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Good Time Girls of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush: A Secret History of the Far North by Lael Morgan Publisher Comments In the boomtowns of the Alaska-Yukon stampedes, where gold dust was common currency, the rarest commodity was an attractive woman, and her company could be costly. Author Lael Morgan takes you into the heart of the gold rush demimonde, that "half world... (read more) List Price $14.36 Your price: $12.74 Google eBooks - Electronic 
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A Brief History of Canada by Roger E. Riendeau Publisher Comments Explains forces that have driven Canada's development over the last four hundred years.... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price: $43.93 Google eBooks - Electronic
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My Famous Evening by Howard Norman Publisher Comments Master storyteller Howard Norman draws on more than 30 years of visiting Nova Scotia for this remarkable ''book of selective memories.'' Combining stories, folklore, memoir, nature, poetry, and expository prose, the chapters of My Famous Evening ''may be... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $17.75 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Pepper in Our Eyes: The APEC Affair by W. Wesley Pue Publisher Comments In November 1997, the world media converged on Canada to cover a meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation in Vancouver. A student protest met unusually strong police response. Among many others, a news cameraman was pepper-sprayed by an irate... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $8.08 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Do Conventions Matter?: Choosing National Party Leaders in Canada by John C. Courtney Publisher Comments Do Conventions Matter? provides a complete overview of national party conventions in Canada, from 1919, when the first convention was held, to 1993, including the selection of Stanfield, Trudeau, Broadbent, Clark, Mulroney, Turner, McLaughlin... (read more) Your price: $95.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Roughing It in the Bush, or, Life in Canada by Susanna Moodie Publisher Comments Probably Canada's best known settlement story, this autobiographical account of frontier conditions in the 1830s is a compelling narrative that emphasizes both the tragedies and the triumphs of a sensible and sensitive woman and her family as they come... (read more) List Price $33.00 Your price: $29.29 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Charter Conflicts: What Is Parliament's Role? by Janet Hiebert Publisher Comments Although the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is twenty years old, little is known about how it affects those who wield power, what influence it has on legislative decisions, or to what extent the government believes it should be constrained by... (read more) Your price: $95.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Canadian Politics Unplugged by Eric Nicol Publisher Comments Canadian politics is/are not well understood, no authority being prepared to say whether it/they is/are singular or plural. Canadian Politics Unplugged bravely breaks new ground in ignoring this question. The book concentrates on the central problem of... (read more) List Price $11.99 Your price: $10.64 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Planners and Politicians: Liberal Politics and Social Policy, 1957-1968 by Penny Bryden Publisher Comments P.E. Bryden reveals that Liberal politicians were largely responsible not only for designing the social security legislation but also for creating its justification. She points out that not only did party organization, the structure of Canadian... (read more) Your price: $95.00 Google eBooks - Electronic
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In Mixed Company: Taverns and Public Life in Upper Canada by Julia Roberts Publisher Comments In Mixed Company explores taverns as colonial public space and how men and women of diverse backgrounds - Native and newcomer, privileged and labouring, white and non-white - negotiated a place for themselves within them. The stories that emerge unsettle... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $28.40 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Dunsmuir Saga by Terry Reksten List Price $18.95 Your price: $16.82 Google eBooks - Electronic
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