Central Kansas Library System

Ever been to the river near your house? Did you see all the native critters? Well, did you get to talk to them? Want to? Join TyLu and his river critter friends as they go on their adventure through Critter River. Join the journey as TyLu learns to walk on eggs, cross the river, climb trees, meet the community of river critter animals, and learn to help our Critter River friends.

Extrait de la notice: "On a dit que Diderot avait collaboré activement au premier ouvrage d'Helvétius : "De l'Esprit". Il est difficile et de nier cette collaboration et de la prouver. Il a sans doute fourni des pages. Il a certainement donné le point de départ: "Le paradoxe", comme il l'appelle, de la sensibilité afférente à la matière en général; mais il a dû laisser Helvétius employer ces matériaux à sa façon (...)"

Black Crow White Lie tells the story of young Carson Calley. He has a rare and magical gift of healing, a gift which both defines him and threatens to betray him. He lives in Hollywood motels with his alcoholic, fortune-telling mother, Juliette. She nurtures his gift, but her ways are deceptive. She feeds the boy fantastical stories to convince him of his greatness. At fourteen, Carson finally wises up to her lies and his identity is completely shattered....

When a drowned man is pulled from flooded Boulder Creek, an amateur sleuth's sense of unease kicks in again with a vengeance. In Mission, Peter Robertson's sequel to his debut novel, the precarious world of a Colorado mountain town's homeless population becomes a focus for a semi-retired businessman and a victim pool for a driven killer. A decade and a half after finding death and deceit in Northern Michigan in the previous Permafrost, Tom...

Ce livre retrace le chemin de vie d'un homme, mi-blanc, mi-noir, qui retourne aux sources après le génocide pour comprendre le Rwanda, ce pays qui l'a vu naître. Un récit de fiction, sensible et touchant, toujours surprenant, empreint de témoignages réels.

Synopsis: An outspoken bar patron runs an experiment to see if the world can be divided into the "weak" and the "strong" in attempt to prove he's not an authoritarian fascist.After Dinner Conversation believes humanity is improved by ethics and morals grounded in philosophical truth. Philosophical truth is discovered through intentional reflection and respectful debate. In order to facilitate that process, we have created a growing series of short...

Saint Paul, Private Eye! It is written, in Matthew, that Jesus, on the cross, cried out, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" Was this all Jesus said? Who was present to hear him say anything at all? His disciples had fled in fear. Roman soldiers surrounded him. Was there a secret revealed at the Crucifixion - lost forever because there was no one to bear witness? Paul, the "saint" who for ten years tormented the followers of Jesus, suffers...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.' "For," said he, "there never was nor is there one chaste woman upon the face of earth."' A collection of Persian, Arabian and Indian tales dating from the 9th century, Sir Richard Burton's most well-known translation of Arabian Nights brings together ancient folklore and stories passed down from generation to generation. Featuring tales about love, history, tragedy...

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis Heinrich von Morungen (mort en 1222) est sans nul doute, avec Walther von der Vogelweide, l'un des plus brillants représentants du Minnesang (littéralement chant d'amour dans la poésie courtoise médiévale allemande) même si ses contemporains lui préféraient le poète attitré de la cour de Vienne, Reinmar l'Ancien. Heinrich est originaire de Thuringe — le château de famille...

"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2011: Top 25 Books" Colin Dayan is the Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. Her books include Haiti, History, and the Gods and The Story of Cruel and Unusual. A fascinating account of how the law determines or dismantles identity and personhood Abused dogs, prisoners tortured in Guantánamo and supermax facilities, or slaves killed by the state-all are deprived...