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Walking the Bible: a journey by land through the five books of Moses
By Bruce S Feiler. 2001
One part adventure story, one part archaeological detective work, one part spiritual exploration, author Feiler recounts a personal odyssey -…
by foot, jeep, rowboat, and camel - to retrace the Five Books of Moses through the desert. Along with archaeologist Avner Goren, he treks through Turkey, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Egypt, the Sinai, and Jordan, visiting the actual places of some of history's most storied events, from the mountain where Noah's ark landed to the site of the legendary burning bush. 2001.Voluptés (Récits)
By Marianne Apostolides, Madeleine Stratford. 2014
Transcriptions de conversations courageuses, traversées subjectives, incarnations du désir en action, décalages ou fragments d'origines, les Voluptés de Marianne Apostolides…
sondent la vie - cette trame qui se tisse - comme une perpétuelle mise en scène. Ces neuf récits jouent le jeu de l'oeuvre littéraire, cherchant au passage à « connaître le fin fond de l'histoire », celle d'un adultère, d'une première fois, ou celle du père et de son enfance troublée par la guerre. Voluptés ou la réalité de l'écriture de soi explore intelligemment la place qu'occupent le langage et le désir au sein de nos existences. Aspirant à devenir « pur plaisir », Marianne Apostolides se laisse aller au récit comme glisserait un vaisseau de vérité absolue. 2014. Titre uniforme: Voluptuous pleasures.Veronica Guerin: the life and death of a crime reporter
By Emily O'Reilly. 1998
Veronica Guerin, a young crime reporter with the "Sunday Independent", was shot dead in Dublin in June 1996 as a…
direct consequence of her work - investigating the shadowy figures of Dublin's underworld. This is an account of one of the biggest and most shocking of Irish news stories. Strong language. 1998.Valley of the Kings
By John Romer. 1981
A popular historical account of one of the world's richest archaeological sites, the valley that contains all the known tombs…
of the pharaohs of the Egyptian New Kingdom. This double account tells the story of both the magnificent tombs themselves and the travelers and diggers of recent centuries who have hunted for the mysterious past of ancient Egypt. 1981.Two solicitudes: conversations
By Margaret Atwood, Howard Scott, Phyllis Aronoff, Victor Lévy Beaulieu. 1996
Well-known French-Canadian novelist and renowned author Margaret Atwood spent several weeks together during which they discussed many topics of mutual…
interest: the importance of childhood, of myth, and of belonging to territory; the real versus the imaginary world; the native question in Canada; power and lack of it; the writing life - and, of course, their own works. Their conversations were recorded and broadcast in French on Radio-Canada. Here they have been transcribed and some additional quotations and notes have been added. 1996. Uniform title: Deux sollicitudes.Tutankhamen: the life and death of the boy-king
By Christine El Mahdy. 1999
Egyptologist examines archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh. El Mahdy separates fact from…
legend as she describes Egyptian civilization based on evidence from Luxor in the fourteenth century B.C. Also provides details of British archaeologist Howard Carter's 1922 discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb. 1999.Treasures of the place: three centuries of nature writing in Canada
By Wayne Grady. 1992
A collection from 28 authors representing the best and most significant writing in Canadian natural sciences. Each piece is introduced…
by the editor. Authors include Samuel Hearne, Farley Mowat, and Roderick Haig-Brown. 1992.Tissé par Mille
By Camille Laurens. 2008
Entendre, justement, c'est par ce mot que Camille Laurens a démarré son feuilleton "Tissé par Mille". Habilement, elle le décortique,…
en dévoile tous les sens, nous proposant un jeu littéraire exquis qui tient tout à la fois de la définition d'Alain Rey (le chroniqueur de France Inter), de l'analyse à la Roland Barthes (ses textes me font penser à "Fragments d'un discours amoureux"), ou encore du Raymond Devos jouant avec les mots. 2008.Time zones: a journalist in the world
By Joe Schlesinger. 1990
A refugee from Czechoslovakia, Joe Schlesinger came to Canada where he began his career as a journalist. He describes his…
early years as well as his experiences as a foreign correspondent in Vietnam, China, the Middle East, South and Central America.Time detectives: clues from our past
By Donalda Badone. 1992
This hour has seven decades
By Patrick Watson. 2004
Patrick Watson has had a broadcasting career that began in radio in 1943, and has included writing, producing, acting, directing…
and hosting literally thousands of television programs and films - from a children's radio adventure to news and documentaries to current affairs. He gives a first-person account of his life, from childhood to his early days of broadcasting, to the troubled years of his chairmanship of the CBC, and of the myriad projects he has been involved in, including his creation of the famous Heritage Minutes. 2004.The young writer's handbook
By Susan J Tchudi, Stephen Tchudi. 1984
Discusses journal, letter and creative writing as well as school reports and other factual pieces. Offers ideas for finding subjects,…
editing and getting published. For junior and senior high readers. 1984.The writer's art
By James Jackson Kilpatrick. 1984
The first major effort to portray the intellectual forces which have moulded the thinking and writing of those English-speaking historians…
who sought to explain our past during the period 1900-1970. Winner of the Governor General's Award. 1976.The world of Rosamunde Pilcher
By Rosamunde Pilcher, Siv Bublitz. 1995
This book complements the fictional world Rosamunde Pilcher has created in her books such as 'Shell Seekers' and 'September'. The…
book includes an introduction by the author and extracts from her novels and short stories. 1995.The way to write: a stimulating guide to the craft of creative writing
By John Fairfax, John Moat. 1981
The vein of gold: a journey to your creative heart (Inner Workbook Ser.)
By Julia Cameron. 1996
A step-by-step guide to a journey of spiritual healing and discovery of the creative potential, or "spiritual DNA," that resides…
in every person. Describes practical tools such as writing, singing, mask-making, and walking meditation to uncover deep-seated strengths and abilities. Companion to "The Artist's Way". 1996.The town of Hercules: a buried treasure trove
By Joseph Jay Deiss. 1974
Reconstructs the summer day in 79 a.d. when Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the town of Herculaneum. Tells of the rediscovery…
of the town and the exciting archaeological digs of recent centuries. Grades 5-8. 1974.The therapeutic potential of creative writing: writing myself
By Gillie Bolton. 1999
Writing therapy is a relatively new development. It provides opportunities for self-reflection for both patients and practitioners. Putting down on…
paper what you feel and how you are responding to a personal or professional issue can be therapeutic. The text emphasises the role of creative writing and begins an evaluation of its potential. 1999.The story of archaeology: the 100 great discoveries
By Paul G Bahn. 1997
Amazing discoveries such as the tomb of Tutankhamen and the caves at Lascaux are headline news but archaeology also reveals…
the lives of ordinary people, our ancestors, and constantly challenges our perception of the past. With an ever growing battery of scientific tools and techniques archaeology has transcended its origins as the pastime of gentleman scholars to become a twenty-first century science. 1997.