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She dared: true stories of heroines, scoundrels, and renegades
By Edward Butts. 2005
Details the lives of some of Canada's most famous and infamous women, showcasing explorers, spies, criminals, and pioneers in a…
variety of career fields. From Marguerite de la Roque de Roberval, a sixteenth-century aristocrat who dared to love a lowly commoner, to four women who flew military planes during World War II, these accounts introduce 15 women who ventured into behaviour considered inappropriate for women in their time. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.She persisted around the world: 13 women who changed history
By Chelsea Clinton. 2018
She persisted: 13 American women who changed the world
By Chelsea Clinton. 2017
Clinton celebrates thirteen American women who helped shape our country through their tenacity, sometimes through speaking out, sometimes by staying…
seated, sometimes by captivating an audience. This book is for everyone who has ever wanted to speak up but has been told to quiet down, for everyone who has ever tried to reach for the stars but was told to sit down, and for everyone who has ever been made to feel unworthy or unimportant. Shows readers that no matter what obstacles may be in their paths, they shouldn't give up on their dreams. Persistence is power. This book features Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Virginia Apgar, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sotomayor--and one special cameo. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2017.Sheila Scott: A Biography
By Judy Lomax. 1990
Sheila Scott was portrayed to the public as a glamorous and courageous record-breaking heroine of the air. With Sheila's full…
co-operation before her death, Judy Lomax has interviewed people who knew her and reveals the true nature of her lonely battle against drug and alcohol addiction, mental and physical illness, injury and rejection, as well as paying full tribute to her achievements and the positive aspects of her nature. 1990.Shadow child: an apprenticeship in love and loss
By Beth Powning. 2005
Like many young women, Beth Powning faced decisions of whether and when to start a family. At age twenty-four she…
became pregnant, but eleven days past her due date, she delivered a perfect, stillborn son. In this exploration of motherhood and loss, we're taken on a powerful journey into the heart of grief and renewal. National Bestseller. 2005.Shadow maker: the life of Gwendolyn MacEwen
By Rosemary Sullivan. 1995
Using the personal impressions of the poet's intimate friends, Rosemary Sullivan builds a composite portrait of Gwendolyn MacEwan, the Toronto…
poet who died in 1987 at the age of 46. The daughter of an alcoholic father and mentally ill mother, MacEwen's story is a painful one, yet the richness of her art and inner life redeemed the pain. Winner of the 1995 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.Settle for more
By Megyn Kelly. 2016
Megyn Kelly, one of the most respected, hardest-hitting TV journalists in America, speaks candidly about her decision to "settle for…
more" -- a motto she credits as having changed her life, and the reason she abandoned a thriving legal career to follow her dream in the news business. She opens up about Donald Trump's feud with her, and the challenges she has faced as a professional woman and working mother. A deeply personal and surprising account, one that will inspire men and women of all ages and political persuasions to embrace the values of determination, honesty, and courage in the face of fear. Bestseller. 2016. Tough questions -- No false praise -- Mean girls -- Silent night, holy night -- Who's getting hit first? -- Trial team Barbie -- Legally blond -- Self-pity is not attractive -- Calling and calling; nobody's home -- "Who's here?" "Me!" -- Lawyer, broadcaster, journalist -- So long, Little Miss Perfect -- Nights of fear -- Writing the wrong things -- All the days of my life -- The best line -- Now everyone's here -- Ready for prime time -- On "having it all" -- Election season -- The first debate -- Fallout -- Relentless -- The Trump Tower accords -- Paying it forward -- Settling for more today.Second sight: the true story of Britain's most remarkable medium
By Sharon Neill. 2007
Born prematurely and blinded by the oxygen in her incubator, it was clear that Sharon Neill would lead anything but…
a conventional life. In her autobiography, Sharon describes her journey to become one of the most revered mediums in the psychic world. 2007.Selected to live
By Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner. 1971
Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner tells of a Jewish childhood ravaged by Nazis, and of her own shocked witness to the total destruction…
of her family - even as she miraculously escaped the same fate. The story of a girl who was picked out from thousands of condemned people and selected to live. 1971.Scorned & beloved: dead of winter meetings with Canadian eccentrics
By Bill Richardson. 1997
A collection of stories about Richardson's encounters with some of Canada's unique and interesting inhabitants -- eccentrics all. Among the…
colourful cast of characters is a Nova Scotia hermit who went AWOL fifty years ago, a Quebec woman who models her life on Barbie, and a Vancouver prophet and duck fancier. 1997.Seems like yesterday
By Art Buchwald, Ann Buchwald. 1980
Her and his versions of love in Paris, a romantic lark that, despite misgivings and misadventures, led to a secure…
and happy marriage. At first, religion appeared to be a stumbling block in this union between a Catholic and a Jew with very different backgrounds, but these recollections describe a charmed life. 1980.Saving Alex: when I was fifteen I told my Mormon parents I was gay, and that's when my nightmare began
By Joanna Brooks, Alex Cooper. 2016
