Spring 2010 Catalogue

ISBN: 978-1-55488-745-3

THE TRAIN DOESN’T STOP HERE ANYMOREby Ron Brown978-1-55002-794-5$29.99, £15.00, paper

Once the heart of communities, stations and tracks have left little more than gaping holes in the landscape. This book celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use.

MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF THE MASONSby Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe978-1-55488-622-1$24.99, £12.99, paper

The Fanthorpes explore the history of the Masonic Order, its aims, its influences, and its role today.

FOUR YEARS ON THE GREAT LAKES, 1813–1816by Don Bamford and Paul Carroll978-1-55488-393-6$28.99, £16.99, paper

David Wingfield had some intriguing adventures on the Upper Great Lakes as a member of the Royal Navy. Once home, he used his handwritten notes as the basis for an account of his experiences there.

FLIGHT FROM FAMINEby Donald MacKay978-1-55488-418-6$29.99, £17.99, paper

Flight from Famine is the moving account of the survivors of the Irish potato famine who helped build Canada in the years that followed Black ’47. Their tale is a testament to courage, resilience, and perseverance.

WHAT THE THUNDER SAIDby Lieutenant-Colonel John Conrad978-1-55488-408-7 $29.95, £17.99, paper

What the Thunder Said offers a solid insight into the history of military logistics in Canada and explores the dramatic erosion of a once-proud corner of the army from the perspective of a battalion commander.

WAR BRIDESby Melynda Jarratt978-1-55488-386-8$28.00, £16.00, paper

Share the love, passion, tragedy, and spirit of adventure of thousands of British women — the War Brides — as they tell their stories in their own words.

INSIDE CANADIAN INTELLIGENCEby Dwight Hamilton978-1-55002-729-7$24.99, £12.99, paper

An all-star cast of former intelligence officers and journalists contribute to this exposé of the Canadian national security sector.

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVEby Colonel Bernd Horn978-1-55002-841-6$35.00, £20.00, paper

Fortune Favours the Brave brings Canada’s proud military history to life in a collection of essays that showcases the fighting spirit and courage of Canada’s armed forces.

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PETER GZOWSKIA Biographyby Rae Fleming

978-1-55488-720-0496 pages, hardcover6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm30 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index$40.00£22.00

Biography

May

Of related interest:

Elmer Iseler978-1-55002-815-7$40.00 £20.00

Jan Rubes978-1-55002-685-6$40.00 £20.00

Born in 1934 in Toronto, Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the 20th century as a journalist and interviewer. This first biography of the man is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski’s days at the University of Toronto’s The Varsity in the mid-1950s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of Maclean’s in the 1960s and his tremendous success on CBC Radio’s Morningside in the 1980s and 1990s, and ending with his stint as a Globe and Mail columnist at the dawn of the 21st century and his death in January 2002.

From the rise of state medicine to the decline of the patriarchy, Gzowski was there to comment, to resist, and to participate. Here was a man who was proud to call himself Canadian and who made millions of other Canadians realize that Canada was, in what he claimed was a Canadian expression, not a bad place to live.

Rae Fleming’s previous biographical investigations include a biography of railway entrepreneur Sir William Mackenzie entitled The Railway King of Canada and an edited collection of essays on biography. He has also written several articles, most of them biographical in one way or another, for The Beaver. Fleming lives in Argyle, Ontario.

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“GO TO SCHOOL, YOU’RE A LITTLE

BLACK BOY”The Honourable Lincoln M.

Alexander: A Memoirby Lincoln M. Alexander,

with Herb Shoveller

978-1-55488-733-0256 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm60 b&w and 37 colour illustrations

$26.99£15.99

Biography

January


Ontario’s African-Canadian Heritage978-1-55002-814-0

$28.99 £15.00

The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway978-1-55488-394-3

$24.99 £14.99

Among the important stories that need to be told about noteworthy Canadians, Lincoln Alexander’s sits at the top of the list. Born in Toronto in 1922, Alexander embarked on an exemplary life path that has involved military service for his country, a successful political career, a thriving law practice, and vocal advocacy on subjects ranging from anti-racism to the importance of education.

This biography traces a remarkable series of events from Alexander’s early life to the present that helped shape the charismatic and influential leader whose impact continues to be felt today. From facing down racism to challenging the postwar Ontario establishment, becoming Canada’s first black Member of Parliament, and entertaining royalty as Ontario’s lieutenant-governor, Alexander’s is the ultimate, uplifting Canadian success story, the embodiment of what defines Canada.

Lincoln M. Alexander graduated from McMaster University and Osgoode Hall Law School. Now retired, he was the chancellor of the University of Guelph and has served on the boards of many cultural and charitable organizations. He lives in Hamilton.

Herb Shoveller is a journalism graduate of the University of Western Ontario and worked at the London Free Press for two decades before leaving in 2005 to start a writing, editing, and consulting business. He is the author of The Story of Ryan and Jimmy and lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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SO FEW ON EARTHA Labrador Métis Woman Remembersby Josie Penny

978-1-55488-709-5340 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm30 b&w photos$26.99£15.99

Biography

June


Little White Squaw978-0-88878-427-8$22.95 £11.50

Mary Janeway978-1-55488-413-1$22.99 £13.99

Josephine Mildred Curl Penny grew up in Labrador during the 1940s and 1950s. Like many Métis, she and her family lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle, moving inside to the primitive settlement of Roaches Brook each fall to hunt and trap, and outside to Spotted Islands in the spring to harvest the rich fishing grounds.

Sent away to hospital at age four, to boarding school when she was seven, and forced out to work at age eleven, Josie lost the family bond so important to a young child. She recounts the years spent at Lockwood Boarding School where she suffered atrocious punishments, merciless teasing, and the humiliation of two rapes. The depersonalization and constant punishment eventually took their toll, and her once free-spirited nature was broken. Reading became her only escape.

Set against the beauty and ruggedness of the Labrador coast, So Few on Earth is a story of perseverance in a harsh environment and the possibility of life starting anew from shattered beginnings.

Josie Penny attended writing courses at McMaster University in Hamilton, where she was encouraged to seek out a publisher for her memoir. Josie pushed ahead with the idea, participating in several writing seminars and earning a certificate from the Long Ridge Writers Group in Connecticut. She lives in Dunnville, Ontario.


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WILLIAM C. VAN HORNE

Railway Titanby Valerie Knowles

978-1-55488-702-6192 pages, paper

5.5 x 8.5, 140 x 216 mm12 b&w illustrations, timeline,

bibliography, index$19.99£11.99

Quest Biography

May

By the same author:

From Telegrapher to Titan978-1-55002-488-3

$55.00 £30.00

Strangers at Our Gates978-1-55002-698-6

$26.99 £14.99

William C. Van Horne was one of North America’s most accomplished men. Born in Illinois in 1843, Van Horne started working in the railway business at a young age. In 1881 he was lured north to Canada to become general manager of the fledgling Canadian Pacific Railway. The railroading general pushed through construction of the CPR’s transcontinental line and then went on to become the company’s president. During his time with the CPR, Van Horne developed a telegraph service, launched the Empress line of Pacific steamships in 1891, and founded CP Hotels. He capped his career by opening up Cuba’s interior with a railway.

A man of prodigious energy and many talents, he also became Canada’s foremost art collector and one of the country’s leading financiers. For all of his amazing accomplishments, Van Horne was knighted in 1894. When he died, Cuba staged a day of mourning and the CPR ceased operations for the day.

Valerie Knowles has published nine previous non-fiction books. From Telegrapher to Titan won the 2004 University of British Columbia Medal for Canadian Biography and the 2005 City of Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction. She lives in Ottawa.


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GREY OWL AND MEStories from the Trail and Beyondby Hap Wilsonillustrated by Hap Wilson and Ingrid Zschogner

978-1-55488-732-3272 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm35 b&w line drawings, maps, notes, bibliography$26.99£15.99

Outdoors

June

By the same author:

Trails and Tribulations978-1-55488-397-4$26.99 £15.99

The Cabin978-1-897045-05-3$24.95 £17.50

Hap Wilson is back for another journey, this time on the lighter side of the adventure trail where the bizarre melds with the sublime. Nurtured by the writings of Canadian environmentalist and wannabe-Native Grey Owl, Wilson adopted a lifestyle similar to the 1930s conservationist but with his own twists and turns along a meandering path full of humorous misadventures. Wilson, too, learned much of his nature skills as a youth, paddling in Temagami, working as a wilderness canoe ranger, and following in the footsteps of one of Canada’s most revered outdoor icons.

The author recounts early days of winter camping and living on roadkill as well as teaching actor Pierce Brosnan how to throw knives and paddle a canoe for the Richard Attenborough film about Grey Owl. He also takes readers to a few of his favourite places and shares intimate secrets of wilderness living. Here, Grey Owl has returned as an ever-present critic — a buckskin-clad spectre in a modern world of Gore-Tex, plastic canoes, and gear freaks.

Hap Wilson, a self-taught artist and photographer, is one of North America’s best-known wilderness guides and canoeists, as well as the founder of the environmental group Earthroots. He lives in Rosseau, Ontario.


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VIMY RIDGE AND ARRAS

The Spring 1917 Offensive in Panoramas

by Peter Barton with Jeremy Banning

978-1-55488-744-6320 pages, hardcover

8.25 x 10.25, 210 x 260 mmTwo 8-page gatefolds, 400 colour

photos, maps, bibliography$45.00

History

June


It Made You Think of Home978-1-55002-512-5

$35.00 £18.00

Amiens978-1-55002-342-8

$22.99 £11.99

In spring 1917, Allied troops on the Western Front began the largest-ever artillery barrage on German positions, using more than 2.7 million shells. During the battle, they succeeded in capturing Vimy Ridge. However, the ultimate cost of fighting was immense — with a daily casualty rate 40 percent greater than the Somme and almost double that of Passchendaele, making the battle hour for hour the most dangerous campaign of the First World War.

In this major new account of the conflict, Peter Barton showcases more than 50 rediscovered British and German panoramic photographs of the battlegrounds, from the start of the first Battle of the Scarpe to the final push on Vimy Ridge. Also included are previously unpublished testimony, letters, and memoirs from the serving regiments, sourced from archives in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and elsewhere, along with stunning mapping, plans, and diagrams throughout.

Peter Barton is a historian, archaeologist, and filmmaker. He wrote The Battlefields of the First World War after researching the forgotten Imperial War Museum panorama archive for eight years. His other books include The Somme and Passchendaele. He is co-secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Graves and Battlefields Heritage Group.


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HELL IN FLANDERS FIELDSCanadians at the Second Battle of Ypresby George H. Cassar

978-1-55488-728-6424 pages, hardcover6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm50 b&w illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index$36.00£20.00

History

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Dancing in the Sky978-1-55002-864-5$28.99 £14.99

Amazing Airmen978-1-55488-424-7$24.99 £14.99

On April 22, 1915, the men of the 1st Canadian Division faced chlorine gas, a new lethal weapon against which they had no defence. In defiance of a particularly horrible death or, at the very least, severe lung injury, these untested Canadians fought almost continuously for five days, often hand-to-hand, as they clung stubbornly against overwhelming odds to a vital part of the Allied line after the French units on their left fled in panic. By doing so, they saved 50,000 troops in the Ypres salient from almost certain destruction and, in addition, prevented the momentum of the war from tipping in favour of the Germans.

In this new, deeply researched account, George H. Cassar skillfully blends into the history of the battle the graphic and moving words of the men on the front line. Illustrated with outstanding photographs and numerous maps, and drawing from diaries, letters, and documents from every level of planning, Hell in Flanders Fields is an authoritative, gripping drama of politics, strategy, and human courage.

George H. Cassar, who obtained his Ph.D. from McGill University, is a leading authority on the First World War. He has written many books on the subject, including Kitchener’s War, and Lloyd George at War, 1916–1918. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


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PILGRIMS OF THE WILD

by Grey Owlintroduction by Michael Gnarowski

978-1-55488-734-7328 pages, paper

5.5 x 8.5, 140 x 216 mm6 b&w illustrations

$26.99£15.99

Voyageur ClassicsBiography

July

In the same series:

The Yellow Briar978-1-55002-848-5

$18.99 £10.99

The Scalpel, the Sword978-1-55488-402-5

$26.99 £15.99

First published in 1935, Pilgrims of the Wild is Grey Owl’s autobiographical account of his transition from successful trapper to conservationist. With his Iroquois wife, Anahareo, Grey Owl set out to protect the environment and the endangered beaver. Powerful in its simplicity, Pilgrims of the Wild tells the story of Grey Owl’s life of happy cohabitation with the wild creatures of nature and the healing powers of what he referred to as “the great Northland” of “Over the Hills and Far Away.”

A bestseller at the time, Pilgrims of the Wild helped establish Grey Owl’s international reputation as a conservationist. His legacy of warnings against the degradations of nature and the dangers of industry live on, despite the posthumous revelation that he wasn’t, in fact, the First Nations man he claimed to be.

