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The Batteau Railway
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During the American War of Independence, a wave of British Loyalists moved to Upper Canada with the promise of land. As they arrived in the Bay of Quinte and travelled west to York or Newark, Asa Weller—a resident of the Carrying Place—saw an...
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A Bruised Reed
A Personal History of Ukraine and Ukrainian Immigration to Canada
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Marek’s personal story is framed within Ukraine’s broader history of foreign domination, war, and cultural suppression. In the aftermath of WWI Marek, along with his wife Matrunka set sail to Canada. They establish a homestead in Alberta with...
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City in Mourning
Victoria's Point Ellice Bridge Disaster
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On May 26, 1896, in Victoria, British Columbia, hundreds of residents and visitors headed out to a grand military display, the culmination of days of celebration surrounding Queen Victoria’s birthday. As a packed electric streetcar crossed the...
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Figuring Out Life
A Memoir of my Early Years
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After the tragic death of his father, Smook, his older brother, Roger, and their mother must find their way forward against the backdrop of the Great Depression and WWII. Smook relates his school years, laced with memorable classmates and...
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My Father's Father's Family
James Wilfred Estey & His Ancestors
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This book traces the remarkable journey of the Estey family across five centuries, from its earliest recorded origins in England in the sixteenth century to the diverse paths that eventually converged in New Brunswick and beyond. It follows the...
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The Secret Code of The Gospel. The Earthly Story
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Did the heroes of the Gospels live in history, or only in story? What truly happened in Judea two thousand years ago? Who was proclaimed King of the Jews, and what led to his condemnation to death? Can a religious text reflect real “earthly”...
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Facts and Fabrications (A Mongrel Mixture of Stories)
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Ancient giants in a desolate land; a mysterious death in Academe; an ambush in a spooky glade; and surprising moral conundrums: facts and fabrications weave together unforgettably in this charming “mongrel mixture” of tales.
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One Man’s Odyssey
Memoir of a Marine Engineer and Raconteur
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Have you ever walked into a room and noticed off to the side a gaggle of spellbound listeners surrounding an apparent and compelling storyteller? You observe that inching ever closer the group suddenly erupts into an outburst of raucous laughter...
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A Brotherhood of Unbreakable Bonds
My Life in The Canadian Armed Forces
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It was about 0215 hours when I was awoken by the first rocket hitting the camp, shortly followed by the second one. I know this because I felt the BOOM! in my chest. A feeling that I had not experienced since I was living on the airfield in...
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Echoes of Huron's North Shore
The Annotated Columns of James Barnes Dobie 1852-1938
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Echoes of Huron’s North Shore brings together the annotated newspaper columns of JB Dobie, a merchant and keen observer of everyday life in the northern Lake Huron communities during a period of profound change. Originally published in local...
