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It is a little-known fact that during the First World War and in the immediate postwar period (1914-1920), Canadian Internment Operations imprisone...

Vivid storytelling brings to life the pathways of world history. Written for middle-grade readers, 10 Routes That Crossed the World explores famous...

For thousands of years, the broad expanse between Sumas and Vedder Mountains east of Vancouver lay under water, forming the bed of Sumas Lake. As r...

A riveting account of how the Nazi Party came to power and how the failures of the Weimar Republic and the shortsightedness of German politicians a...

Pull up a bollard and get to know the colourful language of the Royal Canadian Navy.Do you ever get channel fever so bad only a great homeward boun...

"We took our positions, five kneeling and five standing … we got the order to fire. One blank and nine live rounds … I did not have the blank." Tha...

The 19th Battalion was an infantry unit that fought in many of the deadliest battles of the First World War. Hailing from Hamilton, Toronto, and ot...

The Great Northern Expedition was the most ambitious and well-financed scientific expedition in history. Lasting nearly ten years and spanning thre...

A leading journalist travels through the hot spots of the Middle East and Central Asia, from Pakistan and Afghanistan to Syria and Egypt. Winner o...

Dans un pays où la géographie culturelle est en perpétuelle évolution, il est souvent difficile d’identifier et de caractériser les attributs spéci...

Command and leadership are very personal endeavours. The manner in which an individual commands others and exercises leadership speaks more to the ...

First published in 1974, this best-selling book was lauded by Choice as 'an important, ground-breaking study of the Assiniboine and western Cree In...

In the Shadow of the Pole explains how the Arctic came to be part of Canada. In the Shadow of the Pole tells the history of how the Arctic became p...

Shortlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor PrizeLonglisted for the 2018 Frank Hegyi Award for Emerging AuthorsThe untold true story of the secret negotiat...

Among the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany at the end of World War II, approximately 40,000 were unaccompanied children. These...

The impact of the British Empire on the history of the Upper Ottawa Valley is explored through the experiences of early emigration-assisted 19th-ce...

Shortlisted, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing and Democracy 250 Atlantic Book Award for Historical WritingOnce, a single francophone s...

Moving beyond the preoccupation of honour and its associations with violence and sexual reputation, Courtney Thomas offers an intriguing investigat...

Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, 2007 It was the day before Independence Day, 1831. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "...

Winner of the Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, 2007 It was the day before Independence Day, 1831. As his bride, Lucie, was about to be "...

First published in 1982, I Remember Sunnyside is a mine of golden memories, bringing back to life an earlier Toronto, only hints of which remain to...

The second installment in Gavin K. Watt’s Revolutionary War series, I am heartily ashamed picks up where A dirty, trifling piece of business leaves...

A young sailor is caught up in the naval siege of Quebec leading up to the battle on the Plains of Abraham.Fourteen-year-old William Jenkins is wor...

A young Canadian soldier's account of the battle of Ortona, Italy!Seventeen-year-old Paul Baldassara lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian A...

Sentenced to death for abandoning his unit, a soldier recounts the events leading up to his arrest.The reality of trench warfare is a shock to Alla...

A young fighter pilot's action-packed account of some of the fiercest battles of WWI - fought, for the first time, thousands of feet above the grou...

A captivating and rarely told World War II story: that of the Canadian troops sent to defend Hong Kong from the invading Japanese.Nineteen-year-old...

Historical fact and fiction blend in this riveting novel set aboard the Titanic.Fourteen-year-old Jamie Laidlaw is returning to Canada from England...

The incredible sacrifices made by Chinese workers building the transcontinental railway are revealed in this powerful novel.Heen's father and grand...

A young WWII gunner from the Prairies sees the horrors of war firsthand when he is captured by the Gestapo.Eighteen-year-old Sam Frederiksen has co...

The War of 1812 comes to life through the eyes of a young Canadian boy.It's 1812. War has begun, and thirteen-year-old Alexander (Sandy) MacKay is ...

Harry L. Gill, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940 at the age of 18. During his short but adventure-fil...

An enthralling exploration of the lifestyles, ideas, habits, organizations, customs, fears, and aspirations of Canadians in the age of Confederatio...

Few Canadians realize how close the colony of Nova Scotia came to joining the American Revolutionary War in 1775. Many Nova Scotians were immigrant...