Grey Owl (1888–1938), an Englishman, immigrated to Canada as Archibald Belaney in 1906 and quickly constructed an identity as a Native, assuming the Ojibway name Wa-sha-quon-asin and eventually settling in Saskatchewan on Ajawaan Lake. He spread his message of preservation through multiple bestsellers, including Tales of an Empty Cabin and Men of the Last Frontier.

Michael Gnarowski co-edited The Making of Modern Poetry in Canada, compiled The Concise Bibliography of English Canadian Literature, and edited the Critical Views on Canadian Writers Series for McGraw-Hill Ryerson. He lives in Kemptville, Ontario.


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The second installment in Gavin K. Watt’s Revolutionary War trilogy, I am heartily ashamed, picks up where A dirty trifling piece of business left off. It’s a new year with new challenges.

An incredibly fierce Canadian winter was endured before raiding was resumed against the enemy’s frontiers. After the poor results of John Ross’s October 1781 raid, Frederick Haldimand chose to alter his strategy. For years his First Nations allies had sent small war parties against the frontiers, and in the summer of 1782 he gave command of large projects to Native leaders whose methods greatly challenged the rebels.

A new British ministry announced a cessation of arms in July, soon followed by peace talks. When Haldimand discovered that the treaty’s articles threatened the security of Canada and made no provisions for the aboriginals or loyalists, he con-fessed, “My soul is completely bowed down with grief … I am heartily ashamed.”

Gavin K. Watt is a founding member of the Museum of Applied Military History. His previous histories of the American Revolution as waged from Canada include Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley and Burning of the Valleys. He currently lives in King City, Ontario.

I AM HEARTILY ASHAMEDVolume II: The Revolutionary War’s Final Campaign as Waged from Canada in 1782by Gavin K. Watt

978-1-55488-715-6440 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm94 b&w illustrations, maps, bibliography, notes, index$30.00£17.00

History

May

By the same author:

A dirty, trifling piece of business978-1-55488-420-9$35.00 £20.00

Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley978-1-55002-376-3$32.99 £18.99


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When the passage of the Abolition of Slavery Act, effective August 1, 1834, ushered in the end of slavery throughout the British Empire, people of African descent celebrated their newfound freedom. Now African-American fugitive slaves, free black immigrants, and the few remaining enslaved Africans could live unfettered lives in Canada — a reality worthy of celebration.

This new, well-researched book provides insight into the creation, development, and evolution of a distinct African-Canadian tradition through descriptive historical accounts and appealing images. The social, cultural, political, and educational practices of Emancipation Day festivities across Canada are explored, with emphasis on Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and British Columbia. Attention is given to the idea of freedom as a continuous journey for African Canadians from chattel slavery to equal rights.

Natasha L. Henry is the director of programs and an elementary teacher at a private school just outside Toronto. She is also a curriculum consultant and speaker specializing in the development of learning materials that focus on the African experience. She lives in Mississauga, Ontario.

EMANCIPATION DAYCelebrating Freedom in Canada

by Natasha L. Henry

978-1-55488-717-0288 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm55 b&w illustrations, notes,


History

June


Broken Shackles978-1-896219-57-8

$22.95 £14.99

The Underground Railroad978-1-55488-429-2

$16.99 £9.99


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THE WEXFORDElusive Shipwreck of the Great Storm, 1913by Paul Carroll

978-1-55488-736-1304 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm60 b&w and colour illustrations, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index$30.00£17.00

History

June

By the same author:

Four Years on the Great Lakes978-1-55488-393-6$28.99 £16.99

The steamer Wexford, with its flared bow, tall masts, and open, canvas-sided hurricane deck, charmed spectators as it carried cargo across the Great Lakes. Under newly appointed 24-year-old captain Bruce Cameron, the Wexford ’s fateful final voyage was punctuated with opportunities to be saved from destruction, but his persistence in trying to make port at Goderich, Ontario, led to tragedy — a victim of the storm of 1913.

Over the next 87 years, the Wexford eluded many efforts to locate its remains, but was finally discovered in 2000 by a sailor using a fish-finding device. Since then the wreck has been visited by thousands but has been the victim of unfortunate plundering. Author Paul Carroll traces the steamer’s history from its British construction in 1883 through its days in the South American trade, the transition to become a “Laker,” the eventful storm, the search, the ship’s ultimate discovery in southern Lake Huron, and the controversy over how the wreck should be protected.

Paul Carroll, a “wharf rat” in his youth, brought forward the first Waterfront Development Plan for the long-term evolution of the Goderich, Ontario, shoreline and was involved with the sidescan sonar search for the Wexford. He lives near Goderich.


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A GREAT LAKES TREASURY OF OLD

POSTCARDSCanadian Harbour Scenes 1894–1960

by Lorenzo Marcolin, MD

978-1-55488-743-9176 pages, paper

9.5 x 8, 242 x 203 mm315 b&w photos, maps, bibliography

$24.99£14.99

History

February


Lake Erie Stories978-1-55002-782-2

$24.99 £13.00

River Palace978-1-55002-793-8

$25.99 £12.99

Come on a nostalgic and exciting journey along the Canadian shores of the Great Lakes. Visit a world very different from today’s hectic and turbulent place, a world where people explored the Great Lakes and shot the Lachine Rapids for the sheer joy of travelling on the water in steamers large and small.

The 307 harbour scenes in this book range from Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay) way up on the northern shore of Lake Superior, to the Niagara Region of Lake Ontario, and on to the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Port of Montreal.

In more than 42 years of collecting Great Lakes postcards, Lorenzo and Carol Marcolin have accumulated an important visual history of the Great Lakes. Lovingly restored, without tampering with their historical veracity, the cards reveal a landscape appealing for its scenic beauty yet also repellent for its industrial ugliness.

Lorenzo Marcolin was born and raised in Port NcNicoll in the Georgian Bay region. He always had an interest in the Great Lakes, especially in the boats, shipping activity, and history. He graduated from the University of Toronto in medicine and trained in orthopaedic surgery in Cleveland, Ohio.


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ALLIGATORS OF THE NORTHThe Story of the West & Peachey Steam Warping Tugsby Harry B. Barrett and Clarence F. Coons

978-1-55488-711-8264 pages, paper9 x 9, 230 x 230 mm80 b&w illustrations, maps, bibliography, resources, notes, index$34.99£19.99

History

March


The Legacy of John Waldie and Sons978-1-55002-758-7$22.99 £12.99

The Lumberjacks978-1-55002-773-0$24.99 £13.99

A Canadian invention that very few persons have heard of had a profound effect on the pine-logging industry during the late 1800s and the early decades of the 1900s. The logging of eastern white and red pine in Ontario’s Ottawa Valley, Georgian Bay, and north shore of Lake Huron was of major economic and social importance. The accessible stands of timber when logged were routed along fast-flowing rivers leading into the Ottawa River or Georgian Bay.

Once such stands were depleted, the logging moved into the more distant hinterlands. But how to move the timber? Something was needed that could transport booms of logs both on a lake and then overland to the next lake, using its own power. Steam power was the new technology of the day. Enter the inventors John West and his partner James Peachey, who with their foundry staff built the initial steam warping tug, which was unveiled in 1889 at Simcoe, Ontario, the first of many that popularly became known as northern alligators.

Harry Barrett, a long-time resident of Norfolk County, is a noted naturalist, conservationist, and historian. Barrett was the founding chair of the Long Point Foundation for Conservation. He lives in Port Dover, Ontario.

Clarence F. Coons, now deceased, was a well-known professional forester in Ontario. Coons did the original research for this book, and Harry Barrett completed the work. He lived in Kemptville, Ontario.


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MEMORIES OF THE BEACH

Reflections on a Toronto Childhoodby Lorraine O’Donnell Williams

978-1-55488-389-9256 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm55 b&w photos, appendices, notes,


History

April


Remembering the Don978-0-920474-22-8

$8.95 £7.99

Leaside978-1-55002-875-1

$28.00

In this rare combination of history and memoir, Lorraine O’Donnell Williams details life within Toronto’s Beach community in the 1930s and 1940s from the vantage point of her front verandah, which abutted the boardwalk. Her extensive research has uncovered numerous hidden facets of the heritage of this exceptional neighbourhood, including the stories of what was in its time one of North America’s most remarkable amusement parks, the elegant dance hall, and how the area escaped becoming a railway corridor.

Also included is an array of prominent personalities for whom The Beach has been home. Growing up in The Beach infused Williams and her friends with a resiliency as multifaceted as the moods of Lake Ontario and a foundation as firm as the grand old willow trees that line the boardwalk. This book is a must for history buffs, especially those with an interest in Toronto.

Lorraine O’Donnell Williams was born and raised in The Beach district of Toronto. Her career has included senior positions in the correctional, forensic psychiatry, and psychiatric fields of social work. She recently retired from private practice to write full-time and currently lives in Markham, Ontario.


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FROM QUEENSTON TO KINGSTONThe Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario’s Shorelineby Ron Brown

978-1-55488-716-3224 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm55 b&w illustrations, notes, bibliography, index$26.99£15.99

History

May

By the same author:

The Lake Erie Shore978-1-55488-388-2$24.99 £14.99

The Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore978-1-55002-794-5$29.99 £15.00

Travel with Ron Brown as he probes the shoreline of the Canadian side of Lake Ontario and discover its hidden heritage. Here were the beginning of the popular American Chautauqua movement, the creation of Canada’s first mounted police to patrol Ontario’s gold fields, and the once-flourishing commercial fishing fleets. Explore “ghost ports,” forgotten coves, ghost rail lines, historical lighthouses, rum-running lore, and unique features such as Scarborough’s “Dutch chapel,” the alvars of Prince Edward County, Second World War gun emplacements, and a shipwreck visible from the shore.

Even within burgeoning cities such as Hamilton and Toronto, there are forgotten stories and unusual sights. Hikers and cyclists will find that much of the unseen heritage is accessible along the new Lake Ontario Waterfront Trail. Brown offers a treasure trove of the past to entice today’s explorers of Ontario’s history.

Ron Brown, author, geographer, and travel writer, has long had a love affair with the landscapes of Canada and has written many books and travel articles on the little-known aspects of the past. He is a member of the Travel Media Association of Canada and is a past chair of The Writers’ Union of Canada. Brown lives in Toronto.


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RIVER ROUGH, RIVER SMOOTH

Adventures on Manitoba’s Historic Hayes River

by Anthony Dalton

978-1-55488-712-5280 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm32 colour photographs, 40 b&w

illustrations, appendix, notes, bibliography, index

$32.99£18.99

History

January


The Lure of Faraway Places978-1-89704-524-4

$27.95 £14.99

Paddling the Boreal Forest978-1-89621-998-1

$26.95 £17.50

Manitoba’s Hayes River runs over 600 kilometres from near Norway House to Hudson Bay. On its rush to the sea the Hayes races over forty-five rapids and waterfalls as it drops from the Precambrian to the Hudson Bay Lowlands. This great waterway, the largest naturally flowing river in Manitoba, served as the highway for settlers bound for the Red River colony, ferrying their worldly goods in York boats and canoes, struggling against the mighty currents.

Traditionally used for transport and hunting by the indigenous Cree, the Hayes became a major fur trade route in the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, being explored by such luminaries as Pierre Radisson (1682), Henry Kelsey (1690), David Thompson (1784), Sir John Franklin (1819), and J.B. Tyrrell (1892). This is the account of the author’s invitational journey (he was thrilled to be asked) on the Hayes from Norway House to Oxford House by traditional York boat with a crew of Cree, and later, from Oxford House to York Factory by canoe in the company of other intrepid canoeists — modern-day voyageurs reliving the past.

Anthony Dalton is president of the Canadian Authors’ Association. His books include Alone Against the Arctic and Baychimo, plus many illustrated articles in magazines such as Wooden Boat and Yachting. Dalton is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a Fellow of the Explorer’s Club. He lives in Delta, British Columbia.


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BACK IN PRINT!STORMS OF CONTROVERSYThe Secret Avro Arrow Files RevealedFourth Editionby Palmiro Campagnaforeword by Major-General (Retired) Richard Rohmer

978-1-55488-698-2288 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm20 b&w photos, 38 declassified documents, notes, index$26.99£15.99

History

April

By the same author:

Requiem for a Giant978-1-55002-438-8$24.99 £12.99

The development of the Avro Arrow was a remarkable Canadian achievement. Its mysterious cancellation prompted questions that have long gone unanswered. What role did the CIA play in the scrapping of the project? Who in our government was involved in that decision? What, if anything, did Canada get in return? Who ordered the blowtorching of all the prototypes? And did Arrow technology find its way into the American Stealth fighter/bomber program?

When Storms of Controversy was first published in 1992, its answers to these questions sent a shock wave across the country. Using never-before-released documents, the book exploded the myth that design flaws, cost overruns, or obsolescence had triggered the demise of the Arrow.

Now, in this fully revised fourth edition of the bestseller, author Palmiro Campagna brings readers up-to-date on the CF-105 Arrow, the most innovative, sophisticated aircraft the world had seen by the end of the 1950s.

Palmiro Campagna works for the Department of National Defence and has acted as Canadian representative to NATO in the area of electromagnetics in military aircraft. Campagna is the author of The UFO Files as well as Requiem for a Giant. He lives in Ottawa.

