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- Broken circle : the dark legacy of Indian residential schools / by Fontaine, Theodore,1941-author.; Woolford, Andrew John,1971-writer of foreword.;
"A new commemorative edition of Theodore Fontaine's powerful, groundbreaking memoir of survival and healing after years of residential school abuse. Originally published in 2010, Broken Circle: The Dark Legacy of Indian Residential Schools chronicles the impact of Theodore Fontaine's harrowing experiences at Fort Alexander and Assiniboia Indian Residential Schools, including psychological, emotional, and sexual abuse; disconnection from his language and culture; and the loss of his family and community. Told as remembrances infused with insights gained through his long healing process, Fontaine goes beyond the details of the abuse that he suffered to relate a unique understanding of why most residential school survivors have post-traumatic stress disorders and why succeeding generations of Indigenous children suffer from this dark chapter in history. With a new foreword by Andrew Woolford, professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Manitoba, this commemorative edition will continue to serve as a powerful testament to survival, self-discovery, and healing"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Fontaine, Theodore, 1941-; Adult child abuse victims; Indigenous peoples ; Indigenous peoples; First Nations ; First Nations; First Nations;
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- The library of legends : a novel / by Chang, Janie,1960-author.;
China, 1937: When Japanese bombs begin falling on the city of Nanking, nineteen-year-old Hu Lian and her classmates at Minghua University are ordered to flee. Lian and a convoy of more than a hundred students, faculty, and staff must walk a thousand miles to the safety of China's western provinces, a journey marred by hunger, cold, and the constant threat of aerial attack. And it is not just the student refugees who are at risk: Lian and her classmates have been entrusted with a priceless treasure, a 500-year-old collection of myths and folklore known as the Library of Legends. Her family's past has made Lian wary of forming attachments, but the students' common duty to safeguard the Library of Legends forms unexpected bonds. Lian finds friendship and a cautious romance with the handsome and wealthy Liu Shaoming. But after one classmate is murdered and another arrested, Lian realizes she must escape from the convoy before a family secret puts her in danger.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Teenagers; College students; Mythology, Chinese;
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- Cosmic bullsh*t : a guide to the galaxy's worst life hacks / by Ferrie, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."#1 bestselling science writer for kids Chris Ferrie is back with the bullsh*t ... but this time instead of taking down all the pseudoscience related to quantum physics, he's examining today's more suspect mind/body/spirit fads, including astrology, cosmic energy, aliens, young earth theories, and other "space" themes"--- Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Cosmology.; Common fallacies.; Pseudoscience.;
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- Robert Ludlum's the Treadstone exile / by Hood, Joshua,author.; Ludlum, Robert,1927-2001,creator.;
"Former Treadstone Operative Adam Hayes finds himself at the center of a web of warring factions and high-level secrets in the second novel in the Treadstone series, the newest addition to the Robert Ludlum universe"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Assassins; Extremists; Kidnapping;
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- Alphabetical diaries / by Heti, Sheila,1976-author.;
"An enthralling work from one of our greatest literary innovators, shortlisted for the Giller and winner of the GG for Fiction. A little over a decade ago, Sheila Heti--the award-winning author of a string of modern classics including How Should a Person Be?, Motherhood, and Pure Colour--began looking back at the diaries she'd kept over the previous ten years, searching for signs of deeper change inside herself. She loaded all 500,000 words of her journals into Microsoft Excel, to order the sentences alphabetically and seek out patterns and repetitions. How many times had she written, "I hate him," for example? With the sentences untethered from the narrative of her diaries, she started to see herself--and the Self--in a new way: as something quite solid, anchored by shockingly few characteristic preoccupations. Returning to the project over the years, something more universal and novelistic emerged. Alphabetical Diaries is the sublime and probing result--one that rises to the heights of artistry and insight for which Heti is rightfully acclaimed."--- Subjects: Autobiographical fiction.; Experimental fiction.; Novels.; Heti, Sheila, 1976-; Diaries; Self;
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- Everything Is Fine Here A Novel [electronic resource] : by Tushabe, Iryn.aut; CloudLibrary;
