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Alice, a single mother raising her three young daughters on the rez where she grew up, has never had an…
easy life, but has managed to get by with the support of her best friend, Gideon, and her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced onto a different path, one that will challenge her belief in herself and the world she thought she knew. 2014.
A radical analysis of our master-and-slave relationship to energy and a call for change. Nikiforuk makes a comparison between slavery…
and fossil fuels. Like slaveholders, we feel entitled to surplus energy and rationalize inequality, even barbarity, to get it. But endless growth is an illusion, and now that half of the world's oil has been burned, our energy slaves are becoming more expensive by the day. What we need, the author argues, is a radical new emancipation movement. c2012.
Taras Grescoe plunges into the ruts where the tourists are thickest, starting at the tip of Spain's Land's End and…
finishing, nine months later, on the soldier-patrolled beaches of China's End of the Earth. Along the way, he crosses the entire Eurasian landmass, experiencing all sorts of travel such as all-inclusive resorts, pilgrimages, and bus tours. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.
Fort William, 1941. Something's gone wrong with the Mosquitos being built for the war effort - they keep crashing in…
flight tests, for no apparent reason. Is the problem with their design, or are they being sabotaged? Everyone's on high alert, and "The Factory Voice" newsletter keeps abreast of the details - or at least the rumours. Some strong language. c2009.
A biologist searches for a solution that will save many fish species from life-threatening dams. His adventures take him from…
a fisheries patrol boat on the Fraser River to the great Tsukiji fish market in Japan, with stops in the Philippines, Thailand, and assorted South American countries. Portrays fishermen, fish farmers, and even fish cops in a new light, as well as scientists, shysters, and some very drunk, hairy Brazilian men in thongs. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.
This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic tells of Gary Gilmore who, after being convicted for murder, insisted on being executed. He fought…
a system seemingly intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. His fight for the right to die is what made him famous. 2018.
This novel tells the story of a writer's singular journey from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside…
of England, and from one state of mind to another. 2018.
When Flora MacKenzie traded her glum career in London to reunite with her family on the remote Scottish island of…
Mure, she never dreamed that Joel, her difficult, adorable boss, would follow and that they would soon be taking their first faltering steps into romance. 2018.
"This is real." Three small words on a film canister found by graduate students Justin and Veronica, who discover a…
long-lost silent movie from more than a century ago. The startlingly realistic footage shows a young girl transforming into a winged being. Looking for proof behind this claim, they travel to the rural foothills of Tennessee to find Sadieville, where it had been filmed. Sequel to "Gather her round", followed by "Shall we gather". 2018.
While offering readers a useful primer on Existentialism as an animating body of thought, Gordon Marino distills and delivers the…
life-altering insights Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Albert Camus, and other Existentialists articulate for becoming more emotionally attuned human beings. 2018.
As London is submerged below flood waters, a woman and her baby are forced to flee north, shelter to shelter…
and to a desolate island. The story traces fear and wonder, as the baby's small fists grasp at the first colours he sees, as he grows and stretches, thriving against all odds. 2017.
Our world has ended five times: it has been broiled, frozen, poison-gassed, smothered, and pelted by asteroids. In this book,…
Peter Brannen dives into deep time, exploring Earth's past dead ends, and in the process, offers us a glimpse of our possible future. Part road trip, part history, and part cautionary tale, "The Ends of the World" takes us on a tour of the ways that our planet has clawed itself back from the grave and casts our future in a completely new light. 2017.
In this thinking woman's antidote to "Sex and the City", four New York women push the boundaries of acceptable behaviour…
in their pursuit to have it all: careers, children, men, confidence, and power. 2017.
When Milo Ames receives a troubling letter from his childhood nanny, Madame Nanette, he and Amory travel to Paris where…
they are soon embroiled in a mystery surrounding the death of a famous parfumier. Helios Belanger died suddenly, shortly before the release of his newest, highly anticipated perfume, and Madame Nanette, who works for the family, is convinced that her employer's death was not due to natural causes. The more Amory and Milo look into the motives of industry rivals and the Belanger heirs who are vying for control of his perfume empire, the more they are convinced that Nanette may be right. When secrets unfold and things take a dangerous turn, Amory and Milo must work quickly to uncover the essence of the matter and catch a killer before the scent goes cold. Sequel to "A most novel revenge". 2017.
In these first three books of the Extinction Cycle series, the worst of nature and the worst of science bring…
the human race to the brink of extinction. Master Sergeant Beckham, Dr. Kate Lovato, and General Kennor each play a role in trying to find some way to save the human race. 2016. Extinction horizon -- Extinction edge -- Extinction age.
Explores how notions of ownership have shifted in the digital marketplace, and makes an argument for the benefits of personal…
property. E-books, cloud storage, streaming, and other digital goods offer users convenience and flexibility. But consumers should be aware of the trade-offs involving user constraints, permanence, and privacy. The rights of private property are clear, but few people manage to read their end user agreements. The authors argue that introducing aspects of private property and ownership into the digital marketplace would offer both legal and economic benefits. But more importantly, it would affirm our sense of self-direction and autonomy. If we own our purchases, we are free to make whatever lawful use of them we please. Technology need not constrain our freedom; it can also empower us. 2016.
Central Command is gone, the military is fractured, and the doomsday clock continues to tick. In a single night of…
shattering terror, Plum Island is destroyed, and key scientist Dr. Kate Lovato is abducted. Master Sergeant Joe Fitzpatrick arrives in Normandy, where the war to free survivors and eradicate pockets of Variants is underway. But as the troops push east, rumors of a new type of monster spread through the ranks. Followed by "Extinction war". 2017. Extinction evolution -- Extinction end -- Extinction aftermath.
Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four…
children struggle to survive for days, until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines. Grades 3-6. 2017.
"What is the Unbelievable FIB?" That's the question eleven-year-old Prudence Potts discovers on a baffling card no one else in…
Middleton--except ABE, a new kid at school with a knack for solving riddles--seems to see. Then a mysterious man asks for ABE and Pru's help investigating mythical beings infiltrating the town, and that's just the first of many things Pru finds hard to believe. Soon Pru and ABE discover another world beneath their quiet town, where Viking gods lurk just out of sight. And when the pair find themselves locked in a battle against a dangerously clever enemy, they must race to secure the Eye of Odin, source of all knowledge--and the key to stopping a war that could destroy both human and immortal realms. Grades 4-7. Followed by “The entirely true story of the unbelievable fib, book 2”. 2015.