![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 2, the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) notes that "social interaction and getting together with others in person and online is important to our wellbeing." In an update to its Safer Social Interactions page on Jan. Similarly, a poll conducted by the Angus Reid Institute found one in three Canadians reports having a “poor” or “very poor” social life, whereas in 2019 just 14% did so.Īnd isolation plays a significant role in worsening mental health issues among Canadians, particularly for those that live alone. A recent report found that adult Canadians reported the world's third-highest levels of stress, anxiety and sadness over the course of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ![]()
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index. ![]() ![]() ![]() "The Soulmate" leaves readers wondering just how far you'd go to be with your soulmate - you'll be shocked by the answer in this one. ![]() What unfolds is a fight for justice, for the truth, in both life and love. Neither the victim nor her family believe Grant's story of what really happened at "The Drop", which leaves Pippa wondering if she's been living more of a lie than she originally thought. One death sets into motion truths and consequences Pippa and Grant have been struggling with in both their marriage and professional lives. ![]() Grant and Pippa lives have taken a dramatic and sad turn since their backyard, nicknamed "The Drop", has been attracting people who want to end their lives, and Grant has this unbelievable ability to talk folks off the ledge. Booklist on The Younger WifeGet ready for a thrilling, addictive novel about marriage, betrayal, and the secrets that push us to the edge in Sally Hepworth’s The Soulmate.There’s a cottage on a cliff. "The Soulmate" had my attention from page 1 and I was eager to see how this domestic mystery ended. Listeners will be captivated as the narrators create tension and drop hints about the real problem in this ideal family. Her domestic suspense novels are chalked full of red herrings, twists you don't see coming, and flawed characters who all look just guilty enough. ![]() ![]() ![]() Golding started writing at the age of seven, but following the wishes Mother, Mildred, was a supporter of the British suffragate movement. His father, Alec, was a schoolmaster, who had radicalĬonvictions in politics and a strong faith in science. William Golding was born in the village of St. Until they could come up with something that looked hopeless. No audience would allow him off the concert Label 'pessimist' thoughtlessly without realising that it was going toīe tied to my tail, as it were, in something the way that, to take anĮxample from another art, Rachmaninoff's famous Prelude in C sharp His work is characterized by exploration of "theĭarkness of man's heart", deep spiritual and ethical questions. ![]() Heart, when isolated individuals or small groups are pushed intoĮxtreme situations. In many novels Golding has revealed the dark places of human (1904-1991) was considered the strongest candidate from the English Internationally famous novelist Graham Greene A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ![]() ![]() ![]() But they were too soon out of slavery and so they screwed up and white folks had to take control again.’ “And what happened to me was an 'A-ha' experience, although you might better consider it an 'Oh-no' experience: 16 out of my 17 students said, ‘Well, Reconstruction was the period right after the Civil War when Blacks took over the government of the Southern states. Loewen's “Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong” was published in 1995 and became a favorite of students and former students as it challenged what Loewen considered a white, Eurocentric view of the past and the stale prose and bland presentations of classroom books. "Achieving justice in the present helps us tell the truth about the past.” ![]() “Telling the truth about the past helps cause justice in the present," was his guiding principle, he wrote. A professor emeritus at the University of Vermont who lived in Washington, D.C., he had been diagnosed two years ago with Stage IV bladder cancer, enough time for him to post “Notes toward an obituary” on his website. Loewen's publisher, New Press, announced that the author died Thursday at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. ![]() Loewen, whose million-selling “Lies My Teacher Told Me” books challenged traditional ideas and knowledge on everything from Thanksgiving to the Iraq War, has died. ![]() ![]() ![]() David meets Giovanni in the café life of the Left Bank, and the two fall in love, spending days and nights in Giovanni’s one-room basement apartment. ![]() David, living in the south of France, recounts his last year in Paris after his girlfriend Hella has left for several weeks in Spain. Baldwin’s materials,” wrote New York Times critic Granville Hicks, “one rejoices in the skill with which he