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By Loïse Lavallée. 1994
Ce récit est l'histoire émouvante d'un amour profond entre une mère et sa fille gravement handicapée décédée à l'âge de…
13 ans. C'est aussi le cheminement d'un deuil et l'apprivoisement, au fil des jours, des corridors de l'absence et des mystères de la mort. La mère évoque le souvenir de son enfant et lui écrit des lettres qu'elle lui envoie poste restante, espérant recevoir un jour l'ébauche d'une réponse. 1994.By Gilles Laverrière. 1986
Jean Vanier est sans conteste l'une des figures les plus attachantes de notre temps. Pour les personnes démunies, son nom…
est synonyme de tendresse et de compassion et symbole d'espérance et de dignité. À sa manière, il nous montre la route à suivre puisqu'il partage lui-même sa vie avec de petites gens. 1986.By György Faludy. 1988
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.By William F Buckley. 1997
A memoir of the author's life as a Catholic. Includes biographical reminiscences of religious moments in Buckley's life: traveling to…
Lourdes, the ordination of a nephew, and his mother's death. Discusses his views on Catholic theology, particularly regarding birth control, divorce, and women priests. 1997.By Christine Wicker, Louise Troh. 2015
Louise Troh--fiancée of Thomas Eric Dunca, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America--breaks her silence about her…
experience in this deeply moving memoir, chronicling the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas. 2015.By James Frey. 2005
James Frey pens the candid memoir of his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions with "My Friend Leonard". After a…
stint in jail, James is rocked by further tragedy. Teetering on the brink of breakdown, he turns to a friend from rehab, Leonard. A larger-than-life mobster, Leonard becomes James' loyal and generous adoptive father, teaching him to "live boldly." 2005.By Michael W Higgins, Douglas Richard Letson. 1990
This biography of the best-known Roman Catholic bishop in Ontario's history traces G. Emmett Cardinal Carter's career from its modest…
beginnings in Montreal to his leadership of Canada's largest English-speaking archdiocese. "My father's business" sheds light on the great moral controversies of the church since Vatican II, and the outspoken Carter's role in shaping church policy regarding abortion, women's issues, the nature of the priesthood, and academic freedom. c1990.By Alec Guinness. 1996
The diary of Alec Guinness spans eighteen months to June 1996. Certain interests recur: theatre and film; books and paintings;…
the church; food and drink; and the delights of being at home with his wife. He also brings memories and anecdotes from his long and distinguished acting career. 1996.By Mark Fuhrman. 1997
A former Los Angeles Police Department detective chronicles his June 13, 1994 investigation of the murders of Nicole Simpson and…
Ron Goldman. He recounts his testimony in the O.J. Simpson trial, as well as his own subsequent trial for perjury. The author maintains he was targeted as a scapegoat in the Simpson case. Descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 1997.By F. B Meyer. 1909
Far from the imposing man of granite sculpted by Michelangelo, Moses was full of flaws and deficiencies that rendered him…
powerless, save for the all–sufficient grace of God. Yet, despite many frustrations and human frailties, Moses did not back down or quit but instead grew closer to the heart of God, learning the importance of obedience, patience, courage, faith, and prayer. As a result, God entrusted His servant with greater responsibility. Woven throughout this character study are lessons and realities that can help all believers become better able to serve God and others. 2014, c1909.By Joyce Johnson. 2004
Author Johnson recounts three life-defining relationships with the men who mattered most to her. She begins with her grandfather, for…
whom she was named, but who committed suicide before she was born. Following a career as a child actress, complete with an overbearing stage mother who ruined her relationship with her father, she describes her two difficult marriages to painters. A self-portrait that examines - from a woman's perspective - the far-reaching reverberations of being fatherless. Some descriptions of sex. 2004.By Primo Levi. 1986
These stories recount the rare moments during Primo Levi's stark existence in Auschwitz when he came across an act of…
sheer beauty, an instant of light in the grey monotone, mostly when someone, even in these conditions of ultimate servitude, could and did behave with human decency: an old Jew retelling the stories of Lilith, a stolen radish to prove an honest man could steal, and a barracks chief who appreciated the meaning of Yom Kippur. 1986.Born without a dowry, nearly forced into a convent, and later married off to a man she didn't love, Olimpia…
Maidalchini vowed never to be poor, powerless, or beholden to any man again. Instead, using her wits, Olimpia became the unofficial ruler of the most powerful institution in the world: the Roman Catholic Church. As sister-in-law and reputed mistress of the indecisive Pope Innocent X, she appointed cardinals, negotiated with foreign ambassadors, and helped herself to a heaping portion of the Papal States' treasury. Includes strong language. 2008.By René Latourelle. 1993
Essai biographique sur l'un des plus célèbres parmi ceux que la tradition religieuse et l'histoire nomment les martyrs canadiens. L'étude…
de sa vie et de ses écrits découvre en lui le chef de file des ethnologues de la Huronie, le fondateur, l'apôtre et le martyr de la mission huronne. 1993.Portrait du général Georges Vanier, homme de Dieu qui pratiquait avec modestie, humour, délicatesse et avec une chaleur humaine rayonnante…
les vertus de l'Évangile. La vie de foi chrétienne de cet homme qui a illustré son époque par son fils Jean, fondateur de l'Arche, un organisme oeuvrant auprès des démunis. 1992.Ce titre pluriel veut attirer l'attention sur la diversité des façons dont on s'est dit, à travers l'histoire, la naissance…
et la croissance de Jesus de Nazareth. Sous des dehors multiples, raffines ou naïfs, un fait unique, qu'on célèbre dans le ravissement et la joie. 1980.By Gil Courtemanche. 1989
Avec une verve piquante et souvent corrosive, l'auteur exprime ses opinions sur la société, sur la politique et les hommes…
politiques, sur le journalisme et les médias d'information, sur le syndicalisme, sur la langue, sur l'éducation, etc. Malgré certains jugements excessifs, cet ouvrage comporte beaucoup d'éléments intéressants qui plairont à certains et en irriteront d'autres, selon les idéologies personelles de chacun.By Elizabeth Sherrill, Demos Shakarian, John L Sherrill, Emile Dallière. 1978
La vie de Demos Shakarian, homme d'affaire arménien, fondateur des "Hommes d'Affaire du Plein Evangile". Un récit palpitant, émouvant, drôle,…
où la providence divine se manifeste dans de nombreuses circonstances. 1978. Titre uniforme: The happiest people on earth.By Constance Colonna-Cesari. 2005
Le 19 avril 2005, le cardinal Joseph Ratzinger devient le pape Benoît XVI. Sait-on qui est cet homme chargé de…
la succession de Jean-Paul II, une succession que certains ont déjà qualifiée d'"impossible". Cet ouvrage retrace l'histoire du nouveau pape allemand : sa jeunesse bavaroise sous le nazisme, sa participation à la guerre, sa formation théologique, son rôle durant le concile Vatican II, et plus. Le livre dévoile aussi le déroulement du conclave qui l'a porté au trône de saint Pierre. 2005.By Frédéric Lenoir. 1993
Une biographie qui s'applique a faire connaitre davantage la personne de mere Teresa, sa famille, son cheminement, ses choix qui…
l'ont conduite a fonder et a animer une communaute religieuse vouee au service des plus demunis. 1994, c1993.