Frank Carlson Library

Segundo título de la colección de libros solidarios con la que queremos rendir un homenaje a diferentes mujeres que tienen mucho que enseñar. El anterior, "Todos los caminos llevan a África", fue elegido el mejor libro sobre mujeres en los EE.UU., entre miles de títulos presentados por 18 países. Hay una razón que las protagonistas de este libro comparten: formar parte de la solución. Ayudar. Algunas porque la vocación les llevó a marcarse...

There's nothing wrong with lying - until the truth comes out. For her sixteenth birthday, Evvie Sebastian got her own room - a room she doesn't have to share with her three sisters. There's only one problem: It's a dump, just like the rest of the family's new house. Evvie has hardly moved in when her dad, Nicky, asks her to spend the summer at the seaside with her great-aunt Grace, who's had a bad fall and needs cheering up - and who is snobbish,...

In the latest mystery from New York Times Bestselling Author Liliana Hart, it's a full moon and Friday the 13th, which means things are about to get crazy in King George County, Virginia.J.J. Graves and her husband, Sheriff Jack Lawson, are ready to settle in and enjoy a regular weekend. But they're in for a surprise when things don't go as planned. From a supposed suicide to a shocking murder, nothing is as it seems. But one thing is for sure......

One Animal Among Many: Gaia, Goats, and Garlic examines the real-life experiences of creatures great and small. Best known for his witty columns in Harrowsmith, David Waltner-Toews explores the interconnectedness of all life with insight and humour. The collection looks at everything from sheep farming to herbal remedies and rabies.

Elizabeth Warren was the first woman senator elected in Massachusetts in 2013. But before she took that role, she was a respected professor of law. She has no fear of speaking up when she sees something she feels is wrong. Learn more about this powerful voice in the United States Senate.

The circus has come to town, and Detective Vikki Mattsen is called to investigate when a talented performer is found dead under suspicious circumstances. But as Mattsen and her partner delve deeper into the case, they discover a twisted web of secrets and lies that threaten to unravel the entire circus troupe. With another murder on the horizon, Mattsen must race against the clock to catch the killer before they strike again and ensure that the show...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER AND FEATURE FILM STARRING HALLE BERRY AND JESSICA LANGE Three-year-old Isaiah has two mothers: and they both want him. Margaret Lewin adopted Isaiah as a newborn-and she and her husband, Charles, give the boy all the love a child could want and everything that money can buy. But can even the most loving, caring white family be responsible for raising a black child? Selma Richards is the boy's birth mother. When Isaiah was born...

A reissue of the Santa Clara County poet laureate's lauded second book that deals with translation, grief, and reflection of lineage and identity. like a solid to a shadow is a documentary poetry collection about grieving, fatherlessness, and the limitations of language. Sapigao finds her deceased father's love 'letters' to her mother: cassette tapes recorded in Illokano, a language of which she has imperfect knowledge. The book moves through Sapigao's...

Cancer... un seul mot qui bouleverse toute une vie Après ma séparation avec le père de mes filles, je retrouve à 36 ans, les joies du célibat jusqu'à ma rencontre avec Pierre. Notre histoire est sans nuage et ma vie prend le chemin que je souhaite, sauf que tout peut être remis en question du jour au lendemain... Sans avertissement, le Cancer entre dans mon existence pour dicter sa loi, c'est le début du cauchemar, de la Chose comme je l'appelle. Pour...

This true crime biography chronicles the misadventures of a lady outlaw who caused havoc across the late-19th century northern plains. The American historian Frederick Jackson Turner famously declared the 1890s to be the close of the American Frontier. But, from 1887 to 1893, a young woman known as Nellie King was far from being tamed. King scandalized the residents of the Dakotas, Minnesota and northern Wisconsin with her fetching appearance, eccentric...