The Saddest PleasureThe Saddest Pleasure is a deeply personal look at the people, poverty, beauty, art, music, literature, and passion of South America by an American who has spent most of his life there.Moritz Thomsen was one of the early Peace Corps volunteers. Through his skill as a writer he vividly brings to life the people and landscapes he loves. The Saddest Pleasure tells the story of Thomsen's desperate departure from Ecuador at the age of sixty-three and his soul-searching journey through Brazil and the Amazon River. Along the way the author reflects on the meaning of his own life and the world around him, his friendships, and on the distances between people and cultures.Thomsen's spirited observations are tinged with irascibility, as he moves from city to feudal countryside, from primitive conditions to the startlingly contemporary details of a culture in transition.Paul Theroux's introduction to this book is a testament to Mr. Thomsen's remarkable life.

The Saddest Pleasure : A Journey on Two Rivers

Moritz Thomsen

Biographies & Memoirs

Sumach Press

The New Internationalist Food Book

Some of the best cooking in the world goes on quietly, day after day, in the hills of the Andes and the villages of Africa, on the steamy slopes of South East Asia and the plains of India. Now, in the unique New Internationalist Food Book, some of the world's tastiest dishes come to you. From appetizers and snacks to desserts and drinks, the Food Book brings a range of meals which celebrate the wholesome food cooked over fires, stirred in pots, sprinkled with spices and enjoyed by ordinary people in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Beautiful photographs complement delicious recipes, factual information about the countries from which they originate and details about how food is produced and distributed. Compiled by the world renowned New Internationalist magazine which regularly produces material for the United Nations, this exciting cookbook has been highly acclaimed.

WELLS, Troth

Gwen Peters has come a long way from being a Home Child in Ontario. Now at thirteen, Gwen is learning to take care of herself. The year is 1898, and Gwen is leaving Brantford on the brand-new railway for Calgary. There, she will start life over with Mrs. Brown, making friends who have come to Canada's West to start a new life as well. But as problems arise in town, Gwen gets the feeling that shifty-eyed gentlemen that traveled with her from Ontario might be causing trouble for her and the new friends she has made. Gwen must use the survival lessons she learns throughout her journey to help build her world in the way her heroine, Mohawk poet E. Pauline Johnson, would have, to make her community a place that everyone can call home.

Gwen: West Wind Calling (Gwen, 2)

Children's Books

Pogue, Carolyn

History

Nannerl Mozart's twelfth birthday wish is to become a famous composer. She's already considered a brilliant musician, touring Europe with her little brother Wolfgang and playing the clavier for queens and kings in the great courts. But Papa doesn't take her seriously as a composer and won't even teach her to play the violin or the organ. Mama usually has a list of household chores for her, and Wolfi always manages to steal everybody's attention.In this wonderful blend of fact and fiction, Barbara Nickel brings the eighteenth century world of a talented young girl to life.

The Secret Wish of Nannerl Mozart

TREGEBOV, RHEA

Nickel, Barbara Kathleen

Biographies

Out of the Fire [Paperback] Deborah Froese

Out of the Fire

Teen & Young Adult

Froese, Deborah

Literature & Fiction

Jerry has just embarked on a career as an art restorer, working as a freelancer but eagerly applying for positions in the museums of Toronto and London. Among her clients is a prestigious dealer who has given her a seventeenth-century painting to restore and prepare for auction. As Jerry removes modern overpaint, working meticulously through the first layer, she wonders why the oil paint below is so sensitive to solvents. A genuine painting of this era wouldn't respond in quite such a way to her treatment. She takes a tiny sample of the painting to a conservation laboratory where microscopic and x-ray analysis suggest that below the surface paint, is another painting which may actually be the work of a Dutch master. Jerry slowly uncovers another painting underneath the first surface. Still, she has her doubts and wants to try one final procedure to confirm the painting's true age. But her client refuses, and takes it to auction where it is declared authentic. Suddenly Jerry finds herself in danger; an attempt is made on her life. Someone is trying to silence her, but why? And what can she do about it? Determined to dig more deeply into the mystery, Jerry travels to Europe in a search for the truth about the painting's authenticity.  Written by a professional art restorer who specializes in historical oil painting materials and techniques, Masterpiece of Deception is a fast-paced mystery that takes the reader behind the fascinating scenes of art restoration and into the high-stakes world of art fraud.

Masterpiece of Deception: An Art Mystery

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Lester, Judy

Mystery

In All the Way: Sex for the First Time, author Kim Martyn answers everyone's questions about sex - teens and parents alike. From the first chapter, ""Ready or Not,"" to the last, ""Still Wondering...,"" Martyn tackles the tough issues, including how to be safe and what to expect. Her practical information and solid advice are delivered in a positive, frank and inclusive way. Lively cartoons, diagrams, and question answer exercises get the information across in a humorous and accessible way. Directed at both young women and young men, All the Way adheres to Martyn's belief that knowledge equals power. This is a book which will empower teens to make choices about sex that will keep them healthy, happy and safe.

All the Way Sex for the First Time

Martyn, Kim

Gelico

Social Issues

Listening to her grandmother's stories of a magical kingdom called Mistolear, fourteen-year-old Willow suddenly finds herself transported there and is shocked to learn it really exists and that she is a princess.

Princess Pawn

Wood, Maggie

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Bombshell spies, slayers, witches and assassins: kick-ass female stars have taken over blockbuster movies like Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill as well as prime time TV hits such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed. These characters kill as quickly as they break down in tears, and beat guys up as easily as they toss them into bed. With very few exceptions, they're young, white, beautiful, straight and skinny. How are young women to respond to these images of women who fight (or bite) back? As the product of corporate media, are these icons of ‘female power’ merely cons?
 This one-of-a-kind anthology of new fiction, essays, and comics recognizes the seductiveness as well as the limitations of such contemporary pop culture heroines. Contributors — including Nalo Hopkinson, Larissa Lai, Shary Boyle, Nikki Stafford, Mariko Tamaki, Sonja Ahlers and Sherwin Tjia — critique constructs of female power and invent alternative role models.

Girls Who Bite Back: Witches, Mutants, Slayers and Freaks

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

This collection of compelling and original research makes connections in Canada, the US and Mexico among women who work in fast-food restaurants, supermarkets and agricultural production. The fourteen chapters take a critical look at how the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has affected these women's working and living conditions, sharpening our understanding of how the workplace has been restructured in order to fulfill consumer demands for tomatoes, exotic flowers and fruits, as well as fast-food burgers and fries. Food activists in Latin America, the US and Canada propose alternatives to counteract the oppressive conditions of free trade and globalization.

Women Working the NAFTA Food Chain: Women, Food and Globalization

Women's Studies

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