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People, Politics, and Purpose: Biography and Canadian Political HistoryMicro-biographies of important figures throughout Canadian political history.People, Politics, and Purpose reflects on Canadian political history through a series of short biographies about a series of key figures--from prime ministers to lumberjacks to Indigenous leaders. Contributors combine rich descriptive detail with sensitivity to broader...
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Canadian Labour Policy and PoliticsA comprehensive textbook on Canadian labor policy and its effects. A thorough and accessible undergraduate textbook, Canadian Labour Policy and Politics is an essential guide to the politics of inequality in Canada's job market. Contributors trace the rise of austerity, reveal its resulting inequalities,...
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Fire Into Ice: Charles Fipke & the Great Diamond HuntTrue Story of Charles Fipke, the mining exploration geologist who discovered diamonds in Canada. Fire Into Ice follows Charles Fipke in his exotic travels through the fast-paced, cutthroat world of mineral exploration - from the jungles of New Guinea to the savannas of South...
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The Only Good IndianThe Only Good Indian is part lecture, part meditation, and part threat. Or maybe a sacrifice. Each incarnation of The Only Good Indian recruits a new artist to step into the radical headspace of a suicide bomber. In turn, each performer straps themselves into...
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Finding Refuge in El Paso: The 1912 Mormon Exodus from Mexico with Digital Download: The 1912 Mormon Exodus from MexicoOver sixty years after leaving Nauvoo, the Mormons were once again forced to flee for their lives. Discover this incredible story for the first time in this one-of-a-kind book, detailing the events of the Mormon Exodus from Mexico in July 1912. Includes mesmerizing interviews...
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Gold, Grit, Guns: Miners on Bc's Fraser River in 1858The first book to reveal the 1858 mining milieu by those who witnessed it firsthand."An extraordinary book." - The TyeeOnly four extensive miners' journals are known to have survived from 1858. Quoting generously from the diaries, Alexander Globe focuses on the miners' actual words...
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Seven Days in Hell: Canada's Battle for Normandy and the Rise of the Black Watch SnipersA riveting tour de force by Canada's leading military historian about the heroic Black Watch's fight for survival at Verri res Ridge Centred around one of Canada's most storied regiments, Seven Days in Hell tells the epic tale of the bloody battle for Verri...
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La Independencia de MéxicoWritten in a vivid and accessible style, this history book addressed to young readers focuses on one of the most relevant periods in Mexican history: that of the country's strife for independence from Spain. In addition to its descriptive historical account, the book includes...
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Esteban Cantu and the Mexican Revolution in Baja California Norte, 1910-1920Outfoxing all other military and political personnel in the territory of Baja California Norte, Colonel Esteban Cant , on becoming governor, astutely played the leaders of the Mexican Revolution one against another. A compelling figure in the Mexican Revolution, he maintained his independence from...
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Vancouver Island Book of Musts 2nd EditionSavouring a sunset on Chesterman Beach, browsing local fare at the Salt Spring Island Market or admiring the Chemainus Murals--it's all here--the best beach on Hornby Island and the islands' best place to stay: Vancouver Island Book of Musts is the ultimate guide to...
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Bandoleros y Rebeldes. Historia del forajido Doroteo Arango (1878-1910): Las correrias de Heraclio Bernal, Ignacio Parra y Francisco VillaEsta obra estudia y documenta las actividades delictivas de los bandidos norte os m s significativos de los estados de Sinaloa, Durango y Chihuahua, entre los a os 1874 y 1910, tales como: Heraclio Bernal, Francisco Villa, Ignacio Parra, Jos Beltr n, Tom s...
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Barren Grounds: The Story of the Tragic Moffatt Canoe TripIn 1955 Arthur Moffatt led an expedition consisting of young college students and recent graduates to the Inuit lands of Nunavut, Canada, to follow the path of the 1893 Tyrrell expedition and to film and photograph the group's progress. The expedition, a 900-mile epic...
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The Bear and the Porcupine: The U.S. and MexicoJeffrey Davidow coined the phrase "the bear and the porcupine"--which has now entered Mexican political discourse--to describe the difficult relationship between the hypersensitive Mexican "porcupine" and the "insensitive" American bear. In this revised and expanded second edition, Davidow picks up the story of U.S.-Mexican...
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British Columbia in the Balance: 1846-1871Esteemed historian Jean Barman brings new insights on the seemingly disparate events that converged to lay the foundation of the present-day province. By examining newly accessible private correspondence exchanged with the Colonial Office in London, Barman pieces together the chain of events that caused...
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Love and Despair: How Catholic Activism Shaped Politics and the Counterculture in Modern MexicoLove and Despair explores the multiple and mostly unknown ways progressive and conservative Catholic actors, such as priests, lay activists, journalists, intellectuals, and filmmakers, responded to the significant social and cultural shifts that formed competing notions of modernity in Cold War Mexico. Jaime M....
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El Destructor / The DestroyerSÍ PODÍA SABERSE. Sí podía saberse lo que iba a ocurrir si Andrés Manuel López Obrador llegaba a la Presidencia. Bastaba observar, poner atención, seguir los pasos que fue dando desde sus orígenes como soldado priista. Eso es justamente lo que ha hecho Pablo...
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Lonely Planet Mexico 18Lonely Planet's Mexico is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the country has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Discover ancient Mayan ruins at Palenque, dive world-class sites at Cabo Pulmo, and tour murals in Mexico City]; all...
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Goddess of Warfare and RenewalHigh-Fantasy Feminism. This book is perfect for fantasy readers hoping for a mix of Brandon Sanderson's unique universes and magic systems, Leigh Bardugo's ability to write unique plots. Two powerful women, only one can survive.Gran Empress Shila is finding that destroying a third of...
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A note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan, and the position, structure and orientation of the Teocolli of HuitziA note on the position and extent of the great temple enclosure of Tenochtitlan, and the position, structure and orientation of the Teocolli of Huitzilopochtli., has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation...
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Listen to the WolvesCan a man, alone in the Canadian wilderness, in the depths of the worst winter in memory, surrounded by wolves, survive and fulfill his unique destiny? John has just finished eight grueling years of study in First Nation's People. His Ph.D. and professorship will...
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