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El Mundo de ElaUna divertida aventura en la que una joven elefanta aprende sobre diferentes culturas e idiomas mientras explora un zoo el día de su cumpleaños. A través de cautivadoras y coloridas ilustraciones, los niños y jóvenes lectores tendrán la oportunidad de participar en esta divertida...
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Blackness in Mexico: Afro-Mexican Recognition and the Production of Citizenship in the Costa ChicaAn up-closeview of the movement to make "Afro-Mexican" an official cultural category Through historical and ethnographic research, Blackness in Mexico delvesinto the ongoing movement toward recognizing Black Mexicans as a cultural groupwithin a nation that has long viewed the non-Black Mestizo as the archetypal...
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Making a Home: Assisted Living in the Community for Young Disabled PeopleIn most Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their lives. It is difficult for a young person to live in a home...
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Behind Closed Doors: Stories from the Kamloops Indian Residential SchoolBehind Closed Doors features written testimonials from thirty-two individuals who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School. The school was one of many infamous residential schools that operated from 1893 to 1979. These storytellers give voice to the thousands as they remember and share with...
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Shki: A MysteryThe battered, snow-covered body of a woman is found on the banks of the Ottawa River, across from the Parliament Buildings, launching a complex investigation led by Sergeant John Bass and Coroner Gen Simone. Discovered next to the body is a bag of unrefined...
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Atoned in TruthWhen Lou Brandon retires as the only constable of a small Manitoba town, his life takes on a comfortable but aimless routine. That changes when he slowly becomes friends with the new Catholic priest, Peter Wilson. As the two struggle with life, unlikely circumstances...
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Benjamin and the Backyard BeastAre you ready for an adventure you'll never forget? A young boy and his father need your help as they venture through the depths of a cold Canadian forest on their quest to find a moose! Will this creature be a monstrous beast or...
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Tales of an Unsung Sourdough: The Extraordinary Klondike Adventures of Johnny LindIn the mid-1880s, Johnny Lind, a teenager from Pond Mills, Ontario, struck out for adventure and wealth. After a decade working as a railroader in the United States, Johnny headed north, to Yukon and Alaska, and he was mining gold nearby when the Klondike...
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The Loyalist Corps: Americans in Service to the KingThe Loyalists were Americans who opposed the Revolution and took up arms to fight for King George III. The Loyalist equivalent of the Continental Army was the Loyalist Corps. More than 150 military units were raised by Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. In the...
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Caciques and Their People: A Volume in Honor of Ronald Spores Volume 89A volume of essays by Mesoamerican scholars on topics ranging from Zapotec archaeology to Cuicatec irrigation and Mixtec codices to Aztec ethnohistory. Authors use a direct historical approach, the comparative method, or develop models that contribute to ethnological and archaeological theory. Contributors: J. Chance,...
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Canadian Railroad TrilogyNominee for the 2012 Silver Birch Express Award in the Ontario Library Association's Forest of Reading Program This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot's heart-stirring song, "Canadian Railroad Trilogy," to readers young and old. The song was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to...
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At the Heart of the Borderlands: Africans and Afro-Descendants on the Edges of Colonial Spanish AmericaAt the Heart of the Borderlands is the first book-length study of Africans and Afro-descendants in the frontiers of Spanish America. While people of African descent have formed part of most borderlands histories, this study recognizes and explains their critical contribution to the formation...
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Campobello IslandDuring its long, legendary history, Campobello Island has been known by many names: the Native American word for it was Abahquict, French explorers called it Port aux Coquilles, and the English named it Outer Island. Campobello rises on the outer edge of Passamaquoddy Bay...
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Spelling MississippiRich in the detailed nuances of the human heart, and swimming in the decadent atmosphere of New Orleans, Spelling Mississippi is a seductive, liberating novel about the ties that bind -- and those that simply restrain. After Cleo arrives in New Orleans on holiday,...
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Nuestra Celebración del Día de MuertosEl Día de Muertos es un día festivo muy especial, en el cual las familias celebran y comparten historias y risas que traen a los muertos de vuelta a la vida. Ven y únete al festejo! Es un día en el cual la familia...
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Americans in the Treasure House: Travel to Porfirian Mexico and the Cultural Politics of EmpireWhen railroads connected the United States and Mexico in 1884 and overland travel between the two countries became easier and cheaper, Americans developed an intense curiosity about Mexico, its people, and its opportunities for business and pleasure. Indeed, so many Americans visited Mexico during...
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Warriors and Warships: Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point FrederickThe untold story of Point Frederick, where early nineteenth-century Canadians built warships that stopped invasion, brought peace, and the world's longest undefended border.Opposite Kingston, Point Frederick became the 1789 dockyard home of the navy on Lake Ontario. Armed vessels were built to transport settlers...
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Canada's Place Names and How to Change ThemA study of what Canadian place names reveal about the country's self-image. Canada's Place Names and How to Change Them disentangles the distinct cultural, religious, and political naming practices in First Nations' and Canadian provinces, territories, and lands. Lauren Beck surveys a diverse range...
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Reclaiming Hamilton: Essays from the New Ambitious CityCity of Waterfalls, Steeltown, the Ambitious City - Hamilton, Ontario, has gone by many names over the years as it has risen to economic heights and fallen from them. In this wide-ranging collection of essays editor Paul Weinberg has gathered together some of Hamilton's...
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At the End of the World: Notes on a 1941 Murder Rampage in the Arctic and the Threat of Religious Extremism, Loss of Indigenous Culture, and DaAn exploration of indigenous trauma, climate change, and digital culture in the shadow of a series of Inuit murders in Canada in 1941 Author: Lawrence MillmanPublisher: Terra FirmaPublished: 04/04/2023Pages: 222Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 5.50h x 8.10w x 0.60dISBN: 9781595349989About the AuthorRyan Murdock is the...
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