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Erpenbeck, Jenny/ Hofmann, Michael (TRN)


Translated by Michael Hofmann. The story of a romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s: the passionate yet difficult long-running affair of Katharina and Hans hits the rocks as a whole world—the socialist GDR—melts away. As the Times Literary Supplement writes: “The weight of history, the particular experiences of East and West, and the ways in which cultural and subjective memory shape individual identity has always been present in Erpenbeck’s work. She knows that no one is all bad, no state all rotten, and she masterfully captures the existential bewilderment of his period between states and ideologies.”.
Date Published:2021

Translated by Michael Hofmann. The story of a romance begun in East Berlin at the end of the 1980s: the passionate yet difficult long-running affair of Katharina and Hans hits the rocks as a whole world—the socialist GDR—melts away. As the Times Literary Supplement writes: “The weight of history, the particular experiences of East and West, and the ways in which cultural and subjective memory shape individual identity has always been present in Erpenbeck’s work. She knows that no one is all bad, no state all rotten, and she masterfully captures the existential bewilderment of his period between states and ideologies.”.

Date Published:2021

Chemistry for the IB diploma : standard and higher level.

Neuss, Geoff.


Geoff Neuss. Includes index. This book is written specifically for students studying chemistry for the International Baccalaureate Diploma. It covers the programme that will be examined from 2003 onwards. Worked examples are included where they are appropriate and at the end of each main topic and option there are practice questions.
Date Published:2001

The hot hand : the mystery and science of streaks /

Cohen, Ben, 1988-,


On fire -- The law of the hot hand -- Shuffle -- Bet the farm -- Wheel of fortune -- The detectives -- The Van Gogh in the attic. "For fans of Charles Duhigg, Philip Tetlock and Nate Silver, a brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal"--
Date Published:2020

Enquête à Saint-Malo

Gerrier, Nicolas.


1. C'est la cata! -- 2. Cherche, Surcouf -- 3. Lequel des trois? -- 4. RDV minuit grand jardin -- 5. Prisionniers ... -- 6. Si près du but! -- 7. A l'assaut de ferry! "Un site de fouilles sous-marines au large de Saint-Malo en Bretagne, le vol d'un coffre datant du XVIII siècle, un historien, un archéologue et un plongeur suspectrés ... Voilà de quoi mouvementer les vacances de Sophie, Gaèël et Loïc, trois cousins qui n'hésitent pas à se lancer dans l'enquête, accompagnés de leur chien surcouf."--Back cover.
Date Published:2009

1. C'est la cata! -- 2. Cherche, Surcouf -- 3. Lequel des trois? -- 4. RDV minuit grand jardin -- 5. Prisionniers ... -- 6. Si près du but! -- 7. A l'assaut de ferry! "Un site de fouilles sous-marines au large de Saint-Malo en Bretagne, le vol d'un coffre datant du XVIII siècle, un historien, un archéologue et un plongeur suspectrés ... Voilà de quoi mouvementer les vacances de Sophie, Gaèël et Loïc, trois cousins qui n'hésitent pas à se lancer dans l'enquête, accompagnés de leur chien surcouf."--Back cover.

Date Published:2009

Emma. 8

Mori, Kaoru.


français Une histoire d'amour impossible entre une jolie domestique et un bourgeois gentilhomme. -- Un dessin soigné campe cette romance dans l'Angleterre victorienne, dont on découvre les moeurs, le clivage entre classes sociales, la morale extrêmement stricte, etc.
Date Published:2007

D-Day in numbers.

Field, Jacob F.


D-Day, 6 June 1944, the day on which the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy with the intention of reclaiming mainland Europe from German occupation. The significance of the operation has captured the collective imagination to become the defining moment of World War II and represents the ending of the struggles of the early 20th century.
Date Published:2014

Home-grown heroes : a sports history of Sudbury

Pagnucco, Frank.


