Bluenose Country

Author : Mortimer Levy
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781460221235

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Bluenose Country by Mortimer Levy Pdf

Jim Cabot, a widower and retired engineer, endeavors to turn his life around by throwing himself into a four year boat building project that memorializes his late, beloved wife. William (Bill) Gallant, his neighbor and close friend, carries the daily burden of his own wife's dementia together with an illustrious but soul searching career as an inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Bluenose Country follows the intersecting lives of four Maritime Canadian families, each of whom have confronted disappointing and tragic life experiences. As they meet the challenges of mental disability, physical abuse, homicide and same sex marriage, they learn to balance their lives with their traditional upbringings. In the face of close- mindedness, career changing decisions and the unrelenting march of time, they come to terms with family values and learn that compassion and love can eventually conquer all.

Author : Mortimer Levy
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781641829373

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Down East in Bluenose Country by Mortimer Levy Pdf

Jim Cabot, a widower and retired engineer, endeavors to turn his life around by throwing himself into a four-year boat-building project that memorializes his late, beloved wife. William (Bill) Gallant, his neighbor and close friend, carries the daily burden of his own wife's dementia together with an illustrious but soul-searching career as an inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Down East in Bluenose Country follows the intersecting lives of four Maritime Canadian families, each of whom have confronted disappointing and tragic life experiences. As they meet the challenges of mental disability, physical abuse, homicide, and same-sex marriage, they learn to balance their lives with their traditional upbringings. In the face of close-mindedness, career-changing decisions, and the unrelenting march of time, they come to terms with family values and learn that compassion and love can eventually conquer all.

Author : Ron Brown
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781459740952

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Canada's World Wonders by Ron Brown Pdf

Take an eclectic journey across Canada to seek out our world-renowned natural and historic landmarks, such as the relics of a famous gold rush, North America’s only walled city, indigenous deep heritage, spectacular landscape features, and awe-inspiring feats of engineering.

Author : Mark M. Orkin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317436324

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Speaking Canadian English by Mark M. Orkin Pdf

What do English-speaking Canadians sound like and why? Can you tell the difference between a Canadian and an American? A Canadian and an Englishman? If so, how? Linguistically speaking is Canada a colony of Britain or a satellite of the United States? Is there a Canadian language? Speaking Canadian English, first published in 1971, in a non-technical way, describes English as it is spoken in Canada – its vocabulary, pronunciation, syntax, grammar, spelling, slang. This title comments on the history of Canadian English – how it came to sound the way it does – and attempts to predict what will happen to it in the future. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 910 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : American literature
ISBN : HARVARD:HXPBQP

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Literary News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 7703 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781317415466

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Routledge Library Editions: The English Language by Various Pdf

This set reissues 29 books on the English language, originally published between 1932 and 2003. Together, the volumes cover key topics within the larger subject of the English Language, including grammar, dialect and the history of English. Written and edited by an international set of scholars, particular volumes employ comparisons with other languages such as French and German, whilst other volumes are devoted to specific English dialects such as Cockney and Canadian English, or English in general. This collection provides insight and perspective on various elements of the English language over a period of 70 years and demonstrates its enduring importance as a field of research.

Author : Alice Emerson
Publisher : Litres
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9785040491698

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Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point: or, Nita, the Girl Castaway by Alice Emerson Pdf

Author : Harold Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595349890

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Out of Darkness--Light by Harold Skaarup Pdf

Intelligence is a key element of operations, enabling commanders to successfully plan and conduct operations. It enables them to win decisive battles and it helps them to identify and attack high value targets. Intelligence is an important part of every military decision. Military intelligence is the knowledge of a possible or actual enemy or area of operation. It encompasses combat intelligence, strategic intelligence, and counterintelligence, and is essential to the preparation and execution of military policies, plans, and operations. The objective of military intelligence is to minimize the uncertainties of the affects of enemy, weather and terrain on operations. The decisive factor in warfare has often been the utilization of good intelligence. A glimpse of how this has been done in the Canadian Forces is contained in this reference book on the Intelligence Branch history.

