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Native peoples and cultures of Canada: an anthropological overview
By Alan D McMillan. 1988
DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Indigenous peoples history
Human-narrated audio
A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada -- Indian, Metis and Inuit. Describes their traditional ways of…
life from prehistoric times to the present issues of land claims and self-government. 1988.A fair country: telling truths about Canada
By John Ralston Saul. 2008
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
In this vision of Canada, Saul unveils 3 founding myths: he argues that the famous "peace, order, and good government"…
that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country's true nature. He describes Canada as a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. Lastly, he believes that Canada has a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. c2008.The sleeping buddha: the story of Afghanistan through the eyes of one family
By Hamida Ghafour. 2007
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Canadian fictionBiography, Literature biography, Family biography, History, Asian history, War
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
In 2003, journalist Ghafour was sent to Afghanistan, which she had fled in 1981, to cover the country's reconstruction. In…
a place totally changed from the world her parents had described, she discovered a school which teaches women a new kind of independence, her cousin's determined parliamentary campaign, and the archaeologist digging for his country's lost civilization in the form of a giant sleeping Buddha. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.Summer of the war
By Gloria Whelan. 2006
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Family stories, Historical fiction, War stories, Friendship stories, General fictionWar, Police and military
Human-transcribed braille
Michigan, 1942. With their parents working for the war effort, Mirabelle and her siblings travel to live with their grandparents…
on Turtle Island. Fourteen-year-old Belle is resentful when her more sophisticated fifteen-year-old cousin Caroline joins them, but during the summer they become real family. For grades 6-9. 2006