Previous edition 978-0-7737-5990-9


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The 21st century has brought the perfect storm of conditions to create substantive global instability. This contemporary operating environment (COE) is characterized by complexity, ambiguity, volatility, and constant danger in places such as Afghanistan and Iraq. It is a human invention that requires a human solution.

Special operation forces (SOF), a group comprised of highly trained personnel with the ability to deploy rapidly and apply special skills in a variety of environments and circumstances, is the logical force of choice for success in the COE. As a group that favours humans over hardware, it makes sense that they should be empowered with the tool of choice for the COE — cultural intelligence (CQ). CQ, or the ability to recognize the shared beliefs, values, attitudes, and behaviours of a group of people, and most important, to apply this knowledge toward a specific goal, is this potent weapon.

Leveraging the “People Puzzle” makes a convincing argument for the powerful union of the “force of choice” with the “tool of choice.”

Dr. Emily Spencer is an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia and a research associate with the Canadian Forces Leadership Institute. Previously, she was the general editor of The Difficult War: Perspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forces. She lives in Prince George, British Columbia.

LEVERAGING THE “PEOPLE PUZZLE”

Cultural Intelligence and Special Operations Forces

by Dr. Emily Spencer

978-1-55488-750-7184 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mmBibliography, notes, index

$24.99£14.99

Current Events

May

By the same author:

The Difficult War978-1-55488-441-4

$24.99 £14.99


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The year was 1910 and signs of progress were in the air. That June a new steam ferry for the Toronto Island Company was launched and christened the Trillium. Only briefly mentioned in the local dailies at the time, the double-ended, side-paddled island ferry cruised Toronto Bay for nearly 50 years. After 46 years of service, the Trillium retired in 1956, only to be saved from the scrapyard in 1973. The Trillium made its second debut in 1976 as a fully operational steam ferry and is still in service today.

As the Trillium reaches the century mark, Mike Filey revisits the history of the memorable Canadian landmark and serves up a few extra bits! With a new introduction and updated photographs, Filey traces the Trillium’s remarkable rise and fall and commemorates one of Toronto’s finest treasures.

Mike Filey has written nearly two dozen books on various facets of Toronto’s past, including A Toronto Album, The TTC Story, and Toronto: The Way We Were, which received a 2009 Heritage Toronto Award of Merit. For more than 35 years he has contributed a popular column, “The Way We Were,” to the Sunday edition of the Toronto Sun. He lives in Toronto.

BACK IN PRINT!TRILLIUM AND TORONTO ISLANDThird Editionby Mike Filey

978-1-55488-737-8104 pages, paper9 x 9, 230 x 230 mm95 b&w illustrations, 8-page colour insert, maps, notes, index$24.99£14.99

History

May

By the same author:

Toronto978-1-55002-842-3$45.00 £26.00

Toronto Sketches 9978-1-55002-613-9$19.99 £9.99


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PUBLISH YOUR FAMILY HISTORY

Preserving Your Heritage in a Bookby Susan Yates and Greg Ioannou

978-1-55488-727-9160 pages, paper

5.5 x 8.5, 140 x 216 mm11 b&w illustrations, appendix, index

$19.99£12.00

Genealogist’s Reference Shelf

April

In the same series:

Conserving, Preserving, and Restoring Your Heritage

978-1-55488-462-9$19.99 £12.00

Genealogical Standards of Evidence978-1-55488-451-3

$19.99 £12.00

Genealogy and the Law in Canada978-1-55488-452-0

$19.99 £12.00

Many people want to write a family history, but few ever take on the job of publishing one. Publish Your Family History will tell you all the fundamentals of book production, together with the important details that distinguish a home-published book from a homemade one. You’ll learn:

how to get your manuscript ready for production;•design ideas for the pages and the cover; and•ideas on bindings that last and look great.•

Even if time is at a premium, you’re not comfortable with computer technology, or the budget is tight, you’ll learn how to publish a professional-looking family history of your own!

Susan Yates has been employed in a variety of publishing and sales positions in which she has produced many books of all types. Now a full-time publishing consultant, she lives in Toronto.

Greg Ioannou has edited more than 2,000 books since joining the book-publishing business in 1977 and is currently the president of Colborne Communications. His previous books are Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids and Shivers. He lives in Toronto.

A CO-PUBLICATION WITH THE ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY


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A CO-PUBLICATION WITH THE ONTARIO GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

Small things can often mean a great deal. For the past five years readers of the Toronto Star’s website have been telling one another that as they shared their stories in a feature called “Acts of Kindness.” The common thread is that a stranger helped when it was needed most, without thought of a reward and often without leaving a name.

Since its debut in December 2004, “Acts of Kindness” has become a daily fixture at thestar.com. About 4,000 stories have been submitted and 2,000 have been published. Acts of Kindness, the book, represents the best of the best — a collection of 200 of the most memorable tales.

The stories are a reminder that goodness is non-denominational, non-political, and transferable across race and language. They also remind us that although our lives are full of hard realities, the smallest gesture can raise a spirit or lift a heart, and the time to do it is now.

Adam Mayers is an editor at thestar.com, the Toronto Star’s website, and started the online “Acts of Kindness” feature in 2004. Mayers studied journalism in England, is a former business editor and columnist, is the author of four books, and has appeared on TV and radio. He lives in Oakville, Ontario.

ACTS OF KINDNESSInspirational Stories for Everyday Lifeedited by Adam Mayers

978-1-55488-749-1184 pages, paper5.25 x 7.25, 135 x 185 mm70 b&w illustrations$14.99£8.99

Inspirational

April

By the same author:

Dixie & the Dominion978-1-55002-468-5$40.00 £20.00


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TRUST MEFrauds, Schemes, and Scams and How

to Avoid Themby Gordon G. Leek

978-1-55488-705-7208 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mmAppendix of useful information,

glossary, bibliography$24.99£14.99

Personal Finance

August


Under Arrest978-1-55002-703-7

$24.99 £12.99

Line of Fire978-1-55488-391-2

$24.99 £12.99

Con men, swindlers, snake-oil salesmen, carpetbaggers, and plain everyday liars and cheats — these names and the scoundrels behind them have been around for hundreds of years, though their dodges and deceptions have been refined with the passage of time.

The worldwide growth of criminal fraud has mushroomed to such a degree that traditional law-enforcement techniques have been unable to cope effectively with the fallout. Criminal fraud is a billion-dollar industry and has become a staple of organized crime, rivalling drugs and prostitution as major sources of income. In North America the courts and governments fail to treat these crimes with the seriousness they deserve, often placing the blame on victims, or at the very least making them culpable.

Former Calgary police detective and fraud expert Gordon G. Leek illustrates how a variety of frauds work and how to protect yourself from them, including simple cheque scams, elaborate telemarketing schemes, Internet swindles, and identity theft.

Gordon G. Leek was a member of the Calgary Police Service for more than 25 years. With the Commercial Crime Unit he served as the primary investigator and liaison for the Calgary Police Service with the Alberta Partnership Against Cross-Border Fraud. He lives in Calgary.


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LEMON-AID USED CARS AND TRUCKS 2010–2011by Phil Edmonston


Transportation

February

In the same series:

Lemon-Aid New Cars and Trucks 2010978-1-55488-442-1$28.99 £16.99

As uncertainty continues in the U.S. automotive industry, Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2010–2011 shows buyers how to pick the cheapest and most reliable vehicles from the past 30 years of production. Lemon-Aid guides are unlike any other car and truck book on the market. Phil Edmonston, Canada’s automotive “Dr. Phil” for 40 years, pulls no punches.

Like five books in one, Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks is an exposé of car scams and gas consumption lies; a do-it-yourself service manual; an independent guide that covers beaters, lemons, and collectibles; an archive of secret service bulletins granting free repairs; and a legal primer that even lawyers can’t beat! Phil delivers the goods on free fixes for Chrysler, Ford, and GM engine, transmission, brake, and paint defects; lets you know about Corvette and Mustang tops that fly off; gives the lowdown on Honda, Hyundai, and Toyota engines and transmissions; and provides the latest information on computer module glitches.

Phil Edmonston, Canada’s toughest customer, is a former MP and Consumers Union Board Member. Over the past 40 years, he has written more than 130 Lemon-Aid bestsellers. About three decades ago, Nissan and Honda sued him for $5 million — and lost. Phil lives in Panama.

Previous edition 978-1-55488-404-9


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SARIS ON SCOOTERSHow Microcredit Is Changing Village

Indiaby Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos

978-1-55488-722-4384 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm28 b&w photos, bibliography, index

$29.99£17.99

Business

March


Little Emperors978-1-55002-756-3

$24.99 £12.99

Porcelain Moon and Pomegranates978-1-55002-658-0

$24.99 £12.99

Renowned author and journalist Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos uses her talent for investigative reporting to take us deep into the poorest villages in India. Yet, far from being passive victims of their circumstances, the women who live there have joined forces and are making astute use of microcredit to break the cycle of poverty.

Microcredit was launched by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and consists of very small loans made primarily to women for the production of essential commodities or to start small businesses. Based on a number of trips to India between 2001 and 2008, Arnopoulos shows her sense of solidarity and desire for authenticity by sharing the daily life of these villagers. This first-person account of her extensive travels focuses primarily on these women’s inspiring success stories. After witnessing many such situations first-hand, she believes these villages have a potential strength equal to that of the modern, high-tech cities in India.

Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos is the author of a novel and two other non-fiction books, shared a Governor General’s Literary Award for The English Fact in Quebec, and has earned several journalism prizes for exposés about marginalized women and minorities. A former journalism professor, she spent 21 months in India meeting grassroots women using microcredit to launch businesses and achieve social change. She lives in Montreal.


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HOW LEADERS SPEAKEssential Rules for Engaging and Inspiring Othersby Jim Gray

978-1-55488-701-9168 pages, paper5 x 8, 127 x 203 mm$19.99£12.99

Business

March


The Canadian Small Business Survival Guide978-1-55002-377-0$26.99 £15.99

Leading in an Upside-Down World978-1-55002-455-5$24.99 £12.99

Senior executives, professionals, politicians, entrepreneurs, and educators are increasingly being evaluated by how well they speak — how credibly, how naturally, and how enthusiastically. In today’s communication-saturated age, the ability to address others effectively has become the essential mark of a leader.

How Leaders Speak covers the seven keys to speaking like a leader: preparation, certainty, passion, engagement, authenticity, responsiveness, and commitment. It’s a personal handbook for planning and conveying presentations that will engage and inspire others, from overcoming nervousness to handling difficult questions from listeners. This book is unique in that it reveals in detail how to connect like an achiever in virtually every work-related situation, whether it’s delivering a keynote speech, giving a new business pitch, taking part in a panel discussion or even participating in a media interview. The book’s seven chapters feature short, integrated, easy-to-read articles that serve as stand-alone reference guides.

How Leaders Speak — it’s about finding the leader in you.

Jim Gray is a leading speaker, writer, and communication skills coach. He has conducted hundreds of focused, practical media, and presentation skills sessions throughout Canada and the United States. In his regular columns in the Globe and Mail, he writes about effective presentation and communication skills. Gray lives in Toronto.


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BEFORE YOU SAY YES …

A Guide to the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Volunteer Boards

by Doreen Pendgracs

978-1-55488-703-3144 pages, paper

5 x 8, 127 x 203 mmSidebars and bulleted lists

$19.99£12.99

Business

February


In Your Best Interest978-1-55002-876-8

$26.99 £15.99

Kickstart978-1-55002-783-9

$26.99 £14.00

Doreen Pendgracs has sat on various boards of directors for the past 25 years. During that time, she has gleaned valuable information that she shares in an easy-to-understand, conversational style for novices and seasoned members alike. Whether you’re asked to sit on a trade union board, a non-profit board for a community group or church, a business-focused board of an association or chamber of commerce, or the board of a charitable organization, Before You Say Yes ... will show you what to ask and do before you agree to stay on — or walk away.

The author leads the reader through the intricacies of management style, board etiquette and responsibilities, Robert’s Rules of Order, directors’ and officers’ insurance, financial obligations and compensation, and sexual harassment. Here, too, you’ll discover what happens in the case of a lawsuit or how to implement a disaster plan, how to welcome new board members or deal with difficult people, and what benefits board membership can bring to your career.

Doreen Pendgracs has been a freelance writer, photographer, and public speaker since 1993 when she left corporate life to embark on a new career — as her own boss. She has co-authored two other books: Frommer’s Newfoundland & Labrador and the Manitoba Book of Everything. Pendgracs has written dozens of articles for websites and numerous periodicals. She lives in Matlock, Manitoba.


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THE UFO FILESThe Canadian Connection Exposedby Palmiro Campagna

978-1-55488-699-9264 pages, paper5.5 x 8.5, 140 x 216 mm12 b&w photos, documents, notes, bibliography, index$24.99£14.99

Paranormal

January


A World of UFOs978-1-55002-833-1$24.99 £14.99

UFOs over Canada978-0-88882-138-6$15.99 £7.99

The UFO Files digs deep into the government’s archives to unravel the true story of Canada’s fascinating connection to the UFO phenomenon. Weaving together eyewitness accounts and secret government files, including newly declassified documents, Palmiro Campagna relates some startling episodes in Canadian UFO history. These stories include the revelations made to Wilbert Smith, a Canadian Ministry of Transport engineer, and the unexplained case of Stefan Michalak, whose close encounter with a strange, burning hot craft left him physically scarred. It also explores the United States’ so-called “black” program, which may have originated with the Avrocar (also known as Project Silver Bug), the United States Air Force flying saucer built in Canada.

