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Pet Heroes - Lisa Wojna - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Pet Heroes - Lisa Wojna - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

People often form strong attachments to the animals in their lives, and sometimes the connection is so deep that pets put their lives on the line for the ones they love: * Angel, a golden retriever belonging to 11-year-old Austin Forman of Boston Bar, BC, intercepted a cougar as it leapt at her owner *Ning Nong, a four-year-old pet elephant in Phuket, Thailand, knew instinctively when a tsunami was about to crest in 2004; she led many to higher ground, saving them from drowning in the Indian Ocean * Effie, a 15-year-old German shorthair from Pine City, Minnesota, and her owner were out for a walk when she began pulling on her leash to get her master to take an alternate route; they wound up rescuing a 94-year-old man * Lulu, a pot-bellied pig, halted traffic on the shores of Lake Erie and led a rescuer to her owner, who was suffering from a heart attack * A parakeet named Willie helped save two-year-old Hannah Kuusk from choking by alerting his owner * The persistent yowling of an orange cat named Gepetto saved his owner, Phyllis Birch, from deadly carbon monoxide poisoning * When Fiona Boyd got between a cow and its calf, she might have been killed or severely injured if not for the actions of Kerry, her 15-year-old chestnut mare. * And more...

DKK 167.00
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Canadian Women Adventurers - Lisa Wojna - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Canadian Women Adventurers - Lisa Wojna - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Canada has an exciting legacy of courageous women who pushed through gender barriers and often exercised great daring, forging new paths and opportunities for other women. This collection of stories tells of strong, determined women whose dreams and experiences changed the shape of Canadian history and culture: · Roberta Bondar, the first Canadian woman astronaut to go into space. There she studied the effects of weightlessness on humans · Jeanne Mance, co-founder of the city of Montréal and a revolutionary in health care · Catherine Schubert, mother of three children and about to give birth to a fourth, scaled the Rockies on her journey to the gold fields of BC · Thanadelthur, a Chipewyan woman who negotiated peace between her people and the Cree, ending a long and bloody feud · Marie-Anne Lagimodiére was the first white woman to raise her family on the wild prairie of the Canadian West, and she became the grandmother of Louis Riel · Faith Fenton, teacher by day and journalist by night, is best known for her journey over one of the toughest trails to the Klondike · Emily Carr, a true visionary and one of Canada''s most famous artists, was happiest when she found a remote Native village to capture on canvas in her unique style · E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake, daughter of a Mohawk chief and an English woman, spent endless hours in her canoe writing haunting poems about a vanishing way of life · Sharon Wood, the first North American woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest taking the more difficult West Shoulder route.

DKK 113.00
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Canadian Crimes and Capers - Angela Murphy - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Canadian Crimes and Capers - Angela Murphy - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Canadian Crimes and Capers is a rascal-laden romp through the annals of our nation''s criminal history that demonstrates you''ll find good and bad in any country. Here are some of the evil-doers you''ll meet between the covers of this fascinating book: Edwin Alonzo Boyd, dashing and clever veteran of World War II, was also a bold bank robber who became notorious for his sensational escapes from the Don Jail. Hilda Blake earned notoriety as the only Manitoba woman ever to die by the hangman''s noose after the Brandon housemaid shot her mistress twice in the back. The Black Donnellys, a fierce family of Irish immigrants, feuded for 20 years with their neighbours in Lucan, Ontario, until a cold winter''s night in 1880 when a bloody slaughter brought the fight to an end Dr. John Schneeberger tried to escape conviction by cutting open his arm and inserting a tube of blood to confound police with bogus blood tests . Mad Trapper Albert Johnson led the RCMP on a wild 50-day chase and shoot-out across the Yukon wilderness before the Mounties got their man . Billy Miner charmed the folks of Mission, BC, with his refined manners and cultivated speech, while at the same time pulling off Canada''s first train robberies right under their noses . Bank manager Nick Lysyk embezzled over $16 million from a Bank of Montreal branch in Edmonton. When he was caught the money had disappeared on big houses, fast women and even faster cars. ...and there''s yet more murder and mayhem to be found in Canadian Crimes and Capers.

DKK 113.00
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Woman's Guide to 50 Shades of Canadian Men, The - David Maclennan - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Woman's Guide to 50 Shades of Canadian Men, The - David Maclennan - Bog - Folklore Publishing - Plusbog.dk

Hey, Ladies! Look no further for your perfect Canadian man! Find the big, brawny types and the smooth sensitive types right here with their habitat, favourite places and food: The Winterpegger On a cold January morning at the corner of Portage and Main stands the urban wild man-the Winterpegger-bracing himself against the violent gusts of near hurricane-force winds that blow between the city''s buildings; the Winterpegger is ready for whatever may come his way. The Polite Canadian "Hey there, friend. You''re looking good today. Let me get the door for you." Familiar words said by the most polite Canadian in the country-he never hesitates to give directions to a lost tourist, and on occasion the Polite Canadian has been known to take random visitors on a tour of his city. Le Séparatiste Deep in the heart of Québec lives a man with a mission he has been planning since the 1970s, consuming his every waking moment and fighting for "the cause" until his last breath-he wants 51 percent Québec''s population to believe the province should be an independent country, leaving the English federalist monarchists to their own devices. The Senior Leaguer Somewhere down at the local hockey rink anywhere in the country, a bunch of bald / grey-haired men sit in a humid, smelly dressing rooms, putting on tattered equipment and holding on to a small sliver of their youth by knocking around each other''s creaky old bones in a game of senior hockey. The BC Lumberjack Up in the northern wilds of British Columbia is a manly man''s man who works all day dwarfed by the giant trees of the coastal rainforest making swift work of the colossal timbers with his trusty axe and saw, a thankless job that must be done so that Canadians have a newspaper to read in the morning. The Toronto Suit High in the ivory towers of Bay Street in downtown Toronto, the Toronto Suit gets up from his leather executive chair, walks to the floor-to-ceiling window, unbuttons his Armani suit and looks down upon the world before him; he lives for meetings, deals and the art of the negotiation-a symbol of Canadian free enterprise.

DKK 152.00
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