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Quebec City Travel Guide 2023 - 2024: Discover the Timeless Beauty of Quebec CityAre you ready to embark on an unforgettable adventure through the enchanting province of Quebec? Step into a world where rich history, vibrant culture, and breathtaking landscapes blend seamlessly to create an experience like no other. In this comprehensive travel guide for 2023-2024, discover...
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With A Few Guns: The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery in Afghanistan - Volume I - 2002-2006Thank God, the Guns!A richly detailed examination of the operations of Canadian artillery during the early part of the war in Afghanistan, from 2002 to 2006. Based on hundreds of interviews and primary source documents, there is no other work that details the incredible...
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Treinta Me Habla de Amor: ¿Por Qué Sería Raro Amarte a Ti Mismo?Una niña de 13 años en Ciudad Juárez, México recibe la visita de una versión futura de ella misma de 30 años en esta novela poderosa para adultos jóvenes en verso sobre cómo manejar la depresión. A 13-year-old girl growing up in Mexico is...
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The Crate: A Story Of War, A Murder, And JusticeAfter surviving the horrors of the Holocaust - in ghettos, on death marches, and in concentration camps - a young couple seeks refuge in Canada. They settle into a new life, certain that the terrors of their past are behind them. They build themselves...
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Superintelligence: Is Canada Ready for Ai?The emergence of Chat GPT in late 2022 launched the world into a new era of highly capable artificial intelligence, the most fascinating new technology since the birth of the Internet.Superintelligence: Is Canada Ready for AI? is a ground-breaking collection of original work from...
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PoemasSolo hay treinta y cuatro poemas de Nezahualcóyotl que puedan serle atribuidos con certeza: 10 se encuentran en Cantares mexicanos y 24 en Romances de los señores de Nueva España. También se le atribuyen varios poemas recogidos en la Historia chichimeca traducidos por Alva...
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Mexico: Volume 2, the Colonial EraThis book is one in a three volume general history of Mexico, comprising (I) the PreConquest period to 1521, (II) the Colonial period from 1521 to 1821, and (III) the National period from 1821-present. These books give a comprehensive narrative and analysis of Mexican...
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Mexico: Volume 1, from the Beginning to the Spanish ConquestMexico is a three volume general history of Mexico, comprising (I) the PreConquest period to 1521, (II) the Colonial period from 1521 to 1821, and (III, forthcoming) the National period from 1821-present. These books give a comprehensive narrative and analysis of Mexican history, focusing...
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Jedediah Days: One Woman's Island ParadiseBritish Columbia's Jedediah Island is now a popular marine park, 640 acres of natural splendour tucked in between Texada and Lasqueti islands in the Strait of Georgia. But when Mary Palmer and her husband purchased the island half a century ago, they found out...
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Guardians of Discourse: Journalism and Literature in Porfirian MexicoDuring Porfirio Díaz's thirty-year rule, Mexico dealt with the press in disparate ways in hopes of forging an informed and, above all, orderly citizenry. Even as innumerable journalists were sent to prison on exaggerated and unfair charges of defamation or slander, Díaz's government subsidized...
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Dream Car: Malcolm Bricklin's Fantastic Sv1 and the End of Industrial ModernityDream Car tells the story of entrepreneur Malcolm Bricklin's fantastical 1970s-era Safety Vehicle-1 (SV1), audaciously launched during a tumultuous breakpoint in postwar history. The tale of the sexy-yet-safe SV1 reveals the influence of automobiles on ideas about the future, technology, entrepreneurship, risk, safety, showmanship,...
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Do You Remember Being Born?Marian Ffarmer is a world-renowned poet and a legend in the making--but only now, at seventy-five years old, is she beginning to believe in the security of her successes. Unfortunately, a poet's accomplishments don't necessarily translate to capital, and as her adult son struggles...
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Daughters of Copper WomanSince its first publication in 1981, Daughters of Copper Woman has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after...
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Biocosmism: Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary MexicoMost scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution. In Biocosmism, Jorge Quintana Navarrete shifts the...
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Biocosmism: Vitality and the Utopian Imagination in Postrevolutionary MexicoMost scholars study postrevolutionary Mexico as a period in which cultural production significantly shaped national identity through murals, novels, essays, and other artifacts that registered the changing political and social realities in the wake of the Revolution. In Biocosmism, Jorge Quintana Navarrete shifts the...
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The Ones We Let Down: Toxic Leadership Culture and Gender Integration in the Canadian Forces Volume 16In 2021, a sexual misconduct scandal struck the Canadian military, leading to a profound crisis in leadership. While some more recent allegations came to light before the #MeToo movement, these latest revelations have historical roots in the 1990s, an era known to service members...
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The Land of OS: John RamsayAuthor: David A. RobertsonPublisher: Highwater PressPublished: 09/12/2014Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 9.60h x 6.50w x 0.40dISBN: 9781553794912Audience: Ages 9-12About the AuthorDavid A. Robertson is an award-winning writer. His books include When We Were Alone (winner Governor General's Literary Award), Will I See? (winner Manuela...
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The Honourable John Norquay: Indigenous Premier, Canadian StatesmanThe life and times of the Premier from Red River John Norquay, orphan and prodigy, was a leader among the Scots Cree peoples of western Canada. Born in the Red River Settlement, he farmed, hunted, traded, and taught school before becoming a legislator, cabinet...
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The Great Western Canada Bucket List: One-Of-A-Kind Travel ExperiencesNEW EDITION OF THE NATIONAL BESTSELLERTravel personality Robin Esrock explores the most unique experiences in British Columbia and Alberta in this inspiring, expanded guide from the bestselling Bucket List series.Having reported from over 115 countries on 7 continents, Robin Esrock has spent decades chasing...
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Surviving Stupid: A Comical Look at Growing up in Rural ManitobaWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and as kids we thought we were invulnerable, unbeatable, immortal. We did so many crazy and dangerous things that could have-should have-killed us, all in the name of entertainment. Somehow, we survived.Surviving Stupid strings together a series...
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