The Toronto Star noted that The UFO Files provides “a detailed and convincing portrait presented with an astonishing array of archival evidence and photographs.” While George Filer, New Jersey State director of the Mutual UFO Network, said this book “is well worth reading and helps unravel the true story of UFOs in Canada.”

As Palmiro Campagna demonstrates, the truth is indeed out there.

Palmiro Campagna works for the Department of National Defence and has acted as Canadian representative to NATO in the area of electromagnetics in military aircraft. Campagna is the author of the bestselling Storms of Controversy as well as Requiem for a Giant. He lives in Ottawa.

Previous edition 978-07737-5973-2

BACK IN PRINT!


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While baseball is touted as America’s favourite pastime, everyone will know the score with this grand slam of Q&A that’s sure to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Doug Lennox hammers it out of the park by filling us in on who’s won the most Cy Young Awards, what the Pearson Cup was, and the five ways that a player can be called “out.” In this treasure trove of baseball lore, you’ll learn all about the leagues and teams that have come and gone, the players who are legends, and the achievements and records that have become legendary.

Where and when did Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run?•What other major league team still playing, besides Toronto, was once •called the Blue Jays?How did “Shoeless” Joe Jackson get his nickname?•When was the World Series not played?•Who wrote the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”?•What was the first professional baseball team?•

Doug Lennox is an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a veteran character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling author. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television features, including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove, and Against the Ropes, and has shared screen time with Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Burt Reynolds, Holly Hunter, Charles Bronson, Gary Oldman, and a myriad of others. He lives in Toronto.

NOW YOU KNOW BASEBALL

by Doug Lennox

978-1-55488-713-2192 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm$19.99£10.99

Sports

February

In the same series:

Now You Know Soccer978-1-55488-416-2

$19.99 £10.99

Now You Know Big Book of Sports978-1-55488-454-4

$29.99 £14.99


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UNSOLVEDTrue Canadian Cold Casesby Robert J. Hoshowsky

978-1-55488-739-2272 pages, paper6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm24 b&w illustrations$24.99£14.99

True Crime

June

By the same author:

The Last to Die978-1-55002-672-6$24.99 £12.99

Despite advances in DNA testing, forensics, and the investigative skills used by police, hundreds of crimes remain unsolved across Canada every year. With every passing day trails grow colder and decades can pass before a new lead or witness comes forward … if one comes forward.

In Unsolved, Robert J. Hoshowsky examines 12 crimes that continue to haunt us. Some cases are well-known, while others have virtually disappeared from the public eye. All of the cases remain open, and many are being re-examined by police using the latest tools and technology. Hoshowsky takes the reader through all aspects of the crimes and how police are trying to solve them using 3-D facial reconstructions, DNA testing, age-enhancement drawings, original crime scene photos, and more.

None of the individuals profiled in Unsolved deserved their fate, but their stories deserve to be told and their killers need to be brought to justice.

Robert J. Hoshowsky is an investigative journalist who has explored first-hand the world of cults, bikers, cops, killers, and thieves. A former researcher-reporter at Maclean’s, his work has appeared in more than 100 magazines and newspapers worldwide. His highly acclaimed non-fiction book, The Last to Die, was shortlisted for the prestigious Arthur Ellis Award. He lives in Toronto.


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SCRIPT TEASEA Wordsmith’s Waxings on Life and

Writingby Eric Nicol

978-1-55488-707-1208 pages, paper

5.5 x 8.5, 140 x 216 mm10 b&w illustrations

$24.99£14.99

Humour

April

By the same author:

Old Is In978-1-55002-524-8

$16.99 £9.99

Canadian Politics Unplugged978-1-55002-466-1

$19.99 £10.99

Why write in the first place, other than your grocery list? Eric Nicol believes it’s the second most satisfying thing you can do lying down. But it’s not enough to want to write. You must need to write.

Now, after 73 years of scribbling, Eric holds forth on dangling participles, punctuation, and literary jargon. What’s more, he answers the burning question: “How much should creative writers depend on editors to correct their grammar?”

Then Eric provides a wide selection of essays to demonstrate how it’s done. These include a dramatic demonstration of the chutzpah of a big Tom wild turkey and its harem on a B.C. Gulf Island, the discovery that Eric’s one-way-view window in the bathroom has been installed incorrectly, the trials and tribulations of computers and the creative process, and a riposte to the query, “Are nipples really necessary on guys?”

Pure Nicol. Minted in Canada. Priceless!

Eric Nicol was born in Kingston, Ontario, and claims to remember the dinosaurs well. He graduated from the University of British Columbia with an arts degree and a writing habit. He is the author of more than 35 books and has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour three times. He lives in Vancouver.


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WAITING FOR RICKY TANTRUMby Jules Lewis

978-1-55488-740-8160 pages, paper5.5 x 8.5, 140 x 216 mm$17.99£10.99

Fiction

August


Something Remains978-1-55488-465-0$21.99 £12.99

Woodstock Rising978-1-55002-860-7$21.99 £12.99

Jim Myers is a painfully shy kid living in Toronto’s west end Bloorcourt Village. Rarely is he able to muster enough courage to say anything beyond “ya” or “dunno.” After school he hangs around with his neighbour and only friend, Oleg Khernofsky, playing basketball against a no parking sign in a laneway. In the evenings, he haunts Nicky’s Diner, a restaurant owned by Oleg’s uncle.

On the first day of junior high, Jim crosses paths with Charlie Crouse, a brash, mouthy kid full of wild stories about his past. Charlie takes Jim under his wing and introduces him to the electronic strip poker machine at the Fun Village Arcade in Koreatown, a Queen Street hooker who calls herself Steffi Graf, and the diverse sounds and utterances of his landlord’s three lovers. As Jim and Charlie’s friendship grows, however, the realities of looming adulthood seep into their lives with surprising consequences.

Jules Lewis was born in Toronto and is still based there. He has lived in Montreal, New York City, and Istanbul, and has written for Toronto’s Eye Weekly. This is his debut novel.


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THE WHITEOAK BROTHERS

by Mazo de la Roche

978-1-55488-741-5280 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm$24.99, £14.99

Fiction

August

RETURN TO JALNA

by Mazo de la Roche

978-1-55488-742-2416 pages, paper

6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm$24.99, £14.99

Fiction

August

In The Whiteoak Brothers, the Jalna household is electric with secrecy and excited expectation. It is now 1923, and while young love blossoms between Pheasant and Piers, Aunt Augusta’s friend, Dilly Warkworth, arrives at Jalna and tries to snare the heart of Renny. Eden meets a persuasive mining broker whose new venture promises miracles. One by one, Eden persuades the other Whiteoaks to part with their savings — even old Adeline.

In Return to Jalna, the Whiteoak family reunites after a year of separation. Piers, Renny, and Wakefield return in 1943 during the Second World War. Finch has been off on a concert tour, and Maurice has come home from Ireland. Fifteen-year-old Adeline returns from school and is now the stunning reflection of her namesake. It’s a time of change and strain, but the family remains united against all others.

Mazo de la Roche, in 1927, was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from The Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. That book and the 15 subsequent novels in the series became immediate bestsellers. Jalna was eventually adapted for stage, screen, and television.

In the same series:

Whiteoak Harvest978-1-55488-467-4 / $24.99

Wakefield’s Course978-1-55488-468-1 / $24.99

Whiteoak Heritage978-1-55488-411-7 / $24.99

Young Renny978-1-55488-410-0 / $24.99

Whiteoaks of Jalna978-1-89485-224-1 / $24.95

Jalna978-1-89485-223-4 / $24.95

The Building of Jalna978-1-55002-878-2 / $24.99

Mary Wakefield978-1-55002-877-5 / $24.99


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SELF CONDEMNEDby Wyndham Lewisintroduction by Allan Pero


Voyageur ClassicsFiction

July

In the same series:

Combat Journal for Place d’Armes978-1-55488-457-5$26.99 £15.99

Storm Below978-1-55488-456-8$24.99 £14.99

Self Condemned, originally published in 1954, tells the story of Professor René Harding and his wife, Essie, as they find themselves in Momaco, a fictionalized version of Toronto, following René’s resignation as an academic in London, England. Reduced to a position at the second-rate University of Momaco, René and Essie suffer through a bleak and oppressive isolation in a dreary and alien city.

The novel, a devastating, disturbing satire of life in wartime Canada, explores the difficulty individuals face as they struggle to adapt to new surroundings while preserving their sense of wholeness, as well as the bond that develops between people during a shared experience of isolation.

Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957) was born on his father’s yacht off Nova Scotia but grew up in England. The author of many novels, including The Revenge for Love, The Apes of God, and Tarr, he was associated with T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Lewis spent the Second World War in Toronto, and his experiences there formed the basis of Self Condemned.

Allan Pero is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Western Ontario. He has published papers about Wyndham Lewis on the aesthetics of death and on hysteria and history. He lives in London, Ontario.


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Disgraced city cop Ray Tate and outcast state trooper Djuna Brown track down a wealthy sexual sadist and a depressed career criminal flooding a Midwestern U.S. city with killer ecstasy pills. Mismatched and mutually suspicious of each other, Tate and Brown hunt the mythic Captain Cook and his henchman, the homicidal Phil Harvey. But as Captain Cook sinks deeper into a spiral of sexual depravity, Phil Harvey begins to question his role as a lifelong gangster.

Tate and Brown discover, as they sift through the rubble left by their targets, that no one is what they appear to be — not even themselves. Travelling through the Chinese underworld, clandestine drug laboratories, and biker-ridden badlands, the troubled duo encounter murder, political corruption, police paranoia, and psychosis, but can they find love and redemption, too?

Lee Lamothe is the author of several non-fiction books, including the bestsellers The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and Bloodlines: The Rise and Fall of Mafia’s Royal Family. His previous crime novel was The Last Thief. A journalist known for his investigations into the seamy underworld of organized crime, he travels widely in Asia and Europe from his base in Toronto.

FREE FORM JAZZA Ray Tate and Djuna Brown Mystery

by Lee Lamothe

978-1-55488-696-8320 pages, paper

4.25 x 7, 108 x 178 mm$11.99£6.99

Castle Street Mystery

July


Grave Doubts978-1-55488-405-6

$11.99 £6.99

Body Blows978-1-55488-390-5

$11.99 £6.99


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SAMURAI CODEA Jack Taggart Mysteryby Don Easton

978-1-55488-697-5320 pages, paper4.25 x 7, 108 x 178 mm$11.99£6.99


July

In the same series:

Angel in the Full Moon978-1-55002-813-3$11.99 £6.99

Above Ground978-1-55002-681-8$11.99 £6.99

This intriguing, suspense-packed novel is the fourth Jack Taggart Mystery, following Loose Ends, Above Ground, and Angel in the Full Moon. This time the implacable Mountie Jack Taggart goes undercover to follow the trail of a cheap Saturday-night special found at the scene of a murder.

He traces the gun from the manufacturer to the person it was stolen from and through several criminals until the trail leads him to a suspected heroin importer. Taggart pretends to be an Irish gangster and penetrates the criminal organization, only to discover that the real crime boss is a mysterious figure out of Asia.

Taggart and his partner are unexpectedly taken aboard a private jet where they find themselves alone and without backup in the lair of one of the largest yakuza organized crime families in Japan. East meets west. The clash of culture explodes into violence when their real identities are discovered.

Don Easton spent his career in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as an undercover operative who worked in foreign countries. He lives in Victoria.


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NIGHTSHADEA Sam Montcalm Mystery

by Tom Henighan

978-1-55488-714-9296 pages, paper

4.25 x 7, 108 x 178 mm$11.99£6.99


July


Blood and Groom978-1-55488-430-8

$11.99 £6.99

On the Head of a Pin978-1-55488-434-6

$11.99 £6.99

Deadly nightshade — the poison plant par excellence … and in historic Quebec City at an important scientific conference concerning the genetic manipulation of trees it means murder!

Police, RCMP, and a mysterious FBI agent from Washington converge on the scene. But the sharpest eye belongs to Sam Montcalm, a despised “bedroom snooper” from Ottawa whose primary concern is to clear a First Nations activist of the crime. Sam is middle-aged, tough, and sophisticated, yet he’s also a lone wolf who feels displaced nearly everywhere, and his relations with his colleagues, the police — and with women — are always complicated. “You’re a psychic wound without a health card,” a friend comments.

The story moves to its surprising climax as Montcalm follows the trail of murder back to Canada’s capital and into the Gatineau Hills, his deep sense of cynicism about human nature confirmed as he closes in on the killer and struggles to come to terms with himself.

