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Let's move on: Paul Okalik speaks out
By Paul Okalik, Louis McComber. 2018
Paul Okalik was raised in a community that has survived starvation, epidemics, eradication of their spiritual heritage, relocation, schooling in…
a foreign language and confrontation with the Canadian justice system. He made the decision to improve the living conditions of his fellow Inuit. After ten years in Ottawa universities, he was called to the Northwest Territories Bar and then was elected the first Premier of Nunavut, the new Canadian territory, all in the year 1999. The new government was challenged on all fronts. Education and training was crucial if Inuit wanted to play a determining role in decision-making. While Paul Okalik was premier, Nunavut developed a civil service decentralized over ten distant communities, built much-needed infrastructures and provided more affordable housing. 2018.Letters to my grandchildren
By David T Suzuki. 2015
In these inspiring letters to his grandchildren, Mr. Suzuki challenges them to speak out and act on their beliefs, explains…
why sports are important, decries the lack of elders and grandparents in the lives of many people (especially immigrants), and champions the importance of heroes. Bestseller. 2015.Letters of a businessman to his daughter
By G. Kingsley Ward. 1989
Ward's letters to his daughter provide straightforward advice on such topics as the importance of setting goals, delegating responsibility, balancing…
work and family, and how, as a woman, to ensure equal treatment in the workplace. Companion volume to "Letters of a businessman to his son". Bestseller . 1989.Lyndon Johnson and the American dream: The Most Revealing Portrait Of A President And Presidential Power Ever Written
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 1991
Pastor uses scripture and anecdotes from his own ministry to answer questions about Jesus’s life and message. Discusses heaven and…
hell and argues that the Bible promotes love and forgiveness, not hatred. Rejects the idea that all non-Christians go to hell. Bestseller. 2011.Love, loss, and what we ate: a memoir
By Padma Lakshmi. 2016
Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how people eat is an extension of…
how they love, how they comfort, how they forge a sense of home, and how they taste the world as they navigate their way through it. Shuttling between continents as a child, she lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favourite food remained the simple rice she first ate sitting on the cool floor of her grandmother's kitchen in South India. This is the extraordinary account of her journey from that humble kitchen, ruled by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges' table of Top Chef and beyond. Bestseller. 2016.Losing a child
By Elaine Storkey. 1989
Lost & found: a kid's book for living through loss
By Marc Gellman, Thomas Hartman. 1999
Les saisons du deuil: la mort, tisserande de la vie ((Collection Psychologie).)
By Josée Jacques. 2010
" De nombreuses pertes jalonnent notre vie: rupture amoureuse, maladie, mise à pied, retraite... Mais comment peut-on les apprivoiser, plus…
particulièrement celle reliée à la mort? Quelques mois ou des années après un décès, plusieurs personnes lui attribuent un pouvoir de croissance indéniable. Pourtant, cela n'enlève en rien la souffrance qui en découle et l'impression de ne jamais pouvoir retrouver son équilibre lorsqu'un proche meurt. De quelle façon le parcours sinueux qui suit la perte d'un être cher peut-il donner un sens à cet événement qui en semble dépourvu? " -- 4e de couv.Le dernier discours
By Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow, Jean Blajan. 2008
Dernier discours d'un éminent professeur d'université en informatique sur le thème "Réaliser ses rêves d'enfant", alors qu'il vient juste d'apprendre…
qu'il est atteint d'un cancer terminal. Dans cet ouvrage poignant, sorte de message ultime qu'il offre à ses trois jeunes enfants, Pausch, nous fait partager sa philosophie de vie tout en parlant de son enfance, de sa jeunesse, de son rôle de père, de son enseignement, etc. 2008. Titre uniforme: The last lecture.Let the elephants run: unlock your creativity and change everything
By David Usher. 2015
Usher believes creativity is in our DNA; it's in everyone, not just the creative class. We all start our lives…
