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The Pacesetter
The Complete Story
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Who was responsible for the these Great American Landmarks: The Indy 500, The Dixie Highway, The Lincoln Highway, Miami Beach and Montauk New York?
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Count d'Esterhazy and the Esterhaz-Kaposvar Hungarian Colony in Western Canada
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Throughout the late 1800s, waves of immigrants came over from Europe to North America, their arrival serving a dual purpose. On the one hand, the immigrants were seeking a better life for themselves and their families. On the other hand, the...
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That's Rich: the Rise and Fall of the BC Liberals
A Biography of Rich Coleman
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In the unpredictable tangle of British Columbian politics, people and the parties they represent can appear, ascend, and then vanish in notoriety or irrelevance, all before your eyes. The pièce de résistance? Truth doesn’t have to factor into it....
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Gritty City
An Oral History of Winnipeg Hip-Hop Music: 1980-2005
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Gritty City is a love letter to Winnipeg, a prairie metropolis born out of rebellion, a river city marooned in the middle of a continent. Maybe there is something in the water that makes us different... Gritty City is the first book to tackle the...
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Malabar Costumes
Growing Up With Canada's Most Famous Costume Company
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For many, costumes represent only one day a year—Halloween. But not for anyone born into the Malabar family! Being a Malabar meant you were an active participant in forming the history of Canada’s premier theatrical supplier, one costume at a...
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Far Out!
The Untold Story of the ‘60s-Inspired “Back-to-the-Land” Migration that Changed Nova Scotia
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The 1960s was a period of radical social change. Many young people rejected the politics and values of the day and decided to “drop out” and migrate to the country. The desire for an independent rural life on the land took many of them to the...
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Alternative Schools in British Columbia 1960-1975
A Social and Cultural History
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The tumultuous 1960s was an era of the counterculture, political activism, and resistance to authority. Conventions and values were challenged and new approaches to education captured the imaginations of parents, teachers, and students. Reacting...
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Family, Entrepreneurship and Service
Count Hassanali R. Dedhar of Eldoret
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Family, Entrepreneurship, and Service: Count Hassanali R. Dedhar of Eldoret is the biography of Count Hassanali R. Dedhar (1900–1978), an entrepreneur in Eldoret, Kenya. After migrating from Zanzibar to Eldoret in search of a better life and...
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Icelanders Arrive and Strive - A Manitoba Story
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Since the Viking era, Icelandic emigrants have been forging new paths and communities. Icelanders Arrive and Strive – A Manitoba Story shares, through the journey of one family, the story of how Icelandic immigrants settled in Canada and shaped...
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Between Heaven and Balmoral
A History of Cary Castle British Columbia’s First Government House 1860-1899
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In 1860, Cary Castle was built by George Hunter Cary in Victoria, the bustling Gold Rush capital of Vancouver Island. Cary was the brilliant “Boy Attorney-General,” unethical, unpopular and mentally disturbed—one of the colony’s vivid early...
