History
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The History of Professional Hockey in Victoria
BC: 1911-2011 by Helen Edwards
The History of Professional Hockey in Victoria is an in-depth examination of professional hockey in Victoria. It includes details on the different leagues, statistics on every game played by a Victoria team, and information on every player to dress ...
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Scarlet to Green
A History of Intelligence in the Canadian Army 1903-1963 by Major S.R. Elliot
Scarlet to Green details the ‘boom and bust’ cycles of the Canadian Army’s intelligence organization from its inception in 1903 to 1963, the eve of the Integration of the Canadian Armed Forces. The book analyzes the role of intelligence in Canadian ...
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Dance of the Deadmen
by Hap Wilson
Self-styled arctic outdoorsman, John Hornby had already compromised his abilities to survive in the tundra through several incidents of near starvation, and by injuries suffered as a soldier in World War I. He had openly admitted to peers that “he ...
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Choose You This Day
by Dick Derksen
The Derksen family has come to Wuestenfelde as refugees from Friesland, Mennonites that have fled the persecution of all Anabaptists, primarily due to the debacle of their takeover of Muenster in north Germany. Misguided followers of Melchior ...
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Swim Home
Searching for the Wild Girl of Champagne by Kathleen McDonnell
In September 1731, a feral child emerged from the woods in the Champagne region of France. Clothed in animal skins, with matted, unkempt hair, and wielding a small club, she ran like a hare, climbed trees like a cat, and ate leaves and raw meat. But ...
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Times are Changing and the Struggle Continues
The Struggle by Cloyd Ovid Trouth Sr.
Dr. Cloyd Ovid Trouth’s book, Times are Changing and the Struggle Continues, provides a unique perspective on his life. In addition, it gives a balanced viewpoint of some of the cultural and societal issues that have occurred and continue to plague ...
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Times are Changing and the Struggle Continues
The Struggle by Cloyd Ovid Trouth Sr.
Dr. Cloyd Ovid Trouth’s book, Times are Changing and the Struggle Continues, provides a unique perspective on his life. In addition, it gives a balanced viewpoint of some of the cultural and societal issues that have occurred and continue to plague ...
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TOPORIVTSI: My Grandparents' Village
How the Ukrainian People Survived as a Nation by Ronald Roman Ellis Galagan
This book essentially started out as a personal voyage of discovery. Did any Galagans still remain in Ukraine after all these years and what had our Canadian ethnic Ukrainian families “missed” as a result of our grandparents immigration from Ukraine ...
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Historic Shipwrecks of the Southern Gulf Islands of British Columbia
by Jacques Marc and Warren Oliver Bush
British Columbia’s rugged Southern Gulf Islands enticed many pioneers, explorers, colonists, miners, and adventurers in the mid 19th century. Fog, wind, strong currents and the lack of aids to navigation made navigating these striking and ...
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Love in the Air
Second World War Letters by Joanne Culley
Love in the Air tells the story of a love that blossoms when an ambitious farm girl from Saskatchewan and a charming musician from Ontario lock eyes one night during a wartime social. But duty soon calls, and with a ring sealing the promise of a ...
