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Beneath the surface : a teen's guide to reaching out when you or your friend is in crisis

Hugstad, Kristi,


Introduction: Gavin's story -- What's going on in your brain? -- You are not alone -- Depression: Jackie's story -- Eating disorders -- Bullying: Caitlin's story -- Self-harm: Kaley's story -- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Peer pressure and stress -- Anxiety: Asher's story -- Substance abuse: Connor's story -- Technology addiction: Ethan's story -- Suicide: my story -- Finding hope in the darkness: Gavin's story, continued -- Creating a healthy lifestyle -- Reaching out: helping a friend. "Depression and mental illness don't discriminate. Even in the most picture-perfect life, confusion and turmoil are often lurking beneath the surface. For a teenager in a world where anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses are commonplace, life can sometimes feel impossible. Whether or not you or someone you love is suffering from any of these issues, it's important to be able to recognize the warning signs of mental illness and know where to turn for help. "--Back cover.
Date Published:2019

Introduction: Gavin's story -- What's going on in your brain? -- You are not alone -- Depression: Jackie's story -- Eating disorders -- Bullying: Caitlin's story -- Self-harm: Kaley's story -- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- Peer pressure and stress -- Anxiety: Asher's story -- Substance abuse: Connor's story -- Technology addiction: Ethan's story -- Suicide: my story -- Finding hope in the darkness: Gavin's story, continued -- Creating a healthy lifestyle -- Reaching out: helping a friend. "Depression and mental illness don't discriminate. Even in the most picture-perfect life, confusion and turmoil are often lurking beneath the surface. For a teenager in a world where anxiety, depression, and other mental illnesses are commonplace, life can sometimes feel impossible. Whether or not you or someone you love is suffering from any of these issues, it's important to be able to recognize the warning signs of mental illness and know where to turn for help. "--Back cover.

Date Published:2019

Killing the Wittigo : Indigenous culture-based approaches to waking up, taking action, and doing the work of healing : a book for young adults

Methot, Suzanne, 1968-,


"An unflinching reimagining of Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing for young adults. Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of colonization on Indigenous people and communities and how trauma alters an individual's brain, body, and behavior. It explores how learned patterns of behavior -- the ways people adapt to trauma to survive -- are passed down within family systems, thereby affecting the functioning of entire communities. The book foregrounds Indigenous resilience through song lyrics and as-told-to stories by young people who have started their own journeys of decolonization, healing, and change. It also details the transformative work being done in urban and on-reserve communities through community-led projects and Indigenous-run institutions and community agencies. These stories offer concrete examples of the ways in which Indigenous peoples and communities are capable of healing in small and big ways -- and they challenge readers to consider what the dominant society must do to create systemic change. Full of bold graphics and illustration, Killing the Wittigo is a much-needed resource for Indigenous kids and the people who love them and work with them."--
Date Published:2023

"An unflinching reimagining of Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing for young adults. Written specifically for young adults, reluctant readers, and literacy learners, Killing the Wittigo explains the traumatic effects of colonization on Indigenous people and communities and how trauma alters an individual's brain, body, and behavior. It explores how learned patterns of behavior -- the ways people adapt to trauma to survive -- are passed down within family systems, thereby affecting the functioning of entire communities. The book foregrounds Indigenous resilience through song lyrics and as-told-to stories by young people who have started their own journeys of decolonization, healing, and change. It also details the transformative work being done in urban and on-reserve communities through community-led projects and Indigenous-run institutions and community agencies. These stories offer concrete examples of the ways in which Indigenous peoples and communities are capable of healing in small and big ways -- and they challenge readers to consider what the dominant society must do to create systemic change. Full of bold graphics and illustration, Killing the Wittigo is a much-needed resource for Indigenous kids and the people who love them and work with them."--

