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Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo' Want to avoid a permanent mistake' Japanese Tattoos is an insider's look at the world of Japanese irezumi (tattoos).

In 1845, Sir John Franklin set off from England to locate and chart the elusive Northwest Passage. He and his crew of 129 men never returned.

For well over a century, the bright seas of the Sunshine Coast have been attracting visitors to the waterfront resorts, fishing lodges and beaches that rest between Howe Sound and the spectacular P

Frances Barkley was just eighteen when she became the first European woman to set foot on the west coast of North America.

Scottish doctor and explorer John Rae is a controversial figure in the history of the Arctic.

The escapades of this great Canadian are brought to life in a story that combines the lure of gold, the thrill of wilderness exploration and comic tales about life on a southern Alberta ranch.

Although Arctic explorer and Hudson Bay Company surveyor John Rae (1813–1893) travelled and recorded the final uncharted sections of the Northwest Passage, he is best known for his controversial di

In the early days, Plains Indians travelled on foot across the vast Canadian prairies, with only fierce, wolf-like dogs as companions.

A biography of the extraordinary Nellie Cashman, a well-loved miner, entrepreneur and philanthropist who lived and worked in the roughest boomtowns of the West in the late-nineteenth century.

It was the summer of ’43 on a Cariboo ranch. He was 12 and had to become a man. If you were a man, you could become a cowboy.

Found on the history shelves of the Greater Victoria Public Library, these twenty true stories are brought to life by Stephen Ruttan.

La construction du mur de Berlin. L’impensable guerre des Malouines. Le massacre de la Saint-Barthélémy. Les conquêtes chinoises avortées.

Napoléon a joué un rôle déterminant dans l’Histoire. Mais il n’a pas gagné tous ses combats.

Aimés ou détestés, craints ou adorés, liés à la sorcellerie, à la magie, aux forces du mal, victimes de rituels sordides, les chats ont marqué l’Histoire.

Parfois, une mort violente crée un mythe, met en lumière un personnage jusque-là sans importance et fait entrer dans l’Histoire le meurtrier (pensez à Lee Harvey Oswald, à Brutus, à Mark David Chap