Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30
Author: Julie H. Ferguson
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 1315
Release: 2013-12-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459724380

Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer Robertson Davies; and early movie star Mary Pickford. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25
Author: Julie H. Ferguson
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 671
Release: 2013-11-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 145972433X

Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: firebrand Metis leader Louis Riel; landscape painter James Wilson Morrice; Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson; revered novelist Robertson Davies; and the “Father of British Columbia,” James Douglas. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–5

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–5
Author: Vladimir Konieczny
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2013-11-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459723953

Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; and honest Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who led Canada in the late fifties and early sixties. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 6–10

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 6–10
Author: Judith Fitzgerald
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459723961

Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; influential Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10
Author: Vladimir Konieczny
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 1206
Release: 2013-12-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459724364

Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 16–20

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 16–20
Author: Marguerite Paulin
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2013-11-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459723996

Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: influential Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis; intrepid explorer of Western Canada, David Thompson; the author of the Jalna novels, Mazo de la Roche; wilderness chronicler Susanna Moodie; and award-winning novelist Gabrielle Roy. Includes Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy

Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle

Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle
Author: Judith Fitzgerald
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 4324
Release: 2013-12-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459728343

This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of these figures are truly famous, while others were quietly influential. Among the wide variety of people we meet are: prime ministers (Mackenzie King, Macdonald, Laurier, and more); artists (Emily Carr, Tom Thomson); explorers (David Thompson, Samuel de Champlain), politicians (René Lévesque, Joey Smallwood), writers (Robertson Davies, Gabrielle Roy), entertainers (Emma Albani, Mary Pickford), activists (Nellie McClung, Louis Riel, Harriet Tubman), and many, many more. Let this series be your primer on the greatest figures in Canadian history. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier William Lyon Mackenzie King René Lévesque Samuel de Champlain John Grierson Lucille Teasdale Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald Marshall McLuhan

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel

Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30 Louis Riel
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Release: 2013
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Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer Robertson Davies; and early movie star Mary Pickford. IncludesLouis RielJames Wilson MorriceVilhjalmur StefanssonRobertson DaviesJames DouglasWilliam C. Van HorneGeorge SimpsonTom ThomsonSimon GirtyMary Pickford.

Raven Quest

Raven Quest
Author: Sharon Stewart
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781575058948

Tok, the most nimble-winged of the young ravens, is banished for a crime he did not commit, and the only way he can restore his honor and his father's name is to perform a brave and daring deed to benefit all ravenkind.

Banished from Our Home

Banished from Our Home
Author: Sharon Stewart
Publisher: Markham, Ont. : Scholastic Canada
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2004
Genre: Acadians Expulsion, 1755 Juvenile fiction
ISBN: 9780439974219

The latest addition to the bestselling Dear Canada series takes readers directly into the historic struggle between the French and English for control of the area. Angelique watches as families are torn apart and forced to settle far away from one another, and worries about her brother who is fighting for the Acadian cause. Will her family stay together during this dramatic time or will they be wrenched apart forever?