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[2020]
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1 videodisc (approximatley 23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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In the new 2020 high-definition program, learn all about The War of 1812. What were the countries and forces involved? How did the British practice of impressment and unfair trade lead the United States down an inescapable road to war? What were the key events and lasting effects of The War of 1812? The answers to these questions and more are covered in-depth with detailed graphics and exciting video.
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Mrs. Mike series volume 1
Pub. Date
1975, 1947
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 16
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284 pages ; 18 cm
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A young woman who had been raised in Boston marries a member of the Northwest Mounted Police and goes with him to live in the Canadian wilderness.
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On the central coast of British Columbia, the Great Bear Rainforest is part of the largest temperate rainforest in the world; for centuries people have reported encounters with the Sasquatch. Driven by his own childhood obsession with the creatures, Zada decides to seek out the inhabitants of this rugged and far-flung coast, where nearly everyone has a story to tell. With each tale he discovers that his search for the Sasquatch cuts across questions...
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American Girl history mysteries volume 17
Pub. Date
2001
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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162 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
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At the start of the Klondike gold rush of 1897, while traveling through Canada with her father, uncle and friends, twelve-year-old aspiring author Hetty tries to determine the identity of a thief.
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Der Südwesten der USA lockt Jahr um Jahr viele Besucher mit unvorstellbar schönen und weltbekannten Highlights wie dem Grand Canyon oder dem Monument Valley. Neun Nationalparks und viele weitere Natursensationen machen die Region zu einer der Top-Urlaubsdestinationen. Die wirklichen Highlights warten allerdings abseits der klassischen Touristenpfade, denn hier weht noch der Hauch des Wilden Westens. Hier verspricht die Region echte Freiheitsgefühle...
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The Newfoundland and Labrador of yesterday was more colourful than you might remember, and no one is more qualified to be your guide through the strange terrain of local history than folklorist and storyteller Dale Jarvis. In this book, you will come face to face with remarkable phenomena, mysterious objects, swarms of grubs, promiscuous spitting, whale milk, and raisins as large as figs. You will look for strange sights in the sky, draw up the mysteries...
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How deep is the importance and influence of organized sports in Alberta? Discover key episodes and players in the history of Alberta's organized sports and read how sport shaped the lives of individuals as well as of communities of indigenous people, settlers, and immigrants. Read new perspectives on well-known sports stories along with tales of lesser-known games that remained on the margins of most histories for reasons of race, class, and gender....
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 The first apparition of the Virgin Mary in Boardman, Oregon, lasted 24 hours exactly and was witnessed by nearly 1,000 people. It enthralled many of the devoutly Catholic Mexicans in Oregon's Hispanic community.
#2 The media made the Madonna's appearance a Mexican thing, when in reality, nearly half the people who came to the trailer were Anglos. The apparition in...
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The Cold War in Val-d'Or, A History of the Ukrainian community in Val-d'Or, Quebec is a mini-history of an ethnocultural community in northwestern Quebec. The story has many similarities to the evolution of immigrant and ethnocultural groups in many one-industry towns in northern Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba.
This study should be of special interest to the many former residents of Val-d'Or who lived in an isolated resource town in a predominantly...
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Ce tableau d'avancement examine le Canada français de la dernière moitié du XXe siècle et propose quelques repères utiles, souligne certains enlisements, avancées et retards, et cherche à comprendre son évolution malaisée à travers trois grandes perspectives : celle de chefs politiques qui l'ont orienté, celle d'intellectuels influents qui l'ont interprété, et celle de certaines institutions qui en ont révélé la dynamique. Le fil rouge...
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The night of October 30, 1995, was like no other in Canadian history. The young, modern nation that the UN Human Development Index had ranked #1 for the two previous years now faced its greatest challenge: the possibility of fracturing as Quebecers made a fateful decision-whether to separate from Canada-in a referendum that pollsters estimated would be as close as close could be.The Quebec-sovereignist juggernaut that began with the creation of the...
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In 2009, author Ted Rowe published his fascinating book about the transatlantic cable called Connecting the Continents. The narrative of that 1866 miracle of engineering brought the outport of Heart's Content back to the world's attention. Now, in a companion volume to his earlier book, Rowe introduces us to the characters who shaped this remarkable community from its earliest days up to the 1970s. Readers will meet pioneer merchants, rogue priests,...
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Maritime Mysteries chronicles the restless spirits, ghostly apparitions, eerie poltergeists, and haunted houses that surround us. With its jagged seacoast, rich history, and a deep-rooted appreciation for the art of storytelling, the Maritime Provinces have an extensive tradition of tales of the supernatural, handed down over generations. In this new edition of the classic book, Bill Jessome brings together over eighty of the region's most spine-tingling...
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Nova Scotia's Ross Farm Museum is a living window into the province's agricultural history. Since the museum opened in 1970, it has been a favourite destination for school children, who have been educated about early times and farming. There, you can see straw hats being woven, wool being spun, and butter being churned. There is a blacksmith shop and a stave mill. This delightful book, the latest in the Stories of our Past series, tells the story...
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