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The alchemy of love and lust: discovering our sex hormones and how they determine who we love, when we love, and how often we love
By Theresa Larsen Crenshaw. 1997
Identifies the role our hormones play in the different sexual stages, exploring the age-old concept of chemistry between the sexes…
and how hormones can determine the course of human relationships. Functions as both an encyclopedia of our attachment-related hormones, telling us exactly what they are and exactly what modern science thinks they do, and a guide to what we can do to get them to keep functioning the way we want them to. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1996.Sexually speaking: what every woman needs to know about sexual health
By Ruth K Westheimer, Pierre A Lehu, Amos Grünebaum. 2012
Addresses the most pressing health issues women face today and provides everything needed to take charge of your health -…
from finding a gynecologist to having a happy sex life to planning or avoiding a pregnancy. Covers questions related to sexuality, hormones, STDs, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, and ovarian cancer, and helps you overcome embarrassment and other common obstacles to understanding and safeguarding your personal health. Includes sex. c2012.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.Rick Mercer Report: the book
By Rick Mercer. 2007
A collection of rants, writings, and comic encounters with the great and good of politics, showbiz, and literature. Relive Pierre…
Berton offering advice on rolling a joint or Margaret Atwood showing off her hockey skills as a goalie. Mercer has selected the best of his rants, sprinkled in choice moments from interviews, added other material that has never been broadcast, and arranged the whole into revealing themes and groupings with all-new introductions, reflections, and updates. Some strong language. 2007.Fiston: le testament de conseils
By Jonathan Roberge. 2015
" C'est alors qu'il regarde son fils dormir que Jonathan Roberge prend conscience des innombrables dangers qui menacent sa progéniture…
à tout instant. Pris de panique, il entreprend de léguer à son fils quelques conseils d'homme qui le guideront tout au long de sa vie, des conseils prodigués par le biais d'une série web qu'il réalise et coécrit. Testament teinté d'humour mordant et truffé de vérités crues, Fiston est en ligne depuis 2012 et a récolté au-delà de 13 millions de clics. Le rythme et la qualité des textes de cette série lui ont valu plusieurs mises en nomination ainsi que de nombreux prix, dont deux Oliviers pour la meilleure émission ou série originale nouveaux médias. Ce livre est l'adaptation remaniée et augmentée de la série web. " -- 4e de couv.Marley et moi: mon histoire d'amour avec le pire chien du monde
By John Grogan, Carole Delporte. 2007
Si le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme, il peut parfois être le pire. C'est ce que vont découvrir…
John et Jenny Grogan, quand ils décident d'acheter un labrador peu de temps après leur mariage, afin de tester leurs capacités parentales. D'adorable petite boule de poils, Marley se transforme en un mastodonte de quarante-cinq kilos, qui détruit tout sur son passage, dévore quantité de nourriture et d'objets en tout genre, et témoigne d'une affection aussi débordante qu'envahissante envers ses maîtres. 2007. Titre uniforme: Marley & me.Kid confidential: an insider's guide to grown-ups
By Monte Montgomery. 2012
Let’s face it: Being a kid isn’t easy. Compared to adults, kids are inexperienced, powerless, and short. Just as it…
would be irresponsible to send travellers to a strange city without a map, it would be wrong to let defenceless kids navigate a world inhabited by parents, teachers, and other adults without an in-depth guide to how the older (although not necessarily smarter) half lives. This book explores the strangest and most mysterious facets of adult life, such as: What do teachers really talk about in the teacher’s lounge? And how can adults stand to drink a beverage as disgusting as coffee? With tongue-in-cheek sidebars and tips for good-natured trickery throughout, this fully loaded guide will be a “must have” for every kid. Grades 4-7. 2012.How to expect what you're not expecting: stories of pregnancy, parenthood and loss
By Jessica Hiemstra, Lisa Martin-DeMoor. 2013
One size fits all does not apply to pregnancy and childbirth. Each one is different, unique, and comes with its…
share of happiness and pain. But how does one prepare for an unexpected loss of a pregnancy or hoped-for baby? In this anthology, writers share their true stories of miscarriage, stillbirth, infertility, and other, related losses, which can prepare and guide women and their families for when the unforeseen happens. 2013.I'll seize the day tomorrow
By Jonathan Goldstein. 2012
The epic story of Goldstein’s journey to find some great truth on his road to age forty. The host of…
CBC’s WireTap recounts the highs and lows of his last year in his thirties. Throughout the year, Goldstein asks weighty questions that would stump a person less seasoned. For instance: What is it about a McRib that drives people crazy? Can we replace extending an olive leaf with extending an olive jar? How much wisdom can we glean from episodes of Welcome Back, Kotter? His friends and family weigh in with hilarious results as Goldstein eats, sleeps, and watches bad TV all the way to his date with destiny. 2012.You can't spell America without me: the really tremendous inside story of my fantastic first year as president, Donald J. Trump
By Kurt Andersen, Alec Baldwin. 2017
Until Donald Trump publishes the ultimate account of his entire four or eight or one-and-a-half years in the White House,…
the definitive chronicle will be You Can’t Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My Fantastic First Year As President. Trump was elected because he was the most frank presidential candidate in history, a man eager to tell the unvarnished truth about others’ flaws and tout his own amazing excellence. Now he levels his refreshingly compulsive, un-PC candor at his landslide election victory as well as his role as commander-in-chief and leader of the free world. 2017.La baignoire de Goethe: bricoler avec les grands écrivains
