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Le beau-livre La Cathédrale de Saint-Boniface retrace l'histoire des six églises et cathédrales de Saint-Boniface au Manitoba depuis la fondation de la mission en 1818. Les photos contemporaines du photographe primé, Michel Grandmaison, viennent compléter les photos d'archives et les pans d'histoire présentés par l'auteure Joanne Therrien.

Un pays qui diffère de la plaine.Réalisé dans le cadre de la série Lieux et paysages du Manitoba, cet ouvrage présente des pans d’histoire de Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes depuis sa fondation en 1881. Les textes de Denis Bibault et Paul Cenerini sont accompagnés de photos d’archives et contemporaines.Situé dans les collines Pembina, environ 130 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Winnipeg au Manitoba, Lourdes est connu pour sa francophonie, pour son emplacement géographique, pour son influence dans le domaine de l’éducation, pour ses services de santé et pour son développement économique.

The St. Boniface Cathedral coffee table book, part of the Manitoba CountryScapes series, chronicles the history of St. Boniface’s six churches and cathedrals since the Mission was founded in 1818. Award-winning photographer Michel (Mike) Grandmaison’s contemporary photographs complement archival and historical material presented by author Joanne Therrien. In addition to these powerful photographs, The St.

Manitoba—Land of the Unexpected is the culmination of author and photographer Mike Grandmaison’s years of exploration across his beloved “Keystone Province.” Come discover Manitoba’s untameable wilderness and myriad landscapes, from its prehistoric bedrock and imposing lakes to its endless tundra and vast prairies, in this elegant and enriching photobook. Espousing Grandmaison’s indefatigable attention, technical prowess, and keen artistic eye, Manitoba—Land of the Unexpected is sure to satisfy the most curious of minds regarding what may indeed be Canada’s best-kept secret.

Gordon Goldsborough returns with more compelling abandoned sites from across Manitoba. Armed with a drone and a deep curiosity about local history, Gordon had more stories to share than could fit into one book. Adventure into abandoned quarries, dance halls, hospitals and more!

Desired and reviled, adulated and condemned, Winnipeg inspires intense and contradictory emotions from residents, visitors and people who have never even ventured within wading distance of the Manitoba capital. The city at the centre of North America inspires a profound sense of ambivalence, stuck as it is between a colourful and triumphant early history, a long period of 20th-Century decline and an uncertain if optimistic future.

Travel with Gordon Goldsborough from Rapid City School to Mallard Lodge to Union Stockyards and many places in between as the author helps us reclaim some of our long-lost heritage. This full colour, richly illustrated book looks at abandoned sites around Manitoba, describing their features, what caused them to be abandoned, and what they tell us about the history of the province.

Somewhere between North Dakota and Nunavut sits a curious land with a coastline patrolled by polar bears, highways lined with monuments to household produce and dinner plates drenched in a gluey condiment known as honey dill sauce. This is Manitoba, a province that has captured the imagination of ̥well, maybe dozens of people around the world for more than a century. To many Canadians, Manitoba is nothing but canola, snow and mosquitoes. To people in Winnipeg, its capital and largest city, it's that place where the flood happens three out of every five years.

Sioux Lookout and the surrounding municipality have a strong and colourful history, one where the dedication and support of community members are clearly evident. Located in northwestern Ontario, it is a land of scenic beauty filled with lakes, streams, rocks, trees, and abundant wildlife. Sioux Lookout is a thriving community that boasts a health facility of excellence and a strong educational presence, and is a centre for many government agencies and First Nations Tribal Councils. Come discover Sioux Lookout, in this elegant and enriching photobook.

Did you know that lamps can be powered by glowing bacteria instead of electricity? That gloves designed like gecko feet let people climb straight up glass walls? Or that kids are finding ways to make compostable plastic out of banana peels? Biomimicry, the scientific term for when we learn from and copy nature, is a revolutionary way to look to nature for answers to environmental problems such as climate change. In Design Like Nature young readers discover innovations and inventions inspired by the environment. Nature runs the entire planet with no waste and no pollution.