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Harry Benjamin (1885–1986), a German-born endocrinologist, was a pivotal figure in the development of transgender medicine. He was physician to…
transgender pioneers such as Christine Jorgensen, the 1950s "Ex-GI" turned "Blonde Beauty" media sensation, and in turn, she and other collaborators helped to shape Benjamin's influential 1966 book, The Transsexual Phenomenon. Alison Li's much-needed biography of Benjamin chronicles his passion for hormones and his lifelong interest in sexology. Drawing from extensive research in archival documents, secondary sources, and interviews, Li tells the story of Benjamin's early ventures in gerontology and his later work with over a thousand transgender patients. Benjamin's contributions to treatment, education, research, and networking helped to create the institutional foundations of transgender medicine. Moreover, they set the stage for a radical reconsideration of gender identity, challenging us to reflect upon what it is to be male or female and to envision moving beyond these long-held categories.Kid innovators: True tales of childhood from inventors and trailblazers (Kid Legends)
Par Robin Stevenson. 2021
Moving, funny, and totally true childhood biographies of Bill Gates, the Wright Brothers, Walt Disney, and other international innovators Throughout…
history people have experimented, invented, and created new ways of doing things. Kid Innovators tells the stories of a diverse group of brilliant thinkers in fields like technology, education, business, science, art, and entertainment, reminding us that every innovator started out as a kid. Florence Nightingale rescued baby mice. Alan Turing was a daydreamer with terrible handwriting. And Alvin Ailey felt like a failure at sports. Listeners will learn about the young lives of people like Grace Hopper, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Reshma Saujani, Jacques Cousteau, the Wright Brothers, William Kamkwamba, Elon Musk, Hedy Lamarr, Jonas Salk, Maria Montessori, Madam C. J. Walker, and Walt DisneyThe storm we made: A novel
Par Vanessa Chan. 2024
* A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK * One of the "most anticipated books of 2024" ( Oprah Daily…
), this spellbinding, sweeping novel features a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—with shocking consequences for her family, and her country. Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara's family is in terrible danger: her fifteen-year-old son, Abel, has disappeared, and her youngest daughter, Jasmin, is confined in a basement to prevent being pressed into service at the comfort stations. Her eldest daughter Jujube, who works at a tea house frequented by drunk Japanese soldiers, becomes angrier by the day. Cecily knows two things: that this is all her fault; and that her family must never learn the truth. A decade prior, Cecily had been desperate to be more than a housewife to a low-level bureaucrat in British-colonized Malaya. A chance meeting with the charismatic General Fuijwara lured her into a life of espionage, pursuing dreams of an "Asia for Asians." Instead, Cecily helped usher in an even more brutal occupation by the Japanese. Ten years later as the war reaches its apex, her actions have caught up with her. Now her family is on the brink of destruction—and she will do anything to save them. Spanning years of pain and triumph, told from the perspectives of four unforgettable characters, The Storm We Made is a dazzling saga about the horrors of war; the fraught relationships between the colonized and their oppressors, and the ambiguity of right and wrong when survival is at stakeBe kind to the planet, but most of all, be kind to yourself When you feel the weight of the…
world on your shoulders, grab this book for a dose of calm and courage. Packed with reassuring tips and advice, from mindfulness exercises to practical steps you can take to make a difference, this guide will ease your eco-anxiety and help you to live a more environmentally friendly lifeRa pu zel and the stinky tofu
Par Ying Chang Compestine. 2024
A playful, feminist retelling of Rapunzel with a Chinese-cuisine twist The story of Rapunzel where she’s being locked in a…
