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Atheism


Could the best kind of belief possibly be no belief at all? Tev decides to check out the un-religion; atheism. As the episode begins he finds himself in a graveyard, where he is visited by an important insight: "being dead sucks!" Later, he meets the president of Canada's Freethought Association, which stirs up a little controversy with it's provocative ad slogan "There's probably no God".
Date Published:2013

Salat in secret

Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah,


Title proper from title frame. When Muhammad gets a special salat rug on his seventh birthday, he is determined to do all five daily prayers on time. But one salat occurs during the school day--and he's worried about being seen praying at school. His fatherr parks his truck to worship in public places, and people stare at him and mock him. Will the same thing happen to Muhammad?
Date Published:2023

The Crown

Rose, Simon, 1961-



Date Published:2014

Fire & blood

Martin, George R. R.,


Includes lineages and family tree. Aegon's conquest -- Reign of the dragon: the wars of King Aegon I -- Three heads had the dragon: governance under King Aegon I -- The sons of the dragon -- Prince into king: the ascension of Jaehaerys I -- The year of the three brides: 49 AC -- A surfeit of rulers -- A time of testing: the realm remade -- Birth, death, and betrayal under King Jaehaerys I -- Jaehaerys and Alysanne: their triumphs and tragedies -- The long reign: Jaehaerys and Alysanne: policy, progeny, and pain -- Heirs of the dragon: a question of succession -- The dying of the dragons: the blacks and the greens -- The dying of the dragons: a son for a son -- The dying of the dragons: the red dragon and the gold -- The dying of the dragons: Rhaenyra triumphant -- The dying of the dragons: Rhaenyra overthrown -- The dying of the dragons: the short, sad reign of Aegon II -- Aftermath: the hour of the wolf -- Under the regents: the hooded hand -- Under the regents: war and peace and cattle shows -- Under the regents: the voyage of Alyn Oakenfist -- The Lysene spring and the end of regency -- Lineages and family tree. The first volume of a definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros is set centuries before the events of "A Game of Thrones" and answers key questions about the dynasty's origins, conflicts and relationships with dragons.
Date Published:2018

Includes lineages and family tree. Aegon's conquest -- Reign of the dragon: the wars of King Aegon I -- Three heads had the dragon: governance under King Aegon I -- The sons of the dragon -- Prince into king: the ascension of Jaehaerys I -- The year of the three brides: 49 AC -- A surfeit of rulers -- A time of testing: the realm remade -- Birth, death, and betrayal under King Jaehaerys I -- Jaehaerys and Alysanne: their triumphs and tragedies -- The long reign: Jaehaerys and Alysanne: policy, progeny, and pain -- Heirs of the dragon: a question of succession -- The dying of the dragons: the blacks and the greens -- The dying of the dragons: a son for a son -- The dying of the dragons: the red dragon and the gold -- The dying of the dragons: Rhaenyra triumphant -- The dying of the dragons: Rhaenyra overthrown -- The dying of the dragons: the short, sad reign of Aegon II -- Aftermath: the hour of the wolf -- Under the regents: the hooded hand -- Under the regents: war and peace and cattle shows -- Under the regents: the voyage of Alyn Oakenfist -- The Lysene spring and the end of regency -- Lineages and family tree. The first volume of a definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros is set centuries before the events of "A Game of Thrones" and answers key questions about the dynasty's origins, conflicts and relationships with dragons.

Date Published:2018

The inheritance games

Barnes, Jennifer (Jennifer Lynn),


When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.
Date Published:2020

Monarchy

Connolly, Sean, 1956-


Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index. "Describes the government workings of a monarchy, including the differences between a constitutional monarchy and the more rare absolute monarchy. The history of how monarchies have evolved, the role of monarchs today, and the future of monarchies are examined"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2013

Dreamer : a graphic novel memoir

Aliu, Akim,


Akim Aliu--also known as 'Dreamer'--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. 'Dreamer' tells Akim's story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice.
Date Published:2023

Akim Aliu--also known as 'Dreamer'--is a Ukrainian-Nigerian-Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at every turn. 'Dreamer' tells Akim's story, from being the only Black child in his Ukrainian community, to his family struggling to make ends meet while living in Toronto, to confronting the racist violence he often experienced both on and off the ice.

