2015 Book & Gift Guide from Canada's History

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CANADA’S HISTORY BOOK & GIFT GUIDE 2015 The Diplomat Lester Pearson and the Suez Crisis By Antony Anderson

Pearson’s diplomacy throughout the Suez Crisis launched a bold experiment in international security and cemented Canada’s reputation as “a moderate, mediatory, middle power.” Yet, until now, no one has told the full story of how this Canadian diplomat led the world back from the brink of war. $32.95. Hardcover. 400 pgs. 9 illustrations and b&w photographs Published September 2015 ISBN 9780864928740 Goose Lane Editions

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Made in British Columbia

Canoe Country The Making of Canada By Roy MacGregor

Canoe Country is Roy MacGregor’s celebration of the essential and enduring love affair Canadians have with our first and still favourite means of getting around. Drawing on MacGregor’s own decades spent whenever possible with a paddle in his hand, this is a rollicking, personal, photo-filled history of the relationship between a country and its canoes.

The Idea of a Human Rights Museum presents authors from diverse fields and critically assesses the potentials and pitfalls of human rights education through “ideas” museums. Accessible, engaging, and informative, this collection will encourage us to think more deeply about the content of human rights exhibits. $27.95. PAPERBACK. 386 PGS. ILLUSTRATIONS PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2015 ISBN 978-0-88755-782-8 (PRINT) ISBN 978-0-88755-467-4 (EBOOK) UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA PRESS

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Immortal Air A Novel By Tracey Rombough

Award-winning historian Dr. Maria Tippett delves into the careers of eight groundbreaking artists to reveal the connection between British Columbia’s unique identity and the cultural producers that formed it. These pivotal artists — Emily Carr, Bill Reid, Arthur Erickson and others — made an enduring mark on Canadian culture and left behind them a legacy.

Biographical fiction. At odds with the demands of his mother, Confederation poet George Cameron struggled to establish his own identity. Born in Nova Scotia, educated in Boston, George’s various careers as a law clerk, teacher and journalist fell short of the dreams he secreted in his private journals, poetry ever-present in a mind churning with words and feelings.

$32.95. Hardcover. 272 pgs. 16-page colour insert Published September 2015 ISBN 978-1-55017-729-9 Harbour Publishing

$19.95. Paperback. 274 pgs. Published September 2015 ISBN 978-1-77206-032-4 Cape Breton University Press

December 2015–January 2016

Edited by Karen Busby, Adam Muller, and Andrew Woolford

$32. Hardcover. 320 pgs. Published September 8, 2015 ISBN 978-0-307-36141-7 Random House Canada

Eight Ways of Making Culture By Maria Tippett

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Prairie Bohemian Frank Gay’s Life in Music By Trevor W. Harrison

Long-overdue biography of the enigmatic Western Canadian luthier, musician, and guitar virtuoso Frank Gay. $24.95. Paper. 248 pgs. 25 B&W photographs, bibliography, notes, appendix, index 6 x 9 inches ISBN 978-1-77212-047-9 Biography/Music History University of Alberta Press

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