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Testaments of Honour: Personal Histories of Canada’s War Veterans

Canadians know very little about their history and even less about their military past. Part of the blame for the latter deficiency is that Canada’s veterans have, to an extraordinary degree, remained mute about their ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: History

The Myth of the Good War: America in the Second World War

By Jacques R. Pauwels

Few truisms are as inviolable as the notion that the Second World War was a battle of good versus evil. Yet a recent stream of works documenting corporate collusion between Nazi Germany and General Motors, ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

D-Day: The Greatest Invasion, A People’s History

By Dan van der Vat

Spearheading the army of books soon to be released for the 60th anniversary of D-Day in 2004 is Dan van der Vat’s D-Day: The Greatest Invasion, A People’s History ($60 cloth 1-55192-586-9, 176 pp., Raincoast ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: History

Making History: The Remarkable Story Behind Canada: A People’s History

By Mark Starowicz

The miniseries Canada: A People’s History was a production of unprecedented scale in Canadian broadcasting and would ultimately become one of the crowning achievements of CBC Television’s 50-year history. It was also a logistical and ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

The Coasts of Canada: A History

By Lesley Choyce

In The Coasts of Canada, Nova Scotia author, television host, and teacher Lesley Choyce puts a slightly different focus on Canada’s history by concentrating on the country’s three coasts. Much of the country’s history occurred ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: History

I Stand for Canada: The Story of the Maple Leaf Flag

By Rick Archbold

Post baby-boom Canadians probably have no idea that the adoption of the official red maple-leaf flag in 1965 followed a fractious, decades-long debate both inside and outside of Parliament. Diefenbaker’s Conservatives, representing the majority of ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Real Stories from the Rink

By Brian McFarlane, Steve Nease, illus.

After 27 years as a colour commentator for CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada and writing 50 books on the country’s favourite obsession, Brian McFarlane has quite a collection of anecdotes about the game. In Real ... Read More »

December 1, 2003 | Filed under: History

Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt’s Everlasting Oasis

By Harry Thurston

Author, scientist, and environmental journalist Harry Thurston’s latest book combines the most winning elements of the travelogue and archeological mystery while working in a timely environmental warning. Island of the Blessed tracks the unfolding archeology ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History

Chronicle of a War Foretold: How Mideast Peace Became America’s Fight

By Norman Spector

This book is a compilation of published articles spanning almost a decade, from the early 1990s to the post-Sept. 11 world. The articles, by Norman Spector, ex-chief of staff to the prime minister and former ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History

Rogue Nation: The America the Rest of the World Knows

By Peter Scowen

Writers who stray from the pro-George W. Bush bandwagon are finding a growing readership eager for analysis that transcends the good/evil dichotomy that marks much media coverage of recent world events. Among those writers is ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History

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Testaments of Honour: Personal Histories of Canada’s War Veterans

The Myth of the Good War: America in the Second World War

D-Day: The Greatest Invasion, A People’s History

Making History: The Remarkable Story Behind Canada: A People’s History

The Coasts of Canada: A History

I Stand for Canada: The Story of the Maple Leaf Flag

Real Stories from the Rink

Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt’s Everlasting Oasis

Chronicle of a War Foretold: How Mideast Peace Became America’s Fight

Rogue Nation: The America the Rest of the World Knows

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