Douglas And Mcintyre 2013 Ltd : 94 books
Intent For A Nation: What is Canada For
A Relentlessly Optimistic Manifesto for Canada's Role in the World
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
In Intent for a Nation, Michael Byers argues that it is time for a clear-eyed appreciation of our strengths and weaknesses, of all we have and all we could be. A whole series of world events-the waning of US credibility; the increasing value of natural resources; the brain-gain; the ever-increasing...
The Immortal Beaver
The World's Greatest Bush Plane
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Developed soon after World War II, the de Havilland Beaver has become one of the most successful and long-lived designs in aviation history. The Beaver was conceived as a half-ton flying pickup truck” capable of setting down on land, water, and snow. Since its conception the Beaver has been adopted...
Who Owns the Arctic?
Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2010
Who actually controls the Northwest Passage? Who owns the trillions of dollars of oil and gas beneath the Arctic Ocean? Which territorial claims will prevail, and why - those of the United States, Russia, Canada, or the Nordic nations? And, in an age of rapid climate change, how do we protect the...
by Ameen Merchant
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2012
At 18, musical prodigy Janaki Venkatakrishnan escapes her father’s plans for an arranged marriage, fleeing her village for the bright lights of Bombay. She leaves behind a gaggle of gossip-mongering old women, but also her younger sister Mallika, who is forced to take care of their increasingly...
by Richard Wagamese
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A new collection of warm, wise and inspiring stories from the author of the bestselling One Native Life.
Since its publication in 2008, readers and reviewers have embraced Richard Wagamese’s One Native Life. In quiet tones and luminous language,” wrote the Winnipeg Free Press, Wagamese...
Come from the Shadows
The Long and Lonely Struggle for Peace in Afghanistan
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2011
Come from the Shadows is not about the Afghanistan we may think we know. It is not about the country depicted in urgent dispatches from embedded reporters; it isn't about the country evoked by anti-war protestors or the one that figures in heated political controversies over the treatment of prisoners....
In the Fabled East
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2010
Bridging history from 1890s Aix-en-Provence to American involvement in 1950s Vietnam, In the Fabled East is a timeless love story and riveting adventure, charting the loss of innocence of both individuals and the world at large.
Adélie Tremier, a turn-of-the-century widower and socialite suffering...
by W.D. Valgardson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Urban paranoia and rural innocence are the themes of these stories, in which W.D. Valgardson moves effortlessly from examining West Coast city life to fishing the inland sea of Manitoba.
With a quietly understated and often disturbing realism, Valgardson explores domesticity, the trials and...
Let the Drums be Your Heart
New Native Voices
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Let the Drums be Your Heart brings together the work of more than forty aboriginal writers from all over Canada. concerned with family and days gone by, romance and adventure, tragedy and danger, these poems, short stories, articles and life stories ring with native pride and determination.
As...
Light at the Edge of the World
A Journey Through the Realm of Vanishing Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
For more than 30 years, renowned anthropologist Wade Davis has traveled the globe, studying the mysteries of sacred plants and celebrating the world’s traditional cultures. His passion as an ethnobotanist has brought him to the very center of indigenous life in places as remote and diverse as the...
The Man Who Killed
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award by the Crime Writers of Canada
Nominated for the Amazon.ca First Novel Award
Montreal, 1926. Mick is down on his luck until an old pal offers him a loaded revolver and a job: riding shotgun in a truck running booze across the border. Stateside Prohibition...
by John MacLachlan Gray
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2017
Vancouver is in an uproar over the death by gunshot of a Scottish nanny, Janet Stewart. An almost deliberately ham-handed police investigation has Constable Hook suspecting a cover-up. The powerful United Council of Scottish Societies is demanding an inquiry. The killing has become a political issue...
Dream City
Vancouver and the Global Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2009
Vancouver, located at the edge of a continent and the edge of national consciousness, has become the model for post-industrial urbanism. Does it deserve the attention? This provocative new book explores the links between the city’s seductive natural setting, turbulent political history, planning...
Vij's at Home
Relax, Honey: The Warmth and Ease of Indian Cooking
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2010
As seen on the Today Show!
The team behind the world famous Vij’s and Rangoli restaurants in Vancouver have an approachable follow-up to their award-winning, bestselling cookbook Vij’s: Elegant and Inspired Indian Cuisine. The easily adaptable, versatile recipes in Vij's at Home are tailored...