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Biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Fiorito recalls his life growing as a poor, Italian boy in 1950s Fort William, Ontario. He shares memories of his…
father, and of the stories his father told about his own family. Strong language. c1999.
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Bestsellers (Non-fiction), Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Alan Kurdi's body washed up on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea on September 2, 2015, and overnight, the political…
became personal, as the world awoke to the reality of the Syrian refugee crisis. Tima Kurdi first saw the shocking photo of her nephew in her home in Vancouver, Canada. Tima recounts her idyllic childhood in Syria, where she grew up with her brother Abdullah and other siblings in a tight knit family. A strong willed, independent woman, Tima studied to be a hairdresser and had dreams of seeing the world. At twenty two, she emigrated to Canada, but much of her family remained in Damascus. As Tima struggled to adapt to life in a new land, war overtook her homeland. Caught in the crosshairs of civil war, her family risked everything and fled their homes. Tima worked tirelessly to help them find safety, but their journey was far from easy. Although thwarted by politics, hounded by violence, and separated by vast distances, the Kurdis never gave up hope. And when tragedy struck, Tima suddenly found herself thrust onto the world stage as an advocate for refugees everywhere, a role for which she had never prepared but that allowed her to give voice to those who didn't have an opportunity to speak for themselves. Bestseller. 2018.
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Canadian fictionBiography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Disabilities
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.
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Canadian fictionHistorical biography, Religious biography, Family biography, History, European history
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, General non-fiction, History
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Ghost Wars" (DC26423) outlines the history of the Arabian Peninsula's Bin Laden family. Begins with patriarch…
Mohamed Bin Laden, an illiterate Yemeni bricklayer who established a building company in Saudi Arabia in 1931 and fathered fifty-four children. Charts the path of son Osama. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. c2008.
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Canadian fictionBiography, Literature biography, Family biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
As Leo Tolstoy's wife, Sophia Tolstoy experienced both glory and condemnation during their forty-eight-year marriage. Drawing on newly available archival…
material, including Sophia's unpublished memoir, Alexandra Popoff presents a dramatically different and accurate portrait of the woman and the marriage. Some descriptions of sex. c2010.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Biography of persons with disabilities, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
The author's quest to find her sister Catherine, a schizophrenic, in Catherine's home, in her last hospital room, her paintings,…
her letters, her clothes. But in facing the truths about Catherine's life and death, she asks hard questions about sanity, family responsibility, love, and about what it means to say that a life is - or is not - worth living. 2006.
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Canadian fictionBiography, Science and medicine biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Biography of Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), inventor of the telephone and champion of the deaf. Discusses his temperament; creativity; marriage…
to Mabel Hubbard, who was deaf; family life; and friendship with Helen Keller. Covers his many inventions, years living in Washington, D.C., and association with the National Geographic Society. 2006.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Pour la première fois, Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt se confie et évoque son enfance avec une émouvante sincérité, ses vocations multiples, sa…
vie. Qui était le petit garçon Eric-Emmanuel à Lyon, dans les années 60 ? Quelles histoires avait-il déjà en tête ? Nous découvrons ses années de formation, son milieu, ses rêves, ses regrets. Ses nombreuses confidences sur sa vie, ses valeurs, ses multiples activités, le sens qu'il donne à l'existence, à l'art, font le prix de ce livre exceptionnel. Ses très nombreux lecteurs dévoreront les différents chapitres de ce livre pour entrer dans l'intimité de leur auteur. Nous ferons connaissance avec un écrivain, dramaturge, philosophe, bien différent des clichés que certains peuvent avoir sur lui. Et bien plus surprenant. 2017.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Un récit sur les hauts et les bas de la recherche de l'amour écrit par un esprit vif, lucide et comique dans lequel plusieurs se reconnaîtront. 2017.
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Biography, Family biography
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Sean Wilsey's memoir of growing up in 1980s' San Francisco. Despite a privileged background, family neglect supplies him with more…
than his share of neuroses, narcissism, and self-destructive behaviour, which lead him ultimately to a boarding school in Italy, where he turns his life around. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Author Wiebe describes the vanished world of Speedwell, Saskatchewan, an isolated, poplar-forested, mostly Mennonite community - and Rudy's first home.…
Too young to do heavy work, Rudy witnessed a way of life that was soon to disappear, including clearing the stony land and digging wells, and remembers sorrow at the death of a beloved sister and the sweet discovery of the power of reading. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.
