An emergency room doctor recounts harrowing stories about his time at a combat hospital in Kandahar. Combat Doctor presents the stories of the victims of the War in Afghanistan, as told by the last Canadian Officer Commanding at the...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Dauphin, MarcSummary: - Author:Symons, Scott, Elson, ChristopherSummary:
Originally published in 1967, Combat Journal for Place d'Armes, set in Montreal, was initially met with shock and anger by most reviewers. As D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover once had, it challenged the attitudes...
- Author:Fowler, T. RobertSummary:
Seven soldiers. Seven military specialties. Seven stories. What was it like to serve in the combat mission in Afghanistan? Journalists’ reports from 2006 to 2011 could only give brief glimpses of the reality on the ground for Canadian...
- Author:Barss, BeulahSummary:
A wholesome and hearty collection of authentic recipes and local history from ranch country. Come ‘n’ Get It is an authentic collection of down-home recipes and early Western Canadian ranch lore. Featuring material and recipes gathered...
- Author:Kloke, Joshua, Bradley, MichaelSummary:
How Toronto FC rescued itself from misery, carved out a niche, and became a true alternative franchise in North America’s most crowded sports market. From Toronto FC’s inception, the club and their fans did things their own way. When...
- Author:Mosionier, BeatriceSummary:
In 1983, the book In Search of April Raintree was published to great acclaim, heralding the voice of an important new writer, Beatrice Mosionier (then Culleton). With honesty and clarity, Mosionier explored the story of two Métis...
- Author:Gildiner, CatherineSummary:
Written with the same spirit and wit as the bestselling Too Close to the Falls and After the Falls, Coming Ashore is the third and final volume of Catherine Gildiner’s memoir series. Picking up her story in the late ’...
- Author:Comack, ElizabethSummary:
Published some two decades ago, Elizabeth Comack's Women in Trouble explored the connections between the women's abuse histories and their law violations as well as their experience of imprisonment in an aged facility. What...
- Author:Mulcahy, Don, D'Alfonso, AntonioSummary:
The stories of immigration will never, ever be complete. The shared sagas of people coming here is sure to continue for as long as more are needed to populate this intriguing, gargantuan geographic space, that has become the final home...
- Author:Evans, RonSummary:
Short-listed for the 2002 Saskatchewan Book Awards for Best Non-Fiction and Best Book The stories in Coming Home are as surprising as the landscape of Saskatchewan itself and as varied as its weather. Through the author's...
- Author:McCreery, ChristopherSummary:
A celebration in medals of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years as our monarch. On the occasion of the diamond jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne as Queen of Canada, Canada has followed a long tradition of recommending to...
- Author:Laporte, Danielle, Sévigny, LiseSummary:
Montréal, le 25 août 2015. Entre l’âge de 6 et 12 ans, l’enfant franchit une étape significative dans le développement de son estime de soi : son image intellectuelle se greffe à l’image physique et émotive qu’il a de lui-même. Il...
- Author:Maillet, MargueriteSummary:
Album trilingue: francais, mi'kmaq, anglais. English: This Mi'kmaq legend explains in its own way some of the mysteries surrounding the Petitcodiac River. In the past, the river was crystal-clear and full of fish. A giant eel was...
- Author:Joyce, GareSummary:
Sidney Crosby n'est pas seulement le meilleur hockeyeur de sa génération. Il est le plus important à avoir jamais évolué dans la LNH. L'histoire du hockey peut être divisée en deux époques : avant et après l'arrivée de Sidney Crosby en...
- Author:Chaurette, NormandSummary:
Depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans, Normand Chaurette écrit avec et contre Shakespeare. Dans Les Reines, la première pièce québécoise produite à la Comédie-Française, il a revu et corrigé Richard III du point de vue des personnages féminins...
- Author:Filewod, AlanSummary:
Committing Theatre offers the first full-length historical study of political intervention theatre and theatrical spectatorship in English Canada. Building on twenty years of research and engagement in the field, this book's historical...
- Author:Naugler, ChristopherSummary:
Master clinical skills with key information on 169 common clinical presentations This comprehensive guide provides clinicians, medical students, and other health care professionals with a structured approach to navigating 169 of the...
- Author:Trudeau, JustinSummary:
The experiences that have shaped Justin Trudeau over the course of his life and how how his passion for Canada and its people took root. Covering the years from his childhood at 24 Sussex to his McGill days during the tumultuous time of...
- Author:Kallis, SharonSummary:
A guide to creating community-based art installations using green waste, invasive species and natural materials.
- Author:Ross, ArthurSummary:
Between 1882 and 1930 approximately 9,800 Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe settled in Winnipeg. Newly arrived Jewish immigrants began to establish secular mutual aid societies, organizations based on egalitarian principles of...
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