North America local history
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All about Birds Midwest: Midwest Us and CanadaThe perfect guide to the birds of the midwestern United States and central Canada, from the #1 birding website AllAboutBirds.org The All About Birds Regional Field-Guide Series brings birding enthusiasts the best information from the renowned Cornell Lab of Ornithology's website, AllAboutBirds.org, used by...
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The Aztecs: Lost CivilizationsIn this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths, and human sacrifice. While the Aztecs are often described as...
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Bobby Orr and the Hand-Me-Down SkatesEven hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr. Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He's seen the exact pair he wants...
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Ispík Kákí Péyakoyak/When We Were AloneA young girl notices things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak Cree and spend so much time with her family? As she asks questions, her grandmother shares...
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Santiago's Road HomeThree starred reviews "Harrowing but deeply illuminating." --School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from Mexico to the United States in this timely and unflinching novel by award-winning author Alexandra Diaz. The bed creaks under Santiago's shivering...
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Exploring Vancouver: The Architectural GuideVancouver's streetscapes and neighbourhoods have changed drastically in recent years. New buildings representing current architectural trends are mixing with and often replacing those of earlier eras and tastes, and a maturing architectrual melange is emerging. This book invites the reader to explore the city's...
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HatchetThis award-winning contemporary classic is the survival story with which all others are compared--and a page-turning, heart-stopping adventure, recipient of the Newbery Honor. Hatchet has also been nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. Thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson, haunted...
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Caramelo (Spanish Edition)La c lebre autora de La casa en Mango Street, y ganadora del PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature 2019, nos ofrece una nueva y extraordinaria novela narrada en un lenguaje de una originalidad arro-lladora: es la historia de varias generaciones de una...
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Not Proven: The Second Book in the Punanai SeriesAt thirty-five, Channing Hart was starting to reap the rewards of hard work and sound investing. He revelled in sitting around the big table at Clancy's Tavern. Talk radio without the microphones. The last place you could mouth off without being scolded. Weekends revolved...
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A Visit to CanadaTake a trip to Canada! Start in the city of Toronto, where you'll find the tallest tower in the country. Then, head into nature to see the beautiful Niagara Falls. And don't forget to watch a hockey game or eat some poutine! Learn all...
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MigrantA New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2011, an Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award Honour Book, and finalist for the Governor General's Award: Children's Illustration and Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Awards: Picture Book...
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My Name is SeepeetzaAn honest, inside look at life in an Indian residential school in the 1950s, and how one indomitable young spirit survived it. At six years old, Seepeetza is taken from her happy family life on Joyaska Ranch to live as a boarder at the...
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Marven of the Great North WoodsWhen the influenza epidemic strikes Duluth, Minnesota, in 1918, Marven's parents send their son far away from the danger of the disease. But a logging camp in the great north woods? A true story of a small Jewish boy and a bearish French-Canadian lumberjack...
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The Conquest of New SpainVivid, powerful and absorbing, this is a first-person account of one of the most startling military episodes in history: the overthrow of Montezuma's doomed Aztec Empire by the ruthless Hernan Cortes and his band of adventurers. Bernal D az del Castillo, himself a soldier...
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From Huronia to Wendakes: Adversity, Migration, and Resilience, 1650-1900 Volume 15From the first contact with Europeans to the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812, the Wendat peoples have been an intrinsic part of North American history. Although the story of these peoples--also known as Wyandot or Wyandotte--has been...
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Celebrating the People of MexicoMexico is a nation of magnificent cultures. Readers of this beautifully designed volume will explore the converging heritages that have shaped Mexico, including those of ancient civilizations and the French and Spanish. Need-to-know information about the past and present, such as how the country's...
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These Ragged Edges: Histories of Violence Along the U.S.-Mexico BorderThe U.S.-Mexico border has earned an enduring reputation as a site of violence. During the past twenty years in particular, the drug wars--fueled by the international movement of narcotics and vast sums of money--have burned an abiding image of the border as a place...
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Epic Mexico: A History from Its Earliest TimesSpanning the full breadth of Mexico's long and storied past in one compact volume, Epic Mexico provides an unparalleled view of Mexican history, at once comprehensive, succinct, and consistently engaging. The book's story reaches from the days of the saber-tooth tiger to those of...
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Where are you from?Have you ever met someone and wondered where they might be from? Hi, I'm Tolu I play steelpan, I love the saxophone, and I like art.Dad always says I am his curious Caribbean Canadian girl and I'm super excited to go to my new...
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Canada 123Count your way across CanadaPaul Covello's brilliantly bold artwork counts up the things Canada loves best in this board book for the very young. From the author of the beloved Canada ABC.Author: Paul CovelloPublisher: HarperTrophyPublished: 09/19/2017Pages: 30Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 6.70h x 5.30w...
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