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The Mexican RevolutionFirst published in Spanish in 1971, The Mexican Revolution has been praised by Mexico's Nobel Prize-winning author Octavio Paz as a notable contribution to history and is widely recognized as a seminal account of the Mexican Revolution. Written during the author's time as a...
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A Girl Called Echo OmnibusMétis teenager Echo Desjardins is struggling to adjust to a new school and a new home. When an ordinary history class turns extraordinary, Echo is pulled into a time-travelling adventure. Follow Echo as she experiences pivotal events from Métis history and imagines what the...
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Abuela's SombreroMaria is new at school and wants to make friends. The first day of the upcoming spirit week at school is hat day. Maria thinks if she wears her abuela's beautiful sombrero, the other students would notice her. She asks her abuela if she...
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Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75The presence of Indigenous people among the ranks of British missionaries in the nineteenth century complicates narratives of all-powerful missionaries and hapless Indigenous victims. What compelled these men to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and Indigenous in an age of...
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Nova Scotia Book of MustsFrom the Cabot Trail in October to rafting the highest tides to drinking beer and singing "Barrett's Privateers" on the Halifax waterfront to looking in on Annapolis Royal, one of the most interesting townscapes in North America, this is the MUST list every Nova...
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Saskatoon: A History in Words and PicturesIn 1899, Saskatoon was little more than a few wooden houses and false-fronted shops. There were no bridges, no railways, not even an elevator rising above the rooftops. There was no reason to think Saskatoon would be more successful in the long run than...
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Fly Fishing Bc's Interior: A Fly Fisher's Guide to the Central Interior and North Cariboo WatersHere is the definitive fly fisher's guide to BC's Central Interior. Brian Smith writes about the allure of BC's wild rainbow trout that attracts fly fishers from all over the world. He describes in extraordinary detail the fabled Blackwater, Stellako and Crooked rivers and...
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Who We Are: A Citizen's ManifestoAuthor: Rudyard GriffithsPublisher: Douglas & McIntyrePublished: 02/15/2009Pages: 216Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80dISBN: 9781553651246Award: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing - FinalistReview Citation(s): Quill & Quire 05/01/2009 pg. 35Choice 02/01/2010
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Across the Aisle: Opposition in Canadian PoliticsHow do parties with official opposition status influence Canadian politics? Across the Aisle is an innovative examination of the theory and practice of opposition in Canada, both in Parliament and in provincial legislatures. Extending from the pre-Confederation era to the present day, it focuses...
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San Miguel de Allende: The Soul of MexicoSan Miguel de Allende is an exquisitely beautiful, well-preserved Spanish colonial town. This charming 480-year-old city, considered to be one of the most picturesque towns in Mexico, sits at an elevation of 6,400 feet on a vast plateau of rolling hills in the Sierra...
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Prehistoric MesoamericaThis major revision of Richard E. W. Adams's classic text on the ancient civilizations of Mesoamerica adds new information available from archaeological fieldwork in the region from the 1990s through 2004 and also evaluates recent theories regarding the remarkable prehistoric cultures of a region...
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Rebel Mexico: Student Unrest and Authoritarian Political Culture During the Long SixtiesWinner of the 2014 Mexican Book Prize In the middle of the twentieth century, a growing tide of student activism in Mexico reached a level that could not be ignored, culminating with the 1968 movement. This book traces the rise, growth, and consequences of...
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2024 Good Sam North American Campground GuideTravel More for Less with the Good Sam North American Campground Guide! The Good Sam North American Campground Guide comes packed with expanded features and even more ways to save. This year we welcome Wildsam to our team of travel and adventure experts. Wildsam...
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Laughing Back at Empire: The Grassroots Activism of the Asianadian Magazine, 1978-1985Asian Canadian activism, resistance, and art of the 1970s and 80s Laughing Back at Empire is a ground-breaking examination of The Asianadian, one of Canada's first anti-racist, anti- sexist, and anti-homophobic magazines. Over the course of its seven-year run, the small but mighty magazine...
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La Noche de TlatelolcoEl 2 de octubre no se olvida. A partir de testimonios de víctimas, estudiantes, maestros, padres de familia, periodistas, intelectuales, así como de agentes del estado opresor y de quienes no simpatizaban con la causa, se hilan los tensos momentos alrededor de la represión...
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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Cancun and the YucatanTrue to its name, this Cancun and the Yucatan travel guide covers all the region's major sights and attractions in easy-to-use top 10 lists that help you plan the vacation that's right for you.This newly updated pocket travel guide for Cancun and the Yucatan...
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Clara Hughes - The Only Canadian Athlete Who Won Medals at Two Olympic Games Canadian History for Kids True Canadian HeroesClara Hughes is famous for being the only Canadian to have won medals at the Olympic Summer and Olympic Winter Games. You can say that Clara was born to be an athlete but it was her undying dedication to better her skills that made...
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Let's Look at MexicoWelcome to Mexico! Walk across sandy beaches. Hear the mariachi bands. Find out about this country's people, traditions, and animals.Author: A. M. ReynoldsPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2019Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.83lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.80w x 0.30dISBN: 9781977105622Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.6Point Value: 0.5Interest Level:...
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Let's Count Canada: Numbers and Colours at the True North1 Brilliant Blue Viola grows down by the stream . . . 2 Eager Brown Beavers work great as a team . . . 3 Black Canadian Geese fly high in a V . . . 4 White Polar Bears play by the sea...
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Oceans of Rum: The Nova Scotia Banana Fleet in Rum-Runner HeavenProhibition, legislated in the U.S. in 1921, was intended to ban the manufacture, transport and sale of intoxicating liquor. However, it soon became obvious that successfully policing the entire coastline of the Pacific, Atlantic, and the Great Lakes was impossible. In eastern Canada the...
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