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Canada And The World
Agenda For The Last Decade Of The Millennium
Av Anatol Rapoport, Anthony Rapoport
Häftad, 1992
200 kr
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Extraordinary Experiences
Personal Accounts of the Paranormal in Canada
Häftad, 2004
217 kr
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When did you last have a psychic experience? Are you in the habit of seeing – or sensing – the presence of spirits and ghost? Have you ever spotted a lake monster or sighted a UFO? When did you last consult a fortune-teller, approach a medium work an Ouija board, or read an astrology column? Have …
Ninety Fathoms Down
Canadian Stories of the Great Lakes
Av Mark Bourrie
Häftad, 1995
269 kr
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Ninety Fathoms Down is the first collection of Canadian stories about the Great Lakes, the inland seas that shaped the development of Ontario. This fascinating book explains the history of the Canadian side of the Great Lakes by telling the stories of people whose lives took dramatic turns on the …
Haunted Toronto
Häftad, 1996
243 kr
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Toronto has hosts of ghosts that go as far back as the War of 1812…and others as recent as the Nineties. From the spirit of the Keeper of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse to the four spectres that haunt the stairwells and corridors of Queen’s Park, our most conspicuously ghostly presences and sites …
Women Who Give Away Millions
Av Iris Nowell
Häftad, 1996
303 kr
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This book pays tribute to 14 women who donated millions of dollars to causes close to their hearts. Iris Nowell is the author of five books. Writing her 1996 book, Women Who Give Away Millions, has given her a solid foundation of philanthropy, the not-for-profit sector, and the wealthy. She has …
Ghost Stories of British Columbia
Häftad, 1996
276 kr
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It has been called Canada’s most haunted province.While such a claim is impossible to prove, British Columbia does abound with tales of the supernatural. Ghost Stories of British Columbia is a comprehensive collection of these tales, drawing from the province’s history, its archives, and its …
Mysteries of Ontario
Häftad, 1999
320 kr
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Mysteries of Ontario brings together, for the first time, some five hundred accounts of strange events and eerie experiences, each keyed to one of 250 places in the province. It turns out that, far from being a humdrum part of the planet in which to live and work, Ontario is a province that is …
World's Most Mysterious Places
Häftad, 1999
307 kr
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The World’s Most Mysterious Places is a collection of stories about lost lands, weird locations, and strange sites, many of which the authors have investigated in person. Some of the places are actual sites we can visit, others are legendary lands that have long since vanished. All are sure to …
Abductions and Aliens
What's Really Going On
Häftad, 1999
285 kr
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We can’t escape them; aliens are everywhere. They sell us soft drinks and star in their own sitcoms. But to the many people who believe they have been abducted aboard strange crafts, aliens are a very serious reality. Stories of these encounters, taken from investigators’ files, have been vividly …
Great Canadian Book of Lists
Häftad, 1999
259 kr
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Who were Canada’s ten most romantic couples of the twentieth century? What were this country’s worst disasters, its ten best beers, and its most controversial works of art in the past one hundred years? Where will you find the most haunted places in Canada and who are Canada’s greatest heroes, its …
1000 Questions About Canada
Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture
Häftad, 2001
285 kr
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What are "snow worms"?Are there more moose than people in the Yukon?What is the meaning of the word "Niagara"?Where will you find the world’s largest perogy?Does Elvis have a street in Ottawa named after him?What was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s favourite snack food?Which province was the last to shift …
Franklin Conspiracy
An Astonishing Solution to the Lost Arctic Expedition
Häftad, 2001
293 kr
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The Franklin Conspiracy is an absorbing account of the single most enigmatic event in Canadian history. In 1845, two British Royal Navy ships, the Erebus and the Terror, commanded by Sir John Franklin, entered the Canadian Arctic in search of the Northwest Passage. Neither ship returned. A …
Royal Book of Lists
An Irreverent Romp through British Royal History
Häftad, 2001
284 kr
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If you think you’ve already heard everything there is to know about the royal family - think again!Even Queen Victoria herself would be amused (not to mention astonished) by the hundreds of revelations to be found within The Royal Book of Lists.Covering over a thousand years of royal history, this …
Margaret Anglin
A Stage Life
Inbunden, 1989
448 kr
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From Margaret Anglin’s birth in 1876 in the Speaker’s suite of the Canadian House of Commons, to her death in Toronto in 1958, Margaret Anglin: A Stage Life is a lively biography researched from personal sources and theatre periodicals of the times. Author John Le Vay gives us glimpses of the rich …
Fair Play
Twelve Women Speak: Conversations With Canadian Playwrights
Häftad, 1990
318 kr
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Conversations with twelve Canadian woman playwrights give a lively insight into their craft.
