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Mary Travers Bolduc: la turluteuse du peuple
By Christine Dufour. 2001
L'histoire de cette femme forte, qualifiée de première auteure-compositrice-interprète du Québec et de monument de la chanson canadienne-française. Ses turluttes…
furent d'un grand secours moral au cours de la crise économique des années 1930. 2001.Orson Welles: a biography
By Barbara Leaming. 1985
A detailed picture of Welles as a private man, from a childhood in which he was hailed as a prodigy,…
through the youthful triumphs on the stage in Dublin and New York to his brilliant and always controversial Hollywood career. The author had a very special relationship with her subject and also writes of her encounters with him. 1985.Martine Carol, ou, La vie de Martine chérie
By Georges Debot. 1979
Ce livre raconte l'histoire de Martine Carol, qui bien avant Marilyn Monroe et Brigitte Bardot fut considérée comme un des…
symboles de la séduction féminine. On dit que se trouvaient réunies chez elle, les grâces de Fragonard, de gueuze et de Watteau. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1979.De l'autre côté des choses
By Lise Thouin. 1996
L'auteure, connue surtout en tant que chanteuse et comédienne, a vu sa vie complètement transformée à la suite d'une maladie…
survenue en 1985. Une foie guérie, plus rien n'est pareil: ce qui aurait pu être la mort se métamorphose en naissance. Elle décide dès lors de s'impliquer pleinement dans des projets visant à améliorer la qualité de la vie des enfants gravement atteints par la maladie et vivant en milieur hospitalier. Véritable hymne à la vie et à l'espoir, témoignage d'amour et de partage. 1996.La Poune (Collection Célébrités #Vol. 218)
By Rose Ouellette. 1983
À 80 ans, après 70 ans de métier et de succès, Rose Ouellette, surnommée La Poune, est devenue un véritable…
phénomène du showbusiness québécois. Dans ce livre elle raconte sa vie et sa carrière. 1983.Jacques Matti (Témoignage)
By Jacques Matti. 1981
Dans ce livre, un des hommes les plus controversés du showbusiness québécois, Jacques Matti, se raconte; il parle de ses…
ennemis, de ses amis, des gens qui l'ont aimé, de ceux qui l'ont détesté. Aujourd'hui à 64 ans, Jacques Matti est heureux malgré une certaine gêne causé par la paralysie. Avec une seule jambe et un seul bon bras, il lui reste sa tête et ses idées. 1981.One and one make five
By Mary Evans. 1996
This remarkable story charts a lifetime of working with visually impaired and deafblind people. From adverse beginnings, without bitterness or…
regret, through childhood illness and war, Miss Evans recounts her training and subsequent work. Great emphasis is laid on working with noncommunicating, deafblind children, with help and guidance for parents and carers in achieving that exclusive first breakthrough and alleviating the problems of the elderly with acquired handicaps. 1996.One man tango
By Daniel Paisner, Anthony Quinn. 1995
Memoir of the famed Academy Award-winning actor. Recounts his rise from poverty as a Mexican farm worker and fighter, through…
a variety of careers, to the pinnacle of the acting profession. Reveals his romantic conquests and describes how he prepared for some of his famous roles. Strong language. 1995.On a clear day
By Alex MacCormick, David Blunkett. 1995
Born in 1947 in the slums of Sheffield, England, David Blunkett has never let blindness be more than an inconvenience…
to him, whether at university or in the British House of Commons as an MP. In this autobiography, he discusses his life, politics, and, most of all, his beloved guide dogs, Ruby, Offa, and Lucy. 1995.On sight and insight: a journey into the world of blindness
By John Martin Hull. 1997
In 1983, forced to accept total blindness, John Hull began to keep a cassette diary. In it he recorded his…
daily experiences, his thoughts and impressions. It offers a unique journey into the "other world" of blindness - a world where people have no faces, a world in which perception of sound, silence, time and space are dramatically transformed. He relates his interactions with other people, including his relationship with his young children and their growing understanding of his blindness. 1997.Old enough to say what I want: an autobiography
By Barbara Sears, Dave Broadfoot. 2002
