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Next time, she'll be dead: battering & how to stop it
By Ann Jones. 1994
A study of the institutions and attitudes that foster the problem of domestic violence in America. The author cites cases…
that show that women are deprived of their right to freedom from physical harm. She suggests what the media, the schools, the churches, the legal system, the health care system, and all citizens can do to end the violence and to ensure zero tolerance for men who perpetrate such crimes. Violence. 1994.Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
By Frederick Douglass. 1991
Napoleon, 1812
By Nigel Nicolson. 1985
In the six months between June and December 1812, nearly half a million men died. As Napoleon commenced his invasion…
of Russia, he was at the height of his powers; by the end, he faced the destruction of his empire. Why did he invade Russia, and why did he fail? The author goes back to the original documents to try to find an answer to these and other questions. 1985.Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life
By Alan Schom. 1997
A critical portrait of the legendary ruler of France, whose empire controlled much of Europe. Covers "all aspects of his…
life," tracing his obscure Corsican youth, his rise to power, his military campaigns, his defeat at Waterloo, and his death in exile in 1821. Descriptions of violence. 1997.My famous evening: Nova Scotia sojourns, diaries & preoccupations (National Geographic directions)
By Howard A Norman. 2004
Canadian author Norman has travelled to Nova Scotia over the decades, collecting stories, myths, and memories. He recounts the story…
of Marlais Quire, who travelled to New York in the 1920's to hear Joseph Conrad, talks about forerunners (eerie omens of tragedy well known to seafaring communities), and relates a folktale about a protective mythic creature. He also retraces the steps of poet Elizabeth Bishop, who lived in Nova Scotia as a child, with historian, poet, and scholar Sandra Barry. 2004.My name is number 4: a true story
By Ting-Xing Ye. 2007
After the death of both her parents, Ting-xing and her four siblings endured the brutality of Red Guard attacks on…
their schools and even their house as they struggled against poverty and hunger. Then at sixteen, she was exiled to a prison farm far from home. This is the story of Ting-xing's tumultuous life, turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. Some strong language. 2007.Mrs. Fitzherbert and sons
By Jim Foord-Kelcey, Philippa Foord-Kelcey. 1991
King George IV is best remembered for his extravagant lifestyle and his efforts to divorce his wife, Caroline of Brunswick.…
But many are unaware that, in 1784, when he was still the Prince of Wales, George secretly married a Roman Catholic widow named Maria Fitzherbert. However, without the consent of his father, the marriage was considered invalid under the Royal Marriages Act. 1991.Move your shadow: South Africa Black and White
By Joseph Lelyveld. 1985
"South Africa sates you with paradox," says journalist Lelyveld, whose profile of the country offers a view of its wide…
variety of inhabitants, including squatters near Cape Town, witch doctors in Soweto, and blacks in the Security Police. American involvement in South Africa undergoes close and critical scrutiny. Some strong language. Winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. 1985.Mrs. King: the life and times of Isabel Mackenzie King
By Charlotte Gray. 1997
Isabel Mackenzie King was the daughter of William Lyon Mackenzie and the mother of Canada's longest serving prime minister, William…
Lyon Mackenzie King. While her son attempted to portray her as the ideal woman, his biographers insisted that she was manipulative and ambitious, forcing her son into politics so that he could support the family. Gray attempts to bring her story to light and reveal the real Mrs. King, a woman who witnessed some of the most important events of Canadian history. Canada Reads 2012. c1997.Mrs. L: conversations with Alice Roosevelt Longworth
By Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Michael Teague. 1981
