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The Flood of 2013 chronicles an unforgettable summer of angry rivers, unprecedented flooding and undeniable human spirit. This book looks at how the disaster irrevocably changed southern Alberta and its people. In the face of disaster, Albertans showed their true grit and rose above adversity—just like their ancestors did for generations before them.The flood began in southern Alberta on June 20 and led to four deaths, billions of dollars in damage and more than 100,000 people fleeing their homes to escape raging waters. More than eighty Herald journalists—photographers, writers, editors, videographers, researchers and digital producers—became involved in narrating the tale of the flood. Using their words and images, this stunning volume captures not only the devastation and destruction of the flood but also the emergence of heroes and heartfelt moments. Neighbours helped neighbours. Strangers helped strangers. And Albertans vowed to recover, come hell or high water.

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Looking for a way to make learning the alphabet fun? Step by step, learners can gain confidence and practice following multiple step directions while improving drawing skills and learning letters of the alphabet. For example, drawing the letter "A" and turning the letter into an airplane provides tools to solidify letter identification, letter formation, and beginning sounds combined with step-by-step drawing instructions. Instruction begins with one line or shape and continues adding one line and shape at a time. Each new addition is printed in a different color to help the student visually locate the new line. With such precise instruction, learners quickly learn how to self guide their way through the other lessons. Classroom teachers use this artist's work for centers, literacy workstations to build phonemic awareness, individually for differentiation, or for whole group instruction. Art teachers have also used this as a back up plan for substitutes.

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A young girl named Hazel has experienced a great tragedy. Losing her parent was one thing but........a murder?! Who is this person? Why would they do such a thing? Although not given the full support, she is determined to find he/she. Little does she know the obstacles coming her way. And the big reveal..........

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A young king, forced into the throne after the death of his family, must do everything in his power to maintain the peace in his kingdom and find his kidnapped brother. In the meantime, an alien race wishing to wipe them all out takes advantage of the strife.

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This is an intimate biography of an artist who became a legend after his death, but who in his private life stands revealed as a troubled man who was, in many ways, his own victim. Joan Murray’s new biography is part detective work, too: she investigates his beliefs, and the origins of his great masterpieces, and provides a convincing description of the possible circumstances of his death. The art of Tom Thomson represents one of the high points of Canadian modernism, which flourished in the first two decades of this century. During his brief career, lasting just five years, Thomson evolved a highly intense, naturalistic style, introducing formal innovations and challenging the idiom of the tonal landscape of painters popular in his day. Thomson’s idiosyncratic expressionist landscape art reflected the intellectual and psychological climate of pre-World War I Canada. It developed against the complex cultural background that produced the poets Bliss Carmen and Duncan Campbell Scott and, later, the painters of the Group of Seven. Despite his short creative life, and only half a decade of mature artistic activity, Thomson, a superb designer, produced an extensive body of work – more than thirty canvases and three hundred oil sketches – in a remarkably personal style, characterized by unusual colour combinations and strong patterns. Through it he conveyed the existential dimension of nature, making Algonquin Park – its trees, waters, and winds – the principal subject of his work.

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"By 1966, the composer Virgil Thomson would write, «Truth is, there is no avant-garde today.» How did the avant garde dissolve, and why? In this thought-provoking work, Stuart D. Hobbs traces the avant garde from its origins to its eventual appropriation by a conservative political agenda, consumer culture, and the institutional world of art.

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Wagner's Ring is one of the greatest of all artworks of Western civilization, but what is it all about? The power and mystery of Wagner's creation was such that he himself felt he stood before his work «as though before some puzzle.» A clue to the Ring's greatness lies in its multiple avenues of self-disclosure and the corresponding plethora of interpretations that over the years has granted ample scope for directors and will no doubt do so well into the distant future. One possible interpretation, which Richard Bell argues should be taken seriously, is the Ring as Christian theology. In this first of two volumes, Bell considers, among other things, how the composer's Christian interests may be detected in the «forging» of his Ring, looking at how he appropriated his sources (whether they be myths and sagas, writers, poets, or philosophers) and considering works composed around the same time, especially his Jesus of Nazareth.

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Great articles, written by great gun writers, about classic rifles! The Gun Digest Book of Classic American Combat Rifles presents a unique compilation of articles on the greatest American combat rifles developed since 1776, and as they originally appeared in Gun Digest . Since the first issue of Gun Digest in 1944, combat rifles have made regular appearances in the magazine, in articles on the romance, design, performance, historical, and technical significance—and even the shortcomings—of many rifles used by American troops in battle. Now, you can take a walk down memory lane, thru this volume of the best of these articles, written by the most respected writers working in the field during the second half of the 20th century: On the Springfield rifle—Col. Townsend Whelen On the rifles of World War II—Charles T. Haven On the M-14—John Lachuk On the AR-15/M16—Christopher R. Bartocci Most shooters recognize names like Springfield, Colt, Armalite, Sharps, and Spencer. Those rifles made it to the top and stayed there, while many other rifle designs were tested and adopted by the U.S. military only to slide into historical oblivion. Yet all are part of the history of the American combat rifle, and you'll find these various type of rifles and their stories in this exciting book.

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The Greatest Gun Book of All Time Presents &#150 The Greatest Guns of All Time!
<br>In <i>The Greatest Guns of Gun Digest&#174</i>!
<p>For over six decades, <i>Gun Digest</i> has been the definitive guide to the world's greatest guns. Pistol and revolvers, rifles and shotguns, military and commercial arms &#150 all have been lovingly and lavishly featured in the pages of the world's greatest firearms annual, <i>Gun Digest</i>.
<p>Now you can read the most detailed, most information-packed feature stories dealing with the world's greatest guns in one handy, entertaining volume. Compiled from 67 years of <i>Gun Digest</i> archives, <i>The Greatest Guns of Gun Digest</i> presents the most significant guns of all time, including<li>Paterson and Walker Colts<li>The Luger Pistol<li>The .44 Magnum. . .One Year Later (S&W M29)<li>Remington's XP-100<li>45 Auto Pistol<li>The Extraordinary Glock<li>Collecting Old Winchesters<li>World's Most Powerful Rifle<li>The Model 70 Winchester<li>The Winchester Model 94<li>Those Plastic Remingtons (Nylon 66)<li>Battle of the Automatics (Browning Double Auto/JC Higgins Model 60)<li>The Darne Gun<li>Winchester Model 42<li>The Thompson Submachinegun<li>The 1903 Springfield<li>The M16A2
<p>For the collector, for the shooter, for the fan of classic and special-interest guns, there's no other volume like <i>The Greatest Guns of Gun Digest</i>. It's a must-have addition to any shooter's library!

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In this excerpt from the Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry , Massad Ayoob says that International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) matches hone your CCW skills. They require you to move, draw and shoot in a simulated stress environment.

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