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Séances de massage en classe, apprentissage de l’empathie et de la méditation, utilisation abusive de la technologie et à présent…
le Lab-École... A quoi mènent tous ces changements dans l’éducation de nos enfants, introduits par une succession de réformes nébuleuses dont l’efficacité reste encore à prouver? Qu’est-ce qui a poussé nos dirigeantes à les mettre en place? Voilà les questions que Réjean Bergeron, enseignant depuis plus de vingt ans, se pose dans L’école amnésique ou les enfants de Rousseau, un essai virulent qui n’hésite pas à remettre en cause les dérives de notre système éducatif.
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Science and medicine biography, Biography, Social issues, Family and relationships, Parenting
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A practical and supportive guide for families struggling with addictionGet compassionate guidance that shows you how to navigate the unique…
challenges faced when a family member is suffering from a substance use disorder (SUD). Addiction in the Family helps you better understand what your loved one is going through while also offering realistic advice for approaching their addiction and how it affects your entire family.Drawing on Dr. Louise Stanger's years of experience as an SUD and family trauma clinician, Addiction in the Family allows you to take things at your own pace and concentrate on the areas where you need the most help. Whether it's finding ways to help your loved one, concentrating on your own self-care, or starting the healing and recovery journey, you'll find practical and thoughtful guidance.Addiction in the Family is:Family-focused—Get advice that addresses the dynamics and challenges of dealing with a partner, child, or other family member who is suffering from SUD.Practical and hopeful—Learn how to set boundaries, deal with strong emotions, and find addiction treatment options, as well as the best ways to communicate with a loved one compassionately and honestly.Filled with real-life examples—Realize that you aren't alone thanks to composite anecdotes—drawn from Dr. Louise's practice—that help you contextualize your experiences.Addiction in the Family will help you discover a measured and considerate way to approach a family member suffering from SUD.
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Social issues, Self help, Psychology, Family and relationships, Spirituality, Health and aging
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"A guide to working through the inner obstacles of late life and embracing the spiritual gifts of aging"-- Provided by publisher
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United States history, Social issues, Family and relationships, Law and crime, Biography
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The success of the marriage equality movement stunned even its advocates. The transformation from "outlaws to in-laws" was one of…
the swiftest turnarounds in U.S. civil rights history. As recently at 2006, our state law did not prohibit job discrimination against gays and lesbians, and our state Supreme Court banned same-sex marriage. Bruised but not beaten, LBGTQ+ advocates tried a brick-by-brick approach. They got domestic partnerships passed in three phases, capped by an "everything but marriage" law. Marriage equality landed on Washington's November ballot in 2012. Devastating votes against same-sex marriage in other states - 31 losses without a win - informed a new strategy. It would shift debate from the head to the heart. Adult. Unrated
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General non-fiction, Social issues, Science and technology
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"As ancient civilizations formed, people developed spoken and written languages and tools such as paper, the printing press, and more…
to communicate and disperse information. Discover how early societies created and innovated communication technology"-- Provided by publisher
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Biography, United States history, Journals and memoirs, Social issues, Literature biography
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A funny and insightful coming-of-age memoir that traces the author's childhood and adolescent challenges fitting into American society in rural…
Pennsylvania after his family fled Saigon in 1975. Some descriptions of sex. Some violence. Strong language
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Self help, Social issues, Psychology
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"Misinformation is threatening medicine, science, politics, social justice, and international relations, in problems such as vaccine hesitancy, climate change denial,…
conspiracy theories, claims of racial inferiority, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Barack Obama has described disinformation--defined as misinformation that is spread deliberately by people who know it is false--as the single biggest threat to democracy. Dealing with misinformation requires explanation of how information is generated and spread, and how it breaks down but can be mended. This book offers a deep account of information and misinformation that provides concrete advice on how improved thinking and communication can benefit individuals and societies. Paul Thagard presents a theory of information as deriving from four processes: acquisition, inference, memory, and spread, or AIMS. Each of these is spelled out in terms of concrete cognitive and behavioral mechanisms that generate real information when done well, but which can easily break down and produce misinformation. Fortunately, misinformation can be transformed into real information using the same mechanisms. The book applies the AIMS theory of information and misinformation to five different domains: COVID-19, climate change, conspiracy theories, inequality, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine"-- Provided by the publisher
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Food and drink, Environment, Nature, Social issues, History, Animals and wildlife
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"The unusual history of the herring and those whose lives have revolved around getting it to the tables of the…
