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Canadian travel and geography, Nature, Environment, Award winning non-fiction
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Entre le Québec et le Nouveau-Brunswick s'étend une rivière majestueuse aux eaux d'une rare transparence, aux imposantes berges boisées, où…
foisonne une population de saumon qui en a fait un lieu prisé des animaux et des hommes depuis des temps immémoriaux : la Ristigouche. Naviguant ses flots depuis l'enfance, l'écrivain et journaliste Philip Lee remonte dans son canot pour nous entraîner sur les anciennes routes de portage jusqu'au cours principal, qu'il descend vers l'estuaire de la baie des Chaleurs. Dans une prose aussi souple que les sinuosités de la rivière, il nous en raconte l'histoire, en explore les innombrables strates - géologiques, environnementales, humaines, industrielles - et nous invite à découvrir cet écosystème parmi les plus riches de notre planète pour mieux le protéger. Ristigouche, c'est faire du canot en compagnie du meilleur guide imaginable. En plus d'être un grand conteur, Philip est un fabuleux chercheur. Vous croiserez bien sûr des gens riches et célèbres - les Irving du Nouveau-Brunswick, Teddy Roosevelt, les Vanderbilt, le marquis de Lorne et son épouse, la princesse Louise, fille de la reine Victoria -, mais vous rencontrerez aussi des gens ordinaires qui vivent le long de la rivière et vous vous en éprendrez : bûcherons, pêcheurs, francophones, anglophones, Mi'gmaq. C'est un cours d'eau qui a connu bien des tumultes, depuis l'ignoble expulsion des Acadiens il y a près de trois siècles jusqu'à ce jour de 1981 où des agents de la Sûreté du Québec et des gardes-pêche québécois ont battu et arrêté des membres de la Première Nation de Listuguj pour avoir pêché le saumon au filet. Le saumon, bien sûr, est au cœur de ce superbe livre, tout comme il est l'attraction principale des eaux cristallines de la Ristigouche. Infatigable défenseur de l'espèce, Philip décrit les ravages de la surpêche, de l'exploitation forestière, de la pollution et du changement climatique. Ce livre est son plaidoyer pour la conservation, la protection et la restauration de ce magnifique cours d'eau. Mais c'est aussi, par bonheur, un livre rempli d'amour pour la rivière et d'espoir pour son avenir. Roy MacGregor, auteur et chroniqueur
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Drama, Award winning non-fiction
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Marie est autrice. Son dernier roman a soulevé l'ire de ses modèles féministes et l'a laissée vidée, incapable d'écrire. Après…
plusieurs fausses couches, suivant des conseils obtenus par télémédecine, elle conserve ses fœtus au congélateur afin de les soumettre à des tests, pendant que Perceval, son chum, coécrit des poèmes avec l'algorithme qu'il a créé et que son amie Claire, ancienne comédienne, gravit les échelons de la vente de Tupperware. Par une sinistre nuit de novembre, alors que la pluie fouette les vitres et que retentissent les cris stridents d'une imprimante 3D, Marie accouche d'une idée funeste qui va tout faire basculer. S'inspirant librement de la vie de Mary Shelley et de son Frankenstein, Sarah Berthiaume sonde les abysses de la création et de la procréation dans une comédie gothique, féministe et dystopique qui dissèque nos propres monstruosités
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Biography, Award winning non-fiction
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Production note: This title was created through eBOUND's Literary Image Description project. The author and illustrator wrote or consulted on…
the image descriptions, which are included in the body and narration of the text. Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people
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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Drama
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Captain Fisby is presented with two geishas in return for a favour, and persuades the Colonel that the American way…
is not the only way. A comedy in three acts, adapted from the novel about U.S. troop occupation of Okinawa during World War II. 1957.
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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Drama
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An autobiographical play set in 1912 in the summer home of a theatrical family isolated from the community by a…
kind of ingrown misery and a sense of doom. Realistic and moving, this work was found in manuscript among the papers left after the playwright's death in 1953. 1956, c1955.
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A modern drama which indicts the optimism and materialism of American society. Willy Loman, a traveling salesman, experiences a profound…
sense of failure as he recognizes signs of aging in himself and decides to take stock of his accomplishments. Pulitzer Prize winner. Originally written in 1949. Textbook format. 1949.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Literature biography, Women biography
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A vivid portrait of Louisa May Alcott, who based the story of "Little Women" on her own life. Grades 4-7. Newbery Award winner. 1968.
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Award winning non-fiction, History, United States history
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In 1853, Commodore Perry travelled to Japan to open the way for American trade and whaling ports. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1986 Newbery Honor book. 1985.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Drama
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In this play, an Englishman brings home his American wife for a visit which becomes the occasion for much psychological warfare. Tony Award winner. 1965.
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Award winning non-fiction, Social issues
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The author, a 'New York Times' Jerusalem correspondent, looks at the Israeli people who lead lives complicated by long histories,…
bitter feuds and complex identities. He also discusses the stereotypes the Arabs and Jews have of each other, and the fears those images evoke. 1987 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. c1986.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Literature biography
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The life and work of the English poet who died in 1821 at the age of twenty-five. 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner. c1963.
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Award winning non-fiction, History, United States history
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Looks at the events and issues that divided the American public and led to the Civil War, opposition to the…
war in both the North and South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner. c1988.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, Canadian non-fiction, History, Philosophy, Science and technology
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Controversial when first published, this classic book theorizes that the invention of printing has shaped our lives. McLuhan looks at…
politics, economics, philosophy, literature and post-Newtonian physics. Winner of the 1962 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, War and military biography
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The author describes America's involvement in Vietnam and his friendship with the controversial Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann, who criticized…
the way the war was waged and leaked his pessimistic assessments to the press. Bestseller 1988. 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner.
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Award winning non-fiction, Biography, Historical biography
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This biography of the explorer concentrates on his voyages, and discusses the problems and methods of navigation. A condensation of the 2-volume work which won the 1942 Pulitzer Prize. 1942.
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Award winning non-fiction, History, United States history
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This chronicle of the civil rights movement in the United States focuses on the period that begins with Martin Luther…
King's 1954 arrival as pastor of Montgomery's Dexter Baptist Church. It ends with the assassination of President John Kennedy. 1989 Pulitzer Prize. 1988.
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Award winning fiction, Movie and television tie-insAward winning non-fiction, Biography, Literature biography, Journals and memoirs
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This autobiography by a novelist and short story writer follows him from a working class childhood in Washington State to his fraudulent admission to an Eastern prep school. c1989.
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Award winning non-fiction, Politics and government
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An account of the political situation in the Middle East as witnessed by the author during his years as a…
journalist in Beirut and Jerusalem. He reports on the killing of Palestinian civilians at refugee camps in Lebanon and Palestinian uprisings in the Israeli-occupied territories. 1989 winner of the National Book Award for Non-Fiction. 1989.
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Award winning fictionAward winning non-fiction, History, United States history
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A description of the last year of the Civil War when General Grant rebuilt the Union Army into a fighting…
force and turned defeat into victory. 1954 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. Sequel to "Glory road". 1953.
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Award winning non-fiction, Literature, Drama
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Pulitzer-Prize winning play is set in a real estate office and the Chinese restaurant the salesmen frequent. With the exception…
of Roma, the men are having frustrating bad streaks and have been reprimanded for their output. Their excuse is that they are given the same sorry leads over and over, and these people are never going to buy. Now if only they could get their hands on that prime batch of Glengarry leads. Strong language. 1982.