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The girl in the green sweater: a life in Holocaust's shadow
By Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger. 2008
In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of…
Polish Jews sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, provides a first-person account of those fourteen months with her family. Also describes Leopold Socha, a Polish Catholic and former thief, who risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food and supplies. 2009, c2008.The Greek for love: a memoir of Corfu
By James Chatto. 2005
They arrived as tourists in Corfu, Wendy from Canada and James from England. They enjoyed the sun, an idyllic beach,…
olives, fresh apricots and marinated lamb, and long evenings of storytelling at the local taverna. But what captivated James and Wendy was the way the islanders embraced them, and how their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love. Some strong language. 2005.The diary of Ma Yan: the struggles and hopes of a Chinese schoolgirl
By Lisa Appignanesi, Ma Yan, Pierre Haski. 2005
Ma Yan is a teenager from Ningxia, China, a drought-stricken rural area. Education can be the difference between a life…
of crushing poverty and a better future, but money is scarce. Ma Yan's diary chronicles her struggle to escape hardship and bring prosperity to her family, through her persistent, sometimes desperate, attempts to continue her schooling. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 2002, 2004. Uniform title: Journal de Ma Yan.The boy in the moon: a father's search for his disabled son
By Ian Brown. 2009
Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.Sun in winter: a Toronto wartime journal, 1942 to 1945
By Gunda Lambton. 2003
In 1942 Gunda Lambton was a "war guest," a single mother sent from England to Toronto to avoid the war.…
While insanity raged throughout Europe she struggled to keep herself and her two small children going in a strange new home. While many people then were engaged in dramatic, heroic war work, her diary is a tribute to the quiet areas of endurance and pleasures of discovery that also distinguished those years. 2003.Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Greg Mortenson. 2009
Author of "Three Cups of Tea" and cofounder of the Central Asia Institute chronicles his school-building efforts and promotion of…
female literacy in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Discusses Mortenson's long-term goals and shares anecdotes about those impacted by his work. Bestseller. 2009.Starting out in the afternoon: a mid-life journey into wild land
By Jill Frayne. 2002
After Jill Frayne's long-term relationship with her lover ended and her daughter left home, she packed up her life and…
headed for the Yukon. Sleeping in her car or pitching a tent by the road, she became a solitary traveller and lived close to the natural world. What started out as a three-month trip became a personal journey that lasted several years. 2002.SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
By David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.Rosemary, l'enfant que l'on cachait
By Kate Clifford Larson, Marie-Anne de Béru. 2016
Rosemary est la fille de Joe Kennedy et la petite soeur du futur président John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Joe Kennedy est…
le patriarche d'une famille qui incarne le rêve américain. D'origine irlandaise il connaît une fulgurante ascension dans l'industrie et dans la finance. Obsédé par la réussite, la sienne et celle de sa famille, il est sans état d'âme pour ses enfants qu'il dédie à de grandes ambitions politiques. Née en 1918, Rosemary est différente des autres membres de la fratrie. Très vite, on lui décèle un léger retard mental associé plus tard à des troubles de l'humeur. Un peu rebelle, elle affectionne les fêtes, pratique la voile et le tennis. En 1939, elle obtient un diplôme d'enseignante. Mais sa santé mentale se dégrade. Elle séjourne régulièrement dans des établissements spécialisés. Son père craint que Rosemary soit à l'origine d'un éventuel scandale. Il décide alors d'employer les grands moyens et accepte que sa fille soit lobotomisée. L'opération tourne mal. Rosemary en sort lourdement handicapée, à la fois physiquement et mentalement. Elle est alors internée, cachée, effacée. Pendant longtemps, ses propres frères et soeurs ignorent ce qu'est devenue Rosemary. Seule l'attaque cérébrale de Joe en 1961 permet à la famille de la revoir. 2016.Sailing home: a journey through time, place & memory
By Gary Geddes. 2001
Poet, writer, and critic, Gary Geddes, sets out to discover his roots in a 31-foot British sailing sloop called the…
Groais. Sailing up British Columbia's famed Inside Passage, an ancient sea route of nearly one thousand miles and an often turbulent waterscape, Geddes discovers a vibrant history, livelihoods come and gone, dramatic scenery, and ghosts of the past. 2001.Rolling home: a cross-Canada railroad memoir
By Tom Allen. 2001
Tom Allen travels with his family and alone, from Halifax to the interior of British Columbia, riding everything from a…
two-car dayliner held together with duct tape to a luxury rail cruiser through the Rockies that is packed with wealthy tourists. Along the way, he meets honeymooners and abandoned spouses, ordinary folk and deranged passengers, and veteran railwaymen who sustain pride in their work despite the massive cuts to their industry. Allen weaves his own memories of railroad travel with a family narrative past and present, all the while conjuring the drama, the disappointments, and the magic of Canada's railway history. 2001.Ride the rising wind: one woman's journey across Canada
