Dundurn Press

The Last Invasion of Canada vividly recaptures the fledgling nation's rag-tag, but patriotic, defence against an enemy committed to a glorious cause, but with only scattered resources. Author:...

Felix Batterinski grew up tough in Northern Ontario. After enjoying brief fame as an "enforcer" for the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers, he finds himself eking out a living as a player-coach in Finland...

The story of Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin, the last two people executed in Canada, who met their gruesome deaths at Torontos Don Jail on December 11, 1962.Author: Robert J. HoshowskyPublisher:...

Librarian W. Kaye Lamb provides an illuminating introduction and annotations to the journals of Simon Fraser, founder of British Columbia.Author: W. Kaye LambPublisher: Dundurn PressPublication Date:...

Rook and Gage live worlds apart ? but somehow they must find a way to help one another survive. Trapped in a life she didn?t choose, Rook struggles to find meaning in her appointed role as Apprentice...

The story of the 100,000 impoverished children who travelled from the British Isles to Canada to solve the farm labour shortage.Author: Kenneth BagnellPublisher: Dundurn PressPublication Date: Nov...

The unlikely, rocky relationship between an American country superstar and his straightlaced Canadian manager. Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and Saul. The Man Who Carried Cash...

Commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of Tom Thomson's death, cultural historian Gregory Klages offers the deepest look to date at the historical record, testimony, and archives about the...

This history recounts the remarkable story of the St. John Ambulance, its contribution to our country, and those who made it possible.Author: Christopher McCreeryPublisher: Dundurn PressPublication...

A look at folk music's legendary home ground. From Pete Seeger to Serena Ryder, the musicians who have graced the stages at Mariposa have carried on a living tradition of folk music connecting the...

A love affair with the widow of his best friend hampers Renny Whiteoaks efforts to keep his estate and family traditions intact.Author: Mazo de la RochePublisher: Dundurn PressPublication Date: Oct...

Part memoir, part history of the vanishing wilderness, and part compendium of animal and First Nations tales and lore, Grey Owl's first book was published in 1931. It is a passionate, compelling...

The Midnight Hour is amazing, amusing, and frightening. It will make you pause to wonder - about ghosts and spirits, fate and destiny, strange beasts and even stranger human beings. The accounts...

Having barely survived his last posting in Havana, Charlie Hillier now finds himself in Moscow. When a writer arrested on dubious drug charges turns up dead, the official explanation is suicide. But...

Here is a specialized dictionary of quotations based on the thoughts and writings of a single person. It is evidence that there is a Canadian writer of whom it may be said that we as his readers can...

In 1795 three boys began to dig, and what they uncovered started the world's greatest and strangest treasure hunt but nobody knows what the treasure is. After years of research, the authors have...

After shaking hands with a man with a red hand, Xemion and Saheni must flee their forest home and cross dangerous lands haunted by creatures caught in the forces of conflicting spells, while being...

Louise Arner Boyd inherited the family millions in her thirties. Expected to lead a respectable life, she instead fell under the captivating spell of the north. Over the next thirty years, she...

Sir John Willison (1856-1927) lived and worked after the development of fast trains and the telegraph, mostly before the widespread use of the telephone, and almost entirely before radio mattered in...

The only collection of first-hand interviews of fugitive slaves in Canada ever produced, this is an invaluable record of the early black Canadian experience.Author: Benjamin DrewPublisher: Dundurn...

The human side of birding comes to the fore in The Reluctant Twitcher, a serious yet humorous account of birds and birding and the art of chasing rarities. Richard Pope, a lifelong birder, had...

In Dirty Thirties London, Ontario, Mary Mabel McTavish resurrects a dead boy, becomes famous as "The Miracle Maid," and gets involved with William Randolph Hearst and the movie business in Hollywood...

Terrifying memoir of a teenage refugee fleeing the Sri Lankan Civil War and eventually settling in Canada A story of courage, perseverance, wit, and occasional good luck Portrays the realities of...

Entwined mysteries unfold in two time periods in Singapore as artist Maris Cousins, devastated by the sudden death of her mentor, gallery owner Peter Stone, becomes immersed in fictional stories of...

Four teens, who were at an end-of-year party where a popular, autistic boy went missing and drowned, try to solve what happened Told from four points of view, with each character giving a different...

A comic, thoughtful examination of viral culture through the lens of a technologically out-of-touch, middle-aged protagonist Casts a wide satirical net on an era where social media can amplify a...

Hilarious and strangely insightful self-help parody for recovering Leafs fans everywhere Author has also written bestseller You?re Not As Good As You Think You Are: A Demotivational Guide Author has...

The book traces the friendly Russian-American friendship from 1775 to 1919 in the context of prevailing international developments and of the individuals who contributed to the story.Author: Alexis S...