Bøger om Ontario

After a lifetime of traversing continents and cities, Mariam Pirbhai found herself in Waterloo, Ontario, and there she began to garden. As she looks to local nurseries, neighbourhood gardens and nature trails for inspiration, she discovers that plants are not so very different from people. They, too, can be uprooted, transplanted - even naturalized. They, too, can behave as a colonizing or invasive species. And they, too, must learn to adapt to a new land before calling it home. In Garden Inventories, Pirbhai brings her scholar's eye, her love of story and an irrepressible sense of humour to bear on the questions of how we interact with the land around us, from what it means to create a garden through the haze of nostalgia, to the way tradition and nature are bound up in cultural ideals such as "cottage country," or even the great Canadian wilderness. Roses, mulberries, tamarinds and Jack pines wend their way through these essays as Pirbhai pays close attention to the stories of the plants, as well as the people, that have accompanied her journey to find home. Throughout, she shows us the layers of history and culture that infuse our understandings of land, place and belonging, revealing how a garden carries within it the story of a life --- of family, home, culture and heritage - if not also the history of a world.

Multiple food allergies destroy 12-year-old Ella's confidence, especially when it comes to public speaking. She plans to conquer her fear by participating in a CN Tower climb and reading her poetry when she gets to the top.

Dame Polara has spent her adult life in the shadow of her father, a shady private investigator. Now, she must rely on the skills he taught her if she's to protect herself and the people she cares about most.

When a woman linked to the supernatural finds her mother's journal holds a cryptic mystery, she and her friends race to uncover a secret matriarchal society protected by mystical unseen forces.

"The chaotic, confusing, funny, and inspiring story of ten-year-old Queenie and her mission to fit in and make friends at her new school while figuring out how to manage her ADHD. When ten-year-old Queenie and her family move from small-town Ontario to a glitzy suburb of Vancouver, she is desperate to fit in and make a best friend for the first time in her life. With her creativity and bubbly personality, Queenie arrives at Western Canada Preparatory School ready to win over her classmates and conquer the world. But even before the first bell rings, she finds herself in trouble. From always being late to talking out of turn to never being able to focus, Queenie stands out like a sore thumb, especially among the cool girls she wants to impress. Hardest of all, she has a secret. She's been diagnosed with ADHD, and she hates how different it makes her feel. After she struggling to navigate her new world, dreaming up ill-advised schemes to make the other kids like her, she must face her greatest fear of all: making a speech in front of the whole school that will show everyone her true self"--

Bestselling chronicler of village life Dan Needles (author of the Wingfield Farm stage plays) leads an insightful and laugh-out-loud tour through the quirks and customs of today’s Canadian small town.Modern literature has not been kind to village life. For almost two centuries, small towns have been portrayed as backward, insular places needing to be escaped. But anthropologists tell us that the human species has spent more than 100,00 years living in villages of 100 to 150 people. This is where the oldest part of our brain, the limbic system, grew and adapted to become a very sophisticated instrument for reading other people’s emotions and figuring out how we might cooperate to find food, shelter and protection. By comparison, the frontal cortex, which helps us do our taxes, drive a car and download cat videos, is a very recent aftermarket addition, like a sunroof. And it is the village where almost half the world’s population still chooses to live.Finding Larkspur takes a walk through the Canadian village of the twenty-first century, observing customs and traditions that endure despite the best efforts of Twitter, Facebook and Amazon. The author looks at the buildings and organizations left over from the old rural community, why they were built in the first place and how they have adapted to the modern day. The post office, the general store, the church, the school and the service club all remain standing, but they operate quite differently than they did for our ancestors. Drawing from his experience working in rural communities across Canada and in other countries, Needles reveals how a national conversation may be driven by urban voices but the national character is often very much a product of its small towns and back roads.

Monday, December 11, 1916. It is two weeks until Christmas. The First World War rages overseas. And in Peterborough, Ontario at around 10:!5 am, the Quaker Oats Factory explodes. Held To The Fire dissects the shocking event piece-by-piece. From the stories of those involved, to the drama between major players, and a community pulling together, Matthew Flagler weaves the story within the backdrop of the war, the people, and the economic forces operating at the time. Inspired by actual events, and told through the lives of those involved, Held To The Fire lays back the curtain of time to reveal an unforgettable story about loss and the resilience of the human spirit.

