Pemmican Eaters, The

Pemmican Eaters, The
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Publisher : ECW Press
Total Pages : 66
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ISBN-10 : 9781770907225
ISBN-13 : 177090722X
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Pemmican Eaters, The by : Marilyn Dumont

A picture of the Riel Resistance from one of Canada's preeminent MéŽtis poets With a title derived from John A. Macdonald's moniker for the MéŽtis, The Pemmican Eaters explores Marilyn Dumont's sense of history as the dynamic present. Combining free verse and metered poems, her latest collection aims to recreate a palpable sense of the Riel Resistance period and evoke the geographical, linguistic/cultural, and political situation of Batoche during this time through the eyes of those who experienced the battles, as well as through the eyes of Gabriel and Madeleine Dumont and Louis Riel. Included in this collection are poems about the bison, seed beadwork, and the Red River Cart, and some poems employ elements of the Michif language, which, along with French and Cree, was spoken by Dumont's ancestors. In Dumont's The Pemmican Eaters, a multiplicity of identities is a strengthening rather than a weakening or diluting force in culture.

How a Poem Moves

How a Poem Moves
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Publisher : Misfit Book
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1770414568
ISBN-13 : 9781770414563
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis How a Poem Moves by : Adam Sol

How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walk readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and delivers essays that demonstrate poetry's range and pleasures through encounters with individual poems that span traditions, techniques, and ambitions.

A Really Good Brown Girl

A Really Good Brown Girl
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1771313455
ISBN-13 : 9781771313452
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis A Really Good Brown Girl by : Marilyn Dumont

First published in 1996, A Really Good Brown Girl is a fierce, honest and courageous account of what it takes to grow into one's self and one's Metis heritage in the face of myriad institutional and cultural obstacles. It is an indispensable contribution to Canadian literature

The Rope Eater

The Rope Eater
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Publisher : Anchor
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : 9780307429261
ISBN-13 : 0307429261
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rope Eater by : Ben Jones

When Brendan Kane accepts a stranger’s offer of work--two years on a ship departing the following morning--the nature of the journey isn't divulged. It matters not, though, for Kane is directionless himself, having just witnessed the Civil War's horrors only to return North with nothing but the clothes on his back and as many dead soldiers' letters as he could carry in his pockets. Aboard the mysterious Narthex, Kane meets a ramshackle crew that includes an eccentric doctor and a three-handed Muslim full of horrifying lore. Kane learns only that they're sailing for the Artic in search of gold or maybe whales. But when it turns out the Narthex's destination is a temperate paradise hidden amidst glaciers–a mythical place–Kane and his cohorts must struggle to survive not only the bleak Artic conditions, but the loosening grip on sanity of an egomaniacal captain and the data-obsessed doctor. With each second that passes, it seems increasingly unlikely any of them will get out alive.

The Fat of the Land

The Fat of the Land
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Publisher : Youcanprint
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 9788892634732
ISBN-13 : 8892634739
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis The Fat of the Land by : Vilhjalmur Stefansson

The author details his experiment in extreme nutrition, an enlarged edition of, "Not by Bread Alone." The book extols the virtues of meat in the human diet.

A People and a Nation

A People and a Nation
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Publisher : UBC Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9780774865098
ISBN-13 : 0774865091
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis A People and a Nation by : Jennifer Adese

In A People and a Nation, the authors, most of whom are Métis, offer readers a set of lenses through which to consider the complexity of historical and contemporary Métis nationhood and peoplehood. The field of Métis Studies has been afflicted by a longstanding tendency to situate Métis within deeply racialized contexts, and/or by an overwhelming focus on the nineteenth century. This volume challenges the pervasive racialization of Métis studies with multidisciplinary chapters on identity, history, politics, literature, spirituality, religion, and kinship networks, reorienting the conversation toward Métis experiences today.

Not by bread alone - Eating meat and fat for stay Lean and Healthy

Not by bread alone - Eating meat and fat for stay Lean and Healthy
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Publisher : Youcanprint
Total Pages : 339
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ISBN-10 : 9788892634725
ISBN-13 : 8892634720
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Not by bread alone - Eating meat and fat for stay Lean and Healthy by : Vilhjalmur Stefansson

The author details his experiment in extreme nutrition. This famous book extols the virtues of meat in the human diet.

The Beaver

The Beaver
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Total Pages : 566
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000117900823
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Rating : 4/5 (23 Downloads)

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How a Poem Moves

How a Poem Moves
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Publisher : ECW Press
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781773053172
ISBN-13 : 1773053175
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis How a Poem Moves by : Adam Sol

A collection of playfully elucidating essays to help reluctant poetry readers become well-versed in verse Developed from Adam Sol’s popular blog, How a Poem Moves is a collection of 35 short essays that walks readers through an array of contemporary poems. Sol is a dynamic teacher, and in these essays, he has captured the humor and engaging intelligence for which he is known in the classroom. With a breezy style, Sol delivers essays that are perfect for a quick read or to be grouped together as a curriculum. Though How a Poem Moves is not a textbook, it demonstrates poetry’s range and pleasures through encounters with individual poems that span traditions, techniques, and ambitions. This illuminating book is for readers who are afraid they “don’t get” poetry but who believe that, with a welcoming guide, they might conquer their fear and cultivate a new appreciation.