Tom Henighan is an Ottawa writer and editor. His fiction includes The Well of Time, shortlisted for the Seal Books First Novel Award; Mercury Man, shortlisted for the Red Maple Award; and Doom Lake Holiday, a teen mystery set in Ontario’s Rideau Lakes.


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I CHOOSE TO LIVEA Self-Made Millionaire Faces Cancerby Mischa Weisz with Wade Hemsworth

978-1-55488-718-7168 pages, hardcover6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm32 colour photos$35.00£20.00

Biography

January

By the time he was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in 2007, Mischa Weisz had all he needed to face the fight of his life. A child of Holocaust survivors, he felt distant from his parents and had no idea of his own heritage until he was well into his teens — too late to adopt it as his own.

When Mischa and his first wife split, he battled for custody of their son and daughter, emerging as an unlikely but devoted single father living on unemploy-ment insurance as he plotted his move into his own business. His work with computers and bank machines positioned him to take advantage when the Can adian government opened the Interac network to independent operators. Weisz grew his company into a powerhouse, amassing a fortune processing ATM withdrawals that Canadians make at gas stations, variety stores, casinos, and other locations.

On October 2, 2009, Mischa passed away at the age of 53. In this inspiring memoir he documents how it’s possible to thrive even in the toughest conditions and dem-onstrates how he lived on his terms while battling cancer for more than two years.

Mischa Weisz was born in Barrie, Ontario, and grew up in Hamilton. He set up TNS Smart Network, a key provider of access to the Interac network for 13,000 independently operated bank machines across Canada in the 1990s and sold the company in 2007.

Wade Hemsworth is a reporter with the Hamilton Spectator and is the author of two previous works of non-fiction, Killing Time and Both My Legs.


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GROWING UP IVYby Peggy Dymond Leavey

978-1-55488-723-1224 pages, paper

5.25 x 7.25, 135 x 185 mmAuthor’s note and selected reading

$12.99£7.99

Teen Historical FictionAges 10+

June


Minerva’s Voyage978-1-55488-439-1

$12.99 £7.99

Free as a Bird978-1-55488-447-6

$12.99 £7.99

Living in grim Depression-era Toronto with her actress mother, Frannie, Ivy Chalmers has never met her father. In 1931, Frannie sends 12-year-old Ivy to stay with her paternal grandmother in Larkin, Ontario, while she seeks stardom in New York City. When Ivy’s father, Alva, arrives unexpectedly in Larkin, he turns out not to be the Prince Charming she imagined, but an illiterate peddler. Rescuing Ivy from her uncompromising grandmother, Alva takes her with him for the summer, wandering the countryside by horse-drawn caravan and selling shoes.

In the course of their travels, Ivy meets teenager Charlie Bayliss, orphaned as an infant and raised by his aunt on a farm outside Larkin. Ivy has a flair for writing and boundless imagination; Charlie loves baseball and loathes farming. Unknown to both of them, though, is a secret connection they share. When the final pieces of the puzzle of their lives fall into place, nothing will ever be the same.

Peggy Dymond Leavey’s previous books include Sky Lake Summer, The Deep End Gang, and The Path Through the Trees, all of which have been nominated for the Silver Birch Award. She has also been shortlisted for the Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, and the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. Peggy lives in Trenton, Ontario.


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ARCTIC THUNDERby Robert Feagan

978-1-55488-700-2272 pages, paper5.25 x 7.25, 135 x 185 mm $12.99£7.99

Teen FictionAges 12+

August

By the same author:

Mystery at Shildii Rock 978-1-55002-668-9 $11.99 £6.99

Napachee 978-1-55002-636-8 $11.99 £6.99

Fourteen-year-old Mike Watson’s team has just won the Alberta Bantam Provincial box lacrosse championships. The euphoria of victory and plans for next season are short-lived when Mike’s father, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is transferred to Inuvik, Northwest Territories.

The transition to life inside the Arctic Circle is a tough one. With temperatures of -30 Celsius, a hulking monster named Joseph Kiktorak threatening him at every turn, and not a lacrosse ball in sight, Mike’s resentment at moving north escalates.

As his friendships with local youth develop, Mike is introduced to the amazing spectacle and athleticism of traditional “Arctic Sports.” When his father witnesses the natural talent of Mike’s new friends, the idea of an Inuvik lacrosse team is born. With hearts full of desire, the motley group of athletes heads south to participate in the Baggataway Lacrosse Tournament, and to face Mike’s former team, the Rams.

Robert Feagan is the author of two previous novels for young people: Napachee and Mystery at Shildii Rock. He was born in Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, and often accompanied his RCMP father on patrols of the Mackenzie Delta by dog team. Feagan lives in St. Albert, Alberta.

Nominated for the 2009 Golden Eagle Award


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JAILBIRD KIDby Shirlee Smith Matheson

978-1-55488-704-0168 pages, paper

5.25 x 7.25, 135 x 185 mm$12.99£7.99


May

By the same author:

The Gambler’s Daughter978-1-55002-718-1

$11.99 £6.99

Angela Wroboski has recently moved with her mother from their small hometown into the city to rid them of a dark past. Her dad, the infamous Nick “The Weasel” Wroboski, has served three jail terms for various crimes, and on June 5, Angela’s 15th birthday, he’s released from a two-year sentence in Fort Gavin Prison.

Arriving home with an attitude and attire that’s sure to mess up her friendships and future, The Weasel tries to prove that this time he’s going straight. But the influence of the old gang — led by notorious Uncle Al who’s now operating an enigmatic “business” that’s more than a little shady — remains a constant threat to Nick’s future as a family man. When Angela learns that a crime is being planned that could blow apart her family, she must quickly decide how to intervene without breaking her father’s code to “never discuss family business outside the home.”

Shirlee Smith Matheson is the author of 13 teen novels and non-fiction books, including Maverick in the Sky and Flying the Frontiers. She works at the Aero Space Museum in Calgary, where she lives, and also leads writing workshops, presents readings, and travels widely to discover more exciting tales.

A 1998 Our Choice


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SHADOW RIDERSby B.J. Bayle

978-1-55488-724-8264 pages, paper5.25 x 7.25, 135 x 185 mmAuthor’s note and selected reading$12.99£7.99

Teen Historical FictionAges 12+

June

By the same author:

Nominated for the 2009 Red Maple Award

Perilous Passage978-1-55002-689-4$11.99 £6.99

A 2001 Our Choice

Battle Cry at Batoche978-1-55002-717-4$11.99 £6.99

In 1874, after their father is wounded by hard men who have stolen a number of mares and Smokey, a prized stallion, 15-year-old Rob McCann and his adopted Native brother, Luke, ride frantically to Fort Ellice, Manitoba, in the vain expectation that the horse rustlers have stopped there. Learning that a new force called the North-West Mounted Police has come west, the brothers continue south to locate them and ask for help.

The NWMP commander, Colonel George French, attempts to have the boys escorted home. However, the brothers manage to tag along on the 800-mile march of NWMP men and wagons headed for Fort Whoop-Up, in what will one day be Alberta, with the hope that they’ll catch up with the thieves.

Besides the terrible life-threatening hardships brought on by bad weather and brutal terrain, Rob worries about his mother and wounded father and fears he might even lose Luke and never find Smokey or the other horses.

B.J. Bayle’s Battle Cry at Batoche, her bestselling novel about the North-West Rebellion in 1885, was a Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice, while Perilous Passage, her historical novel about explorer David Thompson, was nominated for a 2009 Red Maple Award. She lives in Cochrane, Alberta.


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JAK’S STORYby Aaron Bell

978-1-55488-710-188 pages, paper

10 b&w illustrations6 x 9, 150 x 230 mm

$12.99£7.99


August


Time of the Thunderbird978-1-55002-792-1

$11.99 £6.99

Nominated for the 2009 Silver Birch Award

Reading the Bones978-1-55002-732-7

$11.99 $6.99

Thirteen-year-old Jak Loren is a typical boy with the usual problems that a big family with older sisters and younger brothers presents. Never mind the troubles at school — bullies and girls!

When Jak goes to the ravine near his home in Brantford to get away from Steven Burke, a bully who’s been tormenting him, he discovers the ravine has a history that’s much older than he thought. He meets Grandfather Rock, who shares with him the story of the Six Nations people who have lived near the ravine for hundreds of years. Soon Jak’s eyes are opened to a new world of beings and respect.

Jak learns about First Nations people and how their teachings inhabit the spirits of all living things that surround us even today. The tales of the First Nations help Jak to understand that the gift of life is something to be cherished. And when a construction crew arrives in his neighbourhood and threatens his beloved ravine, Jak knows he has to act to save it.

Aaron Bell, an Ojibway, has been sharing the teachings and stories of the First Nations people of southern Ontario for nearly 20 years. He owns and operates two businesses, Ojibway Storyteller and Gonrah Desgohwah White Pine Dancers, out of his home in Brantford, Ontario.


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WILD SPIRITSby Rosa Jordan

978-1-55488-729-3272 pages, paper5.25 x 7.25, 135 x 185 mmAuthor’s note and selected reading$12.99£7.99


June


Watcher978-1-55488-431-5$12.99 £7.99

Ghost Ride978-1-55488-438-4$12.99 £7.99

Eleven-year-old Danny Ryan and 19-year-old Wendy Marshall think their friendship is only about looking after two baby raccoons that Danny has rescued. But when a bank holdup upsets Wendy so much that she can hardly stand to be around people, she leaves her job as a teller, retreats to a farm, and surrounds herself with injured and orphaned wildlife. Danny, neglected at home and considered weird in a town where other boys are into hunting, finds peace on the farm, too, plus excitement, as he and Wendy adopt ever more exotic animals such as llamas, bobcats, a serval, an ocelot, and a blind lynx.

Over time the two friends develop a bond that goes beyond care of the animals to caring for each other. As it turns out, Wendy rescues not just wildlife but Danny, as well. What’s more, the bank robbers are still at large and still a threat, and Danny, now 14, must act to save Wendy’s life.

Rosa Jordan’s previous novels for young people, The Last Wild Place, The Goatnappers, and Lost Goat Lane, won or were nominated for numerous awards, including the 2007 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction for Middle Readers distinction, the Red Maple Award, and the Chocolate Lily Award. She grew up in the Florida Everglades and now lives in Rossland, British Columbia, in the Monashee Mountains.


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OUT OF DARKNESSThe Jeff Healey Story

by Cindy Watson

978-1-55488-706-4176 pages, paper

8 x 8, 203 x 203 mm70 b&w illustrations, sidebars

$19.99£11.99

Teen BiographyAges 12+

August


Glenn Gould978-1-55002-819-5

$17.95 £8.99

True Stories of Rescue and Survival978-1-55002-851-5

$19.99 £11.99

From the moment three-year-old Jeff Healey first laid a guitar across his lap in what was to become his signature style, it was clear he was no ordinary kid. Losing both eyes to retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer, opened a door to another world for Jeff, a newly adopted infant. Out of darkness he created music, becoming one of the most influential blues-rock and jazz performers of our time, beginning with his first hit album, See the Light.

In this up-close and personal account loaded with never-before-seen photographs, memorabilia, and intimate recollections of family, friends, and fellow musicians, we discover this unique music icon’s dynamic career, which saw him collaborate with everyone from George Harrison and Eric Clapton to B.B. King and Stevie Ray Vaughan. From Jeff ’s lonely start one snowy night at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Toronto to his untimely end in the same building, we come away with a potent message of empowerment and a renewed sense of hope.

Cindy Watson is the author of Misunderstood Animals. She has published for children with Skipping Stones magazine, Dovetail Press, and South Pacific Press. A labour lawyer, she lives in Utterson in Ontario’s Muskoka region.


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CANADA UNDER ATTACKby Jennifer Crump

978-1-55488-731-6240 pages, paper8 x 8, 203 x 203 mm30 b&w illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index$19.99£11.99

Canadians at War

Teen HistoryAges 12+

July


The War of 1812978-1-55002-336-7$16.99 £8.99

Guidebook to the Historic Sites of the War of 1812978-1-55002-626-9$24.99 £12.99

“Invading Canada is an old American tradition. Invading Canada successfully is not.”

— Peter Carlson, Washington Post

Canadians have been celebrated participants in numerous conflicts on foreign soils, but most Canadians aren’t aware that they’ve also had to defend themselves numerous times at home. From U.S. General Benedict Arnold’s covetous attempts to declare Canada the 14th colony during the American Revolution, to the German U-boat battles in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the Second World War, Canada has successfully defended itself against all invaders.

Jennifer Crump brings to life the battles fought by Canadians to ensure the country’s independence, from the almost ludicrous Pork n’ Beans War to the deadly War of 1812. Then she reveals the complex invasion plans by the United States and Germany to conquer Canada. The most amazing of these plots was the nearly 100-page blueprint for invading Canada commissioned by the U.S. government in 1935 — a scheme that remains current today!

Jennifer Crump is a freelance journalist and author whose work has appeared in numerous North American magazines and several anthologies. The author of a Toronto guidebook and two previous books on the War of 1812, she lives in Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario.


