12 Best Non-Fiction Books for Understanding Canada
From bears to broken treaties, Alberta to America, these are the the 12 best non-fiction to help you understand Canada, Canadian history, and Canadians!
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The Invasion of Canada
1812-1813
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Shake Hands with the Devil
The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda
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Extraordinary Canadians: Tommy Douglas
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They Called Me Number One
Secrets and Survival at an Indian Residential School
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The Inconvenient Indian
A Curious Account of Native People in North America
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The Black Grizzly of Whiskey Creek
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Children of the Broken Treaty
Canada's Lost Promise and One Girl's Dream
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Race Against Time
Searching for Hope in AIDS-Ravaged Africa
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Hope and Despair
My Struggle to Free My Husband, Maher Arar
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My Journey
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Smallwood
The Unlikely Revolutionary