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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;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Explorer kit: birding : backpack for adults [kit]. by Please return all components in the container. ;
Binoculars and birding guidebooks will help you get started on your new hobby! Explorer Backpacks are kits designed to help you get outside! Each kit comes with 2 or more books on the topic and equipment that enables you to delve into the wonders of nature. We’ve also put together a Resource Guide for each one so you can find apps, online resources, as well as more books to help with your learning journey.
Subjects: Guidebooks.; Backpack kit.; Birds; Bird watching; Birding.;
© , Various.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Through the glass / by Moroney, Shannon.;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Moroney, Shannon.; Staples, Jason.; Forgiveness.; Restorative justice; Sex offenders' spouses; Teachers;
© c2011., Doubleday Canada,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Inventory of historic buildings in Bradford, Ontario / by Haley, Gillian; Smith, Nancy; Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association;
Subjects: Architecture; Historic buildings;
© c2000., Bradford West Gwillimbury Local History Association,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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From Indian mission to city church / by Barker, Kenneth,1932-;
Bibliography: 4th prelim. page.
Subjects: St. Paul's United Church (Orillia, Ontario); Churches, United;
© 1980?], s.n.,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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South Simcoe agriculture action plan. by
Subjects: Land use, Rural; Agriculture;
© 2009., [n.p.],
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Toronto architecture : a city guide / by McHugh, Patricia.; Bozikovic, Alex.; Pahwa, Vik.;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes."Toronto has been hailed as "the city that works," "the livable city," and a "world-class city." But just what does Toronto look like? And what can the changing image of the city tell us about Toronto's past--and its future? Twenty-two self-contained walking tours--each with an easy-to-follow map--range over 175 years of Toronto buildings. More than 900 buildings are catalogued: fanciful Victorian houses, graceful spired churches, lush Edwardian factories and warehouses, Art Deco apartments, and new landmarks. Illustrated with over 300 photographs, the guide examines well-known and important buildings as well as the more modest structures in between that form Toronto's cityscape. The original edition of Toronto Architecture: A City Guide by Patricia McHugh is fully revised and expanded by architecture critic Alex Bozikovic. Complete with an illustrated description of Toronto styles, a glossary of architectural terms, and a biographical index of architects, this is the definitive reference to Toronto's buildings--old and new"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Architecture; Historic buildings; Buildings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Restaurant kid : a memoir of family and belonging / by Phan, Rachel,author.;
"A warm and poignant narrative about finding one's self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter's attempts to connect with parents who have always been just out of reach. When she was three years old, Rachel Phan met her replacement. Instead of a new sibling, her mother and father's time and attention were suddenly devoted entirely to their new family restaurant. For her parents--whose own families fled China during Japanese occupation and then survived bombs and starvation during the war in Vietnam--it was a dream come true. For Phan, it was something quite different. Overnight, she became a restaurant kid, living on the periphery of her own family and trying her best to stay out of the way. As Phan grew up, the restaurant was the most stalwart and suffocating member of her family. For decades, it's been both their crowning achievement and the origin of so much of their pain and suffering: screaming matches complete with smashed dishes; bodies worn down by long hours and repetitive strain; and tenuous relationships where the family loved one another deeply without ever really knowing each other. In Restaurant Kid, Phan seeks to examine the way her life has been shaped by the rigid boxes placed around her. She had to be a "good daughter," never asking questions, always being grateful. She had to be a "real Canadian," watching hockey and speaking English so flawlessly that her tongue has since forgotten how to contort around Cantonese tones. As the only Chinese girl at school, she had to alternate between being the sidekick, geek, or Asian fetish, depending on whose gaze was on her. Now, three decades after their restaurant first opened, Phan's parents are cautiously talking about retirement. As an adult, Phan's "good daughter" role demands something new of her--and a chance to get to know her parents away from the restaurant. In Restaurant Kid, Phan deftly combines candour, wit and insight to craft a vibrant and important narrative on the strength and foibles of family, and how we come to understand ourselves."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Phan, Rachel.; Phan, Rachel; Children of immigrants; Restaurateurs; Restaurateurs; Chinese Canadian women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bethesda cemetery : part of the north half of lot 5, concession 3, Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario / by Halfyard, Alan.; Halfyard, Robert.; Wallace, Ross; Halfyard, Elizabeth.; Ontario Genealogical Society.Simcoe County Branch.;
Subjects: Inscriptions; Registers of births, etc.;
© 1973?]., Ontario Genealogical Society, Simcoe County Branch,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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House + flower : reviving forgotten homes and gardens / by Zamaria, Cynthia,author.;
Subjects: Dwellings; Gardens; House furnishings; Interior decoration;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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