History
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From Ancient Gaul to Canada
A Trip Through the Enchanting History of French Canadians by Dennis Kish
From the Celtic peoples of ancient Gaul to the French settlers of Québec, this is the epic tale of how we became Canadians. In 390 BC, the ancient ancestors of the French-speaking peoples lived in a huge region of western Europe known as Gaul....
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Positively Canadian
A Fun Guide to Canadian Language, Culture and History by Heather Ann Pattullo
To know more interesting things about this great country of Canada… Come take an informal walk with the author across each territory and province. The conversational writing style makes it totally readable and delightfully entertaining. Enjoy...
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Frauds, Phones & Fingerprints
Proving Your Identity in the Digital Age by Almis Ledas
The internet is a happy hunting ground for identity thieves, fraudsters and scammers. Criminal impersonation has evolved leaving established methods for protection against identity theft no longer effective. If you’re active online, it’s time to...
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A Medieval Architect
William the Englishman by Elisabeta Paul
This book asks a single question. The question is, after completing his work at Canterbury Cathedral, where did William the Englishman go and what did he subsequently build. As you are holding this book you are invited to come along on this...
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Scarlet to Green
A History of Intelligence in the Canadian Army 1903-1963 by Major S.R. Elliot
Scarlet to Green details the ‘boom and bust’ cycles of the Canadian Army’s intelligence organization from its inception in 1903 to 1963, the eve of the Integration of the Canadian Armed Forces. The book analyzes the role of intelligence in...
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Wheel of Life
by Roger L. Rondeau
Wheel of Life is an adventure novel that comes in many forms. It travels through time from the mid-1600s until today. It depicts a clan immigrating from Normandy, France to the New World in Canada. Then after being deported moving along the...
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Life at the Top of the World
Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle by Sandra Saraka
'Life at the Top of the World: Growing Up on Sweden's Arctic Circle' highlights the story of Maria Maki Anttila, a Finnish-Swede residing in the northern hamlet of Juoksengi. Born in a sauna overlooking the Tornio River in the late 1800s, Maria...
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Dying For Gold
The True Story of the Giant Mine Murders by Lee Selleck and Francis Thompson
On September 18, 1992 a violent explosion deep in Yellowknife's Giant mine took the lives of nine miners. The men had defied the picket lines that were the scene of violent clashes between the mineworkers and company security forces during a long...
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Horses, Howitzers, and Hymns
The Story of Lieut. Skey, MC, and His Father in the Great War by Marianne S. Goodfellow
Upon his arrival in France in February of 1917, twenty-one-year-old Lieut. Warren Skey purchased a small Au Jour le Jour to record his day-to-day experiences as a gunner, who packed ammunition, loaded on horses, to the guns at the front. He was...
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The McNair-Flemming Years, Volume 1
A Public Record of Uncertain Times, New Brunswick 1930-1960 by James G. Long
The McNair-Flemming Years is a two-volume history of New Brunswick politics and events, from the Depression to the beginning of the 1960s. Based largely on contemporaneous journalistic input from five daily New Brunswick newspapers, it is exactly...
