North America local history
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The Therafields Psychotherapy Community: Promise, Betrayal, and DemiseSet within the context of other intentional communities or communes during the 1960s and 1970s, this book examines one such community, known as Therafields, developed with a focus on psychotherapy. Beginnings of hope and goodwill were eroded fairly early through decisions made by Lea...
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Boom Kids: Growing Up in the Calgary Suburbs, 1950-1970The baby boomers and postwar suburbia remain a touchstone. For many, there is a belief that it has never been as good for youngsters and their families, as it was in the postwar years. Boom Kids explores the triumphs and challenges of childhood and...
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Skɬp'lk'mitkw / Water Changelingskɬp'lk'mitkw / Water Changeling is the story of the natural water cycle from a Syilx traditional ecological knowledge perspective. The story features a water girl named skɬp'lk'mitkw who longs to visit with her grandparents. She receives help from newfound friends who change her into...
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J. I. Packer: His Life and ThoughtJ. I. Packer was one of the most influential evangelical theological and spiritual writers of the twentieth century, best known for his classic work Knowing God. In the 1990s Christianity Today readers named him one of the most influential theologians of the twentieth century,...
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Surveying Central British Columbia: A Photojournal of Frank Swanell, 1920-28Frank Swannell contributed greatly to the shape of British Columbia by surveying and mapping large portions of the province over three decades. He also took thousands of photographs and kept detailed journals of his travels. In his second book on Swannell's adventures, Jay Sherwood...
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Jacob and the Mandolin AdventureThirteen-year-old Jacob's life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. His days are brightened by playing in the orphanage mandolin orchestra. When an American benefactor arrives with the promise of a new life in Canada at a...
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Edición Y Comunismo: Cultura Impresa, Educación Militante Y Prácticas Políticas (México, 1930-1940)Para muchos militantes de la izquierda parte importante de sus actividades se desarrollan en torno a la edicion. Aprender a utilizar el mimeografo, repartir libros, escribir articulos, vender folletos, distribuir hojas sueltas, entre muchas otras practicas, han acompanado a la izquierda a lo largo...
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I Am Fridiux. Yo Soy Fridiux: A Bilingual Book about Frida Kahlo: Libros Bilingües Para NiñosDe los creadores de Virgencita plis y los Neonatos, llega este precioso libro de primeras palabras en espa ol y en ingl s, con vibrantes y divertidas ilustraciones sobre Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo se convierte en Fridiux en este bello libro y te lleva...
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El Fuego Y La Palabra: Una Historia del Movimiento ZapatistaAn illustrated history of the Zapatistas based on interviews with the movement's original organizers. Originally published in Mexico to mark the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Zapatistas, this new edition has been expanded with an epilogue that outlines developments from 2003 to...
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All about Arctic Foxes: English EditionLearn all about where Arctic foxes live, what they eat, and how they hunt. This non-fiction book gives information about the Arctic fox, along with beautiful photographs.Author: Jordan HoffmanPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 05/04/2021Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.80h x 7.80w x 0.60dISBN: 9781774500668Audience:...
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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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Beautiful OntarioA superb portfolio of pictures by one of Canada's great photographers. About Canada: Images of the Land by J.A. Kraulis: Crack the pages of this collection of two hundred photographs from maybe the best living landscape photographer in the world, J. A. Kraulis, and...
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Mexican Cookbook: Bring to the Table the Authentic Taste and Flavors of Mexican Cuisine Straight to Your Home - Over 90 Tasty and OriginWould you like to learn how to prepare the authentic and original Mexican recipes?With this book you can finally amaze your guests by offering them the flavors of Mexican cuisine straight to your home!It is really true, one of the most refined and special...
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Aztec History: A Captivating Guide to the Aztec Empire, Mythology, and CivilizationDid you know that the Aztecs sacrificed 500 to 700 people every year in order to satisfy Gods?For many years, the Aztecs have captured our imaginations. Stories from the original European invaders combined with unique, awe-inspiring ruins and legends that speak of palaces of...
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Histoire de l'Acadie - Tome 1: 1603-1710: De la fondation aux déportationsL'auteur trace les grandes lignes de l'histoire acadienne en cinq p riodes importantes, r parties en deux tomes. Dans ce premier tome, il nous am ne la rencontre des Mi'kmaq au 17e si cle. Ensuite, l'auteur aborde les premi res tentatives de colonisation et...
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Nunavut Then and Now: English EditionHow has life in Nunavut changed since 100 years ago? How is it the same?This non-fiction book teaches children about how places change over time. Archival and modern photographs of different places in the territory support the text.Author: Kim HedgesPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published:...
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Jobs in My Family: English EditionWhat do your family members do? This book describes the jobs of different members of a child's family.Author: Inhabit EducationPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 03/05/2019Pages: 12Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.90h x 7.80w x 0.40dISBN: 9780228702535Audience: Ages 4-8About the AuthorEducation, Inhabit: - Inhabit Education is...
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Neekah's Knitting NeedlesNeekah's great grandma, Mumma, knit all her life. Her Grandma Dorothy knits, her mom knits and all her aunties knit. Even some of Neekah's uncles knit, too. Every year she asks her mom if she can learn, and every year she hears, "Be patient....
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The Woman Who Turned Into a Jaguar, and Other Narratives of Native Women in Archives of Colonial MexicoThis book is an ambitious and wide-ranging social and cultural history of gender relations among indigenous peoples of New Spain, from the Spanish conquest through the first half of the eighteenth century. In this expansive account, Lisa Sousa focuses on four native groups in...
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Fishing the Canadian Rockies 1st Edition: An Angler's Guide to Every Lake, River and StreamFishing the Canadian Rockies is a comprehensive guidebook to the lakes, rivers, and streams of the Canadian Rockies. The area covered by Fishing the Canadian Rockies extends from the Canada-U.S. border in the south, through Jasper and Mt. Robson Parks in the north, and...
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