masses The story of herring is entwined in the history of commercial fishing. For more than two millennia, herring have been commercially caught and its importance to the coastal peoples of Britain cannot be measured. At one point tens of thousands were involved in the catching, processing, and sale of herring, and many towns on Britain's East Coast grew rich on the backs of the "silver darlings." This book looks at the effects of the herring on the people who caught them, the unique ways of life, the superstitions of the fisher folk, their boats, and the communities who lived for the silver darlings. With a wealth of illustrations, this fascinating book reveals the little-known history of the herring-and for those who have neglected the silver darlings for lesser fish such as cod and haddock, there are a number of mouthwatering recipes to try."-- Amazon
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Women biography, Social issues, Biography, Philosophy, Politics and government, Historical biography, Science and technology
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"White House correspondent April Ryan presents a vital look at women of different ages and backgrounds who devote their lives…
to making the world a better place, even if that means stepping out of their "place."-- From publisher
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Music biography, United States history, Social issues, History
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"Looking at the deep connections between jazz and Freemasonry, the author reveals how many of the most influential jazz musicians…
of the 20th century were also Masons, including Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Nat King Cole, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway, and Paul Robeson. Unveiling the deeply social role at the heart of black Freemasonry, Révauger shows how the black lodges were instrumental in helping American blacks transcend the horrors of slavery and prejudice, achieve higher social status, and create their own solid spiritually based social structure, which in some cities arose prior to the establishment of black churches." -- Provided by publisher
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United States history, Social issues
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Born in Dallas in 1930, Dr. Robert Prince has written a study of African Americans' contributions to the growth and…
development of Dallas as a major city. It is also a personal history with his own experiences of schooling in a segregated system and memories of the long struggle for equal opportunity in military service, education, employment, and voting rights interwoven into the narrative
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Environment, Biography, Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, Social issues, Fine arts biography
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In 1972, Dennis Parks, a young potter with a promising academic career ahead of him, decided to move to Tuscarora,…
a near-abandoned mining town in remote northeastern Nevada. Parks and his wife were attracted to Tuscarora's isolation and beautiful setting, and they believed that it might be a healthy environment in which to raise their two small sons. This is Parks' account of his family's life in Tuscarora, a tiny settlement whose population even forty years later numbers fewer than twenty permanent residents. Parks created a pottery school that attracts students from around the world and developed for himself an international reputation as the creator of powerful, innovative works in clay. Meanwhile, he and his family had to master the skills required of those who choose to live in the back country--growing and hunting their own food, renovating or building from scratch the structures they needed for residences or studios, resolving conflicts with neighbors, inventing their own amusements. The transformation from middle-class urbanity to small-town simplicity is, as Parks reveals, a lurching and sometimes hilarious process, and the achievement of self-sufficiency is similarly fraught with unexpected challenges. Some strong language. Some violence
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Literature biography, Social issues, Journals and memoirs, Biography
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Hailed on its original publication as "eloquent testimony to the engaging power of art in a man's life" ( Washington…
Post ), this deeply moving memoir, long out of print, is reissued with an illuminating new afterword. When acclaimed poet Gregory Orr was twelve years old, he shot and killed his brother in a hunting accident. From the immediate aftermath, a period of shock, sadness, and isolation it quickly became clear that support and guidance would not be coming from his distant mother. Nor would it come from his father, a philandering country doctor addicted to amphetamines. Left to his own devices, the boy suffered. Guilt weighed on him throughout a childhood split between the rural Hudson Valley and jungles of Haiti. As a young man, his feelings and a growing sense of idealism prompted him to activism in the civil rights movement, where he marched and was imprisoned, and then scarred again by a terrifying abduction. Eventually, Orr's experiences led him to understand that art, particularly poetry, could work as a powerful source of healing and meaning to combat the trauma he carried. Throughout The Blessing , Orr articulates his journey in language as lyrical as it is authentic, gifting us all with a singular tale of survival, and of the transformation of suffering into art. Adult. Strong language
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Social issues, Biography, United States history, History
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"Atlanta is widely considered to be America's Black Mecca. It has a higher concentration of black millionaires, black-owned businesses, and…
