General Books


The Concubine's ChildrenThe Concubine's Children
Best Price: $6.43
Received my order quickly, the book was is the advertised condition and I loved the book.
The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, NewfoundlandThe Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Best Price: $7.45
I read this book on the heels of Chris Rose's "1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina." Chris...
Inventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and LiesInventing Niagara: Beauty, Power, and Lies
Best Price: $6.71
Just a short note to let the reader know how much I enjoyed the book about Niagara Falls. I...
The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America (P.S.)The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America (P.S.)
Best Price: $7.08
Borneman's French and Indian War provided me with exactly what I was looking for: a popular...
PANZER GUNNER: From My Native Canada to the German Osfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45PANZER GUNNER: From My Native Canada to the German Osfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th Panzer Division 1944-45
Best Price: $28.94
I found this book to be a very personal account of battles on the Eastern Front of WWII. Whilst...


The Great Depression: 1929-1939The Great Depression: 1929-1939
Best Price: $12.22
Like the rest of the world, Canada experienced great hardship in the 1930s. Unlike our southern...
Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American ContinentGrass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent
Best Price: $5.43
My wife visited the area of Canada described by the book when she was a child, and we plan a...
Hockey: A People's HistoryHockey: A People's History
Best Price: $27.46
Having been a Hockey buff for just over 50 years, I found this volume to be the most...
The Group of Seven and Tom ThomsonThe Group of Seven and Tom Thomson
Best Price: $32.83
I can't really add anything substantive to what the other reviewers have said but wanted to add...
Canadian History for Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))Canadian History for Dummies (For Dummies (History, Biography & Politics))
Best Price: $16.84
I purchased this book by a recommendation from my friend. after reading this book.....its...


A History of Christianity in the United States and CanadaA History of Christianity in the United States and Canada
Best Price: $24.17
This excellent, detailed history shows what was new about Christianity in the New World. It...
Atlantic History: Concept and ContoursAtlantic History: Concept and Contours
Best Price: $11.81
After reading Bailyn's "ATLANTIC HISTORY: Concept and Contours" many of the more...
The Illustrated History of CanadaThe Illustrated History of Canada
Best Price: $20.68
I live on the US side of the Canadian border & have spent months of my life on the Canadian...
Hell or High Water: My Life in and out of PoliticsHell or High Water: My Life in and out of Politics
Best Price: $24.64
Paul Martin was the Prime Minister we never really knew - in this memoir he emerges as a...
The Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure HuntThe Secret Treasure of Oak Island: The Amazing True Story of a Centuries-Old Treasure Hunt
Best Price: $5.66
I corresponded with D'Arcy in Oak Island forums before I found out that he was an author. When...

The Rancher Takes a WifeThe Rancher Takes a Wife
I own originals of Hobson's three books and re-read them every few years. His ability to...
Francis Parkman : France and England in North America : Vol. 1: Pioneers of France in the New World, The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century, La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, The Old Regime in Canada (Library of America)Francis Parkman : France and England in North America : Vol. 1: Pioneers of France in the New World, The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century, La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, The Old Regime in Canada (Library of America)
Best Price: $22.25
Readers have written outstanding reviews of Parkman's great work. I wish to mention a couple of...
Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains Frontier (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Best Price: $8.37
Stegner once again reveals his writing prowess, This time in a self-indulgent adventure to...
The Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island MysteryThe Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar: Solving the Oak Island Mystery
Best Price: $1.99
I grew up in Nova Scotia,not far from Oak Island and have been interested in the mysterious...
The Far Reaches Of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710-1760 (Campaigns and Commanders)The Far Reaches Of Empire: War in Nova Scotia, 1710-1760 (Campaigns and Commanders)
Best Price: $29.84
Award-winning military history author and U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel John Grenier...

Nothing Too Good for a CowboyNothing Too Good for a Cowboy
Best Price: $7.80
This enjoyable and well-written cowboy memoir takes readers to the hinterlands of central...
Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede WrestlingPain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling
Best Price: $12.22
I grew up in the deep south of the United States. Thus, wrestling wise, I grew up on Memphis,...
The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the ArcticThe Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic
Best Price: $8.85
I had never really read anything like this book before, but for some reason the story's unique...
Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944
Best Price: $15.52
Prize-winning author and military historian Mark Zuehlke presents Terrible Victory: First...
Lure of the Labrador Wild (Arctic Adventure)Lure of the Labrador Wild (Arctic Adventure)
Best Price: $4.73
I am an adventure traveler and canoeist, and an avid reader of adventure writing. This story...

The Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered AmericaThe Island of Seven Cities: Where the Chinese Settled When They Discovered America
Best Price: $7.45
Fabled in Spanish lore, antiquity's seven cities of gold are reputed to have launched the...
Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (4th Edition)Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (4th Edition)
Best Price: $60.00
Regional Geography of the United States and Canada (3rd Edition) is a well written text, aimed...
A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American HomelandA Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians from Their American Homeland
Best Price: $6.49
A great book on Acadian history. This book should be required reading in all south Louisiana...
History of Canada, The PenguinHistory of Canada, The Penguin
Best Price: $81.71
Canada possesses a history rich in incident and personality, and in this work, Professor...
Good Time Girls: Of the Alaska/ Yukon Gold RushGood Time Girls: Of the Alaska/ Yukon Gold Rush
Best Price: $6.55
I had to read this for a book club and didn't make it all the way through. I will give credit...

