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Lady's choice: Ethel Waxham's journals & letters, 1905-1910
By John Love, Barbara Love, Ethel Waxham, Frances Love Froidevaux. 1992
A chronological record of a twenty-three-year old college graduate's pursuit of a teaching career while being courted by a thirty-five-year…
old Wyoming rancher. Compiled from diaries, correspondence, and poems. Material was used in the PBS series "The West." 1992.La nature en danger (Questions-réponses, 6/9 ans ; #34)
By Sean Callery. 2008
Sous la forme d'une trentaine de réponses à autant de questions, cet album invite à comprendre les enjeux climatiques auxquels…
la planète est confrontée. Années 1-3. 2008. Titre uniforme: I wonder why there's a hole in the sky?Homo disparitus
By Alan Weisman, Christophe Rosson. 2007
Admettons que le pire soit arrivé. Imaginons un monde dont nous aurions tous soudain disparu. Et voyons ce qu'il reste.…
La nature reprendrait-elle ses droits? Combien faudrait-il d'années au climat pour retrouver son niveau d'avant l'âge industriel? Quels animaux prospéreraient et quelles races s'éteindraient? Ces questions, et beaucoup d'autres - des plus sérieuses aux plus saugrenues, sont celles que le journaliste Alan Weisman, nous invite à explorer. 2007. Titre uniforme: The world without us.Autoportrait au radiateur
By Christian Bobin. 1997
Là où croît le péril -- croît aussi ce qui sauve
By Hubert Reeves. 2013
"D'étonnantes coïncidences atomiques et cosmiques ont permis à l'Univers de s'organiser, s'enrichir et nous donner naissance. Du noyau de carbone…
aux profondeurs de la planète, du rayonnement fossile aux mystérieux neutrinos, que d'étranges phénomènes ont contribué à la complexité du monde ! Mais sa richesse et sa beauté sont désormais mis en péril sur Terre par l'Homme, devenu la principale menace pour son environnement, pour la biodiversité, et finalement pour lui-même. Comment concilier la belle-histoire de l'Univers et la moins-belle-histoire de l'Humanité ? Nous offrant l'une et l'autre en parallèle, Hubert Reeves met son talent de conteur de science au service de notre nécessaire prise de conscience. Sans nous masquer la gravité de la crise écologique, il relève les signes d'une réaction qui nous permet d'espérer un avenir plus vert. " -- 4e de couv.Besoin de mirages
By Gilles Lapouge. 1999
How to breathe underwater: field reports from an age of radical change
By Chris Turner. 2014
From The Simpsons to Cyberjaya, the multimedia supercorridor of Malaysia; from Pepsi's failed breakfast beverages to a climate crisis seen…
through scuba goggles; from dotcom bubbles to the Great Bear Rainforest, these essays exhort us to meet the challenges of sustainability - ecological, economic, and cultural - with innovation instead of lamentation. 2014.Down the drain: how we are failing to protect our water resources
By Chris Wood, Ralph I Pentland. 2013
An incisive critique of Canada's failed management of its water supply. In this authoritative review of decades of independent critiques,…
accompanied by many riveting stories of water management failures, award-winning journalist Chris Wood and Canadian water policy expert Ralph Pentland explore how governments have failed to protect the waters that we drink, fish, and swim in and that support every aspect of our national economy. 2013.La forêt tropicale en questions (Réponse à tout.)
By Melvin Berger, Gilda Berger. 2006
Un album brossant, sous forme de questions et réponses, un portrait des forêts tropicales humides ainsi que de la faune…
et de la flore qu'elle abrite. Années 2-4. c2006. Titre uniforme: Does it always rain in the rain forest?Among the lions: a lamb in the literary jungle
By Harold Andrew Horwood. 2000
Following "A walk in the dreamtime", this is the second volume of Harold Horwood's memoirs. From the writing of "The…
foxes of beachy cove" to the founding of the Writers' Union of Canada, the author illuminates a period when the literary cultures of Newfoundland and Canada were just beginning to flourish. Including the author's encounters with writers such as Margaret Atwood, Gwendolyn MacEwen, Margaret Laurence and Farley Mowat. 2000.Country calls: memories of a small-town doctor
By Sid Cornish, Judith Cornish. 1998
All the wild wonders: poems of our Earth
By Wendy Cooling. 2015
For this celebration of our Earth, distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look, think, and ask…
questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Grades 3-6. 2015.Just cool it!: the climate crisis and what we can do : a post-Paris Agreement game plan
By David Suzuki, Ian Hanington. 2017
Climate change is one of the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving…
it. The problem itself is complex, and there's no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutions - from shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming agricultural practices - we can get the world back on track. Suzuki offers a comprehensive look at the current state of climate science and knowledge and the many ways to resolve the climate crisis, imploring us to do what's necessary to live in a better, cleaner future. When enough people demand action, change starts happening - and this time, it could be monumental. 2017.Kidnapped in Yemen: one woman's amazing escape from captivity
By Mary Quin. 2005
The author details her experiences as an avid traveler and women's rights advocate. But her vacation in Yemen turned into…
a gripping account of ambush and captivity, violence and imminent death. Her personal journey through militant Islam and clandestine terrorist groups is an unforgettable firsthand account of curiosity, survival, and healing. c2005.Kingfisher days: a memoir
By Susan Coyne. 2001
One summer, in a hedge near her family's cottage in Kenora, 5-year-old Susan Coyne discovered an old stone fireplace, hidden…
beneath the leaves. Her father recalled a story about an elf who ran a boarding house there. Susan tended the fireplace, hoping that she would meet a real fairy and one day she found a letter from Nootsie Tah, a princess. 2001.King of the confessors
By Thomas Hoving. 1981
The former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art tells the cloak-and-dagger story of his quest for an enigmatic medieval…
ivory cross, reputed to be a fake, that turns up in the hands of a shady dealer. Hoving describes the bitter contest among nations and museums for the incomparable cross, his chase through the clandestine world of international dealers, and his own desperate research to establish the authenticity of the artifact. 1981.Keeping water clean (Protecting our planet)
By Ewan McLeish. 1998
Explains worldwide water problems, including pollution and shortages, and suggests ways to prevent future crises. Gives advice on how individuals…
can practice conservation at home and in school. Includes a glossary and resources for further information. Grades 3-6. 1998.Journal
By David Bellos, Helene Berr. 2008
I was abruptly assailed by the feeling that I had to describe reality, writes Bérr midway through this urgent firsthand…
account of the devastation of Paris's Jewish community during WWII. This journal, which begins in 1942 as the record of a young woman's intense and buzzing inner life, becomes over time a record of human suffering. 2008.Journeyman: travels of a writer
By Timothy Findley, William Whitehead. 2003
A record of some of the voyages, real and imagined, that inspired and informed the author's award-winning fiction, non-fiction, and…
theatrical works. Also includes a selection of his many journal entries, letters, poems, speeches, and articles, creating a unique insight into the mind of one of Canada's most beloved writers. Some strong language. 2003.Jessie's journey: autobiography of a traveller girl
By Jess Smith. 2008
From the ages of 5 to 15, Jess Smith lived with her parents, sisters and a mongrel dog in an…
old, blue Bedford bus. They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, and much of England too, stopping here and there until they were moved on by the local authorities or driven by their own instinctive need to travel. By campfires, under the unchanging stars they brewed up tea, telling stories and singing songs late into the night. This book describes what it was like to be one of the last of the traditional travelling folk. 2008.