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Sonnez, merveilles!
By Kent Nagano, Inge Kloepfer, Isabelle Gabolde. 2015
" Kent Nagano retrace pour nous son parcours, qui l'a amené, lui, petit-fils de modestes immigrants ayant grandi dans un…
petit village côtier de la Californie, à diriger les plus prestigieux orchestres et maisons d'opéra. Il raconte comment la musique lui a permis de trouver sa place, non seulement au sein de sa propre communauté, mais partout dans le monde. Loin d'être une activité réservée à l'élite, la musique classique, selon Nagano, est un formidable instrument de rapprochement et de dialogue entre les hommes. À la fois mémoires et brûlant plaidoyer pour la survie de la musique classique et des arts, Sonnez, merveilles ! sadresse à tous ceux qui croient encore en l'importance de la culture dans le monde d'aujourdhui. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Erwarten Sie Wunder!Stormy weather: the life of Lena Horne
By James Gavin. 2009
Biography of African American singer/actress Lena Horne, born in 1917 Brooklyn, who first performed at Harlem's Cotton Club at age…
sixteen. Interprets Horne's multiracial family background in the pre-civil rights era as the reason for emotional conflicts in both her personal and professional lives. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. c2009.Rex: a mother, her autistic child, and the music that transformed their lives
By Cathleen Lewis. 2008
How can an 11-year old boy hear a Mozart fantasy for the first time and play it back perfectly, but…
struggle to navigate the familiar surroundings of his own home? Lewis shares the mystery of her son Rex, blind and autistic, and the highs, lows, hopes, dreams, joy, sorrows, and faith she has journeyed through with him. 2008.Randy Bachman: takin' care of business
By John Einarson, Randy Bachman. 2000
A biography of rock guitarist Randy Bachman, from his early days in Winnipeg, to his years with the Guess Who…
and BTO. A songwriter, producer, guitarist, and session player, Bachman has played an integral role in the evolution and growth of the Canadian music industry. Some strong language. 2000.Our stories, our songs: African children talk about AIDS
By Deborah Ellis. 2005
In the summer of 2003, author Ellis travelled to Malawi and Zambia and met with children and teens whose lives…
have been touched by AIDS. Ellis describes the poverty, child labour, sexual exploitation, and the signs and symptoms of the disease, but the children discuss their families, favourite pastimes, fears, and dreams. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Grades 5-8. 2006, c2005.Out of poverty: and into something more comfortable
By John Stackhouse. 2000
In a blend of travel writing and analysis, Stackhouse's eight-year journey results in the personal stories of some of the…
world's poorest people. While describing lives and communities destroyed by misplaced aid and government interventions, he also shows how individuals are finding the creativity and means to make their own lives better. Poverty is not an inevitable part of the human condition but a direct result of human actions - and something that can be remedied. Some descriptions of violence. 2000.One child at a time: the global fight to rescue children from online predators
By Julian Sher. 2007
The Internet has helped make child abuse terrifyingly common. The men perpetrating these crimes include lawyers, priests, doctors and politicians,…
while the police - from a crack image analyst with the Toronto police to an FBI agent who poses as a thirteen-year-old girl online - work desperately to nab the predators. Investigators are using cutting edge tools, turning the technology of the Internet against the perpetrators, as they race to find and rescue the victims. Descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.Les rêves de mon père: [l'histoire d'un héritage en noir et blanc] : document (Document)
By Barack Obama, Danièle Darneau. 2008
Son nom est déjà gravé dans le marbre de l'Histoire. Premier Afro-Américain candidat à la présidence des États-Unis, Barack Obama…
intrigue et fascine. Qui se cache derrière ce phénomène politique? Des terres rouges de Nairobi aux paysages ensoleillés de Djakarta, des ghettos de Chicago aux bancs de l'université Columbia, Barack Obama a poursuivi le même rêve: donner au monde les couleurs du métissage. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2008, c1995. Titre uniforme: Dreams from my father.Les airs mythiques ((Biographies et mythes historiques).)
