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The bite of the mango
By Mariatu Kamara, Susan McClelland. 2008
Sierra Leone. At the age of 12, Mariatu Kamara was raped by a family friend, then captured by rebels who…
cut off her hands. Despite her wounds, Kamara walked out of the bush and sought help, ending up in an amputee camp, where she gave birth to a son who died of malnutrition. When foreign journalists interviewed Kamara in the camp, her story garnered international interest and assistance, which eventually brought her to Toronto. Her autobiography testifies to Kamara's horrific trauma, but with the aim of fostering hope and reconciliation. Winner of the 2011 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. For junior high and older readers. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.Un ouvrage qui s'adresse aux historiens, universitaires, chercheurs et professeurs. Un autre ouvrage sur Groulx me direz-vous? Je répondrais :…
enfin une analyse complète sur Groulx. Figure incontournable de l'histoire du nationalisme au Québec, quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire des idées ne peut ignorer Groulx et doit absolument lire cet essai de Michel Bock. Prix du Gouverneur Général 2005. 2004.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.Le cousin hyperactif
By Jean Gervais. 1996
Sébastien éprouve des problèmes à l'école, chez lui et ailleurs : il est hyperactif. L'auteur trace le portrait, décrit le…
comportement de celui qui souffre d'un tel trouble. Un mot d'une dizaine de pages à l'intention des parents et des éducateurs complète cette présentation. Années 3-6.Molière
By Roger Duchêne. 1998
Molière n'a pas laissé de confidences. Pas une lettre, pas un mot. Il a près de quarante ans quand il…
commence à faire parler de lui. Sa vie et son oeuvre font scandale. On l'accuse de ruiner la religion, la famille, la morale. Et d'avoir épousé la fille de sa maîtresse, sa propre fille... Qui ne se priverait pas de le cocufier abondamment. Ses ennemis forgent sa légende noire, ses amis une légende dorée. Cette biographie les replace enfin dans leur contexte. En les prenant au sérieux, sans les tenir pour vraies, en les présentant au lecteur pour qu'il puisse juger à son tour. 1998.The most beautiful house in the world
By Witold Rybczynski. 1989
Rybczynski's project to build a workshed gradually evolved into a full-fledged house. As he recounts his tale, he considers the…
theories and work of such architects as Palladio and Frank Lloyd Wright, the elements of classical architecture, and the structural descendants of the humble barn. 1989.Tintin et le Québec: Hergé au coeur de la Révolution tranquille
By Tristan Demers. 2010
L'histoire d'amour entre Tintin et les jeunes lecteurs québécois a commencé bien avant qu'Hergé ne foule pour la première fois…
le sol américain, en 1965. Lors de son séjours au Québec, des milliers d'admirateurs se pressent autour de lui et, réciproquement, Hergé ressent d'emblée pour ce pays une sympathie profonde. Cet ouvrage à l'allure de journal retrace le voyage d'Hergé à Montréal, Québec et Manicouagan. Salon du Livre : Lauréat volet Vie pratique 2011. 2010.The shining mountain: two men on Changabang's west wall
By Peter Boardman, Joe Tasker. 1984
Recounts the endurance and determination of two British mountain climbers in making a forty-day ascent up the treacherous west wall…
of Changabang Mountain in the Indian Himalayas. Winner of the John Llewelyn Rhys Memorial Prize. 1984.The man in the white sharkskin suit: my family's exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
By Lucette Lagnado. 2007
Lagnado's father, Leon, used to conduct business in his signature white sharkskin suit in Cairo in the years between World…
War II and Nasser's rise to power. But with the fall of King Farouk, Leon and his family, like other Egyptian Jews, lost everything and had to flee. With all of their belongings packed into 26 suitcases, the family departed for any land that would take them. 2007.Night beat: pay up or die (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 10)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Charlie owed Joe Sligo $3000 from his gambling and Sligo's motto was pay up or die. Charlie has a family…
and kids to think about and has been in debt for 6 months. Now he turns to Randy Stone for help. Randy Stone knows that the police are looking for Sligo and tells Charlie his only hope is to let the police know where Sligo isNight beat: a byline for Frank (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 9)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
It was a busy Wednesday night. Barnes on the city desk asked me to lend a hand and I filled…
in for a couple of hours. I'd just finished taking notes over the headphones when the switchboard buzzed me with a personalNight beat: otto the music man (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 8)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Night is when the city comes alive full of promise. Randy stood on the corner watching the world go by…
cataloguing each and every person and happening when a car came by and clipped a guy holding a black case, knocking him over. Randy went to help him but he was ok and disappeared into the street into a bar called the Glamour Palace. Randy followed him realizing that he had the guy's hatNight beat: the will of Mrs. Orloff (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 7)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
It wasn't much of a story just an obituary, Mrs. Martha Orloff, age 62, scrub woman, death by natural causes,…
heart failure. But what's natural by killing yourself with a scrubbing brush. It would have only been a two-line obit if the other scrubwoman hadn't stopped him on his way out of the buildingNight beat: Molly Keller (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 6)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Randy didn't have to go and look for his story tonight; it came in over the Teletype. Charles Keller died…
today in the state penitentiary after serving 14 years of a twenty-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife, Molly Keller, a quiet woman worked in the offices of the Chicago Star as a humble cleaner. Keller died still denying any knowledge of the $650,000 payroll robbery in the sensation of 14 years agoNight beat: Vincent and the painter (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 5)
By Russell Hughes. 2019
Alfred Wyman is a strange artist who wants to kill the wealthy Miss Gleason because she killed Vincent. Just when…
Randy has given up on a story for the night, he stumbles across an old man in a dispute with a taxi driver over the fare. The old man has no money so Randy pays the fare but is surprised when the gentle looking old man, Alfred Wyman, says he has to go to kill Miss GleesonNight beat: Harlan Matthews stamp dealer (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 4)
By Larry Marcus. 2019
Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide and more! An…
alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession ... a confession to the crime of murderNight beat: the girl from Kansas (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 3)
By Larry Marcus. 2019
A story of young love and old death. A girl from Kansas named Linda Johnson has been arrested for grand…
theft. She's bailed out by someone she doesn't even know. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star searching through the city for strange stories waiting for him in the darkness. This one began with young love and ended with old deathNight beat: the black cat (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 2)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019
Night beat: Marty (CLASSIC RADIO COLLECTION #bk. 1)
By Frank Lovejoy. 2019