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Just east of sundown: the Queen Charlotte Islands
By Charles Lillard. 1995
The history of the Queen Charlotte Islands, from the fascinating legends of prehistory, through the boom-and-bust days of mining and…
logging, to the recent development of parks. This is a story of people, including Haida chiefs and carvers, European explorers, and settlers. 1996.Just another minute: more glimpses of our great Canadian heritage
By Marsha Boulton. 1997
A collection of anecdotes about Canadian history, from the famous to the almost unknown -- stories like that of the…
Canadian nurse named Florence Nightingale Graham, who became better known as cosmetics queen Elizabeth Arden; the invention of Pablum by doctors at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children; and the discovery of Charlie Chaplin by Quebec's Mack Sennett. 1997.Just a minute: glimpses of our great Canadian heritage
By Marsha Boulton. 1994
What do the discovery of dinosaur bones in Alberta, Jacques Plante's invention of the hockey mask and Marshall McLuhan's radical…
analysis of the media have in common? They're all among the many fascinating pieces that make up the Canadian puzzle. This book highlights interesting stories on the history of Canada. 1994.Journey to the Middle Kingdom
By Christopher West. 1991
Christopher West fills a rucksack, and heads for the country most unlike his own he can imagine. He travels up…
the eastern coast of China by train, bus, bicycle and boat, meeting peasants, racketeers, monks, entrepreneurs, veteran revolutionaries and former Red Guards. The climax comes on the Great Wall, where he experiences a moment of intense revelatory happiness. 1991.Japan, where East meets West (Discovering our heritage)
By Judith Davidson. 1983
An introduction to the history and culture of Japan including a discussion of Japanese in the United States. Discusses Japanese…
legends, festivals, home life, schools, and sports. Grades 5-8. 1983. (Discovering our heritage)I have something to tell you
By Natalie Appleton. 2017
On the eve of Christmas and a proposal, Natalie Appleton discovers she doesn’t want to settle for sevens, and starts…
over. So, she abandons everything in Alberta for Bangkok. Along the way, Natalie unpacks the past that caused her to flee: cheating hearts, small-town suffocation, a tattered family and a genetic disposition to madness. In Bangkok, Natalie kills an albino gecko, crawls into bed with a lampseller and nearly calls off her quest when she’s almost attacked by a leather vendor. And then, at a grimy guesthouse one year after arriving in Thailand, everything changes. 2017.Indian school road: legacies of the Shubenacadie Residential School
By Chris Benjamin. 2014
Journalist Chris Benjamin tackles the controversial and tragic history of the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School, its predecessors, and its lasting…
effects, giving voice to multiple perspectives for the first time. Integrates research, interviews, and testimonies to guide readers through the varied experiences of students, principals, and teachers over the school’s nearly forty years of operation (1930–1967) and beyond. A comprehensive and compassionate narrative history of the Maritime school that uneducated hundreds of aboriginal children. 2014.I stand for Canada: the story of the Maple Leaf flag
By Rick Archbold. 2002
The maple leaf has been Canada's pre-eminent symbol, from its first appearance in French colonial times. The distinctive shape of…
the maple leaf was familiar to early settlers, and it was incorporated into the emblems of Canadian military regiments and organizations well before our present flag was created. The first comprehensive work on the origins, evolution, political history, and cultural significance of Canada's flag. 2002."Is Canada Even Real? is a funny nostalgia trip for Canadians and those poor, tobboganless souls outside our maple-scented borders.…
This book handily stitches together a fresh national identity based on Canada's true modern icons. It's a fun history lesson, and a quirky ode to a quirky land. 2017.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.Indian summer: a good man in Asia
By Will Randall. 2004
Learning as much as he is teaching in the Indian city of Poona, Will finds his life transformed by his…
remarkable class of orphans: Dulabesh, the joker; Prakash, who learnt self-sufficiency by scavenging in skips; the nutty yet charming Tanushri. When the slum barons threaten to level the school, Will hits upon a fund-raising plan. 2004.India Britannica
By Geoffrey Moorhouse. 1984