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MEN OF STEELCanadian Paratroopers in

Normandy, 1944by Colonel Bernd Horn

978-1-55488-708-8144 pages, paper

8 x 8, 203 x 203 mm25 b&w illustrations, sidebars, maps,


Canadians at War

Teen HistoryAges 12+

April


Day of the Flying Fox978-1-55002-808-9

$19.99 £10.99

To Stand and Fight Together978-1-55002-731-0

$19.99 £10.99

By the late spring of 1944, the world had been at war with Germany and its allies for five gruelling, murderous years. Then, in the dead of night on June 5–6, hundreds of elite Canadian paratroopers hurled themselves from aircraft well behind enemy lines to initiate actions that were critical if the Allied invasion fleet hoped to have any measure of success in France.

Men of Steel is the gripping story of some of Canada’s toughest and most daring soldiers in the Second World War and what they did in their finest hours. Through the lens of these gallant paratroopers we glimpse the chaos and destruction of combat in the greatest invasion in military history. From aircraft formations striking out on a turbulent flight across the English Channel to deadly hand-to-hand combat in the Normandy countryside, Men of Steel delivers a detailed account of Canadian paratroopers and their crucial role in D-Day.

Colonel Bernd Horn has held key positions in the Canadian Forces, including deputy commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. An adjunct professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada, he has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited 28 books on military history and military affairs. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.


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Fall 2009 RoundupAFRICA’S CHILDREN

A History of Blacks in Yarmouth, Nova Scotiaby Sharon Robart-Johnson

History | 240 pages | paper | 50 b&w archival photos, posters, certificates, and maps; appendices, notes, bibliography, index | $28.99, £16.99 | 978-1-55002-862-1

This extensively researched history traces the lives of black families in the Yarmouth area of Nova Scotia who, still enslaved at the time, arrived with the influx of black loyalists and landed in Shelburne in 1783. Drawing on a variety of sources, such as census and cemetery records, church and school histories, oral histories, and newspapers, Robart-Johnson has written a people’s history overlooked for far too long.

AMAZING AIRMENCanadian Flyers in the Second World War

by Ian Darling

History | 264 pages | paper | 55 b&w photographs, bibliography, index | $24.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-424-7

Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Those who survived often had to overcome incredible obstacles to do so — dodging bullets and German troops, escaping from burning planes and enduring forced marches if they became prisoners. These survivor stories are so amazing they sound like fiction.

A.Y. JACKSONThe Life of a Landscape Painter

by Wayne Larsen

Art | 280 pages | hardcover | 75 colour illustrations | $60.00, £35.00 | 978-1-55488-392-9

A.Y. Jackson takes readers on a journey through the struggles and triumphs of one of Canada’s most beloved artists, from Jackson’s childhood in Victorian-era Montreal through his final years as a living legend of Canadian art who thought nothing of camping in a tent on Baffin Island at age 82.

THE BIG BOOK OF CANADIAN HAUNTINGSby John Robert Colombo

Paranormal | 536 pages | paper | $29.99, £17.99 | 978-1-55488-449-0

This new compendium offers readers true first-person accounts of the appearances (and the disappearances!) of ghosts and spirits as well as their effects on observers. Some tales are reprinted from newspapers and periodicals of the past, but the majority of the stories, from every region in Canada, have never before appeared in print and are based on Colombo’s ongoing research.


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BLOOD AND GROOMA Sasha Jackson Mysteryby Jill Edmondson

Castle Street Mystery | 256 pages | paper | $11.99, £6.99 | 978-1-55488-430-8

Someone in Toronto has murdered art dealer Christine Arvisais’s groom-to-be. Former rock band singer and neophyte private investigator Sasha Jackson lands the case because she’s all Christine can afford. The high-society gal was jilted at the altar, and she’s the prime suspect, not to mention Sasha’s first major client. Sasha enlists her ex-boyfriend to pose as her fiancé and trap the murderer, but will her ruse make her ex the next victim on the hit list and lead to her own untimely demise?

COMBAT JOURNAL FOR PLACE D’ARMESA Personal Narrativeby Scott Symonsintroduction by Christopher Elson

Fiction | 424 pages | paper | 5 b&w illustrations, selected reading | $26.99, £15.99 | 978-1-55488-457-5

Both a study of the emergence of a character’s true self through his homosexual experiences and the decay of Canadian, and especially French-Canadian, traditions, Place d’Armes was named one of the top 100 most important books in Canadian history.

THE DIFFICULT WARPerspectives on Insurgency and Special Operations Forcesedited by Dr. Emily Spencerforeword by Major-General J.P.Y.D. Gosselin

History | 280 pages | paper | notes, index | $39.95, £22.99 | 978-1-55488-441-4

The Difficult War is a collection of essays that deals with theoretical concepts related to both insurgency and the conduct of irregular warfare. Topics include terrorism, the privatization of security in conflicts abroad, and the unconventional warfare techniques used during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and by the Coalition forces in today’s Afghanistan.Also available in French: Une guerre difficile — 978-1-55488-471-1

CONSERVING, PRESERVING, AND RESTORING YOUR HERITAGEA Professional’s Adviceby Kennis Kim

Genealogy | 144 pages | paper | 15 b&w illustrations | $19.99, £12.00 | 978-1-55488-462-9

Here is all that’s needed to determine what can be done to preserve precious articles for future generations. Topics include creating an accession list, the nature of conservation, restoration and preservation, and common threats such as light, humidity, insects, and rodents.


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GHOST STORIES OF SASKATCHEWAN 3

by Jo-Anne Christensen

Paranormal | 232 pages | paper | 32 b&w illustrations, introduction, bibliography | $22.99, £11.99 | 978-1-55488-428-5

In this third collection of Saskatchewan ghost stories, the reader will find triple the history, mystery, and chills from one of Canada’s established paranormal authors. There are historical tales and personal accounts, legends and lore — everything a dedicated ghost story fan needs to stay awake late into the night.

GHOSTSAn Investigation into a True Canadian Haunting

by Richard Palmisano

Paranormal | 232 pages | paper | 18 b&w illustrations | $22.99, £13.99 | 978-1-55488-435-3

Join The Searcher Group as the spirits at a once-grand Mississauga lakeshore mansion lead them to the terrible secrets hidden inside the grounds and an encounter with a ghost full of anger and hate. In this chilling tale, spirits work together as they attempt to protect themselves from the intruders. Find out how far they’re willing to go to get the investigators to leave and never come back!

THE GOLDEN DREAMA History of the St. Lawrence Seaway at Fifty

by Ronald Stagg

History | 256 pages | hardcover | 50 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index | $35.00, £20.00 | 978-1-55002-887-4

In the early 20th century a movement flourished, championing the St. Lawrence route as the answer to easily transporting goods in and out of the centre of the continent. During construction, communities along the Great Lakes planned for increased prosperity, but changes in transportation, aging infrastructure, and environmental problems have meant that “the Golden Dream” hasn’t been fully realized even today.

GENEALOGICAL STANDARDS OF EVIDENCE

A Guide for Genealogistsby Brenda Dougall Merriman

Genealogy | 144 pages | paper | 19 b&w illustrations | $19.99, £12.00 | 978-1-

55488-451-3

Author Brenda Dougall Merriman takes readers through the genealogical process of research and identification, while examining how the genealogical community has developed standards of evidence and documentation, what those standards are, and how they can be applied.

GENEALOGY AND THE LAW IN CANADA

by Dr. Margaret Ann Wilkinson

Genealogy | 144 pages | paper | $19.99, £12.00 | 978-1-55488-452-0

Digital records and broad access to the Internet have made it easier for genealogists to gather relevant information from distant sources. The law, however, remains tied to particular geographic locations. This book discusses the specific laws — access to information, protection of personal data, and copyright — applicable to people working in Canada.


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HENRY HUDSONNew World Voyageurby Edward Butts

Biography | 192 pages | paper | 12 b&w illustrations, timeline, bibliography index | $19.99, £11.99 | 978-1-55488-455-1

Sailing from England in 1610, internationally renowned explorer Henry Hudson began his search for a Northwest Passage through the Canadian Arctic. Hudson’s expedition was one of great discovery and even greater disaster. Extreme Arctic conditions and Hudson’s own questionable leadership resulted in the most infamous mutiny in Canadian history, and a mystery that remains unsolved.

INDOCHINA NOW AND THENby George Fetherling

Travel | 224 pages | paper | 60 b&w illustrations | $24.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-425-4

George Fetherling recounts several journeys through Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, keeping an eye peeled and an ear cocked for whatever faint traces of French rule might remain. Indochina Now and Then is a travel narrative that leaves an indelible impression in the reader’s imagination.

INNOCENT MURDERERA Cordi O’Callaghan Mysteryby Suzanne F. Kingsmill


Zoology professor Cordi O’Callaghan becomes entangled in the deaths of two of her fellow passengers aboard the Susanna Moodie, a tourist ship in the Canadian Arctic. The fatalities are ruled accidental, but Cordi suspects they’re anything but.

JAMES DOUGLASFather of British Columbiaby Julie H. Ferguson

Biography | 240 pages | paper | 12 b&w illustrations, timeline, bibliography, index | $19.99, £11.99 | 978-1-55488-409-4

James Douglas tells the story of the son of a Scottish plantation owner and a mixed-race woman who became governor of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia. Before Vancouver existed as we know it today, when Victoria was a muddy village, Douglas’s vision and drive laid the foundation for Canada’s westernmost province.


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JOHN ARPINKeyboard Virtuoso

by Robert Popple

Biography | 360 pages | paper | 40 illustrations, photos, posters, programs, and newspaper clippings; chronology, recording anthology, appendices, notes, bibliography, index | $26.00, £15.00 | 978-1-55002-866-9

Born and raised in Port McNicoll, Ontario, John Arpin was regarded as one of Canada’s finest keyboard virtuosos, performing at concert halls around the world. This authorized biography is based on extensive research and more than 40 hours of conversation during the last four years of Arpin’s life.

THE JOURNEY FROM TOLLGATE TO PARKWAYAfrican Canadians in Hamilton

by Adrienne Shadd

History | 256 pages | paper | 60 b&w archival and current photos, certificates, posters, appendices, notes, bibliography, index | $24.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-394-3

The Journey from Tollgate to Parkway examines the history of blacks in the Ancaster-Burlington-Hamilton area, their struggle for justice and equality in education and opportunity, and their achievements, presented in a fascinating and meticulously researched historical narrative.

LEMON-AID NEW CARS AND TRUCKS 2010by Phil Edmonston

Transportation | 536 pages | paper | 75 b&w photos and illustrations | $28.99, £16.99 | 978-1-55488-442-1

This compendium of everything that’s new in cars and trucks is packed with feedback from Canadian drivers, insider tips, internal service bulletins, and confidential memos to help the consumer select what’s safe, reliable, and fuel-frugal.

LET IT SNOWKeeping Canada’s Winter Sports Aliveby Darryl Humber and William Humber

Sports | 184 pages | paper | 55 b&w illustrations, charts, maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index | $24.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-461-2

This timely book takes a fond look at winter’s past, its place in Canada’s story, and how it has shaped our sports history, while exploring what climate change means for our sense of Canadian identity, for our winter sports heritage and its related industries, and for our ability to hold winter sporting events beyond Vancouver in 2010.


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LOIS MARSHALLA Biographyby James Neufeld

Biography | 352 pages | paper | 20 b&w illustrations | $28.99, £16.99 | 978-1-55488-469-8

Soprano Lois Marshall (1925–1997) became a household name across Canada during her 34-year career. This first-ever biography recounts her dazzling life and paints an intimate portrait of the woman, her childhood encounter with polio, and her complex relationship with her teacher and mentor, Weldon Kilburn.

MOHAWKS ON THE NILENatives Among the Canadian Voyageurs in Egypt, 1884–1885by Carl Benn

History | 280 pages | hardcover | 40 b&w photos, maps, timeline, appendix, notes, bibliography, index | $40.00, £23.00 | 978-1-55002-867-6

Mohawks on the Nile explores the absorbing history of 60 aboriginal men who participated in a military expedition on the Nile River. They used their skills as boatmen to transport an Anglo-Egyptian army through the Nile’s treacherous cataracts as it attempted to reach Khartoum to relieve Sudan’s governor general, Major-General Charles “Chinese” Gordon, who was besieged by Muslim nationals.

THE NAVAL SERVICE OF CANADA, 1910–2010The Centennial Storyedited by Richard H. Gimblett

History | 248 pages | hardcover | 120 b&w and colour illustrations, maps, charts, notes, bibliography, index | $39.95, £24.00 | 978-1-55488-470-4

This highly illustrated commemorative volume chronicles the full century of the Canadian navy as a proud national institution. Comprehensive coverage includes the origins of Canada’s navy in 1867, both world wars, the Korean conflict, the postwar period, and a look at the navy of the future.

Also available in French: Le Service naval du Canada 1910–2010 — 978-1-55488-472-8

NOW YOU KNOW BIG BOOK OF SPORTSby Doug Lennox

Sports | 536 pages | paper | $29.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-454-4

Doug Lennox, the world champion of trivia, is back to score touchdowns, hit homers, and knock in holes-in-one every time with a colossal compendium of Q&A athletics that has all anyone could possibly want to know about sports, from archery and cycling to skiing and wrestling and everything in between.


