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The Incredible Life of Balto
By Meghan McCarthy. 2011
Most people know the story of Balto, the world famous dog who led his dogsled team through a blizzard to…
deliver a lifesaving serum to the stricken people of Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Balto shot to instant stardom—a company named dog food after him, a famous sculptor erected a statue of him that stands in Central Park to this day, and the dog even starred in his own Hollywood movie. But what happened to Balto after the hoopla died down? With a lively, informative text and humorous, vibrant illustrations, Meghan McCarthy captures the extraordinary life of Balto beyond his days as a celebrity.Open Book: A Memoir
By Jessica Simpson. 2020
Includes six new songs by Jessica Simpson, available exclusively in the Open Book audiobook. Performed by the author featuring her…
music throughout. Jessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue and most intimate struggles. Guided by the journals she's kept since age fifteen, and brimming with her unique humor and down-to-earth humanity, Open Book is as inspiring as it is entertaining. This was supposed to be a very different book. Five years ago, Jessica Simpson was approached to write a motivational guide to living your best life. She walked away from the offer, and nobody understood why. The truth is that she didnA??t want to lie. Jessica couldnA??t be authentic with her readers if she wasnA??t fully honest with herself first. Now AmericaA??s Sweetheart, preacherA??s daughter, pop phenomenon, reality tv pioneer, and the billion-dollar fashion mogul invites readers on a remarkable journey, examining a life that blessed her with the compassion to help others, but also burdened her with an almost crippling need to please. Open Book is Jessica Simpson using her voice, heart, soul, and humor to share things sheA??s never shared before. First celebrated for her voice, she became one of the most talked-about women in the world, whether for music and fashion, her relationship struggles, or as a walking blonde joke. But now, instead of being talked about, Jessica is doing the talking. Her book shares the wisdom and inspirations sheA??s learned and shows the real woman behind all the pop-culture clichA©A??s A?? A??chicken or fish,A? A??Daisy Duke,A? "football jinx," A??mom jeans,A? A??sexual napalmA?¦A? and more. Open Book is an opportunity to laugh and cry with a close friend, one that will inspire you to live your best, most authentic life, now that she is finally living hers. Includes the songs A??Heartbeat,A? A??Practice What You Preach,A? A??Sweet Temptation,A? A??Your FoolA? (featuring Willie Nelson), A??Party of One,A? and A??Free WillA? by Jessica Simpson.Le hockey (Mon premier doc)
By Alain M. Bergeron. 2019
Grâce à la collection « Mon premier doc », les enfants découvrent à travers des textes simples et de magnifiques…
photos 24 éléments reliés à l'univers du hockey. La rondelle, le filet, le gardien de buts et l'entraîneur n'auront plus de secrets pour eux!Spécial sport (Savais-tu? Compilation #5)
By Alain M. Bergeron, Sampar, Michel Quintin. 2017
La collection Savais-tu? n'a pas fini de se renouveler. Cette fois, elle prend d'assaut des thèmes surprenants. Dans un tout…
nouveau format, elle met à l'honneur des scènes explosives et des illustrations animées. Ce numéro regroupe les meilleures blagues sur les sports.The Gift of Forgiveness: Inspiring Stories from Those Who Have Overcome the Unforgivable
By Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt. 2020
A fresh, inspiring book on learning how to forgivewith firsthand stories from those who have learned to let go of…
resentment and find peace "When we learn to embrace forgiveness, it opens us up to healing, hope, and a new world of possibility."Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt Written with grace and understanding and based on more than twenty in-depth interviews and stories as well as personal reflections from Schwarzenegger Pratt herself, The Gift of Forgiveness is about one of the most difficult challenges in lifelearning to forgive. Here, Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt shows us what we can learn from those who have struggled with forgiveness, some still struggling, and others who have been able to forgive what might seem truly unforgivable. The book features experiences from those well-known and unknown, including Elizabeth Smart, who learned to forgive her captors; Sue Klebold, whose son, Dylan, was one of the Columbine shooters, learning empathy and how to forgive herself; Chris Williams, who forgave the drunken teenager who killed his wife and child; and of course Schwarzenegger Pratt's own challenges and path to forgiveness in her own life. All provide different journeys to forgiveness and the processsometimes slow and thorny, sometimes almost instantaneousby which they learned to forgive and let go. The Gift of Forgiveness is a perfect blend of personal insights, powerful quotations, and hard-won wisdom for those seeking a way to live with greater acceptance, grace, and peace. A PAMELA DORMAN BOOKS/VIKING LIFE TITLEOur Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives--and Save Theirs
By Richard Louv. 2019
"Richard Louv has done it again. A remarkable book that will help everyone break away from their fixed gaze at…