Date Published:2023

Lying, stealing, and other ways to save the planet

Campbell, Curtis, 1994-,


Climate fiction with a conscience: tackles environmental activism, class divides, and community responsibility through a small-town lens, showing how collective action can counter power and privilege. Romance takes a backseat: a rare YA read that prioritizes friendship, group dynamics, and finding your place over romantic relationships. Great for male readers: a male-led, voicey narrative with high-concept stakes and a tightly paced plot—ideal for fans of books that are smart and entertaining. Sharp, funny, & full of heart: a high-stakes eco-heist novel packed with Curtis Campbell's signature witty dialogue and offbeat humor. For the angry & hopeful: speaks to the helplessness many teens feel around climate change, but counters cynicism with humor, resilience, and the transformative power of friendship and collaboration. Sweet spot reader recommendation: 16+. For fans of: Not Here to be Liked, We Didn't Ask for This, and Dragging Mason County.
Date Published:2026

Climate fiction with a conscience: tackles environmental activism, class divides, and community responsibility through a small-town lens, showing how collective action can counter power and privilege. Romance takes a backseat: a rare YA read that prioritizes friendship, group dynamics, and finding your place over romantic relationships. Great for male readers: a male-led, voicey narrative with high-concept stakes and a tightly paced plot—ideal for fans of books that are smart and entertaining. Sharp, funny, & full of heart: a high-stakes eco-heist novel packed with Curtis Campbell's signature witty dialogue and offbeat humor. For the angry & hopeful: speaks to the helplessness many teens feel around climate change, but counters cynicism with humor, resilience, and the transformative power of friendship and collaboration. Sweet spot reader recommendation: 16+. For fans of: Not Here to be Liked, We Didn't Ask for This, and Dragging Mason County.

Date Published:2026

The death of Trotsky : the true story of the plot to kill Stalin's greatest enemy

Ireland, Josh, 1981-,


For over a decade, Trotsky's greatest enemy, Joseph Stalin, had been trying to arrange his murder. Stalin's agents had hunted him across Europe and into a lonely, bitter exile in Mexico. He had liquidated Trotsky's family and friends, and yet Trotsky had always escaped his clutches. The man who changed this all was RamoÌn Mercader, a minor Spanish aristocrat and Soviet agent who had posed as Mornard, a dissolute Belgian playboy, and infiltrated Trotsky's inner circle. In "The Death of Trotsky", Josh Ireland traces the separate paths walked by each of these protagonists as they steadily draw closer and closer to that fateful encounter on August 20. Blending intimate historical detail and thrilling historical narrative, swinging from Moscow to Paris to Mexico, and taking in a cast of morally conflicted Russian spies, fanatical Mexican painters, and innocent American idealists, The Death of Trotsky delves into the lives of two fascinating, complex men locked in a life-or-death struggle that would bend the course of history.
Date Published:2026

For over a decade, Trotsky's greatest enemy, Joseph Stalin, had been trying to arrange his murder. Stalin's agents had hunted him across Europe and into a lonely, bitter exile in Mexico. He had liquidated Trotsky's family and friends, and yet Trotsky had always escaped his clutches. The man who changed this all was RamoÌn Mercader, a minor Spanish aristocrat and Soviet agent who had posed as Mornard, a dissolute Belgian playboy, and infiltrated Trotsky's inner circle. In "The Death of Trotsky", Josh Ireland traces the separate paths walked by each of these protagonists as they steadily draw closer and closer to that fateful encounter on August 20. Blending intimate historical detail and thrilling historical narrative, swinging from Moscow to Paris to Mexico, and taking in a cast of morally conflicted Russian spies, fanatical Mexican painters, and innocent American idealists, The Death of Trotsky delves into the lives of two fascinating, complex men locked in a life-or-death struggle that would bend the course of history.

Date Published:2026

Berlin

Lutes, Jason,


Includes bibliographical references. City of stones -- City of smoke -- City of light. "Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart.
Date Published:2022

Includes bibliographical references. City of stones -- City of smoke -- City of light. "Berlin is an intricate look at the fall of the Weimar Republic through the eyes of its citizens--Marthe Müller, a young woman escaping the memory of a brother killed in World War I, Kurt Severing, an idealistic journalist losing faith in the printed word as fascism and extremism take hold; the Brauns, a family torn apart by poverty and politics. Lutes weaves these characters' lives into the larger fabric of a city slowly ripping apart.

