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Birds art life / by Maclear, Kyo,1970-author.;
"For fans of When Breath Becomes Air and H is for Hawk, an elegant and exuberant memoir about a year of bird-watching, reflection and art -- a field guide to things small and significant. For Vladimir Nabokov, it was butterflies. For John Cage, it was mushrooms. For Sylvia Plath, it was bees. Each of these artists took time away from their work to become observers of natural phenomena. In 2012, Kyo Maclear met a local Toronto musician with an equally captivating side passion -- he had recently lost his heart to birds. Curious about what prompted this young urban artist to suddenly embrace nature, Kyo decides to follow him for a year and find out. Intimate and philosophical, moving with ease between the granular and the grand view, this memoir is an unconventional field guide that celebrates the particular madness of loving and chasing after birds in a big city. It celebrates the creative and liberating effects of keeping your eyes and ears wide open, and explores what happens when you apply the core lessons of birding to other aspects of life. In one sense, this is a book about disconnection -- how our passions can buckle under the demands and emotions of daily life -- and about reconnection: how our distractions can also sustain us. On a deeper level, it takes up the questions of how we are shaped and nurtured by our parallel passions, and how we might come to love (and protect) not only the world's pristine natural places but also the blemished urban spaces where most of us live. Birds art life follows two artists on a year long adventure"--
Subjects: Maclear, Kyo, 1970-; Bird watching; Birds; Nature;
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The voyage home : a novel / by Barker, Pat,1943-author.;
"From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Regeneration Trilogy comes the powerful third installment to the Women of Troy series. I never saw Cassandra as a victim. I saw a woman as focused on a single aim as any raptor stooping to its prey; but then, I had more opportunities to observe her ruthlessness than most. I was in her power, you see. I was her slave. Pat Barker has crafted the latest in a brilliant reimagining of Greek mythology, and The Voyage Home is the work of a writer at the height of her powers. In this third outing, she follows the young Ritsa and the unpredictable Cassandra on their perilous return journey to Mycenae. Cassandra has acquired the powers of prophecy from the kiss of Apollo, but the very same god has taken away the people's belief in her abilities. Though she warns of the carnage that awaits the Greek warrior king Agamemnon-who numbs himself with alcohol on the storm-plagued trip home-her shipmates disregard her. While Cassandra's prophecies fall on deaf ears, Ritsa instead remains focused on surviving once they make land. When a mysterious young girl begins to shadow them, and Agamemnon's cruelty takes a new turn, Ritsa must find a safe place for Cassandra, whose mood alternates between cruelty and frenzy. But it's the ongoing ire between Queen Clytemnestra and Agamemnon that could prove fatal for everyone. In The Voyage Home, Barker elevates myth and legend and asks us to examine the stories we hold dear through a feminist lens, and in doing so she has crafted a tale that upholds her legacy as one of our finest contemporary novelists"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Cassandra (Legendary character); Clytemnestra, Queen of Mycenae; Trojan War;
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The Specimen [electronic resource] : by Fixsen, Jaima.aut; cloudLibrary;
"An absorbing and expanding mystery... ripe for a bookclub discussion"— First Clue "Propulsive and lush, Fixsen weaves an exquisitely gothic tale." — Jess Armstrong, USA Today bestselling author of The Curse of Penryth Hall Walk carefully, lest you become a part of Dr. Burnett's collection… 1826. Isobel Tait finds herself, by chance, staring at a tiny human heart floating in a jar. It should be of little consequence; Dr. Burnett is renowned for his collection of oddities and medical specimens, and this, a juvenile heart with a damaged mitral valve, is not the strangest thing on display. Except that the condition is rare, and that Isobel's young son, who has been missing for months, suffered from the ailment.  A phantom pulse beats in Isobel's ears. She knows something here isn't right. Missing persons cases are all too common in Edinburgh, where people simply vanish like mist. But Burnett is obsessed with his specimens – how far would he go to acquire a new one? Determined to investigate, Isobel joins his staff as the keeper of his collection. What she'll unearth, though, is far worse than any of her nightmares… Based on true crimes, The Specimen is a mesmerizing story about one woman's search for truth and vengeance in the darkest of places—where the deadliest secrets lie hidden in plain sight, on a freshly dusted shelf. "The Specimen is a fantastic read! Tense, gripping and full of fabulous characters you grow to love or hate! I devoured it in two sittings."  – Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of Doors
Subjects: Electronic books.; Gothic; Women Sleuths; Historical;
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Crochet style : over 30 trendy, classic and sporty accessories for all ages / by Dougherty, Jennifer,author.; Patterson, April,photographer.;
When you're looking for new patterns to crochet for yourself and others, Crochet Style provides more than 30 one-of-a-kind hats, ear warmers, cowls and more. Jennifer Dougherty is renowned for her crochet designs' stunning textures, easy-to-follow instructions and stitch techniques that take your accessories from plain to extraordinary. In Crochet Style, she presents new patterns in three styles―trendy, sporty and classic―for sizes ranging from newborn to large adult. Fashion-forward women and teens will love the urban-style slouchy hats and chunky ear warmers with matching cowls and boot cuffs. For a practical, sporty look that stands out in a crowd, close-fitting beanies and fingerless gloves are perfect choices for men and kids. Timeless classics such as cabled ear warmers, woven hats and lacey cowls are sure to be favorites for many years.
