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Before My Memory Fades: Remembering My Time in the RCMPThis fascinating memoir recounts Timothy Ian Mitchell's boyhood dream of becoming a RCMP officer and the first five years of his service as a Mountie on the Canadian Prairies. Deeply honest, often moving, and intermittently funny, the anecdotes at the core of this book...
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¡Viva México! (Spanish Edition)Cuna de civilizaciones tan antiguas como el tiempo, con 440 playas, más de 100 pueblos mágicos, impresionantes sitios arqueológicos y bulliciosas ciudades, México es un país con una gran cultura y tradición que merece ser celebrado. Sumérgete en la esencia de México y descubre...
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¡Vamos! Vamos Al Mercado: ¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market (Spanish Edition)Explora El Mercado en esta edición en español de Vamos! Let's Go to the Market --un libro ilustrado de bolsillo de Raúl the Third, en la lista de superventas de New York Times y ganador del tres Premios Pura Belpré--.Explore the marketplace in this...
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¡Vamos! Vamos a Comer: ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat (Spanish Edition)Little Lobo regresa en esta edición en español de Vamos! Let's Go Eat--un libro ilustrado de bolsillo de Raúl the Third, en la lista de superventas de New York Times y ganador del tres Premios Pura Belpré--.Little Lobo returns in this Spanish edition of...
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¡El Día de Los Muertos En Sesame Street! (Sesame Street)Celebra el Día de los Muertos con Rosita de Sesame Street! Este libro álbum con ilustraciones coloridas y páginas duraderas comparte con los niños el significado especial detrás de esta celebración mexicana. Rosita le cuenta a Elmo y a Abby todo sobre la celebración...
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100 Easy-To-Grow Native Plants for Canadian GardensThe key to a carefree garden is to know which plants will thrive under local conditions and which ones are better left at the nursery. With watering restrictions becoming increasingly common, and rising concerns about exotic invasive species, gardeners have to be savvy about...
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The Cinderella Campaign: First Canadian Army and the Battles for the Channel PortsThey thought of themselves as the "Cinderella Army," and international correspondents agreed. This was because First Canadian Army had been relegated to the left flank of the Allied advance toward Germany from the Normandy beaches and given the tough, thankless task of opening the...
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The Canadian Citizenship Test: Study Guide with 500+ Official Style Practice Questions & AnswersWhat the students who pass the Canadian Citizenship Test on their first attempt know, that you don't...Maybe you're worried about not passing your examination and getting your passport?Or maybe you have no idea where to begin when it comes to preparing for the test?If...
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Surviving Stupid: A Comical Look at Growing up in Rural ManitobaWhat doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and as kids we thought we were invulnerable, unbeatable, immortal. We did so many crazy and dangerous things that could have-should have-killed us, all in the name of entertainment. Somehow, we survived.Surviving Stupid strings together a series...
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Quebec Cinema in the 21st Century: Transcending the NationalThis collection of ten chapters and three original interviews with Québécois filmmakers focuses on the past two decades of Quebec cinema and takes an in-depth look at a (primarily) Montreal-based filmmaking industry whose increasingly diverse productions continue to resist the hegemony of Hollywood and...
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Padres in No Man's Land: Canadian Chaplains and the Great War, Second Edition Volume 2Padres in No Man's Land is the compelling story of brave and deeply committed army chaplains who brought faith and courage to Canada's troops during one of history's most devastating wars. Tracing the growth of the Canadian Chaplain Service from its chaotic and controversy-ridden...
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Niagara: Your Guide to the Falls and BeyondThis book takes readers beyond the lights and the sounds of the City of the Falls to venture to lesser-known but equally fascinating sites that abound across the region. The first-known European to gaze upon Niagara Falls was a Jesuit priest and explorer named...
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MMM... Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Foods We EatA tasty oral history In 2018, Janis Thiessen, Kimberley Moore, and collaborator Kent Davies refashioned a used food truck into a mobile oral history lab. Together they embarked on a journey around Manitoba, gathering stories about the province's food and the people who make,...
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Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin AmericaFrom the esteemed New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America's recent history. Only Alma Guillermoprieto, the most highly regarded writer on the region, could unravel the complex threads of Colombia's cocaine wars or assess the...
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Inside Yucatán: Hidden Mérida and BeyondExploring forgotten regions of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, Susana Ordovás and photographer Guido Taroni uncover the faded splendor of both neglected and restored homes. Susana Ordovás's Inside Yucatán is an ode to the merging of the ancient with the contemporary. At the turn of the...
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Indigenous Culture and Change in Guerrero, Mexico, 7000 Bce to 1600 CEUntil recently, Guerrero's past has suffered from relative neglect by archaeologists and historians. While a number of excellent studies have expanded our knowledge of certain aspects of the region's history or of particular areas or topics, the absence of a thorough scholarly overview has...
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Good Night OntarioYoung readers will enjoy a personal tour of one of Canada's loveliest provinces. This charming board book explores Ontario's most iconic landmarks and famous attractions, including Niagara Falls, Ripley's Aquarium, Parliament Hill and Buildings, Toronto Island Park, Lake Ontario, Saint Lawrence River, Rideau Canal...
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Faith Under Fire: Fredrick G. Scott, Canada's Extraordinary Chaplain of the Great WarIf Frederick Scott is remembered at all today, it is as minor Victorian poet or as the father of his illustrious son F. R. Scott. However, Frederick Scott was almost 55 years old and the pastor of St. Matthews Anglican Church in Quebec City...
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¿Cuánto sabes de la Liga Mexicana?: ¿Aceptas el reto de las 140 preguntas sobre la Liga de Mexico? Fútbol Mexico. Mexican soccer book. Liga MX. MexicoBuscas el regalo perfecto para un aficionado al fútbol mexicano? Lo has encontrado! Este original libro con 140 preguntas sobre la Liga Mexicana de fútbol es lo que estabas esperando. Para mayores y pequeños. Una oportunidad única para poner a prueba tus conocimientos y...
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Count Me In!: A Parade of Mexican Folk Art Numbers in English and SpanishHandcrafted clay figures from Oaxaca, Mexico, invite children to join a parade as they count from one to ten in English and Spanish. Figuras de barro hechas a mano en Oaxaca, México, invitan a los niños a unirse a un desfile mientras cuentan del...
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