Relates the stories of some of Sudbury's finest athletes who have distinguished themselves in provincial, national or international level competition. Includes sections on hockey, football, canoeing, badminton, skiing, and more.
Date Published:1982

Petit pays : roman /

Faye, Gaël, 1982-


Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l'harmonie familiale s'est disloquée en même temps que son « petit pays », le Burundi, ce bout d'Afrique centrale brutalement malmené par l'Histoire. Plus tard, Gabriel fait revivre un monde à jamais perdu. Les battements de cœur et les souffles coupés, les pensées profondes et les rires déployés, le parfum de citronnelle, les termites les jours d'orage, les jacarandas en fleur... L'enfance, son infinie douceur, ses douleurs qui ne nous quittent jamais.
Date Published:2017

Avant, Gabriel faisait les quatre cents coups avec ses copains dans leur coin de paradis. Et puis l'harmonie familiale s'est disloquée en même temps que son « petit pays », le Burundi, ce bout d'Afrique centrale brutalement malmené par l'Histoire. Plus tard, Gabriel fait revivre un monde à jamais perdu. Les battements de cœur et les souffles coupés, les pensées profondes et les rires déployés, le parfum de citronnelle, les termites les jours d'orage, les jacarandas en fleur... L'enfance, son infinie douceur, ses douleurs qui ne nous quittent jamais.

Date Published:2017

Talking to GOATs : the moments you remember and the stories you never heard /

Gray, Jim, (Sportscaster),


Includes index. "The moments you remember ... Ali, Jordan, Tiger, Kobe, Phelps, Tyson, LeBron--and the other stories you never heard."--Jacket. Tyson : much more than the bite -- Ali : touched by the greatest -- My world wide web -- Michael (Jackson) and the mirage -- First pitch -- Hammerin' Hank : Mr. Decency -- Your Rose, my thorn -- Steroids : from Ben to Marion, the breaking of Bonds -- Tiger : how a legend became human -- Upon further review -- Tom Brady : my friend the goat -- 17-0, 28, 50-0 = perfect -- People who changed the world -- Dream team : "You'll never see anything like this again" -- His Airness's good-bye -- The triangle : Kobe, Shaq, and Jax -- Malice at The Palace -- The decision -- My dad and The Masters -- I'm not writing another book. "Sportscaster and sports historian Jim Gray gives the reader a coveted all-access pass as he reviews the best interviews, the best athletes, and the best games in modern sports history. It's like a personal introduction to the characters and careers of these heroes and villains we've known since childhood. He examines how money, celebrity, the media, and power interact, and how sports ... has led to ... transformations in American society"--
Date Published:2020

Includes index. "The moments you remember ... Ali, Jordan, Tiger, Kobe, Phelps, Tyson, LeBron--and the other stories you never heard."--Jacket. Tyson : much more than the bite -- Ali : touched by the greatest -- My world wide web -- Michael (Jackson) and the mirage -- First pitch -- Hammerin' Hank : Mr. Decency -- Your Rose, my thorn -- Steroids : from Ben to Marion, the breaking of Bonds -- Tiger : how a legend became human -- Upon further review -- Tom Brady : my friend the goat -- 17-0, 28, 50-0 = perfect -- People who changed the world -- Dream team : "You'll never see anything like this again" -- His Airness's good-bye -- The triangle : Kobe, Shaq, and Jax -- Malice at The Palace -- The decision -- My dad and The Masters -- I'm not writing another book. "Sportscaster and sports historian Jim Gray gives the reader a coveted all-access pass as he reviews the best interviews, the best athletes, and the best games in modern sports history. It's like a personal introduction to the characters and careers of these heroes and villains we've known since childhood. He examines how money, celebrity, the media, and power interact, and how sports ... has led to ... transformations in American society"--

Date Published:2020

Heroes of the dawn : Celtic myth


[written by Fergus Fleming ... [et al.] col. ill., maps ; Audience: Intermediate, senior. Includes bibliographical references (p. 144) and index. An illustrated exploration of Celtic mythology. This book is filled with the strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests and magic symbols at the heart of all cultures - but left out of most history books. It examines whether there was a real King Arhtur and where he many have lived. .
Date Published:1996

[written by Fergus Fleming ... [et al.] col. ill., maps ; Audience: Intermediate, senior. Includes bibliographical references (p. 144) and index. An illustrated exploration of Celtic mythology. This book is filled with the strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests and magic symbols at the heart of all cultures - but left out of most history books. It examines whether there was a real King Arhtur and where he many have lived. .

Date Published:1996

Tom Lake : a novel /

Patchett, Ann,


Recalling the past at her daughters' request, Lara tells the story of a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance, which causes her daughters to examine their own lives and reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew.
Date Published:2023

Place called heaven : the meaning of being Black in Canada.

