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Where I Come From
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 16.95"Where do you come from?" When Vijay Agnew first immigrated to Canada people would often ask her "Where do you come from?" She thought it a simple, straightforward question, and would answer in the same simple, straightforward manner, by telling them where she had been born and where she grew up. But over the years she learned that many so-called... more...
Immigrants in Regional Labour Markets of Host Nations
Springer 2013; US$ 39.95This book is the first to present a detailed analysis of economic integration of immigrants in smaller areas of their host nations. It uses Atlantic Canada as a case in point and uses unpublished data based on several databases of Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration, Canada. It identifies best policy practices that can also be used in... more...
Go to School, You're a Little Black Boy
Dundurn 2010; US$ 12.99The inspiring story of Lincoln Alexander, whose exemplary life has involved military service, a successful political career, a thriving law practice, and vocal advocacy. more...
Vancouver Book of Everything
MacIntyrePurcell Publishing, Inc 2008; US$ 9.99From "Gassy" Jack Deighton and the Klondike Gold Rush to the Chinese Head Tax, the Strathcona Protest, the Vancouver Canucks, and the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, no book is more comprehensive and fun on Vancouver. Included among the interesting details of the city are profiles on original "Dominic Da Vinci," Larry Campbell, Douglas Coupland, environmentalist... more...
The Good Life Gets Better
Eye Books 2006; US$ 9.99The sequel to the bestselling book about leaving the UK for a new life in the Yukon, Dorian and his growing family get gold fever, start to stake land claims and prospect for gold. Follow them along the learning curve about where to look for gold and how to live in this harsh climate. It shows that with good humor and resilience life can only get... more...
The Good Life
Eye Books 2012; US$ 9.99The absolutely inspiring true tale of a young couple who gave up the "good life" in England to start a new life in the wilderness of the Yukon Dorian Amosa painter from Cornwalland his wife decided that they were in need of adventure, so they gave up their comfortable life and traveled to Yukon Territory in the remote Canadian... more...
The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 16.95How did a privileged Victorian matron, newly widowed and newly impoverished, manage to raise and educate her six young children and restore her family to social prominence? Mary Baker McQuesten's personal letters, 155 of which were carefully selected by Mary J. Anderson, tell the story. In her uninhibited style, in letters mostly to her children,... more...
Accounting for Culture
University of Ottawa Press 2005; US$ 16.99Many scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers in the cultural sector argue that Canadian cultural policy is at a crossroads: that the environment for cultural policy-making has evolved substantially and that traditional rationales for state intervention no longer apply. The concept of cultural citizenship is a relative newcomer to the cultural... more...
Revisiting "Our Forest Home"
Dundurn 2011; US$ 16.99Frances Stewart arrived in Upper Canada from Ireland in 1822, with her husband, three children, and two servants, and settled in Douro Township on the shore of the Otonabee River in 1823. Spanning three-quarters of a century, her letters represent the immigrant experience of one of the first women in the Peterborough area. more...
Secret Vancouver
ECW Press 2003; US$ 8.95Hidden hotels, gourmet restaurants, trendy nightspots, exotic excursions, and little-known legends are featured in this travel guide to off-the-beaten-path Vancouver sites. Covered are places and activities that will appeal to all types of travelers, from more...









