An astonishing, powerful debut. Whereas her birth signaled the responsibility as mother to teach what it is to be Lakota therein the question: What did I know about being Lakota? Signaled panic, blood rush my embarrassment. What did I...
North America
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Author:Long Soldier, LayliSummary: - Author:Raymond, Hélène, Mathé, JacquesSummary:
En Amérique du Nord comme en Europe, des agriculteurs renouvellent leur métier en construisant des relations directes avec les consommateurs, promouvant ainsi le plaisir et le goût des aliments authentiques. Ici, on redécouvre son...
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Author:Summary:All cultures have tales of the trickster – a crafty creature or being who uses cunning to get food, steal precious possessions, or simply cause mischief. He disrupts the order of things, often humiliating others and sometimes himself....
- Author:Allan, Ted, Vautour, Bart, Benessaieh, AfefSummary:
A young Canadian marches over the Pyrenees and enters into history by joining the International Brigades—men and women from around the world who volunteered to fight against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. This new edition of Ted...
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Author:Yalfani, MehriSummary:Mehri Yalfani’s stories in The Street of Butterflies feature Iranian women dealing with displacement, cultural change, and struggles for survival and adaptation as immigrants in North America. At the same time, the challenges...
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Author:King, ThomasSummary: - Author:WHITE, Stewart EdwardSummary:
The Blazed Trail is the story of early lumbermen in the northern woods of Michigan. The novel portrays the challenges faced by the workers focusing on one, Harry Thorpe, as he endeavors to be successful though completely unskilled when...
- Author:Bailyn, BernardSummary:
Presents an account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to the North American British colonies, evaluating its diversity, the survival struggles of immigrants, and their relationships with the...
- Author:Childs, CraigSummary:
Nature writer Craig Childs presents a collection of forty essays, each of which focuses on a personal encounter with a particular species. Replete with astonishing facts about the species' behavior, habitat, breeding, and lifespan...
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George Grant -- philosopher, conservative, Canadian nationalist -- was one of Canada's most significant thinkers and the author of Lament for a Nation. In Technology and Empire, Grant reflects on the extent to which technology has...
- Author:Veroni, Clive, Veroni, CliveSummary:
In the tradition of Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers and Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow, Clive Veroni's Spin is a fascinating investigation of how the techniques of political strategists are being applied to the...
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Author:Peart, NeilSummary:Neil Peart is an internationally critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-nominated author, and for more than thirty years has been the legendary drummer and lyricist for Rush, the most successful band in the history of Canadian...
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Author:Backhouse, FrancesSummary:Discover deeper truths and quirky facts that cast new light on this keystone species
Beavers, those icons of industriousness, have been gnawing down trees, building dams, shaping the land, and creating...
- Author:Hughes, John FrancisSummary:
Nobody Rides For Free: A Drifter in the Americas chronicles former bike courier John Hughes' rambles through Latin America on a bicycle. In this gripping mosaic-travellogue, readers are introduced to banditos, artists, grifters, would-...
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Author:Walker, NikiSummary:Provides information on the lives of Native Americans in North America with a focus on such topics as food, transportation, hunting and fishing, beliefs, and more.
- Author:Ellis, Deborah, Roy, LorieneSummary:
After her critically acclaimed books of interviews with Afghan, Iraqi, Israeli and Palestinian children, Deborah Ellis turns her attention closer to home. For two years she traveled across the United States and Canada interviewing...
- Author:Lane Jr, Chef Phil, Goodall, Jane, Lucas, PatriciaSummary:
Créé au départ pour épauler les Premières Nations dans leur cheminement, L’Arbre sacré met en évidence les concepts, les principes et les enseignements de la spiritualité autochtone. Plus qu’un guide, cet ouvrage révèle comment les...
- Author:McGugan, JimSummary:
Depicts the immigrant child's struggle to begin again in a strange land.
- Author:EASTMAN, Charles AlexanderSummary:
The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (the last 7 chapters). This is very different from the slanted way the white man tried to picture...
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