North America local history
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Lighting the Qulliq: English EditionHow do you light the qulliq? This wordless sequence book shows a grandmother and granddaughter lighting a qulliq long ago.Author: Monica IttusardjuatPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 06/02/2020Pages: 8Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 5.60h x 6.00w x 0.70dISBN: 9780228703631Audience: Ages 4-8About the AuthorIttusardjuat, Monica: - Monica...
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A Prairie BoyCreator of the best-selling children's book trilogy 'The Moccasin Goalie', Bill Brownridge has a new picture book: 'A Prairie Boy' - with a story that opens your eyes and artwork that opens the rest of your senses, Brownridge reveals a new dimension with each...
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Lonely Planet Best of Canada 2Lonely Planet's Best of Canadais your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Experience the grandeur of the Rockies, wander the labyrinth of lanes in Quebec City, and hit the powdery slopes...
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Ancient AztecsTime for a trip back in time! This informative title takes readers on a journey centuries in the past, when the ancient Aztecs thrived. Readers will be hooked by the narrative opening. Then they will dive deep into the past, exploring the daily lives...
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The Adventures of Chupacabra CharlieIn their debut picture book, Frederick Luis Aldama and Chris Escobar invite young readers along on the adventures of Chupacabra Charlie, a polite, handsome, and unusually tall ten-year-old chupacabra yearning for adventure beyond the edge of los Estados Unidos. Little does Charlie know when...
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Baja California Visual NotebookAuthor: Paulina Godoy, Carlos AguileraPublisher: Sime BooksPublished: 02/04/2020Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 7.25h x 4.25w x 0.25dISBN: 9788899180690
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Señores del Anahuac: Breve Recuento de Los Gobernantes Aztecas / Lords of AnahuacQu tanto de la historia del pueblo azteca es un mito? Las leyendas hablan sobre grandes h roes y terribles villanos, cantan las haza as de los hombres que construyeron los cimientos de un imperio. Un tlatoani, gran soberano de M xico-Tenochtitlan, es s...
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Patria 2El valor, como el miedo, son contagiosos. De uno y otro lado los defensores y los atacantes realizan haza as sorprendentes. Si, en el caso del ej rcito franc s, su notable disciplina les da ventaja, en el caso mexicano los oficiales y suboficiales...
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Escaped Killer: The True Story of Serial Killer Allan LegereWhen this killer was on the loose, citizens were vigilant, yet scared. Children were not allowed outside to play without adult supervision. But then he was captured, tried, convicted, and put away for life in prison. The community could finally breathe again. They are...
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If You Were Me and Lived in....the Mayan Empire: An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout TimeJoin Carole P. Roman and travel through time to visit the most interesting civilizations throughout history in the first four books of her new series. Learn what kind of food you might eat in Ancient Greece, the clothes you wore in 15th century Renaissance...
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The Haida Gwaii Lesson: A Strategic Playbook for Indigenous SovereigntyIn The Haida Gwaii Lesson, former University of California journalism professor and Mother Jones editor Mark Dowie shares the story of the Haida people, relating their struggle for sovereignty and title over their ancient homeland as a strategic playbook for other indigenous peoples. For...
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Playing for the Devil's FireThe bittersweet odyssey of a boy coming of age in a landscape broken by drugs, crime, and corruption.Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil's Fire marble....
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Nacozari de García: Tres siglos de historia y mineríaDesde las entra as de la tierra que siglos atr s ocuparon las tribus patas en esta regi n serrana de la geograf a de Sonora se forja su historia, que durante siglos estar aleada al mineral que naturalmente la engendra. As lo expone...
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Winter Wise: Travel and Survival in Ice and SnowA man who has spent his professional life measuring the flow of northern rivers, climbed Alaska's Mount McKinley, was a member of both Yale University and Maine University's scientific expeditions to the Antarctic, guided a film crew documenting the late Robert Kennedy's ascent of...
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Great Lakes Waterfront Trail Map Book: Ontario's Southwest EditionThe Ontario's Southwest Edition of the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail Map Book has been created as the first compantion volume to the popular Lake Ontario and St. Lawrence River Edition. Whether you choose to spend an hour or a whole day on the Trail,...
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The Blind Boy and the LoonBased on an acclaimed National Film Board of Canada/Inuit Broadcasting Corporation co-produced animated short, The Blind Boy and the Loon is a beautiful retelling of a traditional Inuit story that both explains the origin of the narwhal and cautions listeners against the dangers of...
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Marisa and the MountainsMarisa lives in the mountains--and she does not like them.Although they are fun to bike or toboggan down, they are such a pain to climb back up. They cast long shadows, and swallow the sun in the evening before before playtime is done. So,...
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The Canadian Battlefields in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany: A Visitor's GuideThis book builds on the success of The Canadian Battlefields in Northwest Europe, 1944--45 by adding a new chapter dealing with the Canadian battles in Belgium during the First World War. In addition to bringing to life the Victory Campaign of the Second World...
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Jasper: A History of the Place and Its PeopleFinally A lively and original history of Jasper National Park by a leading Parks Canada historian. Lavishly illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs and maps, Jasper: A History of the Place and It's People begins in the 1800s when the area was the domain...
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The Palliser ExpeditionThe Palliser Expedition is one of the great works in Canadian exploration literature and the only full-scale account of the British North America Exploring Expedition. This lively narrative tells of the famous adventures of John Palliser, one of the first to explore and document...
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