By Élisabeth Brisson. 2014
"Qui ne se plaît pas à fredonner avec une émotion toute personnelle, le Boléro de Ravel ou la mélodie de…
Tonight provenant du film culte West Side Story ? Ou d'entonner à tue-tête dans la rue, le fameux refrain Singing in the rain... Cette présentation d'une quarantaine d'airs se propose d'accroître la joie à les reconnaître et à les chanter en apportant des éclairages pertinents sur leur facture ainsi que sur le contexte de leur composition, comme sur les modalités de leur réception et de leur diffusion. Les airs qui constituent cette culture partagée, source de lien social, sont classés en quatre catégories : les airs politiques ; les airs populaires, souvent pour des raisons grivoises ; les airs intimes, berceuses comme airs d'amour ; et les airs à connotations spirituelles et dévoilent les aspirations les plus secrètes de tout être humain, bridé de facto par la bienséance et par le respect dû à l'autre, ces fondements indispensables de toute vie en société. Chanter ces airs permet ainsi d'exprimer, sous une autre forme que le mot d'esprit, l'acte manqué ou le lapsus, ou également le rêve ou encore le fantasme, les désirs illicites qui font pression et bouillonnent chez chacun. " -- 4e de couv.C'est pour ton bien: racines de la violence dans l'éducation de l'enfant
By Alice Miller, Jeanne Etoré. 1984
Essai d'explication des répercussions, sur le comportement adulte, des mauvais traitements d'une éducation répressive reçus dans la petite enfance. Après…
un survol et une dénonciation de la "pédagogie noire" des deux derniers siècles, l'auteure explicite sa thèse à l'aide de trois cas: Christiane F. (autodestruction par la drogue); Adolf Hitler (la destruction d'autrui); Jrgen Bartsch (un criminel). La drogue, la psychose et la criminalité sont des "expressions codées des expériences de la petite enfance". 1984.Behind the beautiful forevers: life, death and hope in a Mumbai slum
By Katherine Boo. 2012
Annawadi is a slum at the edge of Mumbai Airport, in the shadow of shining new luxury hotels. Its residents…
are garbage recyclers, construction workers and economic migrants, all of them living in the hope that a small part of India's booming future will eventually be theirs. But when a crime rocks the slum community and global recession and terrorism shocks the city, tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy begin to turn brutal. As Boo gets to know those who dwell at Mumbai's margins, she evokes an extraordinarily vivid and vigorous group of individuals flourishing against the odds amid the complications, corruptions and gross inequalities of the new India. Includes violence and strong language. 2012.All our sisters: stories of homeless women in Canada
By Susan Scott. 2007
Though they account for a small portion of the formal homeless statistics, there are many women living on insufficient funds,…
with violent partners, or in unacceptable dwellings that are often overlooked. Scott interviewed more than 60 women facing homelessness across Canada. She recounts their stories while highlighting the many underlying problems they face, including abuse, addiction, a paucity of affordable housing, and a lack of social services sensitive to women's needs. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2007.Frontier justice: the global refugee crisis and what to do about it
By Andy Lamey. 2011
An exploration of the world-wide refugee crisis, through such stories as the Yale law students who sued the U.S. government…
on behalf of a group of refugees imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay; a refugee family's journey from Saddam Hussein's Iraq to contemporary Australia via the world's most dangerous ocean crossing; and the case of Ahmed Ressam, the so-called Millennium bomber who filed a refugee claim in Canada before attempting to blow up the Los Angeles airport. Offers an original solution to the international asylum crisis, one which draws upon Canada's unique approach to asylum-seekers. c2011.Down to this: squalor and splendour in a big-city shantytown
By Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall. 2005
In November 2001 author Bishop-Stall entered Tent City, a lawless area in downtown Toronto claimed by a group of people…
with nowhere else to go. For 10 months, Bishop-Stall was welcomed, but also subjected to cruel realities: drunken brawls, crackheads, forgotten children, and the repeated broken promises of those who said they were leaving once and for all. Canada Reads 2012. 2005.Be the one: six true stories of teens overcoming hardship with hope
By Byron Pitts. 2017
Emmy Award-winning ABC News chief national correspondent and Nightline co-anchor, Byron Pitts shares the heartbreaking and inspiring stories of six…
young people who overcame impossible circumstances - abuse, bullying, war, drug addiction, mental illness and violence - with extraordinary perseverance. None of these should be realities for anyone, much less a young person. But for some it is the only reality they have ever known. In these dark circumstances, six teens needed someone to "be the one" for them--the hero to help them back into the light. For Tania, Mason, Pappy, Michaela, Ryan, and Tyton, that hero was themselves. For junior and senior high readers. 2017.After Daniel: a suicide survivor's tale
By Moira Farr. 1999
After Farr's boyfriend committed suicide she decided to write the story of his suicide and its consequences. Her own recovery…
involved examining our society's fascination with suicide, and talking to suicide survivors and the loved ones of people who committed suicide.Boyzone - by request (Youth project)
By B. P Fallon. 1999
This is the story behind Boyzone's greatest hits, revealing their thoughts on songwriting and the inspiration for each song -…
songs which have catapulted them into the charts many times. The book is the official tie-in to the "Boyzone's Greatest Hits" album. For junior and senior high students.What do women want?: bread, roses, sex, power
By Erica Jong. 1999
Feminist Erica Jong contemplates women of the 1990s--what they want and what society expects from them. Considers issues such as…
work, power, sex, and relationships. Essays discuss such public figures as Princess Diana and Hillary Rodham Clinton, and muse on "the perfect man." Some strong language and some descriptions of sex.The way forward is with a broken heart
By Alice Walker. 2000
This collection opens with a passionate account of Alice Walker's early marriage to a Jewish lawyer and their life in…
racist Mississippi, giving voice to idealism, lost love and hope. This is followed by tales of sisters, of family, of love for men and for women. These stories consider issues of racism and slavery, politics and sex.The Penguin book of twentieth-century protest
By Brian MacArthur. 1998
A selection of protest texts of the 20th century, from Ellen Wilkinson on the Jarrow hunger marches and Jack London…
on the East End, through the key documents of the Black power and anti-Apartheid movements, right up to Earl Spencer's speech at Diana's funeral.