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Sea of Glory: The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838–42

Sea of Glory: The Epic South Seas Expedition 1838–42...

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
ISBN: 9780007121168
Format: Paperback
$23.99

The dramatic story of the largest voyage of discovery in the history of the world, this is an astounding tale of...  Read More >>

Tales of the Mountain Men: Seventeen Stories Of Survival, Exploration, And Outdoor Craft

Tales of the Mountain Men: Seventeen Stories Of Survival,...

Author: Lamar Underwood
ISBN: 9781592284238
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Classic stories about the adventurers who explored and settled the West.  Read More >>

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty

The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty...

Author: Caroline Alexander
ISBN: 9780006532460
Format: Paperback
$32.99

The bestselling author of The Endurance reveals the startling truth behind the legend of the Mutiny on the Bounty...  Read More >>

Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt

Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story...

Author: D'Arcy O'Connor
ISBN: 9781592282791
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Still in the Bush

Still in the Bush

Author: Len Beadell
ISBN: 9781864367836
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Len tells of the establishment of the Woomera Rocket Range for the testing of rockets of all sizes including intercontinental...  Read More >>

Livingstone’s Tribe: A Journey from Zanzibar to the Cape

Livingstone’s Tribe: A Journey from Zanzibar to the...

Author: Stephen Taylor
ISBN: 9780006550693
Format: Paperback
$23.99

A personal journey into Africa's past.  Read More >>

From Smoke Signals to Email: Moments in History

From Smoke Signals to Email: Moments in History

Author: Shirley Ann Jordan
ISBN: 9780780793156
Format: Hardback
$47.52

Describes the progress of communication from smoke signals used by early cultures to email and the Internet.  Read More >>

100 Years of Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

100 Years of Ripley's Believe It Or Not!

Author: Ripley
ISBN: 9781529119541
Format: Hardback
$77.63

Celebrate a century of the weird, the eccentric and the amazing with 100 Years of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! From...  Read More >>

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 1891-1900

Dictionary of Canadian Biography, 1891-1900

Author: Francess Halpenny ,  Jean Hamelin
ISBN: 9780802034618
Format: Hardback
$462.00

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Toynbee Reappraisals

Toynbee Reappraisals

Author: C.T. Mcintire ,  Marvin Perry
ISBN: 9781487578732
Format: Paperback
$74.99

Arnold J. Toynbee's voluminous studies of world history embraced every civilization and religion of the past and...  Read More >>

The Imperial Canadian

The Imperial Canadian

Author: Claude Bissell
ISBN: 9781442651968
Format: Paperback
$89.99

Claude Bissell has followed his award-winning book, The Young Vincent Massey, with another superbly written volume...  Read More >>

Sir John Beverley Robinson: Bone and Sinew of the Compact

Sir John Beverley Robinson: Bone and Sinew of the Compact...

Author: Patrick Brode
ISBN: 9780802034199
Format: Paperback
$69.99

In this biography, early Toronto comes alive through the eyes of a powerful man-firm in his beliefs, attractive...  Read More >>

The Young Vincent Massey

The Young Vincent Massey

Author: Claude Bissell
ISBN: 9781442651951
Format: Paperback
$72.99

This is the first of two volumes about one of Canada's best known and least understood figures, Vincent Massey-statesman,...  Read More >>

The French Fictional Journal: Fictional Narcissism/Narcissistic Fiction

The French Fictional Journal: Fictional Narcissism/Narcissistic...

Author: Valerie Raoul
ISBN: 9781487585228
Format: Paperback
$54.99

In this context Raoul discusses more than fifty novels or short stories wholly or partly in diary form and written...  Read More >>

The Polish Memoirs of William John Rose

The Polish Memoirs of William John Rose

Author: Daniel Stone
ISBN: 9781487585457
Format: Paperback
$74.99

Professor Rose's recollections of those parts of his varied and interesting career which deal with Central Europe...  Read More >>

The Renaissance of Canadian History: A Biography of a.L. Burt

The Renaissance of Canadian History: A Biography of...

Author: Lewis H. Thomas
ISBN: 9781487585082
Format: Paperback
$64.99

This book is singularly revealing of Burt's thought, based as it is on his correspondence and published addresses....  Read More >>

Henry Alline: 1748-1784

Henry Alline: 1748-1784

Author: J.M. Bumsted
ISBN: 9781442651852
Format: Paperback
$49.99

To Canadians of this century the name of Henry Alline is almost unknown. This biography introduces him to the general...  Read More >>

Canada's Past and Present: A Dialogue

Canada's Past and Present: A Dialogue

Author: Robert McDougall
ISBN: 9781487579289
Format: Paperback
$54.99

This fifth volume continues the dialogue between the present and the past begun in 1957 in this series of public...  Read More >>

Forests and French Sea Power, 1660-1789

Forests and French Sea Power, 1660-1789

Author: Paul Bamford
ISBN: 9781442651623
Format: Paperback
$72.99

Mr. Bamford has provided the first monograph in the English language on discovering what forest resources were available...  Read More >>

Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend

Slumach's Gold: In Search of a Legend

Author: Brian Antonson ,  Mary Trainer
ISBN: 9781772035186
Format: Paperback
$59.99

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The Women Are Not Fine: The Dark History of a Poisonous Sisterhood

The Women Are Not Fine: The Dark History of a Poisonous...

Author: Hope Reese
ISBN: 9781840918410
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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Stasiland: from the Miles Franklin Prize-winning author of All That I Am

Stasiland: from the Miles Franklin Prize-winning author...

Author: Anna Funder
ISBN: 9781761343681
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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Homicidio

Homicidio

Author: David Simon ,  Andres Silva
ISBN: 9788418216909
Format: Paperback
$73.79

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Raising the Poisoned Dead

Raising the Poisoned Dead

Author: Malcolm Moyes
ISBN: 9781836281269
Format: Paperback
$28.44

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