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Compost!: growing gardens from your garbage
Par Linda Glaser. 1996
A little girl explains how her family makes compost out of garbage and uses it to grow a garden each…
year. Includes answers to questions adults may have about teaching their children how to compost. For grades K-3My Heroes Have Always Been Indians: A Century of Great Indigenous Albertans
Par Cora J. Voyageur. 2018
In a series of inspirational profiles, Cora Voyageur celebrates 100 remarkable Indigenous Albertans whose achievements have enriched their communities, the…
province, and the world. As a child, Cora rarely saw Indigenous individuals represented in her history textbooks or in pop culture. Willie Nelson sang “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys,” but Cora wondered, where were the heroes who looked like her? She chose the title of her book in response, to help reflect her reality. In fact, you don’t have to look very hard to find Indigenous Albertans excelling in every field, from the arts to business and everything in between. Cora wrote this book to ensure these heroes receive their proper due. Some of the individuals in this collection need no introduction, while others are less well known. From past and present and from all walks of life, these 100 Indigenous heroes share talent, passion, and legacies that made a lasting impact. Read about: Douglas Cardinal, the architect whose iconic, flowing designs grace cities across Alberta, across Canada, and in Washington, DC, Nellie Carlson, a dedicated activist whose work advanced the cause of Indigenous women and the education of Indigenous children, Alex Janvier, whose pioneering work has firmly established him as one of Canada’s greatest artists, Moostoos, “The Buffalo,” the spokesperson for the Cree in Treaty 8 talks who fought tirelessly to defend his People’s rights, And many more." Selon un vieil adage, si vous commencez chaque journée en avalant un crapaud vivant, vous aurez la satisfaction de…
savoir que c'est probablement la pire chose que vous aurez à faire de toute la journée. Avalez le crapaud ! vous indique comment porter tous vos efforts sur l'organisation de votre temps, ainsi que sur les tâches cruciales que vous risquez le plus de reporter au lendemain, bien qu'elles exerceraient probablement la plus grande incidence positive sur votre vie. Non seulement en accomplirez-vous ainsi davantage en moins de temps, mais encore vous vous en tiendrez à ce qui doit réellement être fait. " -- 4e de couvA victory garden for trying times: a memoir
Par Debi Goodwin. 2019
Ever since her childhood on a Niagara farm, Debi has dug in the dirt to find resilience. But when her…
husband, Peter, was diagnosed with cancer in November, it was too late in the season to seek solace in her garden. With idle hands and a fearful mind, Debi sought something to sustain her through the months ahead. She soon came across Victory Gardens-the vegetable gardens cultivated during the world wars that sustained so many. During an anxious winter, Debi researched, drew plans, and ordered seeds. In spring, with Peter in remission, her garden thrived, and life got back on track. But when Peter's cancer returned like a killing frost, the garden became a reminder that everything must come to an end. A Victory Garden for Trying Times is a personal journey of love, loss, and healing through the natural cycles of the earthThe Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
Par David Treuer. 2019
FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE A NEW YORK TIMES…
BESTSELLER Named a best book of 2019 by The New York Times, TIME, The Washington Post, NPR, Hudson Booksellers, The New York Public Library, The Dallas Morning News, and Library Journal. "Chapter after chapter, it's like one shattered myth after another." - NPR "An informed, moving and kaleidoscopic portrait...?reuer's powerful book suggests the need for soul-searching about the meanings of American history and the stories we tell ourselves about this nation's past.." - New York Times Book Review, front page A sweeping historyand counter-narrativeof Native American life from the Wounded Knee massacre to the present. The received idea of Native American historyas promulgated by books like Dee Brown's mega-bestselling 1970 Bury My Heart at Wounded Kneehas been that American Indian history essentially ended with the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee. Not only did one hundred fifty Sioux die at the hands of the U. S. Cavalry, the sense was, but Native civilization did as well. Growing up Ojibwe on a reservation in Minnesota, training as an anthropologist, and researching Native life past and present for his nonfiction and novels, David Treuer has uncovered a different narrative. Because they did not disappearand not despite but rather because of their intense struggles to preserve their language, their traditions, their families, and their very existencethe story of American Indians since the end of the nineteenth century to the present is one of unprecedented resourcefulness and reinvention. In The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee, Treuer melds history with reportage and memoir. Tracing the tribes' distinctive cultures from first contact, he explores how the depredations of each era spawned new modes of survival. The devastating seizures of land gave rise to increasingly sophisticated legal and political maneuvering that put the lie to the myth that Indians don't know or care about property. The forced assimilation of their children at government-run boarding schools incubated a unifying Native identity. Conscription in the US military and the pull of urban life brought Indians into the mainstream and modern times, even as it steered the emerging shape of self-rule and spawned a new generation of resistance. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee is the essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative era."Convaincu que chacun est responsable de son sort, Larry Winget, connu aux États-Unis comme le pitbull du développement personnel, est…
