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Natural Selections: National Parks in Atlantic Canada, 1935-1970

Natural Selections: National Parks in Atlantic Canada, 1935-1970

Alan MacEachern

During the Depression the Canadian National Parks Branch was under pressure to make the park system truly national, to bring the advantages of parks to all provinces.
Who Was Rosa Parks?

Who Was Rosa Parks?

Yona Zeldis McDonough

In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. This seemingly small act triggered civil rights protests across America and earned Rosa Parks the title "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement.
Our National Parks

Our National Parks

John Muir

In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, with a view to ...
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Maryann N. Weidt

A brief biography of Rosa Parks, well-known for her role in the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama at the beginning of the civil rights movement.
Rosa Parks, Updated Edition

Rosa Parks, Updated Edition

Mary Hull

Mary Hull. Black Americans of Achievement legacy edition Rosa Parks civil rights leader Mary Hull With additional text written by Gloria Blakely and Dale Evva Gelfand Rosa Parks Copyright © 2007 by Infobase Publishing All rights.
A Choice of Weapons

A Choice of Weapons

Gordon Parks

“Gordon Parks’s spectacular rise from poverty, personal hardships, and outright racism is astounding and inspiring.” —from the foreword by Wing Young Huie
Rosa Parks

Rosa Parks

Douglas Brinkley

A portrait of the African American woman immortalized for refusing to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger examines who Rosa Parks was before, during, and after her historic act.
Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parks: Wildlife Watcher's ...

Yellowstone, Grand Teton National Parks: Wildlife Watcher's ...

Todd Wilkinson

The revised edition tells where to find wildlife in the parks, including current information on area wolf populations. 72 photos.
The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe

The Rough Guide to Zimbabwe

Barbara McCrea

The fourth edition of the Rough Guide to Zimbabwe includes Botswana's national parks and Okavanga Delta.
Metro California Media

Metro California Media

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... Williams Department Editors Automotive: Barbara Perkins Business: Barbara Perkins •Entertainment: Larry Croom Fashion: Barbara Perkins Food: Barbara Perkins •Lifestyles: Stuart Kellogg Real Estate: Barbara Perkins Sports Editor: Eddie ...
Grand Canyon, Zion & Bryce National Parks: Wildlife ...

Grand Canyon, Zion & Bryce National Parks: Wildlife ...

Todd Wilkinson

The books in this series of practical guides to America's National Parks direct visitors to wildlife watching hot-spots.
Suzan-Lori Parks

Suzan-Lori Parks

Deborah R. Geis

As mentioned in the introductory chapter, Jennifer Johung sees this scene as emblematic of Parks's spells. She notes that “the scene of spells is not merely unspeci‹c, but usefully so,” explaining that the silence calls our attention to the ...
The Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming ...

The Aliens Among Us: How Invasive Species Are Transforming ...

Leslie Anthony

Next stop was Haida Gwaii, where Laurie Wein and the Parks Canada “rat patrol” of Peter Dyment, Debby Gardiner, Tysen Husband, and Clint Johnson Kendrick welcomed me into their bobbing North Pacific sanctum. I can't thank Parks' ...
Canada Today: Canada D'aujourd'hui

Canada Today: Canada D'aujourd'hui

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PHOTO52 C LINDSAY FOR PARKS CANADA; B WALLACE FOR PARKS CANADA; CAROL MOORE-EDE One of the houses being excavated at L'Anse au Meadow was built over Archaic fireplaces predating the Norse by about 4,000 years ...
Hacklebarney and Voorhees State Parks

Hacklebarney and Voorhees State Parks

Peter Osborne

Hacklebarney and Voorhees State Parks recounts the history of two beautiful natural sanctuaries at the southwestern end of New Jersey's Highlands.
In Loving Memory of Barbara

In Loving Memory of Barbara

Matthew Wilson

Community nurse came this morning to see Barbara Matthew B/P and stats, taken Barbara still; complaining about her ... week Lynn Cowling willbe coming in Stead- Barbara didn't sleep at alllast Night, because Mark was in and Out ofbed,  ...
Barbara Winslow: Rebel

Barbara Winslow: Rebel

Elizabeth Ellis

Barbara Barba — Barbara Winslow or I'm a Dutchman! Your health, Mistress Barbara Winslow. Ha, ha! I knew I'd remember it soon. We toasted you after the trial, before I rode back to quarters. Lydia Philbeg, forsooth ! Ha, ha ! madame, I' ve ...
Perth & Western Australia

Perth & Western Australia

Terry Carter

TICKET TO NATURE Susie Ashworth A visit to some of Western Australia's national parks is a must, with most of the state's big-ticket natural attractions protected in these areas. Most parks are managed by the Department of Environment ...
Complete National Parks of the United States: Featuring 400+ ...

