An Acre of Time

An Acre of Time
Author: Phil Jenkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2020-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781988437521

Winner of the Ottawa Citizen Award for Non-FictionWinner of the Canadian Authors Association Lela Common Award for Non-Fiction"Leave where you are, and come stand by me." So begins Phil Jenkins's narrative tale of an acre of land in Ottawa, an acre on LeBreton Flats, within sight of the Parliament Buildings. Through the lens of this acre, Jenkins explores the story of Ottawa as it goes from the last Ice Age to Indigenous territory, from colonization to becoming the capital city of Canada with a population of a million, from lumber to legislation - a fascinating blend of scholarship, wit and anecdote."All of Canada in a one acre plot." - Globe and Mail"May this book spawn others like it, for what a little gem it is." - Quill & Quire"Original and engaging ... an act of scholarship and imagination." - Maclean's"An Acre of Time is essential reading." - Urbform

101 French proverbs

101 French proverbs
Author: Jean-Marie Cassagne
Publisher: Contemporary Books
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1998
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9780844212913

Everyday French proverbs prove that there's nothing like a chuckle to make learning fast and easy. Each proverb is translated literally, given an English equivalent, and illustrated with a humorous cartoon.

Bousille and the Just

Bousille and the Just
Author: Gratien GĂ©linas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 1966
Genre: Canadian drama
ISBN: 9780772001931

"When Bousille, an earnest and self-effacing innocent, becomes a key witness in the Montreal murder trial of his cousin, the family are passionately concerned that his testimony should exonerate the accused and clear their good name. The situation points up the prevailing self-deception of the modern world which, while professing its belief in God and spiritual values, pursues Mammon with all its energies."--Cover.

The Age of Calamity

The Age of Calamity
Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Education
Total Pages: 186
Release: 1989
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780809464418

Surveys fourteenth-century world history in the eastern hemisphere.

100% Gleek

100% Gleek
Author: Evie Parker
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2010
Genre: Glee (Television program)
ISBN: 0553822748

High School Musical with a difference, Glee is the hottest TV show of the year. This all-singing, all-dancing musical dramedy follows a bunch of aspiring misfits and underdogs as they attempt to make their school choir cool.

Drug Testing

Drug Testing
Author: David E. Newton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1999
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780894909542

David E. Newton examines differing pro/con opinions on the topic of drug testing in schools, sports, and by employers as a means of curbing drug abuse. The author also explains drug testing procedures and discusses their effectiveness in detecting drug use.

At the Circus

At the Circus
Author: Meredith Books
Publisher: Forest House Publishing Company
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1991-02
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781878363572

Provides step-by-step instructions on easy-to-make projects about the circus, and includes a list of materials needed for each project.

1492

1492
Author: Piero Ventura
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

An account of Columbus's voyage links descriptions of life in various countries in fifteenth-century Europe with those of life among various Indians in the New World.

100 Things You Should Know about Dinosaurs

100 Things You Should Know about Dinosaurs
Author: Steve Parker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Dinosaurs
ISBN: 9781590844489

Takes you on a tour of our ever-changing weather systems. This book looks at different weather patterns across the globe. It contains facts about scorching droughts, floods and monsoons, freezing blizzards and wild, whirling winds.