HBCUs than any other city in the United States. African Americans are overrepresented in every strata of Atlanta's governance. In 2020, more black voters in the Atlanta area cast ballots than those in any other state's metro, evincing a political power that flipped a once deeply red state blue. However, 150 years ago, Atlanta was a contender to be the capital of the Confederacy and harbored some of the most virulent white nationalism our country has ever seen. In chronicling the ascent of this iconic hub of Black excellence, America's Black Capital offers a riveting account of the push and pull between Black progress and racist backlash that has always been at the core of America's past. Historian Jeffrey Ogbar shows how in Atlanta African Americans built a city in which they could flourish. In the decades after the Civil War, Confederate ideology continued to linger in Georgia's capital, as city landmarks were renamed in honor of the Lost Cause, former Confederates were elected to political office, and white supremacist violence surged in the city. In response to relentless waves of racist retrenchment, African Americans pushed back, creating an extraordinary locus of achievement in a center of neo-Confederate white nationalism. What drove them, America's Black Capital shows, is the belief that black uplift would be best advanced by the creation and support of black institutions, an ideology that pre-dated Black Power by almost a century. Spanning from the Civil War to the present, America's Black Capital is an inspiring story of Black achievement against all odds--one that reveals both the persistence of the Confederacy and the remarkable legacy of Black resistance in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.language
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Environment, Animals and wildlife, Nature, Home and garden, Social issues, Science and technology
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In 1997, a young loggerhead sea turtle was rescued from the ocean after an injury to her shell. The fishermen…
who rescued her named her Yoshi and took her to the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa. She was rehabilitated there and grew stronger and larger! every day. She also became one of the most popular exhibits at the aquarium. After twenty years in captivity, Yoshi was released back into the ocean and traveled more than 25,000 miles in 1,003 days to find her way home. A tracking device on her shell transmitted data about her journey to marine biologists and turtle enthusiasts of all ages around the world. For preschool to grade 2
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Actors biography, Social issues
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A fascinating look at the gay and lesbian influence on the American stage by an internationally-recognized authority on the topic. Adult
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Standing together makes all of us stronger. Mai, a young Hmong girl, and Kiara, a young Black girl, are best…
friends. They do everything together?riding the bus, eating lunch, playing at recess. But one day Kiara misses school and Mai goes looking for answers. When she learns that her best friend is protesting an act of police violence against the Black community, Mai decides to join the protest too. Her parents at first want to protect her by keeping her at home, but she shows them that standing together makes all of us stronger. Written by author and actor Doua Moua, who played Po in Disney's live-action Mulan, this picture book provides an inspiring look at the value of allyship and solidarity with Black Lives Matter. For grades K-3
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Frontier and pioneer life, Nature, United States history, Environment, Social issues, Science and technology
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"This is the first general history of San Antonio, Texas, the seventh largest city in the nation. Its past is…
complex and ranges across 300 years, from the community's origins as a tiny Spanish frontier town to its contemporary status as a vital American mega-city. Site of some of the most violent struggles between warring empires and people--historians believe San Antonio may be the most fought-over city in U.S. history--it is perhaps most celebrated for the iconic 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The city is also home to four beautifully restored Spanish missions, which in 2015 UNESCO designated a World Heritage Site and have become integral to San Antonio's robust tourist economy along with the fabled River Walk." --from the Publisher. Adult. Some violence
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Psychology, Religion, Self help, Christianity, Inspirational and family life, Social issues, Family and relationships
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"Many people seem to have it all together outwardly, but inside they are a wreck. Their past has broken, crushed,…
and wounded them inwardly. They can be healed. God has a plan, and Isaiah 61 reveals that the Lord came to heal the brokenhearted. He wants to heal victims of abuse and emotional wounding. Joyce Meyer is a victim of the physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Yet today she has a nationwide ministry of emotional healing to others like herself. In Beauty for Ashes she outlines major truths that brought healing in her life and describes how other victims of abuse can also experience God's healing in their lives. You will learn: How to Deal with the Emotional Pain of Abuse How to Understand Your Responsibility to God for Overcoming Abuse Why Victims of Abuse Often Suffer from Other Addictive Behaviors How to Grab Hold of God's Unconditional Love The Importance of God's Timing in Working Through Painful Memories." -- OCLC
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War, United States history, Police and military, Social issues
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The epic history of America's most controversial weapon. Reporters Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson track the AR-15 from inception to…
ubiquity. How did the same gun represent the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the essence of evil to millions more? To answer this question, McWhirter and Elinson follow Stoner the American Kalashnikov as he struggled mightily to win support for his invention, which under the name M16 would become standard equipment in Vietnam. Shunned by gun owners at first, the rifle's popularity would take off thanks to a renegade band of small-time gun makers. And in the 2000s, it would become the weapon of choice for mass shooters, prompting widespread calls for proscription even as the gun industry embraced it as a financial savior. Writing with fairness and compassion, McWhirter and Elinson explore America's gun culture, revealing the deep appeal of the AR-15, the awful havoc it wreaks, and the politics of reducing its toll. The result is a moral history of contemporary America's love affair with technology, freedom, and weaponry