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By Kathleen Ann Lahey, Kevin Alderson. 2004
Describes both the experiences of same-sex couples who have been able to marry, and the stories behind the scenes that…
explain how the legal battle was won. Using legal history and interviews, the authors investigate the two sides of this process. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004.By Bruce Kirkby. 2000
In the winter of 1999, three Canadians and three Omani Bedu set out across Arabia's great southern desert in an…
attempt to authentically recreate the 1947 crossing by Sir Wilfred Thesiger. Here they share the adventures and misadventures they experienced while crossing the vast, desolate desert. Winner of the 2001 Torgi Talking Book of the Year Award.By Joan Didion. 1983
In 1982 the author went to El Salvador. She describes the situation from the government's standpoint since she was unable…
to spend time with the guerrillas. Even so, the picture of terrorism emerges with fear and political repression. 1983.By Donald W George. 2000
40 short pieces written by contemporary travellers for the now defunct award-winning travel site Wanderlust. Writers include Simon Winchester in…
Romania; Isabel Allende in the Amazon; Pico Iyer in Bali; Carlos Fuentes in Zurich; Bill Barch in Italy; Sallie Tisdale in Japan and Po Branson in the Caribbean. 2000.By Peter Matthiessen. 1981
A noted naturalist describes a safari into Tanzania's Selous Game Reserve, one of the largest and most remote strongholds of…
wild animals left on earth. Mattiessen's portrait includes the human and social realities of the Selous as well as its natural magnificence. 1981.By Roger Housden. 2011
Housden traveled to Iran to meet with artists, writers, film makers and religious scholars who embody the long Iranian tradition…
of humanism, the belief in scholarship and artistry that began with the reign of Cyrus the Great. From the bustle of modern Tehran to the paradise gardens of Shiraz, Housden met Iranians who were welcoming and intellectually curious. He was brought face to face with the reality that beauty and truth, deceit and violence, are inextricably mingled in the affairs of human life. 2011.By Paulette Gagnon, Nathalie Lachanche, André DeLadurantaye. 1995
By Jacques Piché. 1996
Le ronflement est une maladie du système respiratoire qu'il ne faut pas prendre à la légère. L'auteur, oto-rhino-laryngologiste de renommée…
internationale, nous expose toutes les questions qui s'y rapportent et les solutions pour y remédier, depuis les trucs simples jusqu'au traitement au laser. Ce livre, écrit dans un style accessible à tous, est recommandé aux ronfleurs de même qu'à leurs victimes.By Marilou Brousseau, Marcel Lebœuf. 2014
" Marilou Brousseau et Marcel Leboeuf ont entrepris de nous livrer leur propre voyage dans les sentiers de la peur…
et d'en tirer pour nous d'ultimes leçons permettant de l'apprivoiser et de la guérir avant qu'elle ne devienne chronique ou invalidante. "-- 4e de couv.By Paulette Vanier, Kelly A Turner. 2016
Kelly A. Turner, chercheuse, spécialisée en oncologie et consultante en médecine intégrative, a analysé plus de 1000 cas de rémission…
radicale consignés dans des publications médicales. Elle a aussi parcouru le globe pour interviewer une centaine de thérapeutes alternatifs. Au fil de ses recherches, elle a ainsi répertorié 75 facteurs physiques, émotionnels et spirituels ayant joué un rôle dans le processus de guérison. L'auteure est parvenue à définir 9 facteurs clés mis en oeuvre par les survivants. Pour chacun, elle expose les études scientifiques les plus récentes, les traitements complémentaires existants et le témoignage d'authentiques cas de rémission radicale. Elle propose finalement une liste pratique de mesures à adopter pour la personne souffrant d'un cancer et son entourage. Écrit par une scientifique, l'ouvrage présente une approche globale et proactive, en plus des traitements médicaux classiques. 2016. Titre uniforme: Radical remission.By Marie-Paule Dessaint. 2014
" Que l'on frôle la quarantaine ou que l'on fête ses 80 printemps, chaque étape de l'existence nous place devant…
