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Spanish in minutes: how to study Spanish the fun way (Made for Success collection)
By Liv Montgomery. 2012
Imagine if you could instantly build your foreign language skills and have fun at the same time. Now you can.…
The Spanish in Minutes Instant Language series takes a fun, entertaining, and scientific approach to learning Spanish. With the award-winning Liv Montgomery as your verbal tour guide, you'll learn how to study Spanish with special speed-learning techniques designed to engage multiple senses for increased retention by 35 percent. 2012.State of war: the secret history of the CIA and the Bush administration
By James Risen. 2006
New York Times reporter recounts anecdotes, often from anonymous sources, concerning CIA efforts to thwart terrorists since September 11, 2001.…
Discusses the National Security Agency's domestic wiretapping program, the search for weapons of mass destruction, and the return of Afghanistan's opium trade. Posits that the CIA mission failed. Bestseller. 2006.Starlight tour: the last, lonely night of Neil Stonechild
By Susanne Reber, Rob Renaud. 2005
On a Saskatoon night in November 1990, seventeen-year-old Neil Stonechild disappeared, to be found dead in a field, his body…
frozen, three days later. The police investigation was cursory, but Neil's mother Stella refused to give up, as did witness Jason Roy, who had seen Neil, beaten and bleeding, in the back of a Saskatoon police cruiser the night he disappeared. It was only in January 2000, when two more men were found frozen to death, that the truth about Neil Stonechild's fate began to emerge. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Starting out in the afternoon: a mid-life journey into wild land
By Jill Frayne. 2002
After Jill Frayne's long-term relationship with her lover ended and her daughter left home, she packed up her life and…
headed for the Yukon. Sleeping in her car or pitching a tent by the road, she became a solitary traveller and lived close to the natural world. What started out as a three-month trip became a personal journey that lasted several years. 2002.Star-spangled Canadians: Canadians living the American dream
By Jeffrey Simpson. 2000
While Canadians habitually measure themselves and their country against the United States, they also continue to move across the border…
- about 600,000 Canadians are thought to live there. In talking to some of these people, Simpson provides a mix of anecdote, analysis and commentary that reveals surprising new perspectives on Canada's current and past relationship with America. He also looks sharply at the so-called "brain drain" and explodes some longstanding myths and stereotypes we hold about Americans. 2000.Song of Rita Joe: autobiography of Mi'kmaq poet
By Lynn Henry, Rita Joe. 1996
Mi'kmaq poet Rita Joe reflects on the tumultuous events of her life. Raised in foster homes and educated in an…
Indian residential school, she endured prejudice, sexism, and poverty. She began to write poetry, and soon discovered the voice through which she could reclaim her Aboriginal heritage. 1996.Spirited waters: soloing south through the Inside Passage (Barbara Savage Award Bks.)
