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The complete poems of Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-pooh Collections)
Par A. A Milne. 1998
Originally written to entertain the author's son, Christopher Robin, some of the verses are about the boy's stuffed animals. This…
volume contains both the first collection, "When we were very young," published in 1924, and the second, "Now we are six," published in 1927. Grades K-3. 1998.This history of Chinese immigration to Canada includes an examination of the impact of racism on the Chinese community and…
the occupational achievements of Chinese-Canadians in the 1960s and after. c1988.The brief reincarnation of a girl
Par Susan Goyette. 2015
In 2006, a four-year-old Massachusetts girl died from prolonged exposure to a cocktail of drugs that a psychiatrist had prescribed…
to treat ADHD and bipolar disorder; her parents were convicted of her murder. Goyette strives to confront the senselessness of this story, answering logic’s failure to encompass the complexity of mental illness, poverty and child neglect with a mythopoetic, sideways use of image and language. Goyette portrays the court proceedings’ usual suspects in unusual ways, evokes the ghost of the girl, personifies poverty as a belligerent bully and offers an unexpected emblem of love and hope in a bear. 2015.The Breakwater book of contemporary Newfoundland poetry
Par Mark Callanan, James Langer. 2013
Gathering the strongest poetry published by Newfoundlanders since the death of E.J. Pratt in 1964, this groundbreaking anthology features selections…
from twelve of the province’s most impressive poets, including Al Pittman, Tom Dawe, Mary Dalton, John Steffler, Patrick Warner, and Ken Babstock. With over forty years of poetry on display, this collection celebrates the rousing and the rebirth of contemporary Newfoundland verse. 2013.The case for impeachment
Par Allan J Lichtman. 2017
The bully pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the golden age of journalism
Par Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2013
Focusing on the broken friendship between Teddy Roosevelt and his chosen successor, William Howard Taft, this book revisits the Progressive…
Era during which Roosevelt wielded the Bully Pulpit to challenge and triumph over abusive monopolies, political bosses, and corrupt money brokers only to see it compromised by Taft. 2013.The case for peace: how the Arab-Israeli conflict can be resolved
Par Alan M Dershowitz. 2005
The captive mind (Vintage International)
Par Czesław Miłosz. 1990
Written in the early 1950s, when Eastern Europe was in the grip of Stalinism and many Western intellectuals placed their…
hopes in the new order of the East, this work reveals in detail the often beguiling allure of totalitarian rule to people of all political beliefs and its frightening effects on the minds of those who embrace it. 1990. Uniform title: Zniewolony umysł.The chameleon couch: poems
Par Yusef Komunyakaa. 2011
The bones of cuttlefish: from Ossi di seppia
Par Eugenio Montale, Antonio Mazza. 1983
The first book of Montale's poems is one of the greatest of modern poetry. Mazza has been translating Montale for…
some years, faithfully conveying his lyrics and expressing the musical, rhythmic, incantatory and lexical elements of the Italian language. 1983.The Canadian caper
Par Jean Pelletier, Claude Adams. 1981
The Canterbury tales: Nine Tales And The General Prologue (Norton Critical Editions Ser.)
Par Geoffrey Chaucer, Constance Hieatt, A Kent. 1964
During the annual pilgrimage to Thomas Becket's shrine at Canterbury, the pilgrims stop at the Tabard Inn, where a story-telling…
contest develops. Included are The wife of Bath's tale, The knight's tale, and The pardoner's tale. Originally written in the late 14th century. Textbook format. 1964. Uniform title: Canterbury tales.The candidate: fear and loathing on the campaign trail
Par Noah Richler. 2016
During the 2015 federal election, approximately 1200 political campaigns were held across Canada. One of those campaigns belonged to author,…
journalist and political neophyte Noah Richler. Recruited by the NDP to run in the bellweather riding of Toronto-St Paul's, he was handed $350 and told he would lose. But as veteran NDP activists and social-media-savvy newbies joined his campaign, Richler found himself increasingly insulated from the stark reality that his campaign was flailing, imagining instead that he was headed to Parliament Hill. Richler recounts his time on the trail, from door knocking in Little Jamaica to being internet-shamed by experienced opponents. Lays bare what goes on behind the slogans, canvassing and talking points, told from the perspective of a political outsider. 2016.The bone museum: travels in the lost worlds of dinosaurs and birds
Par Wayne Grady. 2000
Wayne Grady, the science editor of Equinox, and Phil Currie, a Canadian palaeontologist, travel to Patagonia, China, and the Alberta…
Badlands. Living in tents, experiencing rain, mud, windstorms, disagreements, and the ultimate glimpse of bone, they try to find conclusive evidence in an ongoing debate: did dinosaurs go extinct, or evolve into birds of the modern world? 2000.Examines the writings and public roles of three French intellectuals - Léon Blum, Albert Camus, and Raymond Aron - to…
explore the importance of moral integrity and personal responsibility in the political debates of the twentieth century. Concludes that, unlike many others, they have won public respect by addressing anti-Semitism, decolonization, and communism. 1998.Seul on est: [poésie] (Poesie Ser.)
Par Serge Patrice Thibodeau. 2006
Trêve de solitude; dans ces poèmes, seul veut dire seulement, seul signifie unique. Écrite à partir d'un vers de Paul…
Valéry, cette poésie est un mélange audacieux de motifs tels que l'anecdote et le tableau de genre, le paysage et l'escamot (pop-up), où l'usage de la forme fixe délimite la façon d'être de ce poète qui signe là son douzième recueil. Gagnant du Prix du Gouverneur général catégorie poésie, 2007. 2006.Terre Québec suivi de L'afficheur hurle, de L'inavouable et de Autres poèmes: poésie
Par Paul Chamberland. 1985
Former Los Angeles prosecutor asserts that U.S. Supreme Court justices Rehnquist, Scalia, Thomas, O'Connor, and Kennedy "did not act impartially…
in the case of Bush v. Gore" when they stopped the recount of contested Florida votes during the 2000 presidential election. Developed from an article that originally appeared in the Nation. Bestseller. 2001.Se faire obéir par les enfants sans se fâcher: [plus de 100 trucs efficaces] (Collection Famille)
Par Isabelle Leclerc. 2012
Comment savoir quelle est la meilleure façon d'agir quand il est question de l'éducation de nos enfants? Comment leur donner…
les meilleurs outils pour qu'ils aient un bon départ dans la vie et leur apprendre à résoudre les principaux problèmes de l'existence? Eduquer, cela s'apprend comme le reste. Certaines personnes possèdent un talent naturel, d'autres doivent bûcher pour réussir. Ce livre propose plus de 100 conseils efficaces, pratiques et non violents pour corriger les problèmes de comportement les plus courants des enfants et pour les guider au quotidien d'une manière équilibrée. Ces conseils aideront les parents et les intervenants à discipliner les enfants d'une manière aimante mais ferme, sans blesser leur amour-propre ni étouffer leur curiosité naturelle. 2012.The battle for paradise: Puerto Rico takes on the disaster capitalists
Par Naomi Klein. 2018
In this vital and startling investigation, New York Times bestselling author and activist Naomi Klein uncovers how the forces of…
shock politics and disaster capitalism seek to undermine the nation's radical, resilient vision for a "just recovery." 2018.