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Under orders from Queen Elizabeth I, Privateer Martin Frobisher took up the search for a northwestern route to Asia. On…
July 14, 1576, he sighted the most easterly tip of Arctic North America. Over the next three summers the area would be the scene of an adventure involving the fruitless search for a northwest passage, the first attempt by the British to establish a settlement in the New world, and the first major gold-mining fraud in North American history. 2001.The Arctic grail: the quest for the North West Passage and the North Pole, 1818-1909
By Pierre Berton. 1988
This history is divided into three sections: 1818-1848, the search for the Northwest Passage; 1848-1859, the search for the lost…
Franklin expedition; and 1859-1909, the search for the North Pole. Berton describes hardship, heroism, murder and cannibalism, and stresses the important role played by the Indians and Inuit. Bestseller 1988.The Americans, the national experience (Americans. #2.)
By Daniel J Boorstin. 1965
In this sequel to The Americans: "The Colonial Experience", historian Boorstin covers American history from the Revolution to the Civil…
War. He discusses Americans' search for a better way of life, discovering themselves and their capabilities, and coming together to establish a better community. 1965.The Balfour Declaration: the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
By Jonathan Schneer. 2010
Issued in London in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was one of the key documents of the twentieth century, committing Britain…
to supporting the establishment in Palestine of "a National Home for the Jewish people". Schneer recounts the public and private battles in the early 1900s for a small strip of land in the Middle East, and introduces the key players: Sharif Hussein, the Arab leader who secretly sought British support; Chaim Weizmann, Zionist hero; T. E. Lawrence, the legendary British officer who "set the desert on fire" for the Arabs; and Basil Zaharoff, the infamous universal arms dealer. 2010.The Armada (The American Heritage library)
By Garrett Mattingly. 1987
A historian tells the story of the Spanish Armada of 1588, including an account of the historical and political events…
that led up to the launching of the Spanish fleet against Elizabethan England. Winner of Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. 1987.The Arabs (Penguin History Ser.)
By Peter Mansfield. 1992
Drawing on his experiences as historian and journalist in the Middle East, Peter Mansfield explores social, political and historical aspects…
- from the pre-Islamic nomads of Arabia, the life of Muhammad and the rise of Arab power that followed to the Western colonial period, to the tragedy of Palestine and the modern Arab renaissance, reinforced by the power of oil. 1992.The American military: a concise history
By Joseph T Glatthaar. 2018
Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of European warfare in tow, the military…
has been an omnipresent part of America. In "The American Military: A Concise History", Joseph T. Glatthaar explores this relationship from its origins in the thirteen colonies to today's ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. During the Revolutionary War, tension grew between local militias and a standing army. The Founding Fathers attempted to strike a balance, enshrining an army, navy, and a "well-regulated Militia" in the Constitution. The U.S. soon witnessed the rise of a professional military, a boon to its successes in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. However, after the Civil War, the U.S. soon learned that the purpose of a peacetime army is to prepare for war. When war did arrive, it arrived with a vengeance, gutting the trenches of the Great War with effective innovations: tanks, planes, machine guns, and poison gas. The U.S. embraced the technology that would win both world wars and change the nature of battle in the Second World War. The nuclear era brought encounters defined by stalemate--from the Cold War conflicts of Korea and Vietnam to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Since 9/11, the U.S. has been frustrated by unconventional warfare, including terrorism and cyberwar, largely negating the technological advantage it had held. Glatthaar examines all these challenges, looking to the future of the U.S. military and its often proud and complicated legacy. 2018.From Mounties to maple syrup, Rachel's school report (with comments from her brother Guy) answers questions like Why are cereal…
boxes written in French and English? How did a beaver become the national icon? What is a loonie? Provides information on Canadian spelling and pronunciation; symbols; uniquely Canadian foods like pemmican and fiddleheads; and the differences between Canada and the United States. Grades 3-6. 2004.The 1900s (Canada through the decades)
By Elizabeth Salomons. 2000
Can you imagine a time when cars were a new invention, television didn't exist and Canadian soldiers were marching off…
to the Boer War? That was the decade of the 1900's. This book covers all aspects of that era, including sports, entertainment, politics, science, the economy, clothing styles, and world and local events. Includes a time line and glossary. Grades 3-6. 2000.The American crisis
By Thomas Paine. 2006
"The American Crisis" was a series of pamphlets published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution by 18th-century Enlightenment…
philosopher and author Thomas Paine. The writings bolstered the morale of the American colonists, appealed to the English people's consideration of the war with America, clarified the issues at stake in the war, and denounced the advocates of a negotiated peace. 2006.The American crucible: slavery, emancipation and human rights
By Robin Blackburn. 2011
A history of the rise and abolition of slavery in the Americas covers such topics as the plantation revolution of…
the seventeenth century, the emergence of anti-slavery thought, and the contributions of such figures as Thomas Paine and Frederick Douglass. 2011.From blue bells to armadillos and the San Antonio River Walk to Cadillac Ranch, here's the inside story about the…
very things that give the state its character. Did you know that Texas has more bird species than any other state? That Texas is the largest producer of oil and gas in the United States and the nation's leader in pickup sales? That Texas has museums and larger-than-life statues that honor native sons and daughters such as Lyndon B. Johnson, Barbara Jordan, Buddy Holly, and J. Frank Dobie? 2017. Uniform title: Texas iconsThe 15: the true story of a terrorist, a train, and three American heroes
By Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler, Spencer Stone, Jeffrey E Stern. 2016
On August 21, 2015, Ayoub al-Khazzani boarded the 15:17 train in Brussels, bound for Paris. Khazzani's mission was clear: he…
had an AK-47, a pistol, a box-cutter, and enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on the crowded train. Slipping into the bathroom in secret, he armed his weapons and prepared to launch his attack. But when he emerged, he encountered something he hadn't anticipated: three Americans who refused to give in to fear. 2016.Tenderfoot trail: greenhorns in the Cariboo
By Olive Spencer Loggins. 1983
Tecumseh & Brock: the War of 1812
By James Laxer. 2012
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is at the height of its ascendancy; Napoleonic France is…
struggling to maintain its position as a world power; the incumbent American empire is quickly expanding its territory, while the Native peoples struggle to establish their own confederacy. Laxer focusses on the Native struggle for nationhood and sovereignty; the battle between the British Empire and the United States over Upper and Lower Canada; and the unlikely friendship and political alliance between Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh and Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. 2012.Ten thousand scorpions: the search for the Queen of Sheba's gold
By Larry Frolick. 2002
In 1996, a geology team was looking for gold deposits in the remote Yemeni desert when they stumbled upon ancient…
mine tunnels. Were these primitive Iron Age ruins the source of the Queen of Sheba's gold? Larry Frolick travelled into the desert, from Yemen to the Highlands of Ethiopia, where the ruins of the great port city of Ephesus now lie inland, and finally deep in the heart of Sheba's mystery. 2002.The 49th paradox: Canada in North America
By Richard Gwyn. 1985
The Acadians: in search of a homeland
By James Laxer. 2006
In 1604, a small group of migrants fled political turmoil and famine in France to start a new colony on…
Canada's east coast. Their roughly demarcated territory included what are now Canada's Maritime provinces, land that was fought over by the British and French empires until the Acadians were finally expelled in 1755. In the absence of a state, what defines an Acadian today is elusive, and while their community, centred in New Brunswick, is more confident than ever, it is entering a contentious debate about its future. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Ten lost years, 1929-1939: memories of Canadians who survived the depression
By Barry Broadfoot. 1973
Ten days that shook the world (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
By John Reed. 1977
The author conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. A contemporary…
journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. 1977.