North America local history
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The Mexican Revolution: A Short History, 1910-1920Long after its outbreak, the revolution remains the defining moment in Mexico's modern history. Yet the debate over its legacy continues to this day. In a comprehensible style, aimed at students and general readers, The Mexican Revolution recounts the revolution's main events, sorts through...
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Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing FieldsCiudad Juarez lies just across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. A once-thriving border town, it now resembles a failed state. Infamously known as the place where women disappear, its murder rate exceeds that of Baghdad. In Murder City, Charles Bowden-one of the...
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52 Best Day Trips from VancouverThrough his popular guidebooks and media appearances, Jack Christie has helped countless Vancouverites and visitors alike appreciate the renowned natural beauty and diverse recreational opportunities of the Pacific Northwest. Now revised and updated, 52 Best Day Trips will enrich the west coast experience for...
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Easy Cycling Around Vancouver: Fun Day Trips for All AgesWhether you bicycle for fitness, pleasure, transportation or all of the above, Easy Cycling around Vancouver features dozens of routes to discover across the Lower Mainland and northwestern Washington State. From Squamish to Bellingham, Richmond to Agassiz, Jean and Norman Cousins guide you along...
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The Klondike Quest: A Photographic Essay 1897-1899It is interesting to watch how the expressions change as you progress through the book, from optimistic in the beginning, to almost hopeless by the end... The pictures alone will offer hours of viewing. -- CM Magazine The story of the stampede is told...
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The Sunshine Coast: From Gibsons to Powell RiverBritish Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard White, award-winning humorist and lifelong coast denizen, on a guided tour from Gibsons, where the...
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Rebellion in the Mohawk Valley: The St. Leger Expedition of 1777In the summer of 1777, while the British and the Americans were engaged in the bitter American Revolution, a massive campaign was launched from Canada into New York State. Brigadier Barry St. Leger led a crucial expedition from Lake Ontario into the Mohawk Valley....
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Norad and the Soviet Nuclear Threat: Canada's Secret Electronic Air WarExplore the history of the Canadian air defence of North America during the Cold War. NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat is the history of the air defence of Canada during the Cold War era. The reader is taken into the Top Secret world...
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CanadaWelcome to Canada--home of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, singing sensation Justin Bieber, and the Bata Shoe Museum! Informative, easy-to-read text and oversize scenic photos draw in readers as they learn about Canada's history, government, major cities, land features, natural resources, culture, and more!...
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Anne... La Maison Aux Pignons VertsSee below for English description.La magie du chef-d'oeuvre de L.M. Montgomery est réinventée dans cette magnifique bande dessinée parfaite pour les nouveaux lecteurs qui connaissent moins bien Anne... La maison aux pignons verts ou les véritables amateurs du roman classique.Quand Matthew et Marilla Cuthbert...
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All Um Bid: A Post War Family Love StoryFrom what has been called "the greatest generation" comes this tale of two ordinary people who shared an extraordinary life. From childhood accidents, through a world war that brings them together and then keeps them apart, theirs was a relationship that many dream of,...
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Toronto Street Art StrollsWord-of-Mouth Production is the publisher of guides for locals and tourist who want to explore Toronto and surroundings.Author: Nathalie Pr?zeauPublisher: Word-Of-Mouth ProductionPublished: 03/24/2017Pages: 192Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9780968443293About the AuthorJohanne Pepin is the whimsical artist behind every cover of...
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Seeing Red: A History of Natives in Canadian NewspapersThe first book to examine the role of Canada's newspapers in perpetuating the myth of Native inferiority. Seeing Red is a groundbreaking study of how Canadian English-language newspapers have portrayed Aboriginal peoples from 1869 to the present day. It assesses a wide range of...
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La Nochebuena South of the BorderA sombrero-wearing Santa makes his rounds through the Mexican desert.Author: James RicePublisher: Pelican Publishing CompanyPublished: 09/30/1993Pages: 32Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 11.40h x 8.76w x 0.36dISBN: 9780882899664Language: SpanishAudience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.9Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 18319 / La Nochebuena South of...
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All Mankind is OneA Study of the Disputation between Bartlome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda on the religious and iltellectual capacity of the American Indians.Author: Lewis HankePublisher: Northern Illinois University PressPublished: 08/01/1994Pages: 221Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51dISBN: 9780875805634Audience: Young Adult
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D-Day to Carpiquet: The North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of EuropeThe brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the...
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Trails of Prince Edward IslandThis new guide features more than 50 trails for hiking and cycling on Prince Edward Island, Canada's own emerald isle, included in the book are new trails in Prince Edward Island National Park and the just-completed Confederation Trail, the final (or initial, depending on...
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The Origins of Macho: Men and Masculinity in Colonial MexicoWith limited resources to contextualize masculinity in colonial Mexico, film, literature, and social history perpetuate the stereotype associating Mexican men with machismo--defined as excessive virility that is accompanied by bravado and explosions of violence. While scholars studying men's gender identities in the colonial period...
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The Littlest VoyageurA red squirrel stows away on a canoe to fulfill his dream of joining a group of voyageurs--men who paddle canoes filled with goods to a trading post thousands of miles away. A Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award It is 1792 and unbeknownst...
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Mexican War, 1846-1848 (Revised)Explains about the Mexican war. This title describes problems of large numbers of untrained volunteers, discipline and desertion, logistics, diseases and sanitation, relations with Mexican civilians in occupied territory, and Mexican guerrilla operations, as well as the negotiations which led to war's end and...
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