North America local history
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Dadibaajim: Returning Home through NarrativeDadibaajim narratives are of and from the land, born from experience and observation. Invoking this critical Anishinaabe methodology for teaching and learning, Helen Olsen Agger documents and reclaims the history, identity, and inherent entitlement of the Namegosibii Anishinaabeg to the care, use, and occupation...
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York's Sacrifice: Militia Casualties of the War of 1812Not only professional soldiers but also citizens serving as militiamen participated in the War of 1812. The militia's contribution to the War of 1812 is not well understood. Even now, 200 years later, we don't know how many Upper Canadian militia men died defending...
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Frida Kahlo Y Sus Animalitos (Spanish Edition)Told in Spanish, this celebration of one of the world's most influential painters, Frida Kahlo, and the animals that inspired her art and life is now available in paperback! Una visio n u nica de Frida Khalo -de su vida extraordinaria y sus mascotas-...
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Mercy Gene: The Man-Made Making of a Mad WomanThink Maggie Nelson meets Hannah Gadsby.Told in kaleidoscopic bursts of erratic recollections, daydreams, poetry, and lists, Mercy Gene is the powerful, genre-smashing debut work of auto-fiction by acclaimed writer, playwright, and comedian JD Derbyshire. Inspired by Derbyshire's critically acclaimed and award-winning stage play, Certified,...
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Canada: A New Tax HavenIn Canada: A New Tax Haven, Alain Deneault traces Canada's relationship with Britain's Caribbean colonies back through the last half of the twentieth century, arguing that the involvement of Canadian financiers in establishing and maintaining Caribbean tax havens has predisposed Canada to become a...
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Where We Ate: A Field Guide to Canada's Restaurants, Past and Present"You've heard (and probably asked) this question a million times: 'Where did you go for dinner?'" A love letter to 150 Canadian restaurants, and the stories and people behind them--from pre-Confederation to present day, from Victoria to St. John's--here's where we ate. What is...
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Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945WINNER OF THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARD An unforgettable chronicle of Canadians fighting the Second World War. Historian Tim Cook displays his trademark storytelling ability in the second volume of his masterful account of Canadians in World War II. Cook combines an extraordinary grasp of...
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Royal City Compendium OneIn a return to the literary and thematic territory of JEFF LEMIRE's breakthrough graphic novel Essex County, ROYAL CITY follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. There, Patrick is quickly drawn back...
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Serial Mexico: Storytelling Across Media, from Nationhood to NowNo book until now has tied in two centuries of Mexican serial narratives--tales of glory, of fame, and of epic characters, grounded in oral folklore--with their subsequent retelling in comics, radio, and television soap operas. Wright's multidisciplinary Serial Mexico delves into this storytelling tradition:...
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Samuel Cunard: Nova Scotia's Master of the North AtlanticAn illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of Samuel Cunard who, for decades, ruled a shipping empire on the North Atlantic.By the time...
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The Aztecs: Ruthless Warriors and Bloody SacrificeFrom being sacrificed to the gods through fighting brutal battles, daily life in Aztec times was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was in this gripping read. Primary sources, colorful designs, and engaging text...
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Secret Montreal: An Unusual GuideA giant crane in a supermarket, a portrait of Mussolini in Little Italy, Canada's only Coadaist temple, a monument to the world's strongest man, wrestling in a church, surfing on the Saint Lawrence River, a giant milk bottle, a gas station built by famous...
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The Maya: Fearsome Fighters and Scary SacrificeFrom being made into a mummy through being sacrificed to the gods, daily life in the Mayan world was pretty deadly! Readers will love digging up the past and finding out just how horrible it was in this gripping read. Primary sources, colorful designs,...
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Trudeau's Darkest Hour: War Measures in Time of Peace October 1970In this anthology of speeches and writings since 1970, eminent Canadian thinkers, journalists, and political leaders explain how the government under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau deceived people and denied justice in October 1970. Arguing that Trudeau violated the human rights of hundreds of individuals...
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Indian Treaties and Surrenders, Volume 3: Treaties 281-483This significant historical work, first published in 1891 and one of three volumes in the series, is reprinted here in its original format Indian Treaties and Surrenders is an excellent reference series for anyone interested in the history of agreements between Indians and the...
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British Columbia: A Natural History of Its Origins, Ecology, and Diversity with a New Look at Climate ChangeThis revised and expanded edition of an award-winning book not only explores British Columbia's stunning ecology but also features an increased focus on climate change. With expanded sections on the province's geological history, updated information on the mountain pine beetle and the future of...
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Triumph at Kapyong: Canada's Pivotal Battle in KoreaApril 24th, 1951, was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their lives to begin. Soon, Chinese communist troops in their thousands, swarmed around them, plunging straight towards the Korean...
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Acadians of Nova ScotiaThe first work devoted exclusively to Acadians in Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlement to present-day Acadian communities. Authors Sally Ross and Alphonse Deveau draw on original seventeenth-century texts, as well as...
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Raincoast Chronicles Eleven Up: Stories & History of the British Columbia Coast from raincoast Chronicles, Issues 11-15Ghost towns looming silently out of the fog, villages torn apart by storms, forest fires fought with flying boats as big as jetliners, the Chilcotin War, grizzlies and sasquatches, life in a float camp tethered to a rocky shore - this is Raincoast Chronicles...
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Good for NothingWinner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction The year is 1959, and fifteen-year-old Nipishish returns to his reserve in northern Quebec after being kicked out of residential school, where the principal tells him he's a good-for-nothing who, like all Indians, can look...
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