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2014., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: QWF 302 P655v Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: From birth to death, human beings are hard-wired to connect to other human beings. Face to face contact matters: tight bonds of friendship and love heal us, help children learn, extend our lives and make us happy. Looser in-person bonds matter, too, combining with our close relationships to form a personal 'village' around us, one that exerts unique effects. And not just any social networks will do: we need the real, face-to-face, in-the-flesh encounters that tie human families, groups of friends and communities together.
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2012, c2010., General, Anansi International Edition: eBook ed. Summary Note: India, 1995. Charlotte Bridgwater lives with her father and just one loyal servant in an old, dilapidated villa in the little town of Rampur. Madan, a talented local tailor who cannot speak, rents a room in Charlotte's house and sews beautiful garments for the local ladies. Charlotte and Madan soon discover that they can communicate without using words. And as the extreme heat before the impending monsoon paralyzes the town, we learn about both of their lives.
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2012, c2010., General, Anansi International Call No: Fic Ann Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: India, 1995. Charlotte Bridgwater lives with her father and just one loyal servant in an old, dilapidated villa in the little town of Rampur. Madan, a talented local tailor who cannot speak, rents a room in Charlotte's house and sews beautiful garments for the local ladies. Charlotte and Madan soon discover that they can communicate without using words. And as the extreme heat before the impending monsoon paralyzes the town, we learn about both of their lives.