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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.

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  • 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.

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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.

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  • Royals in Canada 5-Book Bundle Royal Tours / Fifty Years the Queen / Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother / and 2 more
    Author:

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    Discover the Royal Family as they “go home to Canada.” Collected together are five must-have books on the Royal Family’s relationship with Canada, their tours, and a Canadian perspective on their b

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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  • 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

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  • Fifty Years the Queen A Tribute to Elizabeth II on Her Golden Jubilee
    Author:

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    The half-century since Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1952 has witnessed many changes, some for good and some for ill.

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  • Queen and Consort: Elizabeth and Philip 60 Years of Marriage
    Author:

    Bell, Lynne

    ,

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    "Princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact" -- so said the nineteenth-century writer Walter Bagehot.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, History and geography, Political science

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  • Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 1900-2002 The Queen Mother and Her Century
    Author:

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1900 - 2002 presents the life of a remarkable woman.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, History and geography, Political science

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  • Royal Observations Canadians and Royalty
    Author:

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    These observations and quotations comprise a witty anthology of anecdotes by and about the royal family in Canada over the last 400 years.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • Royal Spring The Royal Tour of 1939 and the Queen Mother in Canada
    Author:

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    A beautiful and nostalgic look at the royal tour that captured a generation — the first visit of a reigning monarch to Canada.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • 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

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  • Royal Tours 1786-2010 Home to Canada
    Author:

    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    Royal Tours 1786–2010 is a penetrating look at the tours of 11 royals who were or would be monarchs, viceroys, and commanders-in-chief of Canada.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction, History and geography, Political science

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  • Lives of the Princesses of Wales
    Author:

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

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    Bousfield, Arthur

    ,

    Toffoli, Garry

    Summary:

    Beautifully illustrated, this book looks at the nine women who have been Princesses of Wales.

    Genre: Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography

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

    Argyle, Ray

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    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

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  • 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

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    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.

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