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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
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)

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Great Heart (96 Edition)
Great Heart (96 Edition)
by James West Davidson
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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)

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Competing Against America: Why Canada Has Fallen Behind in the Race for Talent and Wealth
Competing Against America: Why Canada Has Fallen Behind in the Race for Talent and Wealth
by Michael Alexander
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Competing Against America In this provocative and hard-hitting book, Michael Alexander has a direct and unflinching message for all Canadians: our standard of living is in free fall, and has been for almost 25 years. Currently, Canada's standard of... (read more)

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Ottawa (Canada)
Ottawa (Canada)
by Whitecap Books
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As expansive as Canada itself, this outstanding series captures outstanding views of panoramic landscapes, brilliant city skylines, and picturesque communities -- 96 pages and 70 stunning images by internationally renowned photographers, plus descriptive... (read more)

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Too Close for Comfort: Canada's Future Within Fortress North America
Too Close for Comfort: Canada's Future Within Fortress North America
by Maude Barlow
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Canadas greatest advocate considers our place in Bushs world order. Not since 1984, when Brian Mulroney went to New York and told a blue-chip business audience that Canada was “open for business,” has there been such a push toward continental... (read more)

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Running with the Caribou
Running with the Caribou
by Pete Sarsfield
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When Pete Sarsfield was a kid, he stammered badly. Words in his mouth were enemies, but from the time he was seven, words on paper became his friends. They are still friends in these personal essays about the people, places, and work of a Canadian... (read more)

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How to Be a Canadian
How to Be a Canadian
by Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson
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A hilarious inside look at that unique species, the Canadian, and their thoughts on such diverse subjects as beer, sex, dating rituals, sports, politics, religion-and, of course, their trademark death-defying search for the middle of any road. Over 100... (read more)

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Raincoast Chronicles 18 (Raincoast Chronicles)
Raincoast Chronicles 18 (Raincoast Chronicles)
by Howard White
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Where land meets sea, strange things happen, and most of them end up as stories. Like new driftlogs on a gravel beach, nine of the best are gathered here in issue number eighteen of the bestselling Raincoast Chronicles series. From a study of log barging... (read more)

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Best Tales of the Yukon: Including the Classic "Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
Best Tales of the Yukon: Including the Classic "Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
by Robert W Service
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In 1904, the Canadian Bank of Commerce transferred teller Robert W. Service to the Yukon Territory. Soon, he was famous as the poet who chronicled the Klondike gold rush and the savage beauty of the frozen north. His tales of hard-bitten propectors and... (read more)

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A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
by John Mack Faragher
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In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians ("the neutral French") from Nova Scotia, killing thousands, separating innumerable families, and driving many into forests where they waged a... (read more)

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Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up?
Will the Real Alberta Please Stand Up?
by Geo F. Takach
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One little question propels both author and reader on a genre-bending quest to find the elusive essence of a Canadian province built on sturdy stereotypes of oil-spoiled, beef-eating, bible-thumping rednecks devoid of class or culture. Through essay... (read more)

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Nuk Tessli: The Life of a Wilderness Dweller
Nuk Tessli: The Life of a Wilderness Dweller
by Chris Czajkowski
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At once a riveting adventure story and a testament to one woman's resourcefulness, Nuk Tessli is also a heartfelt elegy to the true wilderness and a cry for it's sensible use.... (read more)

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Homeland to Hinterland
Homeland to Hinterland
by Gerhard John Ens
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Most writing on Metis history has tended to concentrate on the Resistance of 1869-70 and the Rebellion of 1885, without adequately explaining the social and economic origins of the Metis that shaped those conflicts. Historians have often emphasized the... (read more)

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Marching as to War: Canada's Turbulent Years 1899-1953
Marching as to War: Canada's Turbulent Years 1899-1953
by Pierre Berton
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I have called this period Canada's Turbulent Years - turbulent not only because of the battles we fought on the African veldt, the ravaged meadows of Flanders, the forbidding spine of Italy, and the conical hills of Korea, but turbulent in other ways... (read more)

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Law of the Yukon: A Pictorial History of the Mounted Police in the Yukon
Law of the Yukon: A Pictorial History of the Mounted Police in the Yukon
by Helene Dobrowolsky
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A northern author looks at the challenges faced by the Mounties in Canada's Yukon Territory over the last 100 years, from their arrival on the eve of the world-famous Klondike Gold Rush, to the present. Through vivid photos, careful research and use of... (read more)

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Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages
Social and Labour Market Aspects of North American Linkages
by Richard Harris
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While there is a broad consensus that North American economic integration has benefits for Canadians' standard of living, there are also concerns that deeper economic integration may restrict Canada's ability to pursue domestic goals in a number of... (read more)

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Way of the Pipe
Way of the Pipe
by James Waldram
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Prisons are an ominous fact of life for too many Aboriginal people. The Way of the Pipe explores how Aboriginal spirituality is finding its way into prisons and the role it is playing with Aboriginal inmates seeking to regain and to promote their... (read more)

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Montreal Then and Now: D'Hier Et D'Aujourd'hui
Montreal Then and Now: D'Hier Et D'Aujourd'hui
by Alan Hustak
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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)

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A Line in the Sand: Canadians at War in Kandahar
A Line in the Sand: Canadians at War in Kandahar
by Ray Wiss
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In 2007–08, Dr. Ray Wiss, a former infantry officer, served with the Canadian Forces at forward operating bases in Khandahar's Panjwayi valley, the area experiencing the most intense combat in Afghanistan. He spent more time in the combat area than... (read more)

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Champlain's Dream
Champlain's Dream
by David Hackett Fischer
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In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain -- soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New France. Born on France's Atlantic... (read more)

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