Brenda Draney's work explores the complex nature of intimacy.Referencing her own memories and experiences, theCanadian artist examines the layered meanings embeddedin everyday motifs and situations. The cumulative portraitthat emerges references a collective self that encompassesnot only her own experience but that of past generationsand current community members. However, instead ofsimply reproducing these elements, she is more interestedin addressing how their meanings can shift whenfiltered through individual interpretation. By deliberatelyleaving blank spaces in her paintings, Draney leaves roomfor viewers to place their own narrative within her imaginaryspaces and to connect to the wide range of emotionsthe artist subtly invokes.This richly illustrated catalogue-published in conjunctionwith Draney's solo exhibition organized by The PowerPlant Art Gallery in Toronto-features a selection of existingand newly commissioned works and original contributionsfrom Canadian scholars and writers.BRENDA DRANEY (*1976, Sawridge First Nation, Treaty 8, with a strong connection to Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada) has been featured in various exhibitions. She is based in Edmonton, Alberta.

In this partially illustrated early chapter book set in 1947, when a young girl's father is away in Europe helping refugees, she is left to deal with a stray peacock who has arrived in her family's yard, much to her mother's dismay. The girl devises a plan to earn the peacock's trust and return it to its home at the zoo.

Lichens are complex life forms that are the result of a symbiotic partnership between multiple organisms, usually a fungus and an alga. Though often overlooked or mistaken for other organisms (like moss), lichens are a critical part of each ecosystem they inhabit and are important sources of food, absorbers of carbon dioxide and biomonitors that help scientists detect air pollutants, among their many other functions. Written by one of the foremost lichenologists in North America, Lichens is an extensive guide to lichen species of Ontario and central parts of North America, but many of the featured lichen species are found in other parts of the world. Lichens presents photographs and detailed information on over 450 species of macrolichen, which are types of lichen with large thalli that appear either leafy and lobed or bushy and branched. Because of these qualities, the vernacular names of the species often take on colorful and intriguing descriptions, such as Witch's Hair, Toy Soldiers and Yellow Specklebelly. Each entry details the lichen's composition, habitat, distinctive features, North American range information and comments about the lichen's application or significance. The book also features an extensive introductory section about lichen basics, a photographic summary of the genera, keys to the genera, an extensive list of references and an illustrated glossary. In short, the amount of detail included in Lichens will be sure to satisfy both the serious lichenologist and the casual nature lover. The format and binding make this ideal as a field guide as well as a comprehensive reference. Each range map indicates the range into Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York -- the states adjacent to Ontario.

Semi-Detached is a love story that spans time and crosses classes to explore the meaning of home. Set during two paralyzing ice storms (one in 1944 and one in 2013) that are connected by a murder, a house, and the real estate agent who pieces the puzzle together.

Journey to the southernmost tip of the territories held by Canada. North of Middle Island opens with a collection of individual poems thatcapture the spirit of the relatively isolated, sparsely populated community ofPelee Island. The pieces explore contemporary Indigenous experience in thenatural and built environments of the island and surrounding waters. The book concludes with an epic, "rarely true" narrative of modern-day warriors, told in traditional Anglo-Saxon style--a new Lenape myth of how Deerwoman (Ahtuhxkwe) comes to Pelee Island. The events of this epic tale are loosely based on the infamous professional wrestler and actor Rowdy Roddy Piper's time on the island and Wrestlemania XII, Piper's notorious "Backlot Brawl" with fellow wrestler Goldust (Nkuli Punkw). Follow acclaimed Moravian of the Thames First Nation poet D.A. Lockhart on this lyrical, epic journey into the unique culture and landscapes that lie just North of Middle Island.

A dynamic and candid memoir by an unlikely NHL brawler In the run-up to the NHL Entry Draft in 1992, the Buffalo Sabres interviewed Matthew Barnaby. John Muckler, Buffalo's coach, asked him, "e;What happens at 8:05 on Saturday night in Detroit when Bob Probert asks you to fight?"e; When the teenager responded, "e;That's easy. At 8:03, I'd have already asked Probert to fight,"e; they knew they had to draft him. Through 14 NHL seasons after that exchange, Barnaby never stopped fighting. In Unfiltered, the former right wing reflects on the adventures of a high-profile life and the determination that got him there, from getting drafted last in juniors to carving out a role for himself on each new NHL team, to discovering new joys and passions in retirement. Barnaby also opens up about the memorable hijinks, the larger-than-life hockey characters, and the very real challenges and risks that come with the sport's physicality.Both hilarious and heartrending, this is an unvarnished story of battles fought and lessons learned.

