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You're sending me where?: dispatches from summer camp
By Eric Dregni. 2017
Tracking the Caribou Queen: Memoir of a Settler Girlhood
By Margaret Macpherson. 2022
In this challenging memoir about her formative years in Yellowknife in the '60s and '70s, author Margaret Macpherson lays bare…
her own white privilege, her multitude of unexamined microaggressions, and how her childhood was shaped by the colonialism and systemic racism that continues today. Macpherson's father, first a principal and later a federal government administrator, oversaw education in the NWT, including the high school Margaret attended with its attached hostel: a residential facility mostly housing Indigenous children.Ringing with damning and painful truths, this bittersweet telling invites white readers to examine their own personal histories in order to begin to right relations with the Indigenous Peoples on whose land they live. Tracking the Caribou Queen is beautifully crafted to a purpose: poetic language and narrative threads dissect the trope that persisted through her girlhood, that of the Caribou Queen, a woman who seemed to embody extreme and contradictory stereotypes of Indigeneity. Here, Macpherson is not striving for a tidy ideal of "reconciliation"; what she is working towards is much messier, more complex and ambivalent and, ultimately, more equitable.Adieu vive clarté
By Jorge Semprun. 1998
"Ce livre est le récit de la découverte de l'adolescence et de l'exil, des mystères de Paris, du monde, de…
la féminité. Aussi, surtout sans doute, de l'appropriation de la langue française. L'expérience de Buchenwald n'y est pour rien, n'y porte aucune ombre. Aucune lumière non plus..."Unshrinking: How to face fatphobia
By Kate Manne. 2024
The definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms…
everyone, and how to combat it—from the acclaimed author of Down Girl and Entitled “An elegant, fierce, and profound argument for fighting fat oppression in ourselves, our communities, and our culture.”—Roxane Gay, author of Hunger For as long as she can remember, Kate Manne has wanted to be smaller. She can tell you what she weighed on any significant occasion: her wedding day, the day she became a professor, the day her daughter was born. She’s been bullied and belittled for her size, leading to extreme dieting. As a feminist philosopher, she wanted to believe that she was exempt from the cultural gaslighting that compels so many of us to ignore our hunger. But she was not. Blending intimate stories with the trenchant analysis that has become her signature, Manne shows why fatphobia has become a vital social justice issue. Over the last several decades, implicit bias has waned in every category, from race to sexual orientation, except one: body size. Manne examines how anti-fatness operates—how it leads us to make devastating assumptions about a person’s attractiveness, fortitude, and intellect, and how it intersects with other systems of oppression. Fatphobia is responsible for wage gaps, medical neglect, and poor educational outcomes; it is a straitjacket, restricting our freedom, our movement, our potential. In this urgent call to action, Manne proposes a new politics of “body reflexivity”—a radical reevaluation of who our bodies exist in the world for: ourselves and no one else. When it comes to fatphobia, the solution is not to love our bodies more. Instead, we must dismantle the forces that control and constrain us, and remake the world to accommodate people of every sizeLes petits bonheurs
By Bernard Clavel. 1999
Le labyrinthe du monde: 1, Souvenirs pieux (Labyrinthe du monde. #3.)
By Marguerite Yourcenar. 1974
Témoins de l'invisible
By Jacques Lebreton. 1985
Le témoignage d'un homme qui, ayant perdu ses yeux et ses mains, n'a cessé d'aimer Dieu et la vie. Il…
répond aux questions qui lui furent posées et communique son itinéraire vers le diaconat.Prison Life Writing is the first full-length study of one of the most controversial genres in American literature. By exploring…
the complicated relationship between life writing and institutional power, this book reveals the overlooked aesthetic innovations of incarcerated people and the surprising literary roots of the U.S. prison system.Roman (Vécu)
By Roman Polanski. 1984
Grand cinéaste ou play-boy international, victime ou viveur? Qui est Roman Polanski?... La presse mondiale l’a traité de tout et…
de son contraire. Pour la première fois, le génial réalisateur du Bal des vampires s’est décidé, nous dit-il, "à mettre sur le papier ce que je crois être ma vérité" Il le fait sans détour, révélant, avec un luxe de détails, la mosaïque de son existence. C’est tout le roman de sa vie que Polanski nous raconte tel qu’il l’a vécu: son enfance dans une Pologne occupée par les nazis, ses débuts d’enfant comédien, ses études, la réalisation du "Couteau dans l’eau" puis l’Ouest, Paris, Londres, la brillante réussite américaine que viendra interrompre la tragédie de l’assassinat de Sharon Tate, l’arrestation pour détournement de mineure en 1977 à Los Angeles et sa nouvelle carrière en France...J'avoue que j'ai vécu: (mémoires) (Folio Ser. #Vol. 37822)
By Pablo Neruda. 1999
'Peut-être n'ai-je pas vécu en mon propre corps : peut-être ai-je vécu la vie des autres', écrit Pablo Neruda pour…
présenter ces souvenirs qui s'achèvent quelques jours avant sa mort par un hommage posthume à son ami Salvador Allende. Les portraits d'hommes célèbres - Aragon, Breton, Eluard, García Lorca, Picasso - côtoient les pages admirables consacrées à l'homme de la rue, au paysan anonyme, à la femme d'une nuit. A travers eux se dessine la personnalité de Neruda, homme passionné, attentif, curieux de tout et de tous, le poète qui se révèle être aussi un merveilleux conteur.Ukrainian Portraits: Diaries from the Border (Essential Prose Series #214)
By Marina Sonkina. 2023
At the outbreak of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, Canadian author Marina Sonkina flew to the Ukrainian-Polish border…
