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- A hitch in time : reflections ready for reconsideration / by Hitchens, Christopher,author.; Wolcott, James,1952-writer of introduction.;
"Christopher Hitchens was invariably a star writer everywhere he wrote, and the same was true of the London Review of Books, to which he contributed sixty pieces over two decades. Anthologised here for the first time, this selection of his finest LRB reviews, diaries and essays (along with a smattering of ferocious letters) finds Hitchens at his very best. Familiar betes noires-Kennedy, Nixon, Kissinger, Clinton-rub shoulders with lesser-known preoccupations: P.G. Wodehouse, Princess Margaret and, magisterially, Isaiah Berlin. Here is Hitchens on the (first) Gulf War and the 'Salman Rushdie Acid Test', on being spanked by Mrs Thatcher in the House of Lords and taking his son to the Oscars, on America's homegrown Nazis and 'Acts of Violence in Grosvenor Square' in 1968. Edited by the London Review of Books, with an introduction by James Wolcott, this collection recaptures, ten years after his death, 'a Hitch in time': barnstorming, cauterising, but ultimately uncontainable"--Publisher's description.- Subjects: Biographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Hitchens, Christopher.; Hitchens, Christopher; Hitchens, Christopher; Books; Journalism.; Literature;
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- In the barn / by Kalman, Bobbie.;
Examines the barn as the center of farm life for early settlers of North America.LSC- Subjects: Farm life; Barns; Frontier and pioneer life;
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- Warriors field guide : secrets of the clans / by Hunter, Erin.; McLoughlin, Wayne.;
Provides background information about the history, characters, and places of significance to the warrior cats featured in the series "Warriors" and "Warriors, the new prophecy".LSC- Subjects: Hunter, Erin; Children's stories, English; Fantasy fiction, English; Cats in literature;
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- Mohawk nation / by Nixon, Dolores.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Examines the history, language, and cultural practices of the Mohawk, both in the past and in the present.LSC- Subjects: Mohawk Indians; Mohawk Indians; Mohawk Indians;
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- Mi'kmaq community / by Nixon, Dolores.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Examines the history, language, and cultural practices of the Mi'kmaq, both in the past and in the present.LSC- Subjects: Micmac Indians; Micmac Indians; Micmac Indians;
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- Algonquin Nation / by Hudak, Heather C.,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Examines the history, language, and cultural practices of the Algonquin people, both in the past and in the present.LSC- Subjects: Algonquin Indians; Algonquin Indians; Algonquin Indians;
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- Odawa community / by Nixon, Dolores.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Examines the history, language, and cultural practices of the Odawa, both in the past and in the present.LSC- Subjects: Ottawa Indians; Ottawa Indians; Ottawa Indians;
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- Algonquin Nation / by Hudak, Heather C.,1975-;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.Examines the history, language, and cultural practices of the Algonquin people, both in the past and in the present.LSC- Subjects: Algonquin Indians; Algonquin Indians; Algonquin Indians;
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- Salish community / by Eboch, M. M.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.An introduction to the Salish, a First Nations community in the southwest region of Canada.LSC- Subjects: Salish Indians; Salish Indians; Salish Indians;
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- Cree community / by Laine, Carolee.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.An introduction to the Cree people, the largest group of First Nations who share a language.LSC- Subjects: Cree Indians; Cree Indians; Cree Indians;
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