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Death within world religions.


Death touches us all in one way or another. Yet we rarely talk about it. Just the word "death" can bring up strong feelings: sadness, fear, anxiety. Within religion, there are rituals and traditions for major passages of life. When it comes to death, these are for both the person who dies and for those they leave behind. Within the worlds' religions, what are rituals around death? How should a person live before death? And what happens after death?
Date Published:2025

Death touches us all in one way or another. Yet we rarely talk about it. Just the word "death" can bring up strong feelings: sadness, fear, anxiety. Within religion, there are rituals and traditions for major passages of life. When it comes to death, these are for both the person who dies and for those they leave behind. Within the worlds' religions, what are rituals around death? How should a person live before death? And what happens after death?

Date Published:2025

1984

Orwell, George, 1903-1950,


Winston Smith lives in a society where the government controls people every second of the day. He fights this world with love. But it's dangerous: love for another person can punished by death, and Big Brother is always watching. Orwell's classic story shows that there is no freedom unless ideas and beliefs can be questioned.
Date Published:2021

Animal farm : a fairy story

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


Satire on dictatorship.
Date Published:1945

Yaqui Delgado wants to kick your ass : the graphic novel

Vargas, Mel Valentine,


"Based on the Pura Belpre Award winning novel by Meg Medina" -- Cover. It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don't get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is' never mind what she's done to piss her off. Rumor has it that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latina enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first, Piddy is more concerned with learning about the father she's never met, navigating her rocky relationship with her mom, and staying in touch with her best friend, Mitzi. But when the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang takes over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off from those who care about her--or running away? More relevant than ever a decade after its initial publication, Mel Valentine Vargas's graphic novel adaptation of Meg Medina's ultimately empowering story is poised to be discovered by a new generation of readers.
Date Published:2023

"Based on the Pura Belpre Award winning novel by Meg Medina" -- Cover. It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don't get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is' never mind what she's done to piss her off. Rumor has it that Yaqui thinks Piddy is stuck-up, shakes her stuff when she walks, and isn't Latina enough with her white skin, good grades, and no accent. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first, Piddy is more concerned with learning about the father she's never met, navigating her rocky relationship with her mom, and staying in touch with her best friend, Mitzi. But when the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang takes over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off from those who care about her--or running away? More relevant than ever a decade after its initial publication, Mel Valentine Vargas's graphic novel adaptation of Meg Medina's ultimately empowering story is poised to be discovered by a new generation of readers.

Date Published:2023

Devil's pass

Brouwer, Sigmund, 1959-


Webb, a young street musician, faces grizzly bears and a madman on the Canol Trail when he tries to fulfill a request in his late grandfather's will.
Date Published:2012

Home


This film follows Degrassi creator Linda Schuyler as she explores the human impact of homelessness after discovering an encampment on the grounds of her family's former ancestral home in Cobourg, Ontario. As the town's unhoused residents are repeatedly displaced-from unsafe housing, public beaches, and county land-they eventually settle outside Brookside, a vacant youth detention centre equipped with dormitories, kitchens, and protective infrastructure that remains locked and unused. Through personal stories from encampment residents, the film highlights the social, historical, and political forces shaping the crisis, the tensions within the local community, and the challenges faced by grassroots support efforts. As the province prepares to sell the Brookside property for private development, the film prompts critical questions about housing, public land use, and what happens when vulnerable people have nowhere else to go.
Date Published:2025

This film follows Degrassi creator Linda Schuyler as she explores the human impact of homelessness after discovering an encampment on the grounds of her family's former ancestral home in Cobourg, Ontario. As the town's unhoused residents are repeatedly displaced-from unsafe housing, public beaches, and county land-they eventually settle outside Brookside, a vacant youth detention centre equipped with dormitories, kitchens, and protective infrastructure that remains locked and unused. Through personal stories from encampment residents, the film highlights the social, historical, and political forces shaping the crisis, the tensions within the local community, and the challenges faced by grassroots support efforts. As the province prepares to sell the Brookside property for private development, the film prompts critical questions about housing, public land use, and what happens when vulnerable people have nowhere else to go.

Date Published:2025

Five nights at Freddy's : Fazbear frights graphic novel collection. 1 /

Hastings, Chris, 1983-,


What do you wish for most? It's a question that Oswald, Sarah, and Oscar think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Oscar wishes to get his hands on the mechanical toy that's out of stock all over town. But in the twisted world of Five Nights at Freddy's, their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost. In this volume, three stories from the New York Times bestselling series Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights come to life in delightfully horrifying comics. Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.
Date Published:2022

What do you wish for most? It's a question that Oswald, Sarah, and Oscar think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Oscar wishes to get his hands on the mechanical toy that's out of stock all over town. But in the twisted world of Five Nights at Freddy's, their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost. In this volume, three stories from the New York Times bestselling series Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights come to life in delightfully horrifying comics. Readers beware: This collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans.

Date Published:2022

It's not summer without you

Han, Jenny


Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.
Date Published:2010

Percy Jackson & the Olympians. 1, The lightning thief /

Venditti, Robert,


After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2023

Children of war : voices of Iraqi refugees

Ellis, Deborah, 1960-


Provides interviews with twenty-three young Iraqi children who have moved away from their homeland and tells of their fears, challenges, and struggles to rebuild their lives in foreign lands as refugees of war.
Date Published:2008

The magic fish

Trung, Le Nguyen


Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?
Date Published:2020

Real life isn't a fairytale. But Tiến still enjoys reading his favorite stories with his parents from the books he borrows from the local library. It's hard enough trying to communicate with your parents as a kid, but for Tiến, he doesn't even have the right words because his parents are struggling with their English. Is there a Vietnamese word for what he's going through? Is there a way to tell them he's gay?

