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Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 by : Julie H. Ferguson
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 written by Julie H. Ferguson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 2012 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer Robertson Davies; and early movie star Mary Pickford. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25 by : Julie H. Ferguson
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25 written by Julie H. Ferguson and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: firebrand Metis leader Louis Riel; landscape painter James Wilson Morrice; Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson; revered novelist Robertson Davies; and the “Father of British Columbia,” James Douglas. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–5 by : Vladimir Konieczny
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–5 written by Vladimir Konieczny and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; and honest Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who led Canada in the late fifties and early sixties. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–20 by : lian goodall
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–20 written by lian goodall and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 1836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bundle of titles in the Quest Biography series entertainingly presents a variety of influential Canadian lives that have shaped the future of a nation and often of the world. In this volume we find politicians, explorers, famous authors, a humanitarian, and a filmmaker.
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 16–20 by : Marguerite Paulin
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 16–20 written by Marguerite Paulin and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bundle of titles in the Quest Biography series entertainingly presents a variety of influential Canadian lives. In this volume we find longtime Quebec premier Maurice Duplessis, explorer David Thompson, novelists Mazo de la Roche and Gabrielle Roy, and pioneer writer Susanna Moodie.
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10 by : Vladimir Konieczny
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10 written by Vladimir Konieczny and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 1329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel by :
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer Robertson Davies; and early movie star Mary Pickford. IncludesLouis RielJames Wilson MorriceVilhjalmur StefanssonRobertson DaviesJames DouglasWilliam C. Van HorneGeorge SimpsonTom ThomsonSimon GirtyMary Pickford.
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 6–10 by : Judith Fitzgerald
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 6–10 written by Judith Fitzgerald and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; influential Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–15 by : lian goodall
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–15 written by lian goodall and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bundle of titles in the Quest Biography series entertainingly presents a variety of influential Canadian lives. In this volume we find Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Quebec premier Réne Lévesque, explorer Samuel de Champlain, documentarian John Grierson, and humanitarian surgeon Lucille Teasdale.
Book Synopsis Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 31–35 by : Rosemary Sadlier
Download or read book Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 31–35 written by Rosemary Sadlier and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 1112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: legendary Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman; Laura Secord, heroine of the War of 1812; Newfoundland politician Joey Smallwood, the final Father of Confederation; Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, the primary founder of Canada; and onetime governor general Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, an important figure in Canada’s early development. Includes Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald
Book Synopsis Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle by : Judith Fitzgerald
Download or read book Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle written by Judith Fitzgerald and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 4704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of these figures are truly famous, while others were quietly influential. Among the wide variety of people we meet are: prime ministers (Mackenzie King, Macdonald, Laurier, and more); artists (Emily Carr, Tom Thomson); explorers (David Thompson, Samuel de Champlain), politicians (René Lévesque, Joey Smallwood), writers (Robertson Davies, Gabrielle Roy), entertainers (Emma Albani, Mary Pickford), activists (Nellie McClung, Louis Riel, Harriet Tubman), and many, many more. Let this series be your primer on the greatest figures in Canadian history. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier William Lyon Mackenzie King René Lévesque Samuel de Champlain John Grierson Lucille Teasdale Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald Marshall McLuhan
Download or read book Don Quixote written by Carroll B. Johnson and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2000-07-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its publication in the early seventeenth century, Don Quixote has become a classic of world literature, and its hero a symbol of romantic aspiration and absurdity. Even today, Cervantess mad knight continues to reach out and hook readers psyches. Don Quixote is the story of a verisimilar literary character, whose rich and conflicted inner life and encounters with the world around him became the prototype for the modern novel from Tom Jones to Lolita. Johnson situates the Quixote within its relevant historical and cultural context, including the uniquely Spanish form of the general European dialectic of Old versus New. The mad heros encounters with the world expose the shaky foundations of that conflictive society. Don Quixote was a revolutionary ideological statement in its own time, and has proved to be a revolutionary literary statement for all time. Johnson shows how Cervantes challenges the official poetics of the late sixteenth century, and simultaneously anticipates virtually every aspect of the trendiest theorizing of the late twentieth century.
Book Synopsis Strangers at Our Gates by : Valerie Knowles
Download or read book Strangers at Our Gates written by Valerie Knowles and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-03-30 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immigrants and immigration have always been central to Canadians’ perception of themselves as a country and as a society. In this crisply written history, Valerie Knowles describes the different kinds of immigrants who have settled in Canada, and the immigration policies that have helped to define the character of Canadian immigrants over the centuries. Key policymakers and moulders of public opinion figure prominently in this colourful story, as does the role played by racism. This new and revised edition contains additional material on immigration to Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, sections on the evacuee children of the Second World War and Canadian War Brides, and material relating to significant developments in the immigration and refugee field since 1996. Special attention is paid to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of 2001.
