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Allenby: Making of the Modern Middle East by C. Brad Faught

Historian C. Brad Faught's new book brings clarity to Edmund Allenby's decisive impact on British imperial policy in today's Middle East. (Photo: Courtesy of C. Brad Faught; Book cover: Courtesy of I.B. Tauris)

Allenby: Making of the Modern Middle East by C. Brad Faught
Exclusive excerpt from Allenby: Making the Modern Middle East
Insights from historian C. Brad Faught's new book on Edmund Allenby, the principal British military figure in the Middle East during the First World War.
An illustration of Paul Brandt and his child holding up a fish

Illustration: Felicia Cristea/Can Geo

Illustration: Felicia Cristea/Can Geo
Our Country: Paul Brandt
The country musician reminisces about family connections and nature on Alberta’s Bow River
Jameel Janjua Virgin Galactic pilot

Jameel Janjua to become the first Canadian commercial space pilot. (Photo: Courtesy Virgin Galactic)

Photo: Courtesy Virgin Galactic
First Canadian joins the next frontier in space exploration
Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic adds former Royal Canadian Air Force member Jameel Janjua to its pilot roster 

Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. (Photo: Apple TV+)

Exclusive Q&A with Long Way Up's Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, stars of Apple TV+’s new series Long Way Up, on electric travel, sustainability and where they’re headed after the pandemic
Amazon Rainforest Fire

Forest fires continue to rage in the Amazonian rainforest. (Photo: iStock)

Amazon Rainforest Fire
Op-ed: The Amazon fires are back — and the consequences affect us all
Bioethicist and conservationist Kerry Bowman on the 2020 Amazonian forest fires — as bad, or worse than 2019's — and why Canadians should be very concerned
Canada's 75 biggest islands

The first exclusive wall map produced for sale by Canadian Geographic. (Poster: Canadian Geographic; cartography: Chris Brackley)

Poster: Canadian Geographic
Mapping Canada's 75 biggest islands
Canadian Geographic's cartographer Chris Brackley shares insights into his process in charting the country's largest islands for an exclusive wall map
Forest trail in Ottawa, Ontario

Pine Grove Trail in Ottawa, Ont. (Photo: Tanya Kirnishni)

Photo credit: Tanya Kirnishni
Can Geo staff summer adventures
From time at the cottage to discovering new hiking trails, the summer of 2020 has not gone to waste

Bruce Kirkby's new book recounts family adventures from a year in Himalaya, such as a day afield with a team of yaks threshing barley in the fields of Karsha, India, near the local monastery. (Book: Courtesy of Douglas & McIntyre; Photo: Bruce Kirkby)

An epic family journey to the heart of the Himalaya
In his new book Blue Sky Kingdom, Bruce Kirkby explores modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom on an adventure with his wife and sons in one of the world's most remote regions. An exclusive excerpt.
Teen and dog in canoe

Zev Heuer and his travel companion, Blaze, paddling along the route from Canmore to Missinippi. (Photo: Karsten Heuer)

Photo: Karsten Heuer
Commuting via canoe: A Canmore teen’s two-month trip to work
15-year-old Zev Heuer spent more than two months paddling from his home in Canmore, Alberta, to his summer job in Missinipe, Saskatchewan
Red fox napping on car

A red fox soaking up sun rays and taking a snooze on a parked car. (Photo: Nicole Watson/Can Geo Photo Club)

Photo: Nicole Watson/Can Geo Photo Club
Foxes are self-domesticating in the U.K, so why not Canada?
As foxes move from the forest to the city, they show more doglike traits and appear to be naturally self-domesticating in the U.K. — but the same isn’t happening here at home
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