Date Published:2022

Mac-Pap : memoir of a Canadian in the Spanish Civil War

Liversedge, Ronald, 1899-1974.


On May Day, 1937, Ronald Liversedge, with the ill-prepared Mackenzie-Papineau battalion, was thrown into front line action at Fuentes de Ebro, Spain, and endured two years of grinding battles before the final exodus from Barcelona.
Date Published:2013

The hidden hand : the information war and the rise of antisemitic propaganda

Kinsella, Warren, 1960-,


An explosive inside look into the highly-planned and well-funded global propaganda campaign to delegitimize Israel and sow the seeds of anti-Semitism in the aftermath of October 7th.
Date Published:2026

Leaving home : a memoir in full colour

Haddon, Mark, 1962-,


"An unflinching, brilliantly written, darkly funny, lavishly illustrated memoir by the acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; a chronicle of a miserable childhood and a life riven by mental and physical ailments, but ultimately a ringing testament about how one artist sees the world and how his experiences have shaped his vision. The first thing to know about Leaving Home is that it is riotously funny. Despite the fact that Haddon's life story involves almost unbelievably cold and unloving parents, being shipped off to a British boarding school whose culture of sadistic viciousness surpasses any fictional stereotypes, chronic depression, self-harm, a heart attack and endemic brain fog caused by long Covid, the book is deeply hilarious. The second thing to know is that the mix of old photos, original drawings, vintage advertisements and visual ephemera is perfectly woven into the text, creating a seamless interplay between word and image. The third thing to know is that this is not merely the account of one writer's life. Leaving Home is ultimately about creativity and its wellsprings, about what this gifted writer and artist experienced, how those experiences shaped his view of the world and how he communicates that view through an aesthetic vision. Whether Haddon is relating his stint as a social worker for a quadriplegic who turned out to be a member of a bizarre Evangelical cult, or intertwined episodes of extreme hypochondria and feelings of worthlessness, or a disastrous stint as a children's television writer, or tending to his ailing elderly parents who remained enduringly unpleasant, his complete honesty and sharp wit is bracing and inviting. But no matter how outrageous, horrifying, or poignant the episodes may be, the sheer brilliance of the prose and aptness of the illustrations show how pain, cruelty, illness and absurdity can become art. Leaving Home is utterly devoid pretense or affectation, but resolutely humane. Mark Haddon is best known as the author of the classic novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, but this astoundingly beautiful volume may stand as his landmark work"--
Date Published:2026

"An unflinching, brilliantly written, darkly funny, lavishly illustrated memoir by the acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time; a chronicle of a miserable childhood and a life riven by mental and physical ailments, but ultimately a ringing testament about how one artist sees the world and how his experiences have shaped his vision. The first thing to know about Leaving Home is that it is riotously funny. Despite the fact that Haddon's life story involves almost unbelievably cold and unloving parents, being shipped off to a British boarding school whose culture of sadistic viciousness surpasses any fictional stereotypes, chronic depression, self-harm, a heart attack and endemic brain fog caused by long Covid, the book is deeply hilarious. The second thing to know is that the mix of old photos, original drawings, vintage advertisements and visual ephemera is perfectly woven into the text, creating a seamless interplay between word and image. The third thing to know is that this is not merely the account of one writer's life. Leaving Home is ultimately about creativity and its wellsprings, about what this gifted writer and artist experienced, how those experiences shaped his view of the world and how he communicates that view through an aesthetic vision. Whether Haddon is relating his stint as a social worker for a quadriplegic who turned out to be a member of a bizarre Evangelical cult, or intertwined episodes of extreme hypochondria and feelings of worthlessness, or a disastrous stint as a children's television writer, or tending to his ailing elderly parents who remained enduringly unpleasant, his complete honesty and sharp wit is bracing and inviting. But no matter how outrageous, horrifying, or poignant the episodes may be, the sheer brilliance of the prose and aptness of the illustrations show how pain, cruelty, illness and absurdity can become art. Leaving Home is utterly devoid pretense or affectation, but resolutely humane. Mark Haddon is best known as the author of the classic novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, but this astoundingly beautiful volume may stand as his landmark work"--

