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Distant Neighbors: A Portrait of the MexicansA study of Mexico--political, social, cultural, economic--by a journalist who was for the past six years the New York Times bureau chief in Mexico City. With portraits of Mexico's top leaders, about a nation whose stability is vital to our national well-being.Author: Alan RidingPublisher:...
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Canada's Titanic: The Empress of IrelandOne foggy night in May of 1914, two ships collided on the St. Lawrence River. The Empress of Ireland, with 1,477 souls aboard, sank in less than 15 minutes. An estimated 1,012 people perished. This souvenir catalogue leads you through the atmosphere of celebration...
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4x4 Travel Guide: Eastern Africa: Zambia * Malawi * Tanzania * Uganda * Kenya * EthiopiaThis comprehensive planning guide to 4x4 travel through eastern Africa (Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia) is based on first-hand travel experience. Introductory chapters give detailed general information and guidance on itineraries, what to take, potential costs, fuel availability, road conditions, security issues, requisite...
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Zigzag WayIn The Zigzag Way, the critically acclaimed novelist Anita Desai offers a gorgeously nuanced story of expatriates and travelers adrift in an unfamiliar land. Eric, a young American historian, has come to Mexico on his first trip abroad. His search for his immigrant family's...
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Canadian Warbirds Jets and HelicoptersAuthor: Harold a. SkaarupPublisher: iUniversePublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 108Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.43lbsSize: 9.04h x 5.36w x 0.32dISBN: 9780595184224This title is not returnable
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Canadian Warbirds of the Second World War: Fighters, Bombers and Patrol AircraftAuthor: Harold a. SkaarupPublisher: iUniversePublished: 06/01/2001Pages: 120Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.04h x 6.02w x 0.34dISBN: 9780595183814This title is not returnable
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Anne of Green GablesRead the timeless classic about the beloved Anne Shirley, a red-haired orphan with a fiery spirit, before watching the NETFLIX series--and don't miss the forward by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale, celebrating the 100th anniversary of this children's favorite! Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley...
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Hoping for Home: Stories of ArrivalAuthor: Lillian Boraks-NemetzPublisher: Scholastic CanadaPublished: 02/07/2011Pages: 242Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 7.50h x 5.40w x 0.90dISBN: 9780545986977Audience: Ages 9-12Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.3Point Value: 8Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 144026 / Hoping for Home: Stories of ArrivalReview Citation(s): Quill & Quire 01/01/2011 pg. 52This title is...
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Canada (Enchantment of the World) (Library Edition)Learn about the country's history, culture, people and much more Located directly north of the United States, Canada is one of the world's largest countries. Within its borders lie sprawling areas of harsh, untouched wilderness as well as densely populated modern cities. Readers will...
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Mexico (Enchantment of the World) (Library Edition)Learn about the country's history, culture, people and much more Among the largest and most populous of the Latin American nations, Mexico is a land of great contrasts. It is home to ancient ruins and modern cities. Its borders contain vast, harsh deserts and...
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Living with the Ancestors: Kinship and Kingship in Ancient Maya SocietyThis new edition of Living with the Ancestors contains an entirely new introduction that synthesizes scholarship on ancestralizing practices that has emerged since the 1995 publication of the first edition, which was heralded in Ethnohistory as "a gem" by Robert M. Carmack. Ancestor veneration...
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Aztec Archaeology and EthnohistoryThis book provides an up-to-date synthesis of Aztec culture, applying interdisciplinary approaches (archaeology, ethnohistory, and ethnography) to reconstructing the complex and enigmatic civilization. Frances F. Berdan offers a balanced assessment of complementary and sometimes contradictory sources in unravelling the ancient way of life. The...
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Mexico Since 1980This book addresses two questions that are crucial to understanding Mexico's current economic and political challenges. Why did the opening up of the economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced rule of law?...
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Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Yucatan, 1517-1570In what is both a specific study of conversion in a corner of the Spanish Empire and a work with implications for the understanding of European domination and native resistance throughout the colonial world, Inga Clendinnen explores the intensifying conflict between competing and increasingly...
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Pacific Connections: The Making of the U.S.-Canadian Borderlands Volume 34In the late nineteenth century the borderlands between the United States, the British Empire in Canada, and the Asia-Pacific Rim emerged as a crossroads of the Pacific world. In Pacific Connections, Kornel Chang tells the dramatic stories of the laborers, merchants, smugglers, and activists...
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Revolutionary Mexico: The Coming and Process of the Mexican Revolution, Tenth Anniversary EditionThis acclaimed reinterpretation of the Mexican Revolution, based on new evidence obtained in Mexican and American archives and on the historical literature of recent years, is available here in the tenth anniversary edition, complete with a new Preface by the author.Author: John Mason HartPublisher:...
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Cinco de MayoAn introduction to the traditions, festivities, and history of Chinese New Year for the youngest readers.This fact-filled Rookie Read-About Holiday book introduces the youngest readers (Ages 3-6) to Cinco de Mayo. Colorful photos and very simple nonfiction text encourage children to read on their...
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Maya DesignsOver 40 beautiful renderings of Maya designs found on building facades, painted vases, designs drawn from architectural sculpture and other monumental carvings, murals, illustrated books (codexes), and miscellaneous artifacts. Brief introduction to Maya design, captions, identification of gods and legends. The ancient Maya civilization...
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Historical Metaphors and Mythical Realities: Structure in the Early History of the Sandwich Islands KingdomHawaiian culture as it met foreign traders and settlers is the context for Sahlins's structuralist methodology of historical interpretationAuthor: Marshall D. SahlinsPublisher: University of Michigan PressPublished: 03/16/1981Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 9.09h x 5.96w x 0.30dISBN: 9780472027217This title is only available via back order
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The Iroquois: A History of the Six Nations of New YorkThis 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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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