des interrogations et des défis particuliers. Pour y voir clair, Marie-Paule Dessaint propose de relire sa vie. Elle a réuni 21 récits qu'elle livre en intégralité afin de saisir la nature de l'exercice et d'en apprécier les bénéfices. En contrepoint, elle expose les caractéristiques et enjeux de chaque âge à partir du mitan : activité professionnelle, vie affective, familiale, santé, spiritualité, retraite" -- 4e de couv.By Theodore Stanger. 2003
Les Américains, leur hyper-puissance, leur arrogance, leur McDo... Les Français ne se privent pas de dire tout haut et fort…
ce qu'ils pensent d'eux. Mais les Américains, eux, qu'en pensent-ils? C'est à cette question que se propose de répondre Ted Stanger, un journaliste américain qui vit à Paris depuis dix ans et ne cesse d'être étonné par leurs moeurs, qu'il trouve toujours aussi exotiques. En une quinzaine de chapitres, il se penche sur leurs habitudes, modes de vie et de pensée : des 35 heures à la cuisine, du french lover à la contestation comme esthétique de vie, de la bureaucratie aux dîners en ville... 2003.By Herb Shoveller. 2006
When Ryan's first-grade teacher told his class about countries where people didn't have clean drinking water, he became determined to…
change things. His first well was built in Uganda, and a local orphan named Akana Jimmy longed for a chance to thank Ryan. When they finally meet, an unbreakable bond unites these boys from very different backgrounds, and a long and sometimes life-threatening journey begins. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 3-6. 2006.By Wendy Kitts. 2011
Though it was discovered almost 500 years ago, few people have visited Sable Island. Despite modern navigational tools, excessive fog…
and stormy weather still make travelling to Sable a challenge. But the island is part of Maritime lore--dubbed the "graveyard of the Atlantic" because of the number of ships wrecked on its shores. Sable Island also hosts wild horses, thousands of seals, and enchanting "singing" sands and "wandering" dunes. Sable Island is as dangerous as it is alluring. Grades 2-4. 2011.By Marq De Villiers, Sheila Hirtle. 2003
Description of the world's largest desert landscape and its inhabitants. Discusses the geography, natural cycles, and resilient life-forms of the…
sandy wilderness stretching across the broadest part of Africa. Covers the history of the Sahara's indigenous people--Berbers, Moors, and Tuareg--and the ancient kingdoms of past civilizations. 2003.By William Langewiesche. 1996
The author chronicles his journey through the Sahara Desert, south from Algiers to Senegal, mostly by public transportation. Describes his…
grueling travel across a harsh terrain, the region's colonial history and current political unrest, and the hardscrabble life of the indigenous Tuareg nomads. 1996.By Paul Theroux. 1983
American novelist and travel writer sails down the Yangtze River in China along with thirty-three Americans, mostly millionaires, on an…
exclusive Lindblad tour. Theroux offers prose pictures of the river's industry-fouled cities and villages, the countless junks and sampans, the spectacular gorges, the endless views of Chinese people tilling the half-dead fields, plus acerbic sketches of his rich companions. Some strong language. 1984, c1983.By Wayne Tefs. 2002
When teacher and author Wayne Tefs was diagnosed with a relatively unknown form of cancer, he decided to chronicle his…
journey from the onset of the disease, his shock at the diagnosis, his spiritual struggle, and his eventual learning to live with it. Tefs also describes his encounters with a wide spectrum of people whose varied reactions gave him the necessary combination of hope and anger to carry on. Some strong language. 2002.By Colin Angus, Julie Angus. 2009
2006. Adventurers Julie and Colin Angus were checking a map of Europe when Julie noticed an interconnected water route from…
Colin's parents' homeland of Scotland past her mother's homeland, Germany, and on to her father's, Syria. What started as a funny idea of rowing to visit relatives resulted in an odyssey by oar (and bike) where Julie and Colin tested their relationship while exploring their roots. Some strong language. 2010, c2009.By Doreen Tovey. 1982
The author describes her introduction to the English countryside, as well as to the village "characters" she and her husband…
meet on their quest to find a country home of their own. 1982.