-
A rush to judgment
The trial and conviction of Louis Riel has been the subject of historical comment and criticism for over one hundred years. A Rush to Judgment challenges the view held by some historians that Riel received a fair trial.
Regular price $24.99Sale price $24.99 Regular price $24.99Unit price per -
Being prime minister
Being Prime Minister sheds light on the lives of prime ministers as ordinary people, examining them through a variety of experiences most Canadians share.
Regular price $26.99Sale price $26.99 Regular price $26.99Unit price per -
Big men fear me
Nominated for the 2023 Heritage Toronto Book Award • Finalist for the 2023 Ottawa Book Award in English Nonfiction • Longlisted for the 2023 National Business Book AwardThe remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential media moguls.When George McCullagh bou...
Read MoreRegular price $18.95Sale price $18.95 Regular price $18.95Unit price per -
Border cities powerhouse: 1901-1945
A second volume of Windsor's early history, from the turn of the 20th century to the end of WWII.
Regular price $24.95Sale price $24.95 Regular price $24.95Unit price per -
Cinema of pain
Original essays argue that the loss of a cohesive nationalist vision in Quebec, triggered by the loss of the 1995 referendum on sovereignty, has resulted in a pervasive nostalgia that permeates all aspects of Québécois culture. In Québécois cinema, this nostalgia is evoked as the element of pain ...
Read MoreRegular price $46.99Sale price $46.99 Regular price $46.99Unit price per -
Embattled nation
Embattled Nation explores Canada’s tense wartime election of 1917. Amidst the drama of the First World War, Canada’s most divisive election ever raised pivotal questions about Canada’s place in the war and the world. This book examines the issues, people, and events behind one of the most importa...
Read MoreRegular price $29.99Sale price $29.99 Regular price $29.99Unit price per -
Embedded
In 1870, Colonel Garnet Wolseley set off for Red River with 1,100 soldiers to end the rebellion started by Louis Riel. Two reporters accompanied the military expedition, the Daily Telegraph’s Robert Cunningham and the Globe’s Molyneux St. John, as well as St. John’s wife, international burlesque ...
Read MoreRegular price $22.99Sale price $22.99 Regular price $22.99Unit price per -
Famous for a time
Delving into Canadian athletes and the sports they played to help explain the nation’s complicated history, sporting and otherwise. It is an exploration that reveals the socio-cultural trends that have shaped Canada since Confederation.
Regular price $23.99Sale price $23.99 Regular price $23.99Unit price per -
From suffragette to homesteader
From Suffragette to Homesteader opens a unique window into the past. Central to this book is a powerful memoir written in 1952 by Ethel Marie Sentance as an anniversary present for her husband, Clarence. The memoir begins in 1883 and details Ethel’s early life in a small English village. Frustrat...
Read MoreRegular price $20.00Sale price $20.00 Regular price $20.00Unit price per -
Indigenous writes
Delgamuukw. Sixties Scoop. Bill C-31. Blood quantum. Appropriation. Two-Spirit. Tsilhqot’in. Status. TRC. RCAP. FNPOA. Pass and permit. Numbered Treaties. Terra nullius. The Great Peace… Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, legal scholar, teacher, an...
Read MoreRegular price $32.00Sale price $32.00 Regular price $32.00Unit price per -
La constitution canadienne
La Constitution canadienne est un livre introductif visant à aider les Canadiens à mieux comprendre leur Constitution par un langage simple, des anecdotes fascinantes et un peu d’humour.
Regular price $15.99Sale price $15.99 Regular price $15.99Unit price per -
Lhù’ààn mân keyí dań kwánje nààtsat
WINNER OF THE CANADIAN HISTORY ASSOCIATION INDIGENOUS HISTORY BOOK PRIZEIn this poignant display of the resilience of language, culture, and community in the face of the profound changes brought by settlers, Kluane First Nation Elders share stories from their lives, knowledge of their traditional...
Read MoreRegular price $45.00Sale price $45.00 Regular price $45.00Unit price per -
Magnificent fight
In May 1919, 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked away from their jobs, shutting down large factories, forcing businesses to close and bringing major industries to a halt. Mounted police and hired security, at the behest of the ruling class, violently ended the protest after six weeks. Two men were kil...
Read MoreRegular price $22.00Sale price $22.00 Regular price $22.00Unit price per -
People of the watershed
"John Macfie’s vivid and stirring photographs show a way of life on full display—the world my ancestors inhabited and that my mom fondly described to me. It is a world that, shortly after these pictures were taken, ended. So distant and yet achingly familiar, these pictures feel like a visit home...
Read MoreRegular price $30.00Sale price $30.00 Regular price $30.00Unit price per -
Ten decisions
In the chaos of the Second World War, Canada faced cruel choices, both on the battlefield and in the world of politics. Of all these life-and-death choices, ten stand above the others in their importance, their agonizing stakes, and the impact they have on the country to this day.
Regular price $28.99Sale price $28.99 Regular price $28.99Unit price per -
The avro arrow
“No one has done more than Palmiro Campagna to document the story of Canada’s extraordinary Avro Arrow ... This latest work sheds new light on the Arrow’s fascinating saga.” — ANDREW CHAIKIN, author of A Man on the MoonAn expanded edition of the bestselling book, including newly discovered Americ...
Read MoreRegular price $29.99Sale price $29.99 Regular price $29.99Unit price per -
The canadian constitution
THE HILL TIMES TOP 100 BOOKS OF 2024A fully updated edition of the first-ever primer on Canada’s Constitution — for anyone who wants to understand the supreme law of the land.The Canadian Constitution makes Canada’s Constitution readily accessible to readers. It includes the complete text of the ...
Read MoreRegular price $23.99Sale price $23.99 Regular price $23.99Unit price per -
The canadian kingdom
An integral part of Canada’s political culture, constitutional monarchy has evolved since Confederation to become a uniquely Canadian institution. How has it shaped twenty-first-century Canada? How have views on the monarchy changed? Eleven experts on the history of Canada’s Crown take up these q...
Read MoreRegular price $25.00Sale price $25.00 Regular price $25.00Unit price per -
The lost prime ministers
In just five years, between John A. Macdonald’s and Wilfrid Laurier’s tenures, four lesser-known men took on the mantle of leadership. This is the dramatic saga of the lost leaders of Canada: Tory prime ministers John Abbott, John Thompson, Mackenzie Bowell, and Charles Tupper.
Regular price $21.99Sale price $21.99 Regular price $21.99Unit price per -
The rumrunners
On its way to selling 10000 copies in Canada, it is essential to understanding Prohibition in the US.
Regular price $22.95Sale price $22.95 Regular price $22.95Unit price per -
Tours inside the snow globe
Through a series of tours of the monuments of Ottawa, this book argues that rather than instructing people on what to know about history, monuments generate feelings about the past in the present. As ambivalent sites, monuments allow for the generation of competing feelings: nostalgia, dissent, i...
Read MoreRegular price $47.99Sale price $47.99 Regular price $47.99Unit price per
Something went wrong
Please try again
