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Je ne suis pas seule dans ma tête: survivre grâce aux identités multiples
By Monique Polloni. 2023
Anne est une femme de 56 ans, douce, au regard allumé, qui vit quelque part sur l'île de Vancouver. Quand…
vient le temps de parler d'elle-même, étonnamment, elle utilise le mot .système.. Car, voyez-vous, Anne n'est pas seule dans sa tête: plusieurs identités s'y côtoient et l'aident, encore aujourd'hui, à surmonter d'importants traumatismes subis pendant l'enfance. Dans cet ouvrage, vous ferez non seulement sa connaissance, mais aussi celle de Joy, de Five, de Kylie, de Kelsie et de Stephie, les principales identités qui l'habitent. Solidement appuyée par des experts, l'autrice explique comment le trouble dissociatif de l'identité (TDI) affecte le couple d'Anne, ses relations, son travail, sa vie tout entièreLongtemps considérée comme une rébellion mineure, la tentative de révolution de 1837 a en réalité secoué l'ensemble de l'Amérique du…
Nord, menaçant de renvoyer le pouvoir britannique hors du continent, mais également d'inaugurer une expérience républicaine différente. La révolution a échoué, mais les idées qu'elle a véhiculées - tant progressistes qu'élitistes - résonnent encore aujourd'huiÀ partir de leurs recherches, les auteurs vous feront découvrir cette femme d'exception issue d'une famille d'illustres colons de Ville-Marie.…
La nature insouciante de son mari, Pierre Legardeur, a permis à celle qui deviendra seigneuresse de Repentigny et de Lachenaie de l'éclipser à plusieurs reprisesCe chemin sous mes pas
By Renée Dupuis. 2023
Quand elle a choisi la carrière du droit au début des années 1970, Renée Dupuis éprouvait une crainte, celle de…
s'ennuyer. La profession était encore majoritairement réservée aux hommes et le succès s'y mesurait trop souvent à l'aune de la réussite matérielle. Cette jeune femme nourrissait, au contraire, l'ardent désir de défendre le droit à l'égalité pour tous. Au cours du demi-siècle qui a suivi, elle s'est frayé une carrière atypique qui lui a permis de faire avancer les causes qui lui sont chères. Elle propose aujourd'hui un récit inspirant où elle refait pour nous le chemin qu'elle a tracé, sans plan préconçu, en se laissant guider par ses pas, par ses convictionsLa famille Groulx: la parole aux enfants
By Tara Lawson. 2021
Dans ce deuxième livre, Tara cède la parole aux enfants. C'est à leur tour de raconter, en mots et en…
dessins, leur quotidien au sein de cette famille pour le moins atypique. Le livre est enrichi de multiples photos tirées des tournages de la cinquième saison de la téléréalitéOnly say good things: Surviving playboy and finding myself
By Crystal Hefner. 2024
A JANUARY 2024 APPLE BOOKS STAFF PICK AND AUDIBLE EDITORS SELECT A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and…
misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman's stolen young adulthood and her journey to self-acceptance, and a rare look inside Hugh Hefner's final days. At just twenty-one years old, Crystal Harris' life changed forever when she attended a party at the notorious Playboy mansion. Picked out of the crowd by Hugh Hefner, she became one of his infamous "girlfriends," attending glamorous Hollywood parties and traveling the world. Yet this seemingly alluring lifestyle had a dark side. Hef controlled his girlfriends with strict rules regarding everything from their hair and makeup to their curfews, and Crystal was forced to compete with other women for her spot in the highly hierarchal system. Living at the mansion, she felt more like a fixture than a resident. She quickly rose to the top, but being Hef's number one girlfriend came at the cost of Crystal's identity outside her role in the Playboy universe. Her fate seemed sealed when Hef surprised her with a marriage proposal she could not imagine refusing. But as Crystal Hefner, she grew increasingly restless to understand who she truly was away from what she saw as Playboy's toxic culture. In ONLY SAY GOOD THINGS, Crystal offers a vulnerable and clear-eyed look at how her experience with Hugh Hefner catalyzed her transformative journey from someone who prized external validation over all else to a person who finally recognizes her true worth. This candid memoir provides a fascinating look behind the scenes at a powerful cultural icon and brand, and an equally empowering perspective on hard-won lessons about who we allow to determine our valueCes mauvaises femmes (Lune froide)
By Maria Hesse. 2022
Relecture de la place attribuée aux femmes dans les grands récits depuis la mythologie antique jusqu'à l'histoire du XXe siècle…
par une inversion des rôles. Au lieu d'assigner la femme à des statuts péjoratifs (princesses passives, sorcières, mauvaises mères, femmes fatales, folles passionnées), l'auteure montre en quoi Madame Bovary, Sarah Connor ou Yoko Ono sont des révolutionnaires.Another ten writers offer original autobiographical stories. The authors in this volume are: Norma Fox Mazer, Rita Williams-Garcia, Paul Fleischman,…
Jane Yolen, E.L. Konigsburg, Howard Norman, Michael J. Rosen, Kyoko Mori, Karen Hesse, and Joseph Bruchac. For grades 5-8Biographical sketches of twelve men and women who enjoy exploring the world around them in such scientific careers as a…
rain forest ecologist, an anthropologist, or an underwater photographer. For grades 4-7Ten "grown-up writers who were once children" present stories based on their own childhood experiences. Authors are: Mary Pope Osborne,…
