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The dog who wouldn't be (Seal books)
By Farley Mowat. 1957
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.Sports hall of fame, weird
By Kevin Sylvester. 2005
Take a walk on the weird side! Odd, weird and just plain gross moments in sports await you, including yucky…
bathroom incidents, cursed teams, and spectacular losers. Find out why some hockey fans throw an octopus on the ice, how a dead guy got drafted, and how the hand of God may have decided a soccer game. Grades 4-7. 2005.Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.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.Never stand behind a loaded horse
By Gordon Kirkland. 2004
The author's syndicated newspaper column is familiar to Canadian and US audiences, and in this collection, his fans will find…
it all. Drawing humour out of everyday situations such as trying to stay awake while on an all-night drive through the mountains, or the skewed memory of a long lost office affair, he keeps the lines rolling and the laughs churning. 2004.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.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.Paget, an expert on sexuality and relationships, uses her taboo busting and groundbreaking research to help women maintain their sensuality…
and sexuality while dealing with changes in body, relationship, and lifestyle during and after pregnancy. All the questions women - and men - have regarding pregnancy and sex will finally be answered. Explicit descriptions of sex. 2004.Farewell to the twentieth century: a compendium of the absurd
By Pierre Berton. 1996
In almost fifty vignettes, Berton lampoons some of the stranger features of twentieth-century customs. His pet peeves include top-fifty radio…
stations, instant coffee, and perfumed magazine ads. He also speculates on how supersonic airliners will show full-length movies on short flights and wine critics who actually swallow the wine. 1996.Crazy plates: low-fat food so good, you'll swear it's bad for you!
By Janet Podleski, Greta Podleski. 1999
Janet and Greta Podleski, also known as The Looneyspoons Sisters, present Crazy Plates, a collection of low-fat recipes. Also includes…
fat facts (for example, a pound of body fat--representative of 3,500 calories--if shaped into a ball, would be the size of a softball and equal four sticks of butter), "Trivial Tidbits" (baking soda used to be added to the water for boiling vegetables until it was discovered that it destroyed the veggies' vitamin C), "You Do the Math" (substituting Canadian bacon for the regular high-fat stuff once a week for a year will cut your fat intake by 1,196 grams), and a lot of corny humour ("Did you hear what happened to the peanut when he walked through the park? He was a salted"). These recipes can be prepared quickly and are aimed at the home cook with a family to feed. 1999.At the cottage: a fearless look at Canada's summer obsession
By Charles Gordon. 1989
This humourous guide to cottage life teaches the vital Law of Flashlights and explains the peril of docks with wanderlust.…
A survival manual for those who eagerly await the opportunity to open up the cottage, and just as eagerly await its closing. c1989.Area woman blows gasket: and other tales from the domestic frontier
By Patricia Pearson. 2005
A tour of twenty-first-century obsessions and distractions, including adult education classes, therapy, $100 haircuts, and the latest news on what…
causes cancer. Columnist Pearson plumbs every facet of modern life, marriage, and motherhood, from choosing the right vegan-bran-hemp diet for your family to confronting your husband's irrational fear of mayonnaise. Some strong language. c2005.The private capital: ambition and love in the age of Macdonald and Laurier
By Sandra Gwyn. 1984
A compelling account of private life in the age of Macdonald and Laurier. The author has used personal letters, diaries,…
scrapbooks, memoirs and social columns. 1984 Governor General's Award winner. c1984.The period book: everything you don't want to ask (but need to know) (Youth project)
By Karen Gravelle, Jennifer Gravelle. 1997
Karen Gravelle and her 15-year-old niece, Jennifer, look at physical, emotional and social changes, as well as other issues associated…
with menstruation. The book seeks to ease the confusion many teenage girls might feel, and celebrates the new sense of maturity their period can bring.The best friends' guide to pregnancy: or everything your doctor won't tell you
By Vicki Iovine. 1995
A guide for the expectant mother, containing practical tips and humorous tales on anything pregnant. Vicki Iovine discusses what really…
happens to your body, common fears and paranoia, the pregnancy experts, how to have sex during pregnancy, and looking and feeling your best. 1995.