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The heritage detective. Volume two : the hidden stories of ordinary Victorians who did extraordinary things

Edwards, Helen, 1946- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

971.128 EDW

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SD_ILS:722503

East Side story : growing up at the PNE

Marino, Nick, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

607.34 MAR

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SD_ILS:690903

The eventful life of Philip Hankin : worldwide traveller and witness to British Columbia's early history

Mynett, Geoff, 1946- author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Books

Call Number

923.2711 HAN

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SD_ILS:690904

Unbroken : my fight for survival, hope, and justice for Indigenous women and girls

Sterritt, Angela, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Books

Call Number

305.48897 STE

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SD_ILS:655274

Between us : Adad Hannah’s social distancing portraits

Hannah, Adad, 1971- artist, photographer, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

779.2 HAN

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SD_ILS:683443

British Columbiana : a millenial in a gold rush town

Teed, Josie, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

971.175 TEE

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SD_ILS:683447

The fire still burns : life in and after residential school

George, Sam (Samuel James), author.

Publication Date

2023

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371.82997 GEO

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SD_ILS:683451

Galena Bay odyssey : reflections of a hippie homesteader

Schwartz, Ellen, 1949- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

971.162 SCH

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SD_ILS:683454

Unlikely insider : a West Coast advocate in Ottawa

Austin, Jack, 1932- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

971.0644 AUS

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SD_ILS:683476

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The heritage detective. Volume one : the hidden stories of ordinary Victorians who did extraordinary things

Edwards, Helen, 1946- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

971.128 EDW

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SD_ILS:684797

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Outsider : an old man, a mountain and the search for a hidden past

Popplewell, Brett, 1983- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

796 POP

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SD_ILS:670315

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E.J. Hughes : life at the lake

Amos, Robert, author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

927.5911 HUG

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SD_ILS:696856

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Vancouver Island (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Victoria (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Architecture, Domestic -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

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Authors, Canadian -- 21st century -- Biography.

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Dwellings -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

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First Nation Communities Read (2024/25) -- Nominee.

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First Nations -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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First Nations women -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Nominee.

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Neighborhoods -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- History.

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Victoria (B.C.) -- History.

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Aabye, Dag, 1941-

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Adventure and adventurers -- British Columbia -- Victoria -- Biography.

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Americans -- British Columbia -- Kootenay Region -- Biography.

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Anecdotes.

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Artists -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Austin, Jack, 1932-

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Autobiographies

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Autoimmune diseases -- Patients -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Bereavement.

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Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Nominee.

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Blanshard, Richard, 1817-1894.

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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.

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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- Biography.

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British Columbia -- History -- 1849-1871.

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Bryden, Jack -- Travel.

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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 -- Social aspects -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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Cabinet officers -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Canada -- Race relations.

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Canadian wit and humor (English)

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Communal living -- British Columbia -- Kootenay Region.

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Community arts projects -- British Columbia, Northern.

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Country life -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast.

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East Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Evans, Augusta, 1888-1978.

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Exhibitions -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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Fairs -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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First Nations -- Biography.

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First Nations -- British Columbia -- Residential schools.

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First Nations -- Civil rights -- Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

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First Nations -- Education -- British Columbia.

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First Nations -- Tsleil-Waututh Nation -- Government relations.

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First Nations -- Tsleil-Waututh Nation -- Social conditions.

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First Nations activists -- Tsleil-Waututh Nation -- Biography.

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First Nations children -- Crimes against.

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First Nations children -- Violence against.

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George, Rueben -- Family.

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George, Rueben.

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George, Sam (Samuel James)

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Gitxsan -- Biography.

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Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (2023) -- Nominee.

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Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction (2024) -- Nominee.

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Governors -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Biography.

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Gundersen-Bryden, Britta -- Travel.

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Handicraft -- Anecdotes.

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Handicraft -- Humor.

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Hankin, Philip, 1836-

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Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2023) -- Nominee.

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Hippies -- British Columbia -- Kootenay Region -- Biography.

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Hitchhiking.

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Honda, Keiko (Artist)

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Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 1913-2007.

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Human ecology -- British Columbia -- Sumas Mountain.

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Human-animal relationships.

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Humor.

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Indigenous Voices Awards (2024) -- Nominee.

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Indigenous journalists -- Canada -- Biography.

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Indigenous peoples -- British Columbia.

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Indigenous women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia.

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Indigenous women -- Violence against -- British Columbia.

