Nellie: 89 books

This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from...

Part of The Traveler's Handbook series, The Adventure Traveler’s Handbook provides a mixture of on-the-ground tips and inspirational stories for both new and experienced outdoor explorers. Featuring all aspects of adventure travel from technical planning and training, to travel safety and winter survival skills, it is an indispensable guide to exploring bold new ways to travel.

It was a bleak day in November, with a thick, gray sky, and a great, noisy, blustering wind that had a knack of facing you, no matter which way you were going; a wind that would be in ill-favor anywhere, but in northern Alberta, where the wind is not due to blow at all, it was what the really polite...

Poems and Stories written by my Grandparents, Webster and Maggie Baker during the 1880s brings that part of History to life. Maggie was 18 and Webster 23 when Websters dad moved his family to Kansas to Homestead. Webster had to leave his girl friend back in Indiana. That is the heart ache behind...

Window blinds are coverings for windows, normally attached to the interior side. Window blinds refer to some device to hide from sight or to help reduce sunlight. This ebook is going to help you decide which blinds would be best for your decor and your home. GRAB A COPY TODAY!

If you've been languishing under credit card debt like we have, this book is a must read. It's concise and to the point. If you want to reduce your debt there's nothing in this book that anyone can't do. And it works! It's already fired me up to start paying down our debt in a way that we can afford....

iBooks Author is the first tool of its kind. Never before have publishers, authors, and content creators had a tool for making dynamic, interactive ebooks in a WYSIWYG environment. This book is intended to get you up and writing in iBooks Author. You’ll learn what to expect from this new tool and...

This modern classic is “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem—with a forward by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly). Depression-era Harlem is home for twelve-year-old Francie Coffin and her family, and it’s both a place of refuge and...

You think you’ve heard everything about Newfoundland and Labrador, but . . . Have you had a meal of padre? Have you ever seen a shalandi? Have you heard of basket soup? Would you find the term dry dough offensive? You’ve tried figgy duff, but have you eaten cod sounds? Work your tongue through...

The harrowing tale of the last woman hanged in Newfoundland.

Two Cree women fought injustices regarding the rights of Aboriginal women and children in Canada.

“Have you looked enough into the world and found it lacking? Have you sought peace in the world but only find yourself at a dead end road once again? Feeling the same sadness, have you finally decided to surrender? Are you ready? How great!” This quote is how it began. I was ready. My...

Cartucho es una serie de relatos a través del retrato de su experiencia directa; Las manos de mamá conjuga la figura protectora de la madre con el tema de la revolución y el villismo; en Apuntes sobre la vida militar de Francisco Villa, Campobello incursiona en la crónica, y deja atrás el relato breve. Se incluyen también sus poemas, de un modernismo preciosista.

The Forest People have always been there, hiding in the shadows and helping whenever they were needed. Adna grew up hearing stories about them, the pointy eared and beautiful beings that lived in the wooden areas. She even saw one once, and she never forgot him. He’d made her heart beat like never...