Date Published:2026

Re-storying education : decolonizing your practice using a critical lens

Roberts, Carolyn,


This vital and timely book outlines how colonialism has shaped both the country and the public school system. Re-Storying Education uses an Indigenous lens, offering ways to put Indigenous education, history, and pedagogy into practice. It invites readers into an open dialogue in the pursuit of a more inclusive and just educational landscape. Drawing from her own experiences as an Indigenous student, educator, and administrator, in public and band-operated school systems, Indigenous academic Carolyn Roberts offers a deep understanding of how to support educators with Indigenous education and to create a nurturing and inclusive environment for all students.
Date Published:2024

This vital and timely book outlines how colonialism has shaped both the country and the public school system. Re-Storying Education uses an Indigenous lens, offering ways to put Indigenous education, history, and pedagogy into practice. It invites readers into an open dialogue in the pursuit of a more inclusive and just educational landscape. Drawing from her own experiences as an Indigenous student, educator, and administrator, in public and band-operated school systems, Indigenous academic Carolyn Roberts offers a deep understanding of how to support educators with Indigenous education and to create a nurturing and inclusive environment for all students.

Date Published:2024

Canoeing Canada's Northwest Territories : a paddler's guide


This comprehensive canoeing guide provides detailed trip reports for 19 river routes in the Northwest Territories.
Date Published:1995

This Indian kid : a Native American memoir

Chuculate, Eddie, 1978-,


"Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice. "Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was thirteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I'd sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you could be thirteen-sixteenths of anything and if so, what part of her constituted the other three-sixteenths." Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood. Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose. This book is at once a love letter to his Native American roots and an inspiring and essential message for young readers everywhere, who are coming of age in an era when conversations about acceptance and empathy, love and perspective are more necessary than ever before."--
Date Published:2023

"Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate recounts his experience growing up in rural Oklahoma, from boyhood to young manhood, in an evocative and vivid voice. "Granny was full-blooded Creek, but the Bureau of Indian Affairs insisted she was thirteen-sixteenths. She showed her card to me. I'd sit at the kitchen table and stare at her when she was eating, wondering how you could be thirteen-sixteenths of anything and if so, what part of her constituted the other three-sixteenths." Growing up impoverished and shuttled between different households, it seemed life was bound to take a certain path for Eddie Chuculate. Despite the challenges he faced, his upbringing was rich with love and bountiful lessons from his Creek and Cherokee heritage, deep-rooted traditions he embraced even as he learned to live within the culture of white, small-town America that dominated his migratory childhood. Award-winning author Eddie Chuculate brings his childhood to life with spare, unflinching prose. This book is at once a love letter to his Native American roots and an inspiring and essential message for young readers everywhere, who are coming of age in an era when conversations about acceptance and empathy, love and perspective are more necessary than ever before."--

Date Published:2023

Mother Earth is our Elder : a northern Indigenous perspective on the climate crisis

Lafferty, Catherine, 1982-,


Another form of the author's name appears on this item. The authorized version is Lafferty, Catherine, 1982-. "Award-winning Dene activist and writer Katłı̨̀ą teaches us Indigenous ways to protect and learn from Mother Earth. The Dene in Canada’s Northwest territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests to living a balanced life through effective individual and collective governance, the Dene have long protected Mother Earth from destruction through their intricate knowledge systems, natural laws, and age-old principles. Now more than ever, institutions and citizens alike are seeking out and relying on the resilience of Indigenous knowledge systems to help solve the climate crisis. This book brings together a diverse group of Dene Elders and knowledge carriers on the subject of climate change to answer the calls for help. Adhering proudly to these responsibilities and values, Katłı̨̀ą (pronounced cat-lee-ah) writes a Dene manifesto fit to address the state of emergency we’re in. With evidence of how this all works for the Dene people, we see how it might work for us as well. This generous, pragmatic, and hopeful book shows us how to find coexistence with Mother Earth and embrace the wisdom of our local Indigenous communities."--
Date Published:2026