Benedict Arnold's Army: The 1775 American Invasion of Canada During the Revolutionary WarBenedict Arnold's Army: The 1775 American Invasion of Canada During the Revolutionary War
Best Price: $19.99
I purchased this book with a "Ho hum, another book purporting to offer something new on the...
Gold Rush WomenGold Rush Women
Best Price: $4.99
This small book's size belies the wealth of information it contains. The book gives brief (2-5...
Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic ShiftBoom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift
Best Price: $7.50
As a member of Generation-X (that means in 1998 I'm 35...)I find this book puts many things...
The Iroquois (Peoples of America)The Iroquois (Peoples of America)
Best Price: $30.76
This book is a great introduction to the history and ethnography of the Iroquois. It starts with...
Souvenir of CanadaSouvenir of Canada
Best Price: $6.02
You don't read Coupland for content, and you certainly don't read him to understand where he is...

Barren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American ArcticBarren Lands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic
This is a true story, but reads like a novel. It is about the search for diamonds in northern...
The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada (Pictorial History of W. W. II in Alaska & Northwestern Canad)The Forgotten War: A Pictorial History of World War II in Alaska and Northwestern Canada (Pictorial History of W. W. II in Alaska & Northwestern Canad)
Best Price: $16.95
Vimy Ridge 1917: Byng's Canadians Triumph at Arras (Campaign)Vimy Ridge 1917: Byng's Canadians Triumph at Arras (Campaign)
Best Price: $5.45
World War One battles by their static - and horrific - nature are difficult to bring to life,...
Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade (France Overseas: Studies in Empire and D)Making the Voyageur World: Travelers and Traders in the North American Fur Trade (France Overseas: Studies in Empire and D)
Best Price: $25.00
So frequently, those who study history think they will not enjoy learning about western Canada's...
Trails of a Wilderness Wanderer: True Stories from the Western FrontierTrails of a Wilderness Wanderer: True Stories from the Western Frontier
Best Price: $3.95
This book exudes a zest for living I've seldom come across. Written by an...

Notes from The Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia (Modern Library Exploration)Notes from The Century Before: A Journal from British Columbia (Modern Library Exploration)
Best Price: $11.16
This book is the account of noted nature essayist, Edward Hoagland, and his 2+ months spent...
Canada: A UnitCanada: A Unit
Best Price: $6.99
A wealth of information about our neighbors to the north, this resource unit will supplment your...
Empire of the Bay: The Company of Adventurers that Seized a ContinentEmpire of the Bay: The Company of Adventurers that Seized a Continent
Best Price: $58.22
This is a tremendous history. Its scope isn't limited to Canada, but spans 400 years of North...
Great HeartGreat Heart
Best Price: $208.59
I am an adventure traveler and canoeist, and an avid reader of adventure writing. There are a...
Ghost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to Ghost Towns, Mining Camps, and Historic Forts of Oregon, Washington, and British ColumbiaGhost Towns of the Pacific Northwest: Your Guide to Ghost Towns, Mining Camps, and Historic Forts of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia
Best Price: $6.79
I have had an interest in western ghost towns since the late 1960s and have sought out and...

Canadian Art: From Its Beginnings to 2000Canadian Art: From Its Beginnings to 2000
Best Price: $65.50
In a country that can boast nearly 50,000 artists from its prehistoric beginnings to the...
Ivan the TerribleIvan the Terrible
Best Price: $7.03
Biographies are strange business. The author has to assemble lots of potentially disparate, even...
Bobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All TimeBobby Fischer Goes to War: How the Soviets Lost the Most Extraordinary Chess Match of All Time
Best Price: $1.51
"Bobby Fischer Goes to War" revisits the Cold War showdown between Soviet World Chess...
Sable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the AtlanticSable Island: The Strange Origins and Curious History of a Dune Adrift in the Atlantic
Best Price: $2.10
Sable island, something out of a myth, it is thirty miles long and barely a mile wide at points,...
The Maple Syrup BookThe Maple Syrup Book
Best Price: $14.95
We really have to thank our Canadian neighbo(u)rs for this one. I've just done a bit of...

A Brief History of CanadaA Brief History of Canada
Best Price: $2.50
I agree with "Painful." I am so disappointed in this book. Facts, figures, and no...
The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760 (Histories of the American Frontier)The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760 (Histories of the American Frontier)
Best Price: $8.50
"The Canadian Frontier" is an excellent exposition of the story of the interface...
Penguin History of CanadaPenguin History of Canada
Best Price: $12.99
Canada's history, eminent historian Robert Bothwell argues, is more than simply regional or...
The Donnelly Album: The Complete and Authentic Account of Canada's Famous Feuding FamilyThe Donnelly Album: The Complete and Authentic Account of Canada's Famous Feuding Family
Best Price: $3.97
I found the writing convoluted, the storytelling lacked flow, and was left dissatified overall. ...
The Journals of Alexander MacKenzie: Exploring Across Canada in 1789 & 1793The Journals of Alexander MacKenzie: Exploring Across Canada in 1789 & 1793
Best Price: $14.58
if you like reading that kind of stuff for a page an a half - interrupted by the description of...

The Old Way North: Following the Oberholtzer-Magee ExpeditionThe Old Way North: Following the Oberholtzer-Magee Expedition
Best Price: $17.51
In the spring of 1912, Ojibwe guide Billy Magee received a letter from future conservationist...
    
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