un partisan du proverbe Aide-toi et le ciel t'aidera. D'où son insistance, dans cet ouvrage qui s'inscrit à contre-courant de tous les livres de croissance personnelle publiés à ce jour, à vous remettre sous le nez les croyances qui vous maintiennent dans l'inaction. Vous n'aimez pas l'image que vous renvoie votre miroir ? Arrêtez de manger des cochonneries, faites de l'exercice, allez chez le coiffeur et renouvelez votre garde-robe. Vous êtes tendu ? Qu'attendez-vous pour mettre en pratique les solutions qui réduiraient vos sources de stress ? Votre vie de couple vous rend malheureux ? Parlez-en à votre douce moitié ou divorcez. Bref, si votre objectif est d'avoir une vie palpitante qui vous donnera envie de vous lever tous les matins, arrêtez de brailler ! N'y allant pas par quatre chemins pour vous dire les choses que vous ne voulez pas entendre, Larry Winget frappe là où ça fait mal. N'est ce pas là un bon début pour vous forcer à quitter votre fauteuil et à faire quelque chose de votre vie ?" -- 4e de couvLa séduction: vérités et mensonges
Par Richard Fleet. 2000
Beaucoup de livres traitent des relations de couple, mais bien peu parlent du processus précédant cette relation, soit celui de…
la séduction et de l'amorce d'une nouvelle relation. L'auteur, psychiatre, vient combler cette lacune, en examinant les différentes étapes de séduction du point de vue de la psychologie sociale et comportementale. [SDML'ortie, c'est malin: santé, beauté, jardin, maison... : toutes les vertus et les conseils pratiques de cette plante magique
Par Alix Lefief-Delcourt. 2012
Déjeuner avec Cora: autobiographie
Par Cora Tsouflidou. 2001
La fondatrice des restaurants «Chez Cora déjeuners», Cora Tsouflidou, est une véritable self-made-woman qui a édifié son bonheur comme son…
entreprise à grands coups de défis et de découvertes. Dans cette autobiographie, elle partage son expérience de femme, de mère et d'entrepreneure. De son enfance en Gaspésie, à son mariage avec un Montréalais d'origine grecque, à l'ouverture de son premier restaurant de quartier, au burn-out qui l'a conduite à l'achat d'un deuxième restaurant, à la création de «Chez Cora déjeuners» et de tout ce qui en constitue désormais la formule gagnante, Cora a été à l'écoute de ce que la vie avait à lui apprendre. Par exemple, que les «erreurs ne sont que des détours sur le chemin du succès», que les mots ont un «incroyable pouvoir», et qu'on est «responsable de son existence et de chacun des rêves qu'on désire matérialiser»... Déjeuner avec Cora raconte un tour de vie pas ordinaire, avec des mots où éclatent la joie de vivre et la passion d'écrire.Les rôtisseries St-Hubert: 50 ans de grands succès
Par Béatrice Richard. 2001
Lancé en septembre 1951 avec peu de fonds et beaucoup de courage par Hélène et René Léger, St-Hubert Bar-B-Q se…
devait d'abord de survivre parmi les éphémères restaurants de quartier, puis s'imposer par une cuisine simple mais d'excellente qualité, à une époque où la restauration populaire était trop souvent hétéroclite et sans personnalité. [...] S'adaptant aux nouveaux goûts de la clientèle et appliquant les méthodes de gestion les plus avancées dans un contexte où les employés sont considérés comme les membres d'une grande famille, la chaîne des rôtisseries St-Hubert poursuit allègrement sa route dans le troisième millénaire. -- 4e de couvThe Man Who Lived with a Giant: Stories from Johnny Neyelle, Dene Elder
Par Alana Fletcher, Morris Neyelle. 2019
Our parents always taught us well. They told us to look on the good side of life and to accept…
what has to happen. The Man Who Lived with a Giant is a collection of traditional and personal stories told by Johnny Neyelle, a Dene Elder from Déline, Northwest Territories. Johnny used storytelling to teach Dene youth and others to understand and celebrate Dene traditions and knowledge. Johnny’s voice makes his stories accessible to readers young and old, and his wisdom reinforces the right way to live: in harmony with people and places. Storytelling forms the core of Dene knowledge-keeping, making this a vital book for Dene people of today and tomorrow, researchers working with Indigenous cultures and oral histories, and all those dedicated to preserving Elders’ stories.Gardening with Emma: Grow and Have Fun: A Kid-to-Kid Guide
Par Emma Biggs, Steven Biggs. 2019
National Parenting Product Awards Winner! Thirteen-year-old Emma Biggs is passionate about gardening and eager to share her passion with other…
