Ranald Macdonald’s roots are in the forest of Ontario’s easternmost county and his character was forged in the small Presbyterian church near his home. When he leaves to test his idealism and faith in the rough world of the lumber...
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Author:Johnston, David CaySummary:Drawing on decades of interviews, financial records, court documents, and public statements, David Cay Johnston, who has covered Trump more closely than any other journalist working today, gives us the most in-depth look yet at the man...
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Author:COSTAIN, Thomas BSummary:Series: The pageant of England, Volume 2. Roger Bacon, Simon de Montfort and others made the long reign of Henry III into a period of vital advance in science, politics and art.
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Author:Mokyr, JoelSummary: - Author:Battery RadioSummary:
An investigation of Guglielmo Marconi and the first trans-Atlantic wireless transmission. Created for the centenary of Marconi's transmission. On December 12th, 1901 Guigliermo Marconi received the world's first trans-Atlantic wireless...
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Author:Durant, Will, Durant, ArielSummary:The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful eleven-volume Story of Civilization. In this compact summation of their work, Will and Ariel Durant share the vital and profound...
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Over the two decades following the Second World War, the policy that would create "a nation of immigrants," as Canadian multiculturalism is now widely understood, was debated, drafted, and implemented. The established...
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The final volume in A History of the Plantagenets covers the century from 1377 to 1485 when civil war ravaged England, rebellious peasants marched on London and wandering preachers sowed dissent in the credulous poor.
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Ostler recounts the Lakota Sioux's loss of their spiritual homeland and their remarkable legal battle to regain it. Moving from battlefields to reservations to Supreme Court chambers, Ostler captures the strength that bore the Lakotas...
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Author:Rose, M. J., Berry, SteveSummary:Cassiopeia Vitt is building an authentic castle using thirteenth-century materials when a relic is unearthed--an ancient Book of Hours--and a key to the most precious object of the medieval Cathars.
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Author:Chevalier, TracySummary:The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries are a set of six medieval works of art. Beautiful, intricate and expertly made, they are also mysterious in their origin and meaning. Weavers, patrons, designers, artists, merchants and apprentices...
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The Klu Klux Klan's dominant force of hate in America slowly found it's way north of the border, upending Canada's somewhat peaceful existence.
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A dramatic true story of survival in the north Kimberley region of Western Australia after the MV Koolama is attacked and bombed by three Japanese float planes in February 1942.
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Branch condenses his three-volume chronicle on race and democracy to its pivotal scenes, taking listeners on a journey into a political revolution that would change the face of America.
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Author:Sadlier, RosemarySummary:Learn the important role Black Canadian's have played, and will continue to play, in the development of Canada.
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Author:Schieffer, BobSummary:One of the most influential families in American history, the Kennedys have had their lives documented by the media for the past 50 years. The Kennedys: America's Front-Page Family tells the story of this fascinating family through...
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"The first comprehensive study of the Canada-U.S. Joint Arctic Weather Stations, systematically analyzing large- and small-scale aspects from scientific diplomacy to site logistics to understand how these isolated posts were so...
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While other American businesses are crumbling under low-cost foreign competition, John Deere Company thrives by maintaining such ideas as building the best product, being open for change and innovation, listening rather than leading and...
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Author:Choy, WaysonSummary:This is a novel based on the short story written by Choy as a for a Creative Writing class taught by Carol Shields. Three children living in Vancouver's Chinatown tell three different versions of the same events.
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