A social history of the British rule in India and the men who went there: poets, painters and politicians. This…
complex edifice brought out the best - and worst - in these temporary landowners. The author covers a wide span from the tuckshop greed of the seventeenth century nabobs to the departure of the last soldier in February 1948. 1984.The explorer and travel writer chronicles his horseback trip across Mongolia, retracing the twelfth-century route of Genghis Khan and his…
horde. Severin describes the wild, untamed expanses of Mongolia that, despite the years of Communist rule, have changed little since the time of Genghis Khan. Historical anecdotes as well as descriptions of nomadic herders, exotic traditions, and austere people pepper the narrative. 1992.I came as a stranger: the Underground Railroad
By Bryan Prince. 2004
The real story of how slaves escaped to Canada using the Underground Railroad, and of their lives after freedom. Also…
provides a brief history of events leading up to slavery in the United States and Canada, beginning with the slave trade as far back as the 1500s. Describes the actual people involved, including slaves, slave traders, and abolitionists. Includes related sites that can be visited today, an index, and a time line. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. 2004.Imaginary line: life on an unfinished border
By Jacques Poitras. 2011
At one time a single settlement shared both sides of the Saint John River, until a political trade-off split it…
down the middle, resulting in the Maine-New Brunswick border, the first boundary to be drawn between Canada and the U.S. For centuries, friends, lovers, schemers, and smugglers have reached across the line, but now, post 9/11, political paranoia has led to a sharp divide, disrupting the lives of residents. Poitras travels the length of the border to uncover an arbitrary line that shouldn’t be there, almost wasn’t there, and can be difficult to find even when it is there. Some strong language. 2011.Canada year by year
By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2016
A unique look at Canadian history. Captures milestones and many more in ten chapters filled with biographies, quotes and trivia.…
It's the story of the people, places and events that have shaped the country--one year at a time. Grades 3-6. Winner of the 2017 Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction. 2016.All monsters must die: an excursion to North Korea
By Saskia Vogel, Magnus Bärtås, Fredrik Ekman. 2015
The authors have created a mosaic of North Korea, past and present: from the Japanese occupation to the demarcation of…
the border at the 38th parallel and the Korean War, the development of North Korean Juche ideology, the establishment of the Kim dynasty's cult of personality, and the aggressive manufacturing of political propaganda, which motivated the kidnapping of South Korea's most famous film couple. Intelligent and shocking, this book offers a rare and fascinating window into the “hermit kingdom.” 2015. Uniform title: Alla monster måste dö.Along the shore: rediscovering Toronto's waterfront heritage
By M. Jane Fairburn. 2013
Along the Shore examines the Toronto waterfront, past and present, through the lens of four lakefront communities and districts -…
the Scarborough shore (including the Bluffs), the Beach, the Island, and the Lakeshore (New Toronto, Mimico, Humber Bay, and Long Branch). Each retains a direct and immediate connection with Lake Ontario and the natural world. Exploring the history, landscape, geography, and people of each of these waterfront areas reveals a rich heritage that has gone largely unrecognized and is for the most part forgotten. Brings to life the stories, many of which have never been told, of the lakefront and the people who have inhabited these special places. 2013.Beyond the sky and the earth: a journey into Bhutan
By Jamie Zeppa. 1999
In 1989 Jamie Zeppa decided to try something completely different from anything she had ever done before. She signed on…
as a teacher for two years in the Far East country of Bhutan. Once she arrived there she discovered the difficulties in bridging cultural divides, and the rewards that come from immersing oneself in a completely different culture. 1999.Days and nights on the Grand Trunk Road: Calcutta to Khyber
By Anthony Weller. 1997
The highway adventures of an American journalist traveling the fifteen hundred miles of the Grand Trunk Road from Calcutta across…
northern India and Pakistan to the Khyber Pass. Weller recounts the region's religious and political history; describes the cities, countryside, and people he encounters; and conveys his joy at traveling in an area he has read much about. c1997.