Date Published:2023

Pierre Falcon : The songwriter who helped forge a Métis identity


Pierre Falcon's "Chanson de la Grenouillère (Gournouillère)" became an enduring anthem in the fight for a Métis national identity. Pierre Falcon wrote poems and ballads that recount the events and experiences of early Métis settlers. Falcon's ballads were sung on the Prairies by the Métis and were carried throughout Canada by voyageurs. Songs were sung around campfires and in communities as a way to celebrate victories and memorialize leaders.
Date Published:2021

Pierre Falcon's "Chanson de la Grenouillère (Gournouillère)" became an enduring anthem in the fight for a Métis national identity. Pierre Falcon wrote poems and ballads that recount the events and experiences of early Métis settlers. Falcon's ballads were sung on the Prairies by the Métis and were carried throughout Canada by voyageurs. Songs were sung around campfires and in communities as a way to celebrate victories and memorialize leaders.

Date Published:2021

The legend of Zelda. 5, Oracle of Ages /

Himekawa, Akira,


Pages numbered from right to left. "VizKids"--Cover. "Based on the hit video game series"--P. 4 of cover. Link returns to Hyrule, where Veran, the evil Sorceress of Shadows, tricks him into helping her find Nayru, the Oracle of Ages, whose body she takes over in order to travel back in time and try to prevent Link from being born.
Date Published:2009

Viola Desmond


TVOkids news segment From the TVO streaming audio-visual collection. Rights expire on January 1, 2030. . Host Daniel talks to journalist Nam Kiwanuka about Viola Desmond.
Date Published:2018

The mystery of who's the boss


How do countries decide who’s in charge? E.B. goes to a medieval reenactment camp to see first-hand how medieval kings seized power and ruled with absolute authority. Kyla goes to Parliament Hill, where an MP and the Governor General help her understand how in a parliamentary monarchy, the monarch and elected officials share power. But it turns out that in a modern democracy, the real “boss” is the voter.
Date Published:2016

How do countries decide who’s in charge? E.B. goes to a medieval reenactment camp to see first-hand how medieval kings seized power and ruled with absolute authority. Kyla goes to Parliament Hill, where an MP and the Governor General help her understand how in a parliamentary monarchy, the monarch and elected officials share power. But it turns out that in a modern democracy, the real “boss” is the voter.

Date Published:2016

Guinness world records 2017.


Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U.S. editions as The Guinness Book of World Records-- Wikipidia. Includes index.
Date Published:2016

Blood : the stuff of life

Hill, Lawrence, 1957-


"A bold meditation on blood as an historical and contemporary marker of identity, belonging, gender, race, class, citizenship, athletic superiority, and nationhood."
Date Published:2013

Is Race a Fiction?


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The scientific consensus is that we're all a soup of DNA, and that race is indeed a fiction. But where does that leave us? This round-table discussion - on the heels of Lawrence Hill's CBC Massey Lectures about blood - focuses on race, culture and the knotty problem about how we choose to identify ourselves. Lawrence Hill, Priscila Uppal, Hayden King and Karina Vernon have a go at a very modern, age-old question. Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it? What happens to personal identity when race is removed as a marker of who you are? What happens when we use the term "culture" to replace the idea of race? The panelists explore these questions and more.
Date Published:2013

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. The scientific consensus is that we're all a soup of DNA, and that race is indeed a fiction. But where does that leave us? This round-table discussion - on the heels of Lawrence Hill's CBC Massey Lectures about blood - focuses on race, culture and the knotty problem about how we choose to identify ourselves. Lawrence Hill, Priscila Uppal, Hayden King and Karina Vernon have a go at a very modern, age-old question. Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it? What happens to personal identity when race is removed as a marker of who you are? What happens when we use the term "culture" to replace the idea of race? The panelists explore these questions and more.

