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Surrender explores the changing landscape of the American West and the radical environmental movements that have taken root.
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First published in 1972, Survival is considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature.
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A teenage refugee adapts to a new country and even finds a best friend, until the pressures of past and present collide and lead to a devastating lie.
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From the factory floor to the operating theatre, scientists have shown that teams who share the same lexicon of swearing tend to work more effectively together, feel closer, and be more productive than those that don’t. These same studies show that managing stress in the same way that we manage pain – with a fucking good swear – is more effective than any number of team building exercises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwearing has also helped to develop the field of neuroscience. By providing us with a useful emotional barometer, swearing has been used as a research tool for over 150 years. It has helped us to discover some fascinating things about the structure of the human brain, such as its division into left and right hemispheres, and the role of cerebral structures like the amygdala in the regulation of emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwearing has taught us a great deal about our minds, too. 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Swearing Is Good For You
In the vein of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat comes a fascinating and fun look at the new science of bad language.
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Swimming Lessons
A woman disappears without a trace. Twelve years later, her adult daughter starts finding answers hidden in the books that her mother left behind.
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Swimming, Swimming
In this celebration of summer in the city, Gary Clement illustrates “Swimming, swimming, in a swimming pool…”
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ages 7
and up
/ grades 2
and up
Tales from Gold Mountain
This collection of stories describes the extraordinary circumstances of the Chinese who came to build the railroad in Canada and the United States.
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ages 5
to 8
/ grades K
to 3
Talking with Mother Earth / Hablando con Madre Tierra
These moving bilingual poems explore a young Indigenous boy's connection to Mother Earth and how he is healed from the wounds of racism he has endured.
