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Samurai rising: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
By Pamela S Turner. 2016
When Minamoto Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family - and lost.…
His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai. When the time came for the Minamoto clan to rise up against their enemies, Yoshitsune answered the call. His daring feats and impossible bravery earned him immortality. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Rire avec Rufi
By André Rufiange. 1979
Avec ce livre, le chroniqueur du Journal de Montréal et du Journal de Québec, André Rufiange, nous donne ici un…
pot-pourri de ses textes humoristiques sur mille et un sujets de notre vie de tous les jours. Détente garantie. 1979.Sacrés Américains!: nous, les Yankees, on est comme ça
By Ted Stanger. 2004
Rogue warrior of the SAS: the Blair Mayne legend
By Martin Dillon, Roy Bradford. 2003
Half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers…
in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe. 2003, c1987.Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations: And Other Observations
By Al Franken. 1996
Best known as a writer and comic for television's Saturday Night Live, Franken takes a humorous look at the political…
right, beginning with talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and his audience of "fact-challenged dittoheads." Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, and others are also targeted in what Franken calls "200-plus pages of ... mean-spirited (yet accurate) bile." Strong language. 1996.Rules for aging: a wry and witty guide
By Roger Rosenblat. 2000
Rosenblat believes most people worry needlessly about things that aren't important, thereby taking years off their lives. Rosenblat gives advice…
on how to keep things in perspective and live life to the fullest in 54 humorous pieces. 2000.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.Refuge in the black deck: the story of ordinary seaman Nicola Peffers
By Nicola Peffers. 2017
When Ordinary Seaman Nicola Peffers boarded the HMCS Winnipeg in 2009, she was embarking on her first deployment with the…
Canadian Navy. At twenty-six years old, one of the few women on the boat, and of the top students in her training class, Nicola began her career with a sense of optimism and hope towards seeing the world and serving her country. Rather than finding the teamwork and belonging she had hoped for, Nicola endured constant sexualization by the men she worked with. Along with the rigours of an intense military training process, she also faced sexual harassment and mistreatment from her superiors. Socially isolated, Nicola's only refuge, at times, was hiding in the black deck, a dark and cramped area of the ship that no one visits unless they absolutely have to. 2017. Uniform title: Black deckReturn with honor
By Scott O'Grady, Jeff Coplon. 1995
Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady prepared for his Deny Flight mission over Bosnia as usual on June 2, 1995. But…
several hours later, his plane was hit by an antiaircraft missile, and his day became anything but usual. As O'Grady details his survival during the six days it took for him to be rescued, he also provides background information on his life up to and following that mission. 1995.Remembering John McCrae: soldier, doctor, poet
By Linda Granfield. 2009
"In Flanders Fields the poppies blow..."Every Canadian student, teacher and parent can recite these powerful words. But behind every poem…
is a poet, who lived, breathed, and in this case, led an extraordinary life. Despite John McCrae reaching Canadian icon status, his life has been largely unknown. This books is a beautiful tribute to this man. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 4-7. 2009.Red Green talks cars: a love story
By Steve Smith, Rick Green. 1997
Red Green, Bill, Harold, and the other members of Possum Lodge share their hard-won wisdom about cars. They discuss projects…
from the handyman's corner, driving and car care tips, and what to say to the judge. Also includes "The Possum Lodge Car Song Book." 1997.Recollections of Rifleman Bowlby: Italy 1944 (Famous Regiments)
By Alex Bowlby. 1989
The battalion in which Bowlby served was renowned throughout the Eighth army, but luck deserted it after the North African…
campaign. Stripped of its hard core of regulars it was sent as heavy infantry to Italy, instead of the specialised role for which it had been trained, and lost its first and second battles. Bowlby describes exactly how men behave when the heat is on, and his account of life in an infantry platoon in Italy 1944. 1989.Real ponies don't go oink!
By Patrick F McManus. 2000
In this collection of essays, McManus treats his audience to the exploits of his wife Bun, his buddies Retch and…
Eddie, and himself. He recounts the events that led to his dog’s climbing a tree, to the class clown’s finally making the fierce math teacher laugh, and to the garage door’s gobbling up the dog. He tells of the problems in pouring a concrete walk and of fireworks with the potential to bring down a B-29. 2000.Quiet heroines: nurses of the Second World War
By Brenda McBryde. 1989
The author, herself a wartime nurse, has produced a full account of nursing during the Second World War. Being 'there'…
when the need arose often meant working under difficult and dangerous conditions. Through the violence and tragedy which stained the war years. The humanity of the doctors and nurses gleams with a reassuring endurance. 1989.Quatrième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier
By Patrick Rambaud. 2011
Suite des chroniques consacrées au règne de Nicolas Ier. Où la popularité du souverain est mise à mal en raison…
d’une série d’événements mettant en évidence les trébuchements de courtisans et ministres dans le tapis de l’échiquier politique. De l’été 2009 à l’été 2010, descriptions et commentaires d’une nouvelle année passée dans les coulisses du palais impérial.Proud to be a Marine: stories of strength and courage from the few and the proud
By C. Brian Kelly, Ingrid Smyer-Kelly. 2017
A new volume of stories specific to the Marine Corps, dating from the very beginning (American Revolution) to modern day,…
including the 18th and 19th century, the Boxer rebellion, the two world wars, Korea and Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. 2017.Pour l'amour de Massoud: document
By Sediqa Massoud, Chékéba Hachemi, Marie-Françoise Colombani. 2005
Massoud. Ce nom évoque l'homme qui a résisté dans les montagnes d'Afghanistan contre les Soviétiques, puis contre les talibans. Le…
héros assassiné par les extrémistes de l'Islam, le 9 septembre 2001, deux jours avant les attentats du World Trade Center. Ce témoignage exceptionnel est celui de la femme que Massoud a aimée, épousée dans le plus grand secret, et avec qui il a eu six enfants. Sediqa Massoud nous révèle ici la face cachée d'un grand chef de guerre, visionnaire, épris de liberté, que le monde entier respecte et dont la vie personnelle reste à ce jour un mystère. 2005.Premières lueurs: mon combat contre le trouble de stress post-traumatique
By Roméo Dallaire, Jessica Dee Humphreys, Paul Gagné, Lori Saint-Martin. 2017
Témoin du génocide rwandais de 1994, le lieutenant-général Roméo Dallaire en est resté profondément marqué. Dans cette suite de J'ai…
serré la main du diable, il réfléchit à la fois sur la nature du trouble de stress post-traumatique et sur les effets de cette souffrance à la fois physique et spirituelle. En parallèle, il raconte divers épisodes de sa vie: sa destitution de l'armée pour raisons médicales, son passage au Sénat canadien, les événements douloureux qu'il a vécus pendant la rédaction de son premier livre. Le récit courageux d'un ancien militaire dont les nuits sont envahies par le désespoir, mais qui, aux premières lueurs de l'aube, fait face à la réalité avec un désir sans cesse renouvelé de changer le monde. 2017. Titre uniforme: Waiting for first light.Pourquoi tout va mal: nouvelles révélations sur l'incompétence
By Jean-Louis Morgan, Laurence J Peter. 1986
Qui ne connait pas le célèbre principe de Peter? Seize ans âpres son livre (8 millions d'exemplaires vendus!), qui révéla…
au monde les sommets secrets et les scandales de l'incompétence, le Professeur Peter revient à la charge. 1986. Titre uniforme: The Peter principle.Moje uspomene
By Živojin Mišić. 2010