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  • Robert Bond

    The Greatest Newfoundlander

    de Ted Rowe ...
    The foremost political figure from the years of responsible government in Newfoundland, Robert Bond led a spectacularly successful but often tortured life. Cultured and well-to-do, he tried to play the game of politics like a gentleman, and over a period of 30 years never suffered a defeat at the polls. During his remarkable career, he built a reputation as a statesman, negotiating two trade ... Leer más

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  • Mischief in High Places

    The Life and Times of Sir Richard Squires

    de Ted Rowe ...
    Mischief in High Places examines the spectacular career and personal life of the man who, in 1919, first became elected prime minister of Newfoundland.The political successes of Sir Richard Squires' career are overshadowed by a legacy of scandal and deceit that paved the way for Newfoundland’s loss of democracy in 1933.Perhaps best known for slipping out of the Colonial Building during the 1932 ... Leer más

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  • Heroes and Rogues and the Story of Heart's Content

    and the Story of Heart's Content

    de Ted Rowe ...
    In 2009, author Ted Rowe published his fascinating book about the transatlantic cable called Connecting the Continents. The narrative of that 1866 miracle of engineering brought the outport of Heart's Content back to the world's attention. Now, in a companion volume to his earlier book, Rowe introduces us to the characters who shaped this remarkable community from its earliest days up to the 1970s ... Leer más

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  • Connecting the Continents

    Hearts Content and the Atlantic Cable

    de Ted Rowe ...
    The completion of the Atlantic cable in 1866 made headlines around the world and established the fishing village of Heart's Content, Newfoundland as a hub of international communication for nearly a century. Connecting the Continents tells the story of the struggles and successes of a pioneer cable station whose elite group of operators added a new social class to the community. In the process, ... Leer más

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    Hearts Content and the Atlantic Cable

    de Ted Rowe ...
    Connecting the Continents tells the story of the struggles and successes of a pioneer cable station whose elite group of operators added a new social class to the community. In the process, they reshaped life in Heart's Content, giving it a flavour unique among the outports of the province. ... Leer más

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  • King

    William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny

    de Allan Levine ...
    William Lyon Mackenzie King, twice former Prime Minister of Canada, was a brilliant tactician, was passionately committed to Canadian unity, and was a protector of the underdog, introducing such cornerstones of Canada’s social safety net as unemployment insurance, family allowances and old-age pensions. At the same time, he was insecure, craved flattery, became upset at minor criticism, and was ... Leer más

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  • Elizabeth the Queen

    The Life of a Modern Monarch

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • This “excellent, all-embracing” (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign.From the moment of her ascension to the throne in 1952 at the age of twenty-five, Queen Elizabeth II was the object of unparalleled scrutiny. But through the fog of ... Leer más

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  • The Graves Are Walking

    The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People

    de John Kelly ...
    "Though the story of the potato famine has been told before, it's never been as thoroughly reported or as hauntingly told." — New York PostIt started in 1845 and before it was over more than one million men, women, and children would die and another two million would flee the country. Measured in terms of mortality, the Great Irish Potato Famine was the worst disaster in the nineteenth century—it ... Leer más

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  • True Stories from Nova Scotia's Past

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  • The Sons of Molly Maguire

    The Irish Roots of America's First Labor War

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  • Peter Cashin: My Fight for Newfoundland

    Peter Cashin was at the centre—the stormy centre—of Newfoundland’s political and public life for more than thirty years. Known to many as “the fighting Major,” in a tribute to his wartime service with the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, he played a decisive role at every major stage in the political drama that transformed Newfoundland from a British Dominion to a Canadian Province. Peter Cashin wrote ... Leer más

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  • Power and the Palace

    The explosive new royal book that reveals what happens between 10 Downing Street and Buckingham Palace in times of crisis

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