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All the quiet places / by Isaac, Brian Thomas,author.;
It's 1956, and six-year-old Eddie Toma lives with his mother, Grace, and his little brother, Lewis, near the Salmon River on the far edge of the Okanagan Indian Reserve in the British Columbia Southern Interior. Grace, her friend Isabel, Isabel's husband Ray, and his nephew Gregory cross the border to work as summer farm labourers in Washington state. There Eddie is free to spend long days with Gregory exploring the farm: climbing a hill to watch the sunset and listening to the wind in the grass. The boys learn from Ray's funny and dark stories. But when tragedy strikes, Eddie returns home grief-stricken, confused, and lonely. Eddie's life is governed by the decisions of the adults around him. Grace is determined to have him learn the ways of the white world by sending him to school in the small community of Falkland. On Eddie's first day of school, as he crosses the reserve boundary at the Salmon River bridge, he leaves behind his world. Grace challenges the Indian Agent and writes futile letters to Ottawa to protest the sparse resources in their community. His father returns to the family after years away only to bring chaos and instability. Isabel and Ray join them in an overcrowded house. Only in his grandmother's company does he find solace and true companionship. In his teens, Eddie's future seems more secure--he finds a job, and his long-time crush on his white neighbour Eva is finally reciprocated. But every time things look up, circumstances beyond his control crash down around him. The cumulative effects of guilt, grief, and despair threaten everything Eddie has ever known or loved. All the Quiet Places is the story of what can happen when every adult in a person's life has been affected by colonialism; it tells of the acute separation from culture that can occur even at home in a loved familiar landscape. Its narrative power relies on the unguarded, unsentimental witness provided by Eddie.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Bildungsromans.; Imperialism; First Nations children; First Nations;
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The mighty Red : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise,author.;
"In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces and the tragic impact of big business"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Visions; Weddings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The mighty Red [text (large print)] : a novel / by Erdrich, Louise,author.;
"In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces and the tragic impact of big business"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Interpersonal relations; Man-woman relationships; Mothers and daughters; Secrecy; Visions; Weddings;
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The me I used to be : a novel / by Ryan, Jennifer,1973-author.;
Subjects: Women ex-convicts; False imprisonment; Theft; Ranches; Inheritance and succession; Families; Man-woman relationships; Police; Criminal behavior; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Korengal [videorecording] / by Beller, Marty,film composer.; Hetherington, Tim,cinematographer.; Junger, Sebastian,film director,cinematographer.; Levine, Michael,1961-; Quested, Nick,1970-; Battle Films,production company.; Goldcrest Pictures.; Outpost Films.; Saboteur Media,production company.; Virgil Films (Firm);
Edited by Michael Levine ; cinematography, Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger ; music composed by Marty Beller.Picks up where Restrepo left off. Explains how war works, what it feels like and what it does to the young men who fight it. As one cheers when they kill an enemy fighter, another looks into the camera and asks if God will ever forgive them for all the killing. As one grieves the loss of his friend in combat, another explains why he missed the war after his deployment ended and he would go back in a heartbeat if he could.18A.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; 1.78:1 widescreen ; 5.1 Dolby and stereo.
Subjects: United States. Army. Airborne Brigade, 173rd; Afghan War, 2001-; Documentary films.; Soldiers; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; War;
© 2014., Virgil Films,
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Eden [videorecording] : untamed planet / by Bonham Carter, Helena,1966-narrator.; BBC Studios,distributor.; British Broadcasting Corporation.Television Service,production company,broadcaster.;
Helena Bonham Carter, narrator.From the Namib Desert to Patagonia (Argentina and Chile), only a handful of places on Earth can claim to be largely unchanged. Isolated from the rest of the world, these places have been protected from the most damaging effects of human interference. Delicately balanced, species-rich, unique ecosystems. In these lands, life exists as nature intended. This series embarks on a breathtaking journey to Earth's last Edens. It visits incredible landscapes and reveals thrilling new behavior from the world's most iconic animals. As the heavy tread of humans falls ever closer to these beautiful and fragile lands, now is the time to reveal their captivating stories.E.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Animal television programs.; Documentary television programs.; Nature television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Wildlife television programs.; Animal behavior.; Animals; Animals; Animals; Animals; Animals; Animals; Biotic communities.; Ecology; Ecology; Ecology; Ecology; Ecology; Ecology; Habitat (Ecology); Habitat (Ecology); Habitat (Ecology); Habitat (Ecology); Habitat (Ecology);
For private home use only.
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The serpent on the crown [sound recording (CD)] / by Peters, Elizabeth,1927-; Rosenblat, Barbara;
Read by Barbara Rosenblat.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; CD Talking books; Blessing and cursing; British; Egyptologists; Excavations (Archaeology); Peabody, Amelia (Fictitious character); Women archaeologists; Historical fiction; Mystery fiction;
© p2005., Harper Audio,
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Albert's Thanksgiving / by Tryon, Leslie.;
Albert the duck helps the animal children of Pleasant Valley School prepare a Thanksgiving feast.
Subjects: Ducks; Thanksgiving Day, American; Animals;
© c1994., Atheneum ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; Maxwell Macmillan International,
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South Innisfil Creek drainage study / by Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority.; Ainley and Associates.;
© 1981., s.n.,
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River of the gods : genius, courage, and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / by Millard, Candice,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirring story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time, and its complicated legacy The Nile River is the longest in the world. Its fertile floodplain allowed for rise to the great civilization of ancient Egypt, but for millennia the location of its headwaters was shrouded in mystery. Pharaonic and Roman attempts to find it were stymied by a giant labyrinthine swamp, and subsequent expeditions got nofurther. In the 19th century, the discovery and translation of the Rosetta Stone set off a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe - and extendtheir colonial empires. Two British men - Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke - were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton was already famous for being the first non-Muslim to travel to Mecca, disguised as an Arab chieftain. He spoke twenty-nine languages, was a decorated soldier, and literally wrote the book on sword-fighting techniques for the British Army. He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officerdetermined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton's opposite in temperament and beliefs. From the start the two men clashed, Speke chafing under Burton's command and Burton disapproving of Speke's ignorance of the people whose lands through which they traveled. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit, disparaging Burton. Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. The two became venomous enemies, with the public siding with the more charismatic Burton, to Speke's great envy. The day before they were to publicly debate, Speke shot himself. Yet there was a third man on both expeditions, his name obscured by imperial annals, whose exploits were even more extraordinary. This was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, who was enslaved and shipped from his home village in East Africa to India. When the man who purchased him died, he made his way into the local Sultan's army, and eventually traveled back to Africa, where he used his resourcefulness, linguisticprowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. Without his talents, it is likely that neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived. In RIVER OF THE GODS Candice Millard has written another peerless story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers"--
Subjects: Bombay, Sidi Mubarak; Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890; Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864; Explorers;
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