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The Oak Island Encyclopedia: Volume II (Black and White)Your unofficial guide to 'The Curse of Oak Island', Part 2. This book, complete with black-and-white illustrations, is the sequel to 'The Oak Island Encyclopedia' and a companion to Season 7 of the History Channel's TV series 'The Curse of Oak Island'. It contains...
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A Lifetime to Get Here: San Miguel de AllendeA Lifetime to Get Here: San Miguel de Allende, the first in a series of two, was created from the author's almost-daily blogs about visiting San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, for increasing amounts of time and in different seasons, spanning winter 2009 to the...
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Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British ColumbiaLiving in pre-Civil War Philadelphia, young Black activist Mifflin Gibbs was feeling disheartened from fighting the overwhelming tide of White America's legalized racism when abolitionist Julia Griffith encouraged him to "go do some great thing." These words helped inspire him to become a successful...
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Joseph William McKay: From Fur Trader to Chief FactorAn intriguing look at the accomplishments and contradictions of Joseph William McKay, best known as the founder of Nanaimo, BC, and one of the most successful M tis men to rise through the ranks of the Hudson's Bay Company in the late nineteenth century....
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Manitoba Book of Everything: Everything You Wanted to Know about Manitoba and Were Going to Ask AnywayFrom the Hudson's Bay Company, Louis Riel, and the Winnipeg General Strike to bone-chilling winters, flood waters, The Guess Who and profiles of Cindy Klassen, Peter Nygard, Duff Roblin and the Golden Boy atop Manitoba's Legislature, no book is more comprehensive than the Manitoba...
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Minarets on the Horizon: Muslim Pioneers in CanadaThis book gives us a detailed look at the Muslim presence in Canada, starting with the pioneer settlers from Syria/Lebanon and the Balkans in the early twentieth century and moving on to the more modern midcentury arrivals from South Asia and Africa. Told in...
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A Rising Tide: A Cookbook of Recipes and Stories from Canada's Atlantic CoastAN INSTANT GLOBE & MAIL BESTSELLER! A beautiful journey through Canada's Atlantic Coast--from the pastorals of Prince Edward Island to the wilds of Newfoundland--celebrating the region's rich culinary community, and the innovative chefs and producers who make it. A Rising Tide is a love...
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La muerte me pela los dientes: El Día de Muertos en Méxicoste es un repaso de la historia de la particular relaci n que el mexicano ha establecido con la muerte desde tiempos inmemoriales. La carcajada es el modo nacional de encarar a la Ciriquiciaca, pero tambi n el desaf o. Muchas culturas hacen rituales...
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The Last Time I Saw HerFriends and family are pitted against each other after a tragic accident leaves behind shattered relationships and shocking secrets. A riveting novel by a new voice in teen fiction.It's been almost a year since Charlotte Romer set foot in her hometown of River John,...
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Bianca Andreescu: She the NorthAll of Canada watched as Bianca Andreescu made history in 2019, beating the legendary Serena Williams in the US Open final to become the first-ever Canadian Grand Slam singles champion Now one of the highest-ranked players in the world at just 19 years old,...
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Did You See Us?: Reunion, Remembrance, and Reclamation at an Urban Indian Residential SchoolThe Assiniboia school is unique within Canada's Indian Residential School system. It was the first residential high school in Manitoba and one of the only residential schools in Canada to be located in a large urban setting. Operating between 1958 and 1973 in a...
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The True History of the Conquest of New Spain: The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Unabridged Edition Vol.1-2The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Unabridged Edition (Vol.1-2).The author of this original and charming production, to which he justly gives the title of 'The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, ' was himself one of the Conquistadores; one...
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Hunting Tools: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionWhat hunting tools do people use in the Arctic? This book features high-contrast images of both contemporary and traditional hunting tools used in the Arctic, such as an ulu, a kakivaak, and a boat.Author: Inhabit EducationPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 09/01/2020Pages: 12Binding Type: Board...
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Animals of the North: Bilingual Inuktitut and English EditionWhat animals live in the Arctic? This book features high-contrast images of familiar animals found in the North, like the polar bear, narwhal, and ringed seal.Author: Inhabit EducationPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 09/01/2020Pages: 12Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 7.90h x 7.90w x 0.40dISBN: 9781774501771Audience:...
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Celebrating Toonik Tyme: English EditionToonik Tyme is a lot of fun This book describes different things that happen during Toonik Tyme, an annual festival in Iqaluit that celebrates Inuit traditions and the return of spring.Author: Nadia SammurtokPublisher: Inhabit Education Books Inc.Published: 06/29/2020Pages: 16Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.80h x...
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Historia de Mesoamérica: Una fascinante guía sobre las cuatro antiguas civilizaciones que existieron en México: la olmeca, la zapoteca, la maya5 manuscritos completos en 1 libro Olmecas: Una Guía Fascinante de la Civilización Antigua Más Importante Conocida En México (Libro en Español/Olmecs Spanish Book Version) Civilización Zapoteca: Una Fascinante Guía al Pueblo de las Nubes Precolombino Que Dominó el Valle de Oaxaca en Mesoamérica...
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Fixing Niagara Falls: Environment, Energy, and Engineers at the World's Most Famous WaterfallSince the late nineteenth century, Niagara Falls has been heavily engineered to generate energy behind a flowing facade designed to appeal to tourists. Essentially, this natural wonder is now a tap: huge tunnels channel the waters of the Niagara River around the Falls, which...
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Wild FlowersWild Flowers is a collection of Emily Carr's delightfully evocative impressions of native flowers and shrubs. She wrote these short pieces later in life and they rekindled in her strong childhood memories and associations. She delights in the brightness of buttercups that let Spring's...
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The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White ManFirst published in 1965, The Indian History of British Columbia: The Impact of the White Man remains an important book thanks to Wilson Duff's rigorous scholarship. It is an excellent overview of the history of the interaction between the First Nations of British Columbia...
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Time to Wonder - Volume 1: A Kid's Guide to Bc's Regional Museums: Thompson-Okanagan, Kootenay, and Cariboo-ChilcotinGo on... be a time traveller, an anthropologist, an archeologist, an artist, or an explorer! Be everything at once! When you visit a museum, you enter an amazing world where you are limited only by your imagination. The books in the Time to Wonder...
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