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Biography, Historical biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography, Lifestyle, World War II
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In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of…
Polish Jews sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, provides a first-person account of those fourteen months with her family. Also describes Leopold Socha, a Polish Catholic and former thief, who risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food and supplies. 2009, c2008.
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Journals and memoirs, Canadian non-fiction, Travel and geography, European travel and geography
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They arrived as tourists in Corfu, Wendy from Canada and James from England. They enjoyed the sun, an idyllic beach,…
olives, fresh apricots and marinated lamb, and long evenings of storytelling at the local taverna. But what captivated James and Wendy was the way the islanders embraced them, and how their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love. Some strong language. 2005.
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Journals and memoirs, Women biography, General non-fiction
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Ma Yan is a teenager from Ningxia, China, a drought-stricken rural area. Education can be the difference between a life…
of crushing poverty and a better future, but money is scarce. Ma Yan's diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family, through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 2002, 2004. Uniform title: Journal de Ma Yan.
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Historical biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian non-fiction, World War II
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In 1942 Gunda Lambton was a "war guest," a single mother sent from England to Toronto to avoid the war.…
While insanity raged throughout Europe she struggled to keep herself and her two small children going in a strange new home. While many people then were engaged in dramatic, heroic war work, her diary is a tribute to the quiet areas of endurance and pleasures of discovery that also distinguished those years. 2003.
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Journals and memoirs, Family and relationships, General non-fiction, Politics and government
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Author of "Three Cups of Tea" and cofounder of the Central Asia Institute chronicles his school-building efforts and promotion of…
female literacy in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Discusses Mortenson's long-term goals and shares anecdotes about those impacted by his work. Bestseller. 2009.
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Adventure and exploration, Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Nature, Canadian travel and geography
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After Jill Frayne's long-term relationship with her lover ended and her daughter left home, she packed up her life and…
headed for the Yukon. Sleeping in her car or pitching a tent by the road, she became a solitary traveller and lived close to the natural world. What started out as a three-month trip became a personal journey that lasted several years. 2002.
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Journals and memoirs, Business and economics, Humour, Computers and internet
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When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.
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Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
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Poet, writer, and critic, Gary Geddes, sets out to discover his roots in a 31-foot British sailing sloop called the…
Groais. Sailing up British Columbia's famed Inside Passage, an ancient sea route of nearly one thousand miles and an often turbulent waterscape, Geddes discovers a vibrant history, livelihoods come and gone, dramatic scenery, and ghosts of the past. 2001.
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Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
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Tom Allen travels with his family and alone, from Halifax to the interior of British Columbia, riding everything from a…
two-car dayliner held together with duct tape to a luxury rail cruiser through the Rockies that is packed with wealthy tourists. Along the way, he meets honeymooners and abandoned spouses, ordinary folk and deranged passengers, and veteran railwaymen who sustain pride in their work despite the massive cuts to their industry. Allen weaves his own memories of railroad travel with a family narrative past and present, all the while conjuring the drama, the disappointments, and the magic of Canada's railway history. 2001.
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Biography, Adventurers and explorers, Journals and memoirs, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian travel and geography
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In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for…
the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later. After travelling 4,000 miles, she discovered both herself and her country on the journey of a lifetime. 2006.
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Biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography
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Katie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she…
was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers’ bullying and the mounting pressure to be “normal,” Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that “Katie” - the girl trapped within her - was determined to live. She reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak. For senior high readers and older. 2014.
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Journals and memoirs, Law and crime, True crime
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L.A. deputy district attorney Batt draws on more than 25 years of experience in recalling her most challenging cases, also…
describing those involved, including biased judges, hardworking police, sleazy lawyers and expert witnesses. Batt's compassion toward crime victims and good case preparation are contrasted with rulings that reflect the fragility of the US criminal justice system. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2004.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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The entries in this diary, written at night in the silence of the forest, range from philosophical aphorisms to acid…
comments on the state of Communism, the excesses of the American way of life, and the characteristics of Canadian culture. Winner of the 1990 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1988.
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Biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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'' Le 14 décembre 2008, Robert Fowler, envoyé spécial du Secrétaire des Nations Unies au Niger, est enlevé par des…
membres d'Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI). Un véritable cauchemar commence alors. Accompagné dans sa captivité par son collègue Louis Guay, Robert Fowler a vécu, dormi et mangé avec ses ravisseurs pendant plus de quatre mois, ce qui lui a permis d'acquérir une connaissance de première main du mouvement terroriste le plus craint à l'échelle mondiale. Pendant ces 130 jours infernaux, Robert Fowler a dû survivre aux conditions extrêmes caractéristiques du désert, entièrement à la merci du bon vouloir de ses ravisseurs à l'humeur changeante, en proie à la peur constante de mourir. Son enlèvement, sa libération et ses interventions dans les médias par la suite ont contribué à jeter un éclairage nouveau sur la confrontation entre les démocraties occidentales et le fondamentalisme islamiste violent. '' -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: A season in hell.
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Biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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A record of some of the voyages, real and imagined, that inspired and informed the author's award-winning fiction, non-fiction, and…
theatrical works. Also includes a selection of his many journal entries, letters, poems, speeches, and articles, creating a unique insight into the mind of one of Canada's most beloved writers. Some strong language. 2003.
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Biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
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Selections from Jack McClelland's correspondence with many of the authors he brought to fame through his publishing house, McClelland &…
Stewart. His correspondents include Margaret Laurence, Farley Mowat, Leonard Cohen, Earle Birney, Irving Layton, Mordecai Richler, Al Purdy, Gabrielle Roy, and Michael Ondaatje. Some strong language.
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Biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography
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In a series of humorous vignettes, author Nora Ephron obsesses about being a woman in her sixties. Discusses her expensive…
regimen to camouflage signs of aging, her purse and its contents, parenting, ex-husbands, and former presidents. In "Serial Monogamy: A Memoir," Ephron admits her infatuation with famous chefs. Bestseller. 2006.
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Biography, Journals and memoirs, Women biography
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Professed "ordinary" person Rosenthal has challenged a Chicago parking ticket on grounds of karma (and won), and had a professional…
police artist draw sketches of her based on descriptions from her father and husband. In this encyclopedia-cum-memoir, she alphabetically explores her life with vignettes, lists, and charts, documenting experiences we all have but never think twice about. 2005.
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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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Justin Trudeau's candid memoir reveals the experiences that shaped him over the course of his life and shows how his…
passion for Canada and its people took root. Covering the years from his childhood at 24 Sussex to his McGill days during the tumultuous time of the Charlottetown Accord to his first campaign in Papineau to his role as Liberal leader today, the book captures the foundational moments that have formed the man we have come to know and informed his vision for the future of Canada. c2014.
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Journals and memoirs, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, General non-fiction, Travel and geography
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In these memoirs, Isabel Huggins describes her various homes in Ontario, and then around the world as her husband was…
relocated for work. Finally settling in France, she ponders the meaning of home and of belonging, deciding that her most valued home is the togetherness she shares with her husband Bob. Added to the book are three short fictional stories, on the same theme. 2003.