the screens that dominate our lives and remember instead that we are animals in a world of animals." -Bill McKibben, author of Falter Richard Louv's landmark book, Last Child in the Woods, inspired an international movement to connect children and nature. Now Louv redefines the future of human-animal coexistence. Our Wild Calling explores these powerful and mysterious bonds and how they can transform our mental, physical, and spiritual lives, serve as an antidote to the growing epidemic of human loneliness, and help us tap into the empathy required to preserve life on Earth. Louv interviews researchers, theologians, wildlife experts, indigenous healers, psychologists, and others to show how people are communicating with animals in ancient and new ways; how dogs can teach children ethical behavior; how animal-assisted therapy may yet transform the mental health field; and what role the human-animal relationship plays in our spiritual health. He reports on wildlife relocation and on how the growing populations of wild species in urban areas are blurring the lines between domestic and wild animals. Our Wild Calling makes the case for protecting, promoting, and creating a sustainable and shared habitat for all creatures-not out of fear, but out of love. Transformative and inspiring, this book points us toward what we all long for in the age of technology: real connection.The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives
By Katie Couric. 2011
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For anyone who wants to see how today's best and brightest got it right, got it…
wrong, and came out on top. What was the tipping point for Malcolm Gladwell? What unscripted event made Meryl Streep who she is? In this inspiration-packed book, Katie Couric reports from the front lines of the worlds of politics, entertainment, sports, philanthropy, the arts, and businessdistilling the ingenious, hard-won insights of leaders and visionaries, who tell us all how to take chances, follow our passions, cope with criticism, and, perhaps most important, commit to something greater than ourselves. Among the many voices to be heard here are financial guru Suze Orman on the benefits of doing what's right, not what's easy; director Steven Spielberg on listening rather than being listened to; quarterback Drew Brees on how his (literal) big break changed his life; and novelist Curtis Sittenfeld on the secrets of a great long-term relationship (she suggests marrying someone less neurotic than you); not to mention: Michael Bloomberg: "Eighty percent of success is showing up...?arly." Eric Stonestreet: "Remember that the old lady who's taking forever in line is someone's grandma." Joyce Carol Oates: "Read widelywhat you want to read, and not what someone suggests that you should read." Jimmy Kimmel: "When in doubt, order the hamburger." Apolo Ohno: "It's not about the forty seconds; it's about the four years, the time it took to get there." Madeleine K. Albright: "Never play hide-and-seek with the truth." Along the way, Couric reflects on the good adviceand the misstepsthat have guided her from her early days as a desk assistant at ABC to her groundbreaking role as the first female anchor of the CBS Evening News. She reveals how the words of Thomas Jefferson helped her deal with her husband's tragic death from cancer, and what encouraged her to leave the security of NBC's Today show for a new adventure at CBS. Delightful, empowering, and moving, The Best Advice I Ever Got is the perfect book for anyone who is thinking about the future, contemplating taking a risk, or daring to make a leap into the great unknown.The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game
By Michael Lewis. 2006
In football, as in life, the value we place on people changes with the rules of the games they play.…
When we first meet the young man at the center of this extraordinary and moving story, he is one of thirteen children by a mother addicted to crack; he does not know his real name, his father, his birthday, or any of the things a child might learn in school. And he has no serious experience playing organized football. What changes? He takes up football, and school, after a rich, Evangelical, Republican family plucks him from the mean streets. Their love is the first great force that alters the world's perception of the boy, whom they adopt. The second force is the evolution of professional football itself. In THE BLIND SIDE, Lewis shows us a largely unanalyzed but inexorable trend in football working its way down from the pros to the high school game, where it collides with the life of a single young man to produce a narrative of great and surprising power.Le jardin des fantômes: l'univers méconnu des schizophrènes
By Susan Doherty Hannaford. 2019
Ostracisés, surmédicamentés, craints, dépouillés de leur humanité, bienvenue dans le jardin secret des schizophrènes. Dans cet ouvrage émouvant, Susan Doherty…
nous invite à la suivre dans les couloirs de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas, allées d'un étrange jardin de fantômes qu'elle a arpentées des années durant. On y croise des âmes égarées qui luttent éperdument pour ne pas perdre pied tout à fait. L'auteure entrelace leurs histoires avec celle de Caroline, petite fille enjouée qui, à l'adolescence, a développé une sévère schizophrénie. Chaque page éveille en nous révolte et compassion, nous forçant à mettre l'un après l'autre nos préjugés aux rebuts. Voilà un jardin qu'il est essentiel de fréquenter, de soigner, de protéger. Une oeuvre lumineuse qui nous chamboule pour le meilleur, et qui nous fait oublier le pireSerge Savard: Canadien jusqu'au bout
By Philippe Cantin. 2019
Sommes-nous tous bipolaires?
