Dundurn press feb 2016 (9 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Spring 2016) - CommendedAfter defeating the forces of evil in Eldritch Manor, Willa must rebuild the manor - and her family.Can Willa rally her supernatural friends to defeat an invasion from beyond After battling and defeating the forces of darkness, Willa is looking forward to a little well-earned peace and quiet. Unfortunately, her recent adventures have given birth to new problems, not the least of which is the task of rebuilding Eldritch Manor, a retirement home for supernatural beings, from the ground up. And no one is behaving themselves: Mab's fairies have declared war on the dwarf construction crew, Willa's Mom and Belle are feuding, Baz is running amok, Horace is living in the woods, the phoenix squawks all night long, and there's never a dragon around when you need one. To be perfectly honest, Willa is starting to think the forces of darkness were easier to handle than her family and friends - until those forces start to rise again!Trouble is definitely brewing, and the source lies very close to home, Who can Willa trust Who will betray them Who will open the door for the darkness to enter.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 2018 Red Maple Award - Shortlisted . 2017 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award - Winner, Young Adult Category .CCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016)When a First Nations teen rescues a fish-hawk from a tailings pond in Alberta's oil sands, he has no idea that soon they will both be fighting for their lives.As a cross-country runner, Adam aims to win gold in the upcoming provincial championship. But when he is diagnosed with leukemia, he finds himself in a different race, one that he can't afford to lose. He reclaims the name Hawk, given to him by his grandfather, and begins to fight, for his life and for the land of his ancestors and the creatures that inhabit it. With a little help from his grandfather and his friends, he might just succeed.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - One of the bloodiest battles of the war in the Pacific.Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima, on February 19, 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil, and it resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign. United States Marines supported by the U.S. Navy and Air Force fought the Japanese both over and underground on the island of volcanic ash, in a battle which was immortalized by the raising of the Stars and Stripes above Mount Suribachi. It was a battle that the Japanese could not win, but they were determined to die trying; of the 18,000-strong garrison, only 200 were taken prisoner. The Americans lost more in the 35-day battle, but at the end they had possession of three airfields in range of the Japanese mainland.This book gives a clear, concise account of those dramatic days in 1945, supported by a timeline of events and orders of battle. Over fifty photographs illustrate the events during this momentous battle.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 2016 Junior Library Guild Selection2016 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction SelectionCCBC's Best Books for Kids & Teens (Fall 2016) - CommendedShe's with the band, whether she likes it or not.Victoria Mahler is the sixteen-year-old only daughter of rocker Micky Wayne, whose band, Dusty Moon, took the world by storm when Micky was just a teenager. The band broke up under mysterious circumstances, but, after years spent off the road being a mom, Micky's solo career is finally starting to take off.When an offer to tour Japan falls into her mom's lap, Vic is left to spend the summer under the care of her distant grandmother, and without her built-in best friend. Fortunately, a boy with a secret geek side and a group of feminist game-makers save the season, and Vic starts to see herself as her own person, out from under her mother's shadow.But when Micky finally comes home - with a poorly chosen boyfriend in tow - all bets are off. Will Vic be able to maintain her newfound sense of self amidst the building thunder of Micky's second chance at stardom And through it all, will Micky still really be her best friend. …

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The eleven papers published here are from the third annual Institute of Northern Ontario Research and Development Conference.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - From Robin Esrock, author of The Great Canadian Bucket List, comes a look at the best that Canada's prairies have to offer.Having travelled to over one hundred countries on six continents, international travel guru and bestselling author Robin Esrock turns his attention to the Canadian prairies. Robin spent years personally discovering these one-of-a-kind destinations and activities you have to try in Manitoba and Saskatchewan:- Float in 'Canada's Dead Sea'- Track polar bears along Hudson Bay- Horse-ride through herds of free-roaming bison- Uncover ancient archaeological mysteries in Winnipeg- Learn what it takes to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police- Witness the largest gathering of snakes in the world- Party with the wildest sports fans in Canada- Bask on a tropical beach - on a prairie lakeBundled with an extensive up-to-date companion website, The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List provides all the inspiration and information you'll need to follow in his footsteps.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - An examination of the SOE, its accomplishments, and the Canadian connection to the organization.During the Second World War, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill created the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to conduct acts of sabotage and subversion, and raise secret armies of partisans in German-occupied Europe. With the directive to 'set Europe ablaze,' the SOE undertook a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the Nazi Gestapo. An agent's failure could result in indescribable torture, dispatch to a concentration camp, and, often, a death sentence.While the SOE's contribution to the Allied war effort is still debated, and many of its files remain classified, it was a unique wartime creation that reflected innovation, adventure, and a fanatical devotion on the part of its personnel to the Allied cause.The SOE has an important Canadian connection: Canadians were among its operatives and agents behind enemy lines. Camp X, in Whitby, Ontario, was a special training school that trained agents for overseas duty, and an infamous Canadian codenamed 'Intrepid' ran SOE operations in the Americas.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 2017 Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award - Shortlisted Paul Chiasson reveals the possibility that early Chinese settlers landed in Cape Breton long before Europeans.From the very beginning of the European Age of Discovery, Cape Breton was considered unusual. The history of the area even includes early references to the island having once been the land of the Chinese. In 1497, at least a century before any attempt at European settlement in the region, the explorer John Cabot had referred to Cape Breton as the 'Island of Seven Cities.'The indigenous people of the region, the Mi'kmaq, were the only aboriginal people of North America who had a written language when Europeans first arrived. This writing, clothing, and customs also suggested an early Chinese presence. In Written in the Ruins, Chiasson investigates the ruins at St. Peters in the southern part of the island, where evidence brought to light supports a theory that could answer all the questions raised by the island's curious, unresolved history. …

Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - The remarkable history of a pocket of the remote Arctic, and the oral testimony from the last Inuit elders to live there.A coastal region of rolling tundra just west of Hudson Bay, Ukkusikslaik was established as a national park in 2003. In earlier times this historic region was the principal hunting ground for several Inuit families and was criss-crossed by missionaries, Mounties, and traders. Since the 1980s, Arctic writer and researcher David F. Pelly has been exploring this region on foot and by sea-kayak, and with Inuit friends, while documenting Inuit traditional knowledge of the land. In this book, he presents the stories of Inuit elders and includes historical records to provide a complete history of this extraordinary corner of our northern landscape, Ukkusiksalik.…