History
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My Powell River
Growing Up In A Mill Town by Ron Olsen
Living in Powell River, British Columbia back in the 1950’s and 1960’s was a boyhood dream. Powell River was and is like a jewel in the crown. It had everything, mountains, lakes, forests, the ocean, and so much more, and it gave me a childhood...
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PharmaChoice Canada Story
The Magic in the Numbers! by Calvin LeRoux
How does a banner go from 26 independent pharmacists in Atlantic Canada to 1100+ across the country and $3 billion in retail sales? With a bit of guts, powerful relationships with people around Canada, and a steadfast focus on what matters:...
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Behind the White Picket Fence
Life In the North with the HBC by Ron Gosbee
Born in the early 1950s, Ron Gosbee grew up in unusual circumstances: living in remote Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) trading posts with his father, mother, and his two sisters. As the family sustained their distinctive way of life amidst the...
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Shadows in the Burmese Jungle
The Story of Red Maddox Behind Enemy Lines 1941 - 1945 by Rodney W. Anderson
Often referred to as the Forgotten War, the Battle for Burma was fought in a geographically challenging and isolated region far from the major population centers of the time. But for the people who took part in it, the battle was a personal...
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Before Brittney
A Legacy of Champions by Dr. Nancy R. Goodloe
This book is about champions in women’s athletics at Baylor University–the champions who competed, the champions who coached, the champions who provided the advocacy and leadership for the women’s athletic program, and the champions who have...
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Track Changes
The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990-2010) by Cam Gordon
Track Changes: The Origin Story of Canadian Music on the Internet (1990–2010) is the first book of its kind to document a cultural revolution in Canada, one now buried under broken URLs, corrupted hard drives, and discarded cell phones. Long...
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More Than History
Stories of Helena Petrov Thiessen (1909-1996) and Peter Aron Reimer (1903-1958) by Victor Reimer
Yes, this is family history! It is an immigrant story. It includes significant scholastic research. It situates the personal and family narrative within the broader political, economic, and social context of the 1920s and the subsequent decades....
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Voices from Viet Nam
Local Histories on the Road to Peace by Rex Eaton
Based on interviews with survivors of “the American War,” Voices from Việt Nam delivers a moving portrait of a people who have succeeded, against great odds, in overcoming the horrors of war and occupation without bitterness—but also without...
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Shadows Across The Line
Voices of The Displaced by Senol Tasdelen
In Shadows Across the Line: Voices of the Displaced, author Senol Tasdelen examines the causes, the history, and the consequences of migration patterns around the globe and relates the personal stories of some of those who risked everything in a...
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The Elusive Conquest of Queen Califa
California History Revisited by Alan Ehrgott
It was then that John and I were slapped awake by the brilliant color and majestic presence of our hosts. The walls and ceilings that gave us shelter by night had, in the morning’s light, come alive with the vivid forms of men, deer, mountain...