Fortune, My Foe and Eros at Breakfast
Häftad, 1993
287 kr
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Robertson Davies has been called the most important Canadian playwright of the postwar period. These two plays from the 1940s prove that great writing and important themes never go out of style.
Grave Deeds
Häftad, 1996
276 kr
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Growing up, Rosie had never known any of her father’s family. Why had she been chosen to inherit her grandfather’s summer home, and its valuable northern waterfront land?A simple reunion with her great aunt and her cousin leads to an unexpected and chilling legacy. Failed by family and friends …
Necessary Lies
Häftad, 2000
297 kr
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From the author of The Winter Palace comes Eve Stachniak’s first novel about the discovery of secrets and lies that stitch together empires and individual lives. Winner of the 2000 Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Prize Necessary Lies tells the story of the discovery of secrets and lies that …
John Glassco
Selected Poems with Three Notes
Av John Glassco
Häftad, 1997
246 kr
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For this collection John Glassco won the Governor General’s Award in 1971. He intended it as a definitive selection of his best poetry which includes his frequently anthologized poems such as "The Death of Don Quixote", "Brummell at Calais", "Needham Cemetery" and "Quebec Farmhouse".Glassco’s …
Canadian Foreign Policy: 1945-2000
Major Documents and Speeches (Rideau Series #1)
Häftad, 2000
338 kr
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Canada’s role on the world stage has increased dramatically since the middle of the twentieth century. Once an offshoot of England, we have grown to become a recognized voice internationally.Canadian Foreign Policy: 1945-2000 is a collection of key documents and speeches tracing the evolution of …
On the Rim
Häftad, 2013
292 kr
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How do you cope when your husband of more than 30 years announces he’s leaving — and you didn’t see it coming? Ellen is blindsided by her husband’s request for a divorce and the news that everything she thought they jointly owned is in his name.Depressed and defeated, her life spirals out of …
John A. Macdonald
Canada's First Prime Minister
Av Ged Martin
Häftad, 2013
274 kr
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A biography of Canada’s first prime minister, a legendary political strategist who helped found a new nation in 1867. Shocked by Canada’s 1837 rebellions, John A. Macdonald sought to build alliances and avoid future conflicts. Thanks to financial worries and an alcohol problem, he almost quit …
Sad Peninsula
Av Mark Sampson
Häftad, 2014
318 kr
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A Canadian ex-pat and a Korean former "comfort woman," each scarred by their pasts, seek redemption. Two separate lives become connected in South Korea: traumatized former Korean "comfort woman" Eun-young, who struggles with her past of rape and violence; and Michael, a troubled young Canadian …
Plagues of Kondar
Häftad, 2014
218 kr
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Arien holds the key to healing her planet. Planet Kondar has a light side that faces the sun and a dark side in eternal night. Lightsiders have never met those on Darkside, known as Oscura. Arien lives in Kattannya on Lightside. When her parents fall through thin ice and drown, she is sold in the …
Property
The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife
Av Carol Christie, John Christie
Häftad, 2013
274 kr
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The true story of a brave woman’s nearly 40 years in a polygamous cult, her eventual escape, and her struggle to integrate into a world she barely knew. In the early 1970s an innocent teenager who had led a sheltered life was forced to leave her family and enter into a polygamous, abusive, and …
Canada's Road
A Journey on the Trans-Canada Highway from St. John's to Victoria
Häftad, 2013
432 kr
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The Trans-Canada, the world’s longest national highway, comes to life in words and pictures. Russia has the Trans-Siberian Highway, Australia has Highway 1, and Canada has the Trans-Canada Highway, an iconic road that stretches almost 8,000 kilometres across six time zones. In the summer of 2012, …
Contested Land, Contested Memory
Israel's Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe
Av Jo Roberts
Häftad, 2013
218 kr
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2014 Dayton Literary Peace Prize — Nonfiction Runner Up The complex histories and memories of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis today frame Israel’s future possibilities for peace.1948: As Jewish refugees, survivors of the Holocaust, struggle toward the new State of Israel, Arab refugees are fleeing, …
