Baker, a former president of Mount Royal (Canada), undertook the project to document the institution's history: its establishment in Calgary in 1910 as a small private Methodist institution, its later
In this autobiography, Dempsey, a historian and former curator of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary and editor of Alberta History magazine, recounts his careers as a journalist, government policy writer,
At first this appears to be an ordinary book, prepared to commemorate someone at the end of a long service by way of thanks. It describes the subject, a lovely woman, who along with her job as wife an
In 1924 eight young women drove across the American West in two Model T Fords. In nine weeks they traveled more than nine thousand unpaved miles on an extended car-camping trip through six national pa
When we think about women settlers on the Prairies, our notions tend to veer between the nostalgic image of the "cheerful helpmate" and the grim deprivation of the "reluctant immigrant." In this groun
Raised in a sheltered, puritanical household in New England, Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863–1953) followed her conscience and calling in 1885 when she traveled west and opened a school on the Great Siou
In Working Women into the Borderlands, author Sonia Hernandez sheds light on how women’s labor was shaped by US capital in the northeast region of Mexico and how women’s labor activism simultaneously
Long before Rachel Carson’s fight against pesticides placed female environmental activists in the national spotlight, women were involved in American environmentalism. In Women and Nature: Saving the
Lauren had been raised to not be afraid of anything, and she lived by that code, that is until her dad died and left everything in her hands. Now she's not only in charge of her two younger sisters, b
The novel is an extended account of the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang who traveled to the "Western Regions", that is, India, to obtain sacred texts
In 1919 Charlotte Anita Whitney, a wealthy white woman, received one of the first Communist Labor Party membership cards for the charter group of the northern California Communist Labor Party. Less th
Married life isn't turning out quite the way Pepper planned. Just when she thought life settled down to a normal pace, she faced a rocky ride hitched to the unpredictable Tap Andrews. The ranch is gon
Cowboy and prison escapee Tap Andrews has learned that to stay alive he needs three things: a fast horse, a quick hand, and enough smarts to know when to get out of town! Which he has done. But now he
Tap Andrews is fed up with his past. And he's sick and tired of fighting off every gun-toting bounty hunter who wants to make quick cash by dragging him back to Arizona. He knows he's innocent. And hi
The Celtic languages and groups called Keltoi (i.e. ‘Celts') emerge into our written records at the pre-Roman Iron Age. The impetus for this book is to explore from the perspectives of three disciplin
An electrifying new thriller series for readers who love Vince Flynn and Brad Thor! Former Marine officer Matthew Betley introduces fearless soldier Logan West in this action-packed, globe-trotting, e
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that ev
