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Of all the celebrities who served their country during World War II-and they were legion-Jimmy Stewart was unique.

Queen Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort, had nine children who, despite their very different characters remained a close-knit family.

Since Tudor times Richard III has been painted as the "black legend," the murderous uncle-however, the truth is much more complicated and interesting.

Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema's childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the

Sans masque fait la chronique des expériences exceptionnelles de Truda Rosenberg, une jeune Juive qui a vécu pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale.

À la fois témoin et acteur des grandes transformations socio-identitaires qui ont marqué l'Ontario français depuis la fin des années 1960, Gaétan Gervais est aussi connu à titre de créateur du drap

To chart the inspiring journey of Pierre Jeanniot is to trace the remarkable development of the air transport industry.

Born into poverty in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Ruey Yu overcame near-starvation during the Second World War.

Born in the Ukraine in 1896, and settling in Montreal in 1910, Segal became one of the first Yiddish writers in Canada.

This volume explores and contextualizes the contributions of Gilles Paquet as a social scientist.

<p>The Modern Language Association (MLA) awarded the Lois Roth Award to John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski of the University of Ottawa&rsquo;s Slavic Research Group for their transl

A quixotic figure, Vasile Avramenko (1895-1981) used folk culture and modern media in a life-long crusade to promote Ukraine’s struggle for independence to North American audiences.

What force of will and circumstance drove a woman from a comfortable life painting china tea services to one of hardship and loneliness in the battle zones of France and Belgium following the Great

A compelling, harrowing, but ultimately uplifting story of resilience and self-discovery. "A Two-Spirit Journey" is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree lesbian.

In the first part of the twentieth century few women in western Canada had careers as artists—Pauline Boutal had three: 23 years as a fashion illustrator for the Eaton’s catalogue for the graphic d