By Jennifer Petersen Hahn. 2001
Hahn takes the readers with her as she kayaks the 150 miles from Alaska to Washington State, with descriptions of…
pristine scenery and sometimes terrifying encounters with animals. She meets interesting people along the way and finds a sense of peace within herself. 2001.Somebody else's kids
By Torey L Hayden. 1999
Four problem children were put in Torey Hayden's class because no one else knew what to do with them. Together,…
with the help of a remarkable teacher who cared too much to ever give up, they became almost a family, able to give each other the love and understanding they had found nowhere else. 1999.Some family: the Mormons and how humanity keeps track of itself
By Donald H Akenson. 2007
Most people are curious about their ancestry, and the Mormon Family History Library is one of the most important resources.…
Started in 1894, it has grown to include 2 billion names, 2.4 million rolls of microfilm, and 278,000 books - making it the world's largest collection of genealogical information. Akenson explains and evaluates the history and functioning of this massive undertaking, in the process providing an insightful study of the Mormon scriptures and their implications for genealogical work. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. c2007.Small expectations: society's betrayal of older women
By Leah Cohen. 1984
After a lifetime as home-makers and wage earners, most older women end up poor and alone. This book looks at…
the causes and workings of the prejudice endured by women as they age. 1984.Stalking the elephant: my discovery of America
By James Laxer. 2000
James Laxer travels to different regions in the U.S. in an effort to examine the social and political issues, trends…
and conflicts that shape the current American society. He observes the IMF protests in Washington, D.C., tracks the campaign of presidential candidate George W. Bush, visits an abortion clinic in Seattle, and enrols in a firearms training course in Springfield, Massachusetts. Some strong language; some descriptions of violence; graphic descriptions of an abortion procedure. 2000.Soulmate secret: manifest the love of your life with the law of attraction
By Arielle Ford. 2009
The woman who helped launch the careers of Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, and Jack Canfield shows readers how to…
take control of their romantic destiny. Finding true love is possible for anyone at any age if you're willing to prepare yourself, on all levels, to become a magnet for love. Rather than sitting around, lamenting their loneliness, readers will learn how to use the law of attraction to attract their soulmate to them. 2009.Bestselling author of "The Automatic Millionaire" (DC27883) urges women, regardless of age or marital status, to secure their financial futures.…
Offers plans for investing, teaching kids about money, spending wisely, and aligning resources with personal values. Revised edition of the 1999 original includes success stories and Internet strategies. 2003.Skulking for the King: a loyalist plot
By J Fraser. 1985
Skyscrapers hide the heavens: a history of Indian-white relations in Canada
By J. R Miller. 1989
Beginning with the arrival of Jacques Cartier at Gaspé, Miller presents a chronological history of relations between the Native and…
white populations of Canada. He notes that relations were amicable until the mid-19th century, when the government began to force Natives to adopt white culture. In the 20th century, however, Native Canadians became politically active, leading to the current land claims negotiations and the movement to self-government. c1989.Significant incident: Canada's army, the Airborne, and the murder in Somalia
By David Jay Bercuson. 1996
Historian David Bercuson explores the problems in the Canadian Armed Forces which have been exposed in the wake of the…
murder of Shidane Arone in Somalia at the hands of Canadian soldiers. Bercuson discusses the recent history and changes within the army, how this has affected what its soldiers do, and how this resulted in the problems of the Somalia mission and made Arone's death possible. 1996.Shorty, an aviation pioneer: the story of Victor John Hatton
By James Glassco Henderson. 2004
Having survived the First World War in the trenches, Shorty Hatton started his aviation career in a near-fatal crash of…
an Avro 504K and ended it with another Avro aircraft, the Arrow. In the intervening years he was a military, bush, and test pilot, he taught fledgling aviators at Camp Borden, he was the first to fly new air mail routes in an open cockpit plane, and he tested newly-built Hawker Hurricanes before they joined the Battle of Britain. Some descriptions of sex. 2004.Seasons of hope: memoirs of Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant-Governor
By James Bartleman. 2016
James Bartleman, Ontario’s first Native lieutenant governor, looks back over seventy years to his childhood and youth to describe how…
learning to read at any early age led him to dream dreams, empowering him to serve his country as an ambassador. In time, Bartleman’s exciting and fulfilling career as a Canadian diplomat took him to a dozen countries around the world, from Bangladesh to Cuba, and from Australia to South Africa. After a vicious beating in a hotel room robbery in South Africa, however, he was forced to come to terms with a deepening depression. In the end, Bartleman found new meaning in life when he became the Queen’s representative in Ontario and mobilized the public to support his initiatives championing books and education for Native children. 2016.Interweaves an account of the 1857 sinking of the SS Central America that carried a cargo of gold bullion and…
minted coins with the story of the shipwreck's discovery in 1988 by Tommy Thompson. Describes Thompson's feat of developing technology to locate and retrieve artifacts from a wooden-hulled ship in eight thousand feet of water. Winner of the 2000 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1998.Seventh generation: contemporary native writing
By Heather Hodgson. 1989