Although there is considerable historical literature describing the social and economic impact of drought on the prairies in the 1930s, little has been written about the challenges presented by drought in more contemporary times. The...
South America
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Author:Diaz, HarrySummary: -
Author:Sam, Eleanor P.Summary:On her thirteenth birthday, Mariama leans against her favourite baobab tree and daydreams, thrilled that the time has finally come for her Sande ceremony, when she will officially pass into womanhood. But then, rough hands tear her from...
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Author:Darwin, CharlesSummary:Charles Darwin was just twenty-two when he went on his first voyage around the world in 1831. Darwin's father at first refused to allow his young son to go on the voyage. Fortunately, his father relented, and Darwin's journal...
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Author:Aguirre, CarmenSummary:Something Fierce, winner of Canada Reads 2012, is a gripping story of love, war and resistance. A rare first-hand account of revolutionary life, it takes the reader inside war-ridden Peru, dictatorship-run Bolivia, post-Malvinas...
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Eleanor Meecham cycled alone around South America, and lived to tell the tale. And what a tale it is. Camping in a salt desert, getting altitude sickness, rough roads… this is definately an intrepid tale.
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Energy in the Americas provides a hemispheric perspective on the historical construction of contemporary debates on the role of energy in society Understanding the history of energy and its evolving place of energy in society is...
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Author:Quaife, Darlene A.Summary:When a plant collector is looking for new plant species on the Amazon, she meets an Albertan who is looking for the man who may be responsible for her husband's death.
- Author:Matthiessen, PeterSummary:
The timely story of how the forces of change converge on a small tribe of Niaruna Indians living in the heart of the Amazon rain forest. In addition to being a prophetic commentary on emerging threats to the environment, and the...
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Author:Canniff, ChristopherSummary:Tormented by his wife’s apparent determination to abort their child, a psychologist travels to a small coastal fishing town in South America, where his recently deceased father lived. There, he discovers many unsettling truths about...
