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The bush garden: essays on the Canadian imagination
By Northrop Frye. 1971
Dr. Frye has collected all his essays on Canadian writing and painting which he believes are of permanent value. Includes…
his annual surveys of English Canadian poetry which originally appeared between 1950 and 1960.The boy who couldn't stop washing: the experience & treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder
By Judith L Rapoport. 1989
A psychiatrist and her patients tell about their battles with this common condition, which compels patients to repeat actions such…
as hand-washing. Often ashamed, the afflicted examine the nature of their disorder and describe their treatment experiences. c1989.The book of (even more) awesome
By Neil Pasricha. 2011
Pasricha is back with a collection of hundreds more awesome things from his website, as well as never-before-seen extraordinary moments…
that deserve celebration. Some include: when your windshield wipers match the beat of the song you're listening to, letting go of the gas pump perfectly so you end on a round number, and when a baby falls asleep on you. Bestseller. c2011.Sois ta meilleure amie!
By Josée Boudreault. 2014
" Au fil de ses 25 ans de carrière en communication, Josée Boudreault a fait de nombreuses rencontres marquantes. Des…
gens connus, mais aussi d'illustres inconnus, ont influencé sa façon de voir la vie et de la croquer à pleines dents. Sois ta meilleure amie ! propose, sans prétention, de porter un regard empathique et rempli d'amour et d'affection sur vous-même par un mode de vie sain et des pensées constructives, pour maintenir ou rétablir l'équilibre dans les multiples aspects de votre quotidien. " -- 4e de couv.The blue flames that keep us warm: Mike McCardell's favourite stories
By Mike McCardell. 2007
Mike McCardell has spent over 30 years on a B.C. news program showing that the truly important events that make…
our world go round are not the wars and murders that grab the headlines, but the little things that happen on back streets to people we never hear about. He sees the same streets we all see, but stops to ask the questions we don't. 2007.Solitude face à la mer (Collection de l'onde qui passe)
By Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Nicole Bogliolo, Georges Roditi. 1983
Une méditation d’Anne Lindbergh sur son mode de vie, son équilibre personnel, ses rapports avec autrui dont se dégagent une…
force et une sérénité incroyables. Un livre qui incite chacun à l’introspection et à l’isolement, passages obligés pour s’épanouir, se recentrer et s’ouvrir aux autres. 1983. Titre uniforme: Gift from the seaThe big idea: how to make your entrepreneurial dreams come true, from the a-ha moment to your first million
By Catherine Whitney, Donny Deutsch. 2008
In this companion to his nightly CNBC television series, The Big Idea, former ad man Deutsch profiles entrepreneurs who have…
visited his show and the lessons he's learned from them. The author relishes stories of little people, mothers, students, retirees and former screw ups, who had only a good idea and built multimillion-dollar businesses without MBAs. Entrepreneurial success stories are complemented by practical advice and resources for building a business. c2008. Uniform title: Big idea with Donny Deutsch (Television program)The big book of calm: over 100 successful techniques for relaxing mind and body
By Paul Wilson. 1999
This text investigates crisis control - restoring your sense of well-being when things go wrong. Contains over a hundred of…
the most powerful calming techniques known, from the wisdom of ancient civilisations to the discoveries of modern research. The solutions offered are based on meditation, acupressure, self-hypnosis, psychotherapy, aromatherapy, exercise and diet. 1999. Uniform title: Instant calmTarir la source de l'anxiété: [se défaire du ressentiment] (Psychologie)
By Louise Reid. 2002
Avec le présent ouvrage, vous allez découvrir, à travers des mots et des images très simples, quelle est la source…
inconsciente unique à laquelle s'alimentent toutes les maladies et tous les désordres reliés à l'anxiété. Vous apprendrez à reconnaître cette source infectieuse en vous, à voir de quelle manière elle s'est développée et les dégâts qu'elle a pu causer. Plus important encore, lorsque vous aurez pris conscience des éléments qui composent le foyer d'infection, vous aurez l'opportunité de nettoyer l'abcès et de vous en débarrasser définitivement à l'aide d'un simple exercice relativement doux et facile à effectuer. 2002.The anxiety & phobia workbook
By Edmund J Bourne. 2015
This book is a self-help workbook for anxiety disorders. Packed with effective skills for assessing and treating anxiety, it can…
be used alone or as a supplement to therapy to help you develop a full arsenal of skills for quieting worried thoughts and putting yourself back in control. 2015.The art of the good life: 52 surprising shortcuts to happiness, wealth, and success
By Rolf Dobelli. 2017
