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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim Defede About the Author Jim DeFede has been an award-winning journalist for sixteen years, first with the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, and then with the Miami New Times. His work has appeared in Talk, The New Republic, and Newsday. He is currently ametro columnist... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Great Heart (96 Edition) by James West Davidson Publisher Comments In 1903 Leonidas Hubbard was commissioned by an outdoors magazine to explore Labrador by canoe. Joined by his best friend, Dillon Wallace, and a Scots-Cree guide, George Elson, Hubbard hoped to make a name for himself as an adventurer. But plagued by... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $9.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Competing Against America: Why Canada Has Fallen Behind in the Race for Talent and Wealth by Michael Alexander Publisher Comments COMPETING AGAINST AMERICA Critical acclaim for Competing Against America: Why Canada Has Fallen Behind in the Race for Talent and Wealth (And What To Do About It) "Michael Alexander has provided a searching look into Canadian and American society and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.63 Used - Hardcover
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High River and the ; an Alberta Community and Its Weekly Newspaper, 1905-1966. by Paul Voisey Publisher Comments Founded in 1905, the High River Times served a community of small town advertisers and an extensive hinterland of ranchers and farmers in Alberta and, under the ownership of the Charles Clark family, established itself as the epitome of a rural weekly... (read more) Your price: $17.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last French and Indian War: An Inquiry Into a Safe-Conduct Issued in 1760 That Acquired the Value of a Treaty in 1990 by Denis Vaugeois Publisher Comments He looks at the same events from three different perspectives - as empirical facts, in their legal interpretation, and as the subject of debates by historians. The result is an intriguing detective story with unexpected twists and surprising revelations.... (read more) List Price $53.50 Your price: $12.00 Used - Hardcover
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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 $14.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Death on the Ice by Cassie Brown Publisher Comments Each year, for generations, poor, ill-clad Newfoundland fisherman sailed out 'to the ice' to hunt seals in the hope of a few penniew in wages from the prosperous merchants of St. John's. The year 1914 witnessed the worst in the long line of tragedies... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Frontenac: The Courtier Governor by W J Eccles Publisher Comments Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac (1622–1698), was a towering figure in North American history. Appointed in 1672 as governor general of New France, he was credited with intimidating the Iroquois, defying British colonial military might, and... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Louis Riel and the Creation of Modern Canada: Mythic Discourse and the Postcolonial State by Jennifer Reid Publisher Comments Since he was tried and hanged for treason in November of 1885, Louis Riel has been the subject of more histories, biographies, novels, and poetry than any other figure in Canadian history. Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of the aboriginal... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $21.95 Used - Hardcover
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Indigenous Difference & the Consti.of CA by Patrick Macklem Publisher Comments There is a unique constitutional relationship between Aboriginal people and the Canadian state - a relationship that does not exist between other Canadians and the state. It's from this central premise that Patrick Macklem builds his argument in this... (read more) List Price $42.50 Your price: $21.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The History of Fort St. Joseph by Graeme S Mount Publisher Comments In 1812 Fort St. Joseph pulled off a miracle: its garrison attacked and captured the American Fort Mackinac, thus ensuring British control of the Upper Great Lakes for the duration of the War of 1812. After the war, the fort was abandoned, but has since... (read more) List Price $14.50 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages by Richard Harris Book News Annotation The 12 chapters presented by Harris (economics, Simon Fraser U., Canada) and Lemieux (economics, U. of British Columbia, Canada) are an outgrowth a workshop dedicated to social and labor market aspects of North American economic integration and... (read more) List Price $88.95 Your price: $11.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Montreal Then and Now: D'Hier Et D'Aujourd'hui by Alan Hustak Publisher Comments Considered North America's most "European" city, Montreal is known for its culture, sophisticated population and its amazing architectural history. The latest title in the hugely popular Then and Now series takes readers to Quebec's charming capital city... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Letters of a Lifetime Susanna Moodie by Carl Ballstadt Publisher Comments First published in 1985, this volume of letters follows Susanna Moodie from her Suffolk girlhood and her experience as an aspiring young writer in London, through her emigration to Upper Canada and five decades of Canadian life. The letters provide a... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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On Whale Island: Notes from a Place I Never Meant to Leave by Daniel Hays Publisher Comments After Daniel Hays and his father built a twenty-five-foot boat and sailed it around Cape Horn, he thought he'd finally put his wanderlust to rest. He went back to school, bought a house, took a job, got married. But as it turned out, in the real... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Kootenai Brown His Life & Times by William Rodney Publisher Comments Brown's remarkably adventurous life on the western plains began after the California and Cariboo gold rushes. He became a Pony Express rider, buffalo hunter, Head Scout for the Rocky Mountain Rangers and a conservationist who fought to establish Waterton... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Calling the Maritimes Home: Origins, Attitudes, Quirks & Curiosities by Julie V Watson Publisher Comments From Anne of Green Gables to Ashley MacIsaac, from the Cape Breton Highlands to the Bay of Fundy, the Maritimes offer a rich variety of culture and history. This book, written by the author of "Simple Pleasures from Our Maritine Kitchens," celebrates... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Living in Quebec by Henri Dorion Publisher Comments For European charm, stunning natural landscapes, and world-class cuisine, look no further than Quebec. Just across the border of the American northeast the province of Quebec, with culturally rich cities and pristine parks, is an accessible holiday... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $19.95 Used - Hardcover
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In Good Faith: Canadian Churches Against Apartheid by Renate Pratt Book News Annotation Explains why the Christian churches were among the first to publicly protest apartheid, and how they provided international support for the struggle against it. Pratt, the first coordinator of the Taskforce on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility-... (read more) Your price: $4.10 Used - Trade Paper
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Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie Publisher Comments Roughing It in The Bush chronicles Susanna Moodie’s harsh and often humorous experiences homesteading in the woods of Upper Canada. A frank and fascinating account of how one woman coped, not only with a new world, but with a new self, this... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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