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  • Stories from the Magic Canoe of Wa’xaid

    by Cecil Paul, Briony Penn ...
    A remarkable and profound collection of reflections by one of North America’s most important Indigenous leaders.My name is Wa’xaid, given to me by my people. ‘Wa’ is ‘the river’, ‘Xaid’ is ‘good’ – good river. Sometimes the river is not good. I am a Xenaksiala, I am from the Killer Whale Clan. I would like to walk with you in Xenaksiala lands. Where I will take you is the place of my birth. They ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Walking Is Overrated

    An Autobiography

    by Cecil S. Paul ...
    Dont let your wheelchair be an obstacle in your life. It doesnt define who you are. After all, its only a means of transportation.Share my journey through life, as I have surpassed my hopes and dreams of living a normal and rewarding life. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Rock-Art of Eastern North America

    Capturing Images and Insight

    by James R. Duncan, Daniel Arsenault, Mary R. McCorvie, Carol Diaz-Granados, Richard Edging, Jan F. Simek, Steven R. Ahler, Mark J. Wagner, Fred E. Coy Jr0, Lori A. Stanley1, Edward J. Lenik2, Charles Swedlund3, Kevin L. Callahan4, Alan Cressler5, Robert A. Clouse Sr.6, Jack H. Steinbring7, Elayne Pope8, Cecil R. Ison9, Robert Boszhardt0, Paul A. Nevin1, Tommy Charles2, Joan M. Vastokas3, William Rex Weeks Jr4, Mark Hamilton Hedden5, Charles H. Faulkner6, Johannes Loubser7 ...
    Showcases the wealth of new research on sacred imagery found in twelve states and four Canadian provincesIn archaeology, rock-art—any long-lasting marking made on a natural surface—is similar to material culture (pottery and tools) because it provides a record of human activity and ideology at that site. Petroglyphs, pictographs, and dendroglyphs (tree carvings) have been discovered and recorded ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Following the Good River

    The Life and Times of Wa'xaid

    by Briony Penn ...
    Based on recorded interviews and journal entries this major biography of Cecil Paul (Wa’xaid) is a resounding and timely saga featuring the trials, tribulations, endurance, forgiveness, and survival of one of North American’s more prominent Indigenous leaders.Born in 1931 in the Kitlope, Cecil Paul, also known by his Xenaksiala name, Wa’xaid, is one of the last fluent speakers of his people’s ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Montesquieu's Science of Politics

    Essays on The Spirit of Laws

    by Cecil Courtney, Paul A. Rahe. Michael A. Mosher. Sharon Krause, Rebecca E. Kingston, Catherine Larrere, Iris Cox ...
    Montesquieu's The Spirit of Laws is one of a handful of classic works of political philosophy deserving a fresh reading every generation. The product of immense erudition, Montesquieu's treatise has captured since its first printing (1748) the imagination of an impressive array of intellectuals including Rousseau, Voltaire, Beccaria, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, Herder, Sieyès, Condorcet, ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

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    The Gambler (Unabridged)

    by Katherine Cecil THURSTON ...
    Narrated by Paul Carrillo ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours

    The book follows the life of Clodagh Asshlin, an Irish girl brought up with her younger sister by her spendthrift father in the wilds of the Irish countryside. When her father dies, she marries the much older friend of her father who pays off all the family’s debts. They move to Italy, where Clodagh falls in with a fast crowd where she is easily led by her naivete and youth down the wrong paths. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    On Subjects Connected with the Christian Ministry (Unabridged)

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    by Richard Cecil ...
    Narrated by Elisabeth Rickard, Paul Natalie, Antoinette Blanche, Michael Lewis ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 19 min

    A collection of brief observations about the Christian ministry, grouped thematically. "On my first intercourse with Mr. Cecil, now upwards of fifteen years since, when in the full vigor of his mind, I was so struck with the wisdom and originality of his remarks, that I considered it my duty to record what seemed to me most likely to be useful to others. It should be observed that Mr. Cecil is ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • The Party System

    by Hilaire Belloc, Cecil Chesterton ...
    Pertinent to America, Britain, and other Western democracies, this book explains that what people believe happens in national assemblies and parliaments is radically different from the reality. Instead of being places where debate is intense, passionate, and aimed at the national interest, the fact is most members of these institutions act on behalf of powerful, unelected interests. They know, ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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    There is a missing chapter in the narrative of Canada’s Indigenous peoples—the story of the Métis Nation, a new Indigenous people descended from both First Nations and EuropeansTheir story begins in the last decade of the eighteenth century in the Canadian North-West. Within twenty years the Métis proclaimed themselves a nation and won their first battle. Within forty years they were famous ... Read more

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  • Moon of the Crusted Snow

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  • The Break

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    Winner of the Amazon.ca First Novel Award and a finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award, The Break is a stunning and heartbreaking debut novel about a multigenerational Métis–Anishnaabe family dealing with the fallout of a shocking crime in Winnipeg’s North End.When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots ... Read more

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