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Should be required reading for all Canadian youth.
Should be required reading for all Canadian youth. As someone who began teaching in the Peace River District many years ago, I can state that the descriptions are very accurate, not only of the country, but of the people and circumstances. The best book I have read this decade. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1904-    2. Canada - History -Early 20th Century    3. Correspondence    4. Frontier and pioneer life    5. History Of Medicine    6. History: World    7. Jackson, Mary Percy,    8. Missions, Medical    9. Peace River Region (B.C. and A    10. Peace River Region (B.C. and Alta.)    11. Pioneers    12. Biography: historical    13. Canada    14. Jackson, Mary Percy    15. World history: from c 1900 -   

Subjects:  1. 1909-1957    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. British Columbia    5. English Canadian Prose    6. General    7. Homes and haunts    8. Lowry, Malcolm,    9. Vancouver    10. Lowry, Malcolm   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. General    6. History / Native American    7. Indians of North America    8. Personal Memoirs    9. Saskatchewan    10. Social Science / Native American Studies    11. Canada, Western    12. Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies    13. History    14. Native American    15. Native Peoples    16. Social Science   

Subjects:  1. Air pilots    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. British Columbia    7. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    8. Cariboo (Regional District)    9. Historical - General    10. Literary    11. Pioneers   

Subjects:  1. 1952-    2. Alberta    3. Biography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Canadian    6. Description and travel    7. English Canadian Prose    8. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump P    9. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Provincial Park (Alta.)    10. Literary    11. Literary Criticism    12. Literature: Classics    13. Moir, Rita,    14. Women    15. Women Authors    16. Journeys    17. Moir, Rita   

Subjects:  1. 1834-1906    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Bishops    7. Bompas, William Carpenter,    8. Canada    9. Canada, Northern    10. Church of England    11. General    12. Indians of North America    13. Missionaries    14. Missions    15. Personal Memoirs    16. Religion: general   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. British Columbia    5. Canada - General    6. Female friendship    7. Frontier and pioneer life    8. Specific Groups - Special Needs    9. Stewart Region    10. Women with mental disabilities    11. Amis et relations    12. Friends and associates    13. Kawatski, Deanna   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Alberta    3. Biography    4. Printmakers    5. Prints, Canadian   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. British Columbia    6. Canada - General    7. Canada - History - 1760-1899    8. Cree Indians    9. Ethnic Cultures - Native Americans    10. General    11. Golden    12. Hughes, James,    13. Murder - General    14. Mâetis    15. Native Americans - History    16. Trials (Murder)    17. Trials, litigation, etc    18. fl. 1842-1899    19. Death and burial    20. Hughes, James    21. McCaulay, Adelaide    22. McCaulay, Alexander   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography    3. Biography And Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. British Columbia    6. Canada - General    7. Canada - History    8. Frontier and pioneer life    9. General    10. History - General History    11. Lawyers & Judges    12. Police    13. Local history    14. Social history   

Subjects:  1. Aerial operations, British    2. Airmen    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Campaigns    8. Canada    9. Military    10. Military - Canada    11. Military - World War II    12. Western Front    13. World War, 1939-1945    14. History / Military / Canada    15. World War Two, Second World War, bomber command   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Alberta    3. Authors, Canadian    4. Authors, Scottish    5. Biography    6. Brown, Margaret Gillies    7. Emigration & Immigration    8. Historical - General    9. History - General History    10. Scots    11. Special Interest - Adventure    12. Travel    13. Biography: general    14. Canada    15. Immigration & emigration   

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A remarkable book
This is a remarkable book. It is a primary account of a child's life growing up in Montana and Canada in the early part of the twentieth century. Margaret (Peggy) Bell's life spanned some 94 years, from 1888-1982, and her story is as exciting and troubling as any account one is likely to read, fiction or non-fiction. That the book is edited by Mary Clearman Blew makes it not only highly readable but lends it undeniable credibility.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1888-1982    2. Bell, Margaret,    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. Canada    8. Childhood Memoir    9. Childhood and youth    10. Frontier and pioneer life    11. Historical - General    12. Montana    13. Regional Subjects - West    14. U.S. Local History - Western United States    15. Women    16. Women In The U.S.    17. Women ranchers    18. 20th century    19. Bell, Margaret    20. Biography: general   

