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SLIS 25th Anniversary Display Page 7
An aerial photograph of University of Western Ontario's campus
Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear…
Canada Lost, Canada Found
A negative review on Desbarats's polemic book "Canada Lost, Canada Found". Sheppard describes Desbarats's work as taking a rather cold and bitter analystical mindset whilst probing at the collective conscientiousness of Canadians at first, before…
A Day no Pigs would Die
This coming-of-age story is set in 1920s rural Vermont, and focuses on Robert, a teenage boy who is becoming closer with his father, who is a butcher who slaughters hogs. Robert is given a pet pig, Pinky, from his neighbours after helping their cow…
The Chocolate War
This book is narrated from alternating third-person perspectives and is set at Trinity School, a preparatory, all-boys, Catholic high school.. The two most common voices are those of Jerry Renault, a solitary first-year and protagonist of the story,…
Fate: Core System
Introduction: A High Priestess of the barbarian hordes, an undead Wild West gunslinger, and a Second Lieutenant of the Intergalactic Security Forces are about as different as they come, but they've got one thing in common: they need a strong engine…
Tags: Games, Heros, PRG, Science Fiction, Space, Supernatural
Fate: Accelerated
Fate Accelerated Edition
Introduction: Fate Accelerated, or FAE, is a condensed version of the popular Fate Core roleplaying game that brings all the flexibility and power of Fate in a shorter format, Inside, you'll find a method for making fast,…
Introduction: Fate Accelerated, or FAE, is a condensed version of the popular Fate Core roleplaying game that brings all the flexibility and power of Fate in a shorter format, Inside, you'll find a method for making fast,…
Tags: Games, heroes, RPG, Science Fiction, Supernatural
Dirty Beasts
This book is a collection of nine poems about the unusual exploits of animals. The pig, realizing that he was born to be eaten, eats his farmer instead. The crocodile eats six children each Saturday. The lion proclaims that the narrator of the poem…
Leaping Lemmings
Players: 2-6
Playing time: 20-90 minutes (10-15 minutes per player)
Age: 13 and up
Game overview: Leaping Lemmings is a game for 2-6 players. Players represent genetic scientists working in a research lab 18.15 miles from Waterloo, Montana. By…
Playing time: 20-90 minutes (10-15 minutes per player)
Age: 13 and up
Game overview: Leaping Lemmings is a game for 2-6 players. Players represent genetic scientists working in a research lab 18.15 miles from Waterloo, Montana. By…
Tags: 13+, 2-6 players, 20-90 mins, Board game, Eagles, Games, Lemmings, medium, Montana, Scientists, Waterloo
Vampire Academy
First book in a series of six, this novel follows the life of Rose Hathaway, a 17 year-old half-vampire and half-human, who studies at St Vladimir's Academy along with many others like her. They are training to become guardians of the good vampires…
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7 Wonders
Players: 2-7
Playing time: 30 minutes
Ages: 10+
Description: Lead one of the seven great cities of the Ancient world. Exploit the natural…