5/24/2023 0 Comments Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix![]() This letter tells Jonah to beware, because “they’re” coming back to get him. ![]() Jonah receives a second anonymous letter. At dinner that evening, Jonah asks his parents if they could research his birth parents, and they agree to try. Chip wants to speak to the FBI agent, but Jonah discourages him by pointing out that it was unlikely that the FBI had anything to do with his adoption. Since Chip’s parents refuse to tell him anything about his adoption, Jonah promises to help his friend.Ĭhip and Jonah break into Chip’s family’s safe they find a note with the name and phone number for James Reardon with the FBI. He, too, has received a letter, and after talking to his father, Chip finds out that he was adopted as well. That night, Chip comes over to Jonah’s house in a panic. He wonders if someone is really missing him. ![]() But the letter still concerns Jonah because his adoption records are sealed, and he knows nothing about his birth parents or the circumstances surrounding his adoption. One day Jonah receives an anonymous letter in the mail telling him that he is one of “the missing.” Jonah and his friend Chip believe someone who knows that Jonah is adopted is playing a prank on him. Thirteen-year-old Jonah Skidmore, who was adopted as a baby, lives with his mother, father and his 11-year-old sister, Katherine. ![]()
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5/24/2023 0 Comments Mozart by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart![]() He died on 5 December 1791, while working on his famous Requiem, at the age of 35. While visiting Vienna in 1781 he was dismissed from his Salzburg position and chose to stay in Vienna where he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos and operas during his final years. At 17 Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position. Leopold recognised his son’s extraordinary talents and took him on several performing tours throughout Europe. He was a child prodigy and composed his first piece of music when he was only five years old. Mozart was born in Salzburg on 27 January 1756 and was the son of Leopold Mozart, a successful composer, violinist and assistant concert master at the Salzburg court. ![]() He composed over 600 works for all the musical genres of his day including operas, concertos, symphonies, chamber music and sonatas, and excelled in each one. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the greatest and most influential composers in the history of Western music. ![]() ![]() For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.You should also add the template to the talk page.A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at ] see its history for attribution. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation.If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. ![]() Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 5,541 articles in the main category, and specifying |topic= will aid in categorization.Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.View a machine-translated version of the French article. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Trillium by jeff lemire![]() ![]() The next hundred years are going to be painful as we come to know Chanie Wenjack and thousands like him-as we find out about ourselves, about all of us-but only when we do can we truly call ourselves, “Canada.” Every year as we remember Chanie Wenjack, the hope for Secret Path is that it educates all Canadians young and old on this omitted part of our history, urging our entire nation to play an active role in the preservation of Indigenous lives and culture in Canada. ![]() ![]() Secret Path acknowledges a dark part of Canada’s history-the long-suppressed mistreatment of Indigenous children and families by the residential school system-with the hope of starting our country on a road to reconciliation. We are not the country we thought we were. He didn’t know where it was, nor how to find it, but, like so many kids-more than anyone will be able to imagine-he tried.Ĭhanie’s story is Canada’s story. ![]() Secret Path is a ten song album by Gord Downie with a graphic novel by illustrator Jeff Lemire that tells the story of Chanie “Charlie” Wenjack, a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.Ĭhanie, misnamed Charlie by his teachers, was a young boy who died on October 22, 1966, walking the railroad tracks, trying to escape from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to return home. ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments Killer Crescent by Leigh Kelsey![]() ![]() An Affair for the Seasonby Leigh Michaels (regency).Stuck on You( Fated to Love You #1) by Lindsey Hart (enemies to lovers, romantic comedy, contemporary).Romanced by the Billionaire( Romanced #1) by Hope Paris (billionaires, enemies to lovers, fake relationships).Once Bitten( The Golden Duet #1) by Rebel Carter (rockstars, good girl/bad boy, contemporary).Not So Bossyby Claire Angel (office romance, second chance, contemporary). ![]() ![]() Dreams of a Little Cornish Cottageby Nancy Barone (contemporary, England, divorced).Deep, Deep Donuts( Lovers Lake #1) by Megan Wade (small town, BBW, contemporary).Daddy’s Law(Silver Fox Daddies #1) by K.C.Bellhop( The Hotel at Brew by Brewer #1) by Elsie James (single moms, firefighters, hotels).