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For the love of learning : a year in the life of a school principal / by Phillips, Kristin(Kristin A.),author.;
'For the Love of Learning' is an illuminating and refreshing memoir about a year in the life of an elementary school principal, outlining the joys and challenges - for teachers and students - of education today. With honesty and compassion, Phillips gives a human face to the very real challenges educators work to overcome, one year, and one student at a time.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Phillips, Kristin (Kristin A.); Elementary school principals; Public schools;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cherished belonging : the healing power of love in divided times / by Boyle, Greg,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A Jesuit priest's work with gang members inspires a vision of compassionate community and radical kindness, promoting the idea that everyone is inherently good and that we all belong to each other.
Subjects: Religious materials.; Self-help publications.; Christianity; Communities; Communities;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Gender queer : a memoir / by Kobabe, Maia.; Kobabe, Phoebe,colourist.; Small Press Expo Collection (Library of Congress)DLC;
This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, The Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.Stonewall Book Awards, 2020ALA Alex Award Winner, 2020
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Autobiographical comics.; Autobiographies.; Comics (Graphic works); Nonfiction comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Autobiographies.; Nonfiction comics.; Autobiographical comics.; Graphic novels.; Genderqueer comics.; Kobabe, Maia.; Kobabe, Maia; Banned book sanctuary.; Sexual minority youth; Sexual minorities; Asexuality (Sexual orientation); Gender identity; Gender-nonconforming people; Coming out (Sexual orientation);
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 3
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Mambo rescue! / by Lakin, Patricia,1944-; Galletti, Chiara.;
Mo the lovable tow truck likes to mambo while he works. When ten cars get stuck in a snowstorm, Mo has to mambo faster than ever before to get them out!
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Wreckers (Vehicles); Blizzards;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Code dependent : living in the shadow of AI / by Murgia, Madhumita,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-making. On the surface, a British poet, an UberEats courier in Pittsburgh, an Indian doctor, and a Chinese activist in exile have nothing in common. But they are in fact linked by a profound common experience -- unexpected encounters with artificial intelligence. In Code Dependent, Murgia shows how automated systems are reshaping our lives all over the world, from technology that marks children as future criminals, to an app that is helping to give diagnoses to a remote tribal community. AI has already infiltrated our day-to-day, through language-generating chatbots like ChatGPT and social media. But it's also affecting us in more insidious ways. It touches everything from our interpersonal relationships, to our kids' education, work, finances, public services, and even our human rights. By highlighting the voices of ordinary people in places far removed from the cozy enclave of Silicon Valley, Code Dependent explores the impact of a set of powerful, flawed, and often-exploitative technologies on individuals, communities, and our wider society. Murgia exposes how AI can strip away our collective and individual sense of agency, and shatter our illusion of free will. The ways in which algorithms and their effects are governed over the coming years will profoundly impact us all. Yet we can't agree on a common path forward. We cannot decide what preferences and morals we want to encode in these entities -- or what controls we may want to impose on them. And thus, we are collectively relinquishing our moral authority to machines. In Code Dependent, Murgia not only sheds light on this chilling phenomenon, but also charts a path of resistance. AI is already changing what it means to be human, in ways large and small, and Murgia reveals what could happen if we fail to reclaim our humanity"--
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Decision making; Human-computer interaction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Lost in the library / by McGee, Joe,1972-; Long, Ethan.;
When the Junior Monster Scouts encounter a mute banshee at the library, they work together to help her find her voice.
Subjects: Readers (Publications); Monsters; Banshees; Voice; Libraries; Books and reading;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Endure : how to work hard, outlast, and keep hammering / by Hanes, Cameron R.,author.; Rogan, Joe,1967-writer of foreword.;
"Endure is the ultimate book on the necessity of setting higher goals and expecting more from yourself every day-written by one of the world's deadliest bowhunters. At 20 years old, nothing great was happening in Cameron Hanes' life. Living in a small town where dreams were dismissed and bouncing between the homes of divorced parents, he carried low expectations and no hope for a life of fulfilled potential. He wasn't looking down the road, nor was he imagining ever being able to impact the outside world. Discovering bowhunting changed everything. For over three decades, Cam's called himself an average guy who has experienced tremendous bowhunting success only through hard work and dedication. Endure chronicles the lessons he has learned and compels readers to raise their expectations of themselves. If he can do it, anyone can. Cameron inspires us to have the work ethic, endurance and resiliency needed to push our limits and break the barriers that keep us from our true purpose. From the unforgiving mountains to the rugged running trails to the thrill of extreme bowhunts, Endure takes us to places of risk, challenge, and adventure so that we can realize the impossible isn't too far out of reach. Truly exceptional people don't excel because of their outstanding abilities. They become exceptional because they're obsessed with improvement. Greatness arrives when you keep hammering day after day. Showcasing the skills Cameron has used with the goal of becoming the ultimate predator, Endure redefines hard work and inspires readers to cultivate the grit, discipline and dedication needed in order to maximize each day of life. This book isn't about bowhunting. It's about believing in yourself and becoming the best you can possibly be"--
Subjects: Self-help publications.; Resilience (Personality trait); Self-actualization (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Decoding the weather machine [videorecording] / by Ehrmann, Jedd,editor of moving image work.; Hamilton, Doug,screenwriter,television producer,television director.; Sanders, Jay O.,1953-narrator.; Tay, CheeWei,composer (expression); Tinworth, Rob,editor of moving image work.; Hamilton Land & Cattle, Inc.,production company.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.),broadcaster.;
Edited by Rob Tinworth, Jedd Ehrmann ; composer, Chee-Wei Tay.Narrated by Jay O. Sanders.Join scientists on a quest to better understand the weather and climate machine called Earth. Why do scientists overwhelmingly agree that the climate is changing, and how can humans be resilient, even thrive, in the face of enormous change?E.DVD; region 1; NTSC; stereo; widescreen.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Science television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Climatology.; Weather.;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hillbilly elegy : a memoir of a family and culture in crisis / by Vance, J. D.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.This book is part of our Book Sanctuary collection. A Book Sanctuary is a physical or digital space that actively protects the freedom to read. It provides shelter and access to endangered books. Launched by Chicago Public Library in 2022, the Book Sanctuary initiative brings attention to challenged titles, and commits to making these books accessible. Innisfil ideaLAB & Library's Book Sanctuary Collection represents books that have been challenged, censored or removed from a public library or school in North America. More than 50 adult, teen, and children's books are in our collection and are available for browsing and borrowing in our branches and online. Explore the collection to learn more about why these books were challenged.LSC
Subjects: Vance, J. D.; Vance, J. D.; Banned book sanctuary.; Working class whites; Working class whites; Social mobility;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Care and feeding : a memoir / by Woolever, Laurie,author.;
In this memoir, Laurie Woolever traces her path from a small-town childhood to working at revered restaurants and food publications, alternately bolstered and overshadowed by two of the most powerful men in the business: Mario Batali and Anthony Bourdain. Behind the scenes, Laurie's life is often chaotic. Acerbic and self-deprecating, Laurie attempts to carve her own space as a woman in this world that is by turns toxic and intoxicating. Laurie seeks to try it all--from a seedy Atlantic City strip club to the Park Hyatt Tokyo, from a hippie vegetarian co-op to the legendary El Bulli--while balancing her consuming work with her sometimes ambivalent relationship to marriage and motherhood.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Woolever, Laurie.; Food writers; Women food writers; Women in the food industry.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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