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The girl in the green sweater: a life in Holocaust's shadow
By Daniel Paisner, Krystyna Chiger. 2008
In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of…
Polish Jews sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, provides a first-person account of those fourteen months with her family. Also describes Leopold Socha, a Polish Catholic and former thief, who risked his life to help Chiger's underground family survive, bringing them food and supplies. 2009, c2008.The G.I. diet cookbook: [200 easy, delicious recipes for permanent weight loss]
By Rick Gallop. 2006
Offers two hundred nutritious, low-G.I. recipes for breakfasts, lunches, snacks, appetizers, dinners and desserts. There are simple-to-prepare dishes for weekday…
meals, simmers and roasts for leisurely weekends, and elegant fare for entertaining friends. Includes recipes for Crunchy Granola, Creamy Seafood Chowder, Spinach-stuffed Chicken Breasts and Chocolate Cake with Ganache Icing. 2006.The G.I. diet clinic: Rick Gallop's week-by-week guide to permanent weight loss
By Rick Gallop. 2007
On a mission to turn losing weight into a positive experience, Rick Gallop recruited volunteers, introduced them to the basics…
of the G.I. Diet, answered their questions, taught them how to shop, cook and eat out, coached them through the hurdles and helped them develop strategies for dealing with cravings and the emotional reasons why we eat. In return, participants shared their stories, their feelings, their stumbling blocks and their triumphs. Over 80 percent of the participants stayed with the program - which is easy to follow and never leaves you hungry - and every single one of them lost significant amounts of weight. 2007.Sun in winter: a Toronto wartime journal, 1942 to 1945
By Gunda Lambton. 2003
In 1942 Gunda Lambton was a "war guest," a single mother sent from England to Toronto to avoid the war.…
While insanity raged throughout Europe she struggled to keep herself and her two small children going in a strange new home. While many people then were engaged in dramatic, heroic war work, her diary is a tribute to the quiet areas of endurance and pleasures of discovery that also distinguished those years. 2003.Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Greg Mortenson. 2009
Author of "Three Cups of Tea" and cofounder of the Central Asia Institute chronicles his school-building efforts and promotion of…
female literacy in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Discusses Mortenson's long-term goals and shares anecdotes about those impacted by his work. Bestseller. 2009.Simply great food: 250 quick, easy & delicious recipes
By Patricia Chuey, Mary Sue Waisman, Eileen Campbell. 2007
Features 250 recipes and an abundance of nutrition-related information written by practicing dieticians. You'll enjoy breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners…
that taste wonderful, yet can be prepared in surprisingly little time. Provides information on food preparation and healthy eating while satisfying the desire to create appetizing meals for every occasion. 2007.SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
By David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.Ride the rising wind: one woman's journey across Canada
By Barbara Bradbury Kingscote. 2006
In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for…
the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later. After travelling 4,000 miles, she discovered both herself and her country on the journey of a lifetime. 2006.Rethinking normal: a memoir in transition
By Ariel Schrag, Katie Rain Hill. 2014
Katie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she…
was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers’ bullying and the mounting pressure to be “normal,” Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that “Katie” - the girl trapped within her - was determined to live. She reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak. For senior high readers and older. 2014.Ma saison en enfer: 130 jours de captivité aux mains d'Al-Qaïda ((Dossiers et documents).)
By Robert R Fowler, Émile Martel, Nicole Perron-Martel. 2013
'' Le 14 décembre 2008, Robert Fowler, envoyé spécial du Secrétaire des Nations Unies au Niger, est enlevé par des…
membres d'Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique (AQMI). Un véritable cauchemar commence alors. Accompagné dans sa captivité par son collègue Louis Guay, Robert Fowler a vécu, dormi et mangé avec ses ravisseurs pendant plus de quatre mois, ce qui lui a permis d'acquérir une connaissance de première main du mouvement terroriste le plus craint à l'échelle mondiale. Pendant ces 130 jours infernaux, Robert Fowler a dû survivre aux conditions extrêmes caractéristiques du désert, entièrement à la merci du bon vouloir de ses ravisseurs à l'humeur changeante, en proie à la peur constante de mourir. Son enlèvement, sa libération et ses interventions dans les médias par la suite ont contribué à jeter un éclairage nouveau sur la confrontation entre les démocraties occidentales et le fondamentalisme islamiste violent. '' -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: A season in hell.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.Food rules: an eater's manual
By Michael Pollan. 2009
Journalist offers a set of rules for eating wisely that draws from a variety of ethnic and cultural traditions. Discusses…
the link between diet and health and suggests that people renounce or modify the Western diet of highly processed foods and meat. Bestseller. 2009.Eye-foods: a food plan for healthy eyes
By Laurie Capogna, Barbara Pelletier. 2011
