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Planet of the blind
By Stephen Kuusisto. 1998
The author, legally blind since birth, has written an eloquent memoir about his struggles to overcome his shame of his…
"blind self" and succeed as a writer and academic. Kuusisto is currently director of student services at Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a preeminent guide-dog school in New York. 1998.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.Out of the whirlpool: a memoir of remorse and reconciliation
By Sue Wiygul Martin. 2013
The author has written a moving account of the rebuilding of her life after a desperate, impetuous act in her…
youth ended in blindness. Since that day, she has greeted the world with her trademark determination and humour, accepting each new day of challenge while squarely facing the issues attending her post-traumatic adjustment. Now, after more than thirty years of recovery and reconciliation with the past, Martin shares the simple truths of her journey. 2013.Out of darkness: the Jeff Healey story
By Cindy Watson. 2010
Losing both eyes to retinoblastoma, a rare form of cancer, opened a door to another world for Jeff Healey. Out…
of darkness he created music, becoming one of the most influential blues-rock and jazz performers of our time. Winner of the 2012 Golden Oak Award. Grades 5-8. 2010.Out of darkness: the story of Louis Braille
By Russell Freedman. 1998
A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop…
a system of raised dots on paper that enabled blind people to read and write. Grades 4-7. 1998.Out of sight
By Linda Tennent. 2012
An account of the author’s journey into blindness over six decades from a progressive eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (also…
known as tunnel vision). Focusses on the many challenges faced and the coping tools used, and can be read as a resource for both those facing vision loss and those who support them. 2012.Harmonie: l’inoubliable
By Lucie Malenfant. 2012
Perdre la vue est une des choses les plus terribles qui puisse arriver. Mais grâce à l’amour et au soutien…
de mon mari et de ma fille, j’ai appris à vivre avec mon handicap. Et grâce à Mira, j’ai eu la chance de rencontrer ma belle Harmonie. Plus qu’une compagne, Harmonie a été pour moi une véritable amie durant toutes ces années. 2012.Les secrets du code Da Vinci
By Daniel Burstein. 2004
Auteur de nombreux essais sur les événements susceptibles de façonner l'avenir, Dan Burstein a été séduit par les idées audacieuses…
qu'exprimait Dan Brown dans son Da Vinci Code. Littéralement fasciné par les hypothèses que soulevait le roman de Brown, Burstein a entrepris sa propre enquête pour tenter de départager les faits et la fiction dans l'oeuvre de Brown. Le résultat de cette enquête: un livre à la fois passionnant et inspirant, qui figure sur la liste des best-sellers établie par le New York Times. 2004. Titre uniforme: The secrets of the code.L'échappée des discours de l'oeil
By Madeleine Ouellette-Michalska. 1990
Empruntant à l'anthropologie, à la mythologie, à la psychologie, à la sémiologie, à la littérature, à l'histoire, l'auteur évoque des…
problèmes fondamentaux: rôle de la femme, organisation de l'univers, fonction des sexes, création littéraire, etc. 1990.Other people's trades
By Primo Levi, Raymond Rosenthal. 1989
A collection of essays which attempt to simplify the complexities of human life. At the same time we learn about…
the author, Primo Levi, and particularly the subjects which were so fascinating to him. 1989. Uniform title: Altrui mestiere.Nouvel éloge de la folie: essais édits & inédits (Lettres anglo-américaines)
By Alberto Manguel, Christine Le Boeuf. 2011
Essai sur le thème de l'authentique lecture, présentée comme la métamorphose d'un moi qui mute sous l'effet d'un texte et…
qui constitue un moyen de devenir plus sage. 2011. Titre uniforme: A reader on reading.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.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.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.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.