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Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.Selected to live
By Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner. 1971
Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner tells of a Jewish childhood ravaged by Nazis, and of her own shocked witness to the total destruction…
of her family - even as she miraculously escaped the same fate. The story of a girl who was picked out from thousands of condemned people and selected to live. 1971.Roosevelt and Churchill: men of secrets
By David Stafford. 1999
Explores the relationship between the United States president Franklin Roosevelt and the British prime minister Winston Churchill before and during…
the Second World War. Explains how the two leaders shared intelligence secrets, bribed Spain to remain neutral, and trusted each other despite conflicting postwar national interests. 1999.Sailors, slackers, and blind pigs: Halifax at war
By Stephen Kimber. 2002
In May 1945, the city of Halifax erupted in a riot - a two-day orgy or boozing, looting, window-smashing, dancing…
in the streets, public fornication, and mindless mayhem to 'celebrate' the end of the war. The paternalism, privations, overcrowding, and tensions of a city at war created a situation waiting to explode, and an admiral's pride provided the match that set it off. Includes interviews with the people who lived through it - sailors, slackers (civilians), street urchins, prohibitionists, spies, profiteers, reporters, and just plain local folks. Some strong language. Winner of the 2004 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 2002.Rules for aging: a wry and witty guide
By Roger Rosenblat. 2000
Rosenblat believes most people worry needlessly about things that aren't important, thereby taking years off their lives. Rosenblat gives advice…
on how to keep things in perspective and live life to the fullest in 54 humorous pieces. 2000.Rising '44: the battle for Warsaw
By Norman Davies. 2004
Uses archives and interviews to chronicle the two-month rebellion by Polish Resistance against German occupation. Describes the nearby Soviet army's…
refusal to help and diplomatic disagreements among Poland's western Allies that led to the Poles' failure and Warsaw's destruction. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.Ressources inhumaines: les gardiens de camps de concentration et leurs loisirs 1933-1945 (Histoire)
By Fabrice D' Almeida. 2011
A partir des archives de la SS, l'historien étudie l'organisation du travail des gardiens de camps de concentration et d'extermination…
mise en place par Himmler et ses adjoints mais aussi la gestion de leurs loisirs pour éviter l'ennui et la démotivation. Prix Augustin-Thierry 2011.Return to Midway
By Robert D Ballard, Rick Archbold. 1999
Fifty-six years after the fateful World War II sea and air conflict, underwater explorer Ballard returns in search of the…
lost ships. Describes the events of June 4, 1942, and the author's discovery of sunken remains. 1999.Retirement guide for Canadians: an overall plan for a comfortable future (Self-counsel retirement series)
By Henry S Hunnisett. 1993
A guide for Canadians who are at or nearing the retirement stage of life. The author, having experienced many of…
the problems and disappointments encountered by many retirees, attempts to answer the key questions people may have about how to plan for a fulfilling and financially stable retirement. 1993.Retire rich: winning strategies for higher retirement income
By Stephen Gadsden. 1999
One in five Canadian seniors lives below the poverty line. Here a financial planner shares tips on how to avoid…
this fate. Gadsden discusses how to calculate how much money you'll need to save, the six keys to retirement wealth, how to organize your finances as retirement approaches, and strategies for generating the largest retirement nest egg possible. Also included are case studies, sample forms, and checklists to help you get started on your way to retiring rich.Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby: Italy 1944 (Famous Regiments)
By Alex Bowlby. 1989
The battalion in which Bowlby served was renowned throughout the Eighth army, but luck deserted it after the North African…
campaign. Stripped of its hard core of regulars it was sent as heavy infantry to Italy, instead of the specialised role for which it had been trained, and lost its first and second battles. Bowlby describes exactly how men behave when the heat is on, and his account of life in an infantry platoon in Italy 1944. 1989.Que faut-il dire? (Collection Psychologie)
By Rob Buckman, Ruth Major Lapierre. 1989
Cet ouvrage rédigé à l'intention des amis et des membres de la famille d'un mourant, aborde clairement et franchement nombres…
des inquiétudes susceptibles de les troubler. Le docteur Buckman explique comment parler au mourant et comment l'écouter avec sensibilité. 1989. Titre uniforme: I don't know what to say.Pursuit: the chase and sinking of the Bismarck
By Ludovic Kennedy. 1974
Proud spirit: lessons, insights & healing from "The voice of the spirit world"
By Rosemary Altea. 1998
Spiritual medium Altea takes the reader farther along the path of her personal cosmology. She explains how the living affect…
the dead's happiness and well-being, discusses reincarnation, and whether souls heal emotionally and spiritually after death. Provides dozens of stories about the lives and deaths of real people, and shares the insights and processes that helped heal her own wounds. Sequel to "The eagle and the rose". Some descriptions of violence. 1998.Pourquoi les femmes vivent-elles plus longtemps que les hommes?
By Royda Crose. 1998
Malgré les progrès de la médecine, les hommes meurent en moyenne sept ou huit ans avant les femmes. Cette espérance…
de vie limitée s'explique-t-elle par la biologie? D'après l'auteure, il s'agit surtout d'une question d'adaptation. Elle constate que les femmes surmontent plus facilement les crises de la vie, qu'elles savent créer des liens affectifs durables et se montrer à la fois flexibles et résistantes. Cette capacité d'adaptation les aide à vieillir plus sereinement et, semble-t-il, à vivre plus longtemps. 1998.Chemin faisant: rencontres avec douze personnalités inspirantes
By Paule Des Rivières, Raynald Petit. 2016
Poignardé en plein coeur par des spaghettis crus: le nouveau sottisier des morts absurdes
By Paul Sieveking, Ian Simmons, Val Stevenson. 1999
Planning your retirement
By Blossom T Wigdor. 1985
Persian Gulf Command: a history of the Second World War in Iran and Iraq
By Ashley Jackson. 2018
Excusez-moi, je suis en deuil: les petits groupes d'endeuillés remplaceront-ils les rituels funéraires traditionnels?
By Jean Monbourquette, Isabelle D' Aspremont. 2016
Nos contemporains ont l'épiderme sensible : ils ne supportent pas que nous parlions de mort et de deuil, mots devenus…
tabous pour eux. Nous ne pouvons plus évoquer ces sujets sans créer chez nos vis-à-vis un climat d'ennui et de mélancolie, voire de dépression. Si le déni social de la mort et du deuil prévaut, que dire du sort des endeuillés eux-mêmes? Ils se sentent malvenus dans une société qui adopte un non-dit devant ces réalités déjà pénibles à vivre. 2016.