Hi everyone,
As you know, Normand Baillargeon will be visiting us here at the Cegep.
Are you curious to read one of his books?
We have a good selection of them at the library. Come and see us!
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Canada Reads 2015
Did you enjoy this year's debates? Are you curious to read the books that were discussed? Here is one of the titles to pique your interest:
The Inconvenient Indian: A curious account of Native people in North America
by Thomas King.
The ELEMENTS: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe
Theodore Gray
Photographs by Theodore Gray and Nick Mann
An eye-opening, original collection of gorgeous, never-before-seen photographic representations of the 118 elements in the periodic table. The Elements has become an international sensation, with over one million copies in-print worldwide.
The elements are what we, and everything around us, are made of. But how many elements has anyone actually seen in pure, uncombined form? The Elements provides this rare opportunity. Based on seven years of research and photography, the pictures in this book make up the most complete, and visually arresting, representation available to the naked eye of every atom in the universe. Organized in order of appearance on the periodic table, each element is represented by a spread that includes a stunning, full-page, full-color photograph that most closely represents it in its purest form. For example, at -183°C, oxygen turns from a colorless gas to a beautiful pale blue liquid.
Also included are fascinating facts, figures, and stories of the elements as well as data on the properties of each, including atomic weight, density, melting and boiling point, valence, electronegativity, and the year and location in which it was discovered. Several additional photographs show each element in slightly altered forms or as used in various practical ways. The element's position on the periodic table is pinpointed on a mini rendering of the table and an illustrated scale of the element's boiling and/or melting points appears on each page along with a density scale that runs along the bottom.
Source: http://www.blackdogandleventhal.com/elements/
Available under document code number 62558 and on display in the new arrival stand.
Ru
a novel by KIM THÙY
Chosen by Canada Reads (1)
In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow--of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. Written with piercing clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, Ru carries us on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new beginning in Quebec.
Available under document code number 62551 and on display in the new arrival stand.
(1) ''Canada Reads 2015 is all about books that can change perspectives, challenge stereotypes and illuminate issues''.Récupéré le 10 février 2015 de: http://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads2015/
The Inconvenient Indian : a curious account of native people in North America
by Thomas King
Chosen by Canada Reads (1)
This book won the 2014 RBC Taylor Prize. A member of this jury said: “Histories of North America’s Native Peoples abound, but few are as subversive, entertaining, well-researched, hilarious, enraging, and finally as hopeful as this very personal take on our long relationship with the “inconvenient” Indian" (CBC News, march 10, 2014. Retrievec, February 06 2015 from: http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/thomas-king-wins-25k-rbc-taylor-prize-for-non-fiction-1.2566943
Rich with dark and light, pain and magic, The Inconvenient Indian distills the insights gleaned from Thomas King's critical and personal meditation on what it means to be "Indian" in North America, weaving the curiously circular tale of the relationship between non-Natives and Natives in the centuries since the two first encountered each other. In the process, King refashions old stories about historical events and figures, takes a sideways look at film and pop culture, relates his own complex experiences with activism, and articulates a deep and revolutionary understanding of the cumulative effects of ever-shifting laws and treaties on Native peoples and lands.
This is a book both timeless and timely, burnished with anger but tempered by wit, and ultimately a hard-won offering of hope--a sometimes inconvenient but nonetheless indispensable account for all of us, Indian and non-Indian alike, seeking to understand how we might tell a new story for the future.
