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Paris 1919: six months that changed the world
By Margaret MacMillan. 2001
Analyzes the failure of the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I. Focuses on the nationalistic goals of American president…
Woodrow Wilson, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George - the author's great-grandfather - as they reorganized the defeated empires and created the League of Nations. Foreword by Richard Holbrooke. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2001. Uniform title: PeacemakersPapal sin: structures of deceit
By Garry Wills. 2000
A Pulitzer Prize-winning author--for "Lincoln at Gettysburg"--and practicing Catholic indicts the Church's hierarchy for the papal sin of deception. Calls…
for internal reform regarding teachings on birth control and abortion, priests' celibacy, and the ordainment of women. Challenges the Vatican's attitude towards the Holocaust. Bestseller. 2000.Our turn
By Kirstine Stewart. 2015
Kirstine Stewart got her first job when she applied for a position as a "girl Friday" at a film distribution…
house. Having worked her way up from the bottom--under women and men, leaders good and bad--she believes it's time we leaped past the question of how women might create change in the working world and exploit the fact that profound change is already under way. The digital revolution, and the wave of millennials who are entering the work force with very different expectations than the generations who preceded them, have created a new reality that demands a new style of leader with attributes and perspectives that make women the natural front-runners. The opportunity is there. The question Stewart tackles is, how do we seize it? Bestseller. 2015.La santé par le plaisir de bien manger: la médecine préventive au quotidien
By Denis Gingras, Richard Béliveau. 2009
Le but de ce livre est d’exposer les causes de le diabète de type 2, les maladies cardiovasculaires, le cancer…
et la maladie d’Alzheimer et de démontrer à quel point les changements dramatiques dans les habitudes alimentaires des pays industrialisés ont contribué à l’émergence de ces fléaux. D’exposer le fait que le retour à une saine alimentation représente l'arme par excellence pour se prémunir dans une très large mesure contre ces maladies. 2009.Les conseils santé d'Isabelle
By Isabelle Huot. 2005
"En prenant conscience des étapes que nôtre âme a traversées, nous pouvons renouer avec notre essence divine et mettre un…
baume sur nos blessures d'âme. Nous pouvons aussi comprendre ses besoins et enfin lui offrir l'écoute et la compassion dont elle a tant besoin. Ainsi les petites et grandes naissances que le quotidien nous propose seront plus douces à notre cœur et elles pourront vécues pleinement dans la joie. " -- 4e de couv.La protection divine: l'ultime refuge est en nous
By Patrick Bernard. 2005
" La certitude d'être réellement en sécurité survient au moment où nous pressentons que tout est orchestré par une réalité…
qui nous dépasse. Au bout de ce voyage, Dieu nous ouvre les bras. " -- 4e de couv.De la liberté au don de soi: la voie de Maurice Zundel
By Benoît Garceau. 2014
" Le maître spirituel qu'est Maurice Zundel accorde une grande importance à la liberté : elle est non seulement un…
désir, mais aussi un droit et même un devoir. La raison en est simple : seule la liberté nous garantit l'espace nécessaire à notre accomplissement, qui culmine dans le don de nous-mêmes à Dieu et aux autres. Au contraire des libertés civiles forcément limitées, la liberté que défend Zundel est d'abord intérieure. Mais elle a aussi une dimension sociale : la pauvreté empiète trop souvent sur cet espace de gratuité, vital à tout être humain, qui est le véritable objet du combat pour la justice. Le même souffle doit ainsi unifier vie intérieure, engagement auprès d'autrui et approche des questions politiques. "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.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 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.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.La méthode Dukan: Ma Solution En 4 Étapes Pour Maigrir Durablement
By Pierre Dukan. 2011
Voici la synthèse ultime de la méthode Dukan avec ses derniers prolongements : Ses 4 phases : attaque, croisière, consolidation…
et stabilisation, avec des menus adaptés ; ses 100 aliments à volonté (72 protéinés, 28 légumes) ; son nouveau moteur : l'APPSO, l'activité physique prescrite sur ordonnance ; sa dimension plaisir avec les 60 dernières recettes inédites ; sa surprenante efficacité, des résultats immédiats et persistants ; son absence de faim et de frustration ; son contrat de stabilisation à court, moyen et long terme, sa personnalisation et son suivi par Internet. 2011.Entre le coeur et l'âme
By Marie-Luce Constant, Robert J Sardello. 1997
North of normal: a memoir of my wilderness childhood, my counterculture family and how I survived both
By Cea Sunrise Person. 2014
From nature child to international model by the age of thirteen, Person’s astonishing saga is one of long-held family secrets…
and extreme family dysfunction, all in an incredibly unusual setting. It is also the story of one girl’s deep-seated desire for normality - a desire that enabled her to risk everything, overcome adversity and achieve her dreams. Bestseller. c2014.