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2008., Bloomsbury Call No: QWF 641.692 G831b Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view
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2006., HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 641.3 G831d Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch
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2023., Adult, Greystone Books : David Suzuki Foundation Call No: NEW QWF 641.3 G831l Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Taras Grescoe searches for the fascinating flavors, many forgotten or on the verge of extinction, that tell the stories of civilizations. He chronicles a growing movement of archaeologists, farmers, and food producers who are unearthing and reviving the nourishing, delicious, and sustainable foods of the past, arguing that in order to save ourselves, we need to think--and eat--much more like our ancestors did.
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c2010., VLB éditeur Call No: QWF FR 641.692 G831n Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to watch Click here to view
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2019., Biblioasis Call No: QWF 945 G831p Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The inspiring true story of political resistance in Mussolini's Italy Plunging readers into Fascist Rome at the height of Mussolini's power, Possess the Air tells the story of three people who defied Italy's authoritarian despot by opposing the rising tide of populism and xenophobia. Two Canadian archeologists, Gilbert Bagnani and his wife Mary Stewart Houston, maddened the self-styled Caesar, determined to dispel his claims that Rome was--and always would be--rightful master of the Mediterranean, while poet and aviator Lauro de Bosis, firstborn of an Italian aristocrat and a New Englander, transformed himself into a modern Icarus, amazing the world as he risked his life in the skies bring the dictator down. An inspiring story of resistance, risk, and sacrifice, Taras Grescoe's portrait of heroes past is an essential biography for our time.
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2016., General, Harper Avenue Call No: QWF 951.132 G831s Edition: First Canadian edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "On the eve of WWII, the foreign-controlled port of Shanghai was the rendezvous for the twentieth century's most outlandish adventurers, all under the watchful eye of the fabulously wealthy Sir Victor Sassoon. Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing affair with an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter, convinced she will never love again. After checking in to Sassoon's glamorous Cathay Hotel, Hahn is absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton, and a colourful gangster named Morris 'Two-Gun' Cohen. But when she meets Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet from an illustrious family, she discovers the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, and increasingly desperate White Russian and Jewish refugees. Danger lurks on the horizon, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroys the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung's Communists rise to power"--Provided by publisher.
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c2012., HarperCollins Call No: QWF 363.731 G831s Edition: 1st Canadian ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Grescoe explores the ascendance of the straphangersthe growing number of people who rely on public transportation to go about the business of their daily lives. On a journey that takes him around the worldfrom New York to Moscow, Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Bogotá, Phoenix, Portland, Vancouver, and PhiladelphiaGrescoe profiles public transportation here and abroad, highlighting the people and ideas that may help undo the damage that car-centric planning has done to our cities and create convenient, affordable, and sustainable urban transportationand better city livingfor all.
