Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: Renegade Arts Entertainment
ISBN: 9780992150891
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
1864 was a pivotal time in Canadian history, as economic and military threats from America had placed the Canada's in grave danger once again. Taking the form of a travelogue The Loxleys and Confederation details George Loxley's attempts to unite the provinces. He is joined along the way by his daughter and her daughter, Lillian. It is Lilian's diary entries and her developing love story that threads the history together.
The Loxleys and Confederation
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: Renegade Arts Entertainment
ISBN: 9780992150891
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
1864 was a pivotal time in Canadian history, as economic and military threats from America had placed the Canada's in grave danger once again. Taking the form of a travelogue The Loxleys and Confederation details George Loxley's attempts to unite the provinces. He is joined along the way by his daughter and her daughter, Lillian. It is Lilian's diary entries and her developing love story that threads the history together.
Publisher: Renegade Arts Entertainment
ISBN: 9780992150891
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
1864 was a pivotal time in Canadian history, as economic and military threats from America had placed the Canada's in grave danger once again. Taking the form of a travelogue The Loxleys and Confederation details George Loxley's attempts to unite the provinces. He is joined along the way by his daughter and her daughter, Lillian. It is Lilian's diary entries and her developing love story that threads the history together.
The Loxleys and the War of 1812
Author: Alan Grant
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992150808
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A 101 page historically accurate comic strip about a Canadian family caught up in the 1812 war between the USA and the UK. Comes complete with an illustrated summary of the wars implications for Canada and America written by acclaimed Canadian military historian Mark Zuehlke. Features 30 pages of new artwork created in partnership with the National Film Board and First Nation historians.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780992150808
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A 101 page historically accurate comic strip about a Canadian family caught up in the 1812 war between the USA and the UK. Comes complete with an illustrated summary of the wars implications for Canada and America written by acclaimed Canadian military historian Mark Zuehlke. Features 30 pages of new artwork created in partnership with the National Film Board and First Nation historians.
Take Me to Your Readers
Author: Larry Swartz
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
ISBN: 1551389274
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This thoughtful book is rooted in the belief that teachers can lead their students to develop their reading tastes and grow in their love of reading at the same time as supporting and stretching students in their meaning-making experiences. This practical resource highlights more than 50 instructional strategies that invite students to work inside and outside a book through reading, writing, talk, and arts experiences. It highlights the work of guest voices that include classroom teachers, occasional teachers, special education teachers, and librarians who share their best literacy practices. Take Me to Your Readers uses 5 essential areas to structure classroom experiences through children's literature: Motivation; Theme Connections; Genre Connections; Cross-Curricular Connections; and Response. Extensive booklists, teaching tips, a wide range of activities, and reproducible pages provide practical support. Ultimately, this book is designed to take teachers to their readers and start them on a lifelong journey through great books!
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
ISBN: 1551389274
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
This thoughtful book is rooted in the belief that teachers can lead their students to develop their reading tastes and grow in their love of reading at the same time as supporting and stretching students in their meaning-making experiences. This practical resource highlights more than 50 instructional strategies that invite students to work inside and outside a book through reading, writing, talk, and arts experiences. It highlights the work of guest voices that include classroom teachers, occasional teachers, special education teachers, and librarians who share their best literacy practices. Take Me to Your Readers uses 5 essential areas to structure classroom experiences through children's literature: Motivation; Theme Connections; Genre Connections; Cross-Curricular Connections; and Response. Extensive booklists, teaching tips, a wide range of activities, and reproducible pages provide practical support. Ultimately, this book is designed to take teachers to their readers and start them on a lifelong journey through great books!
The River Battles
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 1771622369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Canadians called it the Promised Land. In late September 1944, the Emilia-Romagna plain before I Canadian Corps stretched to the far horizon—a deceptively wide-open space where the tanks could run free. Throughout British Eighth Army, hopes ran high that once it entered the plain, the Germans could be driven from Italy. As soon as the advance began, however, the plain’s true nature was revealed: the land was criss-crossed by rivers, canals and drainage ditches over which all bridges had been demolished. With higher command urging haste, the Canadians entered a long and nightmarish series of battles to win crossings over each waterway, whose high banks provided the Germans with perfect defensive positions. Early fall rains caused rivers to spill their banks and transformed the countryside into the worst quagmire the soldiers had ever seen. More than five months of battle followed, with weeks of hard fighting required to advance from one river to the next. Each month, conditions only worsened, and the casualty rates rose appallingly. As their comrades fell one by one, most soldiers sought merely to survive. Doing that much required every measure of stamina, courage and fighting skill they possessed. The fifth and final Canadian Battle Series volume set in Italy, The River Battles tells the story of this campaign’s last and hardest months. In riveting detail and with his trademark “you-are-there” style, Mark Zuehlke shines a light on this forgotten chapter of Canada’s World War II experience.
