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Spying 101: The Rcmp’s Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997

In light of sweeping new police powers approved by the Canadian government last fall, Spying 101 is a timely and valuable document of a shameful chapter in Canadian history. Many readers will be shocked to ... Read More »

January 19, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 Bc

By Henry T. Aubin

Something happened 2,700 years ago in a corner of the Assyrian Empire, and according to Montreal journalist Henry Aubin, it was vitally important to the development of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and our modern world. In ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: History

Arrivals: Stories from the History of Ontario

By John Bentley Mays

In Arrivals: Stories from the History of Ontario, author and cultural commentator John Bentley Mays, himself an arrival from America’s deep south, presents some interesting tales from his new home’s past. The sixth in Penguin ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: History

High Flight: Aviation and the Canadian Imagination

By Jonathan Vance

Although history professor Jonathan Vance clearly began his research on High Flight long before the tragedy of Sept. 11, his meticulously researched book nevertheless comes at a time when Canadians are paying special attention to ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: History

The Lafontaine Baldwin Lectures Volume One: The Intersection of History and Ideas

By John Ralston Saul, ed.

Canada is a country, Quebec pundit Alain Dubuc tells us, of losers and underdogs, of dominated peoples. It is doubtful that John Ralston Saul, noted Canadian historian and philosopher, had such a conception in mind ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: History

From the Japanese: A Western Journalist in the Empire of the Resigned

By Catherine Bergman

During the 1990s, journalist Caroline Bergman and her diplomat husband spent five years living in Japan. She wandered widely through what she terms “the Empire of the resigned,” and her first book, From the Japanese, ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: History

This Heated Place: Encounters in the Promised Land

By Deborah Campbell

Early in This Heated Place, an Arab acquaintance tells author Deborah Campbell – at the time a Canadian student at Tel Aviv University during the Gulf War – “What you see depends on where you ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race

By Stephanie Nolen

Back in the early days of the Cold War, it looked as though the Soviet Union was going to completely dominate the Space Race – a state of affairs that American leaders knew would be ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Where Is Here?: Canada’s Maps and the Stories They Tell

By Alan Morantz

Where Is Here? is the result of a great idea: using the history of Canadian maps and map-making as a way of looking at some of the seminal events in the country’s history and, in ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: History

Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War

By Stephen Kimber

Halifax is the Canadian city most affected by the wars of the 20th century. A vital convoy port in the First World War, the city was devastated by a huge explosion in December 1917. In ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: History

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Spying 101: The Rcmp’s Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997

The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 Bc

Arrivals: Stories from the History of Ontario

High Flight: Aviation and the Canadian Imagination

The Lafontaine Baldwin Lectures Volume One: The Intersection of History and Ideas

From the Japanese: A Western Journalist in the Empire of the Resigned

This Heated Place: Encounters in the Promised Land

Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race

Where Is Here?: Canada’s Maps and the Stories They Tell

Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War

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