On January 17, 1913, Douglas Mawson, leader of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, was alone and near starvation--and one hundred miles from base camp. This thrilling account of his journey back establishes Mawson as one of history...
History and geography
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Author:Roberts, DavidSummary: - Author:Fairburn, M. JaneSummary:
Along the Shore examines the Toronto waterfront, past and present, through the lens of four lakefront communities and districts — the Scarborough shore (including the Bluffs), the Beach, the Island, and the Lakeshore (New...
- Author:Bucci, Tatiana, Bucci, AndraSummary:
In 1944, six-year-old Tati and her four-year-old sister Andra were arrested and sent to Auschwitz. An unforgettable narrative of the power of sisterhood in the most extreme circumstances, and of how a mother's love can overcome the...
- Author:Darling, IanSummary:
Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Those who survived often had to overcome incredible obstacles to do so — dodging bullets and German troops, escaping...
- Author:Lee, ErikaSummary:
An award-winning historian reframes our continuing debate over immigration with a compelling history of xenophobia in the United States and its devastating impact The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a...
- Author:Miller, Terry E.Summary:
The history of North America is in many ways encapsulated in the history of her covered bridges. The early 1800s saw a tremendous boom in the construction of these bridges, and in the years that followed as many as 15,000 covered...
- Author:Rasenberger, Jim.Summary:
Beginning with New York City's first ever New Year's ball drop, 1908 got off to a spectacular start. As the year went on, America witnessed President Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet sailing around the globe, Henry Ford's unveiling...
- Author:Dauber, Jeremy AsherSummary:
Jeremy Dauber tells the sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination.
- Author:Smith, GeneSummary:
The dramatic biography of one of the most notorious families in American history. Junius Booth and his sons, Edwin and John Wilkes, were nineteenth-century America's most famous theatrical family. Yet the Booth name is forever...
- Author:Langewiesche, WilliamSummary:
American Ground is the story - until now untold - of the people who responded to the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Within days, William Langewiesche made his way into the innermost recesses of the collapse...
- Author:Carew, AnthonySummary:
During the Cold War, American labour organizations were at the centre of the battle for the hearts and minds of working people. At a time when trade unions were a substantial force in both American and European politics, the fiercely...
- Author:Cannato, Vincent J.Summary:
Cannato delivers a definitive history of America's landmark port of entry. From eyewitness accounts, Cannato weaves together a poignant testament to the hopes and fears of "huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
- Author:Bird, Kai.Summary:
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OPPENHEIMER • "A riveting account of one of history’s most essential and paradoxical figures.”—Christopher Nolan #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • The definitive...
- Author:Borneman, Walter R.Summary:
Follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington taking command of...
- Author:Kennedy, Robert F.Summary:
With rich detail, compelling honesty, and a storyteller's gift, RFK Jr. describes growing up Kennedy in a tumultuous time in history that eerily echoes the issues of nuclear confrontation, religion, race, and inequality that we confront...
- Author:Viau, RolandSummary:
De nos jours, on ne défend plus l’idée que les peuples autochtones conquis et colonisés étaient sans culture ou sans histoire, tout en reconnaissant néanmoins que leur histoire était obscure et leur univers culturel opaque pour les...
- Author:McWilliams, JamesSummary:
It was the decisive battle of World War I. German commander Erich Ludendorff called it "the black day of the German army." Many authors have stated that it was the beginning of the end of the great conflict. And yet, until now...
- Author:Stote, KarenSummary:
During the 1900s eugenics gained favour as a means of controlling the birth rate among "undesirable" populations in Canada. Though many people were targeted, the coercive sterilization of one group has gone largely unnoticed. An Act of...
- Author:Mays, Kyle T.Summary:
The first intersectional history of the Black and Native American struggle for freedom in our country that also reframes our understanding of who was Indigenous in early America Beginning with pre-Revolutionary America and moving into...
- Author:Hakim, JoySummary:
Covers the period of American history from the 1880s to World War I.
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