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Fernand Seguin: le savant imaginaire
By Jean Marc Carpentier, Danielle Ouellet. 1994
Une reconstitution fidèle de l'impressionnante carrière et du cheminement personnel de cet humaniste et communicateur scientifique au Québec à qui…
l'on a décerné, en 1977, la plus haute distinction internationale dans le domaine de la vulgarisation scientifique. Pendant plus de quarante ans, il aura initié tous les publics à la joie de connaître. Véritable homme-orchestre: il était à la fois un chercheur passionné, un humoriste incomparable, un animateur talentueux et un producteur. 1994.Opium eater: the new confessions
By Carlyn Zwarenstein. 2016
North Americans are the world's most compulsive and prolific users of legal opioids. Carlyn Zwarenstein, diagnosed with an inflammatory spine…
disease as a young mother, eventually turned to them to manage her pain. In this update of De Quincey’s "Confessions of an English Opium-Eater", she recounts her search for relief and release - with its euphoric ups, hallucinatory lows and desperate pharmacy visits. Along the way she traces the long tradition of opium’s influence on culture and imagination, from De Quincey to Frida Kahlo. Part love letter to Romanticism, part critique of modern medicine, Zwarenstein’s memoir offers a distinctly different riff on pain, creativity and mind-altering drugs. 2016.Only the eyes say yes: a love story
By Philippe Vigand, Stéphane Vigand. 1999
Chronicles the struggles of a young French couple after Philippe develops a condition known as locked-in syndrome as a result…
of a ruptured brain artery. Describes their rehabilitation efforts, including the use of a blinking alphabet and a computer. Stéphane reflects on her decision to remain married and on the birth of their child. 1999. Uniform title: Putain de silence.Il n'y a pas lieu, madame: récit vérité
By Isabelle Robert. 1979
L'histoire vécue d'une femme qui parle de sa grossesse et qui nous raconte dans toute ses nuances le rapport intime…
qui s'établit entre son corps et l'être qu'elle porte. Ce qui s'annonçait comme une merveilleuse aventure tourne au cauchemar. 1979.Once we were sisters: a memoir
By Sheila Kohler. 2017
When Sheila Kohler was thirty-seven, she received the heart-stopping news that her sister Maxine, only two years older, was killed…
when her husband drove them off a deserted road in Johannesburg. Stunned by the news, she immediately flew back to the country where she was born, determined to find answers and forced to reckon with his history of violence and the lingering effects of their most unusual childhood--one marked by death and the misguided love of their mother. 2017.One hundred names for love: a stroke, a marriage, and the language of healing
By Diane Ackerman. 2011
Author and naturalist Ackerman reflects on the time she spent caring for her husband, novelist Paul West, after a stroke…
took his ability to speak. With conventional therapy not working, Ackerman decided to step in and do everything she could to help her husband find his words. 2011.One beetle too many: the extraordinary adventures of Charles Darwin
By Kathryn Lasky. 2010
One more border: the true story of one family's escape from war-torn Europe
By Shelley Tanaka, William Kaplan. 1998
During World War II, as Nazi troops took over Europe, thousands of Jews tried to flee Hitler's advance. This is…
the true story of one family's harrowing escape to Canada, by train and ship, travelling three-quarters of the way around the world. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 1998.One for sorrow, two for joy
By Mary Cook. 1984
One man's medicine
By Morris Gibson. 1983
Amusing stories about a Scottish doctor's years as a medical student in Glasgow, an army physician in wartime England, and…
a general practitioner in rural Yorkshire. Followed by "A View of the Mountains." 1983.Once upon a time: a true story
By Gloria Vanderbilt. 1985
As a young girl, Gloria Vanderbilt was caught in the middle of a custody battle between her mother and her…
aunt. The trial made headlines every day because Gloria was heiress to the Vanderbilt millions. Bestseller 1985.Once in a house on fire
By Andrea Ashworth. 1998
Andrea Ashworth's father drowned when she was five and her sister was three. They lived in Manchester where money was…