Murder of a Medici princess
By Caroline Murphy. 2008
Because Isabella de' Medici was close to her father, Cosimo, she was allowed to live an autonomous life apart from…
her abusive husband. After Cosimo's death, his spiteful eldest son, Francesco, reneged on the inheritance Cosimo left Isabella and her children, and then sanctioned the murder of both Isabella and her sister-in-law Leonora. This account of a lesser-known Medici daughter also describes an extraordinary woman who paid the ultimate price for flouting her era's traditional gender roles. 2008.Moi aussi j'aime les hommes
By Simon Boulerice, Alain Labonté. 2017
Octobre 2015, Alain est assis dans son salon. À la télévision, des images défilent : un jeune homme, les yeux…
bandés et les mains liées, est amené au sommet de la plus haute tour d'une ville, puis poussé dans le vide. Parce qu'il est homosexuel. Habité par la colère et l'incompréhension, Alain écrit à la première personne à laquelle il pense : Simon. Celui-ci, dans les nuages entre Montréal et Baie-Comeau, lui répond. C'est ainsi que s'amorcent entre les deux auteurs des échanges qui abordent leurs parcours, leurs aspirations, leur joie face aux avancées des droits LGBTQ ici, leurs réactions face aux horreurs perpétrées ailleurs, l'importance de la famille et de la création. 2017.Monet
By Pascal Bonafoux. 2007
"Au jour le jour de sa correspondance - car Monet ne cesse d'écrire, de compter et surtout de douter -…
voici le récit d'une vie magnifique obsédée par l'accomplissement d'une oeuvre sublime". Par un écrivain et historien de l'art qui a déjà consacré plusieurs ouvrages à des peintres, notamment Van Gogh et Cézanne. 2007.Mon petit garçon des rizières (Collection Vécu)
By Reine Schiller. 1980
En avril 1975, alors que Saigon va tomber, une journaliste française fuit avec un jeune orphelin vietnamien de quatre ans.…
Ce récit, c'est celui de l'odyssée qui les amènera à Londres, c'est aussi celui d'une "maternité" pas comme les autres. 1980.Mort pour la France: Mohamed Merah a tué mon fils
By Latifa Ibn Ziaten. 2013
Mountbatten: the official biography
By Phillip Ziegler. 1985
An honest assessment of a widely respected man who, for all the trappings of life within the circle of the…
Royal Family, was nothing if not human. The author is the first to have access to the Broadlands archives and he has thoroughly researched other sources to give a more rounded picture of this greatly loved public figure. 1985.Jeunes filles sous influence: prostitution juvénile et gangs de rue (Des hommes et des femmes en changement)
By Patrice Corriveau, Michel Dorais. 2006
Pour un semblant d'amour, pour de l'argent vite envolé, par gout du risque ou de l'aventure, mais aussi sous la…
menace, de nombreuses jeunes filles se retrouvent aujourd'hui entraînées dans la prostitution sous l'influence de gangs de rue. Ce proxénétisme rapporte gros. Et les nouvelles recrues ne manquent pas. L'implication des gangs de rue dans la prostitution juvénile change les données du problème et soulève plusieurs interrogations. Quelles sont les motivations des garçons qui se joignent à des gangs de rue ? Comment les gangs de rue recrutent-ils des adolescentes pour la prostitution ? Quels sont les profils types de ces adolescentes ? Qui sont les clients et pourquoi recherchent-ils de toutes jeunes filles ? Pourquoi est-il difficile de démanteler ces réseaux de prostitution ? Pourquoi les jeunes filles ont-elles du mal à témoigner contre leurs proxénètes et leurs clients ? 2006.Mazarin, le maître du jeu
By Simone Bertière. 2007
Une solide biographie consacrée à Mazarin, cardinal et homme politique français d'origine italienne. En trois grandes parties: La quête d'un…
emploi - Sur la corde raide - Le poids du pouvoir. Tableaux généalogiques, cartes et repères chronologiques complètent l'ouvrage. 2007.Le bien-vieillir: la révolution de l'âge
By Maurice Tubiana. 2003
Le thème central de cet ouvrage est l'impact du vieillissement sur les différentes parties du corps, sur la fréquence de…
certaines maladies et sur les fonctions intellectuelles. Sont aussi considérés les aspects social et psychologique de la vieillesse. 2003.