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Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook
By Anthony Bourdain. 2010
Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-travelling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood,…
Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food. Bestseller. 2010.Marley and me: life and love with the world's worst dog
By John Grogan. 2005
A columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer reminisces about the untrainable Labrador retriever that he and his wife acquired as Florida…
newlyweds. Recalls Marley's hilarious escapades and his capacity for love as the Grogans become the parents of three kids. Bestseller. 2005.The author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" offers suggestions on opening one's self to love after…
the death of a mate or after a divorce. Describes the healing process common to both men and women. Explains the differences in the ways males and females resolve loss. c1998.Living with spina bifida: a guide for families and professionals
By Adrian Sandler. 1997
A physician explains the birth defect spina bifida and possible associated impairments, and offers advice on promoting good health and…
optimal development at every stage from childhood through young adulthood. c1997.Lincoln's last trial: the murder case that propelled him to the presidency
By David Fisher, Dan Abrams. 2018
At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois.…
Abraham Lincoln was hired to defend him. This was to be his last great case as a lawyer. The case posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office, and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office. Bestseller. 2018.Live your joy (Your coach in a box)
By Bonnie St. John. 2009
Little princes: one man's promise to bring home the lost children of Nepal
By Conor Grennan. 2011
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey…
that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge and reward him in a way that he had never imagined. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war--for a huge fee--by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of a bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work. Little Princes is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. Bestseller. 2011.Lindbergh
By A. Scott Berg. 1998
The authorized biography of the pilot who became a symbol of the aviation age. Describes Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight as…
the defining moment of his life. Discusses his role in the development of aviation for use in war and peacetime. Explores facets of Lindbergh's public and private images. Pulitzer Prize winner. c1998.Lightfoot
By Nicholas Jennings. 2017
Takes us deep inside Gordon Lightfoot’s world, from his idyllic childhood in Orillia, the wild sixties, and his canoe trips…
into Canada’s North to his heady times atop the music world. Jennings explores the toll that success took on his personal life - including his troubled relationships, his battle with alcohol and his near-death experiences - and the extraordinary drive and tenacity that pulled him through it all. Rich in voices from fellow musicians, close friends, Lightfoot’s family and the singer’s own reminiscences, the biography tells the stories behind some of his best-known love songs, including “Beautiful” and “Song for a Winter’s Night,” as well as the infidelity and divorce that resulted in classics like “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind.” Bestseller. 2017.Life on the ground floor: letters from the edge of emergency medicine
By James Maskalyk. 2017
Humanitarian doctor and activist James Maskalyk, author of "Six Months in Sudan", draws upon his experience treating patients in the…
world's emergency rooms. From Toronto to Addis Ababa, Cambodia to Bolivia, he discovers that although the cultures, resources and medical challenges of each hospital may differ, they are linked indelibly by the ground floor: the location of their emergency rooms. Here, on the ground floor, is where Dr. Maskalyk witnesses the story of "human aliveness"--our mourning and laughter, tragedies and hopes, the frailty of being and the resilience of the human spirit. And it's here too that he is swept into the story, confronting his fears and doubts and questioning what it is to be a doctor. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2017.Life
By James Fox, Keith Richards. 2010
Autobiography of the Rolling Stones guitarist (b. 1943). Recounts his wartime London childhood, his education, and the beginnings of the…
group in 1962. Discusses bandmates including Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, and Brian Jones as well as his lover Anita Pallenberg and wife Patti Hansen. Bestseller. 2010.Letters to my grandchildren
