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Follow the evolution of the rail legacy of the Canadian Prairies from the arrival of the first engine on a barge to today’s realities.

New Brunswick’s enormous timber trade attracted the first wave of Scots in the late 18th century.

This is a long-awaited history of one of Metro Toronto's most historic churches, St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Scarborough, founded in 1818.

When Marjorie’s daughter began exploring archival records involving Britain’s child-migration program, a home-child saga emerged.

A compelling look at tobacco’s uses and abuses from its Native origins to today’s controversies.

The essence of a vibrant, growing, and changing Calgary is captured over the life of its development.

When Alice M. Kilgour donated her family farm to the City of Toronto in 1928, intending it for use as a public park, no one could have imagined what lay ahead.

A collection of the best journalism from Canada’s wars, from the time of the Vikings to the war in Afghanistan.

A celebration in medals of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years as our monarch.

The second book in a series that is the definitive retelling of the War of 1812.

The first comprehensive biography of Canada’s third-highest- scoring ace in the First World War. Ever wondered what it would be like to fly a biplane or triplane in the First World War?

2014 Forest of Reading, White Pine Award — Winner, Nonfiction The true story of how a young Québécois nun ended up a prisoner of war in Buchenwald and how her daughter discovered her secrets.

Mike Filey brings Toronto’s history and the stories of its people and places to life.

The third in a series of unique surveys of the battles in the War of 1812. In April 1813 the Americans launched a new campaign to conquer Upper Canada, after their failure to do so in 1812.

Until now the story of this trail, its beginnings, its purpose, and its significant place in Ontario’s history, has been poorly defined.