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Tales from the cafe : a novel

Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971-


In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to: The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago; The son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeral; The man who went back to see the girl who he could not marry; The old detective who never gave his wife that gift... This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time.
Date Published:2021

In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time...From the author of Before the Coffee Gets Cold comes a story of four new customers each of whom is hoping to take advantage of Cafe Funiculi Funicula's time-travelling offer. Among some faces that will be familiar to readers of Kawaguchi's previous novel, we will be introduced to: The man who goes back to see his best friend who died 22 years ago; The son who was unable to attend his own mother's funeral; The man who went back to see the girl who he could not marry; The old detective who never gave his wife that gift... This beautiful, simple tale tells the story of people who must face up to their past, in order to move on with their lives. Kawaguchi once again invites the reader to ask themselves: what would you change if you could travel back in time.

Date Published:2021

DeadEndia. 1, The watcher's test /

Steele, Hamish,


Contains slightly altered versions of issues 1-8 of the webcomic DeadEndia. Barney needs a job and a place to live. Luckily, he finds both in Dead End, a theme park haunted house! Unfortunately, Dead End also serves as a portal to hell. Along with his best friend Norma and talking dog Pugsley, he must battle demonic party poopers, undead country singers and scariest of all: his love life.
Date Published:2018

Assassination classroom. 7, On island time /

Matsui, Yūsei, 1981-


The 3-E students hope to kill on their final exams to win not only respect but a special reward. Over summer break, Nagisa, Sugino, and Maehara play amateur entomologist with... a girl? After rigorous training with the greatest assassin of all, the class launches their best assassination plan yet! Now who will save our would-be assassins from a mysterious biological weapon?
Date Published:2015

Demon slayer : Kimetsu no yaiba. 1, Cruelty /

Gotoge, Koyoharu, 1988-


Reads from right to left. Translation of: Kimetsu no yaiba. In Taisho-era Japan, Tanjiro Kamado is a kindhearted boy who makes a living selling charcoal until his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his family and turns his sister into another demon, forcing Tanjiro on a dangerous journey to destroy the demon and save his sister.
Date Published:2018

The maze runner

Dashner, James, 1972-


Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Date Published:2009

The beauty myth

Wolf, Naomi, 1962-


With new introduction by the author.
Date Published:1997

All-American girl

Cabot, Meg


A sophomore girl stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.
Date Published:2002

Aïd al-Adha

Afzal, Shazia,


Traduction de : Eid ul Adha. L'Aïd al-Adha est une fête de sacrifice célébrée par les musulmans du monde entier. Découvrez son histoire, ses traditions et la façon dont elle est célébrée au Canada par rapport à d'autres pays du monde.
Date Published:2024

Reckless

Roberts, Lauren, 2002-,


After she conspires with the Resistance and kills the king, Paedyn Gray faces a perilous game of cat-and-mouse with Prince Kai, whom she once loved, as she uncovers revelations about her past that make her question everything she thought was true.
Date Published:2024

Fearful : a Powerless story

Roberts, Lauren, 2002-


Love too grand, it kills. Mara never intended to set foot in Ilya again. But when the king makes a life-altering decision, her interest is piqued, and Death is determined to understand Kitt Azer's mind if he is destined to join her in the Mors. Spending time with the king while observing the castle's inhabitants reminds Mara that there is more to life than just death. There is love. But even the purest of intentions spur revenge and the pursuit of power. And fate will have its way with all of them -- to live, to rule, to love, and most certainly, to die.
Date Published:2025

Love too grand, it kills. Mara never intended to set foot in Ilya again. But when the king makes a life-altering decision, her interest is piqued, and Death is determined to understand Kitt Azer's mind if he is destined to join her in the Mors. Spending time with the king while observing the castle's inhabitants reminds Mara that there is more to life than just death. There is love. But even the purest of intentions spur revenge and the pursuit of power. And fate will have its way with all of them -- to live, to rule, to love, and most certainly, to die.

Date Published:2025

The plot against America

Roth, Philip.



