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Novelist explores the relationships among five writers of the transcendentalist movement who clustered around the home of wealthy Ralph Waldo…
Emerson in Concord, Massachusetts, during 1840-1868. Highlights their intertwined families and the love affairs that contributed to the creation of their literary masterpieces. 2006By Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective. 2009
Information about all stages of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. Discusses choosing medical care, planning the birth, and attending…
to the pregnant woman's physical and emotional care. Describes special concerns during pregnancy and childbirth and covers the tests that may be involved. Also addresses infant feeding options. 2008By V. R Leonard. 2008
Guide to Social Security and Medicare programs and various government benefits. Describes eligibility requirements and the application process for retirement,…
disability, dependent, survivor, and other compensation. Discusses Medicare co-pays, premiums, and prescription coverage. Offers tips on dealing with caseworkers and responding to the denial of a claim. Includes resources. 2008By Maya Angelou. 2008
Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (RC 57200, BR 15665) shares life lessons in the form of…
reminiscences, poems, and short essays with her thousands of young daughters all over the world. In "Senegal" Angelou commits a social faux pas that her hostess graciously ignores. Bestseller. 2008By J. G. Ballard. 2013
Autobiography of the author of Empire of the Sun (DB 22409). Describes his youth in Shanghai, incarceration in a Japanese…
prison camp, and later life in England. Includes introduction by China Mieville, author of The City and the City (DB 72153). 2008By Brandon R. Schrand. 2013
Creative-writing professor tells his life story using fiction and nonfiction books as markers. References S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders (DB 22433),…
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (DB 16147), and George Orwell's 1984 (DB 34268), among others, as he grows from boy to man. Strong language. 2013A professional organizer presents monthly projects, divided into weekly tasks, to streamline every part of the house. There are also…
instructions for planning a trip, moving, keeping up with correspondence, paying bills, preparing for school, and handling the holidays. Suggests techniques, such as journaling, to stay on track. 2008By Raymond A. Sokolov. 2013
Restaurant critic and former food editor for the New York Times reminisces about the evolution of the culinary industry during…
his professional tenure. Examines the rise of the celebrity chef and the development of artisanal ingredients. Includes some previously published material. 2013By Brian Jay Jones. 2008
Biography of Washington Irving (1783-1859), author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (DB 51748, BR 8876). Chronicles Irving's New York…
upbringing, his years abroad, the 1809 death of his fiancée, and the publication of the satirical Knickerbocker's History of New York, which secured his literary reputation and celebrity. 2008By Irene Gammel, St. Martin`s Press. 2008
Biography of Canadian novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) that explains her creation of Anne Shirley, the main character of the…
1908 bestseller Anne of Green Gables (DB 56114). Details Montgomery's private life and relates its influences on her writing. 2008By James Baldwin. 1993
Essays drawn from Baldwin's personal experiences in America and Europe. Baldwin writes about race relations, the writer's role in society,…
a Paris conference of black artists and writers, and his association with novelists Richard Wright and Norman Mailer. Sequel to Notes of a Native Son (RC 33260). 1954By Sara Khalili, Shahrnūsh Pārsīʹpūr. 2013
Iranian novelist writes of her times of imprisonment, first at the hands of the shah and then, from 1981 to…
1986, by the Islamic Republic. Describes day-to-day life, the treatment of women prisoners, and the loss of friends who were executed. Translated from Persian. Some violence. 2013A practical, expert-led, straight-talking guide to exercising during pregnancy and post-birth. Staying active during pregnancy and the postpartum period has…
vast physical and mental health benefits, but it's also a subject that's fraught with fear, myths, and misinformation. We're told by doctors to exercise, but we're not given the tools with which to do so. Enter: The Bump Plan, by personal trainer, pre-and-postnatal exercise specialist and mother of two, Hollie Grant. With illustrated trimester-by-trimester plans on what you can safely do at each stage, guidance about the physical shifts you can expect, information on how to move and get back to doing the things you love after your baby has arrived, and nutrition and pelvic health advice, there is no better companion to see you through this exciting but daunting timeBy Simon Boulerice. 2021
Trente ans après la fin de leurs études secondaires, quatre amis se concoctent un conventum personnel. Au mitan de leur…
vie, l'heure est au bilan. Leur amitié a-t-elle survécu? Le temps les a-t-il véritablement bonifiés? Leur homophobie n'était-elle qu'un reflet de l'époque? C'est ce dont doute Maryse, qui, ado, aurait tant voulu être incluse dans le quatuor tricoté serré. Un soir d'après-bal, en 1990, malmenée par ce clan à la fois lumineux et toxique, Maryse a vécu le moment le plus traumatisant de sa vie. Depuis, le cinéma la cautérise autant qu'il assouvit ses fantasmes de vengeance. Mais comme ce serait doux de se venger pour de vrai, sans passer par la docile catharsisBy Louise Dupré. 2010
By Josée Blanchette. 2003
Textes de la chronique de Josée Blanchette publiée chaque vendredi dans Le Devoir et intitulée "Maux de coeur, de cul…
et de cocus". Chaque semaine les lecteurs du journal se prêtent au jeu, s'épanchent et demandent conseil à Joblo. Un portrait humoristique et mordant de la vie amoureuse des QuébécoisBy Jean Barbeau. 1977
Rodolphe Lacroix est un chômeur et une victime innocente de la répression. Avec sa "fille" et son "chum" français, il…
monte un spectacle parce qu'il a besoin de manger. A travers son "chemin", explosent sa révolte et ses fidélités. Goglu met en scène un raté et un chauffeur de taxi impuissants en face de leur misère, de leur ennui et de leur inutilité. C'est une pièce de la dépossession que Barbeau traite sur un ton comique, mais d'un comique amer et cynique. [SDMBy Michael Hanlon. 2007
British science writer focuses on issues that puzzle and intrigue him, including the nature of time, the mystery of reality,…
the obesity epidemic, and paranormal phenomena. He probes the riddle of consciousness in chapters on animal sentience and on the continuity of existence. For senior high and older readers. 2007By Jenni Ferrari-Adler. 2007
Ferrari-Adler invited twenty-six other writers, including food experts, to submit essays about odd but satisfying solo meals they've concocted. Nora…
Ephron describes the joy of potatoes, the novelist Laurie Colwin's title essay expounds upon the multifaceted eggplant, and a mother dreams of dining alone. Some strong language. 2007By Dan Ariely. 2008
MIT professor draws on scientific experiments, observations, and principles of behavioral economics to demonstrate ways everyday decisions involving activities such…
as eating and shopping are affected by emotions, social norms, expectations, and other intangible forces. Suggests changing behavior patterns to make better, more reasonable choices. Bestseller. 2008