By David T Suzuki. 2015
In these inspiring letters to his grandchildren, Mr. Suzuki challenges them to speak out and act on their beliefs, explains…
why sports are important, decries the lack of elders and grandparents in the lives of many people (especially immigrants), and champions the importance of heroes. Bestseller. 2015.Letters of a businessman to his daughter
By G. Kingsley Ward. 1989
Ward's letters to his daughter provide straightforward advice on such topics as the importance of setting goals, delegating responsibility, balancing…
work and family, and how, as a woman, to ensure equal treatment in the workplace. Companion volume to "Letters of a businessman to his son". Bestseller . 1989.Explores the way disability activists in the United Kingdom and Canada have transformed their aspirations into legal claims in their…
quest for equality. It unpacks shifting conceptualizations of the political identity of disability and the role of a rights discourse in these dynamics. In doing so, it delves into the diffusion of disability rights among grassroots organizations and the traditional disability charities. 2011.Lyndon Johnson and the American dream: The Most Revealing Portrait Of A President And Presidential Power Ever Written
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 1991
Pastor uses scripture and anecdotes from his own ministry to answer questions about Jesus’s life and message. Discusses heaven and…
hell and argues that the Bible promotes love and forgiveness, not hatred. Rejects the idea that all non-Christians go to hell. Bestseller. 2011.Love, loss, and what we ate: a memoir
By Padma Lakshmi. 2016
Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how people eat is an extension of…
how they love, how they comfort, how they forge a sense of home, and how they taste the world as they navigate their way through it. Shuttling between continents as a child, she lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favourite food remained the simple rice she first ate sitting on the cool floor of her grandmother's kitchen in South India. This is the extraordinary account of her journey from that humble kitchen, ruled by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges' table of Top Chef and beyond. Bestseller. 2016.Croyez-vous au destin? ((Collection Spiritualité).)
By Placide Gaboury. 2015
" Voici un regard complètement nouveau sur un des sujets les plus anciens et les plus mal compris, le destin.…
Pour remettre les pendules à l'heure, l'auteur a opté pour une formule toute simple : des réponses aux questions les plus fréquemment posées sur le sujet, entre autres : - D'où nous vient l'idée du destin ? - À quoi peut servir de souffrir et de mourir ? - Celui qui commet un meurtre a-t-il su à l'avance qu'il deviendrait assassin ? - Quel est le sort du suicidé ? - Faire mourir un enfant, n'est-ce pas un acte cruel de la part d'un Dieu d'amour ? - Peut-on avoir choisi une maladie incurable ? - L'espoir est-il possible dans un monde désespéré ? L'auteur affirme sans hésiter que si le corps est destiné à dépérir, l'âme est, au contraire, vouée à une vie impérissable. Le corps n'a pas le choix : il est soumis aux lois physiques; mais l'âme, elle, a choisi librement de s'incarner et d'y apprendre les leçons qui sont nécessaires à sa croissance. Rien pour elle n'est fatalité, tout est choix responsable. Si la plupart des gens voient le destin comme malheureux, et même catastrophique, c'est parce qu'ils croient qu'ils sont un corps et rien de plus. Avec cette croyance, aucun espoir ne résiste à la mort : c'est la suprême tragédie! Alors qu'avec la conscience d'un destin immortel, tout le sens de la vie passe au signe positif. " -- 4e de couv.L'appel de l'innocence: l'héritage d'une vie
By Placide Gaboury. 2013
" Ce n'est que quelques jours avant sa mort, alité dans une unité de soins palliatifs, que Placide Gaboury met…
la touche finale à ce qui sera son testament spirituel. De 1928 à 2012, de l'inconsciente innocence de l'enfance à l'innocence assumée du vieux sage, il aura été enfant mystique, croyant révolté, pourfendeur des dogmes établis et des vérités à la mode, défenseur de l'autonomie spirituelle et pionnier d'une spiritualité ouverte encore à définir. Par-dessus tout, il était épris de vérité. Cette vérité absolue aux facettes relatives infinies qu'il a dépeinte constamment au fil du temps, en mots, en musique et en peinture. Une vérité pourtant impossible à décrire, il le savait bien! Néanmoins, il en parlera toujours, encore et encore, comme un vieil amant débordant d'amour, jusqu'à la dernière ligne, jusqu'à la fin et pour les cœurs ouverts, au-delà des mots et de la mort " -- 4e de couv.