By E Hantouche. 2018
L'auteur propose une définition de la bipolarité et présente les différentes hypothèses retenues dans le monde médical, les bases de…
la psychoéducation et l'état actuel des recherches sur le cerveau. Il évoque ensuite comment la soigner, les médicaments ainsi que les approches psychologiques spécifiquesVieillir en santé: c'est possible (Collection Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal)
By Michèle Sirois. 2017
Au-delà des limites: l'histoire des sports en fauteuil roulant
By Judith Lussier. 2019
Tout a commencé après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, lorsque le Dr Ludwig Guttmann, réfugié en Angleterre et chargé des nombreux…
blessés du conflit, a réussi à leur proposer une perspective de vie sous la forme d'activités physiques motivantes et à organiser de véritables compétitions internationales. Du netball au basketball, du murderball au rugby en fauteuil, en passant par l'athlétisme, la dynamophilie (une variante de l'haltéro-philie) ou le tennis, les disciplines et les compétitions se sont multipliées au rythme effréné de l'énergie déployée par ces sportifs et par leur entourage. Certains noms sont familiers - André Viger, Brent Lakatos, Sarah White - , beaucoup sont encore dans l'ombre, tous sont des modèles éloquents auxquels ce livre rend hommage en faisant connaître leur destin, leur idéal humaniste et leur incroyable désir de s'accomplirMa tête, mon amie, mon ennemie: visages inspirants de la santé mentale
By Alain Labonté. 2019
Cet ouvrage porteur d'espoir présente une douzaine de portraits de vulnérabilités, ces aspects de l'être humain avec lesquels notre société…
doit composer et dont il faut parler. Mettant en scène tant des personnes étant ou ayant été aux prises avec des enjeux de santé mentale que des professionnels et des scientifiques qui cherchent à comprendre les mécanismes qui sous-tendent les pathologies du cerveau, ces récits cassent les tabous : ils montrent la complicité qui se crée entre soignés et soignants. Chaque portrait est accompagné par un dessin des ImpatientsJ'aime les TDAH: 2
By Kim Rusk. 2019
Découvrez la vision du couple de Jean-François Breau et de Marie-Eve Janvier: où il y a le TDA, il y…
a de l'amour! Plongez dans l'inspirante perspective d'un duo mère-fille, à travers les témoignages de Mélanie Maynard et de Rosalie Bonenfant. Rencontrez Monsieur François, un enseignant lui-même diagnostiqué TDAH, qui fait de petits miracles dans sa classe. Et c'est sans compter les précieux conseils et la tonne de renseignements sur les troubles d'apprentissage et le TDAH en collaboration avec l'Institut des troubles d'apprentissageLa saga Villeneuve: la dynastie québécoise en F1
By Martine Camus. 2007
"Il y aura 25 ans le 8 mai prochain, Gilles Villeneuve se tuait lors d'une séance d'essais du Grand Prix…
de Belgique, à Zolder. Il laissait derrière lui une femme, deux jeunes enfants et des centaines de milliers de fans inconditionnels. Les Éditions La Presse souhaitent offrir aux lecteurs l'histoire de cet homme hors de l'ordinaire dont le fils a suivi les traces sur les circuits de F1. L'auteure, Martine Camus, a rédigé ce livre à partir d'interviews accordés par Joann Villeneuve, veuve de Gilles et mère de Jacques. À travers le récit de l'auteure, on apprend à mieux connaître les deux coureurs de Formule 1. Des épreuves régionales de motoneige auxquelles participait Gilles au championnat du monde de F1 remporté plusieurs années plus tard par son fils Jacques, défilent les différents événements marquants de la vie familiale et sportive de cette dynastie québécoise de la Formule 1. [...]" -- 4e de couvLa saga des Expos: Brochu s'explique (Collection Presses HEC)
By Claude Brochu. 2001
Ronflement et apnées du sommeil (Santé au quotidien)
By Bernard Fleury. 1998
Petite exploration du monde du sommeil qui permettra au lecteur de comprendre que le ronflement, éternel sujet de plaisanterie, cache…
parfois une véritable maladie : le syndrome d'apnées du sommeil. Somnolence, troubles intellectuels, impuissance, etc., telles sont les conséquences de ce syndrome qui affecte des millions de personnes. [SDMSe relever d'un traumatisme: réapprendre à vivre et à faire confiance (Psychologie)
By Pascale Brillon. 2006
"[...] Un guide d'accompagnement pour tous ceux et celles qui ont subi un événement traumatisant et souffrent de symptômes post-traumatiques.…
Il leur permettra de mieux comprendre ce qu'ils ont vécu et les guidera dans leur récupération post-traumatique. Ils y trouveront des outils grâce auxquels ils pourront recommencer à faire confiance à la vie et aux autres. Pascale Brillon détient un doctorat en psychologie. Elle est psychologue-chercheure à la Clinique des troubles anxieux de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal et codirectrice du Laboratoire d'Étude du trauma de l'Université du Québec à Montréal." -- 4e de couvLa sclérose en plaques (Santé au quotidien)
By René Marteau. 1998