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What We Talk About When We Talk About War

As Canadian bookshelves bulge with triumphal Afghanistan war memoirs, Noah Richler’s new polemic boldly bucks the prevailing trend by raising provocative questions about our country’s military over the past decade. The tensions marking Canada’s occupation ... Read More »

June 26, 2012 | Filed under: History

The Secret of the Crown: Canada’s Affair with Royalty

By John Fraser

In the wake of last year’s royal wedding, and in anticipation of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee this summer, there is no shortage of reading material for monarchists and royal watchers. A journalist and the Master ... Read More »

May 15, 2012 | Filed under: History

RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage

By Hugh Brewster

On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking, best-selling historian Hugh Brewster has produced a book that provides new research on the lives of both the victims and survivors of the world’s ... Read More »

March 12, 2012 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Moral Lives of Israelis: Reinventing the Dream State

By David Berlin

The new book by David Berlin, founding editor of The Walrus, is difficult to classify. Its subtitle suggests a treatise on the best path forward for Israel, and indeed you will find some of that ... Read More »

October 25, 2011 | Filed under: History

Maple Leaf Empire: Canada, Britain, and Two World Wars

By Jonathan F. Vance

Historian Jonathan Vance would like to examine a little-known part of Canada’s past: our British roots. This may seem a bit strange at first, but our ties to the “Mother Country” can be considered uninteresting ... Read More »

October 25, 2011 | Filed under: History

★ Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867–1891

By Richard Gwyn

Too many Canadians see John A. Macdonald as a comic figure; his love of patronage and alcohol leads many to dismiss his essential role in the foundation of our country. Nation Maker, the second volume ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: History

The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada’s Media in World War Two

By Mark Bourrie

Ottawa journalist and academic Mark Bourrie’s new book has taken an unfortunately difficult road to bookshelves. Scheduled to be published by Key Porter Books before the publisher suspended operations, it was subsequently picked up by ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: History

Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Volume 2: The Extreme Moderate, 1857–1868

By David A. Wilson

David Wilson may just be Thomas D’Arcy McGee’s biggest fan. In the second volume of his biography (following 2008’s Thomas D’Arcy McGee: Passion, Reason, and Politics, 1825–1857), Wilson shows how both McGee’s words and actions ... Read More »

September 26, 2011 | Filed under: History

Making the Scene: Yorkville and Hip Toronto in the 1960s

By Stuart Henderson

The Yorkville area of downtown Toronto was its own village in the 19th century, but got amalgamated into the city as the metropolis expanded northward. It remained a low-rent and low-rise area until discovered by ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: History

★ For Your Tomorrow: The Way of an Unlikely Soldier

By Melanie Murray

By 2012, Canada’s combat role in Afghanistan will be over. The end of a nation’s involvement in combat activities forces a communal process of contextualizing and ultimately mythologizing the ordeal. Thus the importance of For ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: History

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What We Talk About When We Talk About War

The Secret of the Crown: Canada’s Affair with Royalty

RMS Titanic: Gilded Lives on a Fatal Voyage

The Moral Lives of Israelis: Reinventing the Dream State

Maple Leaf Empire: Canada, Britain, and Two World Wars

★ Nation Maker: Sir John A. Macdonald: His Life, Our Times, Volume Two: 1867–1891

The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada’s Media in World War Two

Thomas D’Arcy McGee, Volume 2: The Extreme Moderate, 1857–1868

Making the Scene: Yorkville and Hip Toronto in the 1960s

★ For Your Tomorrow: The Way of an Unlikely Soldier

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