(NOTE: Titles and release dates are subject to change!) July 1 Did you do any special this July besides stuffing your face with BBQ chicken? If so, perhaps it’s time you should check out the latest releases that have come out this month! Wherever you are, keep these books in mind: ![]() ![]() Selections Boxid IA40074813 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Col_number COL-658 Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier EpigramsĬontains cut/skewed texts due to tight binding/marginĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 11:50:41 Associated-names Harmon, A. The one who said, "You're a Prometheus in words". ![]() Apology for the "Salaried posts in great houses". The double indictment, or, Trials by jury. The dead come to life, or, The fisherman. Includes bibliographical references and indexes Greek text and English translation of facing pages prefaces and notes in English ![]() 5/24/2023 0 Comments What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods by Richard Courant![]() Por Herbert Robbins Richard Courant (Ian Stewart), Richard Courant, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. |a 3 preliminary leaves, v-xix, 521 pages : |b illustrations, diagrams |c 24 cm Nathanson This basic introduction to number theory is ideal for those with no previous knowledge of the subject. |a London |a New York : |b Oxford university press, |c What is Mathematics an Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods - Richard Courant 1956 Elementary Methods in Number Theory - Melvyn B. ![]() ![]() ![]() |a What is Mathematics? |b An elementary approach to ideas and methods / |c by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A brief respite of apprehension takes place until a evil-natured Lion Tamer arrives at the Carnival and, against all possible odds, calamity strikes again.Īnother clever ruse! VFD doesn’t mean Very Fancy Doilies, or Village of Fowl Devotees, or Volunteers Fighting Disease, the real meaning of VDF is Valley of the Four Drafts. The disguised orphans then start working in the Freak House Wagon, and they befriend hunchback Hugo, ambidextrous Kevin and Colette the contortionist. After leaving Heimlich Hospital and Hal the archivist behind, the self-sustaining Baudelaire travel to Caligari Carnival a remote location where they meet Madame Lulu, a totally legit know-it-all fortune-teller. ![]() ![]() One of the most affecting sections of her five-part case study concerns a Cree man who had weathered the death of a child, physical and sexual abuse, and depression. In Gildiner’s case, she certainly had not, and her book is full of self-discovery. In addition to patient stories, Gildiner also recounts instances of her own Type A behavior, which leads to the tendency “to mow others down while driving toward our own ambitions.” In one case, she took a patient, to use her apt metaphor, above the depths of the unconscious so quickly that the result was akin to “psychological bends.” The power of the therapist can breed complacency, she notes, and, combined with years of experience, the feeling that one has seen it all. ![]() ![]() A Toronto-based clinical psychologist weighs the travails of mental illness on both sufferer and healer. ![]() 5/23/2023 0 Comments Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella![]() ![]() In 1991, he was presented with an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from the University of Victoria. He travelled down to Iowa and earned a Master of Fine Arts in English degree through the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa in 1978. Though he had been writing since he was a child (winning a YMCA contest at age 14), he began taking writing courses at the University of Victoria in 1970, receiving his Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing there in 1974. In 1967, he moved to Victoria, British Columbia, running a pizza restaurant called Caesar's Italian Village and driving a taxi. ![]() When he was ten, the family moved to Edmonton.Īs an adult, he held a variety of jobs in Edmonton, including as a clerk for the Government of Alberta and managing a credit bureau. "I'm one of these people who woke up at age five knowing how to read and write," he says. Kinsella was raised until he was 10 years-old at a homestead near Darwell, Alberta, 60 km west of the city, home-schooled by his mother and taking correspondence courses. ![]() William Patrick Kinsella was born to John Matthew Kinsella and Olive Kinsella in Edmonton, Alberta. His work has often concerned baseball and Canada's First Nations and other Canadian issues. William Patrick Kinsella, OC, OBC was a Canadian novelist and short story writer. ![]() |