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Lady Franklin’s Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession, and the Remaking of Arctic History

Some memorable historical figures worked hard at achieving greatness, others were born to it. Then there’s Sir John Franklin, who had the good fortune to die dramatically and leave behind a remarkable spouse dedicated to ... Read More »

October 25, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Politics of Bones: Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria’s Oil

By J. Timothy Hunt

G-8 leaders and rock stars quick to deliver facile platitudes about the plight of Africa’s poor would do well to read Toronto journalist J. Timothy Hunt’s account of Dr. Owens Wiwa’s struggle for justice in ... Read More »

October 21, 2005 | Filed under: History

War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict

By Michael Byers

It’s an ironic twist that terms such as international law and the laws of war have found a new lease on life through their constant violation in the U.S. invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and ... Read More »

October 11, 2005 | Filed under: History

Holding Juno: Canada’s Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944

By Mark Zuehlke

With the release of his historical triptych on Canada’s Second World War battles in Italy, and last year’s Juno Beach about Canada’s D-Day battle, Mark Zuehlke has emerged as Canada’s pre-eminent writer of popular military ... Read More »

September 15, 2005 | Filed under: History

Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys

By Candace Savage

With her new book, Crows, Saskatoon-based nature writer and historian Candace Savage turns her attention again to the world of crows and their corvine cousins (including magpies, jackdaws, and ravens). It’s territory she has mined ... Read More »

July 18, 2005 | Filed under: History

Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939-1945

By Ted Barris

In contrast to the flood of titles released in 2004 to mark the 60th anniversary of D-Day, in this year of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, the flood has ... Read More »

July 8, 2005 | Filed under: History

Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: Firsthand Accounts of Canada’s Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

By Wayne Ralph

Most of the surviving veterans of the Second World War are now in their eighties, making Aces, Warriors and Wingmen a timely and fitting tribute to one group of Canadians who sacrificed so much in ... Read More »

July 7, 2005 | Filed under: History

The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada 1900-1954

By David Dilks

For the Churchillophile who has everything comes British historian David Dilks’s The Great Dominion. Between 1900 and 1954 the great imperialist and war leader visited Canada nine times (eight, if one excludes a visit to ... Read More »

June 9, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Bitter Embrace: White Society’s Assault on the Woodland Cree

By Maggie Siggins

In her new book, Maggie Siggins, author of the Governor General’s Award-winning Revenge of the Land, sets out to reveal the human face behind native issues by writing a history of the Pelican Narrows Cree ... Read More »

June 9, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Dancing in the No-Fly Zone: A Woman’s Journey Through Iraq

By Hadani Ditmars

aDncing in the No-Fly Zone, the first book by Vancouver journalist Hadani Ditmars, looks back from her last visit to Iraq in 2003 to her five previous visits beginning in November 1997. As a Lebanese-Canadian ... Read More »

June 9, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

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Lady Franklin’s Revenge: A True Story of Ambition, Obsession, and the Remaking of Arctic History

The Politics of Bones: Dr. Owens Wiwa and the Struggle for Nigeria’s Oil

War Law: Understanding International Law and Armed Conflict

Holding Juno: Canada’s Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944

Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys

Days of Victory: Canadians Remember, 1939-1945

Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: Firsthand Accounts of Canada’s Fighter Pilots in the Second World War

The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada 1900-1954

Bitter Embrace: White Society’s Assault on the Woodland Cree

Dancing in the No-Fly Zone: A Woman’s Journey Through Iraq

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