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The curse of King Tut's mummy (Stepping stones. True stories)
Par Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. 2007
When the pharaohs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But…
as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharaohs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of all - the tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse? Grades 2-4. 2007.Secret ingredients: the brave new world of industrial farming
Par Stuart Laidlaw. 2003
A vivid portrait of what modern industrial farming is, what it is doing to the environment, to farmers, to the…
plants and livestock we eat, and to us as consumers and as citizens. The author takes us from the dairy farms of Pennsylvania to Canada's prairie wheatfields, from the tomato greenhouses of southern Ontario to the potato fields of P.E.I. All along the way, he shows us food's secret ingredient - its hidden costs. 2003.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.No logo: taking aim at the brand bullies
Par Naomi Klein. 2000
As big companies such as McDonald's, Nike and Wal-mart keep getting bigger, consumers are becoming more wary of their attempts…
to force ready-to-wear lifestyles upon us. Klein discusses the growth of the corporate logo, and the resistance to the attempts of the big companies to move into every aspect of our lives. 2000.Fences and windows: dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate
Par Naomi Klein, Debra Ann Levy. 2002
The complete book of aliens & abductions
Par Jenny Randles. 1999
Written by the Director of Investigations at the British UFO Research Association, this reference examines key cases and episodes of…
alleged alien abduction. It also analyses the phenomenon, nation by nation, and features a comprehensive review of the major theories. 1999.The sea hunters: true life adventures with famous shipwrecks
Par Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2003
A hunter of shipwrecks documents the discovery or survey of twelve major ships in deep waters. Each ship's story begins…
with an account of its final voyage, then describes how the ship was found. Featured are the Confederate submarine Hunley and the Allied troop transport Leopoldville, among others. 2003, c1996.The island of seven cities: the discovery of a lost Chinese settlement in the Americas
Par Paul Chiasson. 2006
2002. Architect Paul Chiasson climbed a mountain on Cape Breton and found an old wide, well-made road, once flanked by…
walls. After two years of study, he believed that these ruins were originally built by the Chinese, as part of a large colony that thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery. Chiasson addresses how the colony was abandoned and forgotten except in the storytelling and culture of the Mi'kmaq, whose written language, clothing, technical knowledge, religious beliefs and legends expose deep cultural roots in China. 2006.The nature of economies
Par Jane Jacobs. 2000
Jacobs examines the similarities between the growth and change that occurs within an economy, and the growth and changes that…
occur within nature. She argues that through the study of systems found in nature we can better understand economic development.The mummy congress: science, obsession, and the everlasting dead
Par Heather Anne Pringle. 2001
After covering a conference of mummy experts, science reporter Heather Pringle became so intrigued with mummies that she spent a…
year circling the globe, visiting leading scientists in the field. She also investigated preserved Italian saints, Scandinavian mummies in bogs, and frozen Inca princesses. Pringle researched Egyptian embalmers, the past public craze for mummy unwrappings, and the Russians' attempts to preserve Stalin, and along the way learned what mummies have to tell us about ourselves. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.Millennium prophecies: predictions for the coming century from Edgar Cayce
Par Mark A Thurston. 1997
The author examines the millennium prophecies of spiritual philosopher and psychic visionary, Edgar Cayce, as well as Cayce's link to…
the projections of Nostradamus, predictions which still have relevance today. 1997.Strange events: incredible Canadian monsters, curses, ghosts, and other tales (Amazing stories)
Par Johanna Bertin. 2003
What are the chances of being hit by lightning three times in one lifetime? And then, being hit again after…
you are dead and buried? Read about this and other mysterious legends, including ghosts lurking on board mystery ships and the dark and chilling secrets of Niagara's Devil's Playground. 2003.Discover bones (Discover Ser.)
Par Lesley Grant. 1991
Bones can do many things. They help you to play. Some people make jewellery out of them. Plus, they're alive!…
Bones can also tell us a lot about our bodies and the world around us. Included in this book are activities that will help you learn about bones and all the things they can teach us! Several tactiles illustrating the shapes of various bones are included. Grades 3-6. 1991.There are things in this world that we cannot explain, such as reincarnation, premonitions, and other paranormal experiences. These occurrences…
are explored here from a scientific perspective, using current research and scientific theories. Suggestions on how to deal with such occurrences and where to go for help and information are also included. 2002.February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.The world we're in
Par Will Hutton. 2002
Will Hutton calls for Britain and Europe to offer alternatives to the American Way. Under President Bush America has been…
forthright in it's isolationism - until the attack on the World Trade Center - but whatever happens next, it is undoubtedly true that Bush will pursue a policy of America first. Hutton argues for a countervailing balance - economically and socially - to the American model. 2002.Arrival of the gods: revealing the alien landing sites of Nazca
Par Erich Von Däniken. 1998
Nazca, once only an isolated settlement in the midst of the Peruvian desert, is today a meeting place for archaeologists…
from around the world. Drawing on over thirty years study, Erich von Dääniken examines the various theories which attempt to explain the Nazca phenomena in terms of religious ritual, ancient roads and astrological symbols. He puts forward a startling revolutionary solution to one of archaeology's greatest enigmas.True UFO stories
Par Terry Deary. 1997
A collection of allegedly true UFO-based stories. Among the stories featured are that of two people who were kidnapped and…
used in horrific experiments by hideous, lizard-eyed aliens. There is also the story of strange beings descending in a beam of light to rescue a girl and her father.Witches, ghosts & loup-garous: scary tales from Canada's Ottawa Valley
Par Joan Finnigan. 1994
The new wilderness and unpeopled silences of Canada have long been fertile land for stories of the mysterious and frightening.…
In the Ottawa Valley, the tradition of storytelling and the fertile imagination of its settlers have created the Valley's own legends and ghost stories. Finnigan has collected some of these stories from the lumber camps and farms of the Valley.Richard Wagamese selected: What Comes from Spirit
Par Richard Wagamese. 2021
Richard Wagamese, one of Canada's most celebrated Indigenous authors and storytellers, was a writer of breathtaking honesty and inspiration. Always…
striving to be a better, stronger person, Wagamese shared his journey through writing, encouraging others to do the same. Following the success of Embers, which has sold almost seventy thousand copies since its release in 2016, this new collection of Wagamese's non-fiction works, with an introduction by Drew Hayden Taylor, brings together more of the prolific author's short writings, many for the first time in print, and celebrates his ability to inspire. Drawing from Wagamese's essays and columns, along with preserved social media and blog posts, this beautifully designed volume is a tribute to Wagamese's literary legacy