Subjects: Crocheting; Crocheting.;
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Girls and their monsters : the Genain quadruplets and the making of madness in America / by Farley, Audrey Clare,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In 1954, researchers at the newly formed National Institute of Mental Health set out to study the genetics of schizophrenia. When they got word that four 24-year-old identical quadruplets in Lansing, Michigan, had all been diagnosed with the mental illness, they could hardly believe their ears. Here was incontrovertible proof of hereditary transmission and, thus, a chance to bring international fame to their fledgling institution. The case of the pseudonymous Genain quadruplets, they soon found, was hardly so straightforward. Contrary to fawning media portrayals of a picture-perfect Christian family, the sisters had endured the stuff of nightmares. Behind closed doors, their parents had taken shocking measures to preserve their innocence while sowing fears of sex and the outside world. In public, the quadruplets were treated as communal property, as townsfolk and members of the press had long ago projected their own paranoid fantasies about the rapidly diversifying American landscape onto the fair-skinned, ribbon-wearing quartet who danced and sang about Christopher Columbus. Even as the sisters' erratic behaviors became impossible to ignore and the NIMH whisked the women off for study, their sterling image did not falter. Girls and Their Monsters chronicles the extraordinary lives of the quadruplets and the lead psychologist who studied them, asking questions that speak directly to our times: How do delusions come to take root, both in individuals and in nations? Why does society profess to be "saving the children" when it readily exploits them? What are the authoritarian ends of innocence myths? And how do people, particularly those with serious mental illness, go on after enduring the unspeakable? Can the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood help the deeply wounded heal?"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Mental health; Quadruplets; Schizophrenia;
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A house between Earth and the moon / by Scherm, Rebecca,author.;
"The gripping story of one scientist in outer space, another who watches over him, the family left behind, and the lengths people will go to protect the people and planet they love Scientist Alex Welch-Peters has believed for twenty years that his super-algae can reverse the effects of climate change. His obsession with his research has jeopardized his marriage, his relationships with his kids, and his own professional future. When Sensus, the colossal tech company, offers him a chance to complete his research, he seizes the opportunity. The catch? His lab will be in outer space on Parallaxis, the first-ever luxury residential space station built for billionaires. Alex and six other scientists leave their loved ones to become Pioneers, the beta tenants of Parallaxis. But Parallaxis is not the space palace they were sold. Day and night, the embittered crew builds the facility under pressure from Sensus, motivated by the promise that their families will join them. Meanwhile, back on Earth, with much of the country ablaze in wildfires, Alex's family tries to remain safe in Michigan. His teenage daughter, Mary Agnes, struggles through high school with the help of the ubiquitous Sensus phones implanted in everyone's ears, archiving each humiliation, and wishing she could go to Parallaxis with her father-but her mother will never allow it. The Pioneers are the beta testers of another program, too. As they toil away two hundred miles in the sky, Sensus is designing an algorithm that will predict human behavior. Tess, a young social psychologist Sensus has hired to watch the Pioneers through their phones, begins to develop an intimate, obsessive relationship with her subjects. When she takes it a step further-traveling to Parallaxis to observe them up close-the controlled experiment begins to unravel. Prescient and insightful, A House Between Earth and the Moon is at once a captivating epic about the machinations of big tech and a profoundly intimate meditation on the unmistakably human bonds that hold us together"--
Subjects: Science fiction.; Climatic changes; Human behavior; Implants, Artificial; Scientists; Space stations;
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Cat chat : how cats tell us how they feel / by French, Jess.; Dullaghan, Penelope.;
Learn how to read a cat's body language and what your pet might be trying to tell you through their tail waves, ear twitches, meows, and more! The book also provides tips for children on how to interact safely with their newest member of the family, to help them quickly become the best of friends.
