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Charging Ahead

Jean-Benoït Nadeau, Julie Barlow

• E-book | Engels
• Hydro-Québec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a st... Lees meer

I Hate Hockey

François Barcelo

• Paperback | Engels
• I hate hockey! is the first and last sentence in this novel that offers a great take on our love-hate relationship with hockey. Narrator Antoine Vacho... Lees meer

Washington's Long War on Syria

Stephen Gowans

• Paperback
• The US has waged a long war against Syria from the very moment the country's fiercely independent Arab nationalist movement came to power in 1963. In ... Lees meer

The Riot That Never Was

James Jackson

• Paperback | Engels
• Combining the moral indignation of Zola and the writing talent and historical perspective of Pierre Berton, this detailed inquiry claims that an 1832 ... Lees meer

Justice Belied

Sébastien Chartrand, John Philpot

• E-book | Engels
• For the first time in a book, defence counsel, investigators, journalists, and academics pool their knowledge and experience to answer the burning que... Lees meer

Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes

Ludwig Müller-Wille, Bernd Gieseking

• E-book | Engels
• Wilhelm Weike, a 23-year old handyman from Minden/Germany, accidentally found himself spending the year of 1883-84 among Inuit and wintering with whal... Lees meer

Inuit and Whalers on Baffin Island Through German Eyes

• Paperback | Engels
• Told from an ordinary man's perspective, these are the journal and letters of Wilhelm Weike as he accompanied Franz Boas-the father of modern anthropo... Lees meer

The First Jews in North America

Denis Vaugeois

• Paperback | Engels
• Filled with original documents and vintage illustrations, this history chronicles the lives of the Hart family--a Jewish family who settled in predomi... Lees meer

Foxhunt

Luke Francis Beirne

• Paperback | Engels | Baraka Fiction
• 1949: Milne Lowell, a Canadian writer, moves to London to edit a magazine dedicated to cultural freedom. His colleagues include Marguerite Allard, a F... Lees meer

The Raids

Mick Lowe

• Paperback | Engels | Nickel Range Trilogy
• It's spring, 1963 in the "Nickel Capital of the World." Nineteen-year-old Jake McCool is about to undergo a rite of passage--his first shift undergrou... Lees meer

Hanging Fred and a Few Others

Nick Fonda

• Paperback | Engels
• Hanging Fred and a Few Others is a lively and fascinating story of an important artist but also a reflection on the role of place--the Eastern Townshi... Lees meer

Back to the New World

Martin Fournier

• Paperback | Engels | Adventures of Radisson | nr. 2
• The next installment in the series, this book follows the young, 17th-century explorer Pierre-Esprit Radisson from North America to France and back, w... Lees meer

Roads to Richmond

Nick Fonda

• Paperback | Engels
• Part history, part travelogue, this charming guide introduces the unassuming but unforgettable people who live and work in the Eastern Townships--the ... Lees meer

Mussolini Also Did a Lot of Good

Francesco Filippi

• Paperback | Engels | Baraka Nonfiction
• Surgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook fo... Lees meer

Rwanda and the New Scramble for Africa

Robin Philpot

• Paperback | Engels
• Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared to author Robin Philpot that "the Rwandan Genocide was 100 percent American responsiblity."... Lees meer

Hell Never Burns

Martin Fournier

• Paperback | Engels | Adventures of Radisson | nr. 1
• In the spring of 1651, a 15-year-old Parisian, Pierre-Esprit Radisson, lands in Trois-Rivières on the St. Lawrence River. Within weeks, the course of ... Lees meer

Let's Move On, Paul Okalik Speaks Out

Paul Okalik, Louis McComber

• E-book | Engels
• Paul Okalik was raised in Pangnirtung, a community that survived starvation, epidemics, eradication of its spiritual heritage, relocation, schooling i... Lees meer

After All Was Lost

Johan Swinnen, Alice Nsabimana

• Paperback | Engels | Baraka Nonfiction
• When the Chief of Staff of Rwanda's Army was assassinated after the invasion of the country, civil war and then genocide, his widow and their six chil... Lees meer

Trudeau's Darkest Hour

• Paperback | Engels
• In this anthology of speeches and writings since 1970, eminent Canadian thinkers, journalists, and political leaders explain how the government under ... Lees meer

Richmond, Now and Then

Nick Fonda

• Paperback | Engels
• If a formal history is a four-lane highway, Nick Fonda says in his introduction to Richmond, Now and Then: an anecdotal history , his book is a meande... Lees meer

The Einstein File - New Updated Edition

Fred Jerome

• E-book | Engels
• Einstein arrived in the United States in 1933, the year the Nazis rose to power in Germany. From that moment until he died in 1955, J. Edgar Hoover’s ... Lees meer

On the Crow and Other Stories

Robert A. Poirier

• E-book | Engels
• From love lost on a canoe trip, clashing values and naked conflict between natives and newcomers, to the barroom and prison enforcer straight out of a... Lees meer

The Incredible Escape

Martin Fournier

• Paperback | Engels | Adventures of Radisson
• Based on true events, this novel recounts the early history of North America in modern accessible language. The third installment of the series contin... Lees meer

Challenging the Mississippi Fire Bombers

Jim Dann

• Paperback | Engels
• In June 1964, courageous young civil rights workers risked their lives in the face of violence, intimidation, illegal arrests, and racism to register ... Lees meer