Optometrists Pelletier and Capogna's guide to improving eye health and preventing, suppressing, and slowing common eye disorders. Combines the latest…
scientific study results, practical advice, and meal ideas and recipes, highlighting the power of foods such as green and orange vegetables and cold water fish in maintaining optimum eye health. Explains how simple it is to keep your eyes healthy for a lifetime while improving your overall health in the process. 2011.Common ground
By Justin Trudeau. 2014
Justin Trudeau's candid memoir reveals the experiences that shaped him over the course of his life and shows how his…
passion for Canada and its people took root. Covering the years from his childhood at 24 Sussex to his McGill days during the tumultuous time of the Charlottetown Accord to his first campaign in Papineau to his role as Liberal leader today, the book captures the foundational moments that have formed the man we have come to know and informed his vision for the future of Canada. c2014.A Newfoundlander in Canada: Always Going Somewhere, Always Coming Home
By Alan Doyle. 2017
Great Big Sea front man Alan Doyle describes leaving Newfoundland and discovering Canada for the first time. He turns his…
perspective outward from Petty Harbour toward mainland Canada, reflecting on what it was like to venture away from the comforts of home and the familiarity of the island. Often in a van, sometimes in a bus, occasionally in a car with broken wipers "using Bob's belt and a rope found by Paddy's Pond" to pull them back and forth, Alan and his bandmates charted new territory, and he constantly measured what he saw of the vast country against what his forefathers once called the Daemon Canada. In a period punctuated by triumphant leaps forward for the band, deflating steps backward and everything in between, Alan's few established notions about Canada were often debunked and his own identity as a Newfoundlander was constantly challenged. Touring the country, he also discovered how others view Newfoundlanders and how skewed these images can sometimes be. Bestseller. 2017.Toutes celles que j'étais
By Abla Farhoud. 2015
" Abla a six ans lorsqu'elle quitte le Liban avec sa famille pour s'établir au Québec. Le français, la religion…
catholique, la neige ne lui font pas peur ; elle est farouchement déterminée à ne pas rester en marge. Mais c'est grâce au théâtre qu'elle arrive enfin à prendre racine. Jusqu'à ce que, quatorze ans après leur arrivée, son père décide qu'il est temps de repartir. Dans ce récit par petites touches, l'auteure plonge dans son passé pour aller à la rencontre de celles qu'elle fut. " -- 4e de couv.Une maman bonne à croquer!: une alimentation saine pour la femme enceinte
By Hope Ricciotti, Fiona Ford, Pierre Lagacé. 2007
Une maman bonne à croquer! vise à offrir aux futures mères le meilleur départ dans la vie pour leur bébé,…
grâce à des conseils judicieux et des recettes simples et délicieuses. La future maman y trouvera une foule dinformations précieuses : - Les nutriments essentiels, les aliments à éviter et des suggestions de collations saines afin de satisfaire les rages daliments typiques lors de la grossesse. - Les transformations subies par le corps à chaque étape de la grossesse et les mérites dune alimentation appropriée pour les besoins de la femme enceinte. - Soixante recettes, des menus quotidiens savoureux et des déjeuners et dîners vite faits. - Des recommandations pour reprendre rapidement son ancienne silhouette en toute sécurité. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The yummy mummy pregnancy cookbook.Mémoires d'un esclave (Mémoire des Amériques)
By Frederick Douglass, Normand Baillargeon, Chantal Santerre. 2006
"Être d'exception au parcours d'une adversité extrême, noir américain le plus célèbre de son temps, Frederick Douglass nous livre ses…
mémoires, un texte qui s'impose comme l'un des plus beaux hymnes à la liberté qui soit. Dans cet ouvrage écrit en 1845, et dont Lux Éditeur a offert la première traduction vers le français en 2005, Douglass fait le récit de la vie d'esclave qui fut la sienne, de sa naissance, en 1818, dans une plantation du Maryland, jusqu'à son évasion en 1838, qui lui permit de se réfugier dans le Nord des États-Unis. S'imposant par des qualités intellectuelles et morales hors du commun, il y devint rapidement une figure éminente et respectée du mouvement pour l'abolition de l'esclavage, auquel il consacra toutes ses énergies. Dans ses mémoires, Douglass y raconte sa vie d'esclave, son émancipation, physique et intellectuelle, mais aussi comment, ayant appris à lire, il s'engagea avec ces puissantes armes que sont la lecture et l'écriture sur la route de la liberté. [...]" -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, an american slave, written by himself.De Kebec à Québec: cinq siècles d'échanges entre nous
By Denis Bouchard, Éric Cardinal, Ghislain Picard. 2008
"Alors que notre société se questionne fortement sur les relations que nous entretenons avec les diverses ethnies qui vivent au…
Québec, nous oublions souvent de réfléchir sur nos rapports avec les Autochtones. Depuis le début de la Nouvelle-France, les Blancs et les Autochtones se sont côtoyés et ils ont appris à vivre ensemble au fil du temps. De nos jours, nous semblons ne plus nous souvenir des rapports amicaux d'échange et d'entraide que nous avons établis avec les Premières Nations du Québec. Il est donc impératif de rétablir les ponts et de s'interroger sur l'avenir de nos relations. Éric Cardinal a rédigé cet ouvrage en collaboration avec Denis Bouchard et Ghislain Picard, qui ont cette passion commune de la Nouvelle-France et des Premières Nations. À travers leurs discussions à bâtons rompus, l'idée de ce livre est venue." -- 4e de couv.