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The end of elsewhere: travels among the tourists
By Taras Grescoe. 2003
Taras Grescoe plunges into the ruts where the tourists are thickest, starting at the tip of Spain's Land's End and…
finishing, nine months later, on the soldier-patrolled beaches of China's End of the Earth. Along the way, he crosses the entire Eurasian landmass, experiencing all sorts of travel such as all-inclusive resorts, pilgrimages, and bus tours. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.The Greek for love: a memoir of Corfu
By James Chatto. 2005
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.Parenting your parents: straight talk about aging in the family
By Michael Gordon, Bart J Mindszenthy. 2013
There is now an increasing awareness of the complex challenges posed by the expanding aging population in North America. When…
our parents reach a certain age and have difficulty coping, we find ourselves wondering how to provide them with the kind of love, care, support, and attention they need, just as they have done for us all our lives. This book offers crucial advice to help you, a new Vulnerability Index to measure what level of need your parents may have right now, as well as a financial planning section and resource directory. 2013.Les forces de l'âge
By Michel Coulombe. 2014
" Vous ne faites pas votre âge ! Il a pris un coup de vieux ! Ce n'est plus de…
son âge. Des phrases comme celles-là, on en entend tous les jours. Que l'on ait 40, 50, 60, 70 ou 80 ans, chacun a sa propre expérience du vieillissement. Vingt-huit personnalités québécoises âgées de 48 à 98 ans partagent la leur. Sans tabou, à cœur ouvert. Parfois inquiets, parfois sereins, toujours pertinents, ils parlent du bonheur, de la famille, de l'amour, de la solitude, de l'âgisme, de ce qui les anime, de ce que la vie leur a appris. Tête-à-tête inédits avec des femmes et des hommes inspirants dont les réflexions sur le temps qui passe et les forces de l'âge vous aideront à y voir plus clair et à avancer sur le chemin du vieillissement. " -- 4e de couv.Berezina ((Démarches).)
By Sylvain Tesson. 2015
" S. Tesson décrit son voyage en side-car de Moscou à Paris, sur les traces de Napoléon, 200 ans, presque…
jour pour jour, après la retraite de Russie. La débâcle tragique de l'armée française, les tourments des soldats, les étapes du parcours (Smolensk, Minsk, la Berezina, Vilnius, etc.) sont relatés. " -- 4e de couv.Italian days
By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. 1989
An in-depth travel guide to Italy, which provides a mixture of history, politics, folklore, food, architecture, arts, literature, and local…
anecdotes. From modern, fashionable Milan to historic Rome and primitive Calabria, the author reflects on the country of her origins, where the keys to her past are held by those who never left. 1989.Cease: a memoir of love, loss, and desire
By Lynette Dawn Loeppky. 2014
The memoir tells the story of a young woman who has decided to leave an eight-year relationship. As Lyn begins…
to plan her exit, her partner Cecile suddenly falls ill. In a tumultuous drop towards a complicated end, the young woman is forced to become sole caregiver to the woman she had been planning to leave. Set against the "family values" of rural Alberta, this is a story about how we love and why we stay, especially in a time of crisis. 2014.L'art de bien vieillir (Spiritualites Grand Format Ser. #Vol. 6131114)
By Anselm Grün, Caroline Jouannic. 2008
"Qui a envie de vieillir ? La question de l'âge, ce destin partagé, ne cesse d'être remise à plus tard,…
alors même qu'il s'agit de l'un des grands défis de la vie. Vieillir, oui, puisqu'il le faut bien, mais comment ? Anselm Grün nous montre qu'avec l'âge, même le grand âge, se présentent aussi de nouveaux horizons, de nouvelles chances, comme à chaque étape de l'existence. C'est pourquoi il invite ses lecteurs et lectrices à accepter pleinement leur vieillissement comme la promesse d'une vie riche et renouvelée. Avec beaucoup de sensibilité, il nous initie à l'art de rencontrer - non pas malgré la vieillesse mais à travers elle - notre vérité la plus intime". -- 4e de couv.La chaleur du coeur empêche nos corps de rouiller: vieillir sans être vieux
By Marie De Hennezel. 2008
"Le vieillissement inévitable ne nous condamne pas à la solitude, à la souffrance, à la déchéance, à la dépendance. L'auteur,…
sans langue de bois, nous guide vers un véritable "art de vieillir". Elle fait appel à son expérience de psychologue clinicienne, à ses rencontres avec des "vieillards magnifiques" comme son amie soeur Emmanuelle, pour nous montrer comment transformer en profondeur ce temps de notre vie, en apprivoiser les misères, en retirer les joies." -- 4e de couv.Grèce ((Passions d'ailleurs))
By Renée Grimaud. 2000
Conçus comme un voyage en soi, les livres de la collection font découvrir un pays en entrant peu à peu…
