This handy book will help you find out what's making those tracks in the snow or mud in your backyard, or out in the woods. Using the detective key, you will be able to identify 66 different mammals found in Manitoba by their...
Manitoba
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Auteur:Hartson, Tamara, Sheldon, IanSommaire: - Auteur:Lewycky, DennisSommaire:
In May 1919, 30,000 Winnipeg workers walked away from their jobs, shutting down large factories, forcing businesses to close and bringing major industries to a halt. Mounted police and hired security, at the behest of the ruling class,...
- Auteur:Langston, LauraSommaire:
Baba had made Lesia a promise: just remember the flower is not always open, but if your effort is true, your rewards will be sweet. Fifteen-year-old Lesia treasures those words as she and her family leave Baba in their Ukrainian...
- Auteur:Léveillé, J.R.Sommaire:
Angèle rencontre Ueno Takami. Comme prédestinés, ils se remarquent d’abord dans une galerie d’art, puis se retrouvent au parc ou à l’imprimerie, chez Rinella, où Ueno confectionne un livre d’art. Leur relation prend très vite une...
- Auteur:Taillefer, Jean-MarieSommaire:
L'auteur nous raconte sa jeunesse dans son petit village natal francophone dans l'ouest du Canada. C'est un ouvrage autobiographique qui a pour but de faire ressortir les nuances culturelles de la vie en petit village francophone à l'...
- Auteur:Toussaint, IsmèneSommaire:
Manitoba, 1929. Après la mystérieuse disparition de Jean, son soupirant, Gabrielle vit les émois d'un premier amour dans les bras de Roderick Beauchemin. Mais voilà qu'une tempête déferle sur la plaine. Confrontée à la...
- Auteur:Toussaint, IsmèneSommaire:
Manitoba, 1928. Gabrielle atteint l'âge où elle doit choisir un métier pour gagner sa vie et satisfaire aux exigences de la modeste famille dont elle est la benjamine. Comme ses soeurs aînées, elle se tourne vers l'...
- Auteur:Chicoine, JeanSommaire:
Depuis le village Osborne au centre-ville de Winnipeg, Jean Chicoine s’enfonce une fois de plus dans la forêt du langage. Comme dans son premier roman, les galaxies nos voisines, l’écriture constitue le véritable éros de ce roman qui...
- Auteur:Saint-Pierre, Annette, Gutknecht, Marlene, Bissonnette, Louis, Laxson, HowardSommaire:
Roman social rempli de suspense. Lucie est rejetée du milieu scolaire, familial et, plus tard du milieu social. Au lieu de faire naître en elle l’amertume, la vie lui façonne un vrai cœur de femme.
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Auteur:Highway, TomsonSommaire:In the 1950s, Abraham Okimasis becomes the first Indian ever to win the Trapper's Festival Dog Sled Race and, as tradition dictates, he is kissed by the festival's beautiful Fur Queen. Nine months afterward, Abraham's wife Mariesis...
- Auteur:Philpot, Don K., George, DorisSommaire:
A magical children's picture book, written in Cree and English, depicting the transformation of a barren landscape into a rich natural world where an elderly couple can spend their remaining days. Rooted in the historical displacement...
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"Beginning with the Grand Rapids Dam in the 1960s, hydroelectric development has dramatically altered the social, political, and physical landscape of northern Manitoba. The Nelson River has been cut up into segments and fractured by a...
- Auteur:Grassie, SeanSommaire:
The book consists of 150 stories from 150 years of Manitoba sports history (1870-2019). There are stories on athletes, teams, events, and iconic sports moments. Cindy Klassen and Clara Hughes, who each won six Olympic medals, are among...
- Auteur:Tétreault, MatthewSommaire:
Upon learning his great-uncle Alfred has suffered a stroke, Richard sets out for Ste. Anne, in southeastern Manitoba, to find his father and tell him the news. Waylaid by memories of his stalled romance, tales of run-ins with local...
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Auteur:Oertel, AndreasSommaire:Life is getting more dismal by the minute in the town of Sultana, Manitoba. Thanks to a dry season that nearly dried up the river, no one wants to camp there anymore. There aren’t enough tourists to keep the local restaurant busy and,...
- Auteur:Friesen, GeraldSommaire:
Local history buffs, students, teachers, and armchair historians will find a wealth of information and practical advice in this guide to the study of local history. The authors explore some of the most fruitful areas of research in such...
- Auteur:Duckworth, Harry W.Sommaire:
George Nelson (1786-1859) was a clerk for the North West Company whose unusually detailed and personal writings provide a compelling portrait of the people engaged in the golden age of the Canadian fur trade. Friends, Foes, and Furs is...
- Auteur:Dupuis, MarieSommaire:
Living in his northern village, Etuk is bored. He’d like to go hunting, but he could get lost if he leaves on his own. He builds an inuksuk which then comes to life. Piqati teaches Etuk all about the ancestral mysteries behind these...
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Auteur:Stead, Robert J.C., Querengesser, Neil, Horton, JeanSommaire:Dry Water tells the story of Donald Strand, from the time of his arrival as a ten-year-old orphan at his relatives’ Manitoba farm in 1890 to his apogee as a successful farmer. It recounts the crises he faces during a troubled marriage...
- Auteur:Bumsted, J. M.Sommaire:
Manitoba has been at the crossroads of many of the important debates and events in Canadian history. From the early fur trade to the Riel Rebellion to the Winnipeg General Strike, Manitobans have frequently played crucial roles in...
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