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Michaëlle Jean

Szulhan, Rebecca.


Includes index.
Date Published:2008

Asegi Stories : Cherokee Queer and Two-Spirit Memory /

Driskill, Qwo-Li,


Introduction. Asegi stories : memories between the basket walls -- chapter 1. Doubleweaving two-spirit critiques : building alliances between native and queer studies -- chapter 2. The queer lady of Cofitachequi and other asegi routes -- chapter 3. Unweaving the basket : missionaries, slavery, and the regulation of gender and sexuality -- chapter 4. Beautiful as the red rainbow : Cherokee two-spirits rebeautifying erotic memory -- Chapter 5. [Cherokee characters] (asegi ayetl) : Cherokee two-spirit people reimagining nation -- Epilogue. Doubleweave : an asegi manifesto. "The book focuses on the concept of asegi stories--stories that revise and revive Cherokee cultural memories of same-sex relationships and non-binary gender systems. It is the first full-length work of scholarship to develop a tribally specific Indigenous queer/two-spirit critique, providing a Cherokee 2GLBTQ lens from which to interpret the past, understand our present, and imagine decolonial futures"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

Introduction. Asegi stories : memories between the basket walls -- chapter 1. Doubleweaving two-spirit critiques : building alliances between native and queer studies -- chapter 2. The queer lady of Cofitachequi and other asegi routes -- chapter 3. Unweaving the basket : missionaries, slavery, and the regulation of gender and sexuality -- chapter 4. Beautiful as the red rainbow : Cherokee two-spirits rebeautifying erotic memory -- Chapter 5. [Cherokee characters] (asegi ayetl) : Cherokee two-spirit people reimagining nation -- Epilogue. Doubleweave : an asegi manifesto. "The book focuses on the concept of asegi stories--stories that revise and revive Cherokee cultural memories of same-sex relationships and non-binary gender systems. It is the first full-length work of scholarship to develop a tribally specific Indigenous queer/two-spirit critique, providing a Cherokee 2GLBTQ lens from which to interpret the past, understand our present, and imagine decolonial futures"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2016

Running on empty

Aker, Don, 1955-


"All Ethan Palmer wants is wheels of his own, and he's finally saved enough money to buy his dream car . . . when he accidentally rams his dad's Volvo into their garage. It's not like his lawyer/politician father can't afford to pay for the damage, but of course his old man is going to turn this into another Big Life Lesson." -- back cover.
Date Published:2012

Love to Langston

Medina, Tony.


A series of poems written from the point of view of the poet Langston Hughes, offering an overview of key events and themes in his life.
Date Published:2002

Sunrise on the reaping

Collins, Suzanne,


As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight... and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena. (Companion novel)
Date Published:2025

As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear grips the districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family and his love, shuttled to the Capitol with the three other District 12 tributes: a young friend who's nearly a sister to him, a compulsive oddsmaker, and the most stuck-up girl in town. As the Games begin, Haymitch understands he's been set up to fail. But there's something in him that wants to fight... and have that fight reverberate far beyond the deadly arena. (Companion novel)

Date Published:2025

Holly : a novel

King, Stephen, 1947-


Holly Gibney must face some of her most depraved adversaries yet. When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her own mother has just died, and Holly is supposed to be taking time off. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are smart, they are patient, and they are ruthless. Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outhink and outmaneuver this brilliant and twisted pair.
Date Published:2023

Holly Gibney must face some of her most depraved adversaries yet. When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her own mother has just died, and Holly is supposed to be taking time off. But something in Penny Dahl's desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down. Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie's disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are smart, they are patient, and they are ruthless. Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outhink and outmaneuver this brilliant and twisted pair.

Date Published:2023

Hatshepsut and ancient Egypt

Greenblatt, Miriam.


Describes the tumultuous reign of Hatshepsut, daughter of Thothmes I, and life in ancient Egypt during her reign.
Date Published:1999

Essex county

Lemire, Jeff.


Canada Reads 2011 finalist. Complete Essex County trilogy plus previously unpublished material. (contents: Tales From the Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse; The Essex County Boxing Club; The Sad and Lonely Life of Eddie Elephant-Ears; Barnyard Scraps: Bonus Material.
Date Published:2009

What the eagle sees : indigenous stories of rebellion and renewal

Yellowhorn, Eldon, 1956-


Traces the history of the indigenous populations of the Americas after the arrival of Europeans, discussing how different civilizations faced disease, war, broken promises, and forced assimilation to keep their cultures alive.
Date Published:2019

The witches of Willowmere

Baird, Alison, 1963-



Date Published:2002

Betsy Wickwire's dirty secret

Grant, Vicki.


