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Scrum Wars chronicles fascinating and dramatic confrontations between the prime ministers of Canada and the men and women of Canadas news media.

The story of Uvajuq is rooted in a time when people and animals lived in such harmony and unity that they could speak to each other.

Beautifully illustrated, this book looks at the nine women who have been Princesses of Wales.

An Ottawa civil servants royal connection and a letter to the editor are the themes from two of Davies best plays.

While the students blame the lack of security on campus for Sophias murder, Rosalie investigates Sophias life in search of a motive.

Gabrielle Bauer finds herself on a plane bound for Tokyo, leaving her career, home, and husband behind.

Poems in tribute to the authors wife, Ruth and to Lady Grayl, the great gray owl Nero adopted in 1984 and who lived with the couple until her death in 2005.

These are the stories of early intrepid Canadian women bush pilots from the late 1940s onwards, who set new records of achievement in northern Canada.

Travel across Ontario and visit Ontarios heritage jails, ranging in size from single cell lockups to massive monuments such as the Kingston Pen and the Don Jail.

During his 18-year reign as premier of Quebec, Duplessis dominated the province and shaped it to his image. A brilliant orator and a scathing wit, if Duplessis couldnt get a vote, he bought it.

This book chronicles the early lives of 18 young people who influenced the direction of the history of Canada.

H. Clark Adams welcomes you to the legal arena of small claims court. Here former lovers and homeowners bring their grievances against their erstwhile partners in romance and business. Featured are a collection of cases and Adams' decisions.

Beginning Again is a sequel to Escape: Adventures of a Loyalist Family, Mary Beacock Fryer's historical novel for ten to fourteen-year-olds. This new work chronicles the lives of the Seamans as they make a new start in Canada.

Examining the major battles of the War of 1812, Sweeny goes behind the scenes to explore business activity during the war, particularly between John Jacob Astor, the richest man in America and a financier of the war, and his fur-trading partners in Montreal.

More than many figures in Canadian history, Laura Secord has come to represent courage and perseverance. During the War of 1812, she helped to avert disaster by warning the British of an imminent American attack, playing a prominent role in the survival of a nascent Canada.

An experienced genealogist and seasoned traveler, Elliott gives practical advice on finding relatives in Ireland. It also includes cultural analysis, archival research tips and an annotated bibliography in an illustrated guide.

A large tract of land in Niagara-on-the-Lake has an extraordinarily rich military and political history. It was the site of the first parliament in Upper Canada, saw numerous negotiations between First Nations and settlers, and was a strategic location in the War of 1812.

In 1980-81, 43 babies died at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children from a supposed digoxin overdose. Gavin Hamilton's research shows that a toxin found in natural rubber might well have been the culprit in the babies' deaths. He clearly demonstrates that explanations other than serial murder account for the cluster of infant deaths.

The city of Victoria, British Columbia, is a time capsule of Victorian and Edwardian buildings. This book examines some of the architectural plans that were proposed but rejected and lets the reader decide which projects should have been built.

Nina, a bitterly self-proclaimed "welfare queen," leads her neighbors on a community-improvement pool-fixing campaign that doesn't work. The only way Nina can think to make amends is by robbing a bank, and she isn't very good at it.

From video games to the Internet, technology is having a profound effect on today's boys. Author Michael Reist writes from the front lines. As a classroom teacher for more than 30 years and the father of three boys, he is in an ideal position to provide practical advice on how to communicate with boys and how to identify their problems.

A hilarious fairytale for adults facing a complicated world.

What begins as research into the life of a Boer War veteran who died in the First World War expands to touch on many significant personalities and events in Canadian history.

Nurturing Yesterdays Child, an illustrated history of the care of children, will inform you and touch your heart.

Douglass standing as the "father of medicare" and the first leader of the federal New Democratic Party earned him the title of "Greatest Canadian," as voted by CBC-TV viewers in 2004.

From a daring swim off the Channel Island of Guernsey to saving Upper Canada in the War of 1812, Isaac Brocks life was one adventure after another.

Peter Jailall, teacher, storyteller, and poet, expresses great passion for the English language and for the quality of life of all Canadians.

Little Dwayne grew up in rural Jamaica. When Canadians visited his school and a tall white man with a white beard got off the bus, Dwayne just knew this was Santa Claus.

Like his earlier book, Woman By the Shore, it is rather like an album of snapshots to leaf through.