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By Miroslava Lhotsky, Peggy Edwards, Judy Turner. 1999
Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…
hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.Bestselling author Bach provides a user-friendly, motivational book designed to help build wealth through homeownership and finish rich in any…
market. Whether you already own your home or are renting, Bach gives you a long-term strategy with step-by-step instructions for success. 2006.By Robert J Dole. 2005
Former senator from Kansas describes his enlistment into the elite U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division as a lieutenant during World…
War II. Chronicles the April 14, 1945, battle in Italy that paralyzed him, his long recovery, first marriage, and entry into civilian life and the political sphere. Bestseller. 2005.By Karen Levine. 2002
In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education centre in Tokyo, Japan, with the name Hana Brady…
painted in white on the outside. The centre's curator searches for clues across Europe and North America to find out who Hana was and what had happened to her. Her journey takes her back through seventy years to a young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis. Winner of the 2003 Silver Birch Award. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. Grades 4-7. 2002.By Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen. 2003
Accounts of people who have lost a loved one. Each story details the particular death and explains how the author…
dealt with grief and found the courage to go on. Sections include "Final Gifts," "Coping and Healing," "Special Moments," and "Living Again." 2003.By Dan McCaffery. 1988
During World War I, Billy Bishop gained fame as a skilled fighter pilot and became the most decorated war hero…
in Canada. However, over the years, his aviation record has been questioned, especially the number of his "kills". 1988.By Richard Rohmer. 2004
Major-General Richard Rohmer, a commander of the Order of Military Merit and an Officer of the Order of Canada, began…
his career in World War II as a top Mustang reconnaissance pilot. He is also a lawyer, litigator, journalist and best-selling author of 28 books. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of Hollinger Inc. and is arguably Canada's most decorated citizen. 2004.By Peggy O'Hara. 1983
Peggy O'Hara, this book's editor, was a so-called war bride, coming to Canada from England after marrying a Canadian serviceman…
during the Second World War. She later wondered about the other thousands of British and Dutch women who had done the same. What uprooted them from family and friends and brought them to a strange, sparsely populated country? She collected their stories, some happy, some sad, in an effort to find out.By Laurie Naomi Gottlieb, Deanna Rosenswig. 2005
Whether capping a successful career and looking for a new challenge, finding themselves unexpectedly downsized, or emerging from the home…
to work, women are searching for purpose in their jobs and lives. The authors show how mid-life is actually the best time for women to live their dreams, as they have the freedom, emotional resources, self-knowledge, time, and energy to do so. 2005.By Kingsley Brown. 1989
In 1942, RCAF Bomber Pilot Kingsley Brown was shot down over Holland and began his 3-year incarceration in Stalag Luft…
3, the German P.O.W. camp from which the Great Escape was launched. 1989.By Linda Granfield. 2002
This book tells the story of Canada's war brides. 48,000 young women met and married Canadian servicemen in Europe during…
World War II. Nothing could have prepared them for their experience in this new land. Some regretted their hasty love affairs and others enjoyed more than 50 years of happy marriage. 2002.By David Allen. 2001
Is your workload overwhelming? Does it just keep mounting up while your stress levels reach fever pitch? In "Getting Things…
Done" David Allen teaches you how to keep a clear head, relax and organise your thoughts while implementing the methods that he has introduced at organisations like Microsoft, Lockheed and the US Department of Justice. 2001.By Stephen E Ambrose. 1992
A description of life in the Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, from the time of their rigorous training…
in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory. Drawing on interviews, journals and letters, the author tells - often in their own words - the story of these American heroes. c1992, 2001.By Phillip C McGraw. 2001
"Dr. Phil" turns inward, expanding his philosophy of life begun in "Life Strategies" and "Relationship Rescue". Explores how to find…
one's "authentic self" via introspection and other key elements that will lead to a stronger self-concept and self-esteem. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2001.By Gary Zukav, Linda Francis. 2002
Although developing emotional awareness is challenging and difficult because it requires becoming aware of our buried emotional pain, it is…
also enormously rewarding. This text shows us how to free ourselves from our compulsions, fixations, obsessions and addictions - such as anger, workaholism, obsessive eating, alcohol and drug abuse - that prevent us from living a fulfilling and meaningful life. 2002.By Donald E Graves, J. Mackay Hitsman. 1999
An account of the causes of the war of 1812 and of the campaigns and battles that raged on land…
and water, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Hitsman describes the life and role of the soldiers - both the regulars and the militia - and the difficulties of waging war in largely trackless territory, where rivers and lakes were the main means of transport. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.By Loïse Lavallée, Christopher Stone. 2002
Loïse Lavallée's daughter was severely injured by a drunk driver when she was a seven-month-old; for the next twelve years…
Éloïse needed constant medical attention, numerous corrective surgeries and was totally dependent in every aspect of daily life. A day before she was to turn thirteen years old she died quietly at home, in her mother's arms. For the next two years Loïse wrote letters to her daughter that reflect the long road she traveled from complete despair to taking the first hopeful steps to rebuilding her own life. 2002.By Jan Sheble. 1997
Comfort, support, and encouragement are offered for the grieving widow or widower. Contains 365 daily meditations to help lead people…
through the mourning process to a healing that only God can provide. 1997.More than 250,000 courageous men and women were enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. These…
Canadians fought valiantly in every major air operation from the Battle of Britain to the bombing of Germany. Thousands lost their lives. Those who survived to tell their stories were forever changed. Here are some of their incredible stories. 2003.During World War II, some of the most treacherous jobs were those performed by men and women located deep within…
enemy territory. Always in danger of being exposed and subjected to torture, imprisonment, and even death, their stories are chilling accounts of bravery and luck - and, in some cases, what happens when the luck runs out. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.