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 1771622369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Canadians called it the Promised Land. In late September 1944, the Emilia-Romagna plain before I Canadian Corps stretched to the far horizon—a deceptively wide-open space where the tanks could run free. Throughout British Eighth Army, hopes ran high that once it entered the plain, the Germans could be driven from Italy. As soon as the advance began, however, the plain’s true nature was revealed: the land was criss-crossed by rivers, canals and drainage ditches over which all bridges had been demolished. With higher command urging haste, the Canadians entered a long and nightmarish series of battles to win crossings over each waterway, whose high banks provided the Germans with perfect defensive positions. Early fall rains caused rivers to spill their banks and transformed the countryside into the worst quagmire the soldiers had ever seen. More than five months of battle followed, with weeks of hard fighting required to advance from one river to the next. Each month, conditions only worsened, and the casualty rates rose appallingly. As their comrades fell one by one, most soldiers sought merely to survive. Doing that much required every measure of stamina, courage and fighting skill they possessed. The fifth and final Canadian Battle Series volume set in Italy, The River Battles tells the story of this campaign’s last and hardest months. In riveting detail and with his trademark “you-are-there” style, Mark Zuehlke shines a light on this forgotten chapter of Canada’s World War II experience.
Through Blood and Sweat
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1771620102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
As part of Operation Husky 2013, a group of Canadians walked this route to honour the memory of the nation’s soldiers who fought in Sicily seventy years earlier and whose sacrifice has been largely forgotten. Under a searing sun, with Mount Etna’s soaring heights always in the distance, a small contingent of marchers trekked each day along winding country roads for between 15 and 35 kilometres to reach the outskirts of a small town or village. Here they were joined by a pipe band, which led them to the skirl of bagpipes in a parade into the community’s heart to be met by hundreds of cheering and applauding Sicilians. Before each community’s war memorial a service of remembrance for both the Canadian and Sicilian war dead followed. Each day also brought the marchers closer to their final destination—Agira Canadian War Cemetery where 490 of the 562 Canadian soldiers who fell during the course of Operation Husky in 1943 are buried. On July 30—after twenty gruelling days—the marchers were joined here by almost a thousand Canadians and Italians. All joined to conduct a profoundly emotional ceremony of remembrance that ended with one person standing before each headstone and answering the roll call on that soldier’s behalf. Mark Zuehlke, author of the award-winning Canadian Battle Series, was one of the Operation Husky 2013 marchers. He uses this arduous and poignant task as a focal point for a contemplative look at the culture of remembrance and the experience of war.
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1771620102
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
As part of Operation Husky 2013, a group of Canadians walked this route to honour the memory of the nation’s soldiers who fought in Sicily seventy years earlier and whose sacrifice has been largely forgotten. Under a searing sun, with Mount Etna’s soaring heights always in the distance, a small contingent of marchers trekked each day along winding country roads for between 15 and 35 kilometres to reach the outskirts of a small town or village. Here they were joined by a pipe band, which led them to the skirl of bagpipes in a parade into the community’s heart to be met by hundreds of cheering and applauding Sicilians. Before each community’s war memorial a service of remembrance for both the Canadian and Sicilian war dead followed. Each day also brought the marchers closer to their final destination—Agira Canadian War Cemetery where 490 of the 562 Canadian soldiers who fell during the course of Operation Husky in 1943 are buried. On July 30—after twenty gruelling days—the marchers were joined here by almost a thousand Canadians and Italians. All joined to conduct a profoundly emotional ceremony of remembrance that ended with one person standing before each headstone and answering the roll call on that soldier’s behalf. Mark Zuehlke, author of the award-winning Canadian Battle Series, was one of the Operation Husky 2013 marchers. He uses this arduous and poignant task as a focal point for a contemplative look at the culture of remembrance and the experience of war.
Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 155017746X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
“‘Remittance man’ was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in…the Canadian West they would make something of themselves. If they didn't, at least they would be far enough away that little disgrace would fall upon their families.” —Mark Zuehlke Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title “remittance men,” these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land. With education, respectable breeding and the belief “from birth that they were superior beings,” the remittance men descended upon Western Canada with expectations of accomplishing something great and increasing their wealth. In reality, they hunted, played games, courted women, and enjoyed distinguished pursuits that squandered their parents' money and made hard-working Canadians raise their eyebrows. Though their era in Western Canada was short, 1880–1914, “they left an indelible mark perpetuated by the stories and legends that sprung up around them.” In Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons, first published fifteen years ago, Mark Zuehlke traces the path of the remittance men through Western Canada, highlighting their adventures, limited successes and glorious failures.