kids!Gardening with Emma is a kid-to-kid guide to growing healthy food and raising the coolest, most awesome plants while making sure there’s plenty of fun. With plants that tickle and make noise, tips for how to grow a flower stand garden, and suggestions for veggies from tiny to colossal, Emma offers a range of original, practical, and entertaining advice and inspiration. She provides lots of useful know-how about soil, sowing, and caring for a garden throughout the seasons, along with ways to make play spaces among the plants. Lively photography and Emma’s own writing (with some help from her gardening dad, Steve) capture the authentic creativity of a kid who loves to be outdoors, digging in the dirt.The intelligent gardener: Growing nutrient-dense food
Par Steve Solomon. 2020
Beyond organic-a practical guide to nutrient-dense food Vegetables, fruits, and grains are a major source of vital nutrients, but centuries…
of intensive agriculture have depleted our soils to historic lows. As a result, the broccoli you consume today may have less than half the vitamins and minerals that the equivalent serving would have contained a hundred years ago. This is a matter of serious concern, since poor nutrition has been linked to myriad health problems including cancer, heart disease, obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes. For optimum health we must increase the nutrient density of our foods to the levels enjoyed by previous generations. To grow produce of the highest nutritional quality the essential minerals lacking in our soil must be replaced, but this re-mineralization calls for far more attention to detail than the simple addition of composted manure or NPK fertilizers. The Intelligent Gardener demystifies the process, while simultaneously debunking much of the false and misleading information perpetuated by both the conventional and organic agricultural movements. In doing so, it conclusively establishes the link between healthy soil, healthy food, and healthy peoplePeace and Good Order: The Case for Indigenous Justice in Canada
Par Harold R. Johnson. 2019
An urgent, informed, intimate condemnation of the Canadian state and its failure to deliver justice to Indigenous people by national…
bestselling author and former Crown prosecutor Harold R. Johnson."The night of the decision in the Gerald Stanley trial for the murder of Colten Boushie, I received a text message from a retired provincial court judge. He was feeling ashamed for his time in a system that was so badly tilted. I too feel this way about my time as both defence counsel and as a Crown prosecutor; that I didn't have the courage to stand up in the court room and shout 'Enough is enough.' This book is my act of taking responsibility for what I did, for my actions and inactions." --Harold R. JohnsonIn early 2018, the failures of Canada's justice system were sharply and painfully revealed in the verdicts issued in the deaths of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine. The outrage and confusion that followed those verdicts inspired former Crown prosecutor and bestselling author Harold R. Johnson to make the case against Canada for its failure to fulfill its duty under Treaty to effectively deliver justice to Indigenous people, worsening the situation and ensuring long-term damage to Indigenous communities. In this direct, concise, and essential volume, Harold R. Johnson examines the justice system's failures to deliver "peace and good order" to Indigenous people. He explores the part that he understands himself to have played in that mismanagement, drawing on insights he has gained from the experience; insights into the roots and immediate effects of how the justice system has failed Indigenous people, in all the communities in which they live; and insights into the struggle for peace and good order for Indigenous people now.A Mind Spread Out on the Ground
Par Alicia Elliott. 2019
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 HILARY WESTON WRITERS' TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTIONNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF…
2019 BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL • CBC • CHATELAINE • QUILL & QUIRE • THE HILL TIMES • POP MATTERSA bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award-winning Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott.In an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about the treatment of Native people in North America while drawing on intimate details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma, Alicia Elliott offers indispensable insight into the ongoing legacy of colonialism. She engages with such wide-ranging topics as race, parenthood, love, mental illness, poverty, sexual assault, gentrifcation, writing and representation, and in the process makes connections both large and small between the past and present, the personal and political—from overcoming a years-long battle with head lice to the way Native writers are treated within the Canadian literary industry; her unplanned teenage pregnancy to the history of dark matter and how it relates to racism in the court system; her childhood diet of Kraft Dinner to how systemic oppression is directly linked to health problems in Native communities. With deep consideration and searing prose, Elliott provides a candid look at our past, an illuminating portrait of our present and a powerful tool for a better future.One man's quest to seek out--and be inspired by--the great historic kitchens of Canada and the USA.John Ota was a…
