Canadian nonfiction

  • Mysteries of Ontario

    Creator

    Colombo, John Robert

    Abstract

    Mysteries of Ontario brings together, for the first time, some five hundred accounts of strange events and eerie experiences, each keyed to one of 250 places in the province. It turns out that, far from being a humdrum part of the planet in which to live and work, Ontario is a province that is alive with ghosts and spirits, mysterious disappearances, and peculiar happenings enough to make your hair stand on end, turn your blood cold, and send shivers up and down your spine! John Robert Colombo has been collecting materials for this book since 1967.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Mediating Interpersonal and Small Group Conflict

    Creator

    Picard, Cheryl A.

    Abstract

    This is a guide to the theory and practice of mediation. It sets out a systematic approach to the use of mediation and to assuming the role of mediator. This book will be one of value to individuals interested in becoming mediators, to parties in conflict considering recourse to mediation to resolve issues, to students studying mediation as a dispute resolution alternative, to professionals who use mediation techniques in their day-to-day work, and to practising mediators who wish to expand and update their skills.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Media, Elections, And Democracy: Royal Commission on Electoral Reform

    Creator

    Fletcher, Frederick J.

    Abstract

    Media, Elections and Democracy examines campaign communication in selected industrial democracies. Klaus Schoenbach, Karen Siune, Doris Graber and a host of authors around the world contribute critical overviews of the systems in their countries. The studies deal with a wide range of issues in modern communication, including the principles and practices of news and public affairs coverage and the impact of new technologies.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Lives of the Princesses of Wales

    Creator

    Fryer, Mary Beacock

    Bousfield, Arthur

    Toffoli, Garry

    Abstract

    Beautifully illustrated, this book looks at the nine women who have been Princesses of Wales. From Joan, the "Fair Maid of Kent," through the tragic Katharine of Aragon, Henry’s VIII’s first wife, and the tempestuous Caroline of Brunswick, the mistreated wife of George IV, to the present fairy-tale, headline-catching Princess, their stories are told with insight and compassion.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Le Service naval du Canada, 1910-2010 Cent ans d'histoire

    Creator

    Gimblett, Richard H.

    Jean, Michaëlle

    Abstract

    La Marine canadienne a eu 100 ans en 2010, et le Canada a fièrement célébré cet anniversaire. Connue officiellement jusqu’en 1968 comme la Marine royale du Canada, et après comme le Commandement maritime des Forces canadiennes, le service naval du Canada a joué un rôle important dans le développement et la securité de notre pays. Son Excellence la gourverneure générale Michaelle Jean, commandante en chef des Forces canadiennes, a écrit l’avant-propos de cet ouvrage commémoratif richement illustré.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • James FitzGibbon Defender of Upper Canada

    Creator

    McKenzie, Ruth

    Abstract

    James FitzGibbon, Defender of Upper Canada, is the often poignant story of a poor man's rise to authority in the Upper Canada of the 1800s. Born the son of a tenant farmer in Ireland, FitzGibbon's valour as a soldier brought him to the attention of those destined for power in the Canadas.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Investigating Women Female Detectives by Canadian Writers: An Eclectic Sampler

    Creator

    Skene-Melvin, David

    Abstract

    Meet some fascinating females: Jennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War the 60s’ Eve Adam, the "Rock Hit of Prague," whose methods violate all the "rules" for detective books and, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto’s Queen Street West As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin’s introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fic

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Interest Groups and Elections in Canada Volume 2

    Creator

    Seidle, F. Leslie

    Abstract

    The two studies in Interest Groups and Elections in Canada explore the nature and influence of special interest groups. They consider different aspects of the question, "In the context of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, how can the laws intended to secure a fair electoral process be reconciled with freedom of expression?" Janet Hiebert reviews the limits on interest groups adopted in 1974 and amended in 1983, profiles the groups involved int he 1988 federal election, and discusses relevant legislation and jurisprudence in the provinces and abroad.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Hopes and fears

    Creator

    Newcombe, Hanna

    Abstract

    It has been said many times that the human future is clouded by multiple and mutually interacting problems. While in the 19th century we had the luxury of believing in almost automatic progress - an "onward and upward" assumption - that belief has been shattered by two world wars, more than 150 smaller ones, the invention of weapons of mass destruction, increasing degradation of the environment, both by pollution and resource exhaustion (i.e.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified