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Revised standards and guidelines of service for the Library of Congress network of libraries for the blind and physically handicapped, 2011
By Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. 2012
Updated standards address staff, consultants, volunteers, and stakeholders of libraries serving blind and physically handicapped individuals. Offers guidelines for patron…
contact, lending, and outreach and for producing websites and reading materials. Covers budgets, policies and procedures, reports, and research and development. 2011
The floor of heaven: a true tale of the last frontier and the Yukon gold rush
By Howard Blum. 2011
Chronicles the discovery of gold in 1890s Alaska and the Canadian Klondike through the lives of three of the participants:…
cowboy-turned-Pinkerton-detective Charlie Siringo; George Carmack, who lived with a local tribe and became rich from mining; and con man Jefferson "Soapy" Smith. 2011
Niagara... la voie qui y mène
By Nicole V. Champeau. 2020
Dans cet essai poétique, l'auteure de Pointe-Maligne, l'infiniment oubliée (Prix du gouverneur général 2009) remonte cette fois le Saint-Laurent jusqu'aux…
chutes de Niagara pour nous raconter, avec son érudition et sa sensibilité, la beauté mythique de ce lieu, sacralisé par les Autochtones et découvert par les premiers Français d'Amérique.
La condition québécoise: une histoire dépaysante
By Jocelyn Létourneau. 2020
À un Québec qui change, voici un récit d'histoire au scénario changé. Qui pense la condition québécoise en la sortant…
de sa mémoire tragique et de sa culture de la séparation. Qui met l'emphase sur les adaptations et actualisations d'une société plutôt que sur ses détournements et empêchements. Qui voit les oscillations québécoises non pas à l'origine d'une succession d'inhibitions nationales, mais comme un mode d'évolution par lequel une collectivité n'a cessé de passer à l'avenir. On lira cet ouvrage comme une tentative de cadrer le parcours historique du Québec en dehors des mythistoires et du schéma narratif qui accueillent et charpentent habituellement son déroulement. On le considérera aussi comme un essai visant à poser les bases d'une nouvelle référence historiale, si ce n'est mémorielle, pour les Québécois d'aujourd'hui, vecteurs de leur revitalisation identitaire en cours
Macular disease: practical strategies for living with vision loss
By Peggy R. Wolfe. 2011
Second edition of guidebook suggests strategies to compensate for declining vision. Provides tips for organizing one's home; dealing with financial,…
personal, and legal affairs; and maximizing one's independence. Lists technological devices available and organizations and businesses that offer assistance. 2011
The encyclopedia of sports and recreation for people with visual impairments
By Andrew Leibs. 2013
Profiles thirty-six sports and recreational activities, from alpine skiing to yoga ,that are adapted for individuals with low or no…
vision. Lists camps, products, and organizations and highlights athletes, coaches, and participants in a variety of programs. 2013
René Lévesque et nous: 50 regards sur l'homme et son héritage politique
By Marie Grégoire, Pierre Gince. 2020
En 1960, RENÉ LÉVESQUE fait le saut en politique avec l'«équipe du tonnerre» de Jean Lesage. Ministre des Ressources naturelles,…
l'ancien journaliste pilote le projet de nationalisation de l'électricité. Sa conviction profonde que le Québec doit être maître de son destin l'incite à fonder le Mouvement souveraineté-association, puis le Parti québécois. Une fois aux commandes de l'État, de 1976 à 1985, il poursuit l'héritage de la Révolution tranquille en multipliant les réformes.Profondément démocrate, René Lévesque aura jonglé tout au long de sa carrière politique avec la quête d'un pays et la gestion d'un État en mutation.À l'aube de son centième anniversaire de naissance, que reste-t-il de lui et de l'empreinte qu'il a voulu laisser sur le Québec? Les auteurs sont allés à la rencontre de membres de sa famille, d'amis, de collaborateurs, d'observateurs et d'adversaires pour tenter de répondre à cette question complexe. Ceux-ci se sont confiés avec franchise pour nous faire découvrir «leur» René Lévesque dans ce portrait intime et pluriel.
My heart is not blind: on blindness and perception
By Michael Nye. 2019
Profiles of forty-five people who are blind or have low vision, including Larry Johnson, a longtime DJ in Mexico, and…
Michael Hingson, a 9/11 survivor who wrote about his lifesaving guide dog in Thunder Dog (DB 73300). Natalie Watkins, who has retinitis pigmentosa, is profiled twice, six years apart. 2019
Effrontées: l' histoire pas plate de 21 québécoises audacieuces
By Christine Renaud. 2021
Racontant sous forme narrative les moments clés de la carrière de plus d'une vingtaine de Québécoises inspirantes et audacieuses, ce…
livre, illustré par une douzaine d'illustratrices au talent indéniable, se démarque par l'originalité de son angle d'approche. Ce n'est qu'après avoir pris connaissance de l'histoire que le lecteur découvre à quelle femme québécoise elle se rapporte !
