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Fifty-Two Sundays: From the Pulpit of the Padre is a response to the many requests for copies of David Rowland's sermons and addresses. Selecting has not been an easy task.

"This is the story of a man and his owl. But what a man and what an owl!

From drawing rooms of Victorian Britain to Ontario kitchens, rituals of afternoon tea have always delighted.

Musical-instrument manufacturing was one of the few areas in which Canada was able to compete with the United States and England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This book in itself is testimony to transition in the affairs of the north circumpolar region. Written in 1988 and updated in 1990, the papers assembled here have been overtaken by events.

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

Alice Munro, recipient of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature, is undoubtedly among Canada’s greatest living writers.

The Order of Canada, the country’s highest honour, is awarded to those who have made a distinct contribution to Canadian life.

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.

2016 Ontario Historical Society Joseph Brant Award — Winner • 2017 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted A man of two cultures in an era where his only choices were to be a trailblazer or get lef

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.

Visit some of Europe’s greatest museums and galleries in the company of a knowledgeable tour guide.