By Mark Crick. 2008
"Dans La Baignoire de Goethe, Mark Crick, le pasticheur fou, s'aventure sur un nouveau terrain. Après le succès des savoureuses…
recettes de La Soupe de Kafka, l'auteur nous initie aux joies d'un autre art domestique, le bricolage. Le lecteur accompagne Hemingway, Dostoïevski, Sartre, Kundera, Duras et d'autres écrivains dans leurs efforts pour construire non seulement un univers romanesque mais aussi un mur, un plancher, poser une clôture. Ce livre unique en son genre nous permet ainsi de redécouvrir avec Murakami et Anaïs Nin la charge mélancolique ou érotique de la peinture, avec Goethe le douloureux vide ressenti par un client délaissé par son fournisseur, et avec Edgar Poe la terreur du chercheur qui s'enferme fatalement dans un grenier". -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Sartre's sink.Vous n'aurez pas le dernier mot !: petite anthologie désinvolte des plus belles réparties (Humour Ser. #Vol. 6123368)
By Jean Piat, Patrick Wajsman. 2006
La repartie est le sommet de la conversation. L'esprit à besoin d'un partenaire pour s'exercer. Dans cet échange dialogué, la…
repartie - bienveillante, ironique et cruelle - est un sommet, le point culminant de la conversation : celui où l'on cloue le bec à un interlocuteur en lui ôtant la possibilité d'avoir le dernier mot. Jean Piat et Patrick Wajsman se sont amusés à escalader ce commet. De Richelieu à Woody Allen, de Churchill à Groucho Marx, une promenade littéraire en 200 reparties, une échappée vers l'imprévu. Pour rire ou sourire...Carnet d'excuses: mille et une manières de se défiler
By Sven Ortoli. 2010
Une invitation quon se mord les doigts davoir acceptée, un ami qui voudrait nous emprunter de largent, une relation amoureuse…
ou pas dont il est temps de se défaire ... Les occasions de se défausser ne manquent pas, ce qui nest pas, hélas, le cas des prétextes et autres excuses pour le faire, à défaut de bonne conscience, en toute impunité. Avec humour et une plume acérée, Sven Ortoli conjugue à toutes les sauces les mille et une excuses possibles. Entre inventaire de la mauvaise foi et bréviaire du mauvais payeur, un petit livre ludique à conseiller à ces amis qui ne le sont pas toujours ... -- 4e de couv.Truss rallies against the abysmal state of today's manners. What her rant boils down to is: modern communication is at…
the root of rude behaviour. Mobile phones and iPods have left us existing in our own little "bubble worlds", which make it easy for rudeness to rule. 2005. Was that so hard to say? -- Why am I the one doing this? -- My bubble, my rules -- The universal eff-off reflex -- Booing the judges -- Someone else will clean it up.Having a baby (A quick and easy guide)
By Sharron Smith Humenick. 1997
Waiting for the punch: words to live by from the WTF podcast
By Marc Maron, Brendan McDonald. 2017
Each week over a million and a half listeners tune into WTF with Marc Maron to hear Marc and a…
guest do something remarkable: talk. 'Waiting for the punch' is not simply a collection of these interviews, but instead something more wondrous: a running narrative of the world's most recognizable names working through the problems, doubts, joys, triumphs and failures we all experience. With each chapter covering a different topic: parenting, childhood, relationships, sexuality, success, failures and others, Punch becomes a sort of everyman's guide to life. 2017. Uniform title: WTF (Podcast)Calypso
By David Sedaris. 2018
David Sedaris sets his formidable powers of observation toward middle age and mortality. This is beach reading for people who…
detest beaches, required reading for those who loathe small talk, and also Sedaris' darkest and warmest book yet. Bestseller. 2018. Company man -- Now we are five -- Little guy -- Stepping out -- A house divided -- The perfect fit -- Leviathan -- Your English is so good -- Calypso -- A modest proposal -- The silent treatment -- Untamed -- The one(s) who got away -- Sorry -- Boo-hooey -- A number of the reasons I've been depressed lately -- Why aren't you laughing? -- I'm still standing -- The spirit world -- And while you're up there, check on my prostate -- The Comey memo. Uniform title: Essays.The womanly art of breastfeeding
By Diane Wiessinger, Diana West, Teresa Pitman. 2010
Breastfeeding is a normal, healthy way to nourish and nurture your baby. Now the La Leche League’s classic guide has…
been updated for today’s mothers and lifestyles. Working mothers, stay-at-home moms, single moms, and mothers of multiples will all benefit from its nursing advice, stories, and information - from preparing for breastfeeding during pregnancy to feeding cues, from nursing positions to expressing and storing breast milk. c2010.Includes both Reagan's own writing and his favourite quotations, proverbs, and excerpts from speeches, poetry, and literature. The breadth of…
these notes sheds light on a man who was deeply engaged with the arts, culture, and politics. Known as the "Great Communicator," Reagan sought wisdom from a wide-ranging set of political figures, philosophers, novelists, and poets. Some strong language. c2011.Tout bas ou à voix haute
By Marie-Lise Pilote. 2018
Avec ce livre, Marie-Lise Pilote partage avec nous ses expériences de la vie de tous les jours. Au fil des…
pages, on reconnaît l'humoriste, la fille drôle qui aime rire et faire rire, mais on découvre également Marie-Lise la marraine, la féministe, la solitaire, la femme qui doute et qui apprend, peu à peu, à surmonter ses peurs. Elle nous parle de ses passions, petites et grandes, qui la ramènent à l'essentiel et l'aident à décrocher du quotidien. Elle nous raconte ses douces folies, celles qui apportent de la légèreté et du piquant à l'existence. Elle se remémore aussi les moments-clés de son parcours et les rencontres inattendues qui lui ont permis de se découvrir et d'avancer. Des histoires simples, sans prétention dans lesquelles plusieurs se retrouveront. 2018.