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Shakespeare: the world as stage (Eminent lives series)
By Bill Bryson. 2007
The author documents the efforts of earlier scholars, from today's most respected academics to eccentrics like Delia Bacon, an American…
who developed a firm but unsubstantiated conviction that her namesake, Francis Bacon, was the true author of Shakespeare's plays. Emulating the style of his famous travelogues, Bryson records episodes in his research, including a visit to a bunker-like room in Washington, D.C., where the world's largest collection of First Folios is housed. 2007.Shadow maker: the life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
By Rosemary Sullivan. 1995
Using the personal impressions of the poet's intimate friends, Rosemary Sullivan builds a composite portrait of Gwendolyn MacEwan, the Toronto…
poet who died in 1987 at the age of 46. The daughter of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, MacEwen's story is a painful one, yet the richness of her art and inner life redeemed the pain. Winner of the 1995 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.Seems like yesterday
By Art Buchwald, Ann Buchwald. 1980
Her and his versions of love in Paris, a romantic lark that, despite misgivings and misadventures, led to a secure…
and happy marriage. At first, religion appeared to be a stumbling block in this union between a Catholic and a Jew with very different backgrounds, but these recollections describe a charmed life. 1980.SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
By David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
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.Sean
By Eileen O'Casey, J. C. John Courtney Trewin. 1971
When Eileen O'Casey read "Juno and the Paycock" in 1926, she was so overwhelmed by its tragi-comedy that she returned…
to England to meet its author. That meeting was the beginning of a 37-year love affair that endured celebrity and sorrow, through happy and hard-up days until O'Casey's death in 1964. Eileen's portrait compliments the bitter passion of the plays and offers a further dimension to O'Casey's own autobiographies. 1971.Seldom disappointed: a memoir
By Tony Hillerman. 2001
Author of award-winning Navaho mysteries records his memoir of growing up in depression-era Oklahoma, serving with the World War II…
American infantry, pursuing a career in journalism, and teaching at the University of New Mexico. Concludes with notes on his works and some origins of his ideas. 2001.Saving Simon: how a rescue donkey taught me the meaning of compassion
By Jon Katz. 2014
In this heartfelt, thoughtful, and inspiring memoir, New York Times bestselling author Jon Katz tells the story of his beloved…
rescue donkey, Simon, and the wondrous ways that animals make us wiser and kinder people. 2014.Sandhills boy: the winding trail of a Texas writer (Lone Star audio)
By Elmer Kelton. 2007
Award-winning author of more than fifty westerns describes growing up in west Texas and choosing not to follow in the…
footsteps of his ranch-foreman father. Kelton recalls his time as a World War II soldier, meeting his wife in Austria, and his writing career. 2007.Saturday Night lives: selected diaries
By John Fraser. 1994
From 1987 to 1994, John Fraser was editor of "Saturday Night" magazine. "Saturday Night Lives!" is a selection of his…
monthly diaries, in which he wrote whatever was on his mind. The diaries offer commentaries on Canada's political and cultural life, satires on the depopulation of Atlantic Canada, take-offs of Revenue Canada's income tax guides, and much more. The first and final diaries are narrated by John Fraser himself. c1994.Samuel Pepys: the unequalled self
By Claire Tomalin. 2002
A full-scale biography of naval administrator Samuel Pepys, who was well-known for being the friend of the famous and powerful.…
Covers his childhood and young adulthood, moving through the famous diary years and beyond, to the death of his wife and the setting up of a new household. Some descriptions of sex. 2002.Savage beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
By Nancy Milford. 2001
Biography of the twentieth-century American poet - the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize - whose life mirrored her…
verses: "My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- / It gives a lovely light!" Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001.Sagan
By Jean Claude Lamy. 1988
Biographie de Françoise Sagan. En 1954, une jeune fille timide devient brusquement célèbre avec la parution de "Bonjeur Tristesse." Pendant…
plus de trente ans, Francoise Sagan n'a cessé d'être un mythe, une légende vivante, sans jamais oublier son métier d'écrivain. 1988.Sagan à toute allure
By Marie-Dominique Lelièvre. 2008
Saint-Simon, ou, L'encre de la subversion (L'infini)
By Cécile Guilbert. 1994
Bien plus qu'un historien, Saint-Simon a été un écrivain qui a fait l'histoire. C'est ce qu'affirme l'auteure dans cet essai…
inspiré d'un de ses écrits intitulé "Mémoires." Elle montre que Saint-Simon convoquait la littérature comme stratégie de subversion. 1994.Sable mouvant: fragments de ma vie
By Henning Mankell. 2015
En janvier 2014, j'ai appris que j'étais atteint d'un cancer grave. Cependant, ce n'est pas un livre crépusculaire, mais une…
réflexion sur ce que c'est que vivre. Je me suis promené dans ma propre histoire, de l'enfant que j'étais à l'homme que je suis aujourd'hui. Je parle d'événements qui m'ont marqué à jamais et d'hommes et de femmes qui m'ont ouvert des perspectives insoupçonnées. Je parle d'amour et de jalousie, de courage et de peur, de la cohabitation avec une maladie potentiellement mortelle. Je parle des artistes qui vivaient il y a 40 000 ans, des images fascinantes qu'ils nous ont laissées dans les recoins profonds et obscurs des grottes. Je parle du troll maléfique que nous avons engendré et que nous essayons à présent d'enfermer dans la montagne afin qu'il ne s'en échappe pas pendant les cent mille ans à venir. Je parle de la manière dont a vécu et dont vit l'humanité, et dont j'ai moi-même vécu. Je parle de la joie de vivre. Elle m'est revenue après que j'ai échappé au sable mouvant, qui menaçait de m'entraîner dans l'abîme. 2015.Sailor on snowshoes: tracking Jack London's northern trail
By Dick North. 2006
Though Jack London set sail for the north to accumulate gold, in the back of his mind lurked a resolve…
to become a writer. He absorbed the experiences and observations he later organized into mesmerizing stories. This book is the story of the search for the Yukon bush cabin in which London wrote his name. 2006.Sailing home: a journey through time, place & memory
By Gary Geddes. 2001
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.Runaway: diary of a street kid
By Evelyn Lau. 1989
In 1986, at the age of 14, Evelyn Lau ran away from her strict and traditional parents who refused to…
accept her passion for writing. This book is based on the journal she kept during her two years on the streets of Vancouver. She explores the physical and emotional struggles of a young girl coping in a world of drugs, prostitution and attempted suicide. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1989.Rolling home: a cross-Canada railroad memoir
By Tom Allen. 2001
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.Robertson Davies: man of myth
By Judith Skelton Grant. 1994
A full-scale biography on the life of one of Canada's greatest novelists. Davies' interests included theatre, a passion that began…
at the age of four, Jungian psychology, and Victorian melodrama, all of which influenced his creative work and his life. His popularity as a national icon was established at the age of 57, with the release of "Fifth business." c1994.