tight, but people were kind. Then, with a new father, and a new baby sister, came a new smell of meat and onions - and fear. As Andrea grew, she discovered that there was another life to be lived; a happier world, hidden in pictures and music and especially in books. 1998.Oh the glory of it all
By Sean Wilsey. 2005
Sean Wilsey's memoir of growing up in 1980s' San Francisco. Despite a privileged background, family neglect supplies him with more…
than his share of neuroses, narcissism, and self-destructive behaviour, which lead him ultimately to a boarding school in Italy, where he turns his life around. Strong language and some descriptions of sex and violence. 2005.On the outskirts of normal: forging a family against the grain (Lone Star audio #No. 1)
By Debra Monroe. 2011
In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to…
adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of single motherhood, complicated by her being white and her adopted daughter being black. 2011.On pills and needles: the relentless fight to save my son from opioid addiction
By Rick Van Warner. 2018
Through his harrowing personal story, Rick Van Warner exposes the common causes of opioid addiction, effective and ineffective ways it…
has been treated, and how families can walk alongside loved ones who are dealing with the realities of addiction. 2018.On my own at 107: reflections on life without Bessie
By Amy Hill Hearth, Sarah Louise Delany. 1997
The remaining Delany, Sarah, tells her late sister Bessie what life has been like since her death in 1995. Glad…
that she, instead of Bessie, suffered the loss, Sarah vows to make life pleasant, knowing that's what her sibling would want. Companion to "Having our say" . 1997.Of this earth: a Mennonite boyhood in the boreal forest
By Rudy Henry Wiebe. 2006
Author Wiebe describes the vanished world of Speedwell, Saskatchewan, an isolated, poplar-forested, mostly Mennonite community - and Rudy's first home.…
Too young to do heavy work, Rudy witnessed a way of life that was soon to disappear, including clearing the stony land and digging wells, and remembers sorrow at the death of a beloved sister and the sweet discovery of the power of reading. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2006.Faim de vivre: témoignage
By Jérôme Ferrer. 2018
Quand le cancer s'invite à table, même un grand chef se sent démuni. Jérôme Ferrer l'a vécu lorsque Virginie, avec…
qui il s'apprêtait à fonder une famille, a appris qu'elle avait un cancer du poumon de stade 4. Plongé dans un combat injuste, il a affronté la maladie avec les armes qui sont les siennes : le plaisir de cuisiner des plats assaisonnés de souvenirs et de tendresse. Son témoignage est un récit touchant, une réflexion sur le pouvoir d'une simple recette de tomates farcies, une belle histoire d'accompagnement et un généreux hommage à la ' faim de vivre ' de ceux qui s'aiment. Faim de vivre trouvera un bel écho parmi tous ceux qui accompagnent une personne atteinte du cancer et se sentent impuissants à la soutenir. 2018.Entre la jeunesse et la sagesse: l'album de famille des sœurs McGarrigle
By Rachel Martinez, Anna McGarrigle, Jane McGarrigle. 2016
" Anna et Jane McGarrigle, les sœurs de Kate, tantes de Rufus et de Martha Wainwright, racontent l'histoire de la…
famille de musiciens la plus talentueuse qui soit : un clan qui rythme nos vies depuis cinquante ans. Évoquant les aventures de leurs ancêtres entre Saint John (N.-B.) et Montréal, elles se remémorent leur enfance à Saint-Sauveur et leur adolescence tumultueuse dans le Québec des années 1950. Elles nous entraînent à Montréal, New York, San Francisco, sur les scènes bigarrées de la musique folk des années 1960 ; pour aboutir à l'inoubliable duo formé par Kate et Anna. Aussi hommage à Kate, décédée en 2010, l'ouvrage permet de cerner la personnalité de cette artiste exceptionnelle. Émaillé de chansons et de photos, ce récit prolonge l'œuvre de ces femmes libres. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Mountain city girls.Not guilty: my guide to working hard, raising kids and laughing through the chaos
By Debbie Travis. 2008
Debbie Travis, the home decorating icon, launched her career when she had two kids at home under two. She describes…
the rollercoaster ride of raising two feisty little boys at the same time as working with her husband to create two TV production companies and three TV series. Full of laughter, tears, survival strategies and reality checks from other moms who've also had their meltdown moments, Debbie's book will help you lose the guilt and enjoy the ride. Some descriptions of sex. 2008.