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By Peggy Dymond Leavey, Michelle Labrèche-Larouche, Gary Evans. 2013
Presenting three titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. In these books we explore…
the lives of some Canadian pioneers in the world of performing arts. Profiled are: Mary Pickford, the silent screen star of the 1920s; Emma Albani, a classical singer who reached the heights of fame in Europe; and John Grierson, a filmmaker responsible for setting up the National Film Board of Canada. Includes: Emma Albani John Grierson Mary PickfordBy Christopher Walters. 2015
Discover London — and Canada — in one guidebook! Thousands of Canadians visit London, England, every year. But what their…
popular guidebooks always fail to mention are the over one hundred objects, monuments, and locations in the city associated with their own home and native land. Take for example the statue of half-mad General Charles Gordon standing beside the River Thames. His capture by rebels set in motion a dramatic rescue attempt that became Canada's first overseas military mission. Then there's the world's most famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Do Canadians know she marched on syphilis in Canada after winning the vote for women in Britain? Or that a cross-eyed doctor from McGill University in Montreal became London's most notorious serial killer after Jack the Ripper? London Eh to Zed is a light-hearted and entertaining walking guide especially for Canadians. Exploring seven neighbourhoods in London, it uncovers 101 fun discoveries about our history, character, passions, and foibles. Along streets in St. James's, Greenwich, and elsewhere, readers will meet men and women like the doomed adventurer Sir John Franklin, the un-amused Queen Victoria, and the tennis-loving but luckless Prince Rupert, first governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who never collected any HBC Rewards.By Sydell Waxman. 2002
Have you ever read a book that you couldn’t put down? Has that book taken you to other countries, to…
other centuries? Have you found yourself brimming with excitement, exclaiming to all who will listen, "Read this book!" This biography is the story of a child who took her love of childrens’ books and found a way to share it with the world as she grew up. Her voice would be the first to carry the message of childrens’ right to read across the world. It is not too much to say that she started a revolution for children’s books in her career as the first children’s librarian in the British Commonwealth.By George E Clarke, Benjamin Drew, W Kaye Lamb. 2014
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 years, 1805-1808, Simon Fraser undertook the third major expedition across North America, culminating in his famous journey down the river in British Columbia that now bears his name. Fraser’s exploratory efforts helped lead to Canada’s boundary later being declared at the 49th parallel. In this new volume, librarian and archivist W. Kaye Lamb provides a detailed introduction as well as illuminating annotations to Fraser’s journals. In the early 1850s, white American abolitionist Benjamin Drew was commissioned to travel to Canada West (now Ontario) to interview escaped slaves from the United States. In the course of his journeys in Canada, Drew visited Chatham, Toronto, Galt, Hamilton, London, Dresden, Windsor, and a number of other communities. Originally published in 1856, Drew’s book is the only collection of first-hand interviews of fugitive slaves in Canada ever done. It is an invaluable record of early black Canadian experience. Includes The Refugee The Letters and Journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808By Mike Filey. 1996
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 uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper s most popular features In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches The Way We Were Since then another ten volumes have been published Each column looks at Toronto as it was and contributes to our understanding of how the city became what it is Illustrated with photographs of the city s people and places of the past Toronto Sketches are nostalgic journeys for the long-time Torontonian and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer This special bundle collects volumes four to six packed with fascinating information about Toronto s history Includes Toronto Sketches 4 Toronto Sketches 5 Toronto Sketches 6By John Goddard. 2014
Inside the Museums views Toronto s heritage museums for the first time as a single community …
linked by events personalities and function In this special excerpt we visit one of the jewels in Toronto s historical crown Fort York This fort was the famous site of the Battle of York in 1813 and was founded in 1793 as a military outpost it served as a barracks as recently as the First World War and is one of the city s leading tourist attractions John Goddard takes us on a detailed tour providing fascinating historical background and insightBy John Goddard. 2014
Inside the Museums views Toronto s heritage museums for the first time as a single community …