Subjects:  1. Artists    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Arts canadiens    4. Arts, Canadian    5. Biography & Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. British Columbia    8. Colombie-Britannique    9. Inspirational    10. Inspirational - General    11. Interviews    12. Okanagan-Similkameen   

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Expert Journalism on Thought
This is a very easy book to read; I hold this out as a virtue since George Grant was a very complicated man. Christian does well to stick to the facts of Grant's life and then when necessary add insight to the scaffolding.There is a human quality present throughout. The all-too-human is nottotally absent; although, it is obvious the author greatly admires Grant,and it is apparent Grant was his ad-hoc tutor, friend and dinner guest onmany occasions. The fruits of this familiarity are gossipy tidbits aboutGrant's dinner with Leo Strauss and Grant's squabbles with Fulton Andersonof the University of Toronto, among other stories. This biography can serveas an introduction to many of Grant's philosophical inspirations- SimoneWeil, Martin Heidegger, and Leo Strauss- as well as documenting animportant part of Canada's political and social progress (maybe Grant woulduse a word other than progress) from a colonial state to the fragileposition it now holds in the modern world. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1918-    2. Biography    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Canada    5. Grant, George Parkin,    6. Philosophers    7. Philosophy    8. Social Philosophy    9. Grant, George Parkin    10. Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present    11. Political science & theory    12. Sociology, Social Studies   

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Same old...same old...
I thought this book was more or less a summary of the other three books about Shania that I have read. It did have a few new things that I did not know and the pictures in the book are great, but I wish it wouldn't havebashed her on one page and then prasied her on another. I give it fourstars just because I love Shania and I really would read anything abouther.

it was ok
i think this book was ok, but it was better than the one by dallas williams, and way worse than the one by barbara hager. Could Have Been Better....
I am a come lately fan of Shania's and I was excited when I found the last copy of this at a local bookstore. The book was packaged as having some new and interesting insights on her life and work. Personally, I didn't likeit. It was simply a patchwork collection of old articles and rumors. Hepainted her in contradictory shades of hometown girl and calculatingmegastar. One has a hard time believeing that the woman he writes as beingvery in touch with her roots is also the kind of woman that would fire afaithful friend, by way of Fed Express. I think he should have enlisted thehelp of friends and Shania insiders in compiling his information in thisbook. There are some very nice pictures of Shania, but I think the boastthat they were never before seen photos are also inaccurate. All in all Idon't reccommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. Canada    5. Composers & Musicians - Country & Folk    6. Country And Western Music    7. Country musicians    8. Entertainment & Performing Arts - General    9. Genres & Styles - Country & Bluegrass - General    10. Music    11. Twain, Shania    12. Women    13. Biography: film, television & music    14. Composers & musicians    15. Country & western   

Subjects:  1. 1913-    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. British Columbia    7. Business    8. Businessmen    9. Canada - Post-Confederation (1867-)    10. General    11. Kersey, Morris,    12. Victoria    13. Victoria (B.C.)    14. Biography: general    15. Kersey, Morris   

Subjects:  1. Religion - Roman Catholic    2. Christianity - Theology - Catholic    3. 20th century    4. Biography: general    5. Canada    6. Christian theology    7. Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present    8. Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church   

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography / Autobiography    3. British Columbia    4. Canada - General    5. Criminals    6. General    7. Gordon, Joe,    8. Murderers    9. Police murders    10. True Crime    11. Vancouver    12. d. 1957    13. c 1945 to c 1960   

Subjects:  1. 1871-1945    2. Biography    3. Biography/Autobiography    4. British Columbia in art    5. Canada    6. Carr, Emily,    7. Individual Painters - 20th Century    8. Painters    9. Carr, Emily