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Queen Elizabeth the Queen mother: the official biography
By William Shawcross. 2009
Drawing on her private correspondence and other unpublished material from the Royal Archives, William Shawcross reveals the witty girl who…
endeared herself to soldiers convalescing at Glamis in the First World War; the assured young Duchess of York; the Queen, at last feeling able to look the East End in the face at the height of the Blitz; the Queen Mother, representing the nation at home and abroad throughout her widowhood. It is the portrait of a remarkable woman. 2009.Queen Victoria: from her birth to the death of the Prince Consort
By Cecil Woodham Smith. 1972
Following Victoria through childhood and the blissful years of a marriage based on a deep and abiding love, this biography…
places Victoria in the historic context of the Victorian era. 1972.Queen Elizabeth, a portrait of the Queen Mother: A Life Of The Queen Mother
By Penelope Mortimer. 1986
Elizabeth is entrenched in affection and admired for her projection of a maternal role and unfailing public amiability. Portrait begins…
with Elizabeth's Scottish debutante days when her winsome ways were "irresistible to men." Shows how this queen made her reluctant husband a credible leader. 1986.Quand la Chine change le monde: [essai]
By Erik Izraëlewicz. 2005
La Chine s'est éveillée, le monde tremble. Jamais dans l'histoire économique, une nation aussi grande n'avait connu une croissance aussi…
forte pendant une période aussi longue. Cette réussite devrait rassurer : elle inquiète. Par sa démesure, son appétit et ses moyens, par l'hypercapitalisme qui y règne aussi, l'Empire du Milieu déstabilise tous les marchés. Erik Izraelewicz analyse ce tremblement de terre en montrant, exemples à l'appui, comment la Chine change notre vie. Sommes-nous certains que la mondialisation sera heureuse ? 2005.Professeurs de désespoir
By Nancy Huston. 2004
Dans cette étude, l'écrivaine parle d'auteurs qu'elle considère "négativistes". Ils se divisent en trois générations. Adultes pendant la Seconde Guerre…
mondiale: Samuel Beckett, Emil Cioran - Enfants/adolescents pendant la guerre: Imre Kertész, Thomas Bernhard, Milan Kundera - Nées après la guerre: Elfriede Jelinek, Michel Houellebecq, Sarah Kane, Christine Angot, Linda Lê. 2004.Princess in love
By Anna Pasternak. 1994
The author claims to tell the true story of Princess Diana's affair with James Hewitt, staff captain in the palace…
Household Division. They met at a party in 1986, where Diana inquired if James, who ran the household stables, would help her overcome her fear of horseback riding. Supposedly the two were attracted immediately and soon developed a romantic relationship. The author has recreated their thoughts and conversations during a five-year period. Bestseller 1994. 1994.Princesse of Versailles: the life of Marie Adelaide of Savoy
By Charles Elliott. 1992
Elliot's account of Marie Adelaide of Savoy is interwoven with the story of life at the court of Louis XIV,…
the Sun King. Marie is only ten when she arrives at Versailles to marry the duc de Bourgogne, but her arrival brings life back into what has become a dying court. Marie is portrayed as having a keen wit and also as kind, thoughtful, intelligent, and dignified. 1992.Prince of Princes: Potemkin - the life
By Simon Sebag Montefiore. 2000
Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband, and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Their affair was…
so tumultuous; they negotiated an arrangement that allowed them to share power while he was free to love his beautiful nieces, and Catherine, her favourites. But they never stopped loving each other. Their endearing and passionate relationship remains one of history's most remarkable love affairs. 2000.Princess Alexandra
By Paul James. 1992
Prince Philip: a critical biography
By John Parker. 1990
Although born into Greek and German nobility, the early life of Prince Philip was unsettled. After his marriage to the…
future Elizabeth II, he became known for his outspoken nature and progressive causes. 1990.Powers of observation: familiar essays
By George Woodcock. 1989
La langue rapaillée: combattre l'insécurité linguistique des québécois
By Anne-Marie Beaudoin-Bégin. 2015
" Présenter le français québécois comme du joual, comme du mauvais français ou comme un simple registre populaire, qui contrevient…
au contenu des sacro-saints ouvrages de référence, c'est entacher l'identité québécoise d'une profonde insécurité. Le présenter comme un variété de langue légitime, dans toute sa complexité, avec toutes ses variations, pour laquelle les locuteurs ont un droit de regard, c'est nettoyer cette tache. C'est donner à l'identité québécoise tout le lustre dont elle a besoin pour s'épanouir. " -- 4e de couv.Portrait du Gulf Stream: éloge des courants : promenade
By Erik Orsenna. 2005
Le mal du Nord (Passages Ser.)
By Pierre Perrault. 1999
A l'occasion d'un voyage de Québec à la terre de Baffin, effectué en 1991 à bord du brise-glace Pierre-Radisson, l'auteur…
a tenu un journal de bord destiné à la radio, qu'il a par la suite remanié et qui prend aujourd'hui allure de texte testamentaire. On retrouvera dans ce livre, placé sous l'égide de René Richard à qui il doit son titre, les grands thèmes qui ont habité toute son oeuvre, et au premier chef le Saint-Laurent et la nature sauvage du Grand Nord. Prix du Gouverneur général 1999, catégorie études et essais francophones. 1999.Philip of Spain
By Henry Arthur Francis Kamen. 1997
A portrait of the controversial monarch who ruled the Spanish empire through most of the sixteenth century. Traces his solitary…
childhood, his early years as a Renaissance prince, and his troubled reign as king during the Inquisition and the colonization of the New World. c1997.Pearls in vinegar: the pillow book of Heather Mallick
By Heather Mallick. 2004
Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick provides commentary on one hundred and sixty diverse subjects, including Things That Make You…
Appreciate Men, Poetic Subjects, Hateful Things, Adorable Things, Things That Fall from the Sky, and Different Ways of Speaking. An itemized collection of essays, short lists, long lists, comforts, toxicities, things you should be ashamed to laugh at but do anyway, and many small privacies. Includes essays about such topics as the quirks of German cannibalism, the weirdness of all workplaces, and the advantages of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Some descriptions of violence and explicit strong language. 2004.Paris notebooks: essays & reviews
By Mavis Gallant. 1986
This collection includes an essay about the 1968 student revolt in Paris of which Gallant was a concerned observer. "Immortal…
Gattito" is the tragic story of a teacher-pupil love affair which ends in disgrace, imprisonment, madness and death. 1986.Pathmarks
By Martin Heidegger, William McNeill. 1998
This text includes the fourteen essays by Martin Heidegger. It features new translations of key essays such as: 'On the…
essence of ground'; 'On the question of being'; and 'Hegel and the Greeks'. The essays provide an essential resource for all students of Heidegger, whether they work in philosophy, literary theory, religious studies or intellectual history. 1998. Uniform title: Wegmarken.Où suis-je?: paroles des égarés (Le soi et l'autre)
By Pierre Ouellet. 2010
Un recueil d'essais où sont abordés les textes de Jean-Aubert Loranger, Michel van Schendel, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, Naïm Kattan, Alain Médam,…
Joël Des Rosiers, Pierre Nepveu, Jean-Marc Desgent, Roger Des Roches, Denise Desautels. 2010.Par 4 chemins
By Jacques Languirand. 1990
Au moment où s'impose à nous la convergence des races, des peuples, des cultures, il ne fait pas de doute…
que la redécouverte des autres représente, pour la suite du monde, la prochaine étape de notre évolution. D'où le titre de cet essai: "La voie c'est... les autres!" 1990.