alberta

Hawk, a First Nations teen from northern Alberta, is a cross-country runner who aims to win gold in an upcoming competition between all the schools in Fort McMurray. But when Hawk discovers he has leukemia, his identity as a star athlete is stripped away, along with his muscles and energy. When he finds an osprey, "a fish hawk," mired in a pond of toxic residue from the oil sands industry, he sees...

In 2016, Globe and Mail reporter Ann Hui drove across Canada, from Victoria to Fogo Island, to write about small-town Chinese restaurants and the families who run them. It was only after the story was published that she discovered her own family could have been included - her parents had run their own Chinese restaurant, The Legion Cafe, before she was born. This discovery, and the realization that...

Choć znana jest głównie jako wybitna specjalistka życia szympansów, która zmieniła nasze rozumienie naczelnych i nas samych, głęboka miłość Jane Goodall do natury i zakrojony na światową skalę aktywizm obejmuje także królestwo roślin. Autorka zabiera nas do Tanzanii i przygląda się naszej zależności od roślin jako pożywienia, lekarstw dla ciała i ducha. Mówi, jak można pomóc przy naprawianiu szkód,...