Book Synopsis From Telegrapher to Titan by : Valerie Knowles
Download or read book From Telegrapher to Titan written by Valerie Knowles and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2005 Ottawa Book Award for Non-fiction , the 2005 University of British Columbia Award for Best Canadian Biography, and the Canadian Railroad Historical Association Award for Best Railway Book of the Year. William Van Horne was one of North America’s most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, he became a prominent railway figure in the United States before coming to Canada in 1881 to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. Van Horne pushed through construction of the CPR’s transcontinental line and went on to become company president. He also became one of Canada’s foremost financiers and art collectors, capping his career by opening Cuba’s interior with a railway.
Book Synopsis Laura Secord by : Peggy Dymond Leavey
Download or read book Laura Secord written by Peggy Dymond Leavey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2012-05-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013 Speaker’s Book Award — Shortlisted Laura Secord is now famous for her singular feat of bravery during the War of 1812, but did she warn the British and help defeat the American invaders as her legend says? After dragging her injured husband off the battlefield during the War of 1812, Laura Secord (1775-1868) was forced to house American soldiers for financial support while she nursed him back to health. It was during this time that she overheard the American plan to ambush British troops at Beaver Dams. Through an outstanding act of perseverance and courage in 1813, Laura walked an astonishing 30 kilometers from her home to a British outpost to warn Lieutenant James FitzGibbon. Despite facing rough terrain, the ever-present danger of being caught by American troops, and rather delicate encounters with Native forces, Laura reached FitzGibbon just in time for the British to prepare and execute an ambush on American military nearby, forcing the U.S. general to surrender. Laura lived a very long time, dying at the age of 93. In her lifetime the government never formally recognized her singular feat of bravery, and much controversy still envelopes her legacy.
Download or read book Raven Quest written by Sharon Stewart and published by Carolrhoda Books. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banished! Tok, the best flyer of all the young ravens, faces a terrible fate. Falsely accused of murder, he must leave the Raven Mountains forever. If he ever returns, he will be put to death by those he once called friends and family. Tok’s only hope is to reclaim his honor by completing a quest. Long ago, the ravens lived in partnership with the Grey Lords. Can Tok reunite his kind with these legendary hunters? The quest will take him on a perilous journey into dangers he cannot even imagine... Sharon Stewart was inspired to write Raven Quest when the image of a black raven – riding on the back of a white wolf in a swirling snowstorm – flashed across her mind. The story is also grounded in scientific research about ravens’ long-standing relationship with wolves.
Download or read book Blind Descent written by James M. Tabor and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Heart-stopping and relentlessly gripping. Tabor takes us on an odyssey into unfathomable worlds beneath us, and into the hearts of rare explorers who will do anything to get there first.”—Robert Kurson, author of ShadowDivers In 2004, two great scientist-explorers attempted to find the bottom of the world. American Bill Stone took on the vast, deadly Cheve Cave in southern Mexico. Ukrainian Alexander Klimchouk targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the war-torn former Soviet republic of Georgia. Both men spent months almost two vertical miles deep, contending with thousand-foot drops, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long belly crawls, and the psychological horrors produced by weeks in absolute darkness, beyond all hope of rescue. Based on his unprecedented access to logs and journals as well as hours of personal interviews, James Tabor has crafted a thrilling exploration of man’s timeless urge to discover—and of two extraordinary men whose pursuit of greatness led them to the heights of triumph and the depths of tragedy. Blind Descent is an unforgettable addition to the classic literature of true-life adventure, and a testament to human survival and endurance. “Holds the reader to his seat, containing dangers aplenty with deadly falls, killer microbes, sudden burial, asphyxiation, claustrophobia, anxiety, and hallucinations far underneath the ground in a lightless world. Using a pulse-pounding narrative, this is tense real-life adventure pitting two master cavers mirroring the cold war with very uncommonly high stakes.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A fascinating and informative introduction to the sport of cave diving, as well as a dramatic portrayal of a significant man-vs.-nature conflict. . . . What counts is Tabor’s knack for maximizing dramatic potential, while also managing to be informative and attentive to the major personalities associated with the most important cave explorations of the last two decades.”—Kirkus Reviews Includes a 16-pg black and white insert
