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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."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.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.No ordinary time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2017
This New York Times best-seller is the compelling chronicle of a nation during a time of incredible change. With detail…
and drama, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author expertly reveals the importance of the Roosevelt White House in the great destiny of the United States. Ultimately, she creates an intimate portrait of the Roosevelts, fusing their human vitality with the monumental scale of domestic and foreign affairs during the Second World War. 2017.No is not enough: resisting Trump's shock politics and winning the world we need
By Naomi Klein. 2017
Nine lessons I learned from my father
By Murray Howe. 2017
Unlike his two brothers, Murray Howe failed in his attempt to follow in his father's footsteps to become a professional…
athlete. Yet, his failure brought him to the realization that in truth, his dream wasn't to be a pro hockey player. His dream was to be his father, Gordie Howe. To be amazing at something, but humble and gracious. To be courageous, and stand up for the little guy. To be a hero. You don't need to be a hockey player to do that. What he learned was that it is a waste of time wishing you were like someone else. We need to identify and embrace our gifts. Gordie Howe may have been the greatest player in the history of hockey, but greatness was never defined by goals or assists in the Howe household. Greatness meant being the best person you could be, not the best player on the ice. Bestseller. 2017.My word is my bond: The Autobiography
By Roger Moore, Gareth Owen. 2009
Roger Moore has had an extraordinary career that has spanned seven decades, from early television to the golden age of…
Hollywood and on to international superstardom. It features myriad stories from his personal life - from his childhood in London and experiences during the Second World War, to the happy and turbulent times in his later life. Bestseller. 2009.My conversations with Canadians (Essais ; #no. 4)
By Lee Maracle. 2017
On her first book tour at the age of 26, Lee Maracle was asked a question from the audience, one…
she couldn't possibly answer at that moment. But she has been thinking about it ever since. As time has passed, she has been asked countless similar questions, all of them too big to answer, but not too large to contemplate. These questions, which touch upon subjects such as citizenship, segregation, labour, law, prejudice and reconciliation (to name a few), are the heart of "My Conversations with Canadians". In prose essays that are both conversational and direct, Maracle seeks not to provide any answers to these questions she has lived with for so long. Rather, she thinks through each one using a multitude of experiences she's had as a Canadian, a First Nations leader, a woman and mother and grandmother over the course of her life. Presents a tour de force exploration into the writer's own history and a re-imagining of the future of our nation. Bestseller. 2017. Uniform title: Essays.