North America local history
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El Escuadrón 201: La Historia de los Pilotos Mexicanos de la Segunda Guerra MundialEDICI N AMPLIADA Y MEJORADA (2021) - En abril de 1945, a punto de terminar la Segunda Guerra Mundial, M xico envi un contingente a reo a pelear hombro a hombro con las fuerzas Aliadas: el Escuadr n 201. A la desgastante guerra de...
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Untold: Northeastern Ontario's Military Past, Volume 1, 1662-WwiBrought together for the first time, the remarkable and mostly unacknowledged contributions, experiences, and remembrances of warfare by the people of Northeastern Ontario.Author: Dieter Buse, Graeme MountPublisher: Latitude 46Published: 10/18/2018Pages: 200Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 10.00h x 6.90w x 0.60dISBN: 9780995823501About the AuthorBuse, Dieter: -...
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The Cruise of the Breeze: The Journal, Art and Life of a Victorian Soldier in CanadaThe Victorian soldier-artist, Henry Edward Baines, has left us a unique legacy of his time in North America -- his lively and descriptive journal of a pleasure cruise around Lake Ontario in the summer of 1863, illustrated with dozens of vibrant watercolour paintings and...
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Le Cercle de PartageQuand deux renardes rousses ont une dispute qui divise leur communauté, une gentille bisonne apporte une tresse d'herbe sacrée à une sage locale et lui demande de les aider en présidant un Cercle de Partage avec tous les animaux.Author: Theresa Corky Larsen-JonassonPublisher: Medicine Wheel...
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Serviam: La Pensée politique d'Adrien ArcandIntellectuel de grande envergure, le journaliste et homme politique canadien Adrien Arcand (1899-1967), alors qu'il fut l'une des figures majeures de l'Internationale fasciste, est aujourd'hui tonnamment m connu en France. Fondateur en 1934 du Parti national social chr tien puis chef, partir de 1938,...
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Artisans of MichoacanAuthor: Travis M. WhiteheadPublisher: Otras Voces PublishingPublished: 02/15/2013Pages: 190Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.58lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40dISBN: 9780985737702
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Hidden World of the AztecIn 1521 the world of the Aztecs came to a sudden end when Hern n Cort s, the Spanish conquistador, destroyed their capital. The ruins of that city lie beneath the streets of modern-day Mexico City. Peter Lourie traveled to Mexico City to meet...
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In the Ring with Tommy BurnsIn the Ring With Tommy Burns is the sixth book in Adam J. Pollack's heavyweight boxing champion series. It thoroughly and meticulously describes Tommy Burns' boxing career, using multiple local next-day primary sources to give the book an unparalleled accuracy and authenticity that has...
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Mexico: The Trick Is Living Here - A Guide to Live, Work, and Retire in MexicoMexico: The Trick is Living Here is a humorous guide on how to live or retire in Mexico, useful for any extended stay in Mexico. The completely updated 3rd edition includes sections on climate and staying comfortable, transportation including riding buses and driving, eating,...
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Bringing Out the Untold Life, Recollections of Mildred Reid Grant GrayCanadian Morse Code Operator Chronicles Nine Decades In Historic Cape Breton Fishing Village. Mildred Gray is acknowledged as the last surviving government-employed Morse Code operator and one of the last surviving manual switchboard operators in the Canadian Maritime provinces. Between the 1940s through the...
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They Never Surrendered, The Lakota Sioux Band That Stayed in CanadaAfter the defeat of Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, June, 1876; thousands of Lakota Sioux went to Canada to escape the American army. Their leaders included Sitting Bull, Four Horns and the two famous Lakota chiefs with the name "Black...
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They Never Surrendered, The Lakota Sioux Band That Stayed in CanadaAfter the defeat of Custer in June, 1876, thousands of Lakota Sioux went to Canada to escape the American army. While returned to American reservations within five years, 250 stayed in Canada where their descendants live today.Author: Ron PapandreaPublisher: Ron PapandreaPublished: 12/03/2012Pages: 180Binding Type:...
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Geo-Mexico, the geography and dynamics of modern MexicoGeo-Mexico provides a lively, up-to-date and comprehensive exploration of Mexico, from climates to culture, population to politics, ecosystems to economy, transport to tourism, and globalization to gated communities.Key features: - assesses Mexico's success in meeting its demographic, economic and environmental challenges - traces the...
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Casa Dos Cisnes - A Colonial Mexican Home Reimagined For Modern LivingCASA DOS CISNES - A Colonial Mexican Home Reimagined For Modern LivingCasa Dos Cisnes - A Colonial Mexican Home Reimagined For Modern Living features stunning color photos of this beautiful luxury villa, combined with an overview of it's architectural creation including detailed artistic depictions...
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Chester Bear, Where Are You?It's bedtime and young Kyle can't find his fiend and protector, Chester Bear Who will protect him through the night? Author: Peter EyvindsonPublisher: Pemmican PublicationsPublished: 08/24/2015Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.02h x 7.99w x 0.11dISBN: 9780921827085Audience: Ages 9-12About the AuthorEyvindson, Peter: - Peter Eyvindson
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Birth of NanaboshoThe first title in the series shows how Nanabosho came to earth to teach respect for all living things. Author: Joe McLellanPublisher: Pemmican PublicationsPublished: 06/09/2016Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackSize: 8.00h x 9.00w x 0.30dISBN: 9780921827009Audience: Ages 4-8About the AuthorMcLellan, Joe: - Joe MclellanThis title is...
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Greenbank: In the Country of the PastWinner: Canadian Historical Association - Best Regional History, 1988Using the lives of four families as its focus, Greenbank broadens to explore and capture with extraordinary vividness life as a whole in early Canada. The remarkable will of the early pioneers, and the dissipation of...
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The Inscriptions of Calakmul: Royal Marriage at a Maya City in Campeche, Mexicovolume 21Calakmul is a large Maya site in the Yucat n Peninsula of southern Mexico, just north of Tikal and the Guatemala border. In the 1980s, Joyce Marcus sketched and photographed the inscriptions on the monuments of Calakmul, in an effort to understand the nature...
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Feminism and the Legacy of Revolution: Nicaragua, El Salvador, ChiapasIn many Latin American countries, guerrilla struggle and feminism have been linked in surprising ways. Women were mobilized by the thousands to promote revolutionary agendas that had little to do with increasing gender equality. They ended up creating a uniquely Latin American version of...
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On Thin IceAlberta Children's/Young Adult Book of the Year winner 2007 White Ravens: International Youth Library selection of outstanding books, 2007 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Awards Honorable Mention - Young Adult Fiction 2006 Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007 Ashley Anowiak is in...
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