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This illustrated history of Ottawa traces the city's development from the days when Bytown was a lumber village to its emergence as Canada's capital and fourth-largest urban area.

During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr. George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats.

Francis Simcoe was the eldest son of John Graves Simcoe and Elizabeth Gwillim.

First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada's contribution to the Second World War and of the war's effect on Canada's evolution.

This meticulously researched book traces the development of airborne forces from their earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War.

Patterns of the Past has been published to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Ontario Historical Society.

In the fall of 1956, the world was on the brink of war. Egyptian President Gamel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, and Britain, France, and Israel attacked him.

A mood of anger with the political system has been stirring across Canada; yet rather than turning away from the system, many Canadians are actually seeking a greater say in matters that affect the

An ordinary person, Katharine Brennan calls herself.

High gas prices aren’t the end of the world- but they may be the beginning of the end.

When The Ph.D. Trap was first published in 1987, it hit academe like a bombshell.

Is a famous queen of Britain really bured beneath platform 10 at King's Cross station in London? What is the telephone number of the National Theatre?

Poisoned Chalice chronicles the fateful end of the federal Progressive Conservative government in Ottawa.

For millennia, the land now called Turkey has been at the crossroads of history.

Posted to Canada examines, for the first time, the immense body of work created by George Dartnell, a British army surgeon stationed in Canada from 1835 to 1844.