The best American essays 2001 (The Best American series)
By Kathleen Norris, Robert Atwan. 2001
Twenty-six writers explore their reactions to a variety of experiences. Stephen King describes the trauma of being hit by a…
van and his recovery process; Reynolds Price explains his religious beliefs for his godchild; and Anne Fadiman expresses her feelings about postal service and e-mail. 2001.The best of Alan Coren
By Alan Coren. 1981
Seventy-seven pieces by "Punch" editor-writer Coren. Includes a memoir about a Gatsby of the future; an alcoholic's letter to his…
auntie; and a spoof of British ingenuity during the ice age. 1981.The best of Shakespeare: Retellings Of 10 Classic Plays (The Opie library)
By E Nesbit, William Shakespeare. 1997
Ten of Shakespeare's plays retold in simple language. Nesbit compiled the collection after a visit to the poet's home with…
her children. She encouraged them to try reading some of the original plays, only to be told the writing was too difficult to understand. This volume includes Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Othello. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1997.The badass life: 30 amazing days to a lifetime of great habits--body, mind, and spirit
By Maggie Greenwood-Robinson, Christmas Abbott. 2017
Provides a day-by-day guide designed to encourage habit change through fun, dynamic daily tasks. It takes thirty days to break…
a bad habit and thirty days to create a good one. The author provides a daily challenge for your mental, physical, and spiritual awareness to help you develop positive thinking and successful behavior and boost your brainpower. 2017.The art of body talk: how to decode gestures, mannerisms, and other nonverbal messages
By Gregory Hartley, Maryann Karinch. 2017
Reading body language is a gateway to understanding why people act the way they do. It's not just a matter…
of understanding their true emotions but also of identifying their true motivation. The authors share their highly successful READ (Review, Evaluate, Analyze, Decide) system of understanding body language, but with an exciting twist: they give you the skills to use READ to see what's behind those eye movements, gestures, and twitches, the skills to go inside the head of your source! Why stop at "what" when you can go all the way to "why"--the driving force behind the actions; discover how to get past your filters so you aren't tricked by your own misperceptions; and learn how to apply the skills in business and in your personal life. 2017.The art of abundance: ten rules for a prosperous life
By Dennis Merritt Jones. 2018
Whether we're striving for a new job, a higher salary, or a better relationship, Dennis Merritt Jones explains that we…
all essentially want the same thing: freedom, inner peace, and a life filled with purpose and meaning. He argues that a life of wholeness and peaceful satisfaction is readily available to us--we just need the eyes to see it and the faith to claim it. The problem is that most people don't know where to look for such a life. This book will help readers open their eyes to the limitless abundance that lies waiting just beyond their current belief system. Jones identifies ten rules or practices that, when followed faithfully, lay the foundation for a life worth living. In order to make each rule as easy to apply as possible, Jones lays out the premise, the problem, the principle, the practice, and the payoff of each. The "Abundance Rules" assist readers in creating a greater flow of goodness into their lives--in ways they may have never considered. 2018.The art of death: writing the final story
By Edwidge Danticat. 2017
A personal account of the author's mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other…
writers have approached death in their own work. The book moves outward from the shock of her mother's diagnosis and sifts through Danticat's writing life and personal history. 2017The beauty of discomfort: how what we avoid is what we need
By Amanda Lang. 2017
Truly successful people don’t merely tolerate discomfort - they embrace it and seek it out again and again. Business founders…
and university students, top athletes and couch potatoes, meditation gurus and military leaders all have very different ways of coping with discomfort, but the most successful among them believe that withstanding discomfort is a skill that has helped them in hugely positive ways. Some were forced into discomfort through no choice of their own - a life-altering illness, a business fiasco - while others signed up for it because they had goals they were determined to achieve. Becoming comfortable with discomfort won’t just make us more resilient and more successful, however we define success. It will also make us happier. 2017.The bees
By Carol Ann Duffy. 2011
'The Bees' is a collection of poetry from the pen of Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Weaving through the book…
is its presiding spirit, the bee, symbolizing what we have left of grace in the world and what is most precious for us to protect. 2011.