Kelvin Bueckert
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It's history!It's what we can still learn from today.Four stories of obscure Canadians come alive as they are told in the first person. An incident that was recorded as happening on the prairie in the late 1800s is told as a humor piece. Letters found in a local museum are turned into an overview of the tragedy that was World War I. In our third chapter, we remember the efforts of Donald Carruthers to found the Manitoba Agricultural Museum. We end...
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Conflict in rural British Columbia! Drama in a Manitoba one room school! Romance in a winter corral! From the ice fields of winter, to the promise of spring and the pleasant warmth of summer. This collection of short interconnected stories follows a young family and their lives in the Canadian West. A time when men and women faced the struggle of survival with a sense of humour and hope. Will the harsh and ever shifting prairie claim another set of...
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The embrace of a blizzard. The hope that is found in a seed. The healing of rain after times of drought. What can we learn about life and love from these images of rural life? Make a cup of tea. Take a trip into the country...who knows, perhaps you will find your way home.
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"What is the point of all this chaos and pain?" Finding answers isn't easy. Sometimes it may be downright hard but then, so is life, and that's what this book is all about. It is a collection of poems and essays about struggle, war, depression, religion, and all those other monsters that we hide inside our thoughts. Some ideas may be considered controversial. Others humorous. But, whatever else this book is, it is honest. Who knows, perhaps it can...
5) Kelvinism
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What the donglebleeb is this?Well, to be blunt…this book is a compilation of blog postings and social media mutterings. Ahem. I apologize if you are offended by the language I use but that's the only way I can think of to get the point across.You see, English is the only language that I'm able to write in.What!? Stick with me. Um. Not that close...we don't even know each other...that's better. Ahem. Anyway, as the late great gladiator, Sparticus,...
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Come one! Come all! Witness sights never before seen by any man! (No we're not talking about the housework that constantly goes unnoticed around the house!)Bear witness to the rocky career of Rocky, the Rock Star! (Rock isn't dead. It's just layin there dude.) Watch bird…brains with Dave, the Naturalist. Discover strange new worlds with Manitoba Melvin! (Yes, that obscure archeologist who was always trying to keep up with the Joneses!)This collection...
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It was time to face it, the times, they sucked! Herman, man of wisdom, was troubled by all the things that he saw in his small town. Garbage filled the streets! The leadership was corrupt! Worst of all, Gertrude, his sworn enemy, thought it was time for him to get a job. It was time to rise up...off the couch in front of the television and get some refreshments! Prompted by this pressing need, Melvin, Herman's skinny sidekick, flew into action with...
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What a beautiful night to lie...staring up at the star spangled sky. For the moment, our victim is content to drift along with the current. Yet, as the roar of the waterfall grows steadily louder, his life flashes before him. First to visit are the memories of Dwayne...flashes in the night...the haunting visions of all those poor souls he had sent to their doom. Even as the current continues to drag the canoe and its occupants toward their death...even...