dans la vie quotidienne, à travers ce que l'on perçoit dès l'arrivée dans le pays ; l'histoire, racontée à travers les grands monuments ; les villes, décrites à travers des circuits, des trajets : itinéraires culturels, parcours culinaires, parcs et jardins, marchés... ; les paysages et les sites naturels, présentés de façon à mettre en valeur leurs aspects remarquables : mer, montagnes, îles, déserts ou volcans... ; les loisirs, les fêtes et la culture contemporaine, aident le lecteur à partager la vie des habitants. - 4e de couv.Dinner with Persephone: travels in Greece
By Patricia Storace. 1997
Patricia Storace reveals how the dreams of modern Greece are the woven product of classical culture. Through a series of…
encounters with people, with Greek feast days and national dramas and wide registration of places and what happens in them, she leads her readers away from the dead language of the travel book and into a form of writing which allows critical affection and unpredictable understanding to be shared. 1997Snowball oranges: a winter's tale on a Spanish isle (Summersdale Travel Ser.)
By Peter Kerr. 2000
A Scottish family give up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded…
valley in the mountains of Mallorca. Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprises and "experiences", and it isn't long before they realise that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm by the wily previous owners. 2000.Islander: a journey around our archipelago
By Patrick Barkham. 2017
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle…
of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. Patrick Barkham explores some of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain as he travels to ever-smaller islands in search of their special magic. 2017.Where the heart is: a writer in Provence
By Marita Van der Vyver, Annelize Visser. 2006
Van der Vyver, a Capetonian writer, married a Frenchman and moved to the south of France. She continues to write…
her novels there in her home language, therefore valuing her one or two trips a year back to South Africa. But her enjoyment of her adopted home - though its bureaucracy can bring tears - shines through, even as she describes renovations, strikes, and the quest for food colouring. 2006.Intolerable: a memoir of extremes
By Kamal Al-Solaylee. 2012
As a gay man living in an intolerant Middle East, Al-Solaylee escaped first to England and eventually to Canada, where…
he became a journalist and academic. While he was enjoying the cultural and personal freedoms of life in the West, his once-liberal family slowly fell into the hard-line interpretations of Islam that were sweeping large parts of the Arab-Muslim world in the 1980s and 1990s. The differences between his life and theirs were brought into sharp relief by the 2011 revolution in Egypt and the civil war in Yemen. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2015. 2012.Seventy-four-year-old actress, activist, and work-out guru offers tips for making the most of what she calls Act III of life,…
which begins at age sixty. Lists eleven ingredients of successful aging, including reflecting on one’s past, caring about the bigger picture, being physically active, and eating healthfully. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2011.That summer in Paris: memories of tangled friendships with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and some others
By Morley Callaghan. 1992
Reminiscences of the author's early career on the "Toronto Daily Star", and his 1929 trip to Paris where he made…
friends with Fitzgerald, Hemingway and other well-known literary figures. Originally published in 1963. 1992.Ireland, a bicycle and a tin whistle
By David A Wilson. 1995
Cycling around Ireland in search of traditional music, David Wilson followed the coastline from Prebyterian Islandmagee to Gaelic Cape Clear,…
then from Dublin to Belfast. He explores the Ireland of fiddles, harps, and storytelling 'til dawn, sharing tales of the towns he visited and the people he met. Some strong language. 1995.Neither here nor there: travels in Europe
By Bill Bryson. 1991
Bryson retraces his journeys through Europe in 1972 and 1973, when he and a high school buddy backpacked through the…
continent. Bryson revisits many of those places, and describes the changes in the sites and within himself. As the interests of Bryson and his buddy were quite different then, Bryson blends the accounts of the two journeys, offering insight into the various countries as well as his own life. Bestseller. 1991.2 1/2 men in a boat
By Nigel Williams. 1993
Nigel Williams's first work of non-fiction retells one of the most famous journeys of English literature - how Jerome K.…
Jerome rowed up the Thames from Kingston to Oxford - which Jerome transformed into the 1889 classic of English comedy "Three men in a boat". Williams's odyssey of the 1990s shows what has changed and what remains the same.