linked by events personalities and function In this special excerpt we visit The Market Gallery at 95 Front Street East the upper floor of the famous St Lawrence Market Walk into the market s interior and look back carefully and you clearly see an earlier building It is the remains of Toronto s first purpose-built City Hall John Goddard takes us on a detailed tour providing fascinating historical background and insightBy John Wilson. 2003
Short-listed for the 2004 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Norma Fleck Award and commended for the 2004 Best Books for Kids…
and Teens Discovering the Arctic is an exciting recounting of the life of a 19th century doctor and explorer who worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company and opened up vast tracts of land in the Canadian Arctic and may have been the true discoverer of the Northwest Passage. Rae discovered the fate of the failed Franklin Expedition and evidence of cannibalism on the bones he found, but he was disgraced by a slanderous campaign against his name, which resulted in a century of subsequent obscurity. Rae was one of the first Europeans to show respect for Inuit customs and to take inspiration from their Arctic survival skills. John Wilson brings this fascinating man and his times to life in an exciting narrative full of survival stories, shipwrecks and scandals. The book is illustrated with sketches, maps and archival photos.By Gerald Gliddon. 2015
The collected stories of the Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration. As Canada came into its…
own as a nation during the First World War, proving itself capable of standing alongside Britain on the world stage, scores of Canadians were awarded the Commonwealth’s highest award for pre-eminent acts of valour, self-sacrifice, or extreme devotion to duty, the Victoria Cross. For Valour details every Canadian VC recipient from the First World War. These men, ordinary servicemen from widely differing social backgrounds, acted with valour above and beyond the call of duty. Their stories and experiences offer a fresh perspective on the “war to end all wars.” Series editor Gerald Gliddon and contributors Stephen Snelling, and Peter F. Batchelor, examine the men and the dramatic events that led to the granting of this most prized of medals. Each of the men’s stories is different, but they all have one thing in common — acts of extraordinary bravery under fire.By John Wilson. 2009
World War Two was the greatest conflict in human history. It gave birth to the Atomic Age, the Cold War…
and the economic boom of the 1950s and 60s, and planted the seeds of today’s Middle East crises. But it is not distant history. Most Canadians have relatives who were part of this world-wide tragedy. Bitter Ashes puts these events in context for them. This book in the illustrated historical series Stories of Canada is a companion to Desperate Glory: The Story of WWI. A clear and concise text leads the reader though the major military and political events and issues of the war. Sidebars add detail and a personal element. Every page is illustrated with either photographs or maps.By Mercedes Steedman, Peter Suschnigg, Dieter K Buse. 1995
This book emerges from the papers, panels, and discussion of the conference "Where the Past Meets the Future - the…
Place of Alternative Unions in the Canadian Labour Movement," held to commemorate the first one hundred years of the history of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers Union. The union, which began in 1893 as the Western Federation of Miners and grew to a membership of over one hundred thousand in fifty locals throughout Canada during the 1950s, had shrunk to a single local of sixteen hundred members in Sudbury, Ontario, by the 1990s. This book brings together the voices of contemporary labour leaders, activists, old timers, and academics.By Rona Arato. 2008
Josiah Hensons life is an epic tale of one mans battle against evil and ignorance. By the time he was…
six, Josiah had been sold three times. When he was nine, his familys owner beat him for trying to learn to read. In spite of his physical pain and emotional heartache, he never lost the sense of morality that was his bedrock. After his escape, Josiah became an advocate for those still in bondage. As a conductor on the Underground Railroad, he led 118 slaves to safety in Canada. Working for Freedom is the story of a man who proved that one person can make a difference in defending and promoting human rights.By Mike Filey. 1975
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 uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper s most popular features In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in Toronto Sketches The Way We Were Since then another ten volumes have been published Each column looks at Toronto as it was and contributes to our understanding of how the city became what it is Illustrated with photographs of the city s people and places of the past Toronto Sketches are nostalgic journeys for the long-time Torontonian and a voyage of discovery for the newcomer This special bundle collects volumes seven to nine packed with fascinating information about Toronto s history Includes Toronto Sketches 7 Toronto Sketches 8 Toronto Sketches 9By Frances Hoffman. 1997
From drawing rooms of Victorian Britain to Ontario kitchens, rituals of afternoon tea have always delighted. Devotees to this splendid…