Subjects: Picture books.; Cats; Human-animal communication;
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The program : inside the mind of Keith Raniere and the rise and fall of NXIVM / by Natalie, Toni,author.; Hardin, Chet,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Many have heard of NXIVM and its creator, Keith Raniere, an unassuming Albany man who prosecutors say ensnared tens of thousands of people in the US, Mexico and elsewhere, to do his bidding and pay millions of dollars to participate in his self-improvement methodology. What is not known is how many more people came under the thrall of this man in the years leading up to and including his founding of NXIVM. Where did Keith Raniere begin? How did he build NXIVM and its prior incarnations? And, most notably, how was this relatively far-flung entrepreneur able to get and keep his access to the wealth and power that allowed him to lure so many successful, sophisticated people? Enter single mother Toni Natalie, Keith's Patient Zero, the first one indoctrinated into Raniere's methodology and the first one to escape. Told in three parts, the narrative uniquely walks us through the origin story to the fall of Raniere through Toni's eyes and ears. During this time, she bore witness to the evolution of his methodology, including his use of sexual coercion and entrapment, blackmail, and employment of psychological tools such as hypnosis and neuro linguistic programming to ambush, control, and punish those who would not heed his wishes ... most of all Toni. Though unaware of Raniere's true motives and the extent of his involvement until she reconnected with others, Toni can uniquely detail the thousands of fortunes lost and the lives left in disarray that she witnessed contemporaneously, as she pulls back the curtain on the mind control techniques used on members of NXIVM and DOS, a group of women allegedly coerced into sexual acts under the guise of a "women's empowerment" inner circle, whom Raniere exercised extreme control over directly and through his lieutenants. But far from being a victim's story, in the spirit of Erin Brockovich, Toni's is a nuanced narrative of a multi-dimensional woman saving herself, and then working tirelessly to help other women do the same for themselves. Today, Toni is happy, reunited with her son, and surrounded by friends and family--it is this perspective that makes her such a unique storyteller"--
Subjects: Raniere, Keith.; Natalie, Toni.; NXIVM (Firm); Cult members.; Ex-cultists.; Human trafficking.;
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102 camp songs [sound recording (CD)].
Vol. 1 - Camp spaghetti -- Soap and towel -- Be kind to your web footed friends -- This old man -- We're here because we're here -- Apples and bananas -- Oh, you can't get to heaven -- On top of my pizza -- The worm song -- Little black things -- Ta ra ra boom de ay -- Three cheers for the bus driver -- There was a little rooster -- An annoying song -- Polly Wolly Doodle -- Take me out of this camp, please -- Black socks -- My Bonnie lies over the ocean -- Reuben, Reuben I've been thinking -- Rise and shine -- Everywhere we go -- We're five miles from camp -- La cucaracha -- One hundred bottles of pop -- Oats, peas, beans and barley grow -- Mary had a swarm of bees -- I've been working on the railroad -- It's raining, it's pouring -- If you're happy and you know it -- Michael, row the boat ashore -- Head, shoulders, knees and toes -- Kum ba yah -- The old Chevrolet -- Oh, playmate, come out and play with me. Vol. 2 - I'm a nut -- Glub, glub, glub your boat -- Squirty orange -- Greasy grimy gopher guts -- I met a bear -- Ravioli -- Little bugs -- Nobody likes me, everybody hates me -- On top of my headache -- Swing low sweet chariot -- Switch -- It ain't gonna rain no more -- Two little fleas -- Shenandoah -- Have you ever seen? -- I went to Cincinnati -- Chicken sandwich -- Oh my monster, Frankenstein -- Onward, Christian bedbugs -- Take it out, remove it -- Miss Polly had a dolly -- The ants came marching -- The green grass grows all around -- Down by the bay -- Peace like a river -- The bear went over the mountain -- She'll be coming around the mountain -- Itsy bitsy's birthday -- Announcements -- Sweet Betsey from Pike -- Johnny had a head like a ping pong ball -- The littlest worm -- The cat came back -- Yuck! cats!. Vol. 3 - Elbows off the table -- I had a cat -- Do your ears hang low? -- A sailor went to sea -- O Tom the toad -- Greeting song -- Row, row, row your boat -- Home on the range -- A peanut sat on a railroad track -- Bug juice -- The animal fair -- Monkey see and monkey do -- Yon Yonson -- There's a hole in the bucket -- The preposition song -- Reuben and Rachel -- I eat my peas with honey -- The more we get together -- SMILE -- No L -- Oh, Susanna -- The baby bumblebee -- Father Abraham -- Road kill stew -- Bring back my neighbours to me -- Biblical baseball game -- Michael Finnegan -- Clementine -- Nero, my dog, has fleas -- The baby prune -- How much wood -- Sally the camel -- Soup, soup -- I'm a little piece of tin
Subjects: Children's song;
© p2004., Twin Sisters,
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102 traveling songs [sound recording (CD)].