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Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Nominee.

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Jim Deva Prize for Writing That Provokes (BC Book Prizes) (2024) -- Winner.

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Journalists -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Kayaking.

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Knott, Helen, 1987-

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Knott, Helen, 1987- -- Family.

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Kootenay Region (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Lang, Natalie Virginia.

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Legislators -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Legislators -- Canada -- Biography.

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Marino, Nick -- Childhood and youth.

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Men -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- Biography.

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Miller, Kristin, 1946-

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Misogyny.

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Missing persons -- British Columbia.

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Mothers and daughters.

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Mountain life -- British Columbia -- Sumas Mountain.

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Munroe, Don, 1945-

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Munroe, Don, 1945- -- Travel.

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Murder -- Investigation -- British Columbia.

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Murder victims -- British Columbia.

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Nishi, Kanako, 1977- -- Health.

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Older athletes -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Older men -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Oral histories.

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Pacific Coast (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Pacific National Exhibition (Vancouver, B.C.) -- History.

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Painters -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Biography.

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Personal narratives.

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Petroleum pipelines -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia.

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Politicians -- Canada -- Biography.

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Portrait photography -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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Quilting -- British Columbia, Northern.

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Quiltmakers -- Canada -- Biography.

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Rape in mass media.

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Recluses -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Runners (Sports) -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Schwartz, Ellen, 1949-

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Seafaring life -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast.

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Self-actualization (Psychology)

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Self-reliant living -- British Columbia -- Kootenay Region.

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Skiers -- British Columbia -- Biography.

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Social distancing (Public health) -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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Social justice -- Canada.

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St. Paul's Residential School (Squamish)

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Sterritt, Angela.

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Stunt performers -- Biography.

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Sumas Mountain (B.C.)

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Symington-Fedy, Emelia -- Childhood and youth.

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Symington-Fedy, Emelia.

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Tableaux (Art) -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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Teachers -- Zimbabwe -- Biography.

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Teed, Josie.

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Tour guides (Persons) -- British Columbia -- Barkerville Historic Town -- Biography.

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Travel writing.

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Urban-rural migration -- History -- 20th century.

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Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography -- Portraits.

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Vancouver (B.C.) -- Biography.

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Vancouver Island (B.C.) -- History -- 19th century.

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Video art -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.

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Wayfaring life.

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Welch, Charmaine -- Anecdotes.

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Welch, Charmaine -- Humor.

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Wells (B.C.) -- History.

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Wells (B.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century.

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Wildlife conservationists -- Biography.

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Wildlife management.

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Women -- Anecdotes.

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Women -- Crimes against -- British Columbia.

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Women -- Humor.

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Women journalists -- Canada -- Biography.

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World University Service of Canada -- Officials and employees -- British Columbia.

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Zimbabwe -- Description and travel.

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Edwards, Helen, 1946- author.

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Allison, Lou, editor.

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Amos, Robert, author.

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Austin, Edie, author.

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Austin, Jack, 1932- author.

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Belson, Liam, author.

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Container of (work): Hughes, E. J. (Edward John), 1913-2007. Paintings. Selections.

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Evans, Augusta, 1888-1978, author.

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George, Rueben, author.

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George, Sam (Samuel James), author.

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Gibson, William, 1948- writer of foreword.

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Goldberg, Jill Yonit, author.

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Gough, Barry M., author.

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Gundersen-Bryden, Britta, author.

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Hannah, Adad, 1971- artist, photographer, author.

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Honda, Keiko (Artist), author.

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Keziere, Robert, photographer.

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Knott, Helen, 1987- author.

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Lang, Natalie Virginia, author.

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MacPhee, Dylan, author.

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Marino, Nick, author.

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Miller, Kristin, 1946- author.

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Munroe, Don, 1945- author.

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Mynett, Geoff, 1946- author.

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Nishi, Kanako, 1977- author.

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Pemble, Dennis, author.

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Popplewell, Brett, 1983- author.

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Royal British Columbia Museum, publisher.

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Schwartz, Ellen, 1949- author.

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Simpson, Michael (Lecturer), author.

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Speare, Jean E., editor.

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Sterritt, Angela, author.

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Symington-Fedy, Emelia, author.

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Teed, Josie, author.

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Welch, Charmaine, author.

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Wilde, Jane, 1955- compiler.

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Wilson, Tanis, author.

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Adult non-fiction book

Adult world language book

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