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Popular Day Hikes: Kananaskis Country - 2nd EditionThis new edition of Gillean Daffern's bestselling, full-colour guidebook has been completely updated to include new trails, fresh photographs, and revised access information for one of Alberta's favourite destinations for outdoor enthusiasts.Located on the eastern slopes of the Canadian Rockies, Kananaskis Country is just...
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People of the Sun⭐️ Gold Recipient, Mom's Choice Awards Honoring Excellence⭐️ Bronze Medal, 2022 International Readers' Favorite AwardsThe explosive reveal about who John and Sarah really are and why they're traveling through time, with their most gut-wrenching challenge yet. In the time of the Aztec, a scoundrel...
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History and Renewal of Labrador's Inuit-MétisHistory and Renewal of Labrador's Inuit-Métis is a collection of twelve essays presenting new research on the archaeology, history, and contemporary challenges and perspectives of Inuit-Métis of central and southeastern Labrador from Lake Melville south to Chateau Bay. It reports on results from "Understanding...
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Cruising From Boston to Montreal: Discovering coastal and riverside wonders in Maine, the Canadian Maritimes and along the St. Lawrence RiverDiscover historic wonders and modern delights guaranteed to enlarge your heart and expand your understanding of Canada and its people.Veteran travelers Al and Sunny Lockwood share their adventures and misadventures on this scintillating cruise of exploration. Join them for an unforgettable journey through part...
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The Starlight ClaimFast-paced, evocative, and intensely suspenseful, Tim Wynne-Jones's latest psychological thriller finds a teenager setting his wits against the frigid wilderness and a menacing crew of escapees. Four months after his best friend, Dodge, disappeared near their families' camp in a boat accident, Nate is...
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Campo de Girasoles Field of SunflowersEn Oaxaca, M xico, un padre y una hija plantan semillas de girasol en un huerto que preparan juntos. Los girasoles pasan por su ciclo de vida natural y luego los p jaros esparcen las semillas por toda la tierra. La pr xima primavera,...
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Grandpa, How Do I Build an Iglu?: English EditionFind out how to build an iglu In this book, Grandpa explains to his grandchild how we make iglus today, how and why they were made traditionally, and stories about iglus.Author: Ali HinchPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 03/01/2021Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 7.80h x...
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Jaguares y MariposasJaguares y Mariposas presenta un mundo encantador de arte y poesía para niñas mexicanas. Cada página es una celebración de la fuerza y la diversidad. Sus versos e imágenes espectaculares destacan las culturas, el arte y la naturaleza de México. Este libro ayudará a...
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Hometown Asylum: A History and Memoir of Institutional CareStarting in 1911, and for many years, the Alberta Hospital Ponoka, or AHP, was the largest and highest-population psychiatric institution in the Western Canadian Province of Alberta. It was also located on the outskirts of Jack Martin's hometown, and his father was employed there,...
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The Mexican Revolution: A Captivating Guide to the Mexican Civil War and How Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata Impacted MexicoIf you want to discover the captivating history of the Mexican Revolution, then keep reading...The Mexican Revolution was a defining moment of the 20th century. The Mexican fight for democracy, equality, and justice sent shockwaves around the world. No other episode in its history...
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On the Side of the Angels: English EditionThen one day a 'flyable' took me away from our world through the sky to a dark and desolate place." Jose Kusugak had a typical Arctic childhood, growing up playing games, enjoying food caught by hunters, and watching his mother preparing skins. But he...
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Historia Maya: Una guía fascinante de la civilización, cultura y mitología mayas, y del impacto de los pueblos mayas en la historia dSab as que los mayas usaban las saunas con fines curativos?En la ltima d cada o dos, ha habido un aumento de inter s en la historia maya. Esto fue en parte alimentado por la m tica predicci n maya del fin del mundo...
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Borderlands Curanderos: The Worlds of Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo2022 Americo Paredes Award, Center for Mexican American Studies at South Texas College Santa Teresa Urrea and Don Pedrito Jaramillo were curanderos--faith healers--who, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, worked outside the realm of "professional medicine," seemingly beyond the reach of the...
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Descendants of Aztec Pictography: The Cultural Encyclopedias of Sixteenth-Century MexicoIn the aftermath of the sixteenth-century Spanish conquest of Mexico, Spanish friars and authorities partnered with indigenous rulers and savants to gather detailed information on Aztec history, religious beliefs, and culture. The pictorial books they created served the Spanish as aids to evangelization and...
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The BeeWhen the narrator of this fun and silly book is startled by the buzzing of a bee, she sets off on an adventure that sees her running from community to community, trying to lose her buzzing companion. When she has run clear across Nunavut,...
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Berry Picking in the Fall: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionLet's go berry picking Follow a family as they go berry picking on a fall day in Nunavut.Author: Inhabit EducationPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 02/05/2019Pages: 16Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.30h x 8.20w x 0.20dISBN: 9780228701682Audience: Baby-PreschoolAbout the AuthorEducation, Inhabit: - Inhabit Education is a...
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Celebrations in Nunavut: English EditionIn Nunavut, there are a lot of things to celebrate This book features celebrations that are important to communities across the North, such as The Return of the Sun and Nunavut Day.Author: Aviaq JohnstonPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 06/02/2020Pages: 22Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.80h...
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The Everything I Have LostJulia keeps lists in her diary--lists of everything she loses. When her lists end up including her dad and her home, she finds comfort in the pages, but she'll need more than that to find the truth.Twelve-year-old Julia keeps a diary about her life...
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In Those Days: Inuit LivesArctic historian Kenn Harper gathers the best of his columns about Inuit history, which appear weekly in Nunatsiaq News, in this exciting new series of books. Each installment of In Those Days: Collected Columns on Arctic History will cover a particularly fascinating aspect of...
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Genius of Place: A Complete 30 Day Program for Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health!Genius of Place combines history, landscape, politics and culture in an astonishing portrait of British Columbia. The work of the 30 contributors span two centuries and are as complex and diverse as their subject. Included are contributions from explorer Simon Fraser, naturalist Roderick Haig-Brown,...
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