Author : Ray Simm
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781329111806

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Wobbles by Ray Simm Pdf

Catching updrafts beautifully, a soaring eagle glided effortlessly a foot above spiked tops of ridge-sprouting, softwood trees. A left-wing moved upward missing a taller tree-top by inches. Seconds later, another tree-top was avoided with the right-wing. No wing-flapping occurred. Line of flight was maintained. That magnificent raptor was counter-steering. My long-time companion and two-up riding partner, once an active pilot, .said motorcycling was the closet thing to flying without an airplane or flapping wings. Ray describes some biking experiences covering many miles over many years. Imagine non-helmeted enthusiasts, piloting suicide-shift Harley's, through the dispute over whether or not buddy-seats should be allowed on motorcycles, to all-too-often, sitting beside dirt roads, trying to fix a broken chain by pounding on a link with a piece of rock.

Author : Rick Reilly
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307793898

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Missing Links by Rick Reilly Pdf

When a group of middle-class buddies obsessed with golf set up a bet to see who can finagle their way onto the nearby private course, their friendship is tested in ways they had never expected in this humorous novel from Rick Reilly, one of America’s most popular sportswriters. Missing Links is the story of four middle class buddies who live outside of Boston and for years have been 1) utterly obsessed with golf and 2) a regular foursome at Ponkaquoque Municipal Course and Deli, not so fondly known as Ponky, the single worst golf course in America. Just adjacent to these municipal links lies the Mayflower Country Club, the most exclusive private course in all of Boston and a major needle in their collective sides. Frustrated by the Mayflower's finely manicured greens and snooty members, three of Ponky's finest and most courageous—Two Down, Dannie, and Stick—set up a bet: $1,000.00 apiece, and the first man to somehow finagle his way on to the Mayflower course takes all. Lying, cheating, and forgery are encouraged, to put it mildly, and with the constant heckling and rare aid of Chunkin' Charlie, Hoover, and Bluto--a few more of Ponky's elite--the games begin. One of the three will eventually play the Mayflower's course, but their friendships--and everything else--will change as various truths unravel and the old Ponky starts looking like the home they never should have left.

Author : John Bouchard
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781490720449

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Life on the Invisible Line by John Bouchard Pdf

John Bouchard was born in1934, in Falcon Bridge, Ontario. From an early age, John displayed artistic ability. As a young child, he drew detailed pictures, displaying talent far beyond his age. As an older child he began to paint pictures which caught the attention of many. In 1957, he attended The Southern Alberta College of Fine Arts, in Calgary, Alberta, where he studied graphic art and design. Upon completion, he worked as a sign designer, creating signs for various businesses. John had always had a penchant for the outdoors. He left his sign design job, pursuing his love for the wilderness. He bought a trap line near Petrie, Ontario. He enjoyed trapping, being his own boss, and working in the wilderness. That summer, he worked for the Department of Lands and Forests as a "tower man" at the Loch Erne fire tower near Shebandowan Lake. In 1967, his work with Lands and Forests led him to a summer job as Ranger at the Cache Bay Quetico Park Ranger Station. During the winter of 1968, John accepted a position with a toy manufacturer in Chanhassen, Minnesota, where he designed stuffed toys. Once again, John was not content with an indoor job. In the spring of 1968, John acquired a seasonal job as Deputy Conservation Officer at Saganaga Lake. During the winters, he trapped in the same area. In 1985, John was promoted to Conservation Officer and was posted in Nakina, Ontario. A few years later, he was transferred to Upsala, Ontario. John retired in 1994 and currently lives in Thunder Bay Ontario.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2006 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Shoes
ISBN : NYPL:33433090803242

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Boot and Shoe Recorder by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ernest K. Hartling
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1989-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554881017

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Blue Nose Master by Ernest K. Hartling Pdf

Captain Ernest Hartling, born in Spanish Ship Bay, Nova Scotia, in 1906, takes us on a voyage through a life crammed with adventure, colour, and excitement.

Author : Andrew Hempstead
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780470680797

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Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island For Dummies by Andrew Hempstead Pdf

Make the most of your trip to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island The Canadian Maritimes combines beautiful scenery with warm hospitality like few other places do. With this easy-to-follow guide you'll make sure you find everything worth seeing, from Cape Breton's breathtaking Cabot Trail to lobster suppers in PEI, and much more. Discover: Down-to-earth trip-planning advice What you shouldn't miss -- and what you can skip The best hotels and restaurants for every budget Lots of detailed maps

Author : William Baillie Hamilton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89062147814

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The Nova Scotia Traveller by William Baillie Hamilton Pdf