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libbyapp.com

all over the world, local libraries offer millions of ebooks and audiobooks. you can borrow them — for free, instantly — with a library card and libby: the award-winning, much-loved app for libraries.

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Bonnie Tsui, the bestselling author of Why We Swim, a Time magazine Must-Read Book of 2020, writes about finding strength in the face of fear and uncertainty. Enlightening and inspiring, The Uncertain Sea is just the story most of us need right now. Fear and uncertainty—emotions we’ve become all too familiar with this past year. From the pandemic to political upheaval to the recession to lurking environmental disasters, we’ve been battered by one unfathomable event after another, with more to come. How do we handle the emotional fallout from such traumas? How do we bounce back? Bonnie Tsui tackles these big questions in The Uncertain Sea, her insightful look at fear and the many ways people handle it. Plagued by the anxiety she herself was feeling in 2020, she looked for guidance from an old friend whose very career would make most of us shudder. Ron Elliott is an underwater photographer specializing in sharks—in particular, the great whites of the Farallon Islands, off San Francisco, notorious for being one of the sharkiest spots on earth. Over the years, Elliott has had numerous close calls and was even attacked by a great white in 2018, nearly losing a hand. Yet still he returns to the water. Tsui wondered how Elliott managed risk and fear and what his resilience might teach the rest of us. In her 2020 bestseller Why We Swim, Tsui—an accomplished swimmer and surfer—examines the cultural and biological aspects of our relationship to water. In The Uncertain Sea, she uses open water—and what lurks beneath the surface—as a metaphor to explore our psychological responses to the unknown. She draws on scientific research to better understand how and why fear manifests itself in humans, and frankly discusses her own deep-seated anxieties. She takes a thoughtful look at the movie Jaws, the blockbuster that cemented sharks in our collective unconscious as the symbol of all that is dangerous and scary. As a result, sharks—animals that are crucial to the food chain and

lpl.ca

with free ebooks and audiobooks, exciting programs, the latest books and 16 neighbourhood locations, your library can't wait for you to visit! find out how to get a library card, what's on and more on our website.

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calgarylibrary.ca

with 22 locations across calgary, the calgary public library has been inspiring the life stories of calgarians for over 110 years. calgary residents and members of treaty 7 communities can register for their free library card and instantly access free services, programs, and millions of items.

penguinrandomhouse.ca

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booktrust.org.uk

BookTrust is the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, dedicated to getting children reading. Each year we reach 3.4 million children across the UK…