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13 Women : Parables From Prison

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edited by Karlene Faith with Anne NearPublication Details
BookDouglas & McIntyre2006Description
However their stories differ in the details, all of the women in this book speak about their time in prison with eloquence and admirable candor. While relaying stories of courage, resiliency, and hope, the editors raise provocative questions about personal accountability, the meaning of justice, the state?s uses and abuses of power, and the broad social challenges women face. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HV9468 .A15 2006 AVAILABLE
The Time In Between : A Novel

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David BergenPublication Details
Book1st U.S. edRandom House2005Description
In search of love, absolution, or forgiveness, Charles Boatman leaves the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and returns mysteriously to Vietnam, the country where he fought twenty-nine years earlier as a young, reluctant soldier. When he disappears, his daughter Ada, and her brother, Jon, travel to Vietnam, to the streets of Danang and beyond, to search for him. ?Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ?Affecting?delicate?At the end of this lovely novel, it is Ada and her siblings who are left searching, and the reader along with them.? ?The Wall Street Journal ?The Vietnam War has been the inspiration for scores of novels, but Bergen?s fifth book is one of the most moving we?ve encountered.? ?Sacramento Bee ?A beautifully crafted meditation on the frustrating search for emotional clarity?.[This] simmering novel will mesmerize readers with the intensity of its vision.? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PR9199.3.B413 T56 2005 AVAILABLE
Klee Wyck

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Emily Carr ; forewords by Ira Dilworth ; introduction by Kathryn BridgePublication Details
Book1st U.S. edDouglas & McIntyre2004Description
The title of artist, writer, and rebel Emily Carr’s first book means “Laughing One,” the nickname given her by the Native people of Canada’s west coast. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E78.B9 C37 2004 AVAILABLE
Taking Stands : Gender And The Sustainability Of Rural Communities

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Maureen G. ReedPublication Details
BookUBC Press2003Description
Environmental activism in rural places frequently pits residents whose livelihood depends on resource extraction against those who seek to protect natural spaces and species. While many studies have focused on women who seek to protect the natural environment, few have explored the perspectives of women who seek to maintain resource use. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) HQ1240.5.C2 R44 2003 AVAILABLE
Hollywood North : The Feature Film Industry In British Columbia

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Mike GasherPublication Details
BookUBC Press2002Description
Addressing the specific economic and geographic factors that contribute to the province?s success, such as the low Canadian dollar and BC?s proximity to Los Angeles, Gasher also considers the broader implications of the increasingly widespread trend towards location service production on national cinema and cultural production. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) PN1993.5.C2 G37 2002 AVAILABLE
A Story As Sharp As A Knife : The Classical Haida Mythtellers And Their World

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Robert BringhurstPublication Details
BookUniversity of Nebraska Press2000Description
The Haida world is a misty archipelago a hundred stormy miles off the coasts of British Columbia and Alaska. A Story as Sharp as a Knife brings a lifetime of passion and a broad array of skills?humanistic, scientific, and poetic?to focus on a rich and powerful tradition that the world has long ignored. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E99.H2 B734 2000 AVAILABLE
The Crucible Of Creation : The Burgess Shale And The Rise Of Animals

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Simon Conway MorrisPublication Details
BookOxford University Press1998Description
Indeed, he provides a complete overview of this remarkable find, ranging from an informative, basic discussion of the origins of life and animals on earth, to a colorful description of Charles Walcott’s discovery of the Burgess Shale and of the painstaking scientific work that went on there (as well as in Burgess collections held at Harvard and the Smithsonian), to an account of similar fossil finds in Greenland and in China. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (UPPER LEVEL) QE770 .C67 1998 AVAILABLE
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