Con sus ilustraciones coloreadas y divertidas, Bichos propone una visita del fascinante mundo de los insectos y de los otros bichitos. Aprender un poquito más sobre este tema es como pescar peces en un barril. ¿Listo para descubrir el...
Canadian nonfiction
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Author:Bergeron, Emilie, Villeneuve, CorineSummary: - Author:Miller, J. R.Summary:
Big Bear, chief of a Plains Cree community in western Canada in the late nineteenth century, was a transitional figure between the height of Plains Indian culture and the modern era. During the 1870s and early 1880s, Big Bear became the...
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In a critical analysis of the profound shift to big data practices among intelligence agencies, Big Data Surveillance and Security Intelligence highlights the challenges for civil liberties, human rights, and privacy protection.
- Author:Gallagher, JohnSummary:
Veteran radio and television personality John Gallagher’s salacious, voracious, and dangerously delicious memoirs of a life lived on the edge in the midst of some of the world’s biggest celebrities. Long-time sportscaster John...
- Author:Rustad, HarleySummary:
Finalist, Banff Mountain Book Competition. On a cool morning in the winter of 2011, a logger named Dennis Cronin was walking through a stand of old-growth forest near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island. His job was to survey the land and...
- Author:Black, KateSummary:
A phenomenology of the mall: If the mall makes us feel bad, why do we keep going back? In a world poisoned by capitalism, is shopping what makes life worth living? In less than a century, the shopping mall has morphed from a blueprint...
- Author:Bourrie, MarkSummary:
The remarkable true story of the rise and fall of one of North America's most influential yet unknown publisher and aspirational politician. When George McCullagh bought The Globe and The Mail and Empire and merged them into the...
- Author:Olding, SusanSummary:
Big Reader is a collection of essays about memory, identity, loss, and reading from one of Canada's finest essayists. Through every life experience -- from the dissolution of her marriage to the forging of a tentative relationship...
- Author:Saxifrage, CarrieSummary:
The Big Swim puts forward the idea that personal growth arises from facing both inner tensions and threats to the biosphere. In a collection of stories that is frequently touching, surprisingly funny and always thought-provoking, author...
- Author:Carty, R. KennethSummary:
The Liberal Party of Canada is one of the most successful parties in the democratic world. It dominated Canadian politics for a century, practising an inclusive style of “big tent” politics that enabled it to fend off opponents on both...
- Author:Correy, RyanSummary:
Before his untimely death from cancer in 2018, veteran rider and passionate cyclist Ryan Correy (two-time finisher of the Tour Divide, founder of Bikepack Canada and author of A Purpose Ridden) pedalled his way through the most popular...
- Author:Plecas, BobSummary:
Bill Bennett is an eyewitness account of B.C. premier W.R. (Bill) Bennett's eleven years in power, from 1975 to 1986. Never seen as a populist or a great communicator, Bennett nevertheless won three elections in a row, a feat surpassed...
- Author:Paikin, SteveSummary:
2016 Ontario Historical Society Donald Grant Creighton Award — Winner A National Post Bestseller • The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016 • 2016 Speaker's Book Award — Shortlisted The first authorized biography of Bill Davis, the...
- Author:Sherk, BillSummary:
The rubber meets the road in Bill Sherk’s well-loved series of automotive books, a must-read for fans of classic and, er, “classic” cars. Includes 60 Years Behind the Wheel: From rumble seats and running broads to power tops and...
- Author:Bishop, William ArthurSummary:
A high-flying, action-packed tale for readers of all ages about the adventurous life of a Canadian icon. William Avery Bishop survived more than 170 air battles during World War I and was given official credit for shooting down seventy-...
- Author:Ratzlaff, LloydSummary:
In a series of reflections focused on his uneducated yet hard-working Mennonite family and touching on childhood exploits from shoplifting and go-kart racing to the juvenile fear of dying (which spontaneously arises during the rehearsal...
- Author:Lipton, BruceSummary:
Cette édition spécial 10ème anniversaire est une version qui a été mise à jour afin d'intégrer les découvertes scientifiques les plus récentes, très nombreuses depuis une dizaine d'années. « Biologie des croyances...
- Author:Somerville, MargaretSummary:
Our physical ecosystem is not indestructible and we have obligations to hold it in trust for future generations. The same is true of our metaphysical ecosystem - the values, principles, attitudes, beliefs, and shared stories on which we...
- Author:Venema, Kathleen RebeccaSummary:
Bird-Bent Grass chronicles an extraordinary mother–daughter relationship that spans distance, time, and, eventually, debilitating illness. Personal, familial, and political narratives unfold through the letters that Geeske Venema-de...
- Author:Venema, KathleenSummary:
Bird-Bent Grass chronicles an extraordinary mother–daughter relationship that spans distance, time, and, eventually, debilitating illness. Personal, familial, and political narratives unfold through the letters that Geeske Venema-de...
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