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The map of Canada reveals a rich tapestry of place names that provides much insights into our nation's history. Anyone browsing through this book will learn a great deal about the cultural and social development of the country, and the political issues and attitudes that shaped it. Throughout the book you will find evidence of the country's varied linguistic and folk heritage in such place names as Port aux Basques and Cobequid, the Miramichi and Green Gables, Sept IIes and Sorel, HaHa Bay and the Gatineau, Glencoe and Mississauga, Niagara and Fergus, Gimli and Flin Flon, Swift Current and Esterhazy, Whiskey Gap and Drumheller, Uranium City and Axel Heiberg Island, Kelowna and Nanaimo. Based...
Explore the lives of 83 of the most talented children's authors writing today. Told in the authors' own words, these lively biographies describe the creative process, and offer advice to today's young writers. Learn how they crate wonderful books, where they get their ideas, what their desks look like, and what their favourite books were when they were growing up.
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In this two-book bundle, Alan Bowker sheds new light on two subjects with a surprising connection: the great Canadian writer Stephen Leacock and the rise of Canada on the world stage, which Leacock profiled with keen wit and observational skill. With Bowker as your guide, explore what it was really like to live through the great upheaval that pushed Canada to come into its own on the world stage. A Time Such as There Never Was Before Ottawa Book Award 2015 — Shortlisted The years after World War I were among the most tumultuous in Canadian history: a period of unremitting change, drama, and conflict. They were, in the words of Stephen Leacock, “a time such as there never was before.” T...