History and geography

  • Remembering our relations : Dënesuliné oral histories of Wood Buffalo National Park

    Creator

    Fortna, Peter

    Trimble, Sabina

    Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation

    Abstract

    Wood Buffalo National Park is located in the heart of Dénesułıuné homelands, where Dene people have lived from time immemorial. Central to the creation, expansion, and management of this park, Canada 's largest at nearly 45, 000 square kilometers, was the eviction of Dénesułıuné people from their home, the forced separation of Dené families, and restriction of their Treaty rights. Remembering Our Relations tells the history of Wood Buffalo National Park from a Dene perspective and within the context of Treaty 8.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Calgary Press

    Not specified
  • Prairie interlace : weaving, modernisms, and the expanded frame, 1960-2000

    Abstract

    Innovative textile-based artwork exploded across the Canadian Prairies in the second half of the twentieth century. Melding craft traditions with modern and modernist movements in art and theory, a diverse body of creators opened a beautiful new chapter in textile art. Prairie Interlace brings together some of the most important scholars of art and craft in Canada to examine the work of forty-eight artists working with textiles from the 1960s to 2000.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Calgary Press

    Not specified
  • Prairies entrelacées : tissage, modernisme et cadre élargi (1960-2000)

    Abstract

    Au cours de la deuxième moitié du vingtième siècle, un foisonnement remarquable d'oeuvres textiles novatrices s'est produit dans les Prairies canadiennes. Melant traditions artisanales, mouvements de l'art moderne et moderniste et approches théoriques, un groupe de créateurs d'origines diverses ouvrent alors un magnifique chapitre de l'art du textile.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    University of Calgary Press

    Not specified
  • The wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder

    Creator

    Grann, David

    Abstract

    From the author of Killers of the Flower Moon, a page-turning story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. The powerful narrative reveals the deeper meaning of the events on The Wager, showing that it was not only the captain and crew who ended up on trial, but the very idea of empire.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Doubleday

    Not specified
  • 1776

    Creator

    McCullough, David

    Abstract

    America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation's birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America's survival in the hands of George Washington.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • John Adams

    Creator

    McCullough, David

    Abstract

    The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America's founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Scribner

    Not specified
  • Nights that shook the stage : forty pivotal events in theater history

    Creator

    Brenna, Dwayne

    Abstract

    Some of the most raucous evenings in the history of theater are chronicled in this lively discussion of occasions when theater-makers changed the course of theatrical, and sometimes world, history. Covering a wide range of events from the inauspicious opening of Oedipus Rex in Athens, to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., to the violence-riddled performance of Halla Bol in New Delhi, this book offers detailed and studied observations of specific minutes, hours, and days on the stage.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Jefferson

    McFarland

    Not specified
  • That's not hockey

    Creator

    Poulin, Andrée

    Abstract

    The legendary goalie who revolutionized the game of hockey - Young Jacques Plante's way of playing hockey may look different from everyone else's. Instead of a puck, he uses a tennis ball, and his shin pads are made out of potato sacks and wooden slats. But that's not going to stop him. He loves the game. Jacques is drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in his mid-twenties. Fans love the unstoppable goalie as he leads his team to one victory after another. But there's a price to pay: pucks to the face result in a broken jaw, broken cheekbones, multiple stitches, and even a skull fracture.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Annick Press

    Not specified
  • But you don't look Arab : and other tales of unbelonging

    Creator

    Gorani, Hala

    Abstract

    Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants. What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels? How can people find a sense of belonging when they have never felt part of a "tribe?" And how does a blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman who's never lived in the Middle East honor her Arab Muslim ancestry and displaced family - a family forced to scatter when their home country was torn apart by war?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Hachette Books

    Not specified
  • Uprooting : from the Caribbean to the countryside--finding home in an English country garden

    Creator

    Farrell, Marchelle

    Abstract

    What is home? It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Until, disillusioned, she uprooted again, this time for the peaceful English countryside. The only Black woman in her village, Marchelle hopes to grow a new life. But when a worldwide pandemic and a global racial reckoning collide, the upheaval of colonialism that has led her to this place begins to be unearthed. Is this really home? And can she ever feel truly grounded here?

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland

    Canongate Books

    Not specified