tower by a witch is a good one—but it’s not totally the truth. The real story is about a young princess in China named Ra Pu Zel who doesn’t want to talk to princes or look proper. What Pu Zel wants is to cook and eat in peace, her long hair neatly braided to keep it out of her food. And when she gets tired of everyone telling her what to do, she locks herself in a tower with her dog Bao. Although princes from everywhere try to convince her to come down, it’s not until a young chef arrives with an intriguing food to share that Ra Pu Zel finally has a reason. * This program includes a downloadable PDF that contains the Non-Stinky Pan-Fried Tofu recipe from the bookSalma Writes a Book (The Salma Series #2)
Par Danny Ramadan, Anna Bron. 2023
Charming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates life in a new country, Syrian…
identity, family changes and new friendships in this engaging and heartfelt early chapter book series. Book Two: Salma Writes a BookSalma is going to be a big sister! She’s determined to be the best sister ever, so she sets out to write the ultimate guidebook to siblinghood. But the more Salma learns about siblings, the more confused she gets, especially since her mama is fighting with her own brother, Khalou Dawood, about who he loves. Can Salma figure out what it means to be a good sister before the baby arrives?About the Series: Charming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates life in a new country, Syrian identity, family changes, and new friendships in this engaging and heartfelt early chapter book series.The Science and Superpowers of Seaweed: A Guide for Kids
Par Amanda Swinimer. 2023
A middle-grade and family-friendly introduction to the enchanting world of seaweed. Young readers will be delighted to learn about the…
wonderful, watery world of seaweed, where emerald-green kelp forests grow as tall as trees and rainbow seaweeds shimmer like gemstones in the sunlight. Seaweed can be fun too, providing tasty snacks like nori crisps and cool things to do: hunt for dead man’s fingers to squeeze like a squirt gun, have a popping contest with rockweed or make seaweed art. Seaweeds are also critical to the health of the planet—they produce most of the oxygen we need to breathe, help to keep the earth cool and provide habitat for sea creatures. And they're full of healthy vitamins and have more minerals than any other food! This colourful, activity-packed book explores the science of seaweed while showing how to sustainably harvest and use it, and providing many fun facts about marine plants and animals. It is a unique field guide, featuring seaweeds from both Atlantic and Pacific oceans and showcasing the beautiful and vital ecosystems of the coasts, and is sure to inspire curious beachcombers of all ages.Les oiseaux déguisés: roman
Par Jacques Lazure. 2003
Un homme amnésique erre dans Lisbonne et est ramené chez lui, au Québec. Qui est Bernard Carel ? Quels sont…
ces fantômes qui le hantent ? Sa nièce Julie, soupçonnant en lui un grand auteur ignoré, veut connaître son passé pour mieux le comprendre. Mathieu, un employé de la Grande Maison où Bernard est interné, l'aide dans sa recherche. Suivant les traces d'un groupe rock des années soixante en Angleterre, d'une chanteuse de fado au Portugal et de l'énigmatique Christina, Julie et Mathieu devinent, derrière les amours tragiques de l'homme sans mémoire, les ombres qui le tourmentent. Bernard pourra-t-il enfin se réconcilier avec elles ? Les oiseaux déguisés est un roman sur le courage d'aimer, sur le besoin de s'inventer par les mots et la musique et sur la recherche incessante de sa propre vérité.Biographie en images : Voici Buffy Sainte-Marie (Biographie en images)
Par Elizabeth MacLeod. 2023
See below for English description.Légende de la musique, militante et enseignante! Buffy Sainte-Marie ne sait pas exactement où et quand…
elle est née, mais il est probable qu’elle ait vu le jour à la réserve de Piapot, dans la vallée de la Qu’Appelle, en Saskatchewan. Lorsqu’elle était bébé, elle a été adoptée par une famille blanche aux États-Unis. Mais rien n’aurait pu empêcher Buffy de renouer avec ses racines et de partager avec le monde entier la puissance et la beauté de son héritage. En tant que musicienne, les chansons de Buffy ont inspiré trois générations d’admirateurs, et lui ont valu une reconnaissance internationale et de nombreux prix. Elle milite pour la paix, soutient l’éducation des Autochtones et défend sans relâche leurs droits. Depuis plus de 60 ans, la musique et le message de Buffy demeurent aussi édifiants et importants. Aujourd’hui, le moment est venu de faire découvrir aux jeunes lecteurs cette fascinante pionnière grâce à ce livre captivant.Meet Buffy Sainte-Marie, music legend, activist and teacher! Buffy Sainte-Marie is not exactly sure where or when she was born, but it was likely the Piapot Reserve in the Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan. As a baby she was adopted out to a white family in the United States. But nothing would stop Buffy from connecting to her roots and sharing the power and the beauty of her heritage with the world. Original title : Scholastic Canada Biography : Meet Buffy Sainte-MarieDes forêts pour sauver le climat: Chaque arbre compte
