General and world history
The Typewriter Century
With quirky charm, Lyons captures the intensity of the relationship between writers and their typewriters from the 1880s, when the machine was first commercialized, to the 1980s, when word-processing ...
Nation Builders and Enemy Aliens
This book explores how Germans have experienced Canada and how Canada has experienced Germans over the course of four centuries. It is the first comprehensive inquiry into the immigration, integration, ...
The Raftsmen
In The Raftsmen, author and documentary filmmaker Ryan Barnett takes readers on an astonishing maritime adventure set in the aftermath of World War II. For four French expatriates who escaped the clutches ...
Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making and Remaking of History
Arthur J. Ray is professor emeritus of history at the University of British Columbia and the author of Telling It to the Judge: Taking Native History to Court.
In Aboriginal Rights Claims and the Making ...
Gold Rush!
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Ruée vers l’or ! Eldorado en Colombie-Britannique
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Some say that Western Canada began with the railway. In fact, it began with a gold rush. Relive the tumultuous ...
Seven Oaks Reader, The
Award-winning nonfiction writer Myrna Kostash is the author of 10 books, including All of Baba’s Children and The Doomed Bridegroom. In 2010, she received the Writers Trust of Canada Matt Cohen Award ...
Disarming Conflict
“A masterpiece highly recommended to commanders-in-chief, diplomats, and peacemakers. ” – Ambassador Bethuel A Kiplagat
Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. ...
Ink Against the Devil
“One of the most fascinating books on Luther and the Reformation period to come along in some time. ” –P. E. Blosser, CHOICE
Sixteenth-century Reformation Europe was a tumultuous time during which ...
Nothing to Lose but Our Fear
While the scale of recent uprisings may be unprecedented, the refusal of fear is not unique to our time.
As the Egyptian revolution gained momentum, a common refrain echoed across Tahrir Square: “The ...
World History
In World History: Societies of the Past, students explore societies of the past and see the influences and impact history has on their lives today. The textbook provides students with an easy-to-understand ...