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Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
" Anna et Jane McGarrigle, les sœurs de Kate, tantes de Rufus et de Martha Wainwright, racontent l'histoire de la…
famille de musiciens la plus talentueuse qui soit : un clan qui rythme nos vies depuis cinquante ans. Évoquant les aventures de leurs ancêtres entre Saint John (N.-B.) et Montréal, elles se remémorent leur enfance à Saint-Sauveur et leur adolescence tumultueuse dans le Québec des années 1950. Elles nous entraînent à Montréal, New York, San Francisco, sur les scènes bigarrées de la musique folk des années 1960 ; pour aboutir à l'inoubliable duo formé par Kate et Anna. Aussi hommage à Kate, décédée en 2010, l'ouvrage permet de cerner la personnalité de cette artiste exceptionnelle. Émaillé de chansons et de photos, ce récit prolonge l'œuvre de ces femmes libres. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Mountain city girls.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Debbie Travis, the home decorating icon, launched her career when she had two kids at home under two. She describes…
the rollercoaster ride of raising two feisty little boys at the same time as working with her husband to create two TV production companies and three TV series. Full of laughter, tears, survival strategies and reality checks from other moms who've also had their meltdown moments, Debbie's book will help you lose the guilt and enjoy the ride. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
David Layton shares his memories of a childhood during which he was shuttled from country to country, guardian to guardian.…
His parents, poet Irving Layton and his wife Aviva, largely ignored their son and allowed others to be responsible for his upbringing. Layton's story moves from Canada to London to Greece to Morocco and then back to London again, and includes stories about not just his family but also about his godfather, the poet and performer Leonard Cohen. 1999.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Women biography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Qui parle en vous? Qui vous raconte les histoires qu'à votre tour vous transmettrez? Pour répondre à ces interrogations, Gisèle…
Pineau a choisi de remonter le cours des vies de quatre femmes. Celles qui l'ont construite. Angélique, l'ancêtre esclave, qui connut les temps perturbés de l'abolition puis du rétablissement de l'esclavage, gagna sa liberté et finit par épouser le Sieur Pineau. Julia, la grand-mère, profondément attachée à son pays Guadeloupe, mais contrainte à l'exil pour fuir un mari trop violent. Gisèle, la grand-tante, qui se laissa mourir de chagrin à vingt-sept ans, après avoir perdu son jeune époux. Et puis Daisy, la mère, qui, au plus gris de l'exil et de ses malheurs, se tint toujours debout pour ses enfants et rêva sa vie dans les romans d'amour. Avec son livre le plus personnel - et peut-être le plus émouvant -, Gisèle Pineau fait revivre ses quatre femmes dans la "geôle noire" de la mémoire. Quatre femmes, quatre époques de l'histoire antillaise, quatre inoubliables destins.
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Movie and television tie-insBiography, Family biography, Humour, Animals and wildlife
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Si le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme, il peut parfois être le pire. C'est ce que vont découvrir…
John et Jenny Grogan, quand ils décident d'acheter un labrador peu de temps après leur mariage, afin de tester leurs capacités parentales. D'adorable petite boule de poils, Marley se transforme en un mastodonte de quarante-cinq kilos, qui détruit tout sur son passage, dévore quantité de nourriture et d'objets en tout genre, et témoigne d'une affection aussi débordante qu'envahissante envers ses maîtres. 2007. Titre uniforme: Marley & me.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Canadian biography, Canadian non-fiction
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Quand son fils Jesse atteint l'adolescence, l'école semble lui être une telle torture que son père, David Gilmour, lui permet…
de ne plus y aller. C'est lui, l'ancien critique de cinéma, qui fera désormais son éducation en regardant trois films par semaine à ses côtés. 2010. Titre uniforme: Film club.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Family biography, Lifestyle, Social issues
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Son nom est déjà gravé dans le marbre de l'Histoire. Premier Afro-Américain candidat à la présidence des États-Unis, Barack Obama…
intrigue et fascine. Qui se cache derrière ce phénomène politique? Des terres rouges de Nairobi aux paysages ensoleillés de Djakarta, des ghettos de Chicago aux bancs de l'université Columbia, Barack Obama a poursuivi le même rêve: donner au monde les couleurs du métissage. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2008, c1995. Titre uniforme: Dreams from my father.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Biography, Historical biography, Family biography, Lifestyle, World War II
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Ce livre est le récit d'une enquête personnelle sur le drame familial inséparable de la plus grande tragédie du XXe…
siècle : l'extermination des juifs par les nazis. L'auteur raconte comment une partie de sa famille a disparu dans l'est de la Pologne au début des années 1940, sans laisser d'autres traces que quelques lettres, des photos et surtout un souvenir vivace chez les membres survivants. Il décrit aussi comment il s'est emparé des rares indices à sa disposition pour tenter de découvrir ce qu'ils étaient exactement devenus et les conclusions auxquelles il est finalement parvenu après avoir compulsé quantité d'ouvrages, traversé quatre continents, rencontré de multiples témoins et soulevé de réels tabous, y compris au sein de sa propre famille. 2007. Titre uniforme: Lost.