Par Peter Wohlleben. 2023
Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood
Par Margaret Macpherson. 2022
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the '60s and '70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare…
her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined microaggressions, and how her childhood was shaped by the colonialism and systemic racism that continues today. Macpherson's father, first a principal and later a federal government administrator, oversaw education in the NWT, including the high school Margaret attended with its attached hostel: a residential facility mostly housing Indigenous children.Ringing with damning and painful truths, this bittersweet telling invites white readers to examine their own personal histories in order to begin to right relations with the Indigenous Peoples on whose land they live. Tracking the Caribou Queen is beautifully crafted to a purpose: poetic language and narrative threads dissect the trope that persisted through her girlhood, that of the Caribou Queen, a woman who seemed to embody extreme and contradictory stereotypes of Indigeneity. Here, Macpherson is not striving for a tidy ideal of "reconciliation"; what she is working towards is much messier, more complex and ambivalent and, ultimately, more equitable.Gull Island: A Novel
Par Anna Porter. 2023
A haunting psychological suspense novel about a young woman who visits her remote family cottage seeking answers to a murky…
past—for fans of Catherine McKenzie and Amber Cowie.When her estranged father goes missing, Jude is persuaded by her mother to find his will. She travels to the family cottage on remote Gull Island, glad to be away from the city and to have the chance to sort through old memories, but is unsettled by what she finds there. While contending with the neglected cottage and encroaching wild animals, Jude looks not only for her father’s will, but also for photographs of herself as a baby, desperate for proof that she was loved as a child. However, loneliness and terrifying dreams soon wear on her, bringing back frightening memories. Thoughts of her distant mother and intimidating father, her jealous sister, and her mother’s mysterious friend infest Jude’s increasingly clouded mind. Then a fierce storm sweeps away her boat and severs her from the outside world. Forced to reckon with long-buried truths and filled with the terrible sense that the cottage may be haunted by more than the past, Jude begins to fear for her sanity—and her life.The Superteacher Project
Par Gordon Korman. 2023
It’s The Unteachables meets I, Robot in another funny middle school tale from Gordon Korman!It’s the start of a new…
school year and Oliver is looking forward to a seventh-grade year full of spitballs, jokes and pranks with his friend Nathan. And their new homeroom teacher, Mr. Aidact, looks like a prime target. He’s an odd duck with a weird, stilted vocabulary, an unusual way of looking at things, and a strangely old student teacher constantly in tow. He also has a seemingly superhuman ability to detect and defuse almost every one of Oliver’s schemes.But that’s not all of it. Mr. Aidact seems to be teaching pretty much every subject. He’s willing to take over jobs no other teacher will, like supervising detention and coaching the field hockey team. Oliver and Nathan are determined to find out what is up with this guy.What they uncover is out of this world!Mr. Aidact is, in fact, superhuman — he’s an android, a secret project of the Department of Education. And when the secret leaks out, the school and the PTA are in an uproar, and calls for his “deactivation” are loud and clear.Can Oliver and his friends turn this plan around and save the teacher they’ve grown to love and appreciate?La maladie de Sachs: roman
Par Martin Winckler. 1998
Le héros du livre, le docteur Sachs, est décrit par ses clients, ses amis, ses proches. De lui, directement, le…