Publisher: Harbour Publishing
ISBN: 155017746X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
“‘Remittance man’ was meant to be a disparaging term. It reflected the fact that these young men had been sent to the colonies to spare their families continuing embarrassment or shame. At home they had been scoundrels, dreamers, and second sons without future prospects. Perhaps in…the Canadian West they would make something of themselves. If they didn't, at least they would be far enough away that little disgrace would fall upon their families.” —Mark Zuehlke Beginning in 1880, thousands of young, upper-class British men with few prospects were sent to the Canadian West to distance them from British society. Still supported by their families, thus earning them the title “remittance men,” these men set out to continue their lives of leisure in this new land. With education, respectable breeding and the belief “from birth that they were superior beings,” the remittance men descended upon Western Canada with expectations of accomplishing something great and increasing their wealth. In reality, they hunted, played games, courted women, and enjoyed distinguished pursuits that squandered their parents' money and made hard-working Canadians raise their eyebrows. Though their era in Western Canada was short, 1880–1914, “they left an indelible mark perpetuated by the stories and legends that sprung up around them.” In Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons, first published fifteen years ago, Mark Zuehlke traces the path of the remittance men through Western Canada, highlighting their adventures, limited successes and glorious failures.
Siegfried: Dragon Slayer
Author: Mark Allard-Will
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781989754115
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Impulsive young Prince Siegfried craves glory and recognition from his aloof parents, the king and queen of Denmark. Starting a war with a neighbouring country and seeking out the most feared dragon in the realm seems like a good place to start. An epic tale full of action, adventure, mythological beasts, magical swords, powerful rings, and a treacherous companion. Adapted from the ancient Norse mythological Völsunga Saga, Siegfried: Dragon Slayer is the first in a two-part series by Canadians Mark Allard-Will and Jasmine Redford.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781989754115
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Impulsive young Prince Siegfried craves glory and recognition from his aloof parents, the king and queen of Denmark. Starting a war with a neighbouring country and seeking out the most feared dragon in the realm seems like a good place to start. An epic tale full of action, adventure, mythological beasts, magical swords, powerful rings, and a treacherous companion. Adapted from the ancient Norse mythological Völsunga Saga, Siegfried: Dragon Slayer is the first in a two-part series by Canadians Mark Allard-Will and Jasmine Redford.
Redcoats-Ish 2
Author: Jeff Martin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988903361
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follows the adventures of two Canadian militiamen during the War of 1812.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988903361
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follows the adventures of two Canadian militiamen during the War of 1812.
Sharkasaurus
Author: Spencer Estabrooks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988903323
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Adapted from a forthcoming movie about a Shark-T-Rex hybrid that attacks a creationist themed golf course in Drumheller.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781988903323
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Adapted from a forthcoming movie about a Shark-T-Rex hybrid that attacks a creationist themed golf course in Drumheller.
Monsterology 101
Author: Gordon Rennie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Of?cially, it's the Department of Cryptozoology, Mythological Studies, Parapsychology and Fortean Phenomena. But to the rest of the students and staff at the Dunsany College, baf?ed by the cloak of secrecy that surrounds the Department and its affairs, it has another, more dismissive, name: the Department of Monster ology. Funded by the mysterious Hampton Foundation, the Department operates several ?eld teams that roam the globe on extended research expeditions. Their brief: to investigate the dark and unexplored corners of our world - the places we've forgotten lost or believe to be mythical. And to study those things that may still be lurking there. The ?rst story arc introduces us to ancient monsters from the depths of the ocean, crystalline creatures from the caves of Eastern Europe, undead armies from the catacombs of Northern China, and the Department's deadliest rivals of all... The first trade paperback in this highly praised ongoing comic book series. Featuring the first 4 comic issues, the prologue comic strip (as seen in USA Today), plus a new origin story 'The Trouble With Harry'.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Of?cially, it's the Department of Cryptozoology, Mythological Studies, Parapsychology and Fortean Phenomena. But to the rest of the students and staff at the Dunsany College, baf?ed by the cloak of secrecy that surrounds the Department and its affairs, it has another, more dismissive, name: the Department of Monster ology. Funded by the mysterious Hampton Foundation, the Department operates several ?eld teams that roam the globe on extended research expeditions. Their brief: to investigate the dark and unexplored corners of our world - the places we've forgotten lost or believe to be mythical. And to study those things that may still be lurking there. The ?rst story arc introduces us to ancient monsters from the depths of the ocean, crystalline creatures from the caves of Eastern Europe, undead armies from the catacombs of Northern China, and the Department's deadliest rivals of all... The first trade paperback in this highly praised ongoing comic book series. Featuring the first 4 comic issues, the prologue comic strip (as seen in USA Today), plus a new origin story 'The Trouble With Harry'.