Another form of the author's name appears on this item. The authorized version is Lafferty, Catherine, 1982-. "Award-winning Dene activist and writer Katłı̨̀ą teaches us Indigenous ways to protect and learn from Mother Earth. The Dene in Canada’s Northwest territories have lived alongside nature for many generations. From battling environmental racism on the front lines of historical environmental protests to living a balanced life through effective individual and collective governance, the Dene have long protected Mother Earth from destruction through their intricate knowledge systems, natural laws, and age-old principles. Now more than ever, institutions and citizens alike are seeking out and relying on the resilience of Indigenous knowledge systems to help solve the climate crisis. This book brings together a diverse group of Dene Elders and knowledge carriers on the subject of climate change to answer the calls for help. Adhering proudly to these responsibilities and values, Katłı̨̀ą (pronounced cat-lee-ah) writes a Dene manifesto fit to address the state of emergency we’re in. With evidence of how this all works for the Dene people, we see how it might work for us as well. This generous, pragmatic, and hopeful book shows us how to find coexistence with Mother Earth and embrace the wisdom of our local Indigenous communities."--

Date Published:2026

Theory of water : Nishnaabe maps to the times ahead

Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake, 1971-,


Includes discussion questions. For many years, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has found refuge in skiing-in all kinds of weather across different forms of terrain, often following the trail beside a beloved creek near her home. Recently, as she skimmed along this path and meditated on our world's uncertainty-including environmental devastation, the rise of authoritarianism, and the effects of ongoing social injustice-her mind turned to the ice beside her, and the snow beneath her feet. And she asked herself: What might it mean to truly listen to water? To know not only the land on which we live, but the water that surrounds and inhabits us? To coexist with and alongside water? So begins this renowned writer's quest to discover, understand, and trace the historical and cultural interactions of Indigenous peoples with water in all its forms. On her journey, she reflects on the teachings, traditions, stories, and creative work of others in her community-particularly those of her longtime friend Doug Williams, an Elder whose presence suffuses these pages; reads deeply the words of thinkers from other communities whose writing expands her own; and begins to shape a "Theory of Water" that reimagines relationships among all beings and life-forces. In this essential and inventive work, Simpson artfully weaves Nishnaabeg stories with her own thought and lived experience-and offers a vision of water as a catalyst for transformation, today and into our shared future.
Date Published:2025

Includes discussion questions. For many years, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has found refuge in skiing-in all kinds of weather across different forms of terrain, often following the trail beside a beloved creek near her home. Recently, as she skimmed along this path and meditated on our world's uncertainty-including environmental devastation, the rise of authoritarianism, and the effects of ongoing social injustice-her mind turned to the ice beside her, and the snow beneath her feet. And she asked herself: What might it mean to truly listen to water? To know not only the land on which we live, but the water that surrounds and inhabits us? To coexist with and alongside water? So begins this renowned writer's quest to discover, understand, and trace the historical and cultural interactions of Indigenous peoples with water in all its forms. On her journey, she reflects on the teachings, traditions, stories, and creative work of others in her community-particularly those of her longtime friend Doug Williams, an Elder whose presence suffuses these pages; reads deeply the words of thinkers from other communities whose writing expands her own; and begins to shape a "Theory of Water" that reimagines relationships among all beings and life-forces. In this essential and inventive work, Simpson artfully weaves Nishnaabeg stories with her own thought and lived experience-and offers a vision of water as a catalyst for transformation, today and into our shared future.