lecteur n'a que de rares documents rédigés dans sa jeunesse, par exemple, ou arrachés à ses carnets, par lesquels il essaie d'exister indépendamment du regard que l'on porte sur lui. Prix du Livre Inter 1998.Simon Sort of Says
Par Erin Bow. 2023
For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Jack Gantos, a hilarious, wrenching, hopeful novel about finding your friends, healing your heart,…
and speaking your truth.Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube. But the story the whole world wants to tell about Simon is the one he’d do anything to forget: the story in which he’s the only kid in his class who survived a school shooting. Two years after the infamous event, twelve-year-old Simon and his family move to the National Quiet Zone—the only place in America where the internet is banned. Instead of talking about Simon, the astronomers who flock to the area are busy listening for signs of life in space. And when Simon makes a friend who’s determined to give the scientists what they’re looking for, he’ll finally have the chance to spin a new story for the world to tell. From award-winning author Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says is a breathtaking testament to the lasting echoes of trauma, the redemptive power of humor, and the courage it takes to move forward without forgetting the past.La résistance
Par Ernesto R Sábato. 2002
Cinq lettres adressées comme un ultime cri d'alarme au lecteur, dans lesquelles l'auteur argentin poursuit son analyse du monde entré…
dans le XXIe siècle. Face au pouvoir croissant des nouvelles technologies et de la montée en puissance de la mondialisation, E. Sabato souhaite refonder un nouvel humanisme.Le petit coeur brisé (Médium)
Par Moka. 2001
Mélanie va se métamorphoser à la suite d'une succession en sa faveur et surtout grâce à deux de ses cousines.…
En fouillant avec elles dans le passé de sa famille, elle se découvre des talents de détective. Tam-Tam Je bouquine 2002 (Salon du livre et de la presse jeunesse de Montreuil).C'est ça la vie? (Gulliver jeunesse #Vol. 119)
Par Louise Champagne. 2003
Après Appelle-moi Zaza!, son premier roman qui lui a valu d’être finaliste pour le prix Cécile Gagnon, Louise Champagne revient…
en force avec une histoire qui aborde les tourments de la préadolescence, cet âge où tout nous irrite et où la vie nous semble pénible et compliquée. C’est avec beaucoup de justesse que l’auteure parvient à nous faire pénétrer dans l’univers des sentiments troubles propres à cet âge. Elle souligne avec habileté les contradictions qui surgissent, tel le besoin d’encadrement mais celui aussi de distanciation. C’est d’ailleurs ce dernier qui va permettre à la jeune Claudie d’exprimer sa singularité. Nul doute que les jeunes lecteurs se reconnaîtront dans plusieurs situations décrites dans ce livre.Les visiteurs
Par A. C Crispin. 1985
Ils étaient arrivés par dizaines de milliers dans leurs vaisseaux spatiaux aussi grands que les plus grosses agglomérations de la…
Terre : Tokyo, Paris, Shangaï. Ils venaient d'une lointaine planète aux ressources presques épuisées. Et que demandaient-ils, ces étranges extraterrestres capables de revêtir l'apparence humaine, en échange de leurs extraordinaires connaissances en matière de science et de technologie ? Rien, ou si peu de chose : une petite, toute petite, partie des richesses naturelles de la Terre. Ils étaient venus pour une mission de paix... et l'humanité les avait crus. Jusqu'au moment où ils commencèrent à se multiplier, à se muer en une armée d'envahisseurs. Jusqu'au moment où les hommes, les femmes, les enfants de la planète Terre commencèrent à disparaître... par millions. Jusqu'au moment où l'effrayante réalité que dissimulait leur mission pacifique — un règne de terreur comparable, à l'échelle mondiale, à celui qu'avait connu l'Allemagne d'Hitler — apparut aux yeux des survivants, les laissants seuls face à cette simple alternative : resister ou disparaitre. Ce roman est tiré du scénario d'une série télévisée qui, dans tous les pays où elle a été diffusée, a connu un retentissement considérable. Dernier en date : l'Italie, où les Visiteurs a pulvérisé tous les indices d'écoute.La belle créole: roman (Denoël & d'ailleurs)
Par Maryse Condé. 2001
Oscillant entre passé et présent dans un jeu de va-et-vient incessant, mélangeant les temps et les époques, ce récit, savamment…
construit, livre peu à peu les clés d'un double mystère : celui de Dieudonné, personnage frappé du sceau du tragique, et celui de son geste criminel dont il assume l'entière responsabilité.