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Pandexicon: How the Language of the Pandemic Defined Our New Cultural Reality
Par Wayne Grady. 2023
Did you keep a list of the words coined by Covid? Wayne Grady did! They're deftly woven into a journal/timeline,…
taking us through two years of surrealism and limbo.—Margaret AtwoodThis exploration of the many new terms of the Covid-19 pandemic provides insight into the ways an ever-evolving vocabulary helped us cope with our anxiety and adapt to a new reality When the pandemic struck in early 2020, Wayne Grady started collecting the words and phrases that arose from our shared global experience. Some, such as "uptick" and "pivot," had existed before but now took on new meaning, and others, such as "covidivorce," "quarantini," "covexit," and "shecession," appeared for the first time, their meaning instantly clear. Through this new vocabulary, we became more able to adapt to change, to domesticate it in a sense, and to reduce our fears. Moving from the very beginning of the pandemic (the "Before Times") and our early response to it through the peaks and troughs of the various waves in countries throughout the world, and ending with a contemplation of what the "After Times" might look like, this book takes us on a journey through the pandemic and illuminates both how this new language has unfolded and how it has changed the way we think about ourselves and each other.Where They Stood: The Evolution of the Black Anglo Community in Montreal
Par Melis Aysegul Black Community Resource Centre. 2023
The night trilogy
Par Elie Wiesel. 1985
"Night" is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported with his family and community from Hungary to the…
horrors of the infamous Auschwitz. In "Dawn," Elisha, the sole survivor of his family, becomes a Jewish terrorist in Palestine and is ordered to execute an Englishman. In "The Accident," a concentration camp survivor tries to rebuild his life in New York City. Some violence and some descriptions of sexMexico: biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996
Par Enrique Krauze. 1997
Krauze depicts the personalities and lives of Mexico's rulers and leaders to present the history of the country. Among the…
men he chronicles are Archduke Maximilian, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Villa, Lazaro Cardenas, Miguel Aleman, and Gustavo Diaz OrdazThe ballot box battle
Par Emily McCully. 1996
In 1880 the elderly feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton tells her young friend Cordelia about her efforts to win for women…
the right to vote. Cordelia listens to her neighbor's talk of women's suffrage even though she doesn't believe it has anything to do with her. Then Mrs. Stanton tells a story from her own childhood. For grades 4-7Resurrection: the struggle for a new Russia
Par David Remnick. 1997
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes the post-Cold War struggle to establish a new Russian state. He provides close-up portraits and detailed…
reporting on war-torn Chechnya, the return of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the reelection of Boris Yeltsin in 1996. He argues for greater Western involvement in Moscow's haphazard efforts to control corruption and entrench democratic freedomsSlaughterhouse: Bosnia and the failure of the West
Par David Rieff. 1995
Depicts persecution and genocide of the Muslims in Bosnia starting in 1992. Decries the acquiescence of Western nations in failing…
to intervene and the inaction of United Nations peacekeepers who simply enforce the status quo. Strong language and violenceSnakes and ladders: glimpses of India
Par Gita Mehta. 1997
Essays depicting the contrasts and disparities in modern Indian society. Describes a land that, during its fifty years of independence,…
has become a progressive, capitalist nation yet retains its traditional religious and cultural diversity. Touches on politics, religion, art, and other facets of the world's largest democracyBitter lemons
Par Lawrence Durrell. 1996
An impressionistic portrayal of the island of Cyprus during the British-Greek-Turkish struggles from 1953 to 1956. The author describes events…
from his various perspectives as a foreign traveler, a journalist, and an official of the Cyprus governmentA house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Cultures in conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the age of discovery
Par Bernard Lewis. 1995
A perspective on the historically eventful year of 1492, when Columbus discovered America and Catholic Spain vanquished Islam and expelled…
the Jews. Examines the significance of Christian Europe's ascendancy and expansion, as well as the implications for the development of the twentieth-century worldCleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Un beau zéro (Carré blanc)
Par Marie-Francine Hébert. 2021
« Mon crayon sur la ligne de départ, j’attends que madame Claire nous donne le sujet du texte à rédiger.…
J’aime jouer avec les mots ! Et avec un grand sourire, elle nous demande de raconter nos vacances de Noël. Je reste figé, le crayon en panne. Je ne veux pas, je ne peux pas écrire sur ce sujet-là. »Clou: on est tous différents !
Par Cœur Pirate, Coeur De Pirate. 2022
Le jour de la rentrée des classes, Clou découvre que les autres chiens se connaissent et rigolent ensemble, sans compter…
Bisou le chihuahua qui se moque de lui. Avec l'aide de ses parents et de madame Truffe, son enseignante, Clou apprend à avoir confiance en lui. Un QR code permet d'accéder à la version lue de l'histoire ainsi qu'à une chanson.Qui va bercer Zoé? (Carré blanc)
Par Andrée Poulin. 2018
Le croco qui vit chez papi
Par Elodie Duhameau, Élodie Duhameau. 2022
Le croco qui vit chez Papi est le tout premier album en tant qu’autrice de l’illustratrice Élodie Duhameau. Elle y…
présente une histoire d’amitié remplie d’humour et de personnages attachants, sensibilisant au détour les jeunes lecteur.trices à la cause et à la réalité animales. Car comme Papi dit : « Personne n’aime vivre en cage. »Le vieillard et l'enfant
Par Dominique Fortier, Gabrielle Roy. 2020
Christine habitait une petite ville sous les ciels infinis du Manitoba où le temps s’écoulait le plus lentement du monde…
dans la grande chaleur de l’été. Elle explorait ses rues en patins à roulettes ou en échasses, pour aller plus vite ou voir plus loin. Un matin, sous les feuilles d’un petit érable, elle découvrit un vieil homme, monsieur Saint-Hilaire, qui l’invita à passer toute une journée au bord du lac Winnipeg. Un album universel tout en poésie qui porte sur l’enfance, l’amitié et l’attirance pour les grands espaces. Le disque qui accompagne le livre propose une lecture chaude et rassurante du conte, suivie de 13 chansons aux mélodies à la fois simples et raffinées.Curieux comme un petit chat !: Franz Schubert (Petites histoires de grands compositeurs)
Par Ana Gerhard. 2021
C’est enfin le printemps et Minime flâne à la terrasse d’un café. Attablé au milieu de la cohue, un homme…
rêveur est si absorbé par sa lecture qu’il ne remarque pas la présence de l’intrépide souris. Minime grimpe sur son épaule et en profite pour lire un peu de poésie. Lorsque l’homme se met à gribouiller des notes de musique sur un coin de nappe, Minime est de plus en plus intrigué. Mais il a aussi très faim! Ayant repéré un morceau de gruyère, il s’élance comme une flèche. Malheur, il s’agit d’une souricière ! Heureusement que « Monsieur rêveur », Franz Schubert, est là pour le sauver.