Lacrosse has been a central element of Indigenous cultures for centuries, but once non-Indigenous players entered the sport, it became a site of appropriation--then reclamation--of Indigenous identities. The Creator's Game focuses on...
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Author:Downey, AllanSummary: -
Author:Malarchuk, ClintSummary:No job in the world of sports is as intimidating, exhilarating and as stress-ridden as that of a hockey goaltender. Standing in the crease facing one-hundred-mile-an-hour slapshots, the entire game riding on your glove hand, standing on...
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Author:Radford, DuaneSummary:The Cowboy Way is a tribute to the classic image of the cowboy, old-time lore and its influence on popular culture: Cowboys can trace their roots back to the Spanish vaquero traditions of Mexico, Arbuckle's was the most popular...
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Author:ViolencE, Leave Out, Proulx, BrendaSummary:eens talking to teens in a powerful book where formerly violent young people speak out to their peers.
Not all teenagers start out with the skills and experience to make appropriate choices. Yet through bravery, perseverance and...
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Author:AnonymousSummary:Published in 1830 in Watertown, New York, and then in 1831 in Canada (where it became Canada’s first cookbook), this volume in the American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection stresses American cooking and ingredients, and urges fellow...
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Author:Vermeer, LeslieSummary:The Complete Canadian Book Editor provides students, teachers, and working editors with the background information and specific skills they need to train for in-house or freelance work as a book editor. Its orientation is practical and...
- Author:Bown, Stephen R.Summary:
The story of the Hudson's Bay Company is the story of modern Canada's creation. And it has never before been told in such depth and detail as in this new book by Stephen R. Bown.
- Author:Saul, John RalstonSummary:
Once again, John Ralston Saul presents the story of Canada's past so that we may better understand its present -- and imagine a better future. Historic moments are always uncomfortable, Saul writes in this impassioned argument, calling...
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Author:Ondaatje, MichaelSummary:Drawing on contemporary accounts, period photographs, dime novels and his own fund of empathy and imagination, Michael Ondaatje traces Billy the Kid's passage across the blasted landscape of 1880s New Mexico and the collective...
- Author:Hill, Susan M.Summary:
If one seeks to understand Haudenosaunee (Six Nations) history, one must consider the history of Haudenosaunee land. For countless generations prior to European contact, land and territory informed Haudenosaunee thought and philosophy,...
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Author:Maruno, JenniferSummary:This special bundle contains both of Jennifer Maruno's Cherry Blossom novels about the internment of Japanese-Canadians, viewed through the eyes of 9-year-old Michiko Minagawa. Michiko bids her father goodbye before her birthday...
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Author:Kessler, DeirdreSummary:In mid-June 1864, the Province of Canada (Ontario and Quebec) was experiencing what contemporaries call "political deadlock": no political party could hold a majority in the Assembly. The past fifteen years had seen twelve different...
- Author:Turtledove, HarrySummary:
The Great Depression leaves the USA and CSA vulnerable. Though victors in the War of Secession, the CSA still reels from losing the Great War. Powerful and bloated by prosperity, the USA ignores ominous events nearby.
- Author:Hutchinson, MichaelSummary:
The four cousins from the Windy Lake First Nation are back for another mystery in Book Three of the Mighty Muskrats Mystery Series -- the first two books in the series are The Case of the Missing Auntie (Book Two) and The Case of Windy...
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Author:Lackenbauer, P. WhitneySummary:The Canadian Rangers stand sentinel in the farthest reaches of our country. For more than six decades, this dedicated group of citizen-soldiers has quietly served as Canada's eyes, ears, and voice in isolated coastal and northern...
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Author:Lightfoot, Gordon, Wallace, IanSummary:This lavishly illustrated book brings Gordon Lightfoot’s heart-stirring song, “Canadian Railroad Trilogy,” to readers young and old. The song was commissioned by the CBC in 1967 to mark Canada’s centennial year and it has been a classic...
- Author:Marshall,Shawn (Shawn J.), Stevens, Madison, McDowell, GrahamSummary:
The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Mťis, and Inuit knowledges of...
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Author:Jackson, D. MichaelSummary:An integral part of Canada’s political culture, the constitutional monarchy has evolved over the 150 years since Confederation to become a uniquely Canadian institution. Canada inherited the constitutional monarchy from Britain even...
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Author:Wruk, Brian D., Ritchie, Terry F.Summary:Approximately 50,000 Canadians move to the U.S. every year. Already, there are hundreds of thousands of ex-Canadians living south of the border. The similarity in language, currency, culture, services, and products of these two...
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Author:Pammett, Jon H., Dornan, ChristopherSummary:The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters are written by leading professors of political science, journalism, and communications. They examine the...
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