Sarah liebt ihren Job in einem kleinen Reisebüro in Toronto. Doch als dessen Existenz von einem auf den anderen Tag in Gefahr gerät, merkt sie, wie festgefahren ihr Leben ist. Aus ihrem Freundeskreis hilft ihr ausgerechnet Logan bei einem ausgefeilten Rettungsversuch und steht ihr trotz anfänglicher Spannungen zur Seite. Überrascht stellt sie fest, dass mehr in ihm steckt, als sie erwartet hat.Logans coole Fassade beginnt langsam zu bröckeln, als er sich Sarah gegenüber öffnet und unerwartete Gefühle entwickelt. Trotz des Risikos, verletzt zu werden, lässt er sich erstmals auf die Liebe ein. Doch gibt es wirklich diesen einen besonderen Menschen? Kann man die eigenen Prioritäten bedenkenlos verschieben und einen Neuanfang wagen?Ein Liebesroman mit Happy End-Garantie.Das Buch ist der zweite Teil der »Ontario Love«-Reihe, der aber in sich abgeschlossen und unabhängig zu lesen ist.

An intriguing look at the connections between Alberta premier Peter Lougheed and his Métis grandmother, Isabella Clarke Hardisty Lougheed, exploring how Métis identity, political activism, and colonial institutional power shaped the lives and legacies of both.

This fascinating book looks at the largely unknown history of hospital trains, which wound their way across the scarred landscapes war-weary Europe, and the doctors and nurses who sacrificed their lives treating patients from all sides of the conflict.

Raised in a loving but lacking household by their Holocaust survivor-grandparents and their godfather, the lives of twins Petal and Rose change drastically after a summer trip to Israel. Twenty years later, Petal is called back to Toronto from New York to help Rose during a crisis and is forced to confront her prejudices about her sister's life.

Ordinary citizens fought City Hall to have a suicide barrier erected around North America's second most "popular" suicide magnet, the Bloor Viaduct over Toronto's Don Valley.

Quiet Rebels tells the stories of 187 women who were called to the Ontario bar between 1897 and 1957, identifying gendered patterns of exclusion. It also explores women lawyers' experiences in later decades, when many more women entered the legal profession, assessing the extent of "changes" or "continuities" for some women lawyers.

Celebrate the livable city with this guidebook to Toronto's outdoor public spaces. Written by urban designer Ken Greenberg and city advocate Eti Greenberg, discover the urban beauty of silos, lush parks, underpasses, and ravines and be guided by colour photographs and maps.

For every day of the year, there is Toronto Maple Leafs history to be celebrated or mourned. And with every turn of the page, Mike Commito brings you moments that are sure to remind you why you can't stop loving the Leafs. From the green Toronto St. Patricks to Auston Matthews scoring 60 goals in 2022, Leafs 365 has it all.

Kiki's always dreamed of owning a horse - with the help of her friends will she be able to add a horse of her own to her holiday wish list?

Flanked by the Greater Toronto Area, the southern reaches of Muskoka, Northumberland County, and Lake Ontario, Durham Region's subtle rural beauty, sweeping landscapes, and urban developments are captured by four Durham photographers who know this place best.

A brilliant photographic journey taken across beautiful, diverse Hastings County -- a south central Ontario gem that rolls north from its scenic Bay of Quinte shores to rugged, eternal Canadian Shield water, rocks, trees and skies.

A remarkable creative journey taken by seven acclaimed Canadian landscape painters to the famed Group of Seven 'Solemn Land', the timeless, breathtakingly beautiful Montreal River and Lake Superior North Shore regions of Ontario. Includes stunning en plein air works and the beautiful photography of internationally renowned Gary McGuffin.

A beautiful depiction of Ontario's iconic Prince Edward County, with four accomplished regional photographers portraying The County in all of its Four Season landscape beauty.

Emilie and Tim were odds-on favourites to end up together - until they met at her sister and his brother's wedding and he snubbed her, that is.Then, because everyone deserves a second chance, Emilie gave him one when Tim started a long-distance chat - then he ghosted her.So when her brother-in-law invites Tim to their farm to rehabilitate from a hockey injury, Emilie is not amused.It's a big farm, and she's busy with her physiotherapist job and the Thoroughbred retirement charity she volunteers for, so it should be easy to avoid him until he heads home. She's definitely not going to help him with his rehab, and any spare time she has goes to her off-the-track project horse, who should bring a nice price when she sells him.Problem number one? She's falling in love with her project horse.Problem number two? Tim starts showing up where - and in ways - she doesn't expect, helping her understand why he did what he did. She might be falling for him, too.Problem number three? What's the point in falling for Tim or the horse, when she can't keep either of them?