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The invasion attempt on Upper Canada by a new and vastly improved American army in the first six months of 1814.

In 1987, skeletal remains were encountered during excavation just west of Old Fort Erie, in Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula.

The story of African Canadians who fled slavery in the United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces during the American Civil War.

A harrowing tale of human intelligence pitted against the forces of nature.

A vibrant, richly illustrated commemorative book celebrating the first 30 years of Roy Thomson Hall, one of Canada’s most famous performance venues.

Stories of the evolution of Willowdale from its earliest acquisition of land to today’s urban environment. In 1855, Willowdale’s post office opened in Jacob Cummer’s store on Yonge Street.

In the Shadow of the Pole explains how the Arctic came to be part of Canada.

Historian Gavin K. Watt offers a fresh interpretation of the 1775 Invasion of Canada.

Startling new revelations about collaboration between the Allies and the German Secret Service.

The story of the bold voyage of HMS Investigator and the modern-day discovery of its wreck by Parks Canada’s underwater archaeologists.

A unique retelling of WWII’s most dramatic escape, told through first-hand recollections of the soldiers who experienced it.

In this 60th anniversary edition is Ted Barris’ telling of the unique story of Canada’s largest World War II expenditure – $1.75 billion in a Commonwealth-wide training scheme, based in Canada that

A high-flying, action-packed tale for readers of all ages about the adventurous life of a Canadian icon.

Between 1950 and 1953, nearly 30,000 Canadian volunteers joined the effort to contain communist incursions into South Korea and support the fledgling United Nations.

National Bestseller At the height of the First World War, on Easter Monday April 9, 1917, in early morning sleet, sixteen battalions of the Canadian Corps rose along a six-kilometre line of trenche