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Je voulais juste vivre
By Maryanne Vollers, Yeonmi Park, Séverine Quelet. 2016
Après des années de privations et de harcèlement, par une nuit glaciale, Yeonmi, 13 ans, et sa mère, réussissent à…
traverser le fleuve Yalu qui marque la frontière entre la Corée du Nord et la Chine. Elles laissent derrière elles leur pays natal et ses horreurs : la faim, la délation constante et surtout une répression impitoyable et le risque permanent d'être exécutées pour la moindre infraction. Mais leur joie n'est que de courte durée. Rien ne les a préparées à ce qui les attend entre les mains des passeurs. Après plusieurs années d'épreuves inhumaines et un périple à travers la Chine et la Mongolie, Yeonmi atteint finalement la Corée du Sud. À 22 ans, Yeonmi est désormais une combattante : c'est l'une des plus influentes dissidentes nord-coréennes et une activiste reconnue des droits de l'homme. 2016.Femmes de dictateur
By Diane Ducret. 2011
Elles s’appellent Inessa, Clara, Nadia, Magda… Ils s’appellent Lénine, Mussolini, Staline, Hitler… Qu’elles soient filles de noce ou grandes bourgeoises…
intellectuelles, simple passade ou amour passionné, ils les violentent et les adulent, mais se tournent invariablement vers elles. Epouses, compagnes, égéries, admiratrices, elles ont en commun d’être à la fois triomphantes, trompées et sacrifiées. A leurs hommes cruels, violents et tyranniques, elles font croire qu’ils sont beaux, charmeurs, tout-puissants. Quelques descriptions de violence et quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 2010, c2011.Colette et les siennes
By Dominique Bona. 2017
Août 1914, il n'y a plus d'hommes à Paris. Les femmes s'organisent. Dans une jolie maison, à l'orée du bois…
de Boulogne, Colette, la romancière, la journaliste célèbre, fait venir ses amies les plus proches. Toutes appartiennent au monde de la littérature et du spectacle. Il y a Marguerite Moreno, la comédienne. Annie de Pène, la chroniqueuse et presque soeur . Musidora dite Musi, bientôt la première vamp du cinéma... Ces quatre femmes libres s'inventent une vie pleine de rêves et de douceur : les cheveux courts et sans corsets, elles n'oublient pas le ciel de Paris où passent les dirigeables, ni leur travail, ni les hommes. Elles vont vers l'être aimé, quel qu'il soit. Au coeur de l'histoire, sanglante et sauvage, elles affirment leur personnalité, leur tendresse et leur insoumission. Avec sensualité et talent, Dominique Bona raconte les passions de ces femmes libres, qui resteront amies jusqu'à la mort. 2017.Frida Kahlo: la beauté terrible (Documents)
By Gérard De Cortanze. 2011
Catherine the Great: portrait of a woman
By Robert K Massie. 2012
Catherine was an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at 14 and rose to become one of the…
most remarkable, powerful and captivating women in history. In this book, this eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. 2012.Journey with no maps: a life of P.K. Page
By Sandra Djwa. 2012
Tracing P.K. Page's life through two wars, world travels, the rise of modernist and Canadian cultures, and later Sufi study,…
this book details the people and events that inspired her work. Page's independent spirit propelled her from Canada to England, from work as a radio actress to a scriptwriter for the National Film Board, from an affair with poet F.R. Scott to an enduring marriage with diplomat Arthur Irwin. "A borderline being," as she called herself, she recognized the new choices offered to women by modern life but followed only those related to her quest for self-discovery. Winner of the 2013 Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction. 2012.I'm walking as straight as I can: transcending disability in Hollywood and beyond
By Geri Jewell, Ted Nichelson. 2011
Born with cerebral palsy, Jewell inspired a generation when she became the first person with a disability to appear in…
a recurring role on prime-time television. The book's title refers to both Jewell's sexuality and her struggle growing up with cerebral palsy. Describes her experiences from her traumatic birth in Buffalo, New York, to her rise to stardom as a stand-up comic to becoming a television star, as well as her downward spiral, tax problems, drug addiction, and marriage. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. 2011.Invisible: my journey through vision and hearing loss
By Ruth Silver. 2012
Ruth Silver was a silent, frightened child with undiagnosed vision loss, which she later learned was retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a…
progressive eye disease. Even after losing her hearing, she refused to surrender to the darkness and silence. Ruth founded the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons in Milwaukee, a nonprofit agency dedicated to helping others living with the double disability of deaf-blindness. Includes sex and violence. c2012.I feel bad about my neck: and other thoughts on being a woman
By Nora Ephron. 2006
In a series of humorous vignettes, author Nora Ephron obsesses about being a woman in her sixties. Discusses her expensive…
regimen to camouflage signs of aging, her purse and its contents, parenting, ex-husbands, and former presidents. In "Serial Monogamy: A Memoir," Ephron admits her infatuation with famous chefs. Bestseller. 2006.Hiking the Continental Divide Trail: one woman's journey
By Jennifer A Hanson. 2011
A grand journey of over 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada! Avid outdoorswoman Jennifer Hanson and her husband Greg Allen…