A beguiling coming of age novel set in Uganda in which a young woman grapples with the truth about her sister in a country that punishes gay people. Eighteen-year-old Aine Kamara has been anticipating a reunion with her older sister, Mbabazi, for months. But when Mbabazi shows up with an unexpected guest, Aine must confront an old fear: her beloved sister is gay in a country with tight anti-homosexuality laws. Over a weekend at Aine’s all girls’ boarding school, sisterly bonds strengthen, and a new friendship emerges between Aine and her sister’s partner, Achen. Later, a sudden death in the family brings Achen to Mbabazi’s and Aine’s village, resulting in tensions that put Mrs. Kamara’s Christian beliefs to the test. Aine runs away to Mbabazi’s and Achen’s home in Kampala, where she reconnects with her crush, Elia, a sophomore at Makerere University. In acclaimed writer Iryn Tushabe’s dazzling debut novel, Aine must make hard choices, with inevitable and harrowing results.General adult.- Subjects: Electronic books.; Contemporary Women;
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- Death Valley : a novel / by Broder, Melissa,author.;
"The most profound book yet from the visionary author of Milk Fed and The Pisces, a darkly funny novel about grief that becomes a desert survival story. In Melissa Broder's astounding new novel, a woman arrives alone at a Best Western seeking respite from an emptiness that plagues her. She has fled to the California desert to escape a cloud of sorrow-both for her father in the ICU and a disabled husband whose illness is worsening. What the motel provides, however, is not peace but a path, thanks to a receptionist who recommends a nearby hike. Out on the sun-scorched trail, the woman encounters a towering cactus whose size and shape mean it should not exist in California. Yet the cactus is there, with a gash through its side that beckons like a familiar door. So she enters it. What this woman finds inside this mystical succulent sets her on a journey at once desolate and rich, hilarious and poignant. This is Melissa Broder at her most imaginative, most universal, and finest. This is Death Valley"--- Subjects: Magic realist fiction.; Novels.; Cactus; Fathers and daughters; Grief; Married people;
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- Engaging adolescents : parenting tough issues with teenagers / by Hawton, Michael.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-197), Internet addresses and index.Parenting teenagers can be tricky at the best of times. But when the tough issues arise - behavioural problems, unacceptable risk-taking, bullying, alcohol abuse - things can get extremely difficult and parents can struggle with what to do. Drawing on psychologist Michael Hawton's 30 years of experience, Engaging Adolescents is a practical guide to help you steer your teenager through the challenging times with confidence.The book covers the following areas: teenagers and what helps them develop personal control; how to sort out behaviour so you don't over react; what we can learn from watching professionals who manage emergencies; and, proven, practical methods for managing tempestuous teenagers.Using case studies and based on universally-accepted mediation principles, this is a highly practical, skills-based book that gives you the tools to resolve conflict and build better family relationships. Engaging Adolescents offers a clear, method-based approach to ease the distress of parents experiencing difficulties with their teenagers' behaviour.LSC- Subjects: Parent and teenager.; Teenagers.; Adolescent psychology.; Parenting.;
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- Canada's prime ministers and the shaping of a national identity / by Blake, Raymond Benjamin,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Since Confederation, Canadian prime ministers have consciously constructed the national story. Each created shared narratives, formulating and reformulating a series of unifying national ideas that served to keep this geographically large, ethnically diverse, and regionalized nation together. This book is about those narratives and stories. Focusing on the post-Second World War period, Raymond B. Blake shows how, regardless of political stripe, prime minsters worked to build national unity, forged a citizenship based on inclusion, and defined a place for Canada in the world. They created for citizens an ideal image of what the nation stood for and the path it should follow. They told a national story of Canada as a modern, progressive, liberal state with a strong commitment to inclusion, a deep respect for diversity and difference, and a fundamental belief in universal rights and freedoms. Ultimately, this innovative history provides readers with a new way to see and understand what Canada is, and what holds us together as a nation."--- Subjects: Nationalism; Nationalism; Prime ministers; Prime ministers;
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- Dr. Seuss. [videorecording] / by Pratt, Hawley.; Baldwin, Gerard.; Holt, Bob,1928-1985.; Lundie, Ken.; Raposo, Joe; Seuss,Dr.Lorax.; Seuss,Dr.Pontofell Pock & his magic piano.; CBS Television Network.; DFE Films.;
The Lorax -- Pontoffel Pock & his magic piano.Voices: Bob Holt, Ken Lundie, Joe Raposo, Wayne Morton, Hal Smith.Two Dr. Seuss tales. The first tells the story of the greedy, tree-chopping Once-lers and the brave little Lorax who speaks up for the vanishing forest. In the second video, a young Dill Pickle Works worker wishes he could get away from it all, and has his wish granted in a magically head-spinning way.CHV rating: G.DVD.LSC- Subjects: Animated films.; Children's films.; Children's television programs.; Films for the hearing impaired.;
- © c2003., Universal,
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