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"Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives"

"Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives"

editorial coordination by Jason Schoonover
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In Adventurous Dreams, Adventurous Lives, 120 outstanding individuals representing a who''s who of international exploration recall the indelible moment in their youth when the dream that launched their remarkable lives was born. As they recount the turning points to fulfilling those dreams - often overcoming enormous physical, emotional or other o …

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"C" Force to Hong Kong

"C" Force to Hong Kong

A Canadian Catastrophe
edition:Hardcover
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This is the story of a "no military risk" campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a number of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British War Office. Were the British duplicitous in making this request? Was Canadian Chief of the Ge …

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"Energy of Slaves, The"

"Energy of Slaves, The"

Oil and the New Servitude
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A radical analysis of our master-and-slave relationship to energy and a call for change.

Ancient civilizations routinely relied on shackled human muscle. It took the energy of slaves to plant crops, clothe emperors, and build cities. In the early nineteenth century, the slave trade became one of the most profitable enterprises on the planet, and sl …

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"Frozen in Time, 3rd Ed."

"Frozen in Time, 3rd Ed."

The Fate of the Franklin Expedition
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In its revised form, Frozen in Time updates the research outlined in the original edition and introduces independent confirmation of Dr. Beattie's lead hypothesis, along with new information about his discovery of physical evidence for both scurvy and cannibalism.

The new edition includes never-before-seen photographs from the exhumations on Beeche …

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"Geography of Blood, A"

"Geography of Blood, A"

Unearthing Memory from a Prairie Landscape
edition:Hardcover
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A Globe and Mail top 100 book of 2012

Winner of the Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction

A bestselling author embarks on a profound and dramatic journey through the eloquent landscape of southwestern Saskatchewan.

When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, she has no idea what awaits her. At f …

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"Just Mary"

"Just Mary"

The Life of Mary Evelyn Grannan
edition:Hardcover
also available: eBook
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Just Mary and Maggie Muggins are names that will arouse memories in those who grew up with CBC radio and television in the 1940s and 1950s. The creator of these and other children's shows, former Fredericton schoolteacher Mary Grannan, became a radio star when she hit the national airwaves in 1939, her popularity peaking when Maggie Muggins moved t …

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