Chronicles the early settlement of North America by European peoples of myriad social backgrounds and religious affiliations. Explores the often…
brutal conflicts with native tribes, African slaves, and among the immigrants themselves as they sought to survive and prosper in the New World. Violence. 2012
The battle for the fourteenth colony: America's war of liberation in Canada, 1774-1776
By Mark R. Anderson. 2013
Examines the American colonies' campaign to bring Quebec into the Continental confederation and free Canadians from British rule. Details military…
operations by colonial fighters and Canadian partisans against loyalist forces and assesses the impact of America's first foreign war of liberation. Violence. 2013
Diabetic retinopathy: from diagnosis to treatment
By Homayoun Tabandeh, David S. Boyer. 2014
Retina specialists and authors of Macular Degeneration (DB 74495) describe diabetic retinopathy, a potential problem for people with diabetes. Discuss…
its development, treatment options and ways to slow its progress, and lifestyle changes that lead to better glucose control. Offer advice on coping with visual impairment. 2014
Eat right for your sight: simple, tasty recipes that help reduce the risk of vision loss from macular degeneration
By Jennifer Trainer Thompson, The American Macular Degeneration Foundation, Johanna M. Seddon. 2015
Thompson, a James Beard-nominated cookbook author, and Seddon, a doctor specializing in macular degeneration, present a collection of recipes specifically…
designed to delay the onset and progress of age-related macular degeneration. Categories include small bites, soups, salads, main courses, side dishes, desserts, and healthy drinks. 2015
Brève histoire de la Révolution tranquille
By Martin Pâquet, Stéphane Savard. 2021
Pour saisir rapidement les aspects essentiels de la Révolution tranquille. Un livre à la fine pointe de la recherche sur…
le Québec en histoire et en sciences sociales. Une approche centrée sur une institution en particulier : l'État québécois.
Du diesel dans les veines: la saga des camionneurs du Nord
By Mark Fortier, Serge Bouchard. 2021
De novembre 1975 à octobre 1976, Serge Bouchard a voyagé avec des camionneurs dans le Nord-Ouest québécois. Son but :…
étudier et observer leur travail pour en faire le sujet de sa thèse de doctorat. Serge Bouchard et Mark Fortier ont transformé la matière de cette recherche ethnographique unique en un portrait vivant et pénétrant du monde des routiers. Ce livre nous entraîne bien au-delà des routes du Nord à l’époque des grands chantiers de la Baie-James. Il nous parle des mystères de la vie, de la liberté et de la création.
Just one of the kids: raising a resilient family when one of your children has a physical disability (A Johns Hopkins Press health book)
By Sara Palmer, Kay Harris Kriegsman. 2013
Psychologist Kriegsman and Johns Hopkins assistant professor Palmer discuss the social and emotional aspects of family life that are affected…
by a child's physical disability. They use examples to demonstrate ways to be pragmatic and inclusive when solving problems and setting expectations. 2013
The Company: the rise and fall of the Hudson's Bay empire
By Stephen R. Bown. 2021
The story of the Hudson's Bay Company is the story of modern Canada's creation. And it has never before been…
told in such depth and detail as in this new book by Stephen R. Bown
Murder on the Inside: The True Story of the Deadly Riot at Kingston Penitentiary
By Catherine Fogarty. 2021
Shortlisted for The Brass Knuckles Award for Best Nonfiction Crime Book “You have taken our civil rights—we want our human…
rights.” On April 14, 1971, a handful of prisoners attacked the guards at Kingston Penitentiary and seized control, making headlines around the world. For four intense days, the prisoners held the guards hostage while their leaders negotiated with a citizens’ committee of journalists and lawyers, drawing attention to the dehumanizing realities of their incarceration, including overcrowding, harsh punishment and extreme isolation. But when another group of convicts turned their pent-up rage towards some of the weakest prisoners, tensions inside the old stone walls erupted, with tragic consequences. As heavily armed soldiers prepared to regain control of the prison through a full military assault, the inmates were finally forced to surrender. Murder on the Inside tells the harrowing story of a prison in crisis against the backdrop of a pivotal moment in the history of human rights. Occurring just months before the uprising at Attica Prison, the Kingston riot has remained largely undocumented, and few have known the details—yet the tense drama chronicled here is more relevant today than ever. A gripping account of the standoff and the efforts for justice and reform it inspired, Murder on the Inside is essential reading for our times. Includes 24 pages of photographs.
Know It All: Finding the Impossible Country (Reflections)
By James H. Marsh. 2022
In Know It All: Finding the Impossible Country, James Marsh tells of his evolution from a troubled childhood to a…
career in publishing that culminated in the creation of The Canadian Encyclopedia. Through friendships, curiosity, the insights of a psychiatrist, and the intimate encounters with the authors he met, he championed a diverse and inclusive view of Canada, which was used to draw the great minds of an impossible nation together in a common enterprise.