Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada    3. Criminals    4. General    5. Hamilton    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Ontario    10. Organized crime    11. Perri, Rocco,    12. Prohibition    13. b. 1887    14. History / General    15. Offenders   

Subjects:  1. 1917-    2. Biography    3. Canada - General    4. History - General History    5. Ontario    6. Political History    7. Prime ministers    8. Robarts, John P.,    9. History    10. Political structure & processes    11. Robarts, John P   

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An amazing journey into the past...
As a child of the seventies, I know not of the turbulent times that so many lived through during the War.To hear in Hanna'sown words the pain of discrimination, and being labelled as subhuman, and to hear the sadness, fear and longing for her true love Hans (who she can no longer associate with as he is a Christian, she a Jewish descendant)...to hear these things in her own words from that time, transported me to that time in history.I almost felt as if I was there, sharing in her pain and not knowing the uncertain future...even though I knew what history had brought, and I was indeed using my will and hope for it not to happen (even though I knew War would be there, as well as the persecution of so many innocent people).I wished I could erase history...but from reading this story, I hope many people will learn from it.I learned that strength and faith, can see us through many hard times.Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Canada    6. Czechoslovakia    7. Diaries    8. Historical - Holocaust    9. Holocaust    10. Jewish Holocaust Personal Narratives    11. Refugees    12. Refugees, Jewish    13. Spencer, Hanna    14. Western Europe - General    15. Western Europe - History    16. Women    17. World War, 1939-1945    18. Biography: historical    19. Biography: political    20. England    21. Former Czechoslovakia    22. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    23. Jewish studies    24. Other prose: from c 1900 -    25. Second World War, 1939-1945    26. The Holocaust    27. Women's studies    28. World history: from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. 1854-1933    2. 19th century    3. 20th century    4. Architects    5. Architecture    6. Art & Art Instruction    7. Biography    8. Canada    9. General    10. Individual Architects Of The 20th Century    11. Lennox, Edward James,    12. Ontario    13. Toronto    14. Architecture / General    15. Individual architects    16. Lennox, Edward James   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. British Columbia    3. Canada - General    4. History    5. History: World    6. North American    7. Truck drivers    8. Truck driving    9. Trucking   

Subjects:  1. Bataillon canadien-français, 22e    2. Biographies    3. Canada    4. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918    5. Lapointe, A.-J    6. Militaires    7. Québec (Province)    8. Récits personnels canadiens   

Subjects:  1. 1924-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Canada    7. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    8. General    9. Potvin, Louis,    10. Prairie Provinces    11. Radio broadcasters    12. Biography & Autobiography / General    13. Biography: general    14. History-Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    15. Potvin, Louis    16. nature    17. environment    18. broadcasting   

Subjects:  1. (Robert William),    2. 1874-1958    3. 20th century    4. Authors, Canadian    5. Authors, Scottish    6. Biography    7. Biography/Autobiography    8. In literature    9. Klondike River Valley (Yukon)    10. Service, Robert W    11. Service, Robert W.   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada    3. Fillmore, Roscoe A    4. History    5. Politicians    6. Socialism    7. Socialists   

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My Heart on the Yukon River is a a carefree romp
My Heart on the Yukon River is more than a collection of black and white portraits of people who live in remote places: It's the story of a woman who knew what she wanted out of life and had thecourage to go after it.... In nearly every photograph, people are leaughing or smiling. No one seems to be taking themselves too seriously. Yet, Dykstra affords each person a sense of dignity. In one photograph of a woman, Suzanne Picot from Whitehorse, she poses in front of her car- painted to look like a car. Picot, who reveals in her interview that she's in love with a man who grew up on a dairy farm, is dressed like a dairy cow. She wears a black and white spotted jump suit, complete with rubber udders, horns and a cowbell necklace. Oddly, she doesn't look ridiculous. She just looks happy.For 2,000 miles, Dykstra remains optimistic and never stoops to exploit poverty, lonliness or human tragedy.... Dykstra's images are visually interesting and her text is a pleaure to read.... My Heart on the Yukon River is a a carefree romp- a lighthearted journal of a road trip Lorrie Blair for Hour Magazine ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada    3. Collections Of Photographs    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    5. Essays & Travelogues    6. Photo Essays    7. Photography    8. Pictorial works    9. Social conditions    10. Travel - Foreign    11. Travelers    12. Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)    13. Yukon River Valley (Yukon and    14. Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)   

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Best Book I Have Ever Read
This book really got me the knowledge that I needed about my family since I am a descendant of Sam and Jane Livington. It was a part of me that I never knew was missing. Each year in August, there is a family reunion of the Livingstons and Howse's, held at Fort Victoria, just south of present day Smokey Lake, Alberta. I went last year and got the chance to meet more of my unknown relatives. Since, I have really gotten into my family genealogy and have found out alot of my family past that dates back to the early 1700 when the family came from England to Canada. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Canada - General    4. General    5. History - General History    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mâetis women    8. Pioneers    9. Prairie Provinces    10. Women pioneers    11. Fiction / General    12. Livingston, Jane    13. Ouvrages pour la jeunesse   

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I understand how Nowlan held office for forty years.
Conrad's book is not a political biography, but a history of politics in Nova Scotia and Canada.Accordingly one can learn about more than the life of George Nowlan, federal finance minister and long time member ofparliament from the Annapolis Valley. Nowlan's son also represented theNova Scotia riding but without his father's success or longevity. Thedetails of local organization and party machinery are as interesting andrevealing as the larger picture of Nowlan's part in national politics.Political history is shown to be a result and part of the social context. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1898-1965    2. Biography    3. Canada    4. Nowlan, George Clyde,    5. Political History    6. Politics - Current Events    7. Public Affairs & Administration    8. Statesmen    9. History    10. Nowlan, George Clyde    11. Political structure & processes   

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. General   

Subjects:  1. (Richard Bedford),    2. 1870-1947    3. Alberta    4. Bennett, R. B    5. Biography    6. Biography / Autobiography    7. Canada    8. Executive Bodies    9. General    10. History: World    11. Politicians    12. Prime ministers    13. History / Canada    14. Political structure & processes   

Subjects:  1. 1734-1794    2. 18th century    3. Biography    4. Canada - Pre-Confederation (to 1867)    5. History    6. History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. Mesplet, Fleury,    10. Modern - 18th Century    11. Political    12. Printers    13. Publishers and publishing    14. Quebec (Province)    15. Quâebec (Province)    16. United States - Colonial Period    17. Mesplet, Fleury   

Subjects:  1. Biography & Autobiography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Canada - General    5. Literary   

Subjects:  1. Fiction    2. Westerns    3. Westerns - General    4. Biography: general    5. Canada   

Subjects:  1. 1821-1867    2. Biography    3. Canada    4. Description and travel    5. Frontier and pioneer life    6. McDougall, John    7. Northwest, Canadian    8. Pioneers   

Subjects:  1. Acquittals    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. Canada    4. Judicial error    5. Milgaard, David    6. Milgaard, Joyce    7. Murder    8. Saskatchewan    9. Saskatoon    10. Biography & Autobiography / General   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Canada    3. Canada, Western    4. Guttman, Irving    5. Opera    6. Opera producers and directors