Laurence Yep, James Howe, Katherine Paterson, Walter Dean Myers, Susan Cooper, Nicholasa Mohr, Reeve Lindbergh, Avi, and Francesca Lia Block. For grades 5-8Profiles fourteen individuals whose jobs involve working outdoors, including a naturalist, a recreation director, a rancher, and others employed in…
agriculture. Discusses how to get started, what the work entails, and the pros and cons of each career. For junior and senior high readersNine faces of Kenya
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Anthology explores aspects of Kenya, the African country once ruled by the Portuguese and the British. The nine faces of…
the title refer to such topics as wildlife, settlers, exploration, travel, environment, hunting, lifestyles, wars, and legend and poetry. Huxley contributes to this portrait, adds stories and poems by native peoples, and includes selections by other writers, such as Richard Leakey and Karen Blixen, known as Isak DinesenGoing where I'm coming from: memoirs of American youth
By Anne Mazer. 1995
Fourteen multicultural autobiographical tales of young people growing up in America. Some tales explain what it was like to immigrate…
to the United States, and others describe the experience of growing up within two cultures. In "Sound-Shadows of the New World," Ved Mehta, a blind student from India, arrives in America to attend a school for the blind. For junior and senior high readersEighty-five interviews, chronologically arranged, conducted with noteworthy individuals by prominent journalists and writers. Pieces include biographical information about interviewer and…
interviewee. Features such figures as Karl Marx, Mark Twain, Leo Tolstoy, Sigmund Freud, Mahatma Gandhi, Mao Tse-tung, and Mae West. Some strong languageCharles iii: New king. new court. the inside story
By Robert Hardman. 2024
Read by the author, Robert Hardman. 'A superb, fascinating account of the new King, his court and the first year…
of his reign. Elegantly written by the most authoritative of royal historians writing today, it is deeply researched, impeccably sourced and filled with scoops and new details. This is the definitive book' – Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The Romanovs By acclaimed royal biographer and author of Queen of Our Times, Robert Hardman, Charles III is a brilliant account of a tumultuous period in British history, full of intriguing insider detail and the real stories behind the sadness, the dazzling pomp, the challenges and the triumphs as Charles III sets out to make his mark. How would – or could – he fill the shoes of the record-breaking Elizabeth II? With fresh debates about the monarchy, political upheavals and a steady flow of damning headlines unleashed by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Charles could not afford to put a foot wrong. Hardman draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, friends of the King and Queen, key officials and courtiers, plus unpublished royal papers, to chart the transition from those emotionally charged days following the death of the late Queen all through that make or break first year on the throne. This book also reveals how Charles III is determined to move ahead at speed, the vital role played by Queen Camilla, the King's relationships with his sons and the rest of his family, his plans for reforming the monarchy and how he is taking his place on the world stage. Charles III is a fascinating portrait of a hard-working, modern monarch, determined to remain true to himself and to his Queen, to make a difference, to weather the storms – and, what's more, to enjoy it. 'Hardman is the unsurpassed grand master when it comes to the inside story of the modern monarchy. Full of surprises and glorious detail' – Andrew Roberts, author of George III: The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood MonarchThe counterfeit countess: The jewish woman who rescued thousands of poles during the holocaust
By Elizabeth B White. 2024
The astonishing story of Dr. Josephine Janina Mehlberg—a Jewish mathematician who saved thousands of lives in Nazi-occupied Poland by masquerading…
as a Polish aristocrat—drawing on Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir. World War II and the Holocaust have given rise to many stories of resistance and rescue, but The Counterfeit Countess is unique. It tells the remarkable, unknown story of "Countess Janina Suchodolska," a Jewish woman who rescued more than 10,000 Poles imprisoned by Poland's Nazi occupiers. Mehlberg operated in Lublin, Poland, headquarters of Aktion Reinhard, the SS operation that murdered 1.7 million Jews in occupied Poland. Using the identity papers of a Polish aristocrat, she worked as a welfare official while also serving in the Polish resistance. With guile, cajolery, and steely persistence, the "Countess" persuaded SS officials to release thousands of Poles from the Majdanek concentration camp. She won permission to deliver food and medicine—even decorated Christmas trees—for thousands more of the camp's prisoners. At the same time, she personally smuggled supplies and messages to resistance fighters imprisoned at Majdanek, where 63,000 Jews were murdered in gas chambers and shooting pits. Incredibly, she eluded detection, and ultimately survived the war and emigrated to the US. Drawing on the manuscript of Mehlberg's own unpublished memoir, supplemented with prodigious research, Elizabeth White and Joanna Sliwa, professional historians and Holocaust experts, have uncovered the full story of this remarkable woman. They interweave Mehlberg's sometimes harrowing personal testimony with broader historical narrative. Like The Light of Days , Schindler's List , and Irena's Children , The Counterfeit Countess is an unforgettable account of inspiring courage in the face of unspeakable crueltyLovers in auschwitz: A true story