Date Published:2020

Ten marks and a train ticket : Benno's escape to freedom

Goldstein, Susy, 1955-


This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.
Date Published:2008

This is the true story of a Canadian, whose journey reaches out to all our hearts. Benno and Heinz, two brothers who are nine and thirteen, respectively, were put on a train departing Nazi Germany, in January 1939. Their parents were in a desperate bid to relocate them to a safe location. From Berlin to Amsterdam to London and, finally, to Toronto, Benno recalls his traumatic journey, as he makes his way across the continent during the war.

Date Published:2008

La LNH

Davidson, B. Keith,


Traduction de : NHL. Comprend un index. Apprenez tout sur la Ligue nationale de hockey. Découvrez des faits fascinants -- des stars qui battent des records, aux équipes gagnantes, et aux positions importantes
Date Published:2022

Brave

Chmakova, Svetlana, 1979-,


In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen's always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone's cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real life problems?
Date Published:2017

In his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different - math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a big problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure's on even more once the school newspaper's dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen's always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone's cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real life problems?

Date Published:2017

Lars - Halifax, Nova Scotia


Lars is a 10-year-old boy from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His family comes from Zimbabwe and the Netherlands, and he is a superstar hockey player and surfer! Lars teaches us about the Zimbabwe flag and gets a mini-lesson from his Mom on how to speak Shona, a native Zimbabwean language! Then he's off to hockey practice with his team, the Chebucto Atlantics, and Coach Daryl! He works hard on the ice learning new drills and improving his skills in hopes of one day playing for the National Hockey League! Playing hockey has left him with a big appetite! Lars and his mom prepare Sadza, a full Zimbabwean meal, that they eat with their hands. Delicious! Lars then gives us a tour of his bedroom, showing us his favorite hockey jerseys, hockey medals, and demonstrating his skills on the traditional musical instrument: the Kalimba. Now it's family time with board games! Tsoro yematatu is a traditional game played in Zimbabwe and things get competitive between Lars and his brother! Lars is going to jump for joy at his special message from an inspirational figure.
Date Published:2023

Lars is a 10-year-old boy from Halifax, Nova Scotia. His family comes from Zimbabwe and the Netherlands, and he is a superstar hockey player and surfer! Lars teaches us about the Zimbabwe flag and gets a mini-lesson from his Mom on how to speak Shona, a native Zimbabwean language! Then he's off to hockey practice with his team, the Chebucto Atlantics, and Coach Daryl! He works hard on the ice learning new drills and improving his skills in hopes of one day playing for the National Hockey League! Playing hockey has left him with a big appetite! Lars and his mom prepare Sadza, a full Zimbabwean meal, that they eat with their hands. Delicious! Lars then gives us a tour of his bedroom, showing us his favorite hockey jerseys, hockey medals, and demonstrating his skills on the traditional musical instrument: the Kalimba. Now it's family time with board games! Tsoro yematatu is a traditional game played in Zimbabwe and things get competitive between Lars and his brother! Lars is going to jump for joy at his special message from an inspirational figure.

Date Published:2023

My hero academia. 11, End of the beginning, beginning of the end /

Horikoshi, Kohei, 1986-


Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. Bakugo's abduction by the League of Villains was a carefully calculated move designed to draw out the heroes-- All Might in particular-- and destroy them. Midoriya and his friends set out on a rescue mission that eventually pulls in not only All Might but also several other heroes! The casualties mount, until at last the mastermind of the plot appears-- All For One, the only villain powerful enough to take on All Might head-to-head and possibly win!
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. Bakugo's abduction by the League of Villains was a carefully calculated move designed to draw out the heroes-- All Might in particular-- and destroy them. Midoriya and his friends set out on a rescue mission that eventually pulls in not only All Might but also several other heroes! The casualties mount, until at last the mastermind of the plot appears-- All For One, the only villain powerful enough to take on All Might head-to-head and possibly win!

Date Published:2018

English lessons and other stories

Baldwin, Shauna Singh,


Dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to 1991, from India to North America, Shauna Singh Baldwin travels from the intimate sphere of family to the wasteland of office and university. In this powerful collection, some characters say little but know much. Others, imprisoned by silence, choke on their knowledge or use it with bloody force against their oppressors. A few harness the power of wordlessness to seize freedom.
Date Published:1996

Dramatizing the lives of Indian women from 1919 to 1991, from India to North America, Shauna Singh Baldwin travels from the intimate sphere of family to the wasteland of office and university. In this powerful collection, some characters say little but know much. Others, imprisoned by silence, choke on their knowledge or use it with bloody force against their oppressors. A few harness the power of wordlessness to seize freedom.

Date Published:1996

My hero academia. 15, Fighting fate /

Horikoshi, Kohei, 1986-


Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left. Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy. A new and sinister enemy appears in the form of Chisaki Kai, the young leader of the Hassaikai yakuza gang. Looking to fill the power vacuum left by All For One, Chisaki makes contact with the League of Villains to gain possible support. When a chance run-in with a scared little girl brings Midoriya and his mentor Mirio face-to-face with Chisaki, none of them have any idea how much their lives are about to change...
Date Published:2018

Translation of: Boku no hiro akademia. Reads from right to left. Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world's greatest hero, but greatness won't come easy. A new and sinister enemy appears in the form of Chisaki Kai, the young leader of the Hassaikai yakuza gang. Looking to fill the power vacuum left by All For One, Chisaki makes contact with the League of Villains to gain possible support. When a chance run-in with a scared little girl brings Midoriya and his mentor Mirio face-to-face with Chisaki, none of them have any idea how much their lives are about to change...

Date Published:2018

Schizo

Firmston, Kim



Date Published:2011

Tattoo heaven

Weber, Lori, 1959-



Date Published:2005