North America local history
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Survival in the WildernessAre you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The fourth installment in the Great Escapes series is here--perfect for fans of the I Survived series December 13, 1920. It was a typical Monday morning when three US Navy...
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Revolution in Development: Mexico and the Governance of the Global EconomyOne of The Chronicle of Higher Education's Best Scholarly Books of 2021 Revolution in Development uncovers the surprising influence of postrevolutionary Mexico on the twentieth century's most important international economic institutions. Drawing on extensive archival research in Mexico, the United States, and Great Britain,...
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Finding Rhythm: An International Dance JourneyOne woman embarked on a dance journey around the world, finding out how each dance tells a story of its country and learning how beautiful life can be when you take the lead. If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be?...
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A Summer Day in the Community: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionIt's a beautiful summer day in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. How will Angut spend his day? Join Angut as he bikes through his community, plays with his friend Papak, and spends time with his family.Author: Masiana KellyPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 09/15/2020Pages: 40Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize:...
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You Were Never Here"A page-turner of a thriller with a smart, compelling heroine." --Kirkus"This novel is more than a murder mystery. It's about self-empowerment, acceptance, and the strength to be found in female friendships." --School Library Journal"A crafty, well-paced thriller. The novel's finale is appropriately fiendish--and also...
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What Can Ataata Fix?: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionKyle lives in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. He is excited for the miniature boat race on Williamson Lake As Kyle gets ready to go to the race, the chain falls of his bike. Kyle hopes his ataata can fix it when he comes home. He...
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Grandma, How Do You Light the Qulliq?: English EditionLearn all about the history and traditional uses of the qulliq. In this book, a grandmother teaches her grandchild how to light a qulliq and tells her about its history and traditional uses.Author: Jeanie JoanasiePublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 06/02/2020Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize:...
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La Travesía de Santiago (Santiago's Road Home)Cuando cruzaba la frontera de M xico con Estados Unidos un muchacho se detiene por ICE en esta novela actual e imp vida escrita por la autora galardonada Alexandra D az. La cama cruje bajo el peso del cuerpo tembloroso de Santiago. Dicen que...
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Trudy's Healing StoneEveryone gets sad, angry, frustrated and disappointed. Difficult emotions are a natural part of life. In this book, Trudy's Healing Stone, Trudy Spiller shares a special teaching about a practice that anyone can use to help them process their feelings with the help of...
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Skins of ColumbusColonial violence is a sticky phenomenon, gumming up the associational matrices of our daily lives and dreamscapes. Edgar Garcia intervenes with a poetic experiment: Every night of the three months of Columbus's first voyage to the Americas, Garcia read his corresponding journal entry before...
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Sweetest Kulu (Inuktitut)"Dream a little, Kulu, this world now sings a most beautiful song of you."This beautiful bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and tenderly told...
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Mirrors of Stone: Fragments from the Porcupine FrontierMirrors of Stone delves into the many ethnic cultures that thrived in the mining areas of Northern Ontario from the 1920s to the 1960s. The stormy history of hardrock mining camps has never fit into the comfortable cliches by which Canada tells its story....
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Sacred Places North America: 108 DestinationsThis revised and updated comprehensive travel guide examines North America's most sacred sites for spiritually attuned explorers. Important archaeological, geological, and historical destinations from coast to coast are exhaustively examined, from the weathered pueblos of the American Southwest and the medicine wheels of western...
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Bush Runner: The Adventures of Pierre-Esprit RadissonWINNER OF THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZE - Readers might well wonder if Jonathan Swift at his edgiest has been at work.--RBC Taylor Prize Jury Citation - A remarkable biography of an even more remarkable 17th-century individual ... Beautifully written and endlessly thought-provoking.--Maclean's Murderer....
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Maya History: A Captivating Guide to the Maya Civilization, Culture, Mythology, and the Maya Peoples' Impact on Mesoamerican HistoryDid you know that the Mayans used saunas for healing purposes? In the past decade or two, there has been an upsurge of interest in Maya history. This was partly fueled by the mythical Maya prediction of the end of the world in 2012,...
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Shadow Soldiers of the American Revolution: Loyalist Tales from New York to CanadaIn 1778, New York State Patriots forced colonists loyal to the British government to flee north into what became Ontario and Quebec. Many of the defiant young British Americans soon returned south as soldiers, spies and scouts to fight for their multigenerational farms along...
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The Wild Side Guide to Vancouver Island's Pacific Rim: Long Beach, Tofino, Ucluelet, Port Alberni, Nitinat & BamfieldThe Pacific Rim of Vancouver Island's wild west coast, with its picturesque coastal villages of Tofino and Ucluelet and expansive wave-washed sands of Long Beach, has become one of Canada's top tourist destinations. In this updated edition of The Wild Side Guide to Vancouver...
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The Wild Edge: Clayoquot, Long Beach and Barkley SoundI hope that this book will give you some idea of the complexity and allure of the wild west coast--the savage beauty, its fascinating history, and the people who make their home here. . . . I want to show you the places that...
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The Big Book on Native American Truths: Tribes and Their Ways of Life Children's Geography & Cultures BooksThe world has not been fair to the Native Americans, to the extent that they were treated with violence. But the blood in their past only fueled the passion to show the world that they could be so much more. This book is a...
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Last Call - A ThrillerA retired cop past her prime...A kidnapped bank robber fighting for his life...A former mob enforcer with a blood debt...A government assassin on the run...A wisecracking private eye with only one hand...A homicide sergeant with one week left on the job... And three of...
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