By Keren Blankfeld. 2024
"Mesmerizing and inspirational."—Judy Batalion, New York Times bestselling author of The Light of Days The incredible true story of two…
Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war—and then find each other again more than 70 years later. Zippi Spitzer and David Wisnia were captivated by each other from the moment they first exchanged glances across the work floor. It was the beginning of a love story that could have happened anywhere. Except for one difference: this romance was unfolding in history's most notorious death camp, between two young prisoners whose budding intimacy risked dooming them if they were caught. Incredibly, David and Zippi survived for years beneath the ash-choked skies of Auschwitz. Under the protection of their fellow inmates, their romance grew and deepened, even as their brushes with death mounted and David's luck in particular seemed close to running out. As the war's end finally approached and the time came for them to leave the camp, David and Zippi made plans to meet again. But neither of them could imagine how long their reunion would take or how many lives they would live in the interim. They had no inkling, either, of the betrayals that would await them along the way. But David did suspect that Zippi harbored a secret—one that could explain the mystery of his survival all those years ago. An unbelievable tale of romance, sacrifice, loss, and resilience, Lovers in Auschwitz is a saga of two young people who found themselves trapped inside a waking nightmare of the Nazis' creation, yet who nevertheless discovered a love that sustained them through history's darkest hourBlack women taught us: An intimate history of black feminism
By Jenn M Jackson. 2024
A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black…
women looks like —from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue . "Jenn M. Jackson is a beautiful writer and excellent scholar. In this book, they pay tribute to generations of Black women organizers and set forward a bold and courageous blueprint for our collective liberation."—Imani Perry, author of South to America This is my offering. My love letter to them, and to us. Jenn M. Jackson, PhD, has been known to bring historical acuity to some of the most controversial topics in America today. Now, in their first book, Jackson applies their critical analysis to the questions that have long energized their work: Why has Black women’s freedom fighting been so overlooked throughout history, and what has our society lost because of our refusal to engage with our forestrugglers’ lessons? A love letter to those who have been minimized and forgotten, this collection repositions Black women’s intellectual and political work at the center of today’s liberation movements. Across eleven original essays that explore the legacy of Black women writers and leaders—from Harriet Jacobs and Ida B. Wells to the Combahee River Collective and Audre Lorde—Jackson sets the record straight about Black women’s longtime movement organizing, theorizing, and coalition building in the name of racial, gender, and sexual justice in the United States and abroad. These essays show, in both critical and deeply personal terms, how Black women have been at the center of modern liberation movements despite the erasure and misrecognition of their efforts. Jackson illustrates how Black women have frequently done the work of liberation at great risk to their lives and livelihoods. For a new generation of movement organizers and co-strugglers, Black Women Taught Us serves as a reminder that Black women were the first ones to teach us how to fight racism, how to name that fight, and how to imagine a more just world for everyoneA history of younger sons in Regency England and how these "spares" supported themselves: "Illuminates the hard facts with vignettes…
of actual lives lived." -The Spectator In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything-while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: What should they do to make an independent living? Historian Rory Muir weaves together the stories of many obscure and well-known young men of good family but small fortune, shedding light on an overlooked aspect of Regency society. This is the first scholarly yet accessible exploration of the lifestyle and prospects of these younger sonsPilote du bout du monde: souvenirs d'un pilote de brousse dans le Grand Nord
By Dominique Prinet. 2022
Au cours des années 1960 et 1970, le Grand Nord canadien était en pleine effervescence. Dominique Prinet, alors jeune pilote…
de brousse, y a effectué des vols incroyables, lui qui a transporté, par tous les temps, des pêcheurs, des chasseurs et des trappeurs, des chercheurs d'or ou de pétrole, ainsi que des blessés et des malades nécessitant une évacuation d'urgence. C'était bien avant le GPS, quand les cartes se révélaient imprécises, les modes de communication, rudimentaires, et que les voyages du genre duraient des semaines