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  • Inheriting a Canoe Paddle

    The Canoe in Discourses of English-Canadian Nationalism

    by Misao Dean ...
    Series series Cultural Spaces
    If the canoe is a symbol of Canada, what kind of Canada does it symbolize? Inheriting a Canoe Paddle looks at how the canoe has come to symbolize love of Canada for non-aboriginal Canadians and provides a critique of this identification’s unintended consequences for First Nations. Written with an engaging, personal style, it is both a scholarly examination and a personal reflection, delving into ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Imperialist

    by Sara Jeannette Duncan ...
    Set in the fictional Ontario town of Elgin at the beginning of the twentieth century, this 1904 novel was in its own time addressed largely to British readers. It has since become a Canadian classic, beloved for its ironic and dryly humorous portrait of small-town life. But The Imperialist is also a fascinating representation of race, gender, and nationalism in Britain’s “settler colonies.” This ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Greening the Maple

    Canadian Ecocriticism in Context

    by Northrop Frye, Margaret Atwood, Rosemary Sullivan, Sherrill E. Grace, Heather Murray, D.M.R. Bentley, Laurie Ricou, Linda Hutcheon, Gabriele Helms, Susie O'Brien, Jenny Kerber, Catriona Sandilands, Cheryl Lousley, Linda Morra, Stephanie Posthumus, Elise Salaun, Rita Wong, Misao Dean, Carrie Dawson, Pamela Banting, Adam Dickinson, Travis V. Mason, Nelson Gray ...
    Series Book 7 - Energy, Ecology and the Environment
    Ecocriticism can be described in very general terms as the investigation of the many ways in which culture and the environment are interrelated and conceptualized. Ecocriticism aspires to understand and often to celebrate the natural world, yet it does so indirectly by focusing primarily on written texts. Hailed as one of the most timely and provocative developments in literary and cultural ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

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  • From Workhouse To Westminster - The Life Story Of Will Crooks, M.P.

    by George Haw ...
    A fascinating biography of a man who came from the poorest class in 19th century London, who rose up through society and became the first working class Mayor of London. ... Read more

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  • The Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911-17

    by Rebecca West ...

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  • Sir John A.

    An Anecdotal Life of Sir John A. Macdonald

    Edited by Cynthia M. Smith, Jack McLeod ...
    This is the man behind the legend. Lively and revealing anecdotes about Sir John A.s political and parliamentary life are set against stories of his private joys and sorrows. Stories of patronage, of political campaigns, of loyal supporters and bitter opponents take readers through many of the major events of nineteenth-century Canada, from the building of the cpr to the Riel Rebellions, only to ... Read more

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  • The Imperialist

    by Sara Jeannette Duncan ...
    Series series New Canadian Library
    Sara Jeannette Duncan’s classic portrait of a turn-of-the-century Ontario town, The Imperialist captures the spirit of an emergent nation through the example of two young dreamers. Impassioned by “the Imperialist idea,” Lorne Murchison rests his bid for office on his vision of a rejuvenated British Empire. His sister Advena betrays a kindred attraction to the high-flown ideals in her love for an ... Read more

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  • An Autobiography

    by Catherine Helen Spence ...
    Sitting down at the age of eighty-four to give an account of my life, I feel that it connects itself naturally with the growth and development of the province of South Australia, to which I came with my family in the year 1839, before it was quite three years old. But there is much truth in Wordsworth's line, "the child is father of the man," and no less is the mOther of the woman; and I must go ... Read more

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  • Far from a Low Gutter Girl

    The forgotten world of state wards, South Australia, 1887-1940

    by Margaret Barbalet ...
    Series Book 32 - Untapped
    Drawing on the letters of girls who were made state wards, acclaimed writer and historian Margaret Barbalet’s Far From a Low Gutter Girl reveals the real world of Australian domestic servants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, amplifying their voices for the first time.Far from a Low Gutter Girl was first published to critical acclaim in 1983. In addition to non-fiction, ... Read more

    $8.44 USD

  • My Discovery of England

    by Stephen Leacock ...
    "My Discovery of England" by Stephen Leacock is a delightful exploration of the author's experiences and observations during his travels in England. Leacock, known for his wit and humor, captures the essence of English culture, society, and landscapes through his unique lens. His narrative is filled with amusing anecdotes and insightful commentary, making it not just a travelogue but also a ... Read more

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  • Doctor Barnardo

    Champion of Victorian Children

    by Martin Levy ...
    Born in Dublin in 1845, Thomas John Barnardo was a workaholic Irishman whose non-stop efforts in the cause of children’s welfare landed him in an early grave at the age of sixty. However, in his own area of work it’s fair to say he changed Britain forever, as much as any one man can. Much of modern child welfare started with him. Martin Levy digs into the filth and rot of what was the world’s ... Read more

    $8.99 USD