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NOW YOU KNOW CANADA’S HEROESby Doug Lennox

History | 192 pages | paper | $19.99, £10.99 | 978-1-55488-444-5

When it comes to Q&A trivia, Doug Lennox has no peer. Sir Isaac Brock, Tecumseh, Laura Secord, Norman Bethune, Terry Fox, and Roberta Bondar are all Canadian icons we’ve come to cherish. Doug delivers the goods on all those famous heroes and many more.

NOW YOU KNOW FOOTBALLby Doug Lennox

Sports | 192 pages | paper | $19.99, £10.99 | 978-1-55488-453-7

Doug Lennox, the all-pro of Q&A, tells us why a touchdown is worth six points, who first decided to pick up the pigskin and throw it, and how a children’s toy changed the sport’s biggest championship.

ON THE HEAD OF A PINby Janet Kellough


The history of the rebellion, the Patriot Hunter invasions, Pirate Bill Johnston, and Upper Canada politics are ingeniously woven into this tale of serial murder.

PIKE’S PORTAGEStories of a Distinguished Place

by Morten Asfeldt and Bob Henderson

History | 352 pages | paper | 80 b&w illustrations, 10 maps, appendix, notes, bibliography, index | $29.99, £17.99 | 978-1-55488-460-5

The stories of the people who have struggled over Pike’s Portage at the edge of the Barrens in the Northwest Territories are many and varied. They include: sports hunters Warburton Pike and Ernest Thompson Seton, surveyors Guy Blanchet and the Tyrrell brothers, a long line of trappers such as Gus A’Doust, explorer George Back, and the eccentric John Hornby, among others.


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PILGRIM IN THE PALACE OF WORDSA Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earthby Glenn Dixon

Travel | 352 pages | paper | 4 b&w photos, bibliography, index | $24.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-433-9

As one philosopher said, languages are the Houses of Being. After doing graduate work in linguistics, Glenn Dixon wanted to visit these houses or “palaces” himself — to strut up their sidewalks, knock on their doors, and peek in their windows. He wanted to see what they were hiding in their basements … even if it meant a little bit of trouble. Join him on his adventure toward a real understanding of human communication.

POLISH ORPHANS OF TENGERUThe Dramatic Story of Their Long Journey to Canada 1941–49by Dr. Lynne Taylor

History | 288 pages | paper | 10 b&w photos, notes, bibliography, index | $28.00, £16.00 | 978-1-55488-004-1

Polish Orphans of Tengeru is the story of 123 Polish Catholic Displaced Persons orphans who were brought to Canada from East Africa in 1949 as part of the settlement of the postwar DP crisis. The situation became an international incident as Warsaw claimed that Canada and the International Refugee Organization, with the active collaboration of the American and British governments, was kidnapping these children to use as slave labour on Canadian farms and in Canadian factories.

REINVENTING BRANTFORDA University Comes Downtownby Leo Groarke

History | 288 pages | paper | 55 b&w archival and contemporary photos, charts, maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index | $30.00, £17.00 | 978-1-55488-459-9

In Reinventing Brantford, Leo Groarke revisits the grandeur of Brantford’s past, explores its economic collapse, and tells the story of the arrival of Wilfrid Laurier University, its early struggles, its commitment to historic restoration, and its ultimate success as a catalyst for urban renewal.

THE RELUCTANT TWITCHERA Quite Truthful Account of My Big Birding Yearby Richard Popeforeword by Graeme Gibson

Nature | 216 pages | hardcover | 40 colour illustrations, maps, appendix, index | $35.00, £20.00 | 978-1-55488-458-2

In 2007, Richard Pope, a lifelong birder, embarked on his “Big Year,” the object being to record at least 300 birds in Ontario within that calendar period. Not just another book on birding, Pope’s unique approach is supported by an array of exceptional colour illustrations.


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A SHERLOCK HOLMES HANDBOOKSecond Edition

by Christopher Redmond

Reference | 336 pages | paper | 10 b&w illustrations | $32.00, £19.00 | 978-1-55488-446-9

A Sherlock Holmes Handbook examines the world of Sherlock Holmes — the characters and themes, the publishers and readers, Victorian London, and more. This new edition catches up on new films and books and the advent of the Internet, which has spread Sherlockian fandom even farther worldwide.

SIR SANDFORD FLEMINGHis Early Diaries, 1845–1853

by Jean Murray Cole

Biography | 288 pages | hardcover | 65 b&w archival visuals/diagrams/sketches, 4 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index | $30.00, £17.00 | 978-1-55488-450-6

Best known for his major railway-building accomplishments, Sir Sandford Fleming also designed Canada’s first adhesive postage stamp, the three-penny Beaver; was an early promoter of the Pacific Ocean cable; and is recognized around the world as the inventor of Standard Time. His beginnings are revealed in these early diaries that record his thoughts as an 18-year-old leaving his family home in Scotland for Canada.

SOMETHING REMAINSby Hassan Ghedi Santur

Fiction | 368 pages | paper | $21.99, £12.99 | 978-1-55488-465-0

Andrew Christiansen, a war photographer turned cabdriver, is having a bad year. His mother has just died; his father, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, gets arrested; and he’s married to a woman he doesn’t love. Keeping Andrew sane is his beloved camera through which he captures the many Torontonians who ride in his taxi. Something Remains proves the various ways humans grieve when the lives they build for themselves fall apart, and the joy we find in what remains.

STORM BELOWby Hugh Garner

introduction by Paul Stuewe

Fiction | 304 pages | paper | 5 b&w illustrations, appendix, selected reading | $24.99, £14.99 | 978-1-55488-456-8

Originally published in 1949, Storm Below tells the story of a fictional Royal Canadian Navy ship and its crew, the HMCS Riverford, which is a composite of the vessels Hugh Garner served on during his time in the Canadian navy. The adventure unfolds over six days of an escort run across the Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland during the Second World War.


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TECUMSEHShooting Star, Crouching Pantherby Jim Poling Sr.

Biography | 200 pages | paper | 12 b&w illustrations, timeline, bibliography, index | $19.99, £11.99 | 978-1-55488-414-8

From his attempts to forge a confederation of tribes to counter American territorial ambitions to his participation in the War of 1812, where his forces joined with British and Canadians against the Americans at Ford Meigs, Ohio, Shawnee war chief Tecumseh dedicated his life to opposing U.S. expansion and preserving a place for aboriginal peoples.

UNLIKELY PARADISEThe Life of Frances Gageby Alan D. Butcher

Biography | 264 pages | hardcover | 60 b&w illustrations | $35.00, £20.00 | 978-1-55488-423-0

Frances Gage, born in 1924 in Windsor, Ontario, experienced both artistic recognition and acute despair in her life. Despite success as a sculptor, she discovered that the Dante-like Paradise she had sought and gained was instead the poet’s Inferno in disguise. Referencing her correspondence, this remarkable biography presents a candid view of one of Canada’s most fascinating artists of the 20th century.

VALLEY OF FIREby Steven Manners


John Munin is a rational man, a gifted psychiatrist who believes that the soul and psyche are interesting only in dissection. Penelope is Munin’s star patient. She suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder and is particularly susceptible to Munin’s searching analysis. Munin plans to present Penelope’s case at a major medical conference in Las Vegas. But tragedy strikes on the eve of the event, and the probing psychiatrist’s orderly world crumbles in the crucible of the desert.

WAKEFIELD’S COURSEby Mazo de la Roche


Wakefield’s Course begins in the spring of 1939 at Jalna. Renny Whiteoak is keen to sail to England with his small daughter, Adeline, to buy a racehorse, but he’s more eager to see his younger brothers, Finch and Wakefield. On his arrival, Renny becomes entangled in his cousins’ affairs of the heart.

WHITEOAK HARVESTby Mazo de la Roche


In Whiteoak Harvest, Finch Whiteoak and wife, Sarah, return from their honeymoon to upset the Jalna household with Eden Whiteoak’s love child. Meanwhile, Wakefield Whiteoak is engaged to Pauline Lebraux but is tormented by religious doubts.


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WOLFE ISLANDA Legacy in Stone

by Barbara Wall La Rocque

History | 312 pages | paper | 92 b&w photos, maps, notes, bibliography, index | $30.00, £18.00 | 978-1-55488-398-1

Wolfe Island begins with the emergence of islands at the end of the last ice age and continues through the many centuries of First Nations habitation, the era of French exploration and fur trading, and the arrival of the first British settlers. Finally arriving in contemporary times, the book focuses on the process of development and decline of industry, the evolutions of facilities and land-title frustrations, and the emergence of a strong sense of identity among the inhabitants.

WOODSTOCK RISINGby Tom Wayman


In this extraordinary black comedy shot full of the social and political issues of 1969–70, a group of California college students, hippies, and activists led by a young Canadian graduate student, set out to put a satellite into orbit in homage to the recent Woodstock Festival.

THE YELLOW BRIARA Story of the Irish on the Canadian Countryside

by Patrick Slaterintroduction by Michael Gnarowski


First published in 1933 as biography, The Yellow Briar is actually the fictionalized memoir of an Irish orphan who escapes the Great Famine of 1840s Ireland and comes to the New World to seek a fresh start in the pioneering hinterland of Canada West (Ontario). Slater, actually Toronto lawyer John Mitchell’s pseudonym, perfectly captures the lilt of the Irish and the wry wisdom of an old soul to paint an affecting portrait of trials and tribulations in a long-ago time.

FEVER SEASONby Eric Zweig

Teen Historical Fiction | 256 pages | paper | $12.99, £7.99 | 978-1-55488-432-2

It’s early 1919 in Montreal and a deadly outbreak of Spanish influenza is killing thousands in Canada, including 13-year-old David Saifert’s mother and sister, leaving him alone and without family. But he does have a childhood photo of his mother with her long-lost brother who lives in Seattle. Fate intervenes when David lands a job with the Montreal Canadiens who, with David in tow, travel to Seattle to play the Metropolitans in the Stanley Cup playoff. Will David find his uncle? Will he survive the deadly flu?


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FREE AS A BIRDby Gina McMurchy-Barber

Teen Fiction | 184 pages | paper | $12.99, £7.99 | 978-1-55488-447-6

Born with Down syndrome, Ruby Jean Sharp lives at a time when being a developmentally disabled person usually meant growing up behind locked doors. When Ruby Jean’s loving grandmother dies, she’s taken to an institution that opened in 1878 and was originally called the Provincial Lunatic Asylum. It’s here that Ruby Jean learns to survive isolation, boredom, and every kind of abuse.

GHOST RIDEby Marina Cohen

Teen Mystery | 184 pages | paper | $12.99, £7.99 | 978-1-55488-438-4

When 14-year-old Sam McLean reluctantly joins the popular Cody and his sidekick, Javon for a midnight ghost ride, something goes terribly wrong. Cody convinces Sam to flee the scene, leaving Javon for dead. Soon mysterious messages appear on Cody’s blog and anonymous notes are slid into Sam’s locker. As Sam struggles with his conscience, a haunting question remains: Who else knows the truth?

GIRL ON THE OTHER SIDEby Deborah Kerbel


Despite their differences, Tabby and Lora have something in common — they’re both harbouring dark secrets and a lot of pain. Although they’ve never been friends, a series of strange events causes their lives to crash together in ways neither could have ever imagined. When the dust finally settles and all their secrets are forced out into the light, will the girls be saved … or destroyed?

I SAW IT TOO!Real UFO Sightingsby Chris A. Rutkowski

Teen Paranormal | 184 pages | paper | 18 b&w illustrations | $14.99, £8.99 | 978-1-55488-448-3

I Saw It Too! is the first collection of stories told by kids to document their UFO sightings. These accounts are real cases of UFOs they’ve seen or alien creatures they’ve encountered that were reported to government or military officials, UFO investigators, and journalists.


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MINERVA’S VOYAGEby Lynne Kositsky

Teen Historical Fiction | 232 pages | paper | $12.99, £7.99 | 978-1-55488-439-1

Dragged off the streets of 17th-century England and onboard a ship bound for Virginia by the murderous William Thatcher, Noah Vaile befriends a young cabin boy named Peter Fence. After being shipwrecked on the mysterious Isle of Devils, the two set off on an adventure filled with mystery, danger, villainy, and a treasure rarer and finer than gold.

SERGEANT GANDERA Canadian Heroby Robyn Walker

Teen History | 176 pages | paper | 40 b&w archival illustrations, map, posters, appendix, bibliography, notes, index | $19.99, £11.99 | 978-1-55488-463-6

Sergeant Gander is a fascinating account of the Royal Rifles of Canada’s canine mascot, and his devotion to duty demonstrated during the Battle of Hong Kong in the Second World War. Gander fought alongside his fellow Canadian soldiers and was the 19th dog to receive the Dickin Medal, the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross, and the first Canadian canine to do so.

THE SILVER ANKLETTara Trilogy

by Mahtab Narsimhan

Teen Fantasy | 272 pages | paper | $12.99, £7.99 | 978-1-55488-445-2

When hyenas snatch Tara’s brother, Suraj, and two other children from the local fair in Morni, Tara and her newfound companions decide to rescue them on their own. A deadly game of hide-and-seek ensues, and Tara and her companions must work together to survive.

