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Le pouvoir de l'échec: La Face Cachée De La Réussite
By Arnaud Granata. 2016
" Nous vivons dans une société de l'ultra-performance: ceux qui réussissent sont nos héros et ceux qui échouent, les maillons…
faibles . Pourtant, certains des plus illustres entrepreneurs de notre époque ont connu de grands échecs avant de devenir les Mark Zuckerberg et les Steve Jobs que nous connaissons. Alors que tout le monde n'a d'yeux que pour leur réussite, Arnaud Granata est allé à la rencontre d'entrepreneurs et de personnalités médiatiques pour parler de l'échec. " -- 4e de couv.Au cœur de mes valeurs
By Danièle Henkel. 2015
" Danièle Henkel a créé un lien unique avec le public québécois qu'elle a su toucher. Ses valeurs prennent racine…
dans les expériences qui ont fait d'elle une femme remarquable. À partir de son riche parcours d'immigrante, d'entrepreneure, de femme, de mère et de grand-mère, elle nous livre ses réflexions sur des sujets qui lui tiennent à coeur: les jeunes, la famille, l'amitié, les relations entre les générations, les femmes dans le monde des affaires... En toutes choses, Danièle Henkel nous invite à réfléchir aux choix que nous faisons et au sens que nous leur donnons. C'est le défi qu'elle nous lance dans ce nouvel ouvrage empreint d'humanité et de sensibilité. " -- 4e de couv.Out of Muskoka
By James Bartleman. 2002
The memoirs of James Bartleman, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, detailing his rise from poverty and discrimination to the top of the…
diplomatic and vice-regal life. Born in 1939, Bartleman grew up in a canvas tent and a series of uninsulated frame shacks around Port Carling, Ontario. An American millionaire on holiday in Muskoka paved the road to higher education and diplomacy. 2002.Paiute princess: the story of Sarah Winnemucca
By Deborah Kogan Ray. 2013
Documents the life and achievements of the nineteenth-century Northern Paiute leader, examining how her aptitude for languages and diplomacy enabled…
her to advocate on behalf of her tribe. Grades 4-7. 2013.Hervé Pomerleau: bâtisseur du Québec moderne
By Pierre C Poulin. 2016
Cet ouvrage relate la vie et l'oeuvre d'Hervé Pomerleau, un Beauceron pure laine qui a érigé une entreprise de construction…
connue internationalement. Ce livre vient célébrer 50 ans de travail au développement d'un fleuron dans son domaine au Québec et au Canada. 2016.Dr Stanley Vollant: mon chemin innu : récit biographique
By Mathieu-Robert Sauvé. 2013
Né d'un père disparu et d'une mère alcoolique, Stanley Vollant est sauvé de l'orphelinat par son grand-père innu, pêcheur de…
saumons et trappeur de Pessamit, sur la Côte-Nord. Élève brillant doté d'une mémoire prodigieuse, il doit surmonter sa peur du sang et sa phobie des cadavres pour devenir, en 1994, le premier chirurgien d'origine autochtone de l'histoire du Québec. Tout au long de son parcours, il se fera remarquer par ses succès scolaires... et ses prouesses athlétiques. Coureur de fond, joueur de football, marathonien, il prendra part à plusieurs compétitions jusqu'à ses études supérieures. Mais à la suite d'une série d'échecs personnels, dont deux divorces, il sombre dans une dépression qui le mènera au bord du suicide. C'est le visage de ses enfants, apparaissant sur l'écran de son téléphone portable, qui le retiendra au moment de poser le geste ultime. Aujourd'hui considéré comme un modèle de réussite pour les autochtones et pour les Québécois dans leur ensemble, il a entrepris en 2010 une grande marche pour sensibiliser l'opinion publique à la cause des Premières Nations et à l'importance de l'exercice physique. Conférencier recherché, lauréat de plusieurs prix, il mène de front plusieurs batailles, dont celle consistant à former plus de médecins issus de minorités culturelles. Le tracé est fait, suivez le chemin conclut le médecin à l'endroit de ses compatriotes. 2013.In its early days as Bytown, Ottawa was a community of entrepreneurs. Through the stories of eight intriguing businessmen the…
development of the country's capital is revealed. These capital titans, in working toward their dreams, flavoured the region, and the country, with their strong personalities and opinions, and their legacy is still being felt today. 2004.One Native life
By Richard Wagamese. 2008
Wagamese's look back at the long road he traveled in reclaiming his identity, and about what he's learned as a…
human being, a man, and an Ojibway. Whether he's writing about playing baseball, running away with the circus, listening to the wind, or meeting Johnny Cash, these are stories told in a healing spirit. Through them, Wagamese shows how to appreciate life for the remarkable learning journey it is. Explicit descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2008.Onassis, an extravagant life: An Extravagant Life
By Frank Brady. 1977
This biography of Onassis focuses on his rise to power and riches with emphasis on the women in his life…
including Ingaborg Dedichen, Tina Livanos, Maria Callas, and Jacqueline Kennedy. 1977.Notice rouge: comment je suis devenu l'ennemi no 1 de Poutine
By Bill Browder, Renaud Bombard. 2015
B. Browder est le cofondateur d'Hermitage, le plus grand fonds d'investissement étranger de Russie. Diplômé de Stanford, il fait fortune…
à Moscou auprès des nouveaux oligarques, avant d'en être soudainement chassé par V. Poutine en 2005. Cet ouvrage retrace à la manière d'un polar les circonstances douteuses de la mort de son fiscaliste dans les prisons russes en 2009. 2015. Titre uniforme: Red notice.No angel: the secret life of Bernie Ecclestone
By Tom Bower. 2011
Ecclestone has never before revealed how he graduated from selling second-hand cars in London's notorious Warren Street to become the…
major player he is today. He has finally decided to reveal his secrets: the deals, the marriages, the disasters and the successes on race tracks, in Downing Street, in casinos, on yachts and in the air. Includes strong language. 2011.No foreign land: the biography of a North American Indian
By Wilfred Pelletier, Ted Poole. 1973
A Great Lakes Indian tells of his life on the reservation, in the white man's world, and his work as…
a politician trying to organize the Indians. A clear explanation of the Indian reluctance to join the March of Civilization. c1973.My father's business: the small-town values that built Dollar General into a billion-dollar company
By Cal Turner, Rob Simbeck. 2018
Longtime Dollar General CEO Cal Turner, Jr. shares his extraordinary life as heir to the company founded by his father,…
Cal Turner, Sr., and his grandfather, a dirt farmer turned Depression-era entrepreneur. Cal shares how the small-town values with which he was raised helped him guide Dollar General from family enterprise to national powerhouse. 2018.My life in leadership: the journey