Foster, Cecil.


Cecil Foster. In this provocative account of the troubled state of race relations in Canada, Foster shatters the myth of black cultural homogeneity and looks behind the stereotypes and statistics to find out what's actually happening within Canada's black community.
Date Published:1996

Miss Dior : a story of courage and couture /

Picardie, Justine,


"A biography of Catherine Dior, Christian Dior's younger sister, that illuminates the work of the most iconic designer of the postwar world-her brother, Christian-and casts new light on the overlooked life of a quietly courageous, quietly extraordinary woman"--
Date Published:2021

Pigs in heaven.

Kingsolver, Barbara.


by Barbara Kingsolver. When a six-year-old child named Turtle is the sole witness to a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, she and her adoptive mother Taylor have a moment of celebrity that will change their lives forever. Turtle is claimed by Annawake Fourkiller, a Cherokee activist, to have been wrongly taken from the Cherokee nation. Fear of losing Turtle sends Taylor fleeing across the country with her mother Alice, pursued by Annawake. In the course of their journey, the three find love and wisdom in surprising places
Date Published:1993

by Barbara Kingsolver. When a six-year-old child named Turtle is the sole witness to a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, she and her adoptive mother Taylor have a moment of celebrity that will change their lives forever. Turtle is claimed by Annawake Fourkiller, a Cherokee activist, to have been wrongly taken from the Cherokee nation. Fear of losing Turtle sends Taylor fleeing across the country with her mother Alice, pursued by Annawake. In the course of their journey, the three find love and wisdom in surprising places

Date Published:1993

The education of an idealist : a memoir /

Power, Samantha,


"In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"—and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives. The Education of an Idealist traces Power’s distinctly American journey from immigrant to war correspondent to presidential Cabinet official." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Date Published:2019

The expendables : how the middle class got screwed by globalization /

Rubin, Jeff, 1954-,


"Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."--
Date Published:2021

"Union membership has collapsed. Full-time employment is beginning to look like a quaint idea from the distant past. If it seems that the middle class is in retreat around the developed world, it is. Former CIBC World Markets Chief Economist Jeff Rubin argues that all this was foreseeable back when Canada, the United States and Mexico first started talking free trade. Labour argued then that manufacturing jobs would move to Mexico. Free-trade advocates disagreed. Today, Canadian and American factories sit idle. More steel is used to make bottlecaps than cars. Meanwhile, Mexico has become one of the world's biggest automotive exporters. And it's not just NAFTA. Cheap oil, low interest rates, global deregulation and tax policies that benefit the rich all have the same effect: the erosion of the middle class. Growing global inequality is a problem of our own making, Rubin argues. And solving it won't be easy if we draw on the same ideas about capital and labour, right and left, that led us to this cliff. Articulating a vision that dovetails with the ideas of both Naomi Klein and Donald Trump, The Expendables is an exhilaratingly fresh perspective that is at once humane and irascible, fearless and rigorous, and most importantly, timely. GDP is growing, the stock market is up and unemployment is down, but the surprise of the book is that even the good news is good for only one percent of us."--

Date Published:2021

D-Day : dawn of heroes, June 6, 1944.

Cawthorne, Nigel.


Nigel Cawthorne ; [edited by Paul Whittle]. Tells the story of Operation Overlord: the largest and most meticulously planned seaborne invasion in the history of warfare.
Date Published:2004

Emma. 2

Mori, Kaoru.


français Une histoire d'amour impossible entre une jolie domestique et un bourgeois gentilhomme. -- Un dessin soigné campe cette romance dans l'Angleterre victorienne, dont on découvre les moeurs, le clivage entre classes sociales, la morale extrêmement stricte, etc.
Date Published:2007

4th and goal every day : Alabama's relentless pursuit of perfection.

Savage, Phil.


Phil Savage and Ray Glier chronicle this in-depth story of how the Crimson Tide reemerged as one of the true superpowers of college football.
Date Published:2017

Ghosts of heaven.

Sedgwick, Marcus.


Four linked stories of discovery and survival begin with a Paleolithic-era girl who makes the first written signs, continue with Anna, who people call a witch, then a mad twentieth-century poet who watches the ocean knowing the horrors it hides, and concluding with an astronaut on the first spaceship from Earth sent to colonize another world. Michael L. Printz Award Honor, 2016.
Date Published:2015