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While we are closed to the public due to the Government of Ontario COVID shutdown, we are continuing to offer curbside pickups: Tuesdays: 10am-2pm Wednesdays: 1pm-5pm Thursdays: 10am-2pm Phone 274-9879, text 271-6367, or email ffpltc@gmail.com to place items on hold. We will let you know when they are available for pickup.
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The four winds
by Kristin Hannah
Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance.
In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her neighbors—must make an agonizing choice: fight for the land she loves or go west, to California, in search of a better life. The Four Winds is an indelible portrait of America and the American Dream, as seen through the eyes of one indomitable woman whose courage and sacrifice will come to define a generation.
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Hidden Valley Road : inside the mind of an American family
by Robert Kolker
The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children, six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia, that became science's great hope in the quest to understand--even cure--the disease.
What took place inside the house on Hidden Valley Road was so extraordinary that the Galvins became one of the first families to be studied by the National Institute of Mental Health. Their story offers a shadow history of the science of schizophrenia, from the era of institutionalization, lobotomy, and the schizophrenogenic mother to the search for genetic markers for the disease, always amid profound disagreements about the nature of the illness itself. And unbeknownst to the Galvins, samples of their DNA informed decades of genetic research that continues today, offering paths to treatment, prediction, and even eradication of the disease for future generations.
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The darkness : a thriller
by Ragnar Jónasson
When Detective Inspector Hulda Hermannsdóttir of the Reykjavik police is forced into early retirement, she is told she can investigate one last cold case of her choice-and she knows which one. The Russian woman whose hope for asylum ended on the dark, cold shore of an unfamiliar country.
Soon Hulda discovers that another young woman vanished at the same time, and that no one is telling her the whole story. Even her colleagues in the police seem determined to put the brakes on her investigation. Meanwhile the clock is ticking. Hulda will find the killer, even if it means putting her own life in danger.
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The last bookshop in London : a novel of World War II
by Madeline Martin
August 1939: London prepares for war as Hitler’s forces sweep across Europe. Grace Bennett has always dreamed of moving to the city, but the bunkers and blackout curtains that she finds on her arrival were not what she expected. And she certainly never imagined she’d wind up working at Primrose Hill, a dusty old bookshop nestled in the heart of London.
Through blackouts and air raids as the Blitz intensifies, Grace discovers the power of storytelling to unite her community in ways she never dreamed—a force that triumphs over even the darkest nights of the war.
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Keep sharp : build a better brain at any age
by Sanjay Gupta
The Emmy Award-winning CNN chief medical correspondent and best-selling author of Chasing Life draws on cutting-edge scientific research to outline strategies for protecting brain function and maintaining cognitive health at any age.
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The story of more : how we got to climate change and where to go from here
by Hope Jahren
Hope Jahren is a scientist from Minnesota. She uses her experience in the lab to explain how climate change occurred, and how its effects continue. She writes about life, food, energy, and earth in showing how the actions of humans have contributed to climate change, but not in any accusatory way. Hope’s objective is to inform her readers. The underlying principle of the author is to encourage the reader to use less and share more, and this book is meant to be a discussion starting point for households to consider how to act on this principle. Hope recognizes that even if readers agree with what she says, they will not be able to change their behaviours instantaneously. Her goal is for readers to identify their values, and then to encourage readers to think about how their actions align with their values. She lays out a road map for these next steps. The causes of climate change are discussed in regular chapters, while the individual evaluating process is contained in the appendix. The reader can choose to stop with the “how,” but can choose to continue looking at actions that the reader can take, and the difference these actions can make. One solution can create another problem, but with foresight and planning, the next problem can be reduced or eliminated. This book was published prior to the current pandemic. For a further exploration of how climate change, the pandemic, and other global problems are connected, the reader may be interested in “Rebellion,” a recent episode of The Nature of Things available on CBC Gem.
-Craig Gustafson
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