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Lost years: confessions of a woman alcoholic
By Megan Moran. 1985
An account of a 14-year battle with alcoholism. Megan was the daughter of an alcoholic father, who was the son…
of alcoholic parents. Her encounter with a priest who was a recovering alcoholic led her to Alcoholics Anonymous. Some strong language. 1985.Le dernier verre: de l'alcool et du bonheur
By Daniel Schreiber. 2017
C'est notre histoire à tous : l'histoire d'un penchant pour l'alcool, d'une consommation d'abord sociale et joyeuse qui, de verre…
en verre, de soirée en soirée, dérape vers la véritable addiction. Dans cet essai introspectif convoquant aussi bien Oliver Sacks ou David Foster Wallace que James Bond, Daniel Schreiber interroge avec lucidité notre rapport à l'alcool et s'attaque aux préjugés qui nous empêchent de parler ouvertement des formes les plus banales de cette maladie. 2017." Au-delà du plaisir, du goût et de la convivialité qui font manifestement partie de ce qui se joue autour…
d'un verre, quels effets l'alcool a-t-il sur l'organisme ? Quels risques spécifiques représente-t-il pour les femmes enceintes, les enfants, les adolescents, les femmes, les hommes, les personnes âgées ? Pourquoi l'alcool rend-il ivre ? En quoi une consommation en apparence contrôlée peut-elle se révéler plus nocive qu'elle n'y paraît? Les 100 questions sur l'alcool et l'alcoolisme présentées dans cet ouvrage passent en revue aussi bien des thèmes d'ordre général que des situations cliniques particulières, grâce à l'étude et à la synthèse de données statistiques, physiologiques, psychologiques et sociologiques issues d'organismes de santé, d'instituts nationaux et internationaux, de banques de données statistiques, d'enquêtes sociales, de recherches cliniques et de la littérature spécialisée. " -- 4e de couv.Les feux de Saint-Elme: récit
By Daniel Cordier. 2014
Récit des années de jeunesse de l'auteur, dans un internat religieux à Arcachon. Découvrant son homosexualité, Daniel vit dans la…
culpabilité, persuadé d'être en état de péché. Déchiré entre la désapprobation sociale, la peur de la damnation et sa passion pour David, il parvient à se faire renvoyer du collège. 2014.Le soldat inconnu
By Linda Granfield, Claudine Azoulay. 2008
Un livre à la mémoire des hommes et des femmes de toutes les forces armées du monde qui reposent, inconnus,…
dans des tombes marquées ou non, sur la terre ou sous la mer. Granfield explique l'origine des monuments commémoratifs du Soldat inconnu de différents pays, dont celui du Canada, des états-Unis, de la France, de l'Angleterre et de plusieurs autres pays. L'auteure explique aussi comment la technologie et l'identification génétique font en sorte qu'il y a aujourd'hui beaucoup moins d'" inconnus ". Années 3-6 et plus. 2008. Titre uniforme: The unknown soldier.Homicide: a year on the killing streets
By David Simon. 2009
The scene is Baltimore. Twice every three days another citizen is shot, stabbed, or bludgeoned to death. At the centre…
of this hurricane of crime is the city's homicide unit, a small brotherhood of men confronted by the darkest of American visions. David Simon was the first reporter ever to gain unlimited access to a homicide unit, and his book is both an account of casework and an investigation into our culture of violence. 2009.Intolerable: a memoir of extremes
By Kamal Al-Solaylee. 2012
As a gay man living in an intolerant Middle East, Al-Solaylee escaped first to England and eventually to Canada, where…
he became a journalist and academic. While he was enjoying the cultural and personal freedoms of life in the West, his once-liberal family slowly fell into the hard-line interpretations of Islam that were sweeping large parts of the Arab-Muslim world in the 1980s and 1990s. The differences between his life and theirs were brought into sharp relief by the 2011 revolution in Egypt and the civil war in Yemen. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2015. 2012.In the realm of hungry ghosts: close encounters with addiction
By Gabor Maté. 2008
Maté describes his patients while looking to the root causes of addiction, applying a clinical and psychological view to the…
physical manifestation and offering some answers for why people inflict such catastrophe on themselves. He takes aim at the ineffectual War on Drugs, and shows how measures such as safe injection sites are more successful at reducing drug-related crime and the spread of disease than anything most governments are doing. 2008.Hiding out: a memoir of drugs, deception, and double lives
By Tina Alexis Allen. 2018
Tina Alexis Allen grew up in 1980s suburban Maryland in a house ruled by her stern father, Sir John, an…
