Zoe and the Fawn
Title | Zoe and the Fawn PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Jameson |
Publisher | Schchechmala Children's |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781926886534 |
Zoe and her father find a lone fawn in the forest in this picture book for young readers.
The Girl and the Wolf
Title | The Girl and the Wolf PDF eBook |
Author | Katherena Vermette |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 2019-02-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781926886541 |
This picture book for young children is an empowering Indigenous twist on a classic wolf narrative.
Birdsong
Title | Birdsong PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Flett |
Publisher | Greystone Books Ltd |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2019-09-24 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1771644745 |
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, HORN BOOK, QUILL & QUIRE, GLOBE AND MAIL WINNER OF THE TD CANADIAN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE AWARD FINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD AN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE HONOR TITLE A BOSTON GLOBE—HORN BOOK HONOR BOOK When Katherena and her mother move to a small town, Katherena feels lonely and out of place. But when she meets an elderly woman artist who lives next door, named Agnes—her world starts to change. Katherena and Agnes share the same passions for arts and crafts, birds, and nature. But as the seasons change, can Katherna navigate the failing health of her new friend? Award-winning author and artist Julie Flett’s textured images of birds, flowers, art, and landscapes bring vibrancy and warmth to this powerful story, which highlights the fulfillment of intergenerational relationships, shared passions, and spending time outdoors with the ones we love. Includes a glossary and pronunciation guide to Cree words that appear in the text. “Cree-Métis author/illustrator Julie Flett's smooth and lyrical words and gorgeous... images truly capture the warmth and solidarity of the female protagonists in this tender intergenerational friendship story.”—The Horn Book “Cycling from spring to spring, [Julie Flett’s] subtle, sensitive story delicately traces filaments of growth and loss through intergenerational friendship, art making, and changing moons and seasons.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Summer of the Fawn
Title | Summer of the Fawn PDF eBook |
Author | Alain Laboile |
Publisher | Kehrer Verlag |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 2019-02 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9783868288957 |
Laboile's timeless and universal images inspire longing for the endless summer days of our childhood.
Women in the Holocaust
Title | Women in the Holocaust PDF eBook |
Author | Zoë Waxman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2017-01-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0191090700 |
Despite some pioneering work by scholars, historians still find it hard to listen to the voices of women in the Holocaust. Learning more about the women who both survived and did not survive the Nazi genocide — through the testimony of the women themselves — not only increases our understanding of this terrible period in history, but makes us rethink our relationship to the gendered nature of knowledge itself. Women in the Holocaust is about the ways in which socially- and culturally-constructed gender roles were placed under extreme pressure; yet also about the fact that gender continued to operate as an important arbiter of experience. Indeed, paradoxically enough, the extreme conditions of the Holocaust — even of the death camps — may have reinforced the importance of gender. Whilst Jewish men and women were both sentenced to death, gender nevertheless operated as a crucial signifier for survival. Pregnant women as well as women accompanied by young children or those deemed incapable of hard labour were sent straight to the gas chambers. The very qualities which made them women were manipulated and exploited by the Nazis as a source of dehumanization. Moreover, women were less likely to survive the camps even if they were not selected for death. Gender in the Holocaust therefore became a matter of life and death.
Franny and Zooey
Title | Franny and Zooey PDF eBook |
Author | J. D. Salinger |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2019-08-13 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0241988802 |
A sharp and poignant snapshot of the crises of youth - from the acclaimed author of The Catcher in the Rye 'Everything everybody does is so - I don't know - not wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and - sad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you're conforming just as much only in a different way.' First published in the New Yorker as two sequential stories, 'Franny' and 'Zooey' offer a dual portrait of the two youngest members of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family. 'Salinger's masterpiece' Guardian
Crash Override
Title | Crash Override PDF eBook |
Author | Zoë Quinn |
Publisher | PublicAffairs |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2017-09-05 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1610398092 |
You've heard the stories about the dark side of the internet -- hackers, #gamergate, anonymous mobs attacking an unlucky victim, and revenge porn -- but they remain just that: stories. Surely these things would never happen to you. Zoe Quinn used to feel the same way. She is a video game developer whose ex-boyfriend published a crazed blog post cobbled together from private information, half-truths, and outright fictions, along with a rallying cry to the online hordes to go after her. They answered in the form of a so-called movement known as #gamergate--they hacked her accounts; stole nude photos of her; harassed her family, friends, and colleagues; and threatened to rape and murder her. But instead of shrinking into silence as the online mobs wanted her to, she raised her voice and spoke out against this vicious online culture and for making the internet a safer place for everyone. In the years since #gamergate, Quinn has helped thousands of people with her advocacy and online-abuse crisis resource Crash Override Network. From locking down victims' personal accounts to working with tech companies and lawmakers to inform policy, she has firsthand knowledge about every angle of online abuse, what powerful institutions are (and aren't) doing about it, and how we can protect our digital spaces and selves. Crash Override offers an up-close look inside the controversy, threats, and social and cultural battles that started in the far corners of the internet and have since permeated our online lives. Through her story -- as target and as activist -- Quinn provides a human look at the ways the internet impacts our lives and culture, along with practical advice for keeping yourself and others safe online.