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By Teresa Toten. 2010
This anthology features stories by some Canadian authors who were born in another country, and who went through the experience…
of trying to "fit in." Explores their emotions, from the shock of first impressions to the author's first stirrings of "becoming Canadian" and what that meant to them. Contributors include Linda Granfield (U.S), Marina Nemat (Iran), and Eva Wiseman (Hungary). For junior high readers. Some strong language. c2010.By Charles M Schulz, David Larkin. 1999
In celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip, Schulz offers an autobiographical sketch and tells how his…
own life experiences and those of people around him provided inspiration for the daily strips. Contains text of more than one thousand Peanuts cartoons. Bestseller. 1999.By Zlata Filipovic, Melanie Challenger. 2006
Tous les jours, nous voyons les ravages de la guerre à la télévision. Nous voyons, mais nous ne voulons pas…
vraiment savoir. Ces enfants, eux, ont vécu la guerre. Leurs journaux sont bouleversants. Ces "Paroles d'enfants dans la guerre" constituent un témoignage exceptionnel. De l'Allemagne de 1914 à l'Irak de 2004, la douleur et la force qui émanent des journaux sont les mêmes. Dans la violence de la guerre, les enfants sont égaux. Et notre impuissance à empêcher leur souffrance devient, devant ces voix d'enfants qui s'élèvent, un renoncement insupportable. Quelques descriptions de violence. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire et plus. 2006.By Philip Norman. 2016
An official biography approved by the former Beatle covers the whole span of his life, from losing his mother in…
childhood to his often troubled partnership with John Lennon, his personal trauma after The Beatles' breakup, his time with Wings, and the death of his wife, Linda. Bestseller. 2016.By Adam Gopnik. 2000
In 1995 an American writer moved with his wife and young son to Paris, fulfilling a childhood dream. He recorded…
his expatriate family experience and views on French culture and society during their five-year stay. Bestseller. 2000.By Margaret MacMillan. 2001
Analyzes the failure of the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I. Focuses on the nationalistic goals of American president…
Woodrow Wilson, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George - the author's great-grandfather - as they reorganized the defeated empires and created the League of Nations. Foreword by Richard Holbrooke. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2001. Uniform title: PeacemakersBy Gina Valle. 1999
Through short stories, poems, journal entries, letters and more, nineteen Canadian women of various cultural, ethnic, and economic backgrounds celebrate…
the memories of their grandmothers and pay tribute to the significant role they have played in forming their identities. 1999.By Keith Garebian. 2000
Keith Garebian was born in Bombay, India, by an Anglo-Indian mother and an Armenian father. He spent his formative years…
in the cultural cauldron of Bombay prior to his emigration to Canada. Pain is a memoir that explores Garebian's origins, his childhood, his memories of India, his encounters with his mixed parentage and heritage and his emigration. 2000.By Garry Wills. 2000
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author--for "Lincoln at Gettysburg"--and practicing Catholic indicts the Church's hierarchy for the papal sin of deception. Calls…
for internal reform regarding teachings on birth control and abortion, priests' celibacy, and the ordainment of women. Challenges the Vatican's attitude towards the Holocaust. Bestseller. 2000.By Kirstine Stewart. 2015
Kirstine Stewart got her first job when she applied for a position as a "girl Friday" at a film distribution…
house. Having worked her way up from the bottom--under women and men, leaders good and bad--she believes it's time we leaped past the question of how women might create change in the working world and exploit the fact that profound change is already under way. The digital revolution, and the wave of millennials who are entering the work force with very different expectations than the generations who preceded them, have created a new reality that demands a new style of leader with attributes and perspectives that make women the natural front-runners. The opportunity is there. The question Stewart tackles is, how do we seize it? Bestseller. 2015.By Jocelyne Cazin. 2014
" Jocelyne Cazin a toujours été l'image même de la femme intense, passionnée et déterminée qui profite pleinement de la…
