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  • Bridging Two Peoples

    Chief Peter E. Jones, 1843–1909

    de Allan Sherwin ...
    Series series Indigenous Studies
    Bridging Two Peoples tells the story of Dr. Peter E. Jones, who in 1866 became one of the first status Indians to obtain a medical doctor degree from a Canadian university. He returned to his southern Ontario reserve and was elected chief and band doctor. As secretary to the Grand Indian Council of Ontario he became a bridge between peoples, conveying the chiefs’ concerns to his political mentor ... Leer más

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    Treaties and Aboriginal Rights in Canada

    de Michael Asch ...
    What, other than numbers and power, justifies Canada’s assertion of sovereignty and jurisdiction over the country’s vast territory? Why should Canada’s original inhabitants have to ask for rights to what was their land when non-Aboriginal people first arrived? The question lurks behind every court judgment on Indigenous rights, every demand that treaty obligations be fulfilled, and every land ... Leer más

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  • What I Saw And How I Lied

    de Judy Blundell ...
    This National Book Award winner set during the aftermath of WWII is now available in paperback! When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When movie-star handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served in Joe's company in postwar Austria, shows up, Evie is ... Leer más

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  • Endangered

    Series series Ape Quartet
    The compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos--and herself--from a violent coup. The Congo is a dangerous place, even for people who are trying to do good. When one girl has to follow her mother to her sancuary for bonobos, she's not thrilled to be there. It's her mother's passion, and she'd rather have nothing to do with it. But when revolution breaks out and their sanctuary is ... Leer más

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  • Plain Kate

    de Erin Bow ...
    A debut novel that's as sharp as a knife's point. Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can work deep magic. As the wood-carver's daughter, Kate held a carving knife before a spoon, and her wooden charms are so fine that some even call her "witch-blade" -- a dangerous nickname in a town where witches are hunted and burned in the square. ... Leer más

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  • Bindy's Moon

    In a series of reflections focused on his hard-working Mennonite family and touching on childhood exploits from shoplifting and go-kart racing to the fear of dying (which arises during the rehearsal for a school Christmas concert), Lloyd Ratzlaff takes readers on a journey from youth to philosophical maturity. Combining elegy and joyful nostalgia in these poetic essays, Ratzlaff recounts his ... Leer más

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  • The World

    de Bill Gaston ...
    Weaving together five heartbreaking stories, Bill Gaston transforms the cruelty of life into something not only beautiful but heartwarming. A recently divorced, early retiree accidentally burns down his house on the day he pays off the mortgage, only to discover that for the first time in his life he’s forgotten to pay a bill: his insurance premium. An old friend of his, a middle-aged musician, ... Leer más

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  • Harvest

    Man Booker Prize Finalist

    de Jim Crace ...
    **SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • SHORT-LISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE • In this hauntingly evoked portrait of rural life, Jim Crace skillfully unravels the delicate fabric of a community in the wake of economic progress."In his compassionate curiosity and his instincts for insurgent uncertainty, Crace surely ranks among our greatest novelists of radical upheaval, a perfect fit for our ... Leer más

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  • Eating Dirt

    Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life with the Tree-Planting Tribe

    Series series David Suzuki Institute
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    de Bev Sellars ...
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  • The Antagonist

    de Lynn Coady ...
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  • Gossip of the Starlings

    "The kind of smart and riveting read that fans of a certain kind of campus drama—think Donna Tartt's The Secret History —will devour." — PeopleFrom the New York Times –bestselling author of The Christie AffairWhen Catherine Morrow is admitted to the Esther Percy School for Girls, it's on the condition ... ... Leer más

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