Have you ever wondered how bridges don't fall down or how really old buildings stay standing up? Basic principles of architecture and engineering, including an introduction to bridges, locks...
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Author: Shand, JenniferSummary:
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Author: Dubé, Monique, Eum, Hyung, Wang, George, Farjad, Babak, Gupta, AnilSummary:
Responding to an increase in the intensity of natural and anthropogenic stressors, this book reviews the various approaches to the integrated modeling of climate and hydrology and provides...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Math and science -
Author: Gardner, Donald G., Pierce, Jon L., Steers, Richard M., Black, StewartSummary:
"This OpenStax resource aligns to introductory courses in Organizational Behavior. The text presents the theory, concepts, and applications with particular emphasis on the impact that individuals...
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Author: Walsh, JeanetteSummary:
Thirty-three nurses who graduated before 1950 were interviewed about nursing in communities throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Their nursing experiences cover a 60 year period and the stories...
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Author: Streatfeild, NoelSummary:
Pauline, Petrova and Posy Fossil are not really sisters, even their surname is invented since Great Uncle Matthew (GUM) adopted each of them on his various fossil-hunting trips. When the trio...
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Author: Strathern, PaulSummary:
Immanuel Kant taught and wrote prolifically about physical geography yet never traveled further than forty miles from his home in Kn̲igsberg. How appropriate it is then that in his philosophy he...
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Author: Garza, Ana.Summary:
Ana Garza's reference guide of Android commands with brief explanations assumes you already know how to use Android, but may occasionally need help remembering an accessibility command or setting...
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Author: Brundage, DavidSummary:
This text is designed with an interlinked structure and meant to be explored from various angles, giving instructors the flexibility to begin with readings, writing practice, or grammar review,...
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Author: Damian, Peter, Payer, Pierre J.Summary:
Some of the roots of the characteristic negative attitude to homosexuality can be found in Peter Damian’s appeal to Pope Leo IX. Though written 900 years ago by an Italian monk in a remote corner...
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Author: Reimer, MavisSummary:
The essays in Home Words explore the complexity of the idea of home through various theoretical lenses and groupings of texts. One focus of this collection is the relation between the discourses...
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Author: Lecker, RobertSummary:
The first collection of critical essays devoted to the study of English-Canadian literary anthologies brings together the work of thirteen prominent critics to investigate anthology formation in...
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Author: Conrad, JohnSummary:
Scarce Heard Amid the Guns tears the curtain of myth away, providing a rare, visceral inner perspective of the various Canadian peacekeeping missions. In the Service of Peace simple words that...
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Social science -
Author: Gay, Marie-Louise, Homel, DavidSummary:
An OLA Best Bet for 2012 Charlie can't wait for school to be over. But he's wondering what particular vacation ordeal his parents have lined up for the family this summer. Canoeing with alligators...
Genre: Juvenile fiction, Canadian fiction -
Author: Armstrong, KarenSummary:
As the work at the heart of Christianity, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. It is also the world's most widely distributed book-it has been...
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Author: Stacey, Robert DavidSummary:
It would be difficult to exaggerate the worldwide impact of postmodernism on the fields of cultural production and the social sciences over the last quarter century—even if the concept has been...
Genre: Literary arts, Canadian nonfiction