Canada

When 38 jetliners bound for the US were forced to land at Gander International Airport on September 11, the population of this small town swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000....

A thrilling new account of the engineering triumph that created a nation....

You might think you know a lot about Canada - especially if you happen to live in North America. But in truth, it’s surprising how little most of us know about Canadian history. Even though Canada is just across the border from the United States, Canada tends to get overshadowed....

The Curse of Oak Island is a fascinating account of the strange, rich history of the island and the intrepid treasure hunters who have driven themselves to financial ruin, psychotic breakdowns, and even death in pursuit of answers....

A mesmerizing odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, and the rich history it reveals....

One of the inspirations for the smash hit Broadway musical Come from Away, Channel of Peace is an unforgettable memoir of the extraordinary kindness afforded to passengers whose flights were rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland, on September 11, 2001....

The enthralling and often harrowing history of the adventurers who searched for the Northwest Passage, the holy grail of 19th-century British exploration....

Legends, questions and theories abound about Oak Island, Nova Scotia, and tales of buried treasure there. For more than two centuries, the island has been studied, searched, probed and cursed all the while failing to give up its secrets....

In less than six hours in August 1942, nearly 1,000 British, Canadian, and American commandos died in the French port of Dieppe in an operation that, for decades, seemed to have no real purpose....

This audiobook explores the deep past and examines the latest knowledge on bison anatomy and physiology, how bison responded to climate change....

Written by a team of experts, this book offers a detailed exploration of Canada's past from pre-colonial times to the present day....

Like thousands of Aboriginal children, Xatsu'll chief Bev Sellars spent part of her childhood as a student in a church-run residential school....

Are you familiar with the terms listed above? In Indigenous Writes, Chelsea Vowel, legal scholar, teacher, and intellectual, opens an important dialogue about the concepts and the wider social beliefs associated with the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada.....

Based on a viral article, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act is the essential guide to understanding the Canadian legal document and its repercussion on generations of Indigenous peoples, written by a leading cultural sensitivity trainer....

The riveting true story of one of Canada’s worst mining disasters, Blood on the Coal is told in the voices of the men who survived it.

Canada is a land renowned for its stunning beauty and abundant natural resources but is rarely considered to have a particularly captivating history. Its people, stereotyped as polite and friendly, are seldom viewed as they are: the products of an intricate and complex struggle....

Justin Trudeau has spent his life in the public eye. From the moment he was born, the first son of an iconic prime minister and his young wife, Canadians have witnessed the highs and the lows....

Drawing on more than 60 interviews with survivors, hundreds of case files from Jewish Immigrant Aid Services, and other archival documents, The Montreal Shtetl presents a portrait of the daily struggles of Holocaust survivors who settled in Montreal.

A family of three tied up, each with a gun to their head. A petrified daughter tortured and forced to listen to her parents being shot in cold blood. Was this a home invasion? Or something else more sinister, a deadly betrayal? Find out....

Canada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism....

The French and Indian War was the world's first truly global conflict....

Between 1896 and 1899, thousands of people lured by gold braved a grueling journey into the remote wilderness of North America....

A quarter-Canadian from Cleveland explores his roots - and melts your face with joy....

Canada is known all over the world due to its undying commitment to multiculturalism and its social and ethnic diversity....

There is a missing chapter in the narrative of Canada’s Indigenous peoples - the story of the Métis Nation, a new Indigenous people descended from both First Nations and Europeans....