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  • Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces

    The contentious history of the Canadian federation

    by Ed Whitcomb ...
    Rivals for Power: Ottawa and the Provinces tells the story of the politicians who continually contend over the division of power (and money) between Ottawa and the provinces. The heroes and villains of this story include many of the leading lights of Canadian history, from John A. Macdonald, Wilfred Laurier, and Maurice Duplessis to Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, Bill Davis, Peter Lougheed and Jean ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • A Short History of Manitoba

    by Ed Whitcomb ...
    This book focuses on the province of Manitoba and concisely outlines exploration and the fur trade, the settlers, the Métis, the First Nations, the problems they faced and their influence on this region of Canada. Explanations of early economic and political developments include the struggle over borders, railways, tariffs, and schools. It delves into the reasons for the boom that preceded the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • A Short History of British Columbia

    by Ed Whitcomb ...
    This Short History of British Columbia is designed to provide the average reader with a quick but accurate survey of the broad outline of British Columbia’s development. The emphasis in this book is on the political developments that shaped the province as it is today, subjects such as the meeting between First Nations and Europeans, immigration and settlement, economic activities like the fur ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Canadian Fiddle Music Volume One

    by Dr. Ed Whitcomb ...
    Canadian fiddle music receives the credit and recognition it deserves in this lively collection of tunes from virtually every province and ethnic group in Canada. Originally published in 1990, this project is the result of generous donations by numerous fiddlers and fans of fiddle music. In addition to the preservation and popularization of this folk music form, the contributors shared these ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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  • A Short History of Canada

    Sixth Edition

    by Desmond Morton ...
    Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history.Morton ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Unsettling Canada

    A National Wake-Up Call

    by Arthur Manuel, Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson ...
    Unsettling Canada, a Canadian bestseller, is built on a unique collaboration between two First Nations leaders, Arthur Manuel and Grand Chief Ron Derrickson.Both men have served as chiefs of their bands in the B.C. interior and both have gone on to establish important national and international reputations. But the differences between them are in many ways even more interesting. Arthur Manuel is ... Read more

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  • A Short History of Canada

    Seventh Edition

    by Desmond Morton ...
    Most of us know bits and pieces of our history but would like to be more sure of how it all fits together. The trick is to find a history that is so absorbing you will want to read it from beginning to end. With this book, Desmond Morton, one of Canada’s most noted and highly respected historians, shows how the choices we can make at the dawn of the 21st century have been shaped by history.Morton ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Maximum Canada

    Toward a Country of 100 Million

    by Doug Saunders ...
    To face the future, Canada needs more Canadians. But why and how many?Canada’s population has always grown slowly, when it has grown at all. That wasn’t by accident. For centuries before Confederation and a century after, colonial economic policies and an inward-facing world view isolated this country, attracting few of the people and building few of the institutions needed to sustain a sovereign ... Read more

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  • A Matter of Confidence

    The Inside Story of the Political Battle for BC

    by Rob Shaw, Richard Zussman ...
    Shortlisted, 2019 BC and Yukon Book Prizes Hubert Evans Prize for Non-FictionA breathtaking behind-the-scenes look at the dramatic rise and fall of Christy Clark’s BC Liberals, the return to power of the NDP, and what it means for British Columbia’s volatile political climate going forward.British Columbia’s political arena has always been the site of dramatic rises and falls, infighting, scandal, ... Read more

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  • Hell or High Water

    My Life in and out of Politics

    by Paul Martin ...
    National bestsellerPaul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew — in this memoir he emerges as a fascinating flesh and blood man, still working hard to make a better world.“The next thing you know, I was in a jail cell.” (Chapter 2)“From the moment I flipped his truck on the road home to Morinville…” (Chapter 3)“When I came back into Aquin’s headquarters I had a broken nose.” (Chapter 4 ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark

    The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation

    by Mary Janigan ...
    The oil sands. Global warming. The National Energy Program. Though these seem like modern Canadian subjects, author Mary Janigan reveals them to be a legacy of longstanding regional rivalry. Something of a "Third Solitude" since entering Confederation, the West has long been overshadowed by Canada's other great national debate: but as the conflict over natural resources and their effect on climate ... Read more

    $14.99 USD