Date Published:2013

The Renaissance

Fitzpatrick, Anne, 1978-


Includes index.
Date Published:2006

Black berry, sweet juice : on being black and white in Canada

Hill, Lawrence, 1957-


Lawrence Hill begins Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada with personal stories about how his parents met and married, what it was like growing up in an otherwise entirely white Toronto suburb, and how his own children are beginning to see themselves in a country where issues of racial identity are ignored. But Hill also looks beyond the personal, sharing his coast-to-coast interviews with Canadians of black and white parentage, and examines subjects such as romance between blacks and whites, racial terminology and Ku Klux Klan activity in Canada.
Date Published:2001

Lawrence Hill begins Black Berry, Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada with personal stories about how his parents met and married, what it was like growing up in an otherwise entirely white Toronto suburb, and how his own children are beginning to see themselves in a country where issues of racial identity are ignored. But Hill also looks beyond the personal, sharing his coast-to-coast interviews with Canadians of black and white parentage, and examines subjects such as romance between blacks and whites, racial terminology and Ku Klux Klan activity in Canada.

Date Published:2001

Diaspora Wars (Episode 1)


From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection. Diving into the conflicts that can happen within Black communities, Amanda travels to Grenada, England, New York and Toronto to unpack generations of baggage.
Date Published:2024

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. 9 /

AidaIro (Fantasy comic writer),


"First published in Japan in 2018 by Square Enix Co., Ltd."--Colophon "Originally published as an ebook in January 2019 by Yen Press."--Colophon Reads from right to left. On a day like any other, Nene goes to school only to find Hanako-kun acting like one of her normal classmates ...?! Weirder still, even though he's supposed to be a ghost, nobody seems to find the presence of this so-called Amane-kun strange at all. Nene is determined to get to the bottom of his, and her search leads her to a mysterious tower...
Date Published:2021

"First published in Japan in 2018 by Square Enix Co., Ltd."--Colophon "Originally published as an ebook in January 2019 by Yen Press."--Colophon Reads from right to left. On a day like any other, Nene goes to school only to find Hanako-kun acting like one of her normal classmates ...?! Weirder still, even though he's supposed to be a ghost, nobody seems to find the presence of this so-called Amane-kun strange at all. Nene is determined to get to the bottom of his, and her search leads her to a mysterious tower...

Date Published:2021

The Underground Railroad : a novel

Whitehead, Colson, 1969-,


"First Anchor Books edition, January 2018." --Verso of title page. Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North. "Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom"--Publisher's description.
Date Published:2018

"First Anchor Books edition, January 2018." --Verso of title page. Ajarry -- Georgia -- Ridgeway -- South Carolina -- Stevens -- North Carolina -- Ethel -- Tennessee -- Caesar -- Indiana -- Mabel -- The North. "Cora is a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. Though they manage to find a station and head north, they are being hunted. Their first stop is South Carolina, in a city that initially seems like a haven. But the city's placid surface masks an insidious scheme designed for its black denizens. And even worse: Ridgeway, the relentless slave catcher, is close on their heels. Forced to flee again, Cora embarks on a harrowing flight, state by state, seeking true freedom"--Publisher's description.

Date Published:2018

Clara at the door with a revolver : the scandalous Black suspect, the exemplary White son, and the murder that shocked Toronto

Whitzman, Carolyn,


Overture: cakewalk -- Act one: the Parkdale mystery. The murderee -- There's a girl in it -- Amateur detectives -- The bad hat -- Act two: Clara's turn. From whence she came -- Go west, young man -- Bad fences -- Eight hours -- Monster -- Act three: a great trial-and its aftermath. The forces of the law -- Witness for the prosecution -- The performance of her life -- Twelve hungry men -- What Clara did next -- Finale: Clara, armed. An account of the trial of Clara Ford, a Black tailor and single mother, for the murder of Frank Westwood in October 1894, with a focus on societal attitudes towards gender and race at the time, as well as the politics of media power in the growing city of Toronto.
Date Published:2023

Overture: cakewalk -- Act one: the Parkdale mystery. The murderee -- There's a girl in it -- Amateur detectives -- The bad hat -- Act two: Clara's turn. From whence she came -- Go west, young man -- Bad fences -- Eight hours -- Monster -- Act three: a great trial-and its aftermath. The forces of the law -- Witness for the prosecution -- The performance of her life -- Twelve hungry men -- What Clara did next -- Finale: Clara, armed. An account of the trial of Clara Ford, a Black tailor and single mother, for the murder of Frank Westwood in October 1894, with a focus on societal attitudes towards gender and race at the time, as well as the politics of media power in the growing city of Toronto.

Date Published:2023