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110 Nature Hot Spots in Manitoba and Saskatchewan: The Best Parks, Conservation Areas and Wild PlacesAn inspiring guide to the best nature getaways in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 110 Nature Hot Spots in Manitoba and Saskatchewan is a beautifully illustrated guidebook that explores the natural splendor and remarkable recreation of these diverse provinces. Each entry includes a descriptive destination profile,...
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The Course of Mexican HistoryMexico's political, social, and economic landscapes have shifted in very striking ways in recent years and the country now moves cautiously forward, in the twenty-first century. Revised to address these remarkable transformations, The Course of Mexican History, now in its eleventh edition, offers a...
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Boom, Bust, Exodus: The Rust Belt, the Maquilas, and a Tale of Two CitiesDonald Trump and Bernie Sanders owed much of their unexpected popularity in the 2016 primaries to their respective stances on trade and immigration policy. Political elites and policy experts were bewildered by combative talk of building a wall and the ubiquity of anti-TPP (Trans-Pacific...
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The Corn Grows RipeA Newbery Honor Book Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family? When Tigre's father is badly injured in an accident, the family is thrown into turmoil. Who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive--and to please...
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Klondike ParadiseThis is a story of two generations who fell in love with the Yukon and Northwestern B.C., in particular a piece of floral paradise at the end of Tagish Lake known as Ben-My-Chree. Klondike Paradise takes readers back in time to the Klondike gold...
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A Big History of North America: From Montezuma to MonroeThe special relationship between the United Kingdom, an established and secure power, and the United States, a rising one, began after the War of 1812, as the former enemies sought accommodation with, rather than the annihilation of, one another. At the same time, Mexico,...
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Bountiful Deserts: Sustaining Indigenous Worlds in Northern New SpainCommon understandings drawn from biblical references, literature, and art portray deserts as barren places that are far from God and spiritual sustenance. In our own time, attention focuses on the rigors of climate change in arid lands and the perils of the desert in...
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Der Tanz der Schnee-TraktorenAuthor: SienaPublisher: Motherbutterfly BooksPublished: 03/15/2022Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.08dISBN: 9781989579305Language: German
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200,000 Snakes: On the Hunt in Manitoba: Or, How I Found a New Beginning at the Bottom of a Giant Pit of SnakesPat Spain was living the life he had always dreamed of. He had just finished filming his first National Geographic TV series Beast Hunter, put in an offer on his first house with his girlfriend, was in the best physical shape he'd ever been...
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1950s Canada: Politics and Public AffairsWhile the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was also a time of political, economic, and technological change. Against a background of growing prosperity, federal and provincial politics became increasingly competitive, intergovernmental relations became more contentious, and Canada's presence in the...
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Before Official Multiculturalism: Women's Pluralism in Toronto, 1950s-1970sFor almost two decades before Canada officially adopted multiculturalism in 1971, a large network of women and their allies in Toronto were promoting pluralism as a city- and nation-building project. Before Official Multiculturalism assesses women as liberal pluralist advocates and activists, critically examining the...
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What Nudism Exposes: An Unconventional History of Postwar CanadaA new history of Canada through the story of its nudist movement.What Nudism Exposes offers an original perspective on postwar Canada by charting the nudist movement's navigation through changing times and broader social and cultural contexts. As nudism took root after World War II,...
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Against the Tides: Reshaping Landscape and Community in Canada's Maritime MarshlandsThe untold story of the engineers who dammed Canada's Maritime marshlands. For centuries, an intricate system of levees and ditches in Canada's Bay of Fundy held back the highest tidewaters in the world. These "dykelands" transformed ancient saltmarsh into rich soil, but by the...
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Toke Street: The Untold Stories Of A Group Of Delinquents Who Owned A LakeIt was the mid-1940's. A time of war, a time of Peace. In a gold mining town in Northern Ontario, a group of semi delinquents struggled with both. Yet in their own hilarious way, they found a method of coping with lofty expectations, a...
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Musical Colours: Marches of the UK and Canadian ForcesOn the cover of the 1970 record THE VANISHING REGIMENTS, Colonel CH Jaeger OBE made an interesting observation: 'Be it true or not that old soldiers never die but only fade away, it is absolutely certain that the music connected with soldiering never does...
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The Mexican Witch Lifestyle: Brujeria Spells, Tarot, and Crystal MagicDiscover the vibrant culture of brujeria and embrace your own inner witch with this essential guide to spellcasting, spirit worship, tarot, crystals, and all the other elements of this increasingly popular lifestyle.A modern Mexican bruja is a powerful person, one who reads the tarot...
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Silent Voices: Rule by Policy on Canada's Indian ReservesMel Bevan set out to write the book never before written to find the root cause of the helplessness of the people who live on Canada's Indian reservations. Bevan examines the laws, policies, and practices of the government of Canada and the provinces to...
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Rafting the Great Northern Rivers: The Nahanni, Firth, and TatshenshiniThough modern science and technology have given us comfort and security, for many people, something deeper is also needed; something that takes us closer to our evolutionary roots in nature. This book will allow the reader to experience, from the comfort of central heating...
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Food of Culture How Many Ways To Taco: Food of Culture How Many Ways To TacoFood of Culture "How Many Ways To Taco" is part of my adventure around parts of Mexico learning the tricks, flavors, and history of the Taco.Author: Peter IngrasselinoPublisher: BlurbPublished: 11/30/2021Pages: 74Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9781006234453
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Household Archaeology at the Bridge River Site (Eerl4), British Columbia: Spatial Distributions of Features, Lithic Artifacts, and Faunal Remains on FHousehold Archaeology at Bridge River offers a unique contribution to the study of household archaeology, providing unprecedented insights into the history of a long-lived house in the Interior Pacific Northwest. With fifteen intact anthropogenic floors dating to pre-Colonial times, Bridge River's Housepit 54 provides...
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