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By John DeMont. 2017
For lovers of history, travel writing, and sharp social observation comes a finely etched portrait of Nova Scotia by one…
of the province's most gifted writers. No journalist has travelled the back roads, hidden vales, and fog-soaked coves of Nova Scotia as widely as John DeMont. No writer has spent as much time considering its peculiar warp and woof of humanity, geography, and history. This book is the summation of DeMont's years of travel, research, and thought. It tells the story of what is, from the European view of things, the oldest part of Canada. Before Confederation it was also the richest, but now it is among the poorest. Its defining myths and stories are mostly about loss, willful endurance, and sheer determination. Equal parts narrative, memoir, and meditation, the book tells with enthralling clarity a complex and multi-dimensional story: the overwhelming of the first peoples and the arrival of a mélange of pioneers who carved out pockets of the wilderness; the random acts and unexplained mysteries; the mixture of shameful achievements and noble failures; the rapture and misery; the twists of destiny, and the hard-heartedness of fate. Winner of the 2018 Evelyn Richardson Non-Fiction Award. 2017.By Lawrence Wright. 2006
Tells the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on interviews and first-hand sources, it…
investigates the extraordinary group of ideologues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. Interweaving this story with events including the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the first attack on the World Trade Center, Lawrence Wright takes us into training camps, mountain hideouts and top secret meetings to explore how it all fed into the planning and execution of 9/11 - and reveals the complex origins of Al Qaeda's hatred of the West. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 2006.By Paul Wells. 2013
Despite a constant barrage of outrage and disbelief from his detractors, Stephen Harper is on his way to becoming one…
of Canada’s most significant prime ministers. No matter the ups and downs, the triumphs and the self-inflicted wounds, Harper has been moving to build the Canada he wants. Wells explores just what Harper’s understanding of Canada is, and who he speaks for in the national conversation. Winner of the 2013 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. c2013.By Czeslaw Milosz. 1984
The author contends that the spirit of the 1980s, molded by mass media and political manipulation, is as immoral as…
the 1930s when various fanaticisms held sway. Ulro, Blake's mythical realm of spiritual pain, is used as a metaphor. Winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature. 1984. Uniform title: Ziemia Ulro.By Mary Wallace. 1999
Inuksuks are stone monuments, built by the Inuit people of Canada's arctic. They can show where food is stored, leave…
a route to follow, or tell about a good hunting or fishing area. Learn about the different kinds of inuksuks, the people who build them, and the land where they are found. Includes instructions on building your own inuksuk. Grades 3-6. 1999.By Thomas F Homer-Dixon. 2000
Can we create ideas fast enough to solve the very problems - environmental, social, and technological - we have created?…
Homer-Dixon calls the gap between our need for practical and innovative ideas to solve our complex problems and our actual supply of those ideas the "ingenuity gap". He argues that as the gap widens, political disintegration and violent upheaval can result and suggests ways to overcome these real problems before it is too late. Winner of the 2001 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2000.Some people think monsters are the stuff of nightmares--the stuff of scary movies and Halloween. But monsters can also be…
found right in your backyard. Animals like aye-ayes, goblin sharks and vampire bats may look scary, but they pose no threat to humans. Others, such as the prairie dog, seem innocent--cute, even--yet their behaviour could give you goose bumps. What makes a monster? Read this book to find out, if you dare... Grades 2-4. Winner of the 2019 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Honour Book Award. 2017. Aye-aye -- Vampire bat -- Honey badger -- Portuguese man-of-war -- Horror frog -- Greater honeyguide -- Cordyceps fungus -- Deathstalker scorpion -- Prairie dog -- Assassin bug -- Fangtooth moray eel -- Tyrant leech king -- Goblin shark -- Komodo dragon -- Japanese giant hornet -- Humboldt squid -- Human.By Elizabeth MacLeod. 2018
On the night of November 8th 1946, Nova Scotia businesswoman Viola Desmond stood up for her right to be in…
the "unofficial" whites-only section of a New Glasgow movie theatre... and was arrested for it. Supported by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NSCAACP) and the black-owned newspaper The Clarion, Viola took her quest for the right to freedom from discrimination to the courts. While she ultimately did not succeed, she was a beacon to other early civil-rights activists. Her sister Wanda worked hard to promote Viola's legacy, which has been finally honoured by Viola's inclusion on the new Canadian $10 bill. This new picture book features historical photos and a timeline. Grades K-3. Winner of the 2019 Silver Birch Express Award. 2018.By Marilou. 2014