as creative beings but for many that spark becomes lost over time. How do we jump-start our creative process as adults? What does it mean to be a creative person? How do we follow through with our ideas and turn them into tangible outcomes? Usher empowers readers to achieve more “aha” moments through two cornerstone principles of creativity: freedom and structure. Using a mix of personal anecdotes and professional examples from the worlds of industry, technology, science, music and art, he shows us that creativity is not magic; it is a learnable skill that any person or business can master. Bestseller. 2015.Leçons de vie: deux experts de la mort et des phases terminales nous révèlent les mystères de la vie
By David Kessler, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross. 2002
Partant de leur expérience auprès de malades en phase terminale aussi bien que de ce que leur propre vie s'est…
chargée de leur enseigner, les auteurs abordent, souvent sous forme de courts récits commentés, des sujets comme l'authenticité, l'amour, le deuil, la colère, le pardon, le bonheur. 2002.Leonard: my fifty-year friendship with a remarkable man
By William Shatner, David Fisher. 2016
Shatner and Nimoy first met as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that…
their next roles, in a new science-fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In 79 television episodes and six feature films, they grew to know each other more than most friends could ever imagine. In this powerfully emotional book, Shatner tells the story of a man who was his friend for over 50 years, recounting anecdotes and untold stories of their lives on and off set, as well as gathering stories from Nimoy's close friends and family. Bestseller. 2016.Leadership in turbulent times
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2018
In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an…
illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely--Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)--to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon adversity. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. This seminal work provides an accessible and essential road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in times of apprehension and fracture take on a singular urgency. Bestseller. 2018.Leaving before the rains come
By Alexandra Fuller. 2015
L'amour ultime: l'accompagnement des mourants
By Marie De Hennezel, Johanne De Montigny. 1991
" Notre rapport à la mort est en train de changer, notamment face au sida qui affecte principalement des hommes…
et des femmes jeunes. Dans le cadre des unités de soins palliatifs et dans quelques hôpitaux, des psychologues, comme Marie de Hennezel et Johanne de Montigny, ont entrepris d'aider ceux qui vont mourir à rester jusqu'au bout des êtres vivants. Mourir dans la dignité, n'est-ce pas le désir profond de chacun, tant pour soi-même que pour ses proches ? Ce livre, qui rend compte d'expériences parfois difficiles, nous fait entrevoir ce qu'il y a d'amour et de respect de l'autre dans l'accompagnement des mourants. Un ouvrage fort, qui nous concerne tous. " -- 4e de couv.Comme un vol d'aigles (Le livre de poche ; #7693)
By Ken Follett, Jean Rosenthal. 2004
Ce lien qui ne meurt jamais (Memoires - Temoignages - Biographies Ser. #Vol. 6128904)
By Lytta Basset. 2007
En 2001, le fils de l'auteure, pasteure et théologienne protestante dont toute l'oeuvre est centrée sur la notion de malheur,…
se suicidait à l'âge de 24 ans. Pendant plusieurs mois, elle prit quotidiennement note des événements et des sentiments qui l'habitaient. Avec le recul, elle commente ses notes et tente de les interpréter à la lumière de la psychologie et des Evangiles.Après le suicide d'un proche: vivre le deuil et se reconstruire
By Christophe Fauré. 2007
Elle n'était pas d'ici
By Patrick Poivre D'Arvor. 1995
Puisque Solenn a choisi de mettre fin au combat qu'elle menait depuis trois ans contre les démons de sa maladie,…
je voudrais, comme Patrick, que sa disparition soit un signal d'alarme. J'aimerais que ce livre, écrit dans l'urgence de la douleur, soit un cri vers tous ceux et celles, adolescents ou préadolescents, qui seraient tentés par la terrible impasse du suicide. La souffrance qui se lit dans ces pages, à travers les lettres reçues, est celle, indicible, de Solenn et de milliers d'autres. C'est celle aussi des parents qui assistent, impuissants, à la destruction de leur enfant. Si cette souffrance qui a été la nôtre peut aider tous ceux qui ont été ou vont être confrontés à l'anorexie ou à la boulimie, alors Solenn ne sera pas morte pour rien.