSummary:
Céline Dion is quite possibly Canada’s most famous singer and an icon in her own home province of Quebec. Possessed of an incandescent voice and a vibrant personality, she has moved huge audiences all over the world. These two books...
- Author:Germain, Georges-Hebert, Homel, DavidSummary:
Simply entitled Céline, this is the long-awaited, authorized biography of Céline Dion, the rags-to-riches story of a woman who has become the leading recording artist in the world. First published in French in Quebec in December 1997,...
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For the Anishinaabeg people, who span a vast geographic region from the Great Lakes to the Plains and beyond, stories are vessels of knowledge. They are bagijiganan, offerings of the possibilities within Anishinaabeg life. Existing...
- Author:Perry, Beth, Park, Caroline, Melrose, SherriSummary:
Many of today's learning environments are dominated by technology or procedure-driven approaches that leave learners feeling alone and disconnected. The authors of Centring Human Connections in the Education of Health Professionals...
- Author:Vaz-Oxlade, Gail E.Summary:
We live in a world of growing singleness. While lots of attention is being paid to senior singles, less has been given to younger women and men who find themselves suddenly single. This book maps out the territory that singles find...
- Author:Tomasella, SaverioSummary:
«Comme le voyageur, l'ami consent à ce que l'expérience le transforme.» La puissance de la rencontre, le désir d'être écouté et reconnu, le besoin de se confier font du lien amical un des plus marquants de notre...
- Author:Duroyaume, Sandrine, Fecteau, Stéphanie, Gagnon, Pascale, Guiet, Francine, Luker, Karen, Arenstein, Georges-HenriSummary:
Les bienfaits du lien humain-animal ne sont plus à prouver. Ces relations contribuent au développement harmonieux de l’être humain. Francine Guiet décrit quatre projets qui illustrent la force des bénéfices de la médiation animale. Le...
- Author:Vandendorpe, MagdaSummary:
«Par mon expérience, et à l’aide d’exemples d’autres artistes et créateurs complexés d’infériorité, je démontrerai comment l’individu qui se juge, se compare et s’isole – en se cachant derrière un personnage fictif et en ne se montrant...
- Author:Stonechild, BlairSummary:
Rediscovering, valuing, and embracing Indigenous spirituality and wisdom is critical for humanity to survive in the future. Civilization is a western, Eurocentric construct borne from a distrust of nature, a desire to endlessly exploit...
- Author:Wellman, JimSummary:
Challengers of the Sea brings you face to face with men and women who take on the best and the worst of what the Northwest Atlantic Ocean offers. Read gripping accounts of losing sons, husbands, fathers, brothers, and best...
- Author:Lux, Maureen, Dyck, ErikaSummary:
Between the decriminalization of contraception in 1969 and the introduction of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982, a landmark decade in the struggle for women's rights, public discourse about birth control and family planning...
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