man on a mission--to put together the perfect kitchen. He and his wife had been making do with a room that was frankly no great advertisement for John's architectural expertise. It just about did the job but for a room that's supposed to be the beating heart of a home and a joy to cook in, the Otas' left a lot to be desired. And so John set out on a quest across North America, exploring examples of excellent designs throughout history, to learn from them and apply their lessons to his own restoration. Along the way, he learned about the origins and evolution of the kitchen, its architecture and its appliances. He cooked, with expert instruction. And he learned too about the homes and their occupants, who range from pilgrims to President Thomas Jefferson, from turn of the century tenement dwellers to 21st century Vancouver idealists, from Julia Child to Georgia O'Keeffe, and from Elvis Presley to Louis Armstrong.John Ota has a refreshingly upbeat approach and a hunger for knowledge (and indeed for food). His energy and enthusiasm are contagious, and his insights of lasting value. Illustrated throughout, with photographs and also with drawings by the author, this is a book for homeowners, home makers, interior designers, cooks, armchair historians, and for anyone who--like John Ota before them--is looking for inspiration for a renovation.Downsizing: the 5-step method for life transitions big and small
Par Mia Danielle. 2020
The little book of cottagecore: Traditional skills for a simpler life
Par Emily Kent. 2021
Unplug, relax, and return to the simpler life with these easy, step-by-step ideas for your favorite cottagecore activities including baking…
from scratch and easy container gardening. Returning to the simpler life has never been easier. If you're craving the aroma of freshly baked bread, spending more time in nature, or seeing the sunlight filtering through homemade curtains, then cottagecore is for you! The Little Book of Cottagecore helps you make simple living a reality with delightful cottagecore activities you can enjoy no matter where you live. Whether you're interested in baking pies from scratch, basic sewing and cross stitch, gardening, beekeeping, or making candles and soaps, this book is full of fun, hands-on activities that make it easy and enjoyable to unplug from modern life. Full of step-by-step instructions and homegrown inspiration, you'll find fun, practical ways to enjoy rustic and relaxing cottagecore activities in your everyday lifeProject 333: The minimalist fashion challenge that proves less really is so much more
Par Courtney Carver. 2020
Wear just 33 items for 3 months and get back all the JOY you were missing while you were worrying…
what to wear. In Project 333 , minimalist expert and author of Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver takes a new approach to living simply—starting with your wardrobe. Project 333 promises that not only can you survive with just 33 items in your closet for 3 months, but you'll thrive just like the thousands of woman who have taken on the challenge and never looked back. Let the de-cluttering begin! Ever ask yourself how many of the items in your closet you actually wear? In search of a way to pare down on her expensive shopping habit, consistent lack of satisfaction with her purchases, and ever-growing closet, Carver created Project 333. In this book, she guides readers through their closets item-by-item, sifting through all the emotional baggage associated with those oh-so strappy high-heel sandals that cost a fortune but destroy your feet every time you walk more than a few steps to that extensive collection of never-worn little black dresses, to locate the items that actually look and feel like you . As Carver reveals in this book, once we finally release ourselves from the cyclical nature of consumerism and focus less on our shoes and more on our self-care, we not only look great we feel great— and we can see a clear path to make other important changes in our lives that reach far beyond our closets. With tips, solutions, and a closet-full of inspiration, this life-changing minimalist manual shows readers that we are so much more than what we wear, and that who we are and what we have is so much more than enoughIn Remembrance of Patients Past, historian Geoffrey Reaume remembers previously forgotten psychiatric patients by examining in rich detail their daily…
life at the Toronto Hospital for the Insane (now called the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health – CAMH) from 1870-1940. Psychiatric patients endured abuse and could lead monotonous lives inside the asylum's walls, yet these same women and men worked hard at unpaid institutional jobs for years and decades on end, created their own entertainment, even in some cases made their own clothes, while forming meaningful relationships with other patients and some staff. Using first person accounts by and about patients – including letters written by inmates which were confiscated by hospital staff – Reaume weaves together a tapestry of stories about the daily lives of people confined behind brick walls that patients themselves built.