Over the years, Dave Broadfoot, a comedian, has walked off with many of Canada's top awards. This autobiography, peppered throughout…
with some of his favourite scripts, records his extraordinary career of fifty years. 2002.On my own: the journey continues
By Sally Hobart Alexander. 1997
After going blind at twenty-four, Alexander describes also losing part of her hearing. Determined to be independent and self-sufficient, she…
recounts her fears and difficulties adjusting to a new apartment, finding a job, and meeting the right man. For junior high readers. 1997.On acting
By Laurence Olivier. 1986
The legendary actor shares the secrets of his craft, recounting his own approach to the roles that made him famous.…
He also tells stories of great actors who wore the Shakespearean mantle before him. Some strong language. 1986.Oliver's twist: the life and times of an unapologetic newshound
By Craig Oliver. 2011
The only child of two alcoholics, Oliver spent his childhood and adolescence in the homes of strangers. A chance summer…
job with the local CBC station launched his broadcasting career, taking Oliver from Prince Rupert, B.C. to Ottawa, Washington, and Central America, and eventually to chief parliamentary correspondent for CTV News. At the same time, Oliver pursued a personal passion for Canada’s wilderness rivers, paddling some of the remotest waters in western and northern Canada with political and media figures such as Tim Kotcheff and Pierre Trudeau. Most surprising is the revelation that this comfortable television presenter has been legally blind for a decade. Includes strong language. c2011.On blindness: letters between Bryan Magee and Martin Milligan
By Bryan Magee, Martin Milligan. 1995
What begins as a philosophical exchange between the philosopher and broadcaster Bryan Magee and the late Martin Milligan, activist and…
philosopher blind almost from birth, develops into a personal and intense discussion of the implications of blindness. They open the eyes of the sighted to the world as experienced by the blind. 1995.Obstacles, bring' em
By Maria Federici. 2013
This is the story of Maria Federici (Doyle), a young woman whose life changed on a February night in 2004.…
Maria was coming home late from work when, on a trailer a good distance in front of her, an item of unsecured furniture fell off and broke apart, sending a large piece of particle board catapulting through her windshield, striking her in the head, and causing massive brain and head injuries as well as complete blindness. This is Maria's story of survival, recovery and a rebuilding of life by taking some of the most challenging obstacles and learning to overcome them. 2013.Now we see through a glass darkly: musing on failing sight can be funny
By Vie Tulloch. 2003
When Vie Tulloch, an accomplished sculptress, was told she had serious sight problems that were incurable, her life was initially…
surrounded by an aura of self-pity. She reluctantly accepted that her carving days were over. However, with characteristic stoicism and jollity she has addressed the situation and this book is an account of her frustrating battle against the odds. 2003.Ma carrière et ma vie (Collection Témoignage)
By Alys Robi. 1980
Comédie française: ça a débuté comme ça
By Fabrice Luchini. 2016
Fabrice Luchini est un kaléidoscope, un feu d'artifice, du costaud qui aspire à la légèreté. Comment cet autodidacte, apprenti coiffeur,…
qui a arrêté l'école à quatorze ans, peut-il maintenant incarner l'esprit et le panache de la langue française? Plus qu'un simple autoportrait littéraire, Comédie française est le récit d'une obsession, "la recherche frénétique et pathétique d'une note qui se voudrait être la note parfaite musicale". Depuis quarante ans, il rumine, reprend, raffine et reprend encore les textes de Céline, La Fontaine et Rimbaud afin de nous les donner à entendre. Son amour des oeuvres est contagieux. Après avoir refermé sa Comédie française, le lecteur, ébloui, n'aura qu'une seule envie : courir relire les maîtres qu'il sert et a si bien servis. 2016.Amour et lumière (Super sellers)
By Shirley MacLaine. 1988
Shirley MacLaine nous livre ici un remarquable journal de sa vie et de ses méditations. Elle nous parle de sa…
carrière, de son mariage et de ses mystérieux voyages initiatiques à travers le monde entier. 1988. Titre uniforme: Don't fall off the mountain.