James Douglas' story is one of high adventure in pre-Confederation Canada. It weaves through the heart of Canadian and Pacific Northwest history when British Columbia was a wild land, Vancouver didn't exist and Victoria was a muddy...
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- Author: Gaffen, Fred ; Bjarnason, Dan ; Barris, Ted ; Bourrie, Mark ; Melady, John ; Rockingham, John M.Summary:
This ebook bundle contains five books that chronicle Canada's participation in the conflict that gripped the Korean peninsula from 1950–53 and resulted in two very different nations that remain at odds today. This bloody and traumatic...
- Author: Walker, RobynSummary:
Sergeant Gander is a fascinating account of the Royal Rifles of Canadas canine mascot, and his devotion to duty demonstrated during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War. Armed only with his formidable size, an intimidating...
- Author: Konieczny, VladimirSummary:
Glenn Gould (1932-1982) was a prodigy who loathed the word, a brilliant pianist who disliked performing, and a public figure who craved solitude. With his recording of the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach, Gould became an international...
- Author: Boyer, J. PatrickSummary:
Limited time offer. A local library, passport to a larger world for its individual patrons, is also a democratic institution whose contribution to the strength of a community is out of all proportion to its size or membership. Several...
- Author: Hayes, Adrian ; Bartleman, JamesSummary:
Francis Pegahmagabow was a remarkable aboriginal leader who served his nation in time of war and his people in time of peacefighting. In wartime he volunteered to be a warrior. In peacetime he had no option. His life reveals how...
- Author: Filey, MikeSummary:
Mike Filey's column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, over four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an...
- Author: Lahey, D. T. ; Henighan, Tom ; Wilson, John ; Shardlow, Tom ; Bridge, Kathryn ; Legaré, FrancineSummary:
Presenting six titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. Canada is a vast land with many remote regions to be explored. Among the intrepid explorers who travelled the wilderness and mapped...
- Author: Filey, MikeSummary:
Mike Filey's column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, over four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an...
- Author: Filey, MikeSummary:
Mike Filey's column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, over four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an...
- Author: Filey, MikeSummary:
Mike Filey's column "The Way We Were" first appeared in the Toronto Sunday Sun not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, over four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an...
- Author: Drew, Benjamin ; Clarke, George E.Summary:
Voyageur Classics is a series that issues special new versions of Canadian classics, with added material and special introductions. In this bundle, we find two classic works of Canadian historical writing. During three extraordinary...
- Author: Morton, DesmondSummary:
Morton, one of Canada's most respected historians, has given us a short celebration of Canada with a depth of insight that truly helps us to know one another and all the regions of the country.
- Author: Denton, Shannon EricSummary:
Drawn together in a scheme to fake the legendary Zorro's death, the outlaws Lady Rawhide and Lady Zorro leap to action when they discover a far-reaching plot to abduct female villagers, children and adults alike, and sell them into...
- Author: Jerwa, BrandonSummary:
The Bionic Woman returns! Jaime Sommers, the iconic heroine of the wildly popular television series which ran from 1976 to 1978, is back in action in an all-new adventure that features guest appearances by fan favorites Oscar Goldman...
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Horror icons from two universes collide as Ash Williams, the chainsaw-armed Chosen One of the small and big screen, crosses paths with the supernatural superheroine Vampirella in a story set during the events of the cult classic film,...
- Author: Lee, TonySummary:
Finally, the origin of Lt. Starbuck can be told! Battlestar Galactica's roguish Viper pilot, unbeatable gambler, and notorious womanizer has always been a mystery. How did he wind up a feral child on the planet Umbra, and when did he...
- Author: Lieberman, Luke ; McCarthy, KevinSummary:
New York is a place of magik; not the kind you read about in fairy tales, but the kind of magik you find in the real world—hard and dangerous Street Magik. Yet the city dwellers live, work, and play unaware of the things hidden in the...
- Author: Liss, DavidSummary:
His name was Professor James Moriarty, known to many as "The Napoleon of Crime" and the master of a vast association of thieves, extortionists, smugglers, fences, and ladies of questionable virtue. And, over Reichenbach Falls in 1891...
- Author: Fradkin, BarbaraSummary:
This ebook bundle contains the first nine novels of the Inspector Green Mystery series by Barbara Fradkin. On dangerous backstreets of Ottawa, Homicide Inspector Michael Green leads complex investigations into sensational cases. When...