After spending years travelling through some of the poorest nations of the world, seeking out the people’s story, award-winning journalist and bestselling author John Stackhouse turns his keen eye toward his own country.
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Author:Stackhouse, JohnSummary: - Author:Hawthorn, TomSummary:
The story of that fun, exciting year, told in the same giddy spirit with which Canadians celebrated. Uncover the strange and unique ways that individual Canadians marked the occasion, the birth of traditions, and the moment when...
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Author:Summary: - Author:Brookes, ChrisSummary:
In 2017 Canadians celebrate the centenary of Confederation. But in Newfoundland, "Confederation" refers not to 1857, but to 1949 - the date when the independent country of Newfoundland joined Canada. This documentary tracks down three...
- Author:Sorensen, Rob, Colburn, KerrySummary:
So, you want to be Canadian? Who doesn't these days? Canucks are enjoying a major renaissance in attention, from their enlightened social policies to their wild and wooly pop culture. This playful, trivia-packed book is a long-overdue...
- Author:Hill, DaveSummary:
A quarter-Canadian from Cleveland explores his roots--and melts your face with joy. There's an idea most Americans tend to learn as children. The idea that their country is the "best." But this never stuck with Dave Hill...
- Author:Reid, JenniferSummary:
Since he was tried and hanged for treason in November of 1885, Louis Riel has been the subject of more histories, biographies, novels, and poetry than any other figure in Canadian history. Politician, founder of Manitoba, and leader of...
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Author:Leduc, Jean-Marie, Graham, SeanSummary:A charmingly illustrated history of the humble skate and its place in Canadian cultural identity.Throughout our 150-year history, and even longer, people have braved the treacherous Canadian winters and taken to the ice for the purposes...
- Author:Pearce, JeffSummary:
Face it, Canada, we're SEXY! Our men offer more minutes of foreplay to their partners than Americans, and that's just for starters. When it comes to sex in the Great White North, we've definitely mastered the art of staying warm. We've...
- Author:Mansbridge, PeterSummary:
From #1 bestselling authors Peter Mansbridge and Mark Bulgutch comes a new book of first-person stories about the unique people and professions that make Canada work. In this latest collection of personal stories, Peter Mansbridge and...
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Author:Boughn, MichaelSummary:Great Canadian Poems for the Aged Vol. 1 Illus. Ed. dares to go where no book of Canadian poetry has gone before - deep into the heart of darkness epitomized by the idea of the Great White North. Except white is not dark. And the heart...
- Author:De Figueiredo, DanSummary:
Dan de Figueiredo is a humour columnist, journalist and television writer. His love of words and ideas began when he received a copy of Robinson Crusoe at the age of seven, and he has never looked back. After earning a BA in Political...
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A madcap guide to hiding out in Canada and passing oneself off as a local; the how-to book on quirky Canadian ways.
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Author:Morton, DesmondSummary:Morton, one of Canada's most respected historians, has given us a short celebration of Canada with a depth of insight that truly helps us to know one another and all the regions of the country.
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Author:Stewart, FennSummary:Much of the language that makes up Better Nature—the first poetry collection by writer and academic Fenn Stewart—is drawn from a diary that Walt Whitman wrote while travelling through Canada at the end of the nineteenth century.But...
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Author:McDougall, Allan K., Philips, Lisa, Boxberger, Daniel L.Summary:The creation of the Canada–US border in the Pacific Northwest is often presented as a tale of two nations, but beyond the macro-political dynamics is the experience of individuals. Before and After the State examines the imposition of a...
- Author:Ferguson, WillSummary:
Will Ferguson’s first book in three years, following on the back-to-back successes of How to Be a Canadian (over 110,000 copies sold) and Happiness™ (Winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour).
Will Ferguson has spent the past three...
