History of the Americas

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Mary Pickford, Queen of the Silent Film Era

By (artist) George A. Walker
Categories: History of art

A successful actress whose work spanned 52 features, Mary Pickford helped establish the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the studio United Artists. She was the first woman to create her ...

Niagara... la voie qui y mène

Dans cet essai poétique, l’auteure de Pointe-Maligne, l’infiniment oubliée (Prix du Gouverneur général 2009) remonte cette fois le fleuve Saint-Laurent jusqu’aux chutes de Niagara pour nous ...

Ce n'était pas nous les sauvages

By (author) Daniel N. Paul
Illustrated by Leonard Paul & Vernon Gloade
Translated by Jean-François Cyr
Categories: History of the Americas
Series: Mouton noir Acadie

Voici enfin la traduction française, de Jean-François Cyr, de la troisième édition du livre désormais classique de Daniel N. Paul. Ce n’était pas nous les sauvages est un essai percutant, qui ...

Arrows in a Quiver

By (author) James Frideres
Categories: History of the Americas

In response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report, Arrows in a Quiver provides an overview of Indigenous–settler relations, including how land is central to Indigenous identity and how ...

The Rise and Fall of United Grain Growers

By (author) Paul D. Earl
Categories: History of the Americas

For much of the 20th century, United Grain Growers was one of the major forces in Canadian agriculture. Founded in 1906, for much of its history UGG worked to give western farmers a “third way” between ...

Brewed in the North

For decades, the name Labatt was synonymous with beer in Canada, but no longer. Brewed in the North traces the birth, growth, and demise of one of the nation’s oldest and most successful breweries. ...

Around the World in a Dugout Canoe

In 1901, Captain Voss set out seeking to claim the world record for the smallest vessel to circumnavigate the globe. In this groundbreaking work the authors sift fact from fiction, critically examining ...

Saltwater Classics from the Island of Newfoundland

By (author) Christine LeGrow & Shirley Scott
Categories: Knitting
Series: Saltwater Knits

Saltwater Classics will keep you toasty warm with beautiful hand-knitted hats, mitts, gloves, socks, and vamps. In this follow-up to the best-selling Saltwater Mittens, Christine LeGrow and Shirley A. ...

Distorted Descent

By (author) Darryl Leroux
Categories: History of the Americas

Distorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the 21st century: otherwise white, French-descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined “Indigenous” identity. This ...

The Man Who Lived with a Giant

The Man Who Lived with a Giant presents traditional and personal stories told by Johnny Neyelle, a respected Dene storyteller and Elder from Déline, Northwest Territories. Johnny Neyelle used storytelling ...