Date Published:2025

Oppenheimer and the atomic bomb

Singer, Eric, 1968-,


Young readers edition of American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer /. J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb during World War II, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of the revolutionary weapon he helped create. Readers of all ages will witness the rise and fall of a scientific and historical icon in this masterful new edition. Exploring his childhood, his secret work on the bomb, his central role in the Cold War, and his tragic downfall, this quintessential biography is history at its finest.
Date Published:2025

Young readers edition of American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer /. J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant physicist who led the American effort to build the atomic bomb during World War II, and who later found himself confronting the moral consequences of the revolutionary weapon he helped create. Readers of all ages will witness the rise and fall of a scientific and historical icon in this masterful new edition. Exploring his childhood, his secret work on the bomb, his central role in the Cold War, and his tragic downfall, this quintessential biography is history at its finest.

Date Published:2025

London falling : a mysterious death in a gilded city and a family's search for truth

Keefe, Patrick Radden, 1976-,


In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain's spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:24 a.m., he jumped into the river. In a quiet London neighbourhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried about her son. Zac had told her that he had gone to stay with a friend,Â but then he did not come home. Days later, a police car pulled upÂ and two officers relayed the dreadful news: Her son was dead. In their unbearable grief, Rachelle and her husband, Matthew, struggled to understand what had happened to Zac. He had his troubles, but in no way seemed suicidal. As they would soon discover, however, there was a lot they did not know about their son. Only after his death did they learn that he had adopted a fictitious alter-ego: Zac Ismailov, son of a Russian oligarch and heir to a great fortune. Under this guise, Zac had become entangled with a slippery London businessman named Akbar Shamji, and a murderous gangster known as "Indian Dave." As the Brettlers set about investigating their son's death, they were pulled into a different and more dangerous London than the one they'd always known, and came to believe that something much more nefarious than a suicide had claimed Zac's life. But to their immense frustration, Scotland Yard seemed unable-or unwilling-to bring the perpetrators to justice.Â In a bravura feat of reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe chronicles the Brettlers' quest, peeling back layers of mystery and exposing the seedy truths behind the glamorous London of posh mansions and private night clubs, a city in which everything is for sale, and aspirational fantasies are underwritten by dirty money and corruption.
Date Published:2026

In the early morning of November 29th, 2019, surveillance cameras at the headquarters of MI6, Britain's spy agency, captured video of a young man pacing back and forth on a high balcony of Riverwalk, a luxury tower on the bank of the river Thames. At 2:24 a.m., he jumped into the river. In a quiet London neighbourhood several miles away, Rachelle Brettler was worried about her son. Zac had told her that he had gone to stay with a friend,Â but then he did not come home. Days later, a police car pulled upÂ and two officers relayed the dreadful news: Her son was dead. In their unbearable grief, Rachelle and her husband, Matthew, struggled to understand what had happened to Zac. He had his troubles, but in no way seemed suicidal. As they would soon discover, however, there was a lot they did not know about their son. Only after his death did they learn that he had adopted a fictitious alter-ego: Zac Ismailov, son of a Russian oligarch and heir to a great fortune. Under this guise, Zac had become entangled with a slippery London businessman named Akbar Shamji, and a murderous gangster known as "Indian Dave." As the Brettlers set about investigating their son's death, they were pulled into a different and more dangerous London than the one they'd always known, and came to believe that something much more nefarious than a suicide had claimed Zac's life. But to their immense frustration, Scotland Yard seemed unable-or unwilling-to bring the perpetrators to justice.Â In a bravura feat of reporting and writing, Patrick Radden Keefe chronicles the Brettlers' quest, peeling back layers of mystery and exposing the seedy truths behind the glamorous London of posh mansions and private night clubs, a city in which everything is for sale, and aspirational fantasies are underwritten by dirty money and corruption.

