Benji and Trevor form an unlikely friendship. Benji is dealing with the loss of his father, who has left the family, and Trevor has never really connected with his community or aboriginal heritage. How can these two boys help each other...
Mental health
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Author:Grandin, TempleSummary:Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution. Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin...
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Teaching can be a highly satisfying profession, but it can also be overwhelming. Through stories by diverse educators, this professional resource invites you to try different wellness strategies, explore varying perspectives, and...
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Author:Legault, StephenSummary:A veteran of burnout himself, Legault looks at the culture of self-sacrifice that permeates the work done by volunteers and paid staff in the environmental conservation movement, and dissects how to manage our own time, energy, and...
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A personal account of a young Indigenous girl who experiences intolerance, a sense of not belonging and family struggles. She learns from her grandfather the traditional ways of ceremony and fasting to go beyond the needs of the body to...
- Author:Summitt, Pat HeadSummary:
Pat Summitt, the all-time winningest coach in NCAA basketball history aad bestselling author of Reach for the Summitt and Raise The Roof, tells for the first time her remarkable story of victory and resilience as well as facing down her...
- Author:Anderson, Laurie HalseSummary:
The first ten lies they tell you in high school.
"Speak up for yourself--we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the... -
Author:Summary:Migration comes in unlimited shades of colour where we straddle between physical, emotional, and spiritual boundaries within ourselves-and within our worlds and beyond...Who are the shades within us? We are called immigrants, locals,...
- Author:Orend, BrianSummary:
Everyone can live a happier life, especially those with chronic illnesses. Brian Orend's smart and accessible guide for people with illness, injury, or other challenges provides both a satisfying look into happiness as well as...
- Author:Courcy, Isabelle, Weis-Heitner, Lindsay, Forgeot d'Arc, Baudouin, Corbière, Marc, Mazaniello-Chézol, Maud, Bastien, Marie-France, Geoffrion, Steve, Briand, Catherine, Lavoie-Tremblay, Mélanie, Valderrama, Alena, Tanguay, Pascal, Givron, Hélène, Desseilles, Martin, Gouron, David, Vignault, Catherine, Quintin, Jacques, Semaan, William, Djahanbakhsh Asli, Khashayar, Boyer, Richard, Blanchet, Valérie, Provencher, Martin D., Landry, Stéphanie, Larivière, Nadine, Gauthier-Boudreault, Camille, Morin, Paul, Gabet, Morgane, Grenier, Guy, Perrottet, Daniela, Fleury, Marie-Josée, Fortin, Marie-Pier, Lavoie, Mélissa, Dufour, Isabelle, Chouinard, Maud-Christine, Hurtubise, AnickSummary:
Porteuse d'une dimension biologique irréductible, la mort se trouve néanmoins profondément ancrée dans le social et l'organisation politique des sociétés. Agissant comme un révélateur des cultures et des sociétés, elle constitue une...
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Author:Pheby, AlexSummary:Alex Pheby's 'Playthings' is a visceral and darkly comic portrait of severe mental illness based on the true story of nineteenth-century German judge and patient of Freud, Daniel Paul Schreber. While deftly exploring the ideas of...
- Author:Fay, SarahSummary:
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is considered the "bible" of psychiatry. Sarah Fay once believed the diagnoses she was given through this book until she discovered that the revered manual has...
- Author:Mahon, AnneSummary:
With a foreword by Beatrice Mosionier. Abandonment, loss, endless transitions, self-reliance, continued persistence, and fierce beauty all coexist in this compelling collection of stories of ten women who journey from victims of the...
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Author:Van Warner, RickSummary:Through his harrowing personal story, Rick Van Warner exposes the common causes of opioid addiction, effective and ineffective ways it has been treated, and how families can walk alongside loved ones who are dealing with the realities...
- Author:Britz, AllisonSummary:
Until sophomore year of high school, fifteen-year-old Allison Britz lived a comfortable life in an idyllic town. She was a dedicated student with tons of extracurricular activities, friends, and loving parents at home. But after...
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Author:Lukach, MarkSummary:A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love. Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance. They fell in love at eighteen, married at twenty...
- Author:Canning, GlenSummary:
One of Indigo's Best Books of 2021 So FarRehtaeh Parsons was a gifted teenager with boundless curiosity and a love for family, science, and the natural world. But her life was derailed when she went to a friend's house for a sleepover...
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Author:Turmel, TheresaSummary:"Mnidoo Bemaasing Bemaadiziwin is a twenty-five year research and community based book. It brings forward Indigenous thought, history, and acts of resistance as viewed through the survivors of residential school who through certain...
- Author:Amen, Daniel G.Summary:
A proven program from #1 New York Times bestselling author and brain researcher Dr. Daniel Amen to help you change your brain and improve your memory today! Brain imaging research demonstrates that memory loss actually starts in the...
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Author:Amen, Daniel G.Summary:"It all starts with your brain: how you think, how you feel, how you interact with others, and how well you succeed in realizing your goals and dreams Based on the most up-to-date research, as well as on Dr. Daniel Amen’s more than...
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