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  • Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 31–35 Harriet Tubman / Laura Secord / Joey Smallwood / Prince Edward, Duke of Kent / John A. Macdonald
    Author:

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    ,

    Grant, J.J.

    Summary:

    Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • The Boy in the Picture The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    Summary:

    Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

    Genre:

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  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and Many More
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

    ,

    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Goodall, Lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • Canadian Forces in Afghanistan 3-Book Bundle No Easy Task / No Ordinary Men / No Lack of Courage
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    ,

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    Canadian Forces, including Special Operations Forces, have played an outsize role in the conflict in Afghanistan, often under a cloak of secrecy. For the first time, Col.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

    Available Formats:

  • No Easy Task Fighting in Afghanistan
    Author:

    Horn, Bernd

    ,

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    This collection of essays explores how fighting in the rugged, hostile lands of Afghanistan is no easy task. Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Social science

    Available Formats:

  • Une guerre difficile Points de vue sur l'insurrection et les FOS
    Author:

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    L'ouvrage intitulé Une guerre difficile : Points de vue sur l'insurrection et les FOS aborde les concepts théoriques liés aux insurrections et à la pratique de la guerre irrégulière.

    Genre: French language materials, History and geography, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • The Boy in the Picture The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    Summary:

    Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Juvenile nonfiction

    Available Formats:

  • The Difficult War Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces
    Author:

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    The Difficult War: Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces is a collection of essays that deals with theoretical concepts related to insurgency as well as to the practice of irregu

    Genre: Essays, History and geography, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • Joey Smallwood Schemer and Dreamer
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    Summary:

    Known as the "only living Father of Confederation" in his lifetime, Joey Smallwood was an entertaining, crafty, and controversial politician in Canada for decades.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, Political science

    Available Formats:

  • Solving the People Puzzle Cultural Intelligence and Special Operations Forces
    Author:

    Spencer, Emily

    Summary:

    The twenty-first century has brought the perfect storm of conditions to create substantive global instability.

    Genre: Political science, Social science

    Available Formats:

  • The Paris Game Charles de Gaulle, the Liberation of Paris, and the Gamble that Won France
    Author:

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Vaïsse, Maurice

    Summary:

    At a crucial moment in the Second World War, an obscure French general reaches a fateful personal decision: to fight on alone after his government’s flight from Paris and its capitulation to Nazi G

    Genre: History and geography

    Available Formats:

  • Canadian Political Bundle Nellie McClung / William Lyon Mackenzie King / John Diefenbaker/ René Lévesque / Maurice Duplessis / James Douglas / John A. Macdonald / Joey Smallwood / Wilfrid Laurier
    Author:

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    goodall, lian

    Summary:

    Presenting nine titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history.

    Genre:

    Available Formats:

  • Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and many more
    Author:

    Fitzgerald, Judith

    ,

    Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle

    ,

    Braid, Kate

    ,

    Rigelhof, T.F.

    ,

    Plante, Raymond

    ,

    Slade, Arthur

    ,

    Wilson, John

    ,

    Bridge, Kathryn

    ,

    Stewart, Roderick

    ,

    Stewart, Sharon

    ,

    Macpherson, Margaret

    ,

    goodall, lian

    ,

    Paulin, Marguerite

    ,

    Legaré, Francine

    ,

    Evans, Gary

    ,

    Cowley, Deborah

    ,

    Shardlow, Tom

    ,

    Kirk, Heather

    ,

    Cimon, Anne

    ,

    Vanasse, André

    ,

    Larsen, Wayne

    ,

    Henighan, Tom

    ,

    Maes, Nicholas

    ,

    Ferguson, Julie H.

    ,

    Knowles, Valerie

    ,

    Lahey, D.T.

    ,

    Butts, Edward

    ,

    Leavey, Peggy Dymond

    ,

    Sadlier, Rosemary

    ,

    Argyle, Ray

    ,

    Tidridge, Nathan

    ,

    Martin, Ged

    Summary:

    This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction

    Available Formats:

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