Date Published:2026

Where the Earth meets the sky : a story of penguins, people, and place in Antarctica

Blight, Louise K.,


A stunning work of natural history, science and polar travelogue, Where the Earth Meets the Sky chronicles one woman's journey to study penguins in Antarctica, the most isolated place on the planet. Antarctica is a land of extremes. It is the coldest, windiest, and most inaccessible part of our planet--and now one of the places most affected by climate change. In this moving and personal narrative, conservation scientist Louise K. Blight recounts her time researching Adélie penguins with one of the world's great Antarctic scientists. Surrounded by hostile weather and the hypnotic splendour of Antarctica's Ross Island, Louise and pioneering penguin biologist David Ainley embark upon their research--documenting how the Earth's largest-ever iceberg is affecting the tens of thousands of breeding penguins rushing to mate and rear their young. She records details of penguin courtship, incubation, and chick-rearing against a backdrop of transcendent beauty. The narrative is interwoven with stories of early explorers and modern-day Antarcticans, and poetically conveys the isolation and the endless silence that ultimately allow Louise to explore the grief that has lingered since the untimely deaths of her father and sister. Blending polar travelogue, science, and natural history, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is an unforgettable story about how the world's most unforgiving environment has shaped the psyches of Antarctica's human visitors, past and present--and how an immersion in nature can provide solace and renewal.
Date Published:2026

A stunning work of natural history, science and polar travelogue, Where the Earth Meets the Sky chronicles one woman's journey to study penguins in Antarctica, the most isolated place on the planet. Antarctica is a land of extremes. It is the coldest, windiest, and most inaccessible part of our planet--and now one of the places most affected by climate change. In this moving and personal narrative, conservation scientist Louise K. Blight recounts her time researching Adélie penguins with one of the world's great Antarctic scientists. Surrounded by hostile weather and the hypnotic splendour of Antarctica's Ross Island, Louise and pioneering penguin biologist David Ainley embark upon their research--documenting how the Earth's largest-ever iceberg is affecting the tens of thousands of breeding penguins rushing to mate and rear their young. She records details of penguin courtship, incubation, and chick-rearing against a backdrop of transcendent beauty. The narrative is interwoven with stories of early explorers and modern-day Antarcticans, and poetically conveys the isolation and the endless silence that ultimately allow Louise to explore the grief that has lingered since the untimely deaths of her father and sister. Blending polar travelogue, science, and natural history, Where the Earth Meets the Sky is an unforgettable story about how the world's most unforgiving environment has shaped the psyches of Antarctica's human visitors, past and present--and how an immersion in nature can provide solace and renewal.

Date Published:2026

Rocks & minerals : an illustrated guide

Mervine, Evelyn,


Learn how to identify rocks and minerals and appreciate the beauty of the natural world with Rocks & Minerals: An Illustrated Field Guide. Expert geologist Dr. Evelyn Mervine takes you through 50 profiles of these natural materials, including their characteristics, chemical compositions, occurrences, and key identifiers.
Date Published:2023

Simon and Schuster's guide to rocks and minerals

Mottana, Annibale.


"A Fireside Book" Includes index. "Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more." -- Amazon.
Date Published:1978

"A Fireside Book" Includes index. "Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster’s Guide to Rocks and Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know. This field guide is divided into two large sections—one devoted to minerals and one to rocks, each prefaced by a comprehensive introduction that discusses formation, chemistry, and more. All 377 entries, beautifully illustrated with color photographs and helpful visual symbols, provide descriptions and practical information about appearance, classification, rarity, crystal formation, mode of occurrence, gravity of mineral, rock chemistry, modal classification fields, formational environments, grain sizes of rocks, and much more." -- Amazon.

