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Our lives are defined by a story of endless growth and consumption. Now a climate crisis demands that we change.…
Can we write new stories? In All We Want, award-winning author Michael Harris dismantles our untenable consumer culture and delivers surprising, heartwarming alternatives. Drawing on the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and artists, Harris uncovers three realms where humans have always found deeper meaning: the worlds of Craft, the Sublime, and Care. Past attempts to blunt our impact on the environment have simply redirected our consumption—we bought fuel-efficient cars and canvas tote bags. We cannot, however, buy our way out of this crisis. We need, instead, compelling new stories about life's purpose. Part meditation and part manifesto, All We Want is a blazing inquest into the destructive and unfulfilling promise of our consumer society, and a roadmap toward a more humane future.
Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing…
tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize-finalist Michael Ignatieff.When someone we love dies, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes--war, famine, pandemic--we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of consolation has largely vanished from our modern vocabulary, and the places where it was offered, houses of religion, are often empty. Rejecting the solace of ancient religious texts, humanity since the sixteenth century has increasingly placed its faith in science, ideology, and the therapeutic.How do we console each other and ourselves in an age of unbelief? In a series of lapidary meditations on writers, artists, musicians, and their works--from the books of Job and Psalms to Albert Camus, Anna Akhmatova, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross and Primo Levi--esteemed writer and historian Michael Ignatieff shows how men and women in extremity have looked to each other across time to recover hope and resilience. Recreating the moments when great figures found the courage to confront their fate and the determination to continue unafraid, On Consolation takes those stories into the present, movingly contending that we can revive these traditions of consolation to meet the anguish and uncertainties of our precarious twenty-first century.
See below for English description.Quatre nouvelles histoires pour quatre fois plus de plaisir! Les meilleurs amis Narval et Gelato découvrent…
une école de poissons désertée par les enseignants. Ils décident alors de prendre les choses en main et d’aider. Le duo, très dynamique, enseigne les maths et les sciences (ou plutôt ce qu’ils croient être les maths et les sciences…) à leurs nouveaux élèves, et fait de la récréation une fête! Joignez-vous à ces joyeux compères pour apporter humour et légèreté à cette école en haute mer. Les lecteurs ne voudront surtout pas manquer le sixième tome de la série Les aventures de Narval et Gelato, de Ben Clanton, auteur classé au palmarès du New York Times. Four new stories means four times the fun! When best friends Narval and Gelato come across a teacher-less school of fish, they decide to step up to the plate and help. The dynamic duo get to work on educating their new students in math and science (or their own unique takes on them), and find a way to make recess a hoot! Join the pair as they bring their humour and lightheartedness to this deep sea school of fun. Readers won’t want to miss New York Times bestselling author Ben Clanton’s sixth volume of the famous Les aventures de Narval et Gelato series. Original title: A Narwhal and Jelly Book #6: Narwal’s School of Awesomeness
Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Crash Course (DB 71814) analyzes fifteen iconic cars and their impact on American society…
and history. Profiles Henry Ford, Ferdinand Porche, Heinz Nordoff, Soichiro Honda, and other industrialists. Also details the development of the Ford Model T, Volkswagen Beetle, and Honda Accord. 2012
In Miami for his wedding with Tina--a confident attorney he can't believe is marrying him--slacker Seth immediately gets drunk, lost,…
and attached to an odd group of locals. But when he discovers a desperate Haitian family washed up on the beach, Seth's wedding plans are truly compromised. Strong language. 2013
KEY news television correspondent Diane must cancel her family vacation to do a segment on "girls who cry wolf," when…
authorities discredit a young lady's claims of abduction. But after Diane brings her children on the trip to interview the troubled woman, another person goes missing. Some strong language. 2005
Fourteen years ago married heiress Charlotte Sloane disappeared from her family's Newport estate. Now an excavation of the property's underground…
railroad tunnel reveals Charlotte's remains. KEY News intern--single mom Grace Callahan--is with the team assigned to investigate the case. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2004
Qui croyez-vous être ? Qui croit-on que vous êtes ?1982. Une fille un peu perdue commence son secondaire dans une…
polyvalente de banlieue.1987. Une adolescente désillusionnée boude son bal de finissants. À tour de rôle, mère et fille prennent la parole dans ce roman qui jette un regard cru sur la vie de famille et la traversée de l'adolescence. En toile de fond, un tableau des années 1980. Tendresse et rage, regrets et espoirs sont au rendez-vous. Musique aussi.
More than two hundred works in various literary forms chronicle slavery opposition from 1688 to 1865. Includes writing by Benjamin…
Franklin, Phillis Wheatley, and Olaudah Equiano in the eighteenth century and Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and former slaves in the nineteenth century. Some violence and some strong language. 2012
Historical novel recounts the mission of Jozef Gabc�ik, a Slovak, and Jan Kubis, a Czech, who were recruited by the…
British to assassinate Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich, "the Butcher of Prague." Translated from French. Violence. 2012
Eighteen short stories covering a range of horror subgenres. In Margo Lanagan's "Mulberry Boys," children are surgically altered into silk-producing…
animals to profit their community. Other authors include Stephen King, John Langan, and Peter Straub. Lists award-winners and other noteworthy horror publications from 2011. Violence and strong language. 2012
1940. The remaining members of the Hot-Time Swingers, a jazz band made up of Germans and Americans, black and white,…
have fled to Paris from Berlin. But for trumpeter Hieronymus Falk, a mixed-race German without papers, the new city is as dangerous as the old. Some strong language. 2011
Education professor profiles six young adults he interviewed as adolescents in prior lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender/queer research studies. Examines the challenges faced by…
these individuals because of their sexual identities. One man, David, recounts enduring harassment at school, lack of adult support, and suicidal thoughts until starting college a year early. 2013
Crotchety ex-cop Buck Schatz hears a shocking deathbed confession from a fellow former POW, who reveals he accepted a gold…
bar to help their sadistic Nazi camp commander flee. Now everyone wants Buck to hunt down his nemesis--and find the rest of the loot. Strong language and some violence. 2012
Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass have genetic abnormalities that give them special abilities--and will kill them unless treated. To create…
the cure, the teens must retrieve seven artifacts that hold the power of ancient Atlantis. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013
London, 1818. After a near-fatal attack former French spy Justine DuMotier takes refuge at the safe house run by her…
ex-lover and adversary Sir Adrian Hawkhurst. They reminisce and ponder their future together. Sequel to The Forbidden Rose (DB 74091). Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. Rita Award. 2011
Teenager George Carole quits his job as house pianist at a vaudeville theater to join the mysterious Silenus Troupe. George…
believes the leader, Heironomo Silenus, may be his father--but he soon uncovers even deeper secrets. Some violence. 2012
Biblical scholar details the reasons Paul's explanation of the behaviors and ideas of Jesus, whom Paul never met, became the…
basis for understanding the Christian faith. Identifies Paul as the founder of Christianity and describes the opposing affirmations of Jesus's brother James and other apostles. 2012
Working-class English girl Louisa "Lou" Clark is hired as an aide to wealthy Will Traynor, a former mogul who has…
been paralyzed since a road accident. Lou tries to keep the embittered Will engaged with the world, while Will encourages Lou to expand her horizons. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Marine scientist and author of The Unnatural History of the Sea (DB 67600) considers the future of the earth's oceans…
and the impact that overfishing, pollution, climate change, and other problems are having on human life. Examines industrial farming and aquaculture initiatives, recreation and conservation efforts, and more. 2012