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By Desmond Seward. 1998
Biography of the Italian painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio, born in 1571. Explores what is known about his life; investigates his…
world, his acclaim as an artist, the fatal duel that made him an outlaw, and his untimely death in 1610. Presents a portrait of a tortured soul. c1998.By Maria Tippett. 2003
Bill Reid was at the forefront of the modern-day renaissance of Northwest Coast Native art, but his art, and his…
life, was not without controversy. Born to a partly Haida mother and a father of German and Scottish descent, his public persona as a Haida Indian seems to have been as much a product of journalists, art patrons, museum curators, and others in the non-Native establishment as of Bill Reid himself. Reid's art also arose from the tension that existed between his Native and white artistic perceptions. 2003.Psychotherapist and parenting expert Alyson Schafer offers an exploration of today's misguided mother-hood. Discover the truth behind the myths that…
keep moms flying at a frenetic pace, spending countless dollars they often don't have, and trying to become "experts" on everything from ear infections to the safe heating points of hard plastics. This is every modern mom's guide to getting past perfection, regaining sanity, and raising great kids. 2007.By Jacques Poitras. 2007
From humble beginnings, Max Aitken, later Lord Beaverbrook, rose to the heights of politics and business, as well as philanthropy.…
In the late 1950s, he built the Beaverbrook Art Gallery as a gift to the people of New Brunswick, stocking it with a large collection of masterworks that form the core of the Gallery's prestigious collection. Today, the paintings are at the centre of a bitter battle between the Gallery and the two charitable Beaverbrook foundations - a battle that has rocked the art world on both sides of the Atlantic. Some strong language. c2007.By Benjamin Spock, Michael B Rothenberg. 1985
By Gill Rapley, Tracey Murkett. 2008
A practical and authoritative guide to introducing solid food, enabling your child to grow up a happy and confident eater.…
It shows parents why baby-led weaning makes sense and gives them the confidence to trust their baby's natural skills and instincts, with practical tips for getting started and the low-down on what to expect. 2008.By David Adams Leeming. 1998
Biography of the African American modernist painter who was born in 1901 in Knoxville, Tennessee, and died in Paris in…
1979. Describes his family's religious background, his upbringing in the segregated South, and his later problems with alcoholism and mental illness. Traces his artistic career through Boston, New York, and Paris, where his friends included James Baldwin and Henry Miller. 1998.By Annie Cloutier. 2014
" Quelle place notre société accorde-t-elle à la maternité? Peut-on choisir de mettre ses enfants et la vie du foyer…
au cœur de son existence et se déclarer féministe? Les politiques familiales que le Québec s'est données dans les dernières décennies favorisent elles d'abord la famille, ou surtout le travail? Dans un essai à la fois personnel et très documenté, Annie Cloutier souligne le poids de la double tâche dont doivent s'acquitter les mères qui travaillent contre rémunération, mais aussi les affinités troublantes entre certains aspects de l'idéologie féministe dominante et le néolibéralisme de la course à la carrière et de la surconsommation. Ce faisant, elle montre que l'égalité des sexes n'est pas une affaire réglée et que les moyens d'y accéder ne sont pas si évidents qu'on le dit. " -- 4e de couv.By John Richardson, Marilyn McCully. 1991
Spans the years before cubism, from 1881 when Picasso was born in southern Spain, to 1906 when he was about…
to begin work on "Les demoiselles d'Avignon", the canvas that Richardson sees as a breakthrough of historical significance. Bestseller. 1991.By John Richardson, Marilyn McCully. 1996
Depicts the artist's life and work during the crucial decade of 1907-17, a period during which Picasso and Georges Braque…
