Post-Confederation (1867-)
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Before We Lost the Lake: A Natural and Human History of Sumas Valley
$24.95 Read moreFor thousands of years, the broad expanse between Sumas and Vedder Mountains east of Vancouver lay under water, forming the bed of Sumas Lake. As recently as a century ago, the lake’s shores stood fou
- Author: Reimer, Chad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1987915585
- Language: English
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Sorry, Not Sorry: An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting for
$26.00 Add to cartINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Known for his sharp-witted skits on CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Mark Critch uses his keen observational skills to explore Canadian identity and the new wave of Canadian- Author: Critch, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0735249547
- Language: English
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Vimy
$20.00 Read moreOne chill Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy scarp knows as Vimy Ridge. Within hours, they held in … [more below]
- Author: Berton, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 09 2001
- ISBN10: 0385658427
- Language: English
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Terry Fox: His Story (Revised)
$18.95 Read moreTerry Fox was eighteen years old when he was told that he had cancer and that his leg would have to be amputated. He accepted the verdict with courage and grace. “Nobody is ever going to call me a qui… [more below]
- Author: Scrivener, Leslie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0771080190
- Language: English
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O Canada: An American’s Notes on Canadian Culture
$21.00 Add to cartThe esteemed American literary critic Edmund Wilson in depth study of Canadian literature, O Canada.
O Canada is made up of studies of Canadian writers and books, mostly contemporary. It represents pe- Author: Wilson, Edmund
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 245
- Publish Date: January 01 1963
- ISBN10: 0374505160
- Language: English
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Rails Over the Mountains: Exploring the Railway Heritage of Canada’s Western Mountains
$29.99 Add to cartJourney through the engineering marvels, stations, and heritage sites of Canada’s western mountains.
Ride the rails through Canada’s western mountains to explore the many vestiges of the region’s spec… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 02 2016
- ISBN10: 1459733592
- Language: English
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1919: A Graphic History of the Winnipeg General Strike
$15.00 Read moreAfter suffering the hardships and horrors of the First World War, workers and soldiers faced the agony of the post-war Canadian economy. With rising inflation, unprecedented unemployment, and an incre
- Author: Graphic History Collective
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: February 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1771134208
- Language: English
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The Curve of Time
$18.95 Add to cartA beloved and bestselling Pacific Northwest adventure classic, now available in paperback!
Widowed at the age of thirty-five, Muriel Wylie Blanchet packed up her five children in the summers that foll
- Author: Blanchet, M. Wylie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1990776787
- Language: English
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Toronto Then and Now(r)
$22.99 Add to cartToronto Then and Now pairs vintage images of Canada’s largest city – and North America’s fourth most populous – with the same views as they look today.
Toronto has long been a financial powerhouse in N
- Series: Then and Now(r)
- Author: Taylor, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: June 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1910904074
- Language: English
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Atiqput: Inuit Oral History and Project Naming Volume 103
$45.95 Read more“Our names – Atiqput – are very meaningful. They are our identification. They are our Spirits. We are named after what’s in the sky for strength, what’s in the water … the land, body parts. Every na… [more below]
- Series: McGill-Queen’s Indigenous and Northern Studies
- Author: Payne, Carol
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 16 2022
- ISBN10: 0228011051
- Language: English
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Outside the Gate: The True Story of a British Home Child in Canada
$24.95 Read moreBetween 1869 and 1948, Britain sent more than 100,000 “home children ” to Canada to work as indentured farmers and domestics. They were promised a bright future in the land of opportunity, and some ma… [more below]
- Author: Newall, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1988025826
- Language: English
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Blood in the Water: A True Story of Small-Town Revenge
$17.00 Read more“Fascinating! [A] must-read for all concerned about how humans manage to live together. Or not.” —Margaret Atwood
“Superb… an instant true crime classic.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A mas… [more below]- Author: Cameron, Silver Donald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1586422936
- Language: English
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Direct Action Gets the Goods: A Graphic History of the Strike in Canada
$19.99 Read moreArt has always played a significant role in the history of the labour movement. Songs, stories, poems, pamphlets, and comics, have inspired workers to take action against greedy bosses and helped shap
- Author: Graphic History Collective
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 08 2019
- ISBN10: 1771134178
- Language: English
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Kitchener (Berlin) 1880-1960
$24.99 Read moreKitchener, Ontario, is a community with two histories. As Berlin, it was a rapidly growing and prosperous town reveling in its Germanic heritage. After dramatic civic upheavals from 1915 to 1919, it e… [more below]
- Series: Image of Canada
- Author: Mills, Rych
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: December 03 2002
- ISBN10: 073851151X
- Language: English
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The Black Donnellys
$14.95 Read moreA new edition of a classic novel from one of Canada’s most sensational crime authors.
Near London, Ontario, in the Lucan district, even the bravest were scared to ride at night. The notorious Donnel
- Author: Kelley, Thomas P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0228104157
- Language: English
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Survival
$21.99 Add to cartWhen first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the
- Series: List
- Author: Atwood, Margaret
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: July 12 2012
- ISBN10: 1770892524
- Language: English
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We Fought the Road
$19.95 Add to cartWe Fought the Road is the story of the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II. More than one third of the 10,607 builders were black; thought to be incapable of performing on a war
- Author: McClure, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1935347772
- Language: English
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Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity
$31.95 Add to cartDistorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined “Indigenous” identity.
- Author: LeRoux, Darryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0887558461
- Language: English
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The Soo Line’s Famous Trains to Canada
$20.00 Read moreThe Soo Line’s Famous Trains To Canada is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada-USA tourist trains.
Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local miller
- Author: Gainer, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1771606711
- Language: English
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None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
$53.27 Add to cartToday, we think of Canada as a compassionate, open country to which refugees from other countries have always been welcome. However, between the years 1933 and 1948, when the Jews of Europe were looki
- Author: Abella, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1487554389
- Language: English
