Ewing, Rex A.
Summary: "A hands-on guide to building solar-powered log homes, complete with how-to illustrations and photos, plus profiles of log home owners from across the United States. Topics includes log home construction, solar and wind energy, home heating options, pumping water, costs to consider, and Web resources"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PixyJack Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 690.837 EWIMcRaven, Charles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Betterway Books 1994
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Summary: Presents an introduction to Canadian cooking, describing traditional dishes, ingredients, and foods made for special holidays and festivals, with recipes for bannock, cranbury fudge, and tourtière.
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Publisher / Publication Date: KidHaven Press 2012
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Summary: "Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going by land across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. But then, in a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the worlds most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2014
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Places WhatChambers, Robert Wood
Summary: The Log Construction Manual is packed with information that is available nowhere else, including the Log Selection Rules, Chambers's brilliantly simple method for choosing which log to use next; instructions for building hip and valley log rafters and roof trusses from full-round logs; step-by-step directions for laying out the sill logs for virtually any floor plan, including hexagons, prows,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deep Stream Press 2003
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Editions 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 670 CarleyCarlsen, Spike
Summary: "Carpenter Spike Carlsen, his wife, and their recently blended family of five kids set out to build a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior. Part building guide and part memoir, Cabin Lessons tells the funny, wry, and heartwarming story of their eventful journey--from buying land on an eroding cliff to (finally) enjoying the hideaway of their dreams. Learning as they go, and learning about...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 690.80 CARPicard, André
Summary: "It took the coronavirus pandemic to open our eyes to the deplorable state of so many of the nation's long-term care homes: the inhumane conditions, overworked and underpaid staff, and lack of oversight. In this timely new book, esteemed health reporter André Picard reveals the full extent of the crisis in eldercare, and offers an urgently needed prescription to fix a broken system. When...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Canada 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.6 PICBenoit, Peter
Summary: This book will tell you why people wanted the Panama Canal to be built and what difficulties were faced in the construction of the canal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 972.875 BENGouin, Jacques
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Publisher / Publication Date: Methuen 1985
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 972.87 BALSegal, Nancy L.
Summary: Presents research from case studies in which identical twins were mistakenly switched and separated at birth and raised by families other than their birth families, discussng the psychological consequences, moral issues, and legal ramifications of such events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.44 SEGLemieux, Diane
Summary: Don't just see the sights, get to know the people. Unsuspecting outsiders often assume that Canadians are just like their American neighbors, if perhaps a little more modest. However, there is much more to it than that. Canadian society is a complex mosaic of distinct cultural identities that vary from province to province, and with high levels of immigration, it is one of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.1 CANFriedman, Matti
Summary: The little-known story of Leonard Cohen’s concert tour to the front lines of the Yom Kippur War, including never-before-seen selections from an unfinished manuscript by Cohen and rare photographs. In October 1973, the poet and singer Leonard Cohen—thirty-nine years old, famous, unhappy, and at a creative dead end—traveled from his home on the Greek island of Hydra to the chaos and bloodshed of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spiegel & Grau 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COHEN, LEONARD FRIHumphreys, Helen
Summary: "Poet and novelist Helen Humphreys's And a Dog Called Fig, a meditation on the benefits of dogs to the creative life, including the dogs of well-known writers from history, portraits of all the dogs from the author's life, and the arrival and raising of her new puppy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUMPHREYS, HELEN HUMEccles, W. J. (William John)
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of New Mexico Press 1979
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Contents: Riverside -- The Ford Motor Company of Canada -- Mr. Ford's Canadian Model T -- Victory bonds -- Lockout -- Motoropolis -- McGregor's legacy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wayne State University Press 2006
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Summary: "The true, harrowing story of the ill-fated 1913 Canadian Arctic Expedition and the two men who came to define it. In the summer of 1913, the wooden-hulled brigantine Karluk departed Canada for the Arctic Ocean. At the helm was Captain Bob Bartlett, considered the world's greatest living ice navigator. The expedition's visionary leader was a flamboyant impresario named Vilhjalmur Stefansson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 919.804 LEVMalcolm, Andrew H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Times Books 1985
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Summary: "Introduces the reader to what a cavity is, how to prevent them, and what happens when you get one"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 617.6 HERLassieur, Allison
Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023
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Summary: "Biography of Frances Perkins, the first female member of the presidential cabinet, and architect of much of the New Deal legislation as Secretary of Labor."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books Books for Young Readers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB PERKINS KRUFox, Michael J.
Summary: "In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease - a degenerative neurological condition. ... he tells the story of his life, his career, and his campaign to find a cure for Parkinson's."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FOX, MICHAEL FOXPunch, Terrence M.
Summary: Erin's Sons not only sheds light on many of the Irish immigrants who resided in Atlantic Canada between 1761 and 1853 but also provides an invaluable tool for U.S. researchers, since many New England Irish families can trace their ancestry through Atlantic Canada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Genealogical Pub. Co. 2008
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