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The ghosts of Medak Pocket: the story of Canada's secret war
By Carol Off. 2004
In 1993, Canadian peacekeepers in Croatia were plunged into the most significant fighting Canada had seen since the Korean War.…
In September 1993, in a tiny corner of Croatia known as Medak Pocket, a unit of Canadian peacekeepers planted themselves between besieged Serbs and the advancing Croat army, driving them from the area under United Nations protection. The soldiers should have returned home as heroes, but instead, they arrived under a cloud of suspicion and silence. Descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2004.The fourth power: a grand strategy for the United States in the 21st Century
By Gary Hart. 2004
Hart, a former senator and presidential candidate, fears that containment of communism has been supplanted by a blatant strategy of…
empire as the basis of American foreign policy. He rejects what he regards as the unilateral efforts by the current administration to promote geopolitical interests. As an alternative, Hart proposes a foreign policy designed to advance the "fourth power" - that is, the power of core American values, including representative government and individual liberty. 2004.The green labyrinth: a journey to the Amazon
By Sylvia Fraser. 2003
Sylvia Fraser recounts her journey to Peru to learn about shamans and ancient practices. The centre of her journey revolves…
around learning about ayahuasca, a plant medicine that is said to transport a person from this plane of reality into another one. 2003.The bias of communication
By Harold A Innis. 1991
A collection of essays by historian Harold Innis on the role of media in the creation of history. Discusses the…
concepts of medium, bias, monopoly of knowledge, empire, and the oral tradition. This edition includes a new introduction to Innis' career, the development of his ideas, and an assessment of his influence on the study of communications theory and Canadian history. 1991, c1951.The battle of Lake Erie (Adventures in Canadian history. The battles of the War of 1812)
By Pierre Berton. 1994
The morning of September 10, 1813, saw the only battle ever fought on a Canadian lake -- the Battle of…
Lake Erie. Berton recreates that day, with all the heroism, horror, mistakes, and triumphs of this famous battle of the War of 1812. Grades 5-8. 1994.Sisters in the wilderness: the lives of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill
By Charlotte Gray. 1999
Sisters Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill came to Canada with their husbands in the early 1800s. Both women recorded…
their experiences as pioneers in the new country in books that would later be held up as early examples of Canadian literature. Here, Gray sheds light on what their lives were like in relation to each other, in relation to their families, and in relation to the harsh environment that surrounded them every day. 1999.Hertig asserts that both the American and Canadian governments are intentionally misleading their citizens about the Pentagon's unprecedented plans to…
weaponize space, about the new Russian and Chinese nuclear missile build-ups, and about the destruction of important, long-standing arms control agreements. Other topics covered are why the so-called U.S. missile "defence" system is really about establishing a U.S. first-strike-from-space capability, why both Paul Martin and Stephen Harper want to join in George W. Bush's program, and how all these factors may be leading to a rapidly increasing danger of a nuclear apocalypse. 2004.River song: sailing the history of the St. Lawrence
By Phil Jenkins. 2001
The author sails a tall ship from one end of the St. Lawrence River to the other, walks its banks,…
and dives its depths to trace the flow of Canada's early history from the perspective of its greatest river. Along the way, he recounts how individuals have made their acquaintance with the river, from the King of Siam, to the Molson family magnates. He also provides tales of war, trade, hope, abuse, disappearance and triumph. 2001.Polio: an American story
By David M Oshinsky. 2005
Account of the twentieth-century search for a polio vaccine and the rivalries that developed between competing medical researchers, notably Jonas…
Salk, Albert Sabin, and Hilary Koprowski. Traces the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis campaigns and the public health experiment involving Salk's vaccine. Evokes the widespread panic over the disease. Winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for history. 2005.Pain: the fifth vital sign
By Marni Jackson. 2002
An exploration of the nature of pain, and why it is so poorly understood and expressed. Investigates the history of…