set off to thru-hike the Continental Divide Trail. During their hike, Jennifer learned she had lost her father to cancer and, within three weeks, her husband was forced to leave the trail due to injury. Jennifer finished the last nine hundred miles of the trail alone. Includes the thru-hike preparation and timeline, an equipment and clothing list, a food list, itinerary and supply points, a map list and sources. 2011.Changing my mind
By Margaret Trudeau. 2010
Plagued since childhood by extreme moods, Margaret Trudeau was ill-prepared for her high-profile role as Canada's youngest first lady. She…
constantly struggled with depression offset by bouts of mania, which eventually turned suicidal after the deaths of her son Michel and her ex-husband. Finally accepting the diagnosis of bipolar, she sought medical treatment, regained control of her life, and now helps others, be they Canadians suffering from mental illness or families living without access to water half a world away. 2010.Dead reckoning: how I came to meet the man who murdered my father
By Carys Cragg. 2017
A powerful and emotional memoir about a woman whose father was brutally murdered at home by an intruder. Twenty years…
later, she decides to contact his murderer in prison, and learns startling new information about the crime. "Dead Reckoning" follows the author’s determination to confront the man who destroyed her world in order to find peace. 2017.From this moment on
By Shania Twain. 2011
Forty-five-year-old Grammy-Award-winning Canadian singer Shania Twain details her impoverished childhood, her mother and stepfather’s tumultuous relationship and their accidental deaths…
when Shania was twenty-two, and the painful betrayal in her own first marriage two decades later. Discusses relishing her career, second marriage, and role as a mother. Strong language. Bestseller. 2011.Here we go again: my life in television
By Betty White. 2010
Betty White first appeared on television in 1949 and has starred on shows such as The Mary Tyler Moore Show…
and The Golden Girls. This autobiography is a behind-the-scenes look at Betty's career from her start on radio to her first show, Hollywood on Television, to several iterations of The Betty White Show and much more. Packed with anecdotes about famous personalities and friendships, stories of Betty's off-screen life, and the comedienne's trademark humour. 1995.Her heart can see: the life and hymns of Fanny J. Crosby (Library Of Religious Biography (lrb) Ser.)
By Edith Waldvogel Blumhofer. 2005
A biography of Fanny J. Crosby (1820-1915), the most prolific of all American hymn writers. Having lost her sight in…
infancy through a doctor's negligence, Fanny went on to compose more than 9,000 hymns, as well as various other songs, cantatas, and lyrical productions. c2005.Gaddafi's harem: the story of a young woman and the abuses of power in Libya
By Annick Cojean. 2013
Soraya was just fifteen, a schoolgirl in the coastal town of Sirte, when she was given the honour of presenting…
a bouquet of flowers to Colonel Gaddafi on a visit he was making to her school. This one meeting changed Soraya's life forever. Soon afterwards, she was summoned to Bab al-Azizia, Gaddafi's palatial compound near Tripoli, where she joined a number of young women who were violently abused, raped and degraded by Gaddafi. Sex and rape remain the highest taboos in Libya, and women like Soraya risk being disowned or even killed by their dishonoured family members. Tragic but ultimately redemptive, Soraya's story is the first of many that are just now beginning to be heard. 2013.Heart matters
By Adrienne Clarkson. 2006
Adrienne Clarkson's family escaped from Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in 1942, arriving in Ottawa. After a long CBC career, she returned…
in 1999 to Ottawa to become Canada's twenty-sixth and sometimes controversial Governor General. She reflects on her public and private life, including her beautiful but troubled mother, the death of an infant, and the estrangement from her two daughters and their later reunion. 2006.Finding myself in fashion
By Jeanne Beker. 2011
Beker recalls some of the high and low points of the turbulent past decade: personally, she dealt with heartbreak (the…
end of her marriage) and rediscovered romance; professionally, she suffered setbacks that became learning experiences leading to new career paths. She travelled the world with FQ Magazine; witnessed epic events and conducted intimate interviews as a fashion reporter; launched her own clothes labels; wrote newspaper columns; and hosted or appeared on innumerable television shows. Through it all, both at home and at work, she stuck to a youthful resolution to live a life that was not just great, but extraordinary. c2011.Emily Carr: Emily Carr (Extraordinary Canadians)
By Lewis DeSoto. 2008
Mad, bad, and dangerous to know is how Victorian society dismissed Emily Carr, but the author sees her as a…
woman in search of God, freedom, and the essence of art. Her quest to be an independent woman and artist took her from the studios of Paris to deep inside the remote Native villages of the West Coast forests. Carr is revealed as one of those unique individuals who articulate the symbols and images by which Canada identifies itself. 2008.Dare to dream: turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones
By Florence G Carter. 2018
This book is about an extraordinary life. Just as Florence Carter is about to embark on a teaching career, she…
is whisked away for emergency surgery. She survives but wakes up without sight. Her loss and ultimate adjustment will inspire those adjusting to vision loss and entertain everyone else lucky enough to discover her story. 2018.