Extraordinary Canadians: Big Bear

Extraordinary Canadians: Big Bear
Author: Rudy Wiebe
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2008-12-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0143172700

Big Bear (1825–1888) was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. Rudy Wiebe, author of a Governor General’s Award–winning novel about Big Bear, revisits the life of the eloquent statesman, one of Canada’s most important aboriginal leaders.

The Temptations of Big Bear

The Temptations of Big Bear
Author: Rudy Wiebe
Publisher: Vintage Books Canada
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Historical fiction, Canadian
ISBN: 9780676972191

Winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction.

Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!

Sneeze, Big Bear, Sneeze!
Author: Maureen Wright
Publisher: Two Lions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780761459590

Big Bear thinks that his tremendous sneezes are causing the leaves and apples to fall off the trees and the geese to fly away, but when the wind finally convinces him otherwise, he knows what to do.

The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List

The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List
Author: Robin Esrock
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2016-02-06
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 145973050X

Renowned travel writer and TV host Robin Esrock has explored every inch of Canada’s Prairies to craft the definitive Bucket List. From food and culture to nature and adrenaline rushes, Robin has the inspiration and information you’ll need to follow in his footsteps and discover everything Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to offer.

Big Bear, Small Mouse

Big Bear, Small Mouse
Author: Karma Wilson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2016-11-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1481459724

Even the smallest readers can have big fun with Bear in this sweet introduction to opposites from the New York Times bestselling creators of Bear’s New Friend. Bear is big, big, big, and mouse is small, small, small but these friends stick together through all the highs and lows! Join Bear and mouse as they spot all the opposites in their little glen. Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman team up again to bring the youngest Bear fans a delightful concept book that begs to be read out loud.

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond

In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond
Author: John Zada
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2019-08-15
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1771645199

This evocative work of nature writing traverses the world’s largest temperate rainforest to uncover the legend of the Sasquatch. Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest is home to trees as tall as skyscrapers and moss as thick as carpet. According to the people who live there, another giant may dwell in these woods. For centuries, locals have reported encounters with the Sasquatch—a species of hairy man-ape that could inhabit this pristine wilderness. Driven by his childhood obsession with the Sasquatch, yet trying to remain objective, journalist John Zada seeks out the people and stories surrounding this enigmatic creature. He speaks with local Indigenous peoples and a Sasquatch-studying scientist. He hikes with a former bear hunter. Soon, he finds himself on quest for something infinitely more complex, cutting across questions of human perception, scientific inquiry, Indigenous traditions, the environment, and the power of the human imagination to believe in—or to outright dismiss—one of nature’s last great mysteries.

Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear

Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear
Author: Theresa Gowanlock
Publisher: University of Regina Press
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780889771079

In Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear, the accounts of Theresa Delaney and Theresa Gowanlock were made to conform to the literary convention of the "Indian captivity narrative." Sarah Carter's scholarly introduction provokes a careful reconsideration of the text.

Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan
Author: Douglas Coupland
Publisher: Atlas and Company
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2010-11-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1935633163

Surveys the life and career of the social theorist best known for the quotation, "The medium is the message, " who helped shape the culture of the 1960s and predicted the future of television and the rise of the Internet.