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The Marrow Thieves

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This Zine was created as part of London Public Library's 2019 One Book One London program, "Storytelling through Zines", facilitated by Jenna Rose Sands, a Cree Ojibwe artist who lives in London,

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The Melting of a Nation: It's Really the Canadian Winter that Preserves Our National Identity.

London, Ontario

To Desbarats, snow and ice are the “national glues” of Canadians. He saw Canada’s acceptance of winter as occurring just as soon as other countries, mainly the US started to really enjoy and respect several aspects or symbols of…

The Newspaperman as Author

Montreal, Quebec

An advertisement for the Montreal Star, showcasing Peter Desbarats his compelling and versatile work. This include discussions on his articles ”A Minority Report” and “The New Confederation". Additionally, his authoring of “The…

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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This book follows an introverted, high school freshman, Charlie, who befriends two seniors, Patrick and Sam, and starts to experiment with alcohol, drugs, and smoking. As he manages his new social life and his feelings towards Sam, Patrick's…

The Preface Restored: The First Issue

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This zine looks at what it is like to be an MLIS student and topics that relate to the MLIS student body. It contains anecdotes, satire, cartoons, and lists.

The Psalter, Old Testament [original]

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Fair to very good; parchment (or vellum) folio of manuscript ; partial sewing evident ; rubrication ; illumination with gilt details ; legible script ; some bleeding of ink and rippling of pages most likely due to humidity/moisture damage (possibly…

The Real Mother Goose

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"Old Woman, Old Woman," a nonsense Mother Goose rhyme in Wright's classic collection, features an old woman "tossed in a basket" who is sailing off to "sweep the cobwebs from the sky."

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Chatton, Barbara. "The Real Mother…

The Resistance: Secret Identities - Deduction - Deception

Players: 5-10
Playing time: 30 minutes
Age: 13+

Game Objective: The Resistance is a social deduction game with secret identities. Players are either members of the Resistance attempting to overthrow a malignant government, or Spies trying to…

The Runaway Bunny

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"This is one of the nicest things Margaret Wise Brown has done, and Clement Hurd has made enchanting pictures, with line drawings and eight double spreads in four colors, beautifully reproduced. The text pattern is a successful dialogue with almost…

The Satanic Verses

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This book follows two protagonists, Gibreel Farishta, a Bollywood superstar who specializes in playing Hindu deities, and Saladin Chamcha, an emigrant who has broken with his Indian identity and works as a voiceover artist in England. The book opens…