vie. Depuis qu'elle a quitté TVA en 2008, rien ne l'arrête : conférences, fondations, implications sociales, vol en CF-18... Elle a même reçu plusieurs sollicitations pour sauter dans l'arène politique. Plutôt que de s'impliquer politiquement, elle a choisi d'aider les gens à sa manière. En misant sur sa grande gueule, Jocelyne Cazin ose déranger ; elle s'affirme, s'impatiente, veut faire avancer la société et souhaite que ses lecteurs fassent leur part. Riche d'un vécu considérable, elle donne des conférences à partir desquelles ce livre s'inspire. Dans J'ose déranger, elle aborde les thèmes de la retraite, du bénévolat, de la relève, de la responsabilisation, de la vieillesse, du décrochage, des deuils et de sa relation difficile avec sa mère avec toute la franchise et l'humanité qu'on lui connaît, en s'appuyant sur des exemples pertinents tirés de son expérience, tant personnelle que professionnelle. " -- 4e de couv.By Jean-Paul Desbiens. 1996
L'auteur, un intellectuel québécois connu également sous le pseudonyme de Frère Untel nous livre dans son journal ses réflexions quotidiennes…
sur une période de trois années consécutives. Un livre à la fois sérieux et rafraîchissant qui exhale la joie de vivre.By Yann Martel, Emile Martel, Nicole Martel. 2009
Sous la forme de lettres envoyées au premier ministre du Canada d'avril 2007 à juillet 2009, la présentation de soixante…
livres qui rappellent l'importance de la littérature et de l'imaginaire comme moyens de connaissance de soi et du monde. 2009. Titre uniforme: What Is Stephen Harper Reading?By Roger Auque. 2005
Journaliste depuis 25 ans, ex-otage français au Liban, détenu pendant un an par les intégristes musulmans, Roger Auque est depuis…
deux ans un correspondant permanent à Bagdad pour la chaîne info LCI, la télévision francophone TV5, RMC Infos, mais aussi pour des radios et des télévisions canadiennes ou suisses. Présent à Bagdad depuis janvier 2003, il nous relate, vu de Bagdad, le feuilleton des négociations pour la libération des otages, sa perception des différents intervenants autour de l'ambassadeur de France, l'équipée du député Didier Julia, le rôle crucial de Charles Marchiani, et nous fait partager son émotion lors de leur libération. Un moment qui lui rappelle sa propre histoire, sa détention à Beyrouth, en 1988, les lourdes séquelles qu'il en a gardées et la dépression qui s'en est suivie. 2005.By Bobby Orr. 2013
Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. No defenseman had ever…
played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. He has never written a memoir, authorized a biography, or talked to journalists about his past, but now he is finally ready to tell his story. Bestseller. 2013.By Emily Carr, S. M Crean. 2003
Though she is best known for her paintings today, Emily Carr first gained recognition as the author of seven popular…
books. Gathered together are the previously unpublished writings from her journals, notebooks, and correspondence. Includes the complete text of the 1913 "Lecture on Totems". 2003.By Clara Hughes. 2015
From one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians comes a raw but life-affirming story of one woman’s struggle with mental illness.…
After more than a decade in the gruelling world of professional sports that stripped away her confidence and bruised her body, Clara Hughes began to realize that her physical extremes, her emotional setbacks, and her partying habits were masking a severe depression. After winning bronze in the last speed skating race of her career, she decided to retire from that sport, determined to repair herself. She has emerged as one of our most committed humanitarians, advocating for a variety of social causes in Canada and around the world. Bestseller. 2015.By Robert J Dole. 2005
Former senator from Kansas describes his enlistment into the elite U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division as a lieutenant during World…
War II. Chronicles the April 14, 1945, battle in Italy that paralyzed him, his long recovery, first marriage, and entry into civilian life and the political sphere. Bestseller. 2005.By Richard Wagamese. 2008
Wagamese's look back at the long road he traveled in reclaiming his identity, and about what he's learned as a…
human being, a man, and an Ojibway. Whether he's writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus, listening to the wind, or meeting Johnny Cash, these are stories told in a healing spirit. Through them, Wagamese shows how to appreciate life for the remarkable learning journey it is. Explicit descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2008.By Lorinda Stewart. 2017
On August 23, 2008, Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped outside Mogadishu in Somalia. The kidnappers’ demand was simple: pay millions or…
Amanda would be killed. For the next 460 days, Amanda’s mother, Lorinda Stewart, did everything in her power to get her daughter back alive. What was supposed to be a short negotiation stretched on, and weeks became months. As negotiations broke down, Lorinda found herself increasingly on her own. But she never gave up hope, even when the phone calls became more traumatic. Faced with the terrible possibility of her daughter’s death, Lorinda decided to bring in a private security company and raise money from donors to support the cause of bringing Amanda home. But would it be enough? Bestseller. 2017.