Two days after Alex Cooper told her parents that she was gay, they took their fifteen-year-old daughter to Utah, where…
they signed over their parental rights to a group of fellow Mormons who promised to "cure" Alex. For eight harrowing months, Alex was held captive in an unlicensed "residential treatment program," a virtual gulag where thousands of American teenagers have been sent by fundamentalist parents. Forbidden from attending school, Alex was beaten and verbally abused, and forced to stand facing a wall for up to eighteen hours a day wearing a heavy backpack full of rocks that literally broke her back. "God's plan does not apply to gay people," her captors told her, using faith as a cudgel to punish and terrorize her. With the help of a dedicated legal team in Salt Lake City, Alex would eventually escape and make legal history in Utah by winning the right to live under the law's protection as an openly gay teenager. 2016.Saturday's child: memoirs of Canada's first female cabinet minister
By Ellen Louks Fairclough. 1995
Ellen Fairclough was one of the earliest women to be elected to the Canadian Parliament, and the first federal woman…
cabinet minister. In her story is an important chapter on the history of women and politics in this country. 1995.Saqiyuq is the Inuit word for a strong wind that suddenly shifts direction. This story of three consecutive generations of…
women reveals the contrasts of the ever-changing nature of life in the new territory of Nunavut. Appia deals with traditional life. Daughter Rhoda is part of the transitional generation and grand-daughter Sandra copes with modern times. 1999.Savage beauty: the life of Edna St. Vincent Millay
By Nancy Milford. 2001
Biography of the twentieth-century American poet - the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize - whose life mirrored her…
verses: "My candle burns at both ends; / It will not last the night; / But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends-- / It gives a lovely light!" Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001.Rizzuto, l'ascension et la chute d'un parrain: L'ascension Et La Chute D'un Parrain
By Lee Lamothe, Jean-Louis Morgan, Adrian Humphreys. 2008
L'histoire de l'établissement de famille Rizutto au Canada, de l'issue du conflit entre Calabrais et Siciliens à Montréal, et de…
l'émergence de Vito Rizzuto à la tête de l'empire monté par son père. Les corps policiers internationaux finirent par s'attaquer de tous les côtés au crime organisé, pour finalement traduire Vito Rizzuto en justice et obtenir sa condamnation pour sa participation dans l'élimination de trois gangsters. Quelques passages où le langage est grossier et descriptions explicites de violence. 2008. Titre uniforme: The sixth family.Remonter le courant: du bois des sœurs aux feux de la rampe
By Margot Campbell. 2013
'' La comédienne Margot Campbell remonte le courant de ses souvenirs dans un récit de vie captivant et empreint de…
poésie, de son enfance dans la vallée du Richelieu jusqu'à ses premiers pas sur les planches, ses premiers rôles, sa carrière et sa vie de famille. Ce qui apparaît en filigrane de ce récit de vie, ce sont les milieux québécois du théâtre, de la radio et de la télévision avec des troupes et des comédiens en plein essor, puis la popularité grandissante des téléromans qui deviennent des rendez-vous incontournables pour les familles québécoises. Ces souvenirs témoignent également du Québec de ces années-là, avec les familles nombreuses, la vie à la campagne, et le nécessaire appel de la ville quand les rêves d'une jeune fille de talent l'amènent à envisager une carrière. La comédienne Margot Campbell a joué au théâtre, mais elle est surtout connue pour ses rôles à la télévision. Jeune actrice en début de carrière, elle a joué dans les célèbres téléromans La famille Plouffe et Le Survenant, puis dans La Boîte à surprises et dans Jeunes visages. Mais la consécration est venue avec des rôles inoubliables tels que celui de secrétaire de Rémi Duval (Jean Besré) dans le téléroman de Guy Fournier, Jamais deux sans toi, ou encore dans son rôle de gouvernante au service de Bella (Nicole Leblanc) dans le téléroman de Pierre Gauvreau, Cormoran. " -- 4e de couv.Sagan
By Jean Claude Lamy. 1988
Biographie de Françoise Sagan. En 1954, une jeune fille timide devient brusquement célèbre avec la parution de "Bonjeur Tristesse." Pendant…
plus de trente ans, Francoise Sagan n'a cessé d'être un mythe, une légende vivante, sans jamais oublier son métier d'écrivain. 1988.Rosemary, l'enfant que l'on cachait
By Kate Clifford Larson, Marie-Anne de Béru. 2016
Rosemary est la fille de Joe Kennedy et la petite soeur du futur président John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Joe Kennedy est…
le patriarche d'une famille qui incarne le rêve américain. D'origine irlandaise il connaît une fulgurante ascension dans l'industrie et dans la finance. Obsédé par la réussite, la sienne et celle de sa famille, il est sans état d'âme pour ses enfants qu'il dédie à de grandes ambitions politiques. Née en 1918, Rosemary est différente des autres membres de la fratrie. Très vite, on lui décèle un léger retard mental associé plus tard à des troubles de l'humeur. Un peu rebelle, elle affectionne les fêtes, pratique la voile et le tennis. En 1939, elle obtient un diplôme d'enseignante. Mais sa santé mentale se dégrade. Elle séjourne régulièrement dans des établissements spécialisés. Son père craint que Rosemary soit à l'origine d'un éventuel scandale. Il décide alors d'employer les grands moyens et accepte que sa fille soit lobotomisée. L'opération tourne mal. Rosemary en sort lourdement handicapée, à la fois physiquement et mentalement. Elle est alors internée, cachée, effacée. Pendant longtemps, ses propres frères et soeurs ignorent ce qu'est devenue Rosemary. Seule l'attaque cérébrale de Joe en 1961 permet à la famille de la revoir. 2016.Sagan à toute allure
By Marie-Dominique Lelièvre. 2008