to volunteer in a refugee camp using her knowledge of Russian and some Ukrainian. The suffering on a massive scale was beyond what she could possibly expect. "Putin's destruction of Ukraine left me with dismay and utter helplessness. The world order as we knew it, after WWII, was unraveling in Europe in front of my eyes, and I could do nothing about it. Evil always shouts loud; goodness is quiet. But when I came as a volunteer to a transition refugees centre at the Polish-Ukrainian border, I saw an outpour of good will on an unprecedented scale. This book is a celebration of magnanimity that lives in the heart of each of us and comes forth when called upon. It is also a homage to the millions of destitute Ukrainian women, faced with the daunting task of rebuilding their lives and the lives of their children with patient courage, moral grace, and faith in the ultimate victory of goodness over evil."Porca miseria (Blanche)
By Tonino Benacquista. 2022
L'histoire des parents de l'écrivain, Cesare et Elena, immigrés italiens arrivés en France dans les années 1950. Il retrace son…
enfance dans une banlieue parisienne, sa fratrie, l'alcoolisme de son père, ouvrier à l'usine, la douleur de sa mère, éprouvée par l'exil. Il évoque son rapport à la culture et à la langue françaises qu'il s'est appropriées pour assouvir sa soif d'écriture.Les rives de la mer douce (Traits et portraits)
By Laura Alcoba. 2023
Lors d'une promenade sur les bords de l'Aven, la romancière se remémore les événements marquants de sa vie passée en…
Argentine. Sous la forme d'une promenade hallucinatoire, elle évoque son enfance clandestine, des secrets de famille et les écrivains qui ont influencé son oeuvre. L. Alcoba a reçu le prix Roger Caillois 2023 de littérature française.Pas dormir (Fiction)
By Marie Darrieussecq. 2021
Insomniaque depuis longtemps, M. Darrieussecq raconte l'aboutissement de vingt ans de voyages et de panique dans ses nuits sans sommeil…
ainsi que de recours désespérés et curieux à toutes sortes de remèdes, des médicaments à la méditation, en passant par les expédients les plus divers. Elle suit également les traces de l'insomnie dans la littérature, de Dostoïevski à Murakami.Ce 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 téléréalitéOne in a millennial: On friendship, feelings, fangirls, and fitting in
By Kate Kennedy. 2024
This program is read by the author. From pop culture podcaster and a voice of a generation, Kate Kennedy, a…
celebration of the millennial zeitgeist One In a Millennial is an exploration of pop culture, nostalgia, the millennial zeitgeist, and the life lessons learned (for better and for worse) from coming of age as a member of a much-maligned generation. Kate is a pop culture commentator and host of the popular millennial-focused podcast Be There in Five . Part-funny, part-serious, Kate navigates the complicated nature of celebrating and criticizing the culture that shaped her as a woman, while arguing that great depths can come from surface-level interests. With her trademark style and vulnerability, One In a Millennial is sharp, hilarious, and heartwarming all at once. She tackles AOL Instant Messenger, purity culture, American Girl Dolls, going out tops, Spice Girl feminism, her feelings about millennial motherhood, and more. Kate's laugh-out-loud asides and keen observations will have you nodding your head and maybe even tearing up. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's PressBleus et joies: carnets
By Juliette Bélanger-Charpentier. 2023
Dans Bleus et joies, Juliette Bélanger-Charpentier recense comme dans un journal intime ses réflexions sur ce qui l'habite, la secoue,…
l'indigne et l'émeut. À travers une série de textes à l'intersection de la poésie et du récit, elle rend un hommage poignant aux creux de vagues, aux accalmies qui s'ensuivent et aux jours heureux qui continuent d'exister à travers les éclaboussuresUn dernier tour d'ambulance: récits d'un paramédic
By Martin Viau. 2023
Peu de gens savent ce qui se passe réellement à l'arrière d'une ambulance. Martin Viau, paramédic, vous dirait que c'est…
très bien ainsi. Lui et ses collègues interviennent sur des corps amochés, parfois méconnaissables, retrouvés dans des circonstances souvent effroyables. Ils affrontent tous les jours la souffrance et parfois, presque régulièrement, la mortSaved: A war reporter's mission to make it home
By Benjamin Hall. 2023
"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." —Kirkus Reviews When veteran war reporter Benjamin…
Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end his life. As a journalist for Fox News, Hall had worked in dangerous war zones like Syria and Afghanistan, but with three young daughters at home, life on the edge was supposed to be a thing of the past. Yet when Russia viciously attacked Ukraine in February 2022, Hall quickly volunteered to go. A few weeks later, while on assignment, Hall and his crew were blown up in a Russian strike. With Hall himself gravely injured and stuck in Kyiv, it was unclear if he would make it out alive. This is the story of how he survived—a story that continues to this day. For the first time, Hall shares his experience in full—from his ground-level view of the war to his dramatic rescue to his arduous, and ongoing, recovery. Going inside the events that have permanently transformed him, Hall recalls his time at the front lines of our world's conflicts, exploring how his struggle to step away from war reporting led him back one perilous last time. Featuring nail-biting accounts from the many people across multiple countries who banded together to get him to safety, Hall offers a stunning look at complex teamwork and heartfelt perseverance that turned his life into a mission. Through it all, Hall's spirit has remained undaunted, buoyed by that remarkable corps of people from around the world whose collective determination ensured his survival. Evocative, harrowing, and deeply moving, Saved is a powerful memoir of family and friends, of life and healing, and of how to respond when you are tested in ways you never thought possible