Avec le premier livre de "Trois fois par jour", nous proposons plus de 99 recettes inédites, délicieuses et faciles à…
réaliser. On vous invite à découvrir notre histoire d'amour avec une cuisine simple et décomplexée à travers des recettes sans lactose, sans gluten, végétariennes, économiques, rapides, pour recevoir & mâles. 2014.By Marilou, Lorien Jones. 2015
Quebec pop sensation Marilou always loved food and cooking, but suffered from anorexia for six years in her late teens…
and early twenties. Now twenty-four, Marilou created a blog (Trois fois par jour) as a form of healing. Her aim was to transform the relationship people have with food for the better - and to encourage them to take a fun and unpretentious approach to how and what we eat. Offers more than 100 new recipes that are delicious and easy to make and fit any budget, skill level, or dietary restrictions. Recipes include Cream of Beet & Almond Butter Soup; Chorizo, Crab & Shrimp Paella; Lemon & Olive Chicken with Feta Couscous; Gnocchi Pan-Fried in Butter with Pancetta & Peas; and Banana & Caramel Pudding. Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award 2014. Bestseller. 2015. Uniform title: 3 fois par jour.By Laure Morali, Joséphine Bacon, Rogé, Rita Mestokosho. 2012
Rogé a visité l'école de Mingan, un village innu au nord-est du Québec. Il y a passé quelques jours, histoire…
de prendre le temps de photographier chacun des écoliers. Rentré chez lui, dans son atelier des Îles-de-la-Madeleine, un pinceau à la main, il a revisité le regard de ces enfants. De ce séjour à Mingan, Rogé a gardé quinze visages, et quinze textes, des poèmes écrits par les jeunes Innus. Années 3-6. Gagnant de Prix Euphonia 2015. 2012.By Patti Smith. 2010
In this memoir, singer-songwriter Patti Smith shares tales of New York City : the denizens of Max's Kansas City, the…
Hotel Chelsea, Scribner's, Brentano's and Strand bookstores and her new life in Brooklyn with a young man named Robert Mapplethorpe - the man who changed her life with his love, friendship, and genius. National Book Award Winner. Bestseller. 2010.By Kevin Sylvester. 2007
How did a man in a tutu wreck a diving competition? Learn all about the Olympic athletes who never win…
medals - the incompetent, the cheaters, or the just plain goofy. Here they are, parading their shortcomings in public and winning a gold medal for weird. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2009 Silver Birch Non-fiction Award. 2007.By Jack Miles. 1995
Miles, a former Jesuit, examines the Old Testament books in the order of their appearance in the Hebrew Bible (law,…
prophets, and writings) in order to show that God is "an amalgam of several personalities in one character." He portrays the literary figure of God as moving through many stages of development while progressing toward eventual reconciliation with the people He created. Pulitzer Prize winner. 1995.By Russell Baker. 1982
Columnist for the "New York times" presents a funny, yet touching account of his checkered family history and his middle-class…
upbringing in Maryland and New Jersey. Bestseller. Pulitzer Prize winner. 1982.By Justin Kaplan. 1966
Using letters and unpublished papers, the author demonstrates convincingly the duality of outlook, identity, and motivation between the ambitious, acquisitive…
Clemens and the writer, Mark Twain. The America of that time and place is made real by the inclusion of a multitude of details of people, places and incidents. Pulitzer Prize winner. 1966.By Wallace Stevens. 1954
The Collected Poems was prepared by Stevens himself, shortly before his death, and contains all of his published books of…
poetry, covering more than four decades. From the rococo lyrics of Harmonium, through the large-scale orchestrations of his middle years, to the austere lyrics of 'The Rock', Stevens' poetry meditated unremittingly upon the relation between the world and the imagination. Winner of the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. 1954.By Diarmaid MacCulloch. 2003
The Reformation is often chronicled as a single, momentous period in the history of the Church, where a number of…
competing groups of reformers challenged a monolithic and corrupt Roman Catholicism over issues ranging from authority and the role of the priests to the interpretation of the Eucharist and the use of the Bible in church. MacCulloch argues instead that there were many reformations. He challenges common assumptions about the relationships between Catholic priests and laity, and explains that even within various groups of reformers there was scarcely agreement about ways to change the Church. 2004, c2003. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.By John Ralston Saul. 1995
Saul, a Canadian essayist and novelist, claims that 20th century ideologies have promoted truisms that undermine the acquisition of knowledge…
and reason and the quest for the public good. Instead, managers and technocrats are seen as gods, passive and conformist politics abound, and only salesmanship, style and fashion are seen as meaningful. Saul argues that the average citizen must rise above a smothering bureaucracy and today's mindless devotion to "corporatism" to pursue knowledge and active, publicly interested civic engagement. Winner of the 1996 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.By Hendrik Willem Van Loon. 1951