renders them.” Eventually, Dial Press published the book, and the critics praised it for its prose and its honesty. His editor at Knopf was eager for a second success by the young and talented “Negro writer.” But a novel set in Paris about the white American David who falls in love with an Italian named Giovanni was not the book they were expecting-or prepared to publish. His first, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was a success with readers and critics. WHEN James Baldwin presented a manuscript of Giovanni’s Room to his agent, Helen Strauss, she told him to burn it. ![]() ![]() I could have destroyed her, if I’d wanted to. I’d looked inside of her and seen nothing at all but bones couched in black rot her magpie soul, pieced together out of the fragments she stole from other people, other lives, a ransom note assembled from newsprint. ![]() Except the narrator she knows this about Elodie: In “Letters from Elodie,” the narrator recalls an enigmatic young woman whose personality everyone, men and women, falls in love with. ![]() One theme is control of others, be they human, ghosts, or creatures. ![]() ![]() What if you could suck out a suffering person’s pain like a smoke that you put in jars and collect? Would you believe your twin dying of cancer was a changeling lost in the human world? If an ancient creature that controlled the attitude of London lived in a bathtub, would you care for him or destroy him? I mean, each tale is so dissimilar I can easily recall all thirteen (heh) stories of darkness. We all know the mantra: collections cause headaches because some stories shine, others are shit, and we’re left feeling “meh.” My other pet peeve is when a collection basically rehashes the same themes and character to the point I can’t tell one story from the next. ![]() ![]() There are clear connections in the film to the story that inspired the filmmakers, primarily in the figure of its protagonist. Rather, the film offers a thoughtful meditation on Chekhov’s inquiry into what constitutes human goodness, as well as on the limits of one man’s ability to affect universal change, in today’s world. " THE BLACK MONK is certainly not a reverentially literal adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s eponymous story or a simplistic attempt at dressing Chekhov’s narrative in contemporary garb. Translator of the Chekhov anthology About Love and Other Stories ![]() The film’s exhilarating script had me thinking again of the whole principle of inversion running through the story, which makes "The Black Monk" such a challenging and stimulating work to read.” ![]() The filmmakers also include the deft touch of subtly incorporating the Braga serenade which is such an important element of the story’s intrinsic musicality. Their contemporary transposition works much better than any period adaptation, and the actors give very fine performances. ![]() ![]() Here’s the synopsis shared by the New York Film Festival: ![]() ![]() The cast features Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Thomasin McKenzie, Frances Conroy, and Keith Carradine. Below, watch the trailer for the movie before it heads to the Venice and New York film festivals this fall. ![]() Filmmaker Jane Campion is about to bring this scorching tale of two brothers, and the widow and her son who upend their sleepy but repressed life on a Montana ranch, to a massive global audience with the Netflix release of her film version. Thomas Savage’s 1967 novel “ The Power of the Dog” is regarded in literary circles as one of those lost classics that didn’t get its due at the time, but is primed for reconsideration. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How big could your pumpkin grow by Wendell MinorĪ contest held each year to see how big pumpkins grow reveals some really fun and interesting facts. The Halloween kid by Rhode MontijoĪ masked hero and his steed save Halloween from ruthless toilet paper-tossing mummies and vampires. ![]() Little seeds grow into big pumpkins in time. Little Boo by Stephen WunderliĪ beautifully illustrated story of a pumpkin seed who tries hard to be scary. ![]() Pumpkin cat by Anne Mortimerįollow the journey of cat and mouse as they watch the pumpkins grow throughout the year. Pumpkins are everywhere in the fall! Learn about how they grow from a tiny seed into a big, orange pumpkin. Ten timid ghosts by Jenniffer O’ConnellĬount backwards from ten to one with this friendly Halloween book for beginning readers and counters. Pinkalicious turns into the superhero, Pinkagirl, to save Halloween! 10. Pinkalicious: Pink or treat by Victoria Kann That loveable Cat in the Hat is back for a Halloween adventure, a little learning, and lots of fun! 9. Have no fear Halloween is here by Tish Rabe and Tom Brannon Pete the cat: Five little pumpkins by James DeanĪ sing along book featuring the coolest cat on the block. Three fun Halloween tales will be a real treat for your little ones this October. The Berenstain Bears Happy Halloween by Stan and Jan Berenstain ![]() |