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A Short History of Nearly Everything : 2.0. by Bryson, Bill.;
'A Short History of Nearly Everything: 2.0' is Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has happened in the history of the earth, from the Big Bang theory to the rise of civilization and beyond - revised to reflect the last two decades of scientific advancement.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / World; SCIENCE / Essays;
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Like Love: Essays and Conversations [electronic resource] : by Nelson, Maggie.aut; cloudLibrary;
One of the Globe and Mail's most anticipated books of 2024 A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artists. Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson’s brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson’s passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide—from Prince to Carolee Schneemann to Matthew Barney to Lhasa de Sela to Kara Walker—but certain themes recur: intergenerational exchange; love and friendship; feminist and queer issues, especially as they shift over time; subversion, transgression, and perversity; the roles of the critic and of language in relation to visual and performance arts; forces that feed or impede certain bodies and creators; and the fruits and follies of a life spent devoted to making. Arranged chronologically, Like Love shows the writing, thinking, feeling, reading, looking, and conversing that occupied Nelson while writing iconic books such as Bluets and The Argonauts. As such, it is a portrait of a time, an anarchic party rich with wild guests, a window into Nelson’s own development, and a testament to the profound sustenance offered by art and artists.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Social; Essays; Essays;
© 2024., McClelland & Stewart,
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Life on a Little-Known Planet : Dispatches from a Changing World. by Kolbert, Elizabeth.;
Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Kolbert has shaped the way we think about the environment in the 21st century. Collected in 'Life on a Little-Known Planet' are her most important pieces about climate change and the natural world. The threats to our planet have only grown more serious. Now is the time to deepen our understanding of the world we are in danger of losing.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: NATURE / Essays; SCIENCE / Environmental Science; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change;
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Elbows Up : Canadian Resilience and Resistance in the Age of Trump. by Abdelmahmoud, Elamin.;
'Elbows Up' is a blazing collection of responses to the ongoing Canada v. America trade war and ensuing swell of national unity, from a remarkable array of some of our sharpest and most influential Canadian minds. Inspired by the 1968 collection 'The New Romans: Candid Canadian Opinions of the US', this new anthology will be edited by bestselling author and CBC host Elamin Abdelmahmoud, and will feature responses from Margaret Atwood, Omar El Akkad, Jesse Wente, Atom Egoyan, Canisia Lubrin, Tom Power, Niigaan Sinclair, Jay Baruchel, and many more, speaking candidly on America, and Canada, and the malleable contours of a national narrative still taking hold. Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a culture writer for BuzzFeed News and is the host of the CBC Radio show 'Commotion'. He lives in Toronto, ON. A RADD Pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Canadian; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Canadian Studies;
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The haves and have-yachts : dispatches on the ultrarich. by Osnos, Evan.;
"A collection of essays explores American oligarchy and the culture of excess, providing a wry, unfiltered look at how the ultrarich shape-and sometimes warp-our social and political landscape"--Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity;
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Losing My Ambition : A "Good Enough" Memoir. by Niazi, Amil.;
In 'Losing My Ambition', Amil Niazi builds off her popular viral essays Losing My Ambition and The Mindfuck of Mid-Life, to explore what life looks like post-ambition". She interrogates her own evolving ambitions, and how they intersect with adulthood, motherhood, age, identity, class, and race, and how it has shaped her and a generation of Millennials. And, most importantly, now that she is done with ambition - what happens next? Niazi lives in Toronto, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Motherhood; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays;
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In other worlds : SF and the human imagination / by Atwood, Margaret,1939-;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Atwood, Margaret, 1939-; Essays.; Science fiction; Science fiction; Speculative fiction;
© c2011., Signal,
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The Science of Pets. by Ingram, Jay.;
Why do dogs spin around when excited? Do our cats really love us? Do lizards make good pets? In the tradition of 'The Inside of a Dog', top science writer and TV personality Jay Ingram shares new insights into the hearts, minds, and bodies of the animals who love us (or do they?). Ingram lives in Calgary, AB.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: PETS / Essays & Narratives; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ethology (Animal Behavior); SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals;
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The Price of Water in Finistère [electronic resource] : by Malmsten, Bodil.aut; CloudLibrary;
'In the same way as there's a partner for every person, there's a place. All you have to do is find the one that's yours among the billions that belong to someone else, you have to be awake, you have to choose.' With this conviction in mind, acclaimed Swedish writer Bodil Malmsten abandons her native country at the age of fifty-five and settles in Brittany. At the heart of this memoir is the conviction that the happiness to be found in Finistère will not allow itself to be, cannot be, expressed in writing. Embroidered around this seeming paradox are poignant, outraged and thought-provoking observations on the widest range of subjects: how not to buy plants, the elicit pleasures of bargain-hunting, the misery of writer's block, social democracy, racism, tulipomania, the stubbornness of bank managers, the controlling of moles and slugs, death, political hypocrisy, the delights of wild weather. Malmsten's passion and humour shine through every episode she describes, however minor, offering the reader a window onto a solitary life at once touching, thought-provoking and, occasionally, hilarious.College/higher education.Professional and scholarly.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; France; Essays & Narratives; Personal Memoirs; Emigration & Immigration; Essays & Travelogues;
© 2012., Random House,
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I Finally Bought Some Jordans Essays [electronic resource] : by Arceneaux, Michael.aut; cloudLibrary;
"Very good writers have an ability to make you understand what they're feeling. But the very best writers have an ability to make you understand what you're feeling. And that's where Michael Arceneaux sits, and that's what he does in this new book. It's like he's crawling around inside your head opening file cabinets and telling you what the gibberish you've scribbled on each page in each file means. What a great, fun read."—Shea Serrano, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Michael Arceneaux returns with a hilarious collection of essays about making your voice heard in an increasingly noisy and chaotic world. In his books I Can't Date Jesus and I Don't Want to Die Poor, Michael Arceneaux established himself as one of the most beloved and entertaining writers of his generation, touching upon such hot-button topics as race, class, sexuality, labor, debt, and, of course, paying homage to the power and wisdom of Beyoncé. In this collection, Arceneaux takes stock of how far he has traveled—and how much ground he still has to cover in this patriarchal, heteronormative society. He explores the opportunities afforded to Black creatives but also the doors that remain shut or ever-so-slightly ajar; the confounding challenges of dating in a time when social media has made everything both more accessible and more unreliable; and the allure of returning home while still pushing yourself to seek opportunity elsewhere. I Finally Bought Some Jordans is both a corrective to, and a balm for, these troubling times, revealing a sharply funny and keen-eyed storyteller working at the height of his craft.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Essays; LGBT; Essays; Personal Memoirs; Popular Culture;
© 2024., HarperCollins,
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