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Romantic breakup: it's not the end of the world (Teen issues)
By Jennifer Rozines Roy. 2000
Discusses the social and psychological aspects of dating and breaking up, as well as the elements of a healthy romantic…
relationship. Offers advice on surviving emotionally and obtaining help from others. For junior and senior high readers. 2000.Rivales ou amies: le nouveau rapport Hite sur les femmes d'aujourd'hui
By Shere Hite. 1999
Une nouvelle étude controversée sur les rapports ambivalents qu'entretiennent les femmes entre elles, en amitié, au travail ou la maison.…
D'après Hite, il existerait une hostilité latente et un manque flagrant de loyauté des femmes entre elles. Côté travail, l'auteure observe que peu de femmes savent se servir de leurs contacts et construire des solidarités professionelles. Outre ces observations dérangeantes, les lectrices trouveront dans ce "guide du mieux-vivre en société" des propsitions claires sur la manière de traiter ses amies et congénères. 1999.Révérence à la vie: conversation
By Jean-Philippe de Tonnac, Théodore Monod. 1999
Rising up and rising down: some thoughts on violence, freedom and urgent means
By William T Vollmann. 2004
An extended inquiry into our motivations for and justification of violence. Why has violence always been a part of human…
affairs, and what forms of moral calculus have we used to sanctify and excuse it? Journalist Vollman scrutinizes everything from self-defence to suicide, slavery, torture, genocide, and war, using others for guidance, including Plato, Robespierre, Lenin, Hitler, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2004.Revenge of the land: a century of greed, tragedy, and murder on a Saskatchewan farm
By Maggie Siggins. 1991
Siggins chronicles the history of a single Saskatchewan farm from 1883 to the present. What she uncovers is a history…
fraught with corruption, greed, toil and deprivation, ending in a double murder. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1991.Rest: why you get more done when you work less
By Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. 2016
For most of us, overwork is the new normal and rest is an afterthought. But dismissing rest stifles our ability…
to think creatively and truly recharge. In this book, Silicon Valley consultant Alex Pang argues that we can be more successful in all areas of our lives by recognizing the importance of rest: working better does not mean working more, it means working less and resting better. Treating rest as a passive activity secondary to work undermines our chances for a rewarding and meaningful life. Whether by making space for daily naps, as Winston Churchill did during World War II; going on hours-long strolls like Charles Darwin; or spending a week alone in a cabin like Bill Gates, pursuing what Pang calls "deliberate rest" is the true key to fulfillment and creative success. 2016.Reputation: what it is and why it matters
By Stephen Holmes, Gloria Origgi, Noga Arikha. 2017
Reputation touches almost everything, guiding our behavior and choices in countless ways. But it is also shrouded in mystery. Why…
is it so powerful when the criteria by which people and things are defined as good or bad often appear to be arbitrary? Why do we care so much about how others see us that we may even do irrational and harmful things to try to influence their opinion? 2017. Uniform title: Réputation, qui dit quoi de qui.Rescuing Patty Hearst: memories from a decade gone mad
By Virginia Holman. 2017
This memoir is Virginia Holman's stunning debut and winner of the Pushcart Prize in 2001. Virginia delves into the often…
painful, occasionally joyful, moments of her childhood with a schizophrenic mother. Through touching honesty and self-reflection, Virginia confronts memories of a life in which reality and fantasy gradually became difficult to separate. 2017.Remembering the farm: memories of farming, ranching, and rural life in Canada, past and present
By Allan Anderson. 1977
Reflections on the revolution in Europe: immigration, Islam, and the West
By Christopher Caldwell. 2009
Since World War II, mass immigration has been made possible by European secularism, tolerance, and equality, but when immigrants arrive,…
they are not required to adopt those values. Describes faulty asylum policies, anti-Americanism that connects European natives and Muslim newcomers, and the issues that drive them apart. Considers the appeal of sharia and jihad to a second generation that is more alienated from Europe than the first, and addresses how native Europeans confront the claims of newcomers. c2009.Relate guide to finding love
By Barbara Bloomfield. 2009
This guide offers help and advice on all aspects of dating and relationships. Short chapters, each containing a thought-provoking exercise,…
plus personal case histories combine to make this a fun and interesting read to help you to: discover your needs and what you expect from a relationship; get yourself into the right frame of mind to meet someone new; make the most of online dating and singles events; and, identify whether your new love is really the one for you. 2009.Raison et déraison du mythe: au cœur des imaginaires collectifs
By Gérard Bouchard. 2014
"Il existe dans toutes les sociétés, celles d'aujourd'hui comme celles d'hier, des valeurs et des croyances qui en viennent à…
