North America local history
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La Época LiberalThis compelling illustrated history book for children narrates the events surrounding one of the most conflictive times in Mexican history--the liberal period. In an accessible, engaging style addressed to a young audience, it described the dispute between liberals and conservatives. The book also provides...
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An Arctic Man: The Classic Account of Sixty-Five Years in Canada's NorthErnie Lyall was born in Labrador in 1910 and joined the Hudson's Bay Company at a time when it was expanding its presence in the Eastern Arctic. He spent many years as a front-line player with the company, building stores and developing trade with...
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Crossing the Line: Mobsters and RumrunnersAuthor: Gord SteinkePublisher: Folklore PublishingPublished: 04/01/2004Pages: 206Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.36w x 0.59dISBN: 9781894864169This title is only available via back order
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Vancouver Like a Local: By the People Who Call It HomeKeen to explore a different side of Vancouver? Like a Local is the book for you. This isn't your ordinary travel guide. Beyond Vancouver's beautiful scenery are stylish vintage stores, cozy wine bars and awesome art spaces that locals love - and that's where...
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Ecologics: Wind and Power in the AnthropoceneBetween 2009 and 2013 Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer conducted fieldwork in Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec to examine the political, social, and ecological dimensions of moving from fossil fuels to wind power. Their work manifested itself as a new ethnographic form: the duograph--a combination...
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A Gift from AbuelaIn her first book for children, Cecilia Ruiz illuminates how things can change -- and the importance of holding on to our dearest relationships when they do. The first time Abuela holds Nina, her heart overflows with tenderness. And as Nina grows up, she...
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Mi Familia: Celebrating the Day of the DeadSeven-year-old Valentina and her loving family introduce little readers to Valentina's favorite celebration of the year: the Day of the Dead. Together with her family she visits the cemetery, decorates her home, bakes pan de muerto, listens to her grandfather's singing, and goes to...
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A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its FutureAuthor: Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori CulbertPublisher: Greystone BooksPublished: 10/01/2009Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.37h x 5.78w x 0.90dISBN: 9781553652984
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The Weaver's Daughter"Sometimes people disappear into the North and are never heard from again."When her papá doesn't return, twelve-year-old Ixchel, a Maya from the Yucatan, resolves to leave home and make her way across the treacherous border into the United States to find him. Chel relies...
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Over the Falls with Gabby and MaddoxThe siblings go to great heights!Gabby and Maddox visit the historic Niagara Falls and make new friends traveling from Canada. They learn about the rich history of the area and the people who have tried to conquer the powerful falls.Seeking adventure themselves, the kids...
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Las Vigilantes / The VigilantLa palabra vigilar viene del latín vigere, que significaba "estar en plenitud de fuerzas" para hacer guardias nocturnas. Las vigilantes de este libro son mujeres fuertes hasta en su fragilidad, mujeres entrañables que observan, cuidan y acompañan durante la enfermedad, el embarazo, la alegría...
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Red Sky at Night"Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning; red sky at night, sailor's delight." Maritime tradition holds that such warnings be taken seriously. And with good reason; lives often hang in the balance. Sailors aren't alone in seeing in the world a connectedness that...
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The Mexican RevolutionFirst published in Spanish in 1971, The Mexican Revolution has been praised by Mexico's Nobel Prize-winning author Octavio Paz as a notable contribution to history and is widely recognized as a seminal account of the Mexican Revolution. Written during the author's time as a...
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A Girl Called Echo OmnibusMétis teenager Echo Desjardins is struggling to adjust to a new school and a new home. When an ordinary history class turns extraordinary, Echo is pulled into a time-travelling adventure. Follow Echo as she experiences pivotal events from Métis history and imagines what the...
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Abuela's SombreroMaria is new at school and wants to make friends. The first day of the upcoming spirit week at school is hat day. Maria thinks if she wears her abuela's beautiful sombrero, the other students would notice her. She asks her abuela if she...
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Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75The presence of Indigenous people among the ranks of British missionaries in the nineteenth century complicates narratives of all-powerful missionaries and hapless Indigenous victims. What compelled these men to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and Indigenous in an age of...
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Nova Scotia Book of MustsFrom the Cabot Trail in October to rafting the highest tides to drinking beer and singing "Barrett's Privateers" on the Halifax waterfront to looking in on Annapolis Royal, one of the most interesting townscapes in North America, this is the MUST list every Nova...
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Saskatoon: A History in Words and PicturesIn 1899, Saskatoon was little more than a few wooden houses and false-fronted shops. There were no bridges, no railways, not even an elevator rising above the rooftops. There was no reason to think Saskatoon would be more successful in the long run than...
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Fly Fishing Bc's Interior: A Fly Fisher's Guide to the Central Interior and North Cariboo WatersHere is the definitive fly fisher's guide to BC's Central Interior. Brian Smith writes about the allure of BC's wild rainbow trout that attracts fly fishers from all over the world. He describes in extraordinary detail the fabled Blackwater, Stellako and Crooked rivers and...
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Who We Are: A Citizen's ManifestoAuthor: Rudyard GriffithsPublisher: Douglas & McIntyrePublished: 02/15/2009Pages: 216Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.80dISBN: 9781553651246Award: Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing - FinalistReview Citation(s): Quill & Quire 05/01/2009 pg. 35Choice 02/01/2010
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