By Barbara Bradbury Kingscote. 2006
In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for…
the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later. After travelling 4,000 miles, she discovered both herself and her country on the journey of a lifetime. 2006.Rethinking normal: a memoir in transition
By Ariel Schrag, Katie Rain Hill. 2014
Katie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she…
was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers’ bullying and the mounting pressure to be “normal,” Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that “Katie” - the girl trapped within her - was determined to live. She reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak. For senior high readers and older. 2014.Relative stranger: a life after death
By Mary Loudon. 2006
The author's quest to find her sister Catherine, a schizophrenic, in Catherine's home, in her last hospital room, her paintings,…
her letters, her clothes. But in facing the truths about Catherine's life and death, she asks hard questions about sanity, family responsibility, love, and about what it means to say that a life is - or is not - worth living. 2006.Ready for the people: my most chilling cases as a prosecutor
By Marissa N Batt. 2005
L.A. deputy district attorney Batt draws on more than 25 years of experience in recalling her most challenging cases, also…
describing those involved, including biased judges, hardworking police, sleazy lawyers and expert witnesses. Batt's compassion toward crime victims and good case preparation are contrasted with rulings that reflect the fragility of the US criminal justice system. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence and explicit strong language. 2004.L'histoire d'Endal, ou, Comment bien vivre grâce à l'amour d'un chien
By Gill Paul, Allen Parton, Sandra Parton, Christine Auché. 2010
" Un chien doté de capacités exceptionnelles a permis à Allen Parton de retrouver l'envie de vivre. Grièvement blessé à…
la guerre, cloué dans un fauteuil roulant, il ne reconnaissait ni sa femme ni ses enfants et s'exprimait avec difficulté. Commencent alors des mois de rééducation. Ce journal écrit à quatre mains raconte des années de souffrance, un couple qui se déchire et le désespoir d'Allen. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Endal : how one extraordinary dog brought a family back from the brink.Notes from the rainforest
By György Faludy. 1988
The entries in this diary, written at night in the silence of the forest, range from philosophical aphorisms to acid…
comments on the state of Communism, the excesses of the American way of life, and the characteristics of Canadian culture. Winner of the 1990 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1988.Ma saison en enfer: 130 jours de captivité aux mains d'Al-Qaïda ((Dossiers et documents).)
By Robert R Fowler, Émile Martel, Nicole Perron-Martel. 2013
'' Le 14 décembre 2008, Robert Fowler, envoyé spécial du Secrétaire des Nations Unies au Niger, est enlevé par des…
membres d'Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI). Un véritable cauchemar commence alors. Accompagné dans sa captivité par son collègue Louis Guay, Robert Fowler a vécu, dormi et mangé avec ses ravisseurs pendant plus de quatre mois, ce qui lui a permis d'acquérir une connaissance de première main du mouvement terroriste le plus craint à l'échelle mondiale. Pendant ces 130 jours infernaux, Robert Fowler a dû survivre aux conditions extrêmes caractéristiques du désert, entièrement à la merci du bon vouloir de ses ravisseurs à l'humeur changeante, en proie à la peur constante de mourir. Son enlèvement, sa libération et ses interventions dans les médias par la suite ont contribué à jeter un éclairage nouveau sur la confrontation entre les démocraties occidentales et le fondamentalisme islamiste violent. '' -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: A season in hell.Le voleur de brosses à dents
By Églantine Éméyé. 2015
" Un jour, j'en ai eu assez. Mille fois, j'en ai eu assez. Assez de toi, Samy, assez de tous…
qui ne comprennent rien, de la société qui ne fait rien. Assez. Et puis mille fois, j'ai espéré, mille fois, j'ai ri et pleuré avec toi, mille fois, je t'ai serré dans mes bras. Alors j'ai écrit ce livre pour toi, mon petit bonhomme si différent, pour moi, et pour ton frère, afin qu'il n'oublie pas tous ces fous rires qui émaillent notre drôle de vie aussi. J'ai écrit ce livre pour toutes ces familles dont personne ne voit le désarroi, pour témoigner de notre quotidien durant ces dix ans, déjà. J'ai écrit ce livre en n'épargnant personne parce que personne ne nous épargne. C'est l'histoire de notre combat, c'est l'histoire de notre amour. Un amour que j'ai cru à sens unique. Tu me prouves aujourd'hui le contraire. " Récit intime d'une jeune femme, d'une jeune mère confrontée au quotidien du handicap, mais aussi témoignage sans fard sur un fait de société qu'on occulte : impossible de rester indifférent au cri d'amour de cette maman qui pourrait être nous. " -- 4e de couv.Daddy bent-legs: the 40-year-old musing of a physically disabled man, husband, and father
By Neil Matheson. 2009
Neil Matheson was born with a physical disability called Cerebral Palsy, and from that day forward, Neil experienced life on…
a pair of crutches. Despite his physical handicap, Neil grew up like any regular kid. Now, at forty-one years of age, the author reflects back on his life story, a journey on crutches, including struggle, triumph, acceptance, love, and salvation. 2009.