Cultural Region/Canadian
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We Fought the Road
$19.95 Add to cartWe Fought the Road is the story of the building of the Alaska-Canada Highway during World War II. More than one third of the 10,607 builders were black; thought to be incapable of performing on a war
- Author: McClure, Christine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1935347772
- Language: English
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The Regiment
$26.99 Add to cartThe story of an astonishing band of Canadian soldiers and their part in the Allied victory in Italy.
The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment (the Hasty Ps) was Canada’s most decorated regiment in the S… [more below]
- Series: Voyageur Classics #28
- Author: Mowat, Farley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: August 23 2016
- ISBN10: 1459733894
- Language: English
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Learn Canadian French: 2nd Edition
$22.47 Add to cartLearn Canadian French and speak with a beautiful aged accent of colonial France that has stood the test of time, exceeding 400 years in North America. This book provides countless expressions, idioms,… [more below]
- Author: L?vesque, Pierre
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: March 20 2024
- ISBN10: 136637357X
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Pocket Montreal & Quebec City
$14.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Pocket Montreal and Quebec City is your guide to the city’s best experiences and local life – neighborhood by neighborhood. Savour Quebecois cuisine, stroll through Montreal’s parks, a
- Series: Pocket Guide
- Author: St Louis, Regis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 183869904X
- Language: English
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The Book of Sandwiches: Delicious to the Last Bite: Recipes for Every Sandwich Lover
$28.00 Add to cartOne of Epicurious‘ Most Exciting New Spring Cookbooks for 2024!
Calling all sandwich lovers! Take a bite out of this drool-worthy cookbook and satisfy your every sandwich craving. Who doesn’t love san- Author: Skrobar, Jason
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0525612521
- Language: English
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Following the Echoes: The Quest to Uncover a True Wartime Story of Love, Loss, and Legacy
$33.99 Add to cartAfter the death of their British-born Grandma Gladys in 2021, siblings Claudia and Lance took a sudden interest in the Canadian fiancé Gladys lost during World War II, Wendell “Del” Pierce Drew, a me… [more below]
- Author: Reppen, Claudia Fox
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: August 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1039188400
- Language: English
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Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity
$31.95 Add to cartDistorted Descent examines a social phenomenon that has taken off in the twenty-first century: otherwise white, French descendant settlers in Canada shifting into a self-defined “Indigenous” identity.
- Author: LeRoux, Darryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: September 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0887558461
- Language: English
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Wondrous Strange: The Life and Art of Glenn Gould
$45.99 Add to cartWhen Mikhail Baryshnikov defected in Toronto in 1974, he admitted that he knew only three things about Canada: It had great hockey teams, a lot of wheatfields, and Glenn Gould.
In Wondrous Strange, Ke… [more below]- Author: Bazzana, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: May 12 2005
- ISBN10: 0195182464
- Language: English
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The Soo Line’s Famous Trains to Canada
$20.00 Read moreThe Soo Line’s Famous Trains To Canada is a brief history of a small and unique Class 1 railway and its famous Canada-USA tourist trains.
Initially chartered in 1883 to serve the needs of local miller
- Author: Gainer, Terry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1771606711
- Language: English
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Little Dancers
$11.99 Add to cartLittle Dancers is a deeply personal yet whimsical poetry collection that illuminates the many forms of heartache through childlike perspectives. More than anything it is about joy, while also addressi
- Author: Norton, Eleana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1738763102
- Language: English
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E. J. Hughes: Life at the Lake
$25.00 Add to cartThe latest instalment in the award-winning series on the life and work of E. J. Hughes brings the reader into this very private artist’s home and studio on Shawnigan Lake.
In the most intimate volume y
- Author: Amos, Robert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1771514191
- Language: English
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Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
$16.99 Add to cartOn December 6, 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and the other held relief supplies, both intended for war-torn Europe
- Author: Walker, Sally M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: February 25 2014
- ISBN10: 1250040086
- Language: English
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People You Know, Places You’ve Been
$20.00 Read moreThe latest poetry and artwork collection from Hana Shafi examines the unlikely connections we make to the people and places we encounter. Despite the infinite variations of our lives, every urban dwel
- Author: Shafi, Hana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: October 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1771668539
- Language: English
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None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
$53.27 Add to cartToday, we think of Canada as a compassionate, open country to which refugees from other countries have always been welcome. However, between the years 1933 and 1948, when the Jews of Europe were looki
- Author: Abella, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1487554389
- Language: English
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Under the Big Oak Tree
$12.99 Add to cartUnder the Big Oak Tree carefully navigates readers through delicate storylines that embrace the unexpected, the joyful, the messy, and the fleeting moments in life. The poems tiptoe (and sometimes stu
- Author: Gallant, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1738110508
- Language: English
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Enslavers of the Maritimes
$16.99 Add to cartA painstaking and unflinching catalogue of settlers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI who enslaved humans, some even after the practice became illegal.The reader will find here the names of many
- Author: Thompson, Brenda J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 246
- Publish Date: February 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1998149269
- Language: English
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The Cinnamon Peeler: Selected Poems
$18.00 Add to cartMichael Ondaatje’s new selected poems, The Cinnamon Peeler, brings together poems written between 1963 and 1990, including work from his most recent collection, Secular Love. These poems bear witness … [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Ondaatje, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 28 1997
- ISBN10: 0679779132
- Language: English
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Morning of Fire: America’s Epic First Journey Into the Pacific
$24.99 Add to cartMorning of Fire by Scott Ridley is the thrilling story of 18th century American explorer and expeditioner John Kedrick as he journeyed for land and trade in the Pacific. Set against the backdrop of on
- Author: Ridley, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: December 06 2011
- ISBN10: 0061700193
- Language: English
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From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge: Canada and the Civil War
$19.95 Read moreFilled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil War
Despite all we know about the Civil War, its cau
- Author: Martin, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1770416382
- Language: English
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On the Clock: Toronto Maple Leafs: Behind the Scenes with the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL Draft
$19.95 Read moreA singular, transcendent talent can change the fortunes of a hockey team instantly. Each year, NHL teams approach the draft with this knowledge, hoping that luck will be on their side and that their e… [more below]
- Series: On the Clock
- Author: Wheeler, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1637271190
- Language: English