pain and the possibility of pain genetics. Includes stories of people in pain and pain pioneers, from eccentrics, artists, wrestlers, and writers to ministers, mothers, psychologists, philosophers, nurses, and doctors. Some strong language. 2002.Once upon a tomb: stories from Canadian graveyards
By Nancy Millar. 1997
Believing the graveyards tell a great deal about a country, Nancy Millar explores graveyards across Canada. She relates stories about…
pioneers and settlers, missionaries and Native people, and both the famous and ordinary Canadians who created our country. 1997.None is too many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
By Irving Martin Abella, Harold Martin Troper. 1982
In the years 1933 to 1948, when the Jews of Europe were looking for a place of refuge from Nazi…
persecution, Canada shut its door. This book traces the origins and results of Canada's immigration policy towards Jews. 1982.Lords of the lake: the naval war on Lake Ontario,1812-1814
By Robert Malcomson. 1998
In the War of 1812, control of Lake Ontario was key, and the battle for it lasted the longest. The…
feats and failures of the opposing commodores, Isaac Chauncey and Sir James Yeo, are described, as are the roles played by key military and political leaders in shaping the course of the war. Features not only sea battles and raids, but shipwrecks, chases, and blockades, as well as the treacheries of egotists and the bravery of heroes. c1998.Lost and found in Acadie
By Clive Doucet. 2004
A complex tapestry, made up of many threads of history, depicting the history of Acadia and its unique culture, and…
the people that belong to it. The pillars of Acadian society are contrasted sharply with those upholding our society today, and the many ways of life that fall into the Acadian experience are described. Covers the initial settling of Acadia, the friendship developed with the Mi'kmaq, the civil war that helped to tear Acadia apart, to the horrors of the deportation, and the subsequent attempts to rebuild and relocate history, family, and truth amidst a shattered people. 2004.Forgotten patriots: Canadian rebels on Australia's convict shores
By Jack Cahill. 1998
A look at what happened to the convicts who were sent to Australia in the aftermath of the rebellions in…
Upper and Lower Canada in the late 1830's. Based in part on journals written by Canadian prisoners in Australia. Some descriptions of violence. 1998.Kill or cure?: how Canadians can remake their health care system (Phyllis Bruce book)
By Rick Archbold, Carolyn Bennett. 2000
Dr. Bennett compares the health care system in Canada with other countries and analyzes where the money is being spent…
or misspent. She offers a plan for creating a new health care team that will bring together doctors and patients more productively, reduce overlapping and waste, and move health care technologically into the twenty-first century. She also suggests ways to choose a good family doctor and to become a health care advocate. 2000.Into the blue: family secrets and the search for a Great Lakes shipwreck
By Andrea Curtis. 2003
Journalist Andrea Curtis remembered her grandmother Eleanor as a sophisticated Montreal matriarch. Then she began researching the 1906 sinking of…
the steamboat J. H. Jones, which had been captained by Eleanor's father. While looking into his role in the tragedy, she discovered Eleanor's hidden past. 2003.Crohn's disease & ulcerative colitis (Your personal health series)
By Fredric G Saibil. 2003
The author, a renowned expert on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), describes the normal gastrointestinal system, explains what goes wrong in…
someone with IBD. He also provides travel tips and other useful self-help strategies for living with IBD. He explains the possible complications of the disease, and the special problems of children with IBD. 2003.For the love of history: celebrating the winners of the Pierre Berton Award
By Pierre Berton. 2005
The National History Society established the Pierre Berton Award for outstanding achievement in popularizing Canadian History. Its winners each provide…
an article which best captures the spirit of the award, including Peter C. Newman's account of the voyageurs, Charlotte Gray's biographical piece on Isabel King, and J. L. Granatstein's selection on the October Crisis. 2005.Beginnings: stories of Canada's past
By Ann Walsh. 2001
Fourteen stories about Canadian history, each focussing on a "first" - the first meeting between natives and Europeans; the first…
elections in which women were allowed to vote; an account of the first "Home Children" sent to Canada during the nineteenth century, supposedly for a better life, but often to work in slave-labour conditions. Includes additional accounts to provide historical context for each story, which cover the period from the mid-seventeenth century to the 1930s, as seen through the eyes of some of its youngest participants. Grades 4-7. 2001.