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Shakin' all over: the rock'n'roll years in Canada
By Peter Goddard, Philip Kamin. 1989
Seize the day: Lester B. Pearson and crisis diplomacy
By Geoffrey Pearson. 1993
In this account of Lester Pearson's years as Secretary of State for External Affairs, from 1948 to 1957, Geoffrey Pearson…
discusses his father's influence on Canadian foreign policy. The events during these years included the creation of NATO, the Korean War, the Suez crisis, and the recognition of China. c1993.Shake hands with the devil: the failure of humanity in Rwanda
By Roméo A Dallaire, Brent Beardsley. 2003
As former head of the 1993 U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, Canadian general Dallaire's initial proposal called for 5,000 soldiers,…
to permit orderly elections and the return of the refugees. Nothing like this number was supplied, and the result was an outright attempt at genocide against the Tutsis that nearly succeeded, with 800,000 dead over three months. Dallaire's argument that Rwanda-like situations are fires that can be put out with a small force if caught early enough will certainly draw debate, but the book documents in horrifying detail what happens when no serious effort is made. Explicit descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2004 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2003.Seven summits
By Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway. 1986
Seraffyn's Mediterranean adventure
By Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey. 1981
Account of the authors' journey along the south coast of Spain and Malta, crossing over to Tunisia, then moving on…
to Italy and Yugoslavia. Intersperses tales of unwitting smuggling, military arrests, a collision and a hurricane. 1981.Search out the land: the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867 (McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; #23)
By Sheldon Godfrey, Judy Godfrey. 1995
Until recently, little research has been done on Jewish settlement in the early development of the British colonies in North…
America. However, Jewish settlers arrived in the 1740s and went on to play a significant role in trade and politics. The authors examine Jewish contributions to British North America from before 1750 to the 1860s. 1995.Seldom
By Dawn Rae Downton. 2002
Sidney Wiseman, a prosperous skipper, and Ethel Wellon, a former teacher, were married on the Newfoundland outport of Seldom in…
1922 and had six children; Marion was their third. When Sidney was home from the sea, he would lie on the daybed, waiting for a chance to strike out at the family, and no one in the community seemed to know. 2002.Schooner: Bluenose and Bluenose II (A Seal book)
By Silver Donald Cameron. 1984
Details the history of the schooner Bluenose, the most fabled ship in Canadian history, and its exact replica, Bluenose II,…
which was launched in 1963 and carries on the legend. 1984.Scapegoat!: famous court martials
By John Harris. 1988
In documented accounts ranging from the mid-18th century through World War II, Harris presents nine cases from British, French and…
American military history of scapegoats made to face a court martial. Through these controversial cases Harris paints a disturbing picture of the abuse of the court martial system. 1988.Searching for certainty: inside the new Canadian mindset
By Edward Greenspon, Darrell Jay Bricker. 2001
A comprehensive report on the new economic, social and cultural Canada, resulting from changes wrought by globalization and technological innovation…
over the last two decades. Canada has emerged from the late twentieth century a stronger and more dynamic society, with a mindset steeped in Canadian traditions of tolerance and community. A fact-filled account of how these changes affect us now and will determine how we feel and what we want tomorrow. 2001.Search for the Maya: the story of Stephens and Catherwood
By Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen. 1973
Scott of the Antarctic: A Life Of Courage And Tragedy In The Extreme South
By David Crane. 2006
Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions died from hunger and cold in 1912; they had reached the South Pole…
on January 18, only to discover that the Norwegian Amundsen had beaten them there a month earlier. The confirmation of Scott's death was met by an outpouring of public grief in Britain for the man quickly elevated to martyr status. In subsequent decades, biographers painted Scott as a self-absorbed, rash blunderer whose hubris led to the needless death of himself and his men, but Crane strives to present both the heroic and less-admirable aspects of Scott's career. 2006.Saints, salauds et soldats: le Canada et la Deuxième Guerre mondiale (Histoire militaire)
