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Nuu-chah-nulth Voices, Histories, Objects & Journeys

By (author) Alan Hoover
Categories: History of the Americas

“The people of the west coast of Vancouver Island used to be called Nootka by Europeans. We know ourselves as Nuu-chah-nulth, which can be translated as “along the mountains” and refers to our traditional ...

Viking Discovery of America

By (author) Helge Ingstad
Categories: History of the Americas

Faced with harsh conditions in their Greenland home, a group of Vikings took the reins of fate into their own hands. With incredible luck, skill and fortitude, they discovered lands filled with a profusion ...

Steamboat Connections

By (author) Frank Mackey
Categories: History of the Americas

Mackey introduces the entrepreneurs who forged this important link between Montreal and the nation’s interior and chronicles the course of their industry, correcting previous misinterpretations. He ...

Harold Innis in the New Century

The book is divided into three sections: “Reflections on Innis” provides a historical reassessment of Innis, “Gaps and Silences” considers the limitations of both Innis’s thought and his interpreters, ...

If I Could Turn and Meet Myself

By (author) Patrick Toner
Categories: History of the Americas

At his death in 1985, Alden Nowlan stood in the first rank of Canadian writers. Today, his poetry is beloved by Maritimers and popular across Canada and in the US as well. If I Could Turn and Meet Myself ...

Guardian of the Gulf

One of the great untold Canadian military stories revolves around the eastern seaport of Sydney, Nova Scotia. Guardian of the Gulf offers a vivid and long overdue account of Sydney harbour’s role, and ...

Another Kind of Justice

By (author) Chris Madsen
Categories: Military history

Another Kind of Justice is the first historical survey of
Canadian military law, providing insights into military justice in
Canada, the purpose of military law, and the level of legal
professionalism ...

Fortune & La Tour

By (author) M A MacDonald
Categories: History of the Americas

Reprinted for a new audience, this is the gripping story of Acadia torn by civil strife in its infancy, the people involved and the reasons for the struggle.

Straight Talk

By (author) Stéphane Dion
Categories: History of the Americas

So begins this collection of Stéphane Dion’s speeches from 1996 to 1998. Organized around four central themes, Straight Talk shows the breadth and strength of Dion’s convictions. Dion believes that ...