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J. Patrick Boyer
The story of a formidable campaign organization - the Big Blue Machine - that ran a string of successful Progressive Conservative Party campaigns in a several provinces over four decades…
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Robert Boyer was a consummate Canadian, whose long career can be measured by words. An author, journalist, researcher, editor, printer, and public speaker, Boyer’s professional life began at the age…
Quiet Isaac Jelfs led many hard lives, his escape from each wrapped in deep secrecy. In 1869 he reached Toronto and started his new life with his new wife and…
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Rocked by extremely public scandals at the highest levels of power, the Canadian Senate is an institution on the defensive. As the upper chamber starts to look more and more…
Tracing evolution of library service in the Canadian town of Bracebridge, this book provides an example of the universal transformation of books & information technologies & the libraries that house…
A well researched analysis of three national referenda in Canada: prohibition in 1898, conscription in 1942, and the Constitution in 1992.
This richly detailed biography illustrates how a determined Canadian seeking justice created an enduring legacy. Through vigorous battles, Jim McRuer’s passion for justice was translated into laws that daily touch…
World leaders addressing the House of Commons show us Canada through foreign eyes, in light of Canada’s maturing role in world affairs. Foreign Voices in the House gathers, for the…
Direct voting on key issues is a measure of society’s democratic maturity. Forcing choice, says Patrick Boyer, shows that a nation respects the judgment of its people and that its…
J Patrick Boyer draws together new patterns that help explain why Canadians who care deeply about our country nevertheless feel perplexed, angered, and even embarrassed by the way we now…
Mona Winberg
Mona Winberg would never walk and never talk, yet she became a newspaper columnist, advocate, and member of the Order of Canada. Her courage in triumphing over cerebral palsy helped…
Donna E. Williams
A tale of deception and adversity, Hardscrabble tells how unscrupulous politicians, emigration agents, and philanthropists lured impoverished emigrants to farm the Muskoka backwoods in the 1870s. What these new settlers…
Donna M. Ivey
This story of Rene M. Caisse describes her pursuit to obtain official recognition of her herbal cancer remedy, Essiac, her name spelled backwards. Caisse was thrust into a life-long medical-legal-political…
The human stories behind the late-19th-century cases of Magistrate James Boyer in Ontario and Muskoka reveal that Canadian society hasn’t changed much whether it be early road rage, the plight…
A practical, comprehensive manual on the diagnosis and management of hand problems. It presents information in easy-to-scan bullet points, with numerous lists and algorithms.
