Books on Topic: 'Canada'

LibriVox volunteers bring you seven different readings of John McCrae’s In Flanders Fields, a weekly poetry project. (Summary by Annie Coleman)

In celebration of Canada Day, 2006, LibriVox volunteers bring you ten different recordings of O Canada!. If you prefer English or French, spoken or s...

LibriVox’s weekly poetry project for the week of February 5, 2006 offers fourteen versions of "The Song My Paddle Sings" from the collection Flint and...

These little books were designed to cover Canadian history in a scholarly and readable fashion. This volume, as suggested in the title, follows the Je...

No matter how enlightened, chances are you've been raised around superstitious lore of one kind or another. Fanny Dickerson Bergen was one of the orig...

En 1959, des officiers de la Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson sont chargés d'aller fonder un fort au nord du 70e parallèle, au-delà du cercle polaire. Le...

The writer is as earnest in recommending ladies who belong to the higher class of settlers to cultivate all the mental resources of a superior educati...

R. M. Ballantyne (April 24, 1825 – February 8, 1894) was a Scottish juvenile fiction writer. Born Robert Michael Ballantyne in Edinburgh, he was part...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 21 different recordings of My Madonna by Robert W. Service. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 12...

Louisbourg was no mere isolated stronghold which could be lost or won without affecting the wider issues of oversea dominion. On the contrary, it was...

In 1881, Mrs. Cecil Hall's brother went to Manitoba to farm. In 1882, she went out for a visit of some two months, and followed that visit with a long...

At the age of 16 Ballantyne went to Canada and was six years in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company. His rule in writing, being in every case, was...

These twelve poems are taken from Ballads of a Cheechako which was Robert W. Service's third book of Yukon poems, published in 1909. The word Cheechak...

Montcalm is, of course, a very prominent character in every history of New France. This book gives a brief history of the Montcalm family in France an...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of A Perfect Strain by Isabella Valancy Crawford, published in "The Collected Poems of Isabella V...

LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Evening by Archibald Lampman. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of August 3rd, 2...

"International disputes that end in war are not generally questions of absolute right and wrong. They may quite as well be questions of opposing right...

The Ontario Readers: Third Book is an anthology of short stories and poems designed for elementary school students in Ontario, Canada. Compiled by the...

This collection of poems by William Wilfred Campbell explores themes of Canadian identity, nature, and folklore. Written in a lyrical style, Campbell'...

The Land God Forgot is a collection of poems by Robert W. Service, known for his evocative portrayal of the Canadian wilderness, particularly the Yuko...

This book presents a collection of letters written by Anne MacLanahan Grenfell, the future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, during her year of missionary...

This collection of short stories, 'Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels', showcases Stephen Leacock's trademark blend of satire and whimsy. Th...

The story follows Philip Whittemore on an unforgettable journey into the unspoiled wilderness of northern Canada. Drawn by tales of a mysterious outpo...

This book provides a detailed account of the actions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the last 100 days of World War I. It follows the CEF a...