Date Published:1978

Better now : six big ideas to improve health care for all Canadians

Martin, Danielle, (Physician),


The basics -- Big idea 1 : Abida : the return to relationships -- Big idea 2 : Ahmed : a nation with a drug problem -- Big idea 3 : Sam : don't just do something, stand there -- Big idea 4 : Susan : doing more with less -- Big idea 5 : Leslie : basic income for basic health -- Big idea 6 : Jonah : the anatomy of change -- Conclusion : Worthy action. "An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. Much like Atul Gawande, she uses real patient stories to illustrate what works in our health-care system and what doesn't. Most importantly, she proposes bold fixes that are both achievable and affordable. Ahmad is a diabetic taxi driver who can't afford to renew his prescriptions; Jill, a 75-year old patient who went to Emergency for severe flu symptoms, ended up with a broken hip from falling down in her hospital room and then was discharged without her blood pressure meds. Sam was an active, healthy retiree who suffered a stroke from an unnecessary heart test. All of these people suffered from fixable and preventable issues that illustrate how Canadians' health needs to be better managed. And it can be done without increasing spending. One of the most urgent reforms she advocates for is a national pharmacare program, instead of the piecemeal provincial pattern of buying drugs. Canada could save billions if drugs were bought in bulk by a single body, which in turn could fund a national prescription program. Patients also need a regular GP instead of overusing hospital Emergency Clinics. Hospitals need to take into account a patient's overall medical history, at every stage from admission to discharge. And since poverty is the greatest predictor of ill health, Dr. Martin argues that a guaranteed income could prevent and alleviate many health problems, reducing pressure on the system and our wallets. Passionate, accessible, and authoritative, Dr. Martin is a fervent supporter of the best of Medicare and a persuasive critic of what needs fixing."--
Date Published:2017

The basics -- Big idea 1 : Abida : the return to relationships -- Big idea 2 : Ahmed : a nation with a drug problem -- Big idea 3 : Sam : don't just do something, stand there -- Big idea 4 : Susan : doing more with less -- Big idea 5 : Leslie : basic income for basic health -- Big idea 6 : Jonah : the anatomy of change -- Conclusion : Worthy action. "An important check-up on our health-care system--and what urgently needs fixing--from a respected doctor and passionate Medicare advocate. Dr. Danielle Martin sees the cracks and challenges in our health-care system every day. Much like Atul Gawande, she uses real patient stories to illustrate what works in our health-care system and what doesn't. Most importantly, she proposes bold fixes that are both achievable and affordable. Ahmad is a diabetic taxi driver who can't afford to renew his prescriptions; Jill, a 75-year old patient who went to Emergency for severe flu symptoms, ended up with a broken hip from falling down in her hospital room and then was discharged without her blood pressure meds. Sam was an active, healthy retiree who suffered a stroke from an unnecessary heart test. All of these people suffered from fixable and preventable issues that illustrate how Canadians' health needs to be better managed. And it can be done without increasing spending. One of the most urgent reforms she advocates for is a national pharmacare program, instead of the piecemeal provincial pattern of buying drugs. Canada could save billions if drugs were bought in bulk by a single body, which in turn could fund a national prescription program. Patients also need a regular GP instead of overusing hospital Emergency Clinics. Hospitals need to take into account a patient's overall medical history, at every stage from admission to discharge. And since poverty is the greatest predictor of ill health, Dr. Martin argues that a guaranteed income could prevent and alleviate many health problems, reducing pressure on the system and our wallets. Passionate, accessible, and authoritative, Dr. Martin is a fervent supporter of the best of Medicare and a persuasive critic of what needs fixing."--

Date Published:2017

Rocks

Gaertner, Meg,


"Cody Koala, Pop open this book and you'll find QR codes loaded with information, so you can learn even more!"--Title page verso. "4D book!"-- Cover. Includes index. Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- The rock cycle -- Making connections. Easy-to-read text, simple infographics, and fun facts create a basic explanation of rocks and how they form. Young readers will begin to learn about the different kinds of rock, and why some sparkle while others are rough. Other features include a table of contents, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.
Date Published:2020

"Cody Koala, Pop open this book and you'll find QR codes loaded with information, so you can learn even more!"--Title page verso. "4D book!"-- Cover. Includes index. Igneous rocks -- Sedimentary rocks -- Metamorphic rocks -- The rock cycle -- Making connections. Easy-to-read text, simple infographics, and fun facts create a basic explanation of rocks and how they form. Young readers will begin to learn about the different kinds of rock, and why some sparkle while others are rough. Other features include a table of contents, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning.

Date Published:2020