Among the bays, inlets, and communities of the province, author Gary Collins has earned a seat at the head of the table as Newfoundland and Labrador’s favourite storyteller. Now, with six books under his belt, the “Story Man” from Hare...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Collins, GarySummary: - Author:Boissery, BeverleySummary:
In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried...
- Author:Wemigwans, JenniferSummary:
'A serious advance in state-of-the-art research.' Marisa Duarte, author of Network Sovereignty: Building the Internet across Indian Country. An essential contribution to Internet activism and a must-read for educators, theorists, and...
- Author:Blanchard, JimSummary:
The third instalment in Jim Blanchard's popular history of early Winnipeg, "A Diminished Roar" presents a city in the midst of enormous change. Once the fastest growing city in Canada, by 1920 Winnipeg was losing its...
- Author:Watt, Gavin K., Morrison, James F., Smy, William A.Summary:
By 1781, the sixth year of the American rebellion, British strategic focus had shifted from the northern states to concentrate in the south. Canada’s governor, Frederick Haldimand, was responsible for the defence of the Crown’s largest...
- Author:Murray, JasonSummary:
In this narrative history and memoir, journalist, musician, and Monctonian Jason Murray follows the rise of the band that put the Maritimes on the map.Eric's Trip was a band defined as much by its DIY ethos as its low-fi, discordant...
- Author:Roedde, Gretchen, Evans, JohnSummary:
A doctor grapples with the challenges of mother and child health in the developing world. Recounting medical missions in half of the thirty countries in which she has worked for the past twenty-five years in Africa, Asia, and the South...
- Author:Jones, KariSummary:
This nonfiction book in the Footprints series, illustrated with color photographs throughout, looks at trade from the perspective of making it fair for all people.
- Author:Jones, KariSummary:
Fair trade is not about spending more money or buying more stuff. It's about helping producers in developing countries get a fair price for their goods. In A Fair Deal: Shopping for Social Justice, Kari Jones provides a history of trade...
- Author:Gaucher, MeganSummary:
What is family? Citing national security and societal welfare, the Harper government adopted a strict definition of family to limit access to citizenship for certain immigrants. Megan Gaucher analyzes the government’s assessment of...
- Author:Swanson, Ruby RemendaSummary:
Ruby Swanson's life changed when her sixteen-year-old son walked to her office, closed the door, and with his hand still on the doorknob said, 'I'm gay.' Despite her initial reaction of shock, fear, and denial, Ruby...
- Author:Swanson, Ruby RemendaSummary:
Ruby Swanson's memoir about her son coming out as gay at the age of sixteen, how she responded, how she learned to accept and celebrate her son's sexuality, and how she became a public advocate for equality and acceptance of...
- Author:Frédric, KristianSummary:
Un livre incontournable sur le théâtre contemporain. À cheval entre l’autobiographie et des réflexions sur l’art et le théâtre, écrit dans un style alerte et vif, À feu et à sang ou Le désir brûlant retrace un parcours singulier....
- Author:Simpson-Housley, Paul, Norcliffe, Glen B.Summary:
In 1759, Voltaire in Candide referred to Canada as "quelques arpents de neige." For several centuries, the image prevailed and was the one most frequently used by poets, writers, and illustrators. Canada was perceived and portrayed as a...
- Author:Lawson, JosephSummary:
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the region of Liangshan in southwest China was plagued by violence. Indigenous Nuosu communities clashed with Han migrants, the Qing and Republican states, and local warlords. The first...
- Author:Reiter, EsterSummary:
Driven from their homes in Russia, Poland, and Romania by pogroms and poverty, many Jews who came to Canada in the wave of immigration after the 1905 Russian revolution were committed radicals. A Future Without Hate or Need brings to...
- Author:Gould, JaniceSummary:
A Generous Spirit: Selected Work by Beth Brant collects the writing of Beth Brant, Mohawk lesbian poet, essayist, and activist. During her life, Brant's work gave voice to an often unacknowledged Two-Spirit identity, and today, her...
- Author:Feltoe, RichardSummary:
A Gentleman of Substance covers the remarkable life of John Redpath. Born to humble circumstances in Scotland in 1796, he emigrated to Canada in 1816 to become a stonemason in Montreal. By 1818 he had his own building and contracting...
- Author:Savage, CandaceSummary:
A bestselling author embarks on a profound and dramatic journey through the eloquent landscape of southwestern Saskatchewan.
When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, she has no idea... - Author:Vermette, KatherenaSummary:
A graphic novel about the Northwest Resistance of 1885. In this book, the protagonist Echo Desjarlais encounters the Metis people of the Northwest Territory, including leaders Louis Riel, Gabriel Dumont and Mistahimaskwa, in Batoche and...
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