Date Published:2004

Ready or not : an all-American girl novel

Cabot, Meg


Now a high school junior, Samantha tries to decide whether she is ready to have sex with her boyfriend, who happens to be the President's son.
Date Published:2005

Templar


Book one. Solomon's thieves. The fall ; "I have told the whole truth..." ; The secret -- Book two. The Bishops. The fortress ; The innocents ; Saint-Antoine -- Book three. The Grail. The plan ; Solomon's treasure ; The river. After the king of France and the pope massacre the Templars and steal their treasure, Martin assembles a small band of surviving Templars to retrieve the stolen treasure from under the king's nose.
Date Published:2013

Book one. Solomon's thieves. The fall ; "I have told the whole truth..." ; The secret -- Book two. The Bishops. The fortress ; The innocents ; Saint-Antoine -- Book three. The Grail. The plan ; Solomon's treasure ; The river. After the king of France and the pope massacre the Templars and steal their treasure, Martin assembles a small band of surviving Templars to retrieve the stolen treasure from under the king's nose.

Date Published:2013

Esi Edugyan: Writing Black Histories


From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Episode of the Agenda aired on June 4, 2019. . Esi Edugyan won the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize or her acclaimed book, "Washington Black," a novel of slavery and freedom. She talks to Nam Kiwanuka about how real snippets of Black history inform the stories she tells in her novels.
Date Published:2019

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

Hillenbrand, Laura.


Originally published: New York : Random House, c2010. Includes a reader's guide, with questions and topics for discussion (p. [487]-500).
Date Published:2014

Unbroken : an Olympian's journey from airman to castaway to captive

Hillenbrand, Laura.


"Adapted for young adults." Louis Zamperini, a clever young delinquent turned Olympic runner, became an airman when the war came. In 1943, his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean, where sharks, a sinking raft, thirst, starvation, and enemy aircraft all tested his will and endurance.
Date Published:2014

Recognizing media bias and disinformation

Roland, James,


What is news -- Biased language and spin -- Disinformation -- Fight back with the truth "It can be hard to know what to believe, especially when what looks or sounds like a legitimate news story is tainted with bias and opinion or is riddled with flat-out lies and disinformation. Media bias and disinformation are two different things, but they often share the same purpose: to manipulate how members of the public think and act rather than allow people to make up their own minds based solely on the facts"--
Date Published:2023

What is news -- Biased language and spin -- Disinformation -- Fight back with the truth "It can be hard to know what to believe, especially when what looks or sounds like a legitimate news story is tainted with bias and opinion or is riddled with flat-out lies and disinformation. Media bias and disinformation are two different things, but they often share the same purpose: to manipulate how members of the public think and act rather than allow people to make up their own minds based solely on the facts"--

Date Published:2023

Smudged bear


Misho and Robin are playing ball and it flies straight into the forest. A heap of leaves chases them until they realize it is their friend Bear covered in mud and leaves. Robin proposes he takes a bath, but Bear doesn't like the idea. After some persuading, all three of them take a refreshing and very fun bath.
Date Published:2016

Soccer GOATs : the greatest athletes of all time

Berglund, Bruce, 1968-


How do you pick soccer's GOATs? Pele and Marta get a lot of GOAT nods. But is Nadine Angerer the greatest goalkeeper? And what about recent World Cup champion Lionel Messi? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches.
Date Published:2024

Colonial and postcolonial East and Southeast Asia


Japan -- China -- Korea -- Mongolia -- Indonesia -- Philippines -- Malaysia and Burma -- Vietnam -- Laos and cambodia -- Glossary. While the British became the dominant colonial power in South Asia, the Dutch, Portuguese, and French also initially vied for control of the region. This volume traces the rise of European influence in South Asia with an in-depth discussion of the path to colonialism and various facets of colonial rule. It contains a history of resistance to colonial rule, discusses how the people of South Asia won their independence, and how explains how the region evolved after independence -- including the partition of India and Bangladesh's separation from Pakistan.
Date Published:2017

Japan -- China -- Korea -- Mongolia -- Indonesia -- Philippines -- Malaysia and Burma -- Vietnam -- Laos and cambodia -- Glossary. While the British became the dominant colonial power in South Asia, the Dutch, Portuguese, and French also initially vied for control of the region. This volume traces the rise of European influence in South Asia with an in-depth discussion of the path to colonialism and various facets of colonial rule. It contains a history of resistance to colonial rule, discusses how the people of South Asia won their independence, and how explains how the region evolved after independence -- including the partition of India and Bangladesh's separation from Pakistan.

Date Published:2017