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Tous cherchent le bonheur, et pourtant, rares sont ceux qui peuvent se dire véritablement heureux... Dans cet ouvrage Marc Fisher…
tente de découvrir pourquoi... À travers des anecdotes savoureuses tirées de sa propre vie, il nous parle des clés utiles à notre bonheur quotidien : l'harmonie du couple, l'amour de son métier, le sens secret de la maladie, l'optimisme, la confiance en soi, l'art de se débarrasser de ses angoisses et de ses faux problèmes, l'urgence de vivre ses rêves, le sens véritable du succès et de la richesse... 2000.Le catholicisme québécois (Diagnostic ; #28)
By Raymond Lemieux, Jean-Paul Montminy. 2000
Parcours en trois temps sur le catholicisme québécois: regard historique sur la réalité religieuse du Québec, de la Conquête à…
1960; analyse du choc culturel et social de la Révolution tranquille; prospective d'avenir. Ouvrage compréhensif et indulgent qui s'adresse à tous ceux que l'évolution sociale et culturelle du Québec intéressent. 2000.Orr: my story
By Bobby Orr. 2013
Bobby Orr is often referred to as the greatest ever to play the game of hockey. No defenseman had ever…
played the way he did, or received so many trophies, or set so many records, several of which still stand today. He has never written a memoir, authorized a biography, or talked to journalists about his past, but now he is finally ready to tell his story. Bestseller. 2013.Open heart, open mind
By Clara Hughes. 2015
From one of Canada’s most decorated Olympians comes a raw but life-affirming story of one woman’s struggle with mental illness.…
After more than a decade in the gruelling world of professional sports that stripped away her confidence and bruised her body, Clara Hughes began to realize that her physical extremes, her emotional setbacks, and her partying habits were masking a severe depression. After winning bronze in the last speed skating race of her career, she decided to retire from that sport, determined to repair herself. She has emerged as one of our most committed humanitarians, advocating for a variety of social causes in Canada and around the world. Bestseller. 2015.One soldier's story: a memoir
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.Lesage
By Richard Daignault. 1981
En 1958, Jean Lesage est élu chef du Parti Libéral du Québec. En 1960, il prend le pouvoir et dirige…
à partir de ce moment la fameuse "équipe du tonnerre" qui animera la Révolution tranquille. 1981Louis Cyr, l'homme le plus fort du monde (Collection Biographie)
By Ben Weider. 1993
One Native life
By Richard Wagamese. 2008
Wagamese's look back at the long road he traveled in reclaiming his identity, and about what he's learned as a…
human being, a man, and an Ojibway. Whether he's writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus, listening to the wind, or meeting Johnny Cash, these are stories told in a healing spirit. Through them, Wagamese shows how to appreciate life for the remarkable learning journey it is. Explicit descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2008.One day closer: a mother's quest to bring her kidnapped daughter home
By Lorinda Stewart. 2017
On August 23, 2008, Amanda Lindhout was kidnapped outside Mogadishu in Somalia. The kidnappers’ demand was simple: pay millions or…
Amanda would be killed. For the next 460 days, Amanda’s mother, Lorinda Stewart, did everything in her power to get her daughter back alive. What was supposed to be a short negotiation stretched on, and weeks became months. As negotiations broke down, Lorinda found herself increasingly on her own. But she never gave up hope, even when the phone calls became more traumatic. Faced with the terrible possibility of her daughter’s death, Lorinda decided to bring in a private security company and raise money from donors to support the cause of bringing Amanda home. But would it be enough? Bestseller. 2017.N'oublie pas les chevaux écumants du passé
By Christiane Singer. 2005
« Errer dans les chantiers du monde, sur l'emplacement de la mosquée Bleue ou de l'abbaye du Thoronet quelques jours…
avant le premier coup de pioche quand y paissaient encore les moutons et y cabriolaient les chèvres. Marcher la nuit dans New York et y entendre bruire la forêt sacrée des Iroquois. Rejoindre le moment de bifurcation où la vie s'invente de neuf. Il faut se répéter sans se lasser que ce qui existe sur terre n'est qu'une ombre du possible, une option entre mille autres. » Comme une fenêtre ouverte sur le monde, les paroles de Christiane Singer ont le ton libre d'une conversation intime. Profonde sans jamais être inaccessible, simple sans être légère, elle nous invite à la réflexion et au partage, évoquant au fil de cette méditation aussi lumineuse que sensible le monde tel que nous le vivons, au carrefour de nos émotions et de nos attentes. Nourrissant son récit de souvenirs, d'anecdotes, de contes et de récits mystiques, l'auteur de Où cours-tu ? atteint, avec une grâce infinie, l'intime et l'universel, dans ce livre de sagesse dont on ressort apaisé et radieux.On the shoulders of giants: Vol 3 ; Basketball comes to Harlem
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2009
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar takes listeners on a tour through the segregated days of early basketball, including the remarkable story of the…
Harlem Rens--the first professional champions of basketball. Along the way, hoops icons like Charles Barkley, Julius Erving, and John Wooden share their thoughts, while broadcast legend Bob Costas narrates. 2009.On the shoulders of giants: Vol 4 ; Jazz lights up Harlem
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2009
On the shoulders of giants: Vol 2 ; Master intellects & creative giants
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2009
On the shoulders of giants: Vol 1 ; How Harlem became the center of the universe
By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2009
On truth
By Harry G Frankfurt. 2006
After the success of his work "On bullshit", Frankfurt looks at the other side of the philosophical coin. If bullshit…
resides in the realm of subjective perception, then truth points to what lies outside that realm. Frankfurt is praised for his ability to speak to a wide general audience. Thus, "On Truth" is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand the function of truth in our culture. 2006.On tyranny: twenty lessons from the twentieth century
By Timothy Snyder. 2017
"We are rapidly ripening for fascism. This American writer leaves us with no illusions about ourselves." -Svetlana Alexievich, Winner of…
the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Founding Fathers tried to protect us from the threat they knew, the tyranny that overcame ancient democracy. Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the twentieth century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Bestseller. 2017.On bullshit
By Harry G Frankfurt. 2005
Frankfurt believes there is a clear difference between the liar and the bullshitter. Liars acknowledge the reality of truth but…
choose to ignore it, whereas bullshitters pay little attention to the reality of truth. According to Frankfurt, this fundamental difference actually makes BS the greater enemy of the truth - and the world is full of its practitioners. 2005.Now you know Canada: 150 years of fascinating facts (Now You Know Ser. #21)
By Doug Lennox. 2017
Just in time for Canada's 150th birthday is this collection of the best in Canadian questions and answers, covering history,…
famous Canadians, sports, word origins, geography, and everything in between. In these pages, you'll learn the answers to questions like: Where did the word "Canuck" come from? How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson Crusoe? Why do Canadian engineers wear iron rings? What famous explorer played hockey in the Arctic? Who was the first Black woman elected to Canada's Parliament? What unlikely team beat Canada for the gold medal for hockey in the 1936 Winter Olympics? How did the Halifax Explosion occur? Bestseller. 2017.Nourishing the soul: discovering the sacred in everyday life
By Rose Solari, Anne Adamcewicz Simpkinson, Charles H Simpkinson. 1995
A collection from some of today's wisest voices: poets, storytellers, musicians, spiritual teachers, psychologists and bestselling authors. The stories provide…
an enriching spectrum of ideas on rediscovering the sacred soul within ourselves and in the larger culture. 1995. Uniform title: Common boundary.Ma carrière et ma vie (Collection Témoignage)
By Alys Robi. 1980