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The healthy boomer: a no-nonsense midlife health guide for women and men
By Miroslava Lhotsky, Peggy Edwards, Judy Turner. 1999
Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…
hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.The curse of King Tut's mummy (Stepping stones. True stories)
By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. 2007
When the pharaohs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But…
as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharaohs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of all - the tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse? Grades 2-4. 2007.Suddenly they heard footsteps: storytelling for the twenty-first century
By Dan Yashinsky. 2004
The art of storytelling is very much alive in today's world. Yashinsky has lived with storytelling all his life, first…
listening to storytellers and then becoming one himself. It's the traveler who stops to hear the voice of the dusty little mouse on the road who is rewarded with the treasure. 2004.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
By Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.Negotiating with the dead: a writer on writing (The empson Lectures)
By Margaret Atwood. 2002
Margaret Atwood looks back on her own childhood and the development of her writing career and examines the metaphors which…
writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain their activities. Her wide and eclectic reference to other writers, living and dead, is balanced by anecdotes from her own experiences as a writer, both in Canada and on the international scene. 2002.Island of the blessed: the secrets of Egypt's everlasting oasis
By Harry Thurston. 2003
Harry Thurston follows an international group of archaeologists on an expedition to uncover the secrets of the everlasting oasis that…
exists in the middle of the Egyptian desert. In the excavation process, many ancient objects are found that hint at how civilization was born in the Egyptian desert. 2003.Holy writ: a writer reflects on creation and inspiration
By K. D Miller. 2001
An author's examination of the creative and spiritual sides of her life, and how the two relate to each other.…
Includes reflections on writing as a form of worship, selfishness as a virtue and church-going as a necessary evil. In several of the essays, Miller is joined by colleagues from the writing community, including practising Catholic Philip Marchand, one-time Quaker Elizabeth Hay and atheist Russell Smith. Some strong language. 2001.1491: new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
By Charles C Mann. 2006
Offers conclusions from anthropological and archaeological research about the western hemisphere before European exploration. Examines the evidence of a large…
indigenous population and the ecological impact the people had on the environment through crop modification, landscaping, and farming the rainforest. Discusses the rise and fall of Indian empires. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2005.With every mistake
By Gwynne Dyer. 2005
A collection of Dyer's writings on the post-September 11 world. He examines how the media skews fact and opinion, provides…
incorrect information, and prefers short-term news over the longer perspectives needed to understand what is going on. Combines an examination of how powerful owners mould the agendas of the press with a self-critique of his columns. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2005.Typing: a life in 26 keys
By Matt Cohen. 2000
Matt Cohen's last book, a memoir, describes his life as a writer. Also dealing with the Canadian literary scene of…
his time, he includes portraits of such figures as Margaret Laurence and Morley Callaghan. He charts his progress as a writer, and the inspiration he received by moving from Toronto to a farm near Kingston.Journal d'un écrivain en pyjama: chronique ((Collection Chronique).)
By Dany Laferrière. 2013
" Le pyjama est un étrange habit de travail, nous dit Dany Laferrière, qui, après trente années décriture, décide de…
parler à ses lecteurs. Suite de fragments et de scènes où fiction, réflexion, récit, méditations salternent. Journal dun écrivain en pyjama met sous nos yeux litinéraire de cet écrivain pour qui la vie est une aventure exaltante, qui se conjugue entre lire et écrire.... " -- 4e de couv.Fais confiance à la mer, elle te portera: essai ((L'écritoire).)
By Antonine Maillet. 2010
Une chambre à soi
By Virginia Woolf, Clara Malraux. 1980
Un classique de la pensée féministe. Sujet-prétexte: les femmes et le roman. Point de départ (et point d'arrivée): si une…
femme veut écrire une oeuvre de fiction elle doit disposer de quelque argent et d'une chambre à soi (à soi seule). 1980.Writers talking
By John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003
Includes interviews with and commentaries from eight Canadian writers. Listen in to Terry Griggs on where stories come from, Michael…
Winter on writing Newfoundland, and K.D. Miller on being 'an actor who writes'. Also features short stories by these authors. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.Hadrian: the restless emperor (Roman Imperial Biographies Ser.)
By Anthony Richard Birley. 1998
Hadrian's reign (AD 117-138) was a watershed in the history of the Roman Empire. In this text the author brings…
together the evidence from inscriptions and papyri, and up to date and in-depth examination of the work of other scholars on aspects of Hadrian's reign and policies such as the Jewish war, the coinage, and Hadrian's building programme in Rome, Athens and Tivoli. 1998.The joy of writing: a guide for writers, disguised as a literary memoir
By Pierre Berton. 2003
Pierre Berton shares his own experiences in learning to write and in improving during his writing career. Includes information about…
editors, tips for writer's block, and story development through many drafts. 2003.Things no longer there: a memoir of losing sight and finding vision
By Susan Krieger. 2005
Krieger, a sociologist and writer who is also losing her vision to a rare eye disease, goes bird watching in…
New Mexico, learns to use a white cane, revisits an old love, and returns to the summer camp of her youth, while reflecting on the nature of blindness and sight. She explains that that while outer landscapes may change, the inner visions persist, giving meaning and jarring the senses with a very different picture from what appears before the eyes. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.Includes both Reagan's own writing and his favourite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. The breadth of…
these notes sheds light on a man who was deeply engaged with the arts, culture, and politics. Known as the "Great Communicator," Reagan sought wisdom from a wide-ranging set of political figures, philosophers, novelists, and poets. Some strong language. c2011.Parfums: A Catalogue Of Remembered Smells (Litterature & Documents Ser.)
By Philippe Claudel. 2015
"En dressant l'inventaire des parfums qui nous émeuvent - ce que j'ai fait pour moi, ce que chacun peut faire…
pour lui-même -, on voyage librement dans une vie. Le bagage est léger. On respire et on se laisse aller. Le temps n'existe plus : car c'est aussi cela la magie des parfums que de nous retirer du courant qui nous emporte, et nous donner l'illusion que nous sommes toujours ce que nous avons été, ou que nous fûmes ce que nous nous apprêtons à être. Alors la tête nous tourne délicieusement. P. Claudel" -- 4e de couv.This Strange Visible Air: Essays on Aging and the Writing Life
By Sharon Butala. 2021
A collection of essays on women and aging from Canadian legend Sharon Butala "What I didn't have a clue about…
was that I was soon to be old, or what being old would mean to my dreams and desires. While dreading old age with every fibre, I was at the same time in full denial that it would ever happen to me, and so, was shocked down to the soles of my feet when it did." In this incisive collection, Sharon Butala reflects on the ways her life has changed as she's grown old. She knows that society fails the elderly massively, and so she tackles ageism and loneliness, friendship and companionship. She writes with pointed wit and acerbic humour about dinner parties and health challenges and forgetfulness and complicated family relationships and the pandemic -- and lettuce. And she tells her story with the tremendous skill and beauty of a writer who has masterfully honed her craft over the course of her storied four-decade career. Butala gives us a book to be cherished -- an elegant and expansive look at the complexities and desires of aging and the aged, standing in stark contrast to the stereotyped, simplistic portrayals of the elderly in our culture. This Strange Visible Air is a true gift.