exercer un tel ascendant qu'elles s'imposent aux esprits. D'origine religieuse ou non, elles jouissent d'un statut qui leur permet d'échapper en grande partie à la contestation. Toute remise en question est perçue comme une profanation. Ainsi, qui voudrait rejeter les libertés civiles en Angleterre, l'égalité des citoyens en France, le droit de propriété aux États-Unis, ou bien l'égalité des races en Afrique du Sud, ou encore l'égalité homme-femme au Québec ? S'appuyant sur la raison, mais se nourrissant surtout d'émotion et de sacralité, ces valeurs sont devenues intouchables. Par quel chemin y sont-elles arrivées ? En d'autres mots, comment naît un mythe ? Comment accède-t-il à la sacralité ? Comment se diffuse-t-il et assure-t-il sa reproduction ? Comment vient-il à décliner ? Quel rôle y jouent, d'un côté, les forces de l'inconscient et, de l'autre, les acteurs sociaux ? Et pourquoi ne porte-t-on pas davantage attention à ces représentations puissantes qui expriment les sentiments les plus profonds d'une société, qui nourrissent les identités, les idéologies, qui structurent les visions du passé et de l'avenir, qui inspirent les choix collectifs et balisent le débat public ? " -- 4e de couv.Rag cosmology
By Erin Robinsong. 2017
In this time of ecological precarity, "Rag Cosmology" is an urgent invitation to reinvent our modes of engagement with the…
environment we not only inhabit, but are. Refusing the lamentation that leaves us as resigned witnesses to devastation, "Rag Cosmology" counters fatalist narratives with the pleasures of ecological entanglement and engagement. Tracing relationships between seemingly irreconcilable things--economy and ecology, weather and lust, bills and inner voices, wages of avoidance and wages of listening--these poems offer the intimate and lush language of thought that yearn for an imaginative reinvention of how we understand what we are part of and what we are losing. Winner of the 2017 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry (QWF). 2017.Qui aide qui?: une brève histoire de la solidarité internationale au Québec
By Pierre Beaudet. 2009
En racontant l'histoire de l'aide internationale canadienne, depuis les missions étrangères jusqu'aux coupes budgétaires imposées par le gouvernement Harper, Pierre…
Beaudet livre une réflexion percutante sur l'aide internationale, au moment où la solidarité planétaire semble plus importante que jamais pour l'avenir de l'humanité. 2009.Qu'est-ce que l'intégration?
By Dominique Schnapper. 2007
Né de l'inquiétude sur les nouvelles formes de vie sociale que suscitait la modernité, le concept d'intégration recouvre les modalités…
spécifiques de la vie collective dans les sociétés contemporaines. À l'origine, Durkheim le réserve au problème de la société dans son ensemble. Puis les sociologues s'interrogent sur la formation et le maintien des entités collectives, sur les relations entre l'individu et le groupe. Les recherches montrent alors que l'assimilation des immigrés n'est pas un processus unique ou rectiligne, mais comporte des dimensions et des modalités différentes, voire discordantes. Désormais, les sociologues distinguent entre l'adoption des traits culturels de la société - selon les auteurs, on parlera d'acculturation, d'assimilation, voire d'intégration culturelle - et la participation aux diverses instances de la vie sociale - l'assimilation sociale ou l'intégration structurelle. 2007.Public power: the fight for publicly owned electricity
By Howard Hampton, Bill Reno. 2003
Energy prices doubling and tripling in some areas and energy shortages are the result of privatization of publicly owned utilities…
throughout North America. The author argues that rather than moving blindly towards privatization of electricity production, North American society needs to step back and think about all the effects this momentous decision may have. 2003.Probably inevitable
By Matthew Frederick Tierney. 2012
A collection of high-energy poems jolted by the philosophy and science of time. Sailing through the rhythms of a world…
made concrete by Samuel Johnson, before it was undone by Niels Bohr, Tierney uses his wit and legerdemain to grapple with the gap between what's seen and what's experienced. Winner of the 2013 Trillium Book Award for Poetry. c2012.Proud spirit: lessons, insights & healing from "The voice of the spirit world"
By Rosemary Altea. 1998
Spiritual medium Altea takes the reader farther along the path of her personal cosmology. She explains how the living affect…
the dead's happiness and well-being, discusses reincarnation, and whether souls heal emotionally and spiritually after death. Provides dozens of stories about the lives and deaths of real people, and shares the insights and processes that helped heal her own wounds. Sequel to "The eagle and the rose". Some descriptions of violence. 1998.Pourquoi l'autre et pas moi?: le droit à la jalousie
By Louise Auger. 1988
L'auteur s'intéresse surtout à la jalousie "normale", quotidienne, celle que nous avons tous ressentie. Si être en proie a la…
jalousie provoque toujours la souffrance, cela ne tous transforment pas pour autant en désaxes. Il s'agit simplement d'un signal d'alarme. 1988.Power vs. force: the hidden determinants of human behavior
By David R Hawkins. 1995
Dr. Hawkins shows that the cold light of science is confirming what mystics and saints have always said about the…
self, God, and the very nature of reality. This vision of being, essence, and divinity presents a picture of man's relation to the universe that is unique in its capacity to satisfy both soul and reason. 1995.