Douglas And Mcintyre 2013 Ltd : 94 books
The Juno Beach Trilogy
First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, June 6th - August 21, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
Together in one convenient ebook, three of Mark Zuehlke's epics of Canadian soldiers in World War II take us from the dramatic events of D-Day (June 6, 1944) to the days following, and the final push. Juno Beach, Holding Juno and Breakout from Juno focus on the Normandy Invasion and its aftermath.
Juno...
Operation Husky
The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10-August 7, 1943
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
On July 10, 1943, two great Allied armadas of over 2,000 ships readied to invade Sicily. This was Operation Husky, the first step toward winning a toehold in fascist-occupied Europe. Among the invaders were 20,000 Canadian troops serving in the First Canadian Infantry Division and First Canadian Tank...
Holding Juno
Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Following his national best-seller, Juno Beach, and with his usual verve and narrative skill, historian Mark Zuehlke chronicles the crucial six days when Canadians saved the vulnerable beachheads they had won during the D-Day landings. D-Day ended with the Canadians six miles inland - the deepest...
The Storyteller
A Memoir of Secrets, Magic and Lies
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
As a child growing up in the once-beautiful city of Budapest, Anna Porter’s grandfather told her stories of heroes and strife and survival, some as old as the Carpathian basin, some still holding the sting of recent war and hardship. Some were fanciful, most were true, and all gave her a personal...
All That We Say Is Ours
Guujaaw and the Reawakening of the Haida Nation
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Haida Gwaii, also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, is the Galapagos of the north. Famous for their wild beauty, the islands are also the ancient homeland of the Haida Nation. Integral to Haida culture is the relationship to the land, and the Haidas have spent many years trying to protect and...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Is Cree really the sexiest of all languages? Do Native people have less or more public hair? Does Inuit sex have a dark side? These are some of the questions answered in this witty, thoughtful collection. Twelve important voices in the Native culture - including Joseph Boyden, author of Three Day...
I Feel Great About My Hands
And Other Unexpected Joys of Aging
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Nora Ephron struck a chord with I Feel Bad about My Neck. Women’s advocate and acclaimed writer Shari Graydon set out to counter the supposed downhill slideinspired grief by inviting notable women from across Canada - all over 50 - to provide an alternative perspective.
I Feel Great about...
That's Why I'm a Journalist
Top Canadian Reporters Tell Their Most Unforgettable Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2015
News stories are like collective memories, encapsulating the most iconic moments in recent history around the world. But to those who work in journalism, up-close involvement with these stories can also be life-changing. In That’s Why I’m a Journalist, veteran broadcaster Mark Bulgutch interviews...
Decade of Fear
Reporting from Terrorism's Grey Zone
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Decade of Fear is a darkly entertaining journey through the complicated, often bizarre world of national security since 9/11. On that night, Toronto Star journalist Michelle Shephard watched the remains of New York’s World Trade Center fall from the sky, wondering what much of the world was asking:...
America, But Better
The Canada Party Manifesto
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
As the American election increasingly resembles a production of CATS performed by actual cats, U.S. citizens are looking for a new leader. That leader is Canada, and they want your vote for president of the United States.
Since launching their viral video campaign in January, the Canada Party...
by Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Jacques Hebert
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
In the spirit of his father, Alexandre Trudeau revisits China to put a ground-breaking journey into a fresh, contemporary context. In 1960, Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hébert, a labour lawyer and a journalist from Montréal, travelled to China in the midst of the Great Leap Forward. In 1968, when...
by Bill Gaston
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
"In this new collection Gaston's range is so wide, his technique so masterful, his tenderness, humour and intelligence so finely measured that he stops my heart."
--Barbara Gowdy
A Mariner's Guide to Self Sabotage is populated by the lonely and alienated, holders of secrets,...
The Horrors
An A to Z of Funny Thoughts on Awful Things
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2015
Comedian-author Charlie Demers, whose brain-bending brand of black humour will be familiar to followers of CBC Radio’s The Debaters, offers his madcap perspective in a new collection of essays highlighting a wide range of topics under the heading of Bad Things. The Horrors is presented abecedarian-style,...
Large Garbage
A Radio Belly Single
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2012
In the surreal world of Buffy Cram’s stories, someone or something has slipped beneath the skins of her already beleaguered characters, rearranging the familiar into something strange and even sinister, making off with their emotional and even physical goods.
In Large Garbage: A Radio Belly...