Complete National Parks of the United States: Featuring 400+ ...

Mel White

Presents detailed descriptions, maps, and contact information for the national parks of each state, ranging from the Everglades National Park in Florida to the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Careers

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Green Careers

Barbara Parks

Green Careers: Choosing Work for a Sustainable Future by Jim Cassio and Alice Rush, New Society Publishers, 2009. Green Jobs: A Guide to Eco-Friendly Employment by A. Bronwyn Llewellyn, M.A.; James P. Hendrix, Ph.D.; and K.C. ...
Baltimore's Historic Parks and Gardens

Baltimore's Historic Parks and Gardens

Eden Unger Bowditch

Baltimore's Historic Parks and Gardens explores the history of those spaces, including the vast and ancient Druid Hill Park, the gorgeous acreage of Cylburn Arboretum, and Mt. Vernon's beautiful floral presentation.
Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical ...

Civilizing Nature: National Parks in Global Historical ...

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Tracey Banivanua-Mar, 'Carving Wilderness: Queensland's National Parks and the Unsettling of Emptied Lands, 1890–1910', in Making Settler Colonial Space: Perspectives on Race, Place and Identity, ed. Penny Edmonds and Tracey ...
Marine mammal and seabird survey of the Southern California ...

Marine mammal and seabird survey of the Southern California ...

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The U.S. Navy (San Miguel, San Nicolas and San Clemente islands) and the National Parks Service (Anacapa and Santa Barbara Islands) for access to islands under their custody and logistical support - Dan Anderson, Joe Jehl, Lloyd Kiff, ...
Black Hills: The Story Behind the Scenery

Black Hills: The Story Behind the Scenery

Beverly Pechan

Explore the Black hills with five national parks and monuments, three state parks, two memorial mountain carvings, five recreational reservoirs, a national forest and two wilderness preserves, a national grassland, a wild horse sanctuary, ...
National Parks: The American Experience

National Parks: The American Experience

Alfred Runte

22. Pyne, Fire in America, 122; McLaughlin, “Restoring Fire to the Environment in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks,” 394. 23. Beyond fire ecology, a survey of the literature includes Robert Dolan, Bruce P. Hayden, and Gary Soucie , ...
Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks

Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks

Jeff Campbell

A comprehensive guide to Utah's most popular national parks, Zion & Bryce Canyon includes three hiking charts and more than 50 hikes that take visitors to the heart of the canyons.
100 Ideas for Great Outdoor Vacations to Take with Your Dog

100 Ideas for Great Outdoor Vacations to Take with Your Dog

Doug Gelbert

This book is not about traveling with your dog to tiny, fenced in dog parks or disappearing into the wilderness; it is about places you want to see, and taking your dog to share your fun. 100 Ideas, more than 500 beaches, parks and ...
Issues and Choices in Clinical Nutrition Practice

Issues and Choices in Clinical Nutrition Practice

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Parks SC, Babjak PM, Fitz PA, Maillet JO, Mitchell BE. President's page: Future Search Conference helps define new directions in practice, education, and credentialing. JAm Diet Assoc 1994;94:1046–1047. Parks SC, Fitz PA, Maillet, JO , ...
The Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville, Ohio,: 125 ...

The Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville, Ohio,: 125 ...

Martha V. Mallett Sisler

W. Poole, S, from probation Margaret Parks, S, from probation Russell Pugh, S Ellsworth Parks, S John Peoples, S Mary Runyon, S, from probation Beulah Richardson, S Charles Spurrier, M, from probation Mrs. Charles Spurrier, M, from  ...

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