WATCHERby Valerie Sherrard


Sixteen-year-old Porter Delancy has his future figured out, but his nice, neat plans are shaken when a man he believes may be his father suddenly appears in his Toronto neighbourhood. As Porter looks for answers, it begins to seem that all he’s ever going to find are more questions.


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1000 Questions About Canada 978-0-88882-232-1 $22.99 £11.99Caledonia 978-0-92047-481-5 $24.99 £14.99The Canadian Style 978-1-55002-882-9 $25.95 £11.99Destined to Survive 978-1-55002-311-4 $22.99 £13.99Edward James Lennox 978-1-55002-204-9 $24.99 £14.99Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe, 1762–1850 978-1-55002-064-9 $16.99 £9.99Escape: Adventures of a Loyalist Family 978-1-89568-117-8 $11.99 £5.99First Person 978-1-55002-030-4 $28.99 £16.99The Franklin Conspiracy 978-0-88882-234-5 $22.99 £11.99The Gambler’s Daughter 978-1-55002-718-1 $11.99 £6.99The Ghost of Soda Creek 978-1-55002-830-0 $11.99 £6.99Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan 978-0-88882-177-5 $16.99 £9.99Ghosts of James Bay 978-1-55002-827-0 $11.99 £6.99Haunted 978-1-55002-378-7 $19.99 £9.99His Majesty’s Indian Allies 978-1-55002-184-4 $24.99 £14.99Hurricane Hazel 978-1-55002-526-2 $19.99 £10.99Les insubordonnes et les insurges 978-1-55002-765-5 $49.95 £28.99A Kidnapped Mind 978-1-55002-624-5 $24.99 £12.99Le leadership militaire canadien français 978-1-55002-695-5 $39.95 £20.00Let’s Dance 978-1-89621-902-8 $26.95 £16.50The Little Immigrants 978-1-55002-370-1 $21.99 £11.99Maria Chapdelaine 978-1-55002-712-9 $16.99 £9.99The Military Leadership Handbook 978-1-55002-766-2 $59.95 £32.00More Toronto Sketches 978-1-55002-201-8 $14.99 £8.99Murderous Minds on Trial 978-1-55002-361-9 $21.99 £11.50Nellie McClung 978-1-89485-204-3 $19.99 £11.99Nobody’s Child 978-1-55002-442-5 $12.99 £6.99Out of the Shadows 978-1-55002-151-6 $24.95 £14.99Owen Sound 978-1-89621-923-3 $21.95 £14.99Reading Rock Art 978-1-55488-473-5 $29.99 £17.99Scoundrels, Dreamers and Second Sons 978-1-55002-369-5 $21.99 £11.50Second to None 978-1-55002-405-0 $28.99 £16.99Strangers at our Gates 978-1-55002-698-6 $26.99 £14.99Sudbury 978-1-55002-170-7 $19.99 £9.99Tales from the Great Lakes 978-1-55002-234-6 $14.99 £8.99Tiger by the Tail 978-1-55488-175-8 $11.99 £6.99Unbuilt Toronto 978-1-55002-835-5 $26.99 £15.99Vanished Villages of Middlesex 978-1-89621-951-6 $26.95 £16.50Your Time, My Time 978-1-55488-437-7 $11.99 £6.99

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Acts of Kindness Adam Mayers 21Africa’s Children Sharon Robart-Johnson 47Alligators of the North Harry Barrett B. and Clarence F. Coons 13Amazing Airmen Ian Darling 47Arctic Thunder Robert Feagan 39A.Y. Jackson Wayne Larsen 47Before You Say Yes ... Doreen Pendgracs 26Big Book of Canadian Hauntings John Robert Colombo 47Blood and Groom Jill Edmondson 48Canada Under Attack Jennifer Crump 45Combat Journal for Place D’Armes Scott Symons 48Conserving, Preserving, and Restoring Your Heritage Kennis Kim 48Difficult War Dr. Emily Spencer 48Emancipation Day Natasha L. Henry 10Fever Season Eric Zweig 57Free as a Bird Gina McMurchy-Barber 58Free Form Jazz Lee Lamothe 34From Queenston to Kingston Ron Brown 15Genealogical Standards of Evidence Brenda Dougall Merriman 49Genealogy and the Law in Canada Dr. Margaret Ann Wilkinson 49Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan 3 Jo-Anne Christensen 49Ghost Ride Marina Cohen 58Ghosts Richard Palmisano 49Girl on the Other Side Deborah Kerbel 58 “Go to School, You’re a Little Black Boy” The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander 2Golden Dream Ronald Stagg 49Great Lakes Treasury of Old Postcards Lorenzo Marcolin, MD 12Grey Owl and Me Hap Wilson 5Growing Up Ivy Peggy Dymond Leavey 38Hell in Flanders Fields George H. Cassar 7Henry Hudson Edward Butts 50How Leaders Speak Jim Gray 25I am heartily ashamed Gavin K. Watt 9I Choose to Live Mischa Weisz with Wade Hemsworth 37I Saw it Too! Chris A. Rutkowski 58Indochina Now and Then George Fetherling 50Innocent Murderer Suzanne F. Kingsmill 50Jailbird Kid Shirlee Smith Matheson 40Jak’s Story Aaron Bell 42James Douglas Julie H. Ferguson 50John Arpin Robert Popple 51Journey from Tollgate to Parkway Adrienne Shadd 51

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Lemon-Aid New Cars and Trucks 2010 Phil Edmonston 51Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2010–2011 Phil Edmonston 23Let it Snow Darryl Humber and William Humber 51Leveraging the “People Puzzle” Dr. Emily Spencer 18Lois Marshall James Neufeld 52Memories of the Beach Lorraine O’Donnell Williams 14Men of Steel Colonel Bernd Horn 46Minerva’s Voyage Lynne Kositsky 59Mohawks on the Nile Carl Benn 52Naval Service of Canada, 1910–2010 Richard H. Gimblett 52Nightshade Tom Henighan 36Now You Know Baseball Doug Lennox 28Now You Know Big Book of Sports Doug Lennox 52Now You Know Canada’s Heroes Doug Lennox 53Now You Know Football Doug Lennox 53On the Head of a Pin Janet Kellough 53Out of Darkness Cindy Watson 44Peter Gzowski Rae Fleming 1Pike’s Portage Morten Asfeldt and Bob Henderson 53Pilgrim in the Palace of Words Glenn Dixon 54Pilgrims of the Wild Grey Owl 8Polish Orphans of Tengeru Dr. Lynne Taylor 54Publish Your Family History Susan Yates and Greg Ioannou 20Reinventing Brantford Leo Groarke 54Reluctant Twitcher Richard Pope 54Return to Jalna Mazo de la Roche 32River Rough, River Smooth Anthony Dalton 16Samurai Code Don Easton 35Saris on Scooters Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos 24Script Tease Eric Nicol 30Self Condemned Wyndham Lewis 33Sergeant Gander Robyn Walker 59Shadow Riders B.J. Bayle 41Sherlock Holmes Handbook Christopher Redmond 55Silver Anklet Mahtab Narsimhan 59Sir Sandford Fleming Jean Murray Cole 55So Few on Earth Josie Penny 3Something Remains Hassan Ghedi Santur 55Storm Below Hugh Garner 55Storms of Controversy Palmiro Campagna 17Tecumseh Jim Poling Sr. 56Trillium and Toronto Island Mike Filey 19Trust Me Gordon G. Leek 22UFO Files Palmiro Campagna 27


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Unlikely Paradise Alan D. Butcher 56Unsolved Robert J. Hoshowsky 29Valley of Fire Steven Manners 56Vimy Ridge and Arras Peter Barton with Jeremy Banning 6Waiting for Ricky Tantrum Jules Lewis 31Wakefield’s Course Mazo de la Roche 56Watcher Valerie Sherrard 59Wexford Paul Carroll 11Whiteoak Brothers Mazo de la Roche 32Whiteoak Harvest Mazo de la Roche 56Wild Spirits Rosa Jordan 43William C. Van Horne Valerie Knowles 4Wolfe Island Barbara Wall La Rocque 57Woodstock Rising Tom Wayman 57Yellow Briar Patrick Slater 57


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Alexander, Lincoln M. 2Arnopoulos, Sheila McLeod 24Asfeldt, Morten 53Banning, Jeremy 6Barrett, Harry B. 13Barton, Peter 6Bayle, B.J. 41Bell, Aaron 42Benn, Carl 52Brown, Ron 15Butcher, Alan D. 56Butts, Edward 50Campagna, Palmiro 17, 27Carroll, Paul 11Cassar, George H. 7Christensen, Jo-Anne 49Cohen, Marina 58Cole, Jean Murray 55Colombo, John Robert 47Coons, Clarence F. 13Crump, Jennifer 45Dalton, Anthony 16Darling, Ian 47de la Roche, Mazo 32, 56Dixon, Glenn 54Easton, Don 35Edmondson, Jill 48Edmonston, Phil 23, 51Feagan, Robert 39Ferguson, Julie H. 50Fetherling, George 50Filey, Mike 19Fleming, Rae 1Garner, Hugh 55Gimblett, Richard H. 52

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Gray, Jim 25Grey Owl 8Groarke, Leo 54Hemsworth, Wade 37Henderson, Bob 53Henighan, Tom 36Henry, Natasha L. 10Horn, Bernd 46Hoshowsky, Robert J. 29Humber, Darryl 51Humber, William 51Ioannou, Greg 20Jordan, Rosa 43Kellough, Janet 53Kerbel, Deborah 58Kim, Kennis 48Kingsmill, Suzanne F. 50Knowles, Valerie 4Kositsky, Lynne 59La Rocque, Barbara Wall 57Lamothe, Lee 34Larsen, Wayne 47Leavey, Peggy Dymond 38Leek, Gordon G. 22Lennox, Doug 28, 52, 53Lewis, Jules 31Lewis, Wyndham 33Manners, Steven 56Marcolin, Lorenzo 12Matheson, Shirlee Smith 40Mayers, Adam 21McMurchy-Barber, Gina 58Merriman, Brenda Dougall 49Narsimhan, Mahtab 59Neufeld, James 52

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Nicol, Eric 30Palmisano, Richard 49Pendgracs, Doreen 26Penny, Josie 3Poling Sr., Jim 56Pope, Richard 54Popple, Robert 51Redmond, Christopher 55Robart-Johnson, Sharon 47Rutkowski, Chris A. 58Santur, Hassan Ghedi 55Shadd, Adrienne 51Sherrard, Valerie 59Shoveller, Herb 2Slater, Patrick 57Spencer, Emily 18, 48Stagg, Ronald 49Symons, Scott 48Taylor, Lynne 54Walker, Robyn 59Watson, Cindy 44Watt, Gavin K. 9Wayman, Tom 57Weisz, Mischa 37Wilkinson, Margaret Ann 49Williams, Lorraine O’Donnell 14Wilson, Hap 5Yates, Susan 20Zweig, Eric 57

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THE TRAIN DOESN’T STOP HERE ANYMOREby Ron Brown978-1-55002-794-5$29.99, £15.00, paper

Once the heart of communities, stations and tracks have left little more than gaping holes in the landscape. This book celebrates the survival of our railway heritage in stations that have been saved or remain in use.

MYSTERIES AND SECRETS OF THE MASONSby Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe978-1-55488-622-1$24.99, £12.99, paper

The Fanthorpes explore the history of the Masonic Order, its aims, its influences, and its role today.

FOUR YEARS ON THE GREAT LAKES, 1813–1816by Don Bamford and Paul Carroll978-1-55488-393-6$28.99, £16.99, paper

David Wingfield had some intriguing adventures on the Upper Great Lakes as a member of the Royal Navy. Once home, he used his handwritten notes as the basis for an account of his experiences there.

FLIGHT FROM FAMINEby Donald MacKay978-1-55488-418-6$29.99, £17.99, paper

Flight from Famine is the moving account of the survivors of the Irish potato famine who helped build Canada in the years that followed Black ’47. Their tale is a testament to courage, resilience, and perseverance.

WHAT THE THUNDER SAIDby Lieutenant-Colonel John Conrad978-1-55488-408-7 $29.95, £17.99, paper

What the Thunder Said offers a solid insight into the history of military logistics in Canada and explores the dramatic erosion of a once-proud corner of the army from the perspective of a battalion commander.

WAR BRIDESby Melynda Jarratt978-1-55488-386-8$28.00, £16.00, paper

Share the love, passion, tragedy, and spirit of adventure of thousands of British women — the War Brides — as they tell their stories in their own words.

INSIDE CANADIAN INTELLIGENCEby Dwight Hamilton978-1-55002-729-7$24.99, £12.99, paper

An all-star cast of former intelligence officers and journalists contribute to this exposé of the Canadian national security sector.

FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVEby Colonel Bernd Horn978-1-55002-841-6$35.00, £20.00, paper

Fortune Favours the Brave brings Canada’s proud military history to life in a collection of essays that showcases the fighting spirit and courage of Canada’s armed forces.

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