Vol. 1 -- SMILE -- Ten little fish -- Be kind to your web footed friends -- One hundred bottles of pop -- This old man -- Do your ears hang low? -- Down in the valley -- One lonely bird -- Old brass wagon -- Big rigs -- I wonder what flying is like -- A bulldozer operator I will be -- The wheels on the bus -- Eensy weensy spider -- Sing your way home -- The ants come marching -- She'll be coming around the mountain -- I'm a little piece of tin -- London Bridge -- Jack and Jill -- Twinkle, twinkle little star -- Hey diddle diddle -- Humpty Dumpty -- Mary had a little lamb -- Baa, baa, black sheep -- Little boy blue -- Let's play make-believe -- Zip, button, buckle and tie -- Silly faces -- Ta ra ra boom de ay -- Rise and shine -- I'm a nut -- The tongue twister song -- Oh where, oh where has my little dog gone?. ; Vol. 2 -- Oats, Peas, Beans And Barley Grow -- There's A Hole In My Bucket -- Do You Know What Has a Trunk? -- Can You Name That Animal Sound? -- Silly Alphabet Song -- A Is For Alligator -- What Is a Spider? -- What Is a Mammal? -- What Is a Reptile? -- My Aunt Came Back -- A Sailor Went To Sea -- All the Children of the World -- We Are One World (Theme Song) -- Counting from One to Ten -- There Are Four Seasons -- Adventures by the Ocean -- Row, Row, Row Your Boat -- Down By The Station -- The Animal Fair -- Fireflies, Won't You Come Out Tonight? -- Can You Name These Sounds? -- Space Colonies -- Down By The Bay -- Six Little Ducks -- How Much Wood -- Tyrannosaurus Rex Didn't Get His Supper -- Let's Go on a Dinosaur Dig -- Have you ever Wondered? -- A-Hunting We Will Go -- Did You Know That Monkeys Like to Swing? -- Make New Friends -- Yon Yonson -- I See an Elephant in the Sky -- The Bear Went Over The Mountain ; Vol. 3 -- We're Here Because We're Here -- Apples And Bananas -- Smelly Feet -- B-I-N-G-O -- Days Of The Week -- The Green Grass Grows All Around -- Hungry Alligators -- The Peacock Song -- King of the Beast -- The Tiger's Loose -- John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt -- Did You Ever See A Lassie? -- Five Little Skunks -- Michael Finnegan -- A Pilot Flies Her Plane, Plane, Plane -- Traveling Is A Dream -- I Love The Mountains -- Two Is Safter Than One -- The Wabash Cannonball -- The Buddy System -- I'm Lost! -- Learning Our Safety Rules -- Bought Me A Cat -- Switch -- Home on the Range -- I've Been Working On The Railroad -- America -- Yankee Doodle/Yankee Doodle Dandy -- The Alphabet Swing -- Head, Shoulders, Knees And Toes -- My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean -- Sally The Camel -- Sing-A-Ling -- Have you Ever, Ever, Ever?
© p2005., Twin Sisters,
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