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- Becoming wild : how animal cultures raise families, create beauty, and achieve peace / by Safina, Carl,1955-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."Some people insist that culture is strictly a human feat. What are they afraid of? This book looks into three cultures of other-than-human beings in some of Earth's remaining wild places. It shows how if you're a sperm whale, a scarlet macaw, or a chimpanzee, you too experience your life with the understanding that you are an individual in a particular community. You too are who you are not by genes alone; your culture is a second form of inheritance. You receive it from thousands of individuals, from pools of knowledge passing through generations like an eternal torch. You too may raise young, know beauty, or struggle to negotiate a peace. And your culture, too, changes and evolves. The light of knowledge needs adjusting as situations change, so a capacity for learning, especially social learning, allows behaviors to adjust, to change much faster than genes alone could adapt. Becoming Wild offers a glimpse into cultures among non-human animals through looks at the lives of individuals in different present-day animal societies. By showing how others teach and learn, Safina offers a fresh understanding of what is constantly going on beyond humanity. With reporting from deep in nature, alongside individual creatures in their free-living communities, this book offers a very privileged glimpse behind the curtain of Life on Earth, and helps inform the answer to that most urgent of questions: Who are we here with?"--
- Subjects: Animal communities.; Animal societies.;
- 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;
- We share this earth : a community book / by Saks, Dan,1978-; Smart, Brooke,1985-;
- "This formative board book is an appreciation of our global community and the many ways in which it helps develop empathy, compassion, and collective responsibility. Specific examples of shared community are depicted across twelve countries, inviting young readers to connect with and acknowledge the importance of caring about and for one another, and the Earth we share"--
- Subjects: Stories in rhyme.; Board books.; Community life; Empathy;
- I only read murder / by Ferguson, Ianauthor.; Ferguson, Will,author.;
- "A once-beloved television sleuth finds herself far from Hollywood and witness to a murder during a small-town theatre production -- and is convinced it's up to her to solve the case. Introducing a new comedic crime series from the bestselling Ferguson brothers, for fans of Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club, Alexander McCall Smith's 44 Scotland Street series and Schitt's Creek. Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. Turned down for a role on a cable reality show, Miranda is facing ruin when a mysterious postcard arrives, summoning her to Happy Rock, a small town in the Pacific Northwest. But when she gets there, nothing is what she expected. In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production at the Happy Rock Little Theatre, competing against the local real estate agent for the lead role. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered, live, in front of the audience. But out of 100 witnesses, no one actually saw what happened. Now everyone is under a cloud of suspicion, including the sardonic town doctor, the local high-school drama teacher, an oil-stained car mechanic, an elderly gentleman who may or may not have been in the CIA -- and Miranda herself. Clearly, the only way to solve this mystery is for Miranda to summon her skills as television's Pastor Fran and draw on the help of her new sidekick, Susan, a shy bookstore clerk who seems to know everyone's secrets. Because the show must go on!"--
- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Actresses; Community theater; Murder;
- Good food for all : seasonal recipes from a community garden / by Pudge, Jodi.; The Stop Community Food Centre.;
- Subjects: Community gardens; Cookery.; Nutrition.; Seasons.;
- © c2009., Stop,
- Encampment : resistance, grace, and an unhoused community / by Helwig, Maggie,1961-author.;
- The housing crisis plaguing major urban centres has sent countless people into the streets. In spring 2022, some of them found their way to the yard beside the Anglican church in Toronto's Kensington Market, where Maggie Helwig is the priest. They pitched tents, formed an encampment, and settled in. Known as an outspoken social justice activist, Helwig has spent the last three years getting to know the residents and fighting tooth and nail to allow them to stay, battling various authorities that want to clear the yard and keep the results of the housing crisis out of sight and out of mind. Encampment tells the story of Helwig's life-long activism as preparation for her fight to keep her churchyard open to people needing a home. More importantly, it introduces us to the Artist, to Jeff, and to Robin: their lives, their challenges, their humanity. It confronts our society's callousness in allowing so many to go unhoused and demands, by bringing their stories to the fore, that we begin to respond with compassion and grace.
- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Helwig, Maggie, 1961-; Church work with the homeless; Homeless camps; Homeless persons; Homelessness; Political activists; Social justice; Women priests;
- Mister Roger and me / by Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-; Grady, Wayne.; Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-Petite et le vieux.English.;
- Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Childhood; Children and older people; Community;
- © 2012., House of Anansi Press,
- Look where we live! : a first book of community building / by Ritchie, Scot.;
- Five friends learn about the businesses and public spaces that make up their community.LSC
- Subjects: Communities; Community life;
- Thompsonville : a history of the church and community / by Murray, Verna.; Reynolds, May.;
- © [1980]/, n.p.,
- Township of Innisfil Public Library community needs assessment study : a final report / by Fox Jones and Associates.;
- Subjects: Innisfil (Ontario : Township). Library; Public libraries;
- © 1989., Fox Jones and Associates,
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