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Capturing the French River: Images Along One of Canada's Most Famous Waterways, 1910-1927Capturing the French River introduces a rare collection of exceptional photographs taken along the river between 1910 and 1927 by Doctors J. Ernest Rushbrook and Frank Sherman, whose lifelong friendship was based in part around their mutual love of photography, of nature, of the...
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El Canto de Los InsectosLa música del piano y el zumbido de los insectos son un remanso de paz para Alfred, un joven alemán, hijo de un afinador de pianos, que huye de su país durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Su destino es un lugar desconocido para él:...
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Cece Rios and the King of FearsIn this thrilling sequel to the "spellbinding" (Booklist starred review) and "mesmerizing" (Publishers Weekly starred review) middle grade fantasy adventure Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls, Cece and her sister Juana must journey into the stronghold of Devil's Alley to challenge the criatura...
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Geronimo Stilton #83When you're with Geronimo Stilton, it's always a fabumouse adventure!While on assignment in Chichén Itzà, Thea goes missing along with an ancient Mayan necklace. Geronimo is on the case to find them.Author: Geronimo StiltonPublisher: Scholastic PaperbacksPublished: 03/05/2024Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781339027692Audience: Ages 9-12
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You Dreamed of EmpiresFrom the visionary author of Sudden Death, a hallucinatory, revelatory, colonial revenge story. One morning in 1519, conquistador Hernán Cortés entered the city of Tenochtitlan - today's Mexico City. Later that day, he would meet the emperor Moctezuma in a collision of two worlds,...
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No Word for Welcome: The Mexican Village Faces the Global EconomyWendy Call visited the Isthmus of Tehuantepec--the lush sliver of land connecting the Yucatan Peninsula to the rest of Mexico--for the first time in 1997. She found herself in the midst of a storied land, a place Mexicans call their country's "little waist," a...
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Afloat in Time: Growing Up on the Rafts of a Gypo LoggerSix miles below the headwaters of Dean Channel on the BC coast, the Dean River flows graciously into salt water. Known for centuries as Kimsquit, this is a place of outstanding river, sea and mountain beauty. This is where James Sirois spent his childhood...
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North of America: Canadians and the American Century, 1945-60An in-depth analysis of American influence on postwar Canada. In 1941, influential US publishing magnate Henry Luce declared the world was in the midst of the first great American century, believing his nation held the power and vision to lead and transform the world....
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Pancho Villa: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Mexican Revolutionary*Includes pictures *Includes Villa's own quotes about his life and career *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "My sole ambition is to rid Mexico of the class that has oppressed her and given the people a...
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Hollywood in the Klondike: Dawson City's Great Film FindIn this exciting first-hand account of an unexpected cinematic discovery, Michael Gates delves into the history behind a hoard of silent films found buried beneath the permafrost of an Arctic gold rush town. In 1978, hundreds of reels of silent films were unearthed from...
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St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands: History and LegendsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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War at Sea: Canada and the Battle of the AtlanticThe Battle of the Atlantic, the longest single engagement of the Second World War, resulted in the coming-of-age of the Royal Canadian Navy. By 1945, the Canadian Navy had transformed from a small force of 3,500 personnel and 13 vessels into the third-largest naval...
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Traición En Palacio: El Negocio de la Justicia En La 4t / Betrayal in the Palace . Justice as a Business in Amlos 4tAntes de finalizar el tercer año de su gobierno, Andrés Manuel López Obrador apartó de su equipo disfrazando el hecho como una salida amistosa a Julio Scherer Ibarra, uno de sus hombres de mayor confianza, e hijo de uno de los periodistas más reconocidos...
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The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos: Uncovering Hidden Influences from Spain to MexicoHidden lives, hidden history, and hidden manuscripts. In The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos, Marie-Theresa Hernández unmasks the secret lives of conversos and judaizantes and their likely influence onthe Catholic Churchin the New World. The terms converso and judaizante are often used for...
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The Story of Guadalupe: Luis Laso de la Vega's Huei Tlamahuiçoltica of 1649The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe is one of the most important elements in the development of a specifically Mexican tradition of religion and nationality over the centuries. The picture of the Virgen morena (Dark Virgin) is to be found everywhere throughout Mexico,...
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The Festival of Bones / El Festival de Las CalaverasThirty thousand hardbacks sold On Mexico's Day of the Dead, the skeletons jump for sheer joy. And no wonder: they've been cooped up the whole year and now they're ready to party. Watch the calaveras shake, rattle, and roll as they celebrate the biggest...
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The Accidental ImmigrantThe Accidental Immigrant is the story of a middle-aged American woman who travels south of the border to recuperate from multiple traumas, only to discover that her entire net worth is $181.00 dollars. Although she has traveled widely, she has never been to Mexico;...
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Streetwise Montreal Map: Laminated City Center Street Map of Montreal, CanadaStreetwise Montreal Map is a laminated city center map of Montreal, Canada. The accordion-fold pocket size travel map has an integrated metro map including lines & stations. Coverage includes: Main Montreal Map 1:27,000 Old Montreal Map 1:11,000 Montreal Area Map 1:200,000 Montreal Metro Map...
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Sangre Nueva / New Blood«Bibiana Camacho crea con sus lectores un vínculo maldito, siniestro, desestabilizador, irreverente, porque no teme mostrarnos que la bajeza humana está en cada uno de nosotros, y en todas partes, acechando o destrozando nuestras conciencias. -Cecilia Eudave Casandra heredó el departamento de su infancia,...
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Mexico City: The Solo Girl's Travel Guide(2023 Edition) The #1 Travel Guidebook Series for Women (and couples) Plan your dream Mexico City trip in a short amount of time on any budget - all while avoiding the scams, creeps and tourist traps.What's inside The Solo Girl's Travel Guide Mexico City?Colonia...
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