By Jeff Keshen, Pierre R Desrosiers. 2009
Patriotisme, conflits de travail, marché nor, dévouement et prostitution. Premier ouvrage à aborder systématiquement la société canadienne au temps de…
la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, « Saint, Salauds et Soldats » décrit l'évolution des moeurs, la rupture du consensus social, les peurs que ces changements provoquèrent et les nouveaux équilibres sociaux et légaux, parfois contradictoire, qui en résultèrent. 2009. Titre uniforme: Saints, sinners, and soldiers : Canada's Second World War.Sans faire d'histoire: anecdotes méconnues qui ont fait le Québec
By Anne De Léan. 2014
" On connaît l'histoire avec un grand H du Québec contemporain. Maintenant, découvrons celle qui est juste derrière, celle qu'on…
connaît moins, qui surprend, qui vous fera rire et réfléchir. Saviez-vous qu'Elizabeth Taylor a contribué à l'implantation du mariage civil au Québec? Qu'une femme de chambre a aidé à démasquer un véritable espion allemand en Gaspésie? Que la Pologne a accusé le Québec de vol de biens culturels devant l'ONU? Sans faire d'histoire, ce sont de courtes anecdotes historiques de notre 20e siècle. Aussi invraisemblables qu'elles puissent paraître, elles n'en sont pas moins 100% véridiques. Alimentées des souvenirs de certaines personnalités qui ont elles-mêmes contribué à l'histoire, elles sont toutes rigoureusement fouillées, mais ne se prennent pas au sérieux. Ni dans leur ton ni dans leur présentation! " -- 4e de couv.Sauvage par nature: 3 ans de marche extrême en solitaire de Sibérie en Australie
By Sarah Marquis. 2014
" Ne vous fiez pas aux apparences, Sarah Marquis est une vraie guerrière capable d'échapper aux attaques des cavaliers mongols…
et aux trafiquants de drogue dans la jungle laotienne. À l'approche du danger, elle se cache, glisse dans la nuit et se déguise en homme pour survivre. Les animaux sauvages et la nature sont sa famille. Elle s'endort comme un bébé aux cotés des serpents, des loups, des chevaux sauvages, des kangourous. Dépouillée de tout confort et de superflu mais pourvue de l'essentiel, cette jeune femme s'est adaptée aux conditions les plus extrêmes, pour mieux comprendre ce qui nous lie à la Terre et au " tout ". Sarah Marquis nous livre le récit - tantôt drôle, tantôt poignant - de son odyssée de 1 000 jours et 1 000 nuits. La force de ses pas vous inspirera le respect. Sa philosophie de vie vous donnera le goût de l'aventure et vous emmènera au-delà de ces terres inconnues. " -- 4e de couv.Saskatchewan: a new history
By W. A Waiser. 2005
Presents a fresh interpretation of Saskatchewan's unique history. Waiser describes in detail his province and its people through the often…
tumultuous years since joining Confederation in 1905. Relying on the most up-to-date historical research available, he offers new perspectives on traditional views and tackles previously neglected, often difficult, concepts and events. 2005.During the pioneering years of the Canadian West, Mountie Sam Steele took an active role in virtually every significant historical…
event. Steele kept the peace in the Yukon during the Gold rush, quelled rebellions, stood down violent strikers, faced Cree, Blackfoot, and Kootenay warriors, and also fought in the Boer War and the First World War. 2003.Salt of the earth: the story of homesteaders in Western Canada
By Heather Robertson. 1974
The homesteaders who streamed to the Canadian West from 1880 to 1914 tell their own story of harshness, isolation, and…
back-breaking toil. Conveys a strong, sympathetic sense of the land and the people who settled in the Prairies. 1974.Samurai William: the adventurer who unlocked Japan
By Giles Milton. 2002
In the spring of 1611, London's merchants received an intriguing and wholly unexpected letter. Written by a marooned English mariner…
named William Adams, it revealed that he had been living in the unknown land of Japan for more than a decade. Seven adventurers were sent to Japan with orders to find and befriend Adams. It was believed he held the key to exploiting the opulent riches of this forbidden land. 2002.Remembrance of grandeur: the anglo-protestant elite of Montreal, 1900-1950
By Margaret W Westley. 1990
In the 1890s, up to two thirds of Canada's wealth was owned by a small group of entrepreneurs in Montreal,…
including Sir Hugh Allan, Peter McGill, the Molsons, George Stephens, and Richard Angus. Margaret Westley chronicles the community and society which these families created in the first half of the twentieth century. 1990.