devised cubism, and in doing so engendered modernism. Portrays Picasso as a revolutionary, but also as a compassionate man who experienced disappointments in love, as well as horror at the outbreak of World War I and the wounds it inflicted on his closest friends, Braque and Apollinaire. Sequel to "A Life of Picasso: The Prodigy, 1881-1906" (DC09677). Followed by "A life of Picasso: the Triumphant Years, 1917-1932" (DC32873). Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. c1996. The prodigy, 1881-1906 -- The cubist rebel, 1907-1916 -- Triumphant years, 1917-1932.By Doris McCarthy. 1990
Doris McCarthy, a distinguished Canadian landscape artist, describes her early years. At the age of 15, she won a scholarship…
to study at the Ontario College of Art. Upon graduation, she became a teacher and pioneered imaginative approaches to teaching art.By Carl Honoré. 2008
When the impulse to give children the best of everything runs rampant, parents, schools, communities, and corporations unwittingly combine forces…
to create over-scheduled, over-stimulated, and overindulged kids. Rather than micromanaging every moment of children's lives, Honoré describes an emerging new movement that tries to find the balance between too much and too little. c2008.By Jacques Darriulat, Raphaël Enthoven. 2017
Une jeune fille rêve près de la fenêtre. Le jour entre à flots, caresse les surfaces, épouse les reliefs et…
dore son visage... Dans cette intimité ouverte et recluse à la fois, les murs et les êtres reçoivent, comme une grâce, l'ondoiement de la lumière, et tout évoque un ailleurs dont le chemin s'est perdu. En un mot, le monde est beau. C'est l'unique leçon de Vermeer. Encore faut-il ouvrir les yeux... Mais comment faire ? Comment regarder ce qu'en général nous voyons sans y prêter attention ? Ou comment voir ce qu'ordinairement nous regardons sans y penser ? En donnant la parole à ces éducateurs du regard qui empruntent le chemin de la connaissance pour en venir à la simplicité même. Au bout du savoir, c'est l'évidence qui nous attend. Et la saveur inaltérée d'un monde stupéfiant, lumineux et serein : le nôtre. 2017.By Emily Carr, Ann-Lee Switzer. 2007
Carr began to write these stories in the last two years of her life. Enter Emily's world with stories like…
"Father's Temper," "The First Snow" and "Smoking with the Cow," stories in which she reveals details of her family life, school days, her fascination with nature, animals she loved and how she learned to smoke. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2007.By Ann Douglas. 2001
The sequel to "The mother of all pregnancy books." Contains chapters on preparing for the early weeks of parenthood, getting…
to know your new baby, coping with the most common new parent worries, and much more. 2001.By Walter Isaacson. 2017
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Isaacson weaves a…
narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius. Bestseller. 2017.By Martyne Huot, Nathalie Schneider. 2006
"C'est rendu que je vois plus souvent mon boss que mes p'tits. Ça n'a pas de bon sens!" "Ça déborde…
au bureau. Ça déborde à la maison. Que faire?" "Je me sens tellement coupable quand je dois travailler le week-end..." Certains psychologues le prétendent, bien des médias le répètent ad nauseam, nombre de parents à bout de souffle le pensent aussi une conciliation travail-famille parfaite est tout simplement utopique. En fait, précise Martyne Huot, s'épanouir au boulot et à la maison n'est pas impossible. Il faut juste laisser tomber son aspiration à la perfection. Et se poser les bonnes questions. 2006.By Tim Russert. 2006
Collection of letters Russert received after publication of a memoir about his father, "Big Russ and Me". Includes correspondence from…
Americans recounting relationships with their fathers, along with Russert's interviews and memories. Recalls generational differences and relates ways fathers have passed on wisdom to their children. Bestseller. 2006.By Linda Johns. 2000
Linda Johns, a full-time painter and sculptor, has opened her heart and the doors of her woodland home and studio…
in rural Nova Scotia to a constant stream of stray and wounded creatures - some of them have moved in permanently. In "Wild and Woolly", she records a year lived in harmony with the seasons and - not always harmoniously - with her many furred and feathered companions. 2000.By Eda J LeShan. 1985
Offers advice on how to decipher a child's behaviour to determine what is going on beneath the surface and suggests…
practical methods for handling specific behaviour, such as whining, nagging, biting and lying. 1985.