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  • Highway of the Atom

    A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945. However, a complete history of Canada's involvement in the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb has been thwarted by restrictions on classified documents. ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • Highway of the Atom

    A subarctic mine on the far eastern shores of Great Bear Lake provided Canadian uranium for the bombs detonated over Japan in August 1945. However, a complete history of Canada's involvement in the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb has been thwarted by restrictions on classified documents. ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

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  • Rebel Women of the Gold Rush: Extraordinary Achievements and Daring Adventures

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  • The North West Passage Exploration Anthology

    The Personal Accounts of the Explorers of the North-West Passage

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    “The Northwest Passage Exploration Anthology”, features the first-hand personal accounts of explorers: Roald Amundsen, Robert McClure, John Rae, John Franklin, Thomas Simpson, Peter Warren Dease, William Edward Parry and Richard Hakluyt. This book charts the full history of the exploration of the legendary “Northwest Passage” – the sea-lane around the frozen Northern shore of the North American ... Read more

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    For most of its history, Nova Scotia's leaders have tried to exploit the province's energy resources for jobs, revenue and political reward. For three centuries politicians and other prominent players have clashed over the ownership, control and development of energy resources--coal, electric power, offshore petroleum. This book traces the interplay between politics and energy and documents the ... Read more

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  • The Loxleys and the War of 1812 Novel

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  • Light from Ancient Campfires: Archaeological Evidence for Native Lifeways on the Northern Plains

    Archaeological Evidence for Native Lifeways on the Northern Plains

    Light from Ancient Campfires is the first book in twenty years to gather together a comprehensive prehistoric archaeological record of the Northern Plains First Nations. In this important examination of the region's earliest inhabitants, author Trevor R. Peck reviews the many changes of interpretation that have occurred in relevant literature published during the last two decades. Beginning with ... Read more

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