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Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
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"From healing to astronomy to our connection to the natural world, the lessons from Indigenous knowledge inform our learning and practices today. How do knowledge systems get passed down over generations? Through the knowledge inherited from their Elders and ancestors, Indigenous Peoples throughout North America have observed, practiced, experimented, and interacted with plants, animals, the sky, and the waters over millennia. Knowledge keepers have...
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"When researching the first occupant of her Saskatoon home, Candace Savage discovers a family more fascinating and heartbreaking than she expected. Napoléon Sureau dit Blondin built the house in the 1920s, an era when French-speakers like him were deemed "undesirable" by the political and social elite, who sought to populate the Canadian prairies with WASPs only. In an atmosphere poisoned first by the Orange Order and then by the Ku Klux Klan, Napoléon...
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c2000
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Chanticleer Press ed.
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Nearly 700 species of trees are detailed in beautiful, full-color photographs of leaf shape, bark, flowers, fruit, and fall leaves, and accompanied by informative text. Both compact and comprehensive, this is the ideal companion for beginner and advanced tree-peepers alike.
Note: the Eastern Edition generally covers states east of the Rocky Mountains, while the Western Edition covers the Rocky Mountain range and all the states to the west of it....
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Saul Indian Horse is a child when his family retreats into the woods. Among the lakes and the cedars, they attempt to reconnect with half-forgotten traditions and hide from the authorities who have been kidnapping Ojibway youth. But when winter approaches, Saul loses everything: his brother, his parents, his beloved grandmother--and then his home itself. Alone in the world and placed in a horrific boarding school, Saul is surrounded by violence and...
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Georgina Danforth Witley is on her way to a prestigious luncheon with Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, when her car plunges into a wooded ravine, leaving Frances hurt, stranded, and afraid, and as she waits for help, she reflects on her life and wonders how she could have made it better.
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2022.
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First edition.
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"Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beatons, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush--part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment...
89) A good house
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The members of the Chambers family find themselves pulled apart and thrown together again in the years following World War II, and through their difficulties, they learn the true meaning of family.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 8
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"Anne's daughter, fourteen year old Rilla, can think of little else but day dreaming of her first dance and hoping for her first kiss. However, everything changes at Ingleside when Rilla's brothers go off to fight in the 'Great War' and she comes across an orphaned child that requires care and a loving home."--Amazon.
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Women of the West (Janette Oke) volume 2
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Julia seems an unlikely candidate for rescuing Calder Springs, which is turning into a ghost town with the closing of the local lumber mill, but with faith and for the sake of her children, she decides she must find a way.
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Canadian West series volume 5
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Henry--a Canadian Mountie like his father--struggles between the call of duty and the call of his heart. When he informs a young logger's wife of her husband's death, the memory of that loss haunts him for years. Assigned to a new beat five years later, he rediscovers Amber and gains her trust...and eventually her heart.
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Anna Hibiscus (Early chapter books) volume 4
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"Anna Hibiscus lives in Africa. Amazing Africa. But she is spending Christmas with her granny in Canada. She can't wait to see snow for the first time! And how will it feel to be so far from home?"--P. [4] of cover.
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2023.
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Fourth edition
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"Learn how to properly landscape according to your region's climate: 54 designs created by landscape professionals specific to the Northeast US and Southeast Canada for front entries, foundation plantings, patios, and steep slopes[;] - Detailed descriptions of more than 200 plants, plus all you need to know to plant and maintain them[;] - Step-by-step instructions for hardscaping such as paths, patios, ponds, walls, fences, arbors, and trellises[;]...
95) Born naked
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Canadian author Farley Mowat chronicles his youth from 1933-1937 when he discovered the Canadian wilderness and started to take an interest in writing.
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Maxine Benson mysteries volume 3
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Maxine Benson, police chief in a small town, sets out to solve the murder of her ex-husband's new girlfriend in this work of crime fiction.
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