imposing, British-born authoritarian who had been knighted by the Pope. When Sir John discovered Tina was attracted to women, he too revealed he was gay. Their second lives brought father and daughter closer, but little did Tina know, darker secrets lingered below the surface. 2018.Honor girl: [a graphic memoir]
By Maggie Thrash. 2017
Maggie has spent basically every summer of her fifteen-year-old life at the one-hundred-year-old Camp Bellflower for Girls, set deep in…
the heart of Appalachia. She's from Atlanta, she's never kissed a guy, she's into Backstreet Boys, and her long summer days are full of a pleasant, peaceful nothing--until one confounding moment. A split-second of innocent physical contact pulls Maggie into a gut-twisting love for an older, wiser, and, most surprising of all (at least to Maggie), female counselor named Erin. But Camp Bellflower is an impossible place for a girl to fall in love with another girl. When it seems as if Erin maybe feels the same way about Maggie, it's too much for both Maggie and Camp Bellflower to handle--let alone understand. For senior high readers. 2017.This guide to the prevention, intervention and treatment of drug and alcohol abuse gives a step-by-step plan of what to…
say to children and how to say it. Offers suggestions on teaching refusal techniques, and choosing drug treatment programs. 1988.How to stop smoking and stay stopped for good
By Gillian Riley. 2007
Everyone knows how bad smoking is for them, but they just can't seem to give up. If you're really serious…
about giving up smoking then this is the book that will not only help you to stop, but to stay stopped for good. Gillian Riley's techniques allow you to understand your addiction, take control and break your habit. 2007.Helpless: Caledonia's nightmare of fear and anarchy, and how the law failed all of us
By Christie Blatchford. 2010
February 28, 2006. A handful of protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve walked onto Douglas Creek Estates, then a…
residential subdivision under construction, and blocked workers from entering. The occupiers, now in their fifth year, have been destructive, threatening, and violent, harassing the residents who live nearby and doing everything under the noses of the Ontario Provincial Police, who, often against their own best instincts, stood by and watched. Strong language and descriptions of violence. c2010.For the sake of example: capital courts-martial 1914-1920
By Anthony Babington. 1983
From the outbreak of the First World War to the end of March 1920, official Army records state that 346…
officers and men were executed following court martials in the field. A sense of uneasiness has arisen regarding the circumstances surrounding these deaths. The author has made use of evidence which has recently come to light, and shows that many men were treated with injustice and inhumanity. 1983.Familiar spirits: a memoir of James Merrill and David Jackson
By Alison Lurie. 2001
Novelist Alison Lurie reminisces about meeting American poet James Merrill (1926-1995) in his youth and becoming friends with him and…
his companion, David Jackson. Discusses their homosexuality, the importance of the Ouija board in their relationship, and their problems as they aged. 2001.The ViCLAS (Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System) database was a first - an adaptation of the techniques used by FBI…
psychological profilers folded into a comprehensive, cross-referenced data bank to track serial predators. Within months of its introduction, ViCLAS contributed to successful outcomes in a number of cases, including the Bernardo/Homolka murders. It was largely the initiative of one man, RCMP Sergeant Ron MacKay. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, descriptions of violence. 2002.Damaged angels: a mother discovers the terrible cost of alcohol in pregnancy
By Bonnie Buxton. 2004
Recounts the author's struggles to raise an adopted daughter whom she didn't realize was afflicted with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder…
(FASD). Also offers guidance to parents who have children with FASD. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2004.Cease: a memoir of love, loss, and desire
By Lynette Dawn Loeppky. 2014
The memoir tells the story of a young woman who has decided to leave an eight-year relationship. As Lyn begins…
to plan her exit, her partner Cecile suddenly falls ill. In a tumultuous drop towards a complicated end, the young woman is forced to become sole caregiver to the woman she had been planning to leave. Set against the "family values" of rural Alberta, this is a story about how we love and why we stay, especially in a time of crisis. 2014.Examines the history, dangers, and increasing appeal of cocaine in America. The author describes in great detail the drug's effects…
on the body, especially with regard to the brain. Junior and Senior High.1986.Claiming the heavens: the New York Times complete guide to the star wars debate
By Philip M Boffey. 1988