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No Man's River
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With No Man's River, Farley Mowat has penned his best Arctic tale in years. This book chronicles his life among Metis trappers and native people as they struggle to eke out a living in a brutal environment. In the spring of 1947, putting the death and devastation of WWII behind him, Mowat joined a scientific expedition. In the remote reaches of ...
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Kiss of the Fur Queen
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Tomson Highway
"The Gunpowder Plot" recreates the terrorist conspiracy annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day. Antonia Fraser has researched the plot by Roman Catholic extremists to topple the government of James I of England, and she outlines the parallels between the religious extremists of the Jacobean era and the fanatics of the 20th century. Dorris Lessing ...
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Red River Story
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Alfred Silver
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Mistik Lake
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Martha Brooks
Written in spare, elegant prose and told from multiple points of view, this novel explores the lives of three generations of women in one family, revealing what happens when each woman cannot find the courage to follow her heart--and what can happen when she does.
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True Confessions of a Heartless Girl
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Martha Brooks
When 17-year-old Noreen Stall arrives in the small prairie town of Pembina Lake she forever changes the lives of several of the town's residents including single mother Lynda Bradley, town elder Dolores Harper, and farmer Del Armstrong.
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All We Know of Heaven
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Remy Rougeau
This unusual novel tells the tale of young Paul, who is determined to become a monk. His entry into the ascetic life at the monastery is described in detail. When he becomes enamored of an older monk he is horrified at his feelings, but he finds the strength to overcome his temptations and learn what it is to be truly humble--and, in fact, to ...
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Frommer's Banff & Jasper National Parks
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Christie Pashby
"Frommer's" puts the parks in your pocket. All the up-to-date practical information and candid insider advice you need to have the perfect park vacation is available in an easy-to-carry size - and at an unbeatable price! This is your complete guide to Banff & Jasper National Parks. It offers the best strategies for seeing these majestic parks, ...
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The Tricking of Freya
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Christina Sunley
Freya Morris lives an almost nocturnal existence working in a basement photography studio in Manhattan - when she is summoned back to the formative place of her youth, a remote Icelandic-Canadian village called Gimli, where her ancient grandmother clings to life. Freya is the last in a remarkable family line. Her immigrant grandfather, a famous ...
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Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories
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Alexander Morris
The Council of Keewatin was an unelected legislative body and territorial government for the District of Keewatin in Canada. Lieutenant Governor Alexander Morris convinced the government that the new territorial government of the North West Territories would be unable to effectively administer land to the north and east of Manitoba. The preface ...
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Night Spirits: Thestory of the Relocation of the Sayisi Dene
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Ila Bussidor, Ustun Bilgen-Reinart
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The Great Gray Owl: Phantom of the Northern Forest
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Robert Nero, Robert R Taylor (Photographer)
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The last great frontiersman
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Leland Stowe
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Some Great Thing
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Lawrence Hill
Disillusioned and apathetic after four years of college, fledgling reporter Mahatma Grafton returns to his hometown to begin work at a local newspaper. When a peaceful demonstration escalates into a full-scale police cover-up, Mahatma discovers the principles that have always eluded him.
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In Fond Remembrance of Me: A Memoir of Myth and Uncommon Friendship in the Arctic
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Howard Norman
In this memoir of myth and an uncommon friendship that was sparked while Norman was in Manitoba translating Inuit tales into English, the author writes of his bond with Helen Tanizaki, who became his guide through the stories and customs of the Inuit, and who was fatally ill during their time together.
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Winston of Churchill: One Bear's Battle Against Global Warming
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Jean Davies Okimoto, Jeremiah Trammell (Illustrator)
Churchill, Manitoba is the polar bear capitol of the world. Every winter, tourists flock to the tiny town to watch the bears hunt and frolic on the frozen waters of the Hudson Bay. This year, though, the tourists are in for a big surprise...Winston! A smart, fierce, brave bear, Winston of Churchill has noticed that their icy home is slowly melting ...
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The road past Altamont
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Gabrielle Roy
" A consummate artist...Miss Roy communicates masterfully, with a beauty which is quite indescribable." - "Toronto Star". "[This] book is quite outside the trend of modern fiction...Yet, with a craft so adroit that it seems like instinct itself, it lights up many thoroughfares of the human heart...Miss Roy takes the very pulse of wonder, love, ...
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The Blood Girls
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Meira Cook
This haunting and poetic debut novel about a small town's confrontation with the stigmata tells the story of 11-year-old Donna Desjardins, who bleeds from her palms just days before Easter.
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Grateful Prey
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Robert Brightman
The interaction between religious beliefs and hunting practices among the Asiniskawidiniwak or Rock Crees of northern Manitoba is the focus of Robert Brightman's study. This foraging society, he says, bases aspects of its hunting and trapping largely on what we call "religious" conceptions. Seeking an ideology, however, that incorporates Cree ...
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Paradise Creek: A True Story of Adventure in the Canadian Wilderness
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David Scott
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The genealogy of the first Metis nation : the development and dispersal of the Red River Settlement, 1820-1900
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D. N. Sprague, R. P. Frye
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Wildflowers of Churchill & Hudson Bay
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Karen L Johnson
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Looking for Candles in the Window
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Douglas Ramsey
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Cowboys and Indians: The Shooting of J.J. Harper
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Gordon Sinclair
When J.J. Harper of the Island Lake Tribal Council was fatally shot on a wintry Winnipeg street in 1988, the city police department was quick to absolve the officer involved from all blame. Less than a day after the shooting, Police Chief Herb Stephen announced that Harper had died during a struggle for Constable Robert Cross's gun. But the truth ...
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The Winter Road
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Caron Todd
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The misinterpretation of man; studies in European thought of the nineteenth century.
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Paul Roubiczek
The Misinterpretation of Man STUDIES IN EUROPEAN THOUGHT OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY By PAUL ROUBTCZEK LONDON ROUTLEt GE KEGAN PAUL LTD BROADWAY HOUSE 68-74 CARTER LANE, E. C. 4 First published in England 1949 Printed in the United States of America In gratitude to FRANK KLEIN the only surviving and never failing friend of my early youth, and to the ...
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