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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.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.Saskatchewan (Discover Canada)
By Dave Margoshes. 1992
This introduction to Saskatchewan and its people covers its residents, beginning with its original native residents and later European settlement,…
the government, economy, tourism, and the arts. Also included is a section of "Facts at a glance" which highlists information from the text, such as population statistics, important dates, and important people. Junior high and older. c1992.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.Rogue warrior of the SAS: the Blair Mayne legend
By Martin Dillon, Roy Bradford. 2003
Half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers…
in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe. 2003, c1987.Sailing back in time: a nostalgic voyage on Canada's West Coast
By Maria Coffey. 1996
Travel writer Maria Coffey and her husband, photographer Dag Goering, embark on a 3-month journey by wooden boat along Canada's…
western shores. Leading the way are legendary boat builders and sailors Allen and Sharie Farrell aboard China Cloud; they visit their old haunts along the coast, where they homesteaded, fished and built boats. 1996.Sailing alone around the world
By Joshua Slocum. 1969
Challenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain, set out…
in April of 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. 46,000 miles and a little over 3 years later, the proof was complete: Captain Slocum had performed the epic "first" single-handedly in a trusty 34-foot sloop called the "Spray". This is Slocum's own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage. 1969.Sailors, slackers, and blind pigs: Halifax at war
By Stephen Kimber. 2002
In May 1945, the city of Halifax erupted in a riot - a two-day orgy or boozing, looting, window-smashing, dancing…
in the streets, public fornication, and mindless mayhem to 'celebrate' the end of the war. The paternalism, privations, overcrowding, and tensions of a city at war created a situation waiting to explode, and an admiral's pride provided the match that set it off. Includes interviews with the people who lived through it - sailors, slackers (civilians), street urchins, prohibitionists, spies, profiteers, reporters, and just plain local folks. Some strong language. Winner of the 2004 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 2002.Sable Island
By Bruce Armstrong. 1981
Sable Island, known as "the graveyard of the Atlantic" because of the 500 ships wrecked off its shores, has become…
better known in recent years as the home of wild horses. 1981.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.Running the Amazon
By Joe Kane. 1989
An account of the only expedition to negotiate the entire length of the Amazon River. During this six-month adventure which…
began in August, 1985, the ten men and one woman encountered Indians who had never before seen strangers, camped near a cocaine factory, and were beset by cold, heat and hunger. Bestseller 1989. 1989.Roughing it in the suburbs: reading Chatelaine magazine in the fifties and sixties (Studies in gender and history ; #16)
By Valerie Joyce Korinek. 2000
While the Chatelaine magazine of the 1950's and 60's was filled with advertisements that promoted domestic perfection, it also began…
to contain material that subversively complicated that ideal. Articles on abortion, spousal abuse, and poverty proliferated alongside explicitly feminist editorials, laying the foundation for feminism in Canada. Offers a detailed analysis of the times, the issues, and the national cross section of the women (and sometimes men) who participated in the success of a Canadian cultural landmark. 2000.Rope boy
By Dennis Gray. 1970
From the age of eight, Roberta Bondar knew she wanted to be an astronaut. In January 1992 she made Canadian…
history when she became the first Canadian woman, and first neurologist, to go into space on board Discovery. The story of her journey to become a leading astronaut is a fascinating tale of dedication, commitment, and courage. Grades 4-7. 2004.Robert Borden (The Canadians)
By Kathleen Saunders. 1978
River in a dry land: a prairie passage
By Trevor Herriot. 2000
The author recounts summer days as a youth on a 70-acre piece of land on Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle River, and introduces…
his immediate and extended family, most of whom are farmers. He describes the effect of mining on the river and the valley, retells Cree and Metis legends, and also describes the more recent experiences of the Russians, Finns, Jews, Scots, and English who have settled in the area. A mixture of family history, ecology, and social commentary which laments the loss of rural culture. 2000.