Betsy's life is going down the drain. She has been dumped by her boyfriend, betrayed by her best friend, shamed by the world. Then she meets a mouthy, green-haired outsider known as Dolores Morris. Before she knows it, Betsy has been tricked into starting a housecleaning service.
Date Published:2011

The Usborne book of peoples of the world: internet-linked

Doherty, Gillian.


Introduces children to the diversity of people all over the world. Organised on a continent-by-continent basis, this title includes sections that each takes a look at the different ways of life, cultures, cooking and faiths. .
Date Published:2001

The justice project

Betcherman, Michael.


High-school football champion Matt Barnes was on the top of the world until a freak snowboarding accident left him permanently disabled, ending his promising sports career. By chance, he lands an internship at the Justice Project, an organization that defends the wrongly convicted. The other intern is Matt's high-school nemesis, Sonya Livingstone, who slowly becomes his friend as the two investigate the case of Ray Richardson, who was convicted of murdering his parents twenty-one years ago. Matt and Sonya are soon convinced that Ray is innocent - but how will they prove it?
Date Published:2019

High-school football champion Matt Barnes was on the top of the world until a freak snowboarding accident left him permanently disabled, ending his promising sports career. By chance, he lands an internship at the Justice Project, an organization that defends the wrongly convicted. The other intern is Matt's high-school nemesis, Sonya Livingstone, who slowly becomes his friend as the two investigate the case of Ray Richardson, who was convicted of murdering his parents twenty-one years ago. Matt and Sonya are soon convinced that Ray is innocent - but how will they prove it?

Date Published:2019

Razing Africville : a geography of racism /

Nelson, Jennifer J. (Jennifer Jill), 1972-


Includes bibliographical references and index. In the 1960s, the city of Halifax razed the black community of Africville under a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance.' The city defended its actions by citing the deplorable living conditions in Africville, ignoring its own role in the creation of these conditions through years of neglect and the refusal of essential services. In the 1980s, the city created a park on Africville's former site, which has been a place of protest and commemoration for black citizens since its opening. As yet, however, the city has not issued a formal apology to Africville residents and has paid no further compensation. Razing Africville examines this history as the prolonged eviction of a community from its own space. By examining a variety of sources - urban planning texts, city council documents, news media, and academic accounts - Jennifer J. Nelson illustrates how Africville went from a slum to a problem to be solved and, more recently, to a public space in which past violence is rendered invisible. Reading historical texts as a critical map of decision-making, she argues that the ongoing measures taken to regulate black bodies and spaces amount to a 'geography of racism.' Through a geographic lens, therefore, she manages to analyse ways in which race requires space and how the control of space is a necessary component of delineating and controlling people. A much needed re-examination of an important historical example, Razing Africville applies contemporary spatial theory to the situation in Africville and offers critical observations about the function of racism.
Date Published:2008

Includes bibliographical references and index. In the 1960s, the city of Halifax razed the black community of Africville under a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance.' The city defended its actions by citing the deplorable living conditions in Africville, ignoring its own role in the creation of these conditions through years of neglect and the refusal of essential services. In the 1980s, the city created a park on Africville's former site, which has been a place of protest and commemoration for black citizens since its opening. As yet, however, the city has not issued a formal apology to Africville residents and has paid no further compensation. Razing Africville examines this history as the prolonged eviction of a community from its own space. By examining a variety of sources - urban planning texts, city council documents, news media, and academic accounts - Jennifer J. Nelson illustrates how Africville went from a slum to a problem to be solved and, more recently, to a public space in which past violence is rendered invisible. Reading historical texts as a critical map of decision-making, she argues that the ongoing measures taken to regulate black bodies and spaces amount to a 'geography of racism.' Through a geographic lens, therefore, she manages to analyse ways in which race requires space and how the control of space is a necessary component of delineating and controlling people. A much needed re-examination of an important historical example, Razing Africville applies contemporary spatial theory to the situation in Africville and offers critical observations about the function of racism.

Date Published:2008

Michaëlle Jean

Barber, Terry, 1950-



Date Published:2011

Chosen : a house of night novel /

Cast, P. C.



Date Published:2008

Untamed : a house of night novel /

Cast, P. C.


Zoey's adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, an ancient evil is awakened, and in just one week she's gone from having three boyfriends to having none. .
Date Published:2008

Insect

Mound, Laurence.


Includes index.
Date Published:1990

Aztec, Inca & Maya

Baquedano, Elizabeth.


Includes index. Chronicles the history, beliefs, and everyday lives of the ancient Aztec, Inca, and Maya peoples.
Date Published:1993

Basketball

Hareas, John.


Includes index. Text and detailed photographs present the history, techniques and interesting facts of basketball.
Date Published:2003