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The Volunteers: How Halifax Women Won the Second World WarThe long-awaited narrative history of the women who volunteered in Nova Scotia during the Second World War by award-winning journalist and author of No Place to Go. "I was home cooking carrots because my mother was off winning the war." -- Patricia Timbrell, whose...
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Este Que Ves / The One You See HereXavier Velasco, Premio Alfaguara 2003 con Diablo guardián, regresa a la literatura con la «aventura kamikaze de contar su infancia y no inventarla. «El de la pintura es un niño desesperado. Necesita salvarse y no imagina de qué. Quiere salir de ahí, no sabe...
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Do You Remember Being Born?Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Sean Michaels's moving, innovative and deeply felt novel about an aging poet who agrees to collaborate with a Big Tech company's poetry AI, named Charlotte Marian Ffarmer is a world-renowned poet and a legend in the making--but only now, at...
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Severed Roots: a dystopian novelIT'S A WORLD RULED BY WOMEN. MEN ARE ALL BUT EXTRANEOUS AND VIOLENT CRIME IS ALMOST ERADICATED. WHAT COULD BE BETTER? Severed Roots (recipient of Literary Titan Gold Book Award) depicts a future where family, long considered a patriarchal construct, has finally been outlawed....
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RememberingA family remembers their beloved pet dog through the traditions of Día de Muertos in this poignant and brightly illustrated picture book from Pura Belpré Honor-winning team Xelena González and Adriana M. Garcia. A child and their family observe the customs of Día de...
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Materia Medica Mexicana: A Manual Of Mexican Medicinal HerbsThis 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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The IslandAn island off the coast of another island is home to a small community; life is rich with joy and challenges, and the people who live there love their island home. One day they learn that the government will move them off the island,...
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love, lust, existence and other ephemeral thingsThis collection of poems examines the arc of a woman's life as she experiences - love, marriage, birth, divorce, grief, suffering, death and ultimately equanimity. "This book introduces a talented new poetic voice, one that is powerful, yet heartfelt, and intricate without being overly...
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Can You Uncover the Oak Island Money Pit?: An Interactive Treasure AdventureIn 1795, a mysterious human-made pit was discovered on Oak Island. People began digging into the pit to discover its secrets, but it was flooded by seawater and could no longer be explored. Since then, many theories have been suggested about both the pit...
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Ivy's Wild DreamJoin Ivy, a curious baby by nature, as she strolls in the forest, paddles on the lake and explores the natural Manitoba surroundings. Smell the prairie flowers, feel the bark of the trees and meet animal friends, both big and small in one wild...
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War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican WarAn award-winning look at how Apaches, Navajos, Kiowas, and especially Comanches played a decisive role in America's watershed victory over Mexico "An engaging book that enlivens the debate over the clash between Indians, Mexicans, and Americans in the Southwest."--Gary Clayton Anderson, Western Historical Quarterly...
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Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERA bold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada.With authority and insight, Truth Telling examines a wide range of Indigenous issues framed by Michelle Good's personal experience and knowledge.From racism, broken treaties, and cultural pillaging, to...
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Yomoria the Lawmaker: Stories of the DeneDene Elder George Blondin creates a spiritual guidebook that weaves together oral stories with the recounting of how the northern Canadian Dene came to depend on the European fur traders. The result is a magical journey for readers of any heritage. Author: George BlondinPublisher:...
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The Railroad Adventures of Chen SingExperience the action packed adventures of Chen Sing, a teenage boy from China, who ventures far across the world to help build the transcontinental railway through the rugged Rocky Mountains. Natural disasters, wild animals and unforeseen events together with the seemingly endless mountains of...
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One Summer in Whitney PierA nostalgic picture book set in the diverse Cape Breton community of Whitney Pier from the duo behind Mayann's Train Ride, written by Nova Scotia's first Black lieutenant-governor. School is out for the summer, but eleven-year-old Mayann Francis doesn't have much to look forward...
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The Origins of Thomas MooreProtestant Ulster-Scotsman Edward Moore (b. c. 1612), had a son born in London named Thomas Moore (b. 1654) who, abjuring his Anglicanism, married in 1690in Quebec City, a Catholic French-Canadian woman named Jeanne Lemelin. In The Origins of Thomas Moore, the reader will be...
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125 Nature Hot Spots in British Columbia: The Best Parks, Conservation Areas and Wild PlacesBritish Columbia is richly blessed with lush temperate rainforests, snow-capped mountains, rugged coastlines and unique wildlife 125 Nature Hot Spots in British Columbia is a beautifully illustrated guidebook that explores this province's remarkable splendor and natural diversity This second edition has been totally updated...
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Gold's Rounds: Medicine, McGill, and Growing Up Jewish in Montreal Volume 28Growing up on St Lawrence Boulevard, Phil Gold never aspired to be a doctor. But working as an encyclopedia salesman, a bottle washer at Molson, and a fur-coat schlepper in textile factories helped him realize and embrace his parents' desire for him to follow...
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Tales From the Hollow: The Story of Hogg's Hollow and York MillsThis story begins some 13,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, before travelling thousands of years ahead to the early pioneers and the farms they established, and right up to the present day.Readers will learn how the local St. John's...
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The Red SashThe Red Sash is the story of a young Metis boy who lives near the fur trading post of Fort William, on Lake Superior, nearly 200 years ago. The Red Sash is the story of a young Metis boy who lives near the fur...
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