ceremony attest to the fact that tasty treats and fresh brewed tea really do have a way of seducing and calming even the most frazzled of souls. And so, it is no accident that this deliciously elegant occasion continues to entice. Capture the essence of this splendid institution through the eyes of one who learned to sup the golden brew on her Granny’s lap. Enjoy recipes from Ontario’s finest Tea Rooms, in addition to those from a Lancashire family long steeped in the tea-time tradition. By looking at the ceremony of tea drinking and the history of "taking tea" in Ontario, one comes to understand why this great institution is still very much alive and flourishing.By Tom Shardlow. 2006
David Thompsons story is one of the great tales of North American adventure. His life was a mixture of truth…
and legend, but he was without a doubt one of the greatest surveyors and mapmakers of the North American continent. Raised in a charity school in London, England, and apprenticed to the Hudsons Bay Company as a teenager, he then travelled extensively, recording valuable navigational information. His life was one of adventure and hardship but also of incredible accomplishment.By Lynn Westerhout. 2004
As a pioneer in Canada in the early 1800s, Catharine Parr Traill was one of the first writers to record…
the Ontario wilderness in literary and scientific detail, and her stories for young people became part of a new focus on young people. Her books on emigration encouraged other pioneers who struggled with life in a new country. Catharine was a natural storyteller who loved to write. As an adult in Canada, she wrote while she was hungry and fearful for her family’s safety. Her life was one of hardship and adventure, but also of great joy. This biography shows how an English girl called Katie became an adult who gave so much to North America’s early literature.By John Mccrae, Michael Gnarowski, Andrew Macphail. 2011
In Flanders Fields the iconic poem which gives its title to this collection of poems and…
selected prose is one of Canada s and the world s best known poems of the Great War It was written in 1915 by Canadian John McCrae an artillery man poet and medical doctor upon the death of a friend and fellow soldier during the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 This is a faithful reissue of the Canadian first edition of McCrae s writings originally issued by his friends in 1919 in his honour and memory It includes the best of his poetry and selections of his letters from the front lines together with a thoughtful essay of appreciation by his friend and fellow medical officer Sir Andrew MacphailBy Jane Pitfield, Scott Kennedy, Frederick H Armstrong, F R Hamish Berchem, Mark Osbaldeston. 2014
The Toronto Neighbourhoods bundle presents a collection of titles that provide fascinating insight into the history and development of Canada’s…
largest and most diverse city. Beginning with histories of Canada’s longest street and the early days of what was once called York (The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860; A City in the Making; Opportunity Road), the titles in the bundle go on to examine the development of particular unique neighbourhoods that help give the city its character (Willowdale, Leaside). Finally, Mark Osbaldeston’s acclaimed, award-winning Unbuilt Toronto and Unbuilt Toronto 2 go beyond history and into the arena of speculation as the author details ambitious and possibly city-changing plans that never came to fruition. For lovers of Toronto, this collection is a bonanza of insights and facts. Includes A City in the Making Leaside Opportunity Road Unbuilt Toronto Unbuilt Toronto 2 Willowdale The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860By John Wilson. 2008
Short-listed for the 2009 Red Maple Award for Non-Fiction, OLA Forest of Reading and commended for the 2009 OLA Best…
Bets This book presents the story and issues of the First World War in a clear, concise and objective manner, accompanied on every page by photographs, original sketches or maps. Focussing on social as well as political issues with a Canadian perspective, Wilson presents the issues of the war with depth and compassion. This book will be a very useful tool for educators in explaining the hows and whys of this most important period.By F Leslie Seidle. 1981
The two studies in Interest Groups and Elections in Canada explore the nature and influence of special interest groups. They…
consider different aspects of the question, "In the context of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, how can the laws intended to secure a fair electoral process be reconciled with freedom of expression?" Janet Hiebert reviews the limits on interest groups adopted in 1974 and amended in 1983, profiles the groups involved int he 1988 federal election, and discusses relevant legislation and jurisprudence in the provinces and abroad. She concludes that spending limits for parties and candidates will only be effective if there are also restrictions on independent expenditures during elections by groups and individuals. Brian Tanguay and Barry Kay assess the influence attributed to locally oriented interest groups, including by members of Parliament, and conclude that these organizations have less influence on the political process than is the popular view. The authors conclude that dissatisfaction is a key variable explaining the role of these interest groups and their activities during elections.