North America local history
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Hiking Musings: The West Coast TrailSixty-eight-year-old Kenneth T. Gallagher may have been slightly ill-prepared for his first West Coast Trail hike. Still, armed with too much confidence and an out-of-date trail guide, he set off on an adventure. His number one priority: spend time and make memories with his...
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National Geographic Countries of the World: MexicoJoin National Geographic's quest to find the heart and soul of Mexico. Journey through a land of incredible biodiversity, from the Rio Grande to the Sierra Madre. Visit Mexico City, the vast metropolis built on an ancient lake bed. Study the country's history of...
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México (Mexico)Author: Maria KoranPublisher: Av2Published: 08/10/2022Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.65lbsSize: 9.70h x 8.50w x 0.40dISBN: 9781791144050Language: Spanish
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I Will Miss KindergartenThis book is based on a kindergarten speech by a five-year-old early reader. It will assist in teaching kids that there is nothing to fear about moving on to a different grade in school. Most of all, this book will encourage kids to read.Author:...
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Ireri: Vigil of the Little Angels / Velación de los AngelitosCountless voices and memories are the main characters of this story. On November 1st, at dawn, children will live the ritual of love of the Vigil of the Little Angels, walking together with their parents to the cemetery to honor the memory of their...
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The Perilous Journey of the Not-So-Innocuous Girl: Perilous Journey Book 1This brand new edition of the book contains updated historical facts, an amazing new cover, and extra punk for your steam machines!Lady Marguerite lives a life most 17th-century French girls can only dream of: money, designer dresses, suitors, and a secure future. Except she...
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Bran Finds His FeathersHave you ever seen a naked raven?Bran the raven wakes up one morning and everything feels a little too familiar, right down to his own feathers. Feeling bored, Bran decides to search around his nest for an exciting new outfit. Bran tries on everything...
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Beyond the HeadlightsMr. Skibo, the piano tuner, opened his leather case. He took out a leaver and wrench and hammer. He plunked and listened and plunked. When he had finished he tidied away his tools. He turned on his tape recorder. "So this little girl has...
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Todos Los Caminos Nos Llevan a Tenochtitlan / Every Road Leads to Mexico Tenocht ItlanLa autora busca establecer un equilibrio entre todas las fuentes primarias, los estudios históricos, arqueológicos y antropológicos más recientes, para que los lectores elaboren su propio juicio sobre la historia mexica. Un apasionante recorrido histórico que inicia con la cultura olmeca en San Lorenzo...
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Au terrain de jeu et au parc: Une série d'aventures quotidiennesDans cette édition, Mémé et ses Petits-tout se rendent au terrain de jeu et au parc à côté de leur maison et se font de nouveaux amis.Le cadeau parfait pour les enfants de 4 à 9 ans. Obtenez votre copie aujourd'hui!Author: Moji TaiwoPublisher: Moji...
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Panic RiverCorey Fischer, a struggling artist, is in big trouble. A lifetime of deference and masking inner-feelings has blinded him to the truth in others, even as those truths emerge onto the canvas of his paintings. The sudden death of his estranged father brings Corey...
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No Surrender: The Land Remains IndigenousShocking new research on 1800s land agreements between Canada and Indigenous peoples Between 1869 and 1877 the government of Canada negotiated Treaties One through Seven with the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains. Many historians argue that the negotiations suffered from cultural misunderstandings between...
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Strange EmpireDescendants of fur traders and Indians, the Métis mounted insurrections against the Canadian government in 1869-70 and 1885 led by the messianic Louis Riel. With passion and verve, Joseph Kinsey Howard, author of the bestselling Montana: High, Wide, and Handsome, narrates the tragic story...
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A Black Corps d'Elite: An Egyptian Sudanese Conscript Battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and Its Survivors in Subsequent AfFor several years, the armies of Napoleon III deployed some 450 Muslim Sudanese slave soldiers in Veracruz, the port of Mexico City. As in the other case of Western hemisphere military slavery (the West India Regiments, a British unit in existence 1795-1815), the Sudanese...
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A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico CityIn A City on a Lake Matthew Vitz tracks the environmental and political history of Mexico City and explains its transformation from a forested, water-rich environment into a smog-infested megacity plagued by environmental problems and social inequality. Vitz shows how Mexico City's unequal urbanization...
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The Ópatas: In Search of a Sonoran PeopleIn 1600 they were the largest, most technologically advanced indigenous group in northwest Mexico, but today, though their descendants presumably live on in Sonora, almost no one claims descent from the patas. The patas seem to have "disappeared" as an ethnic group, their languages...
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The Fifteenth Month: Aztec History in the Rituals of PanquetzaliztliThe Mexica (Aztecs) used a solar calendar made up of eighteen months, with each month dedicated to a specific god in their pantheon and celebrated with a different set of rituals. Panquetzaliztli, the fifteenth month, dedicated to the national god Huitzilopochtli (Hummingbird on the...
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Made to Order: Painted Ceramics of Ancient TeotihuacanThe ancient city of Teotihuacan, North America's first metropolis, flourished for nearly eight centuries in central Mexico until its demise in 650 C.E. Known primarily for its massive architecture and monumental wall paintings, the city--and its dazzling artwork--inspired awe in its time, and continues...
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A Crooked River: Rustlers, Rangers, and Regulars on the Lower Rio Grande, 1861-1877During the turbulent years of the Civil War and Reconstruction, a squall of violence and lawlessness swept through the Nueces Strip and the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas. Cattle rustlers, regular troops, and Texas Rangers, as well as Civil War deserters and other...
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Santa Anna of MexicoAntonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876) is one of the most famous, and infamous, figures in Mexican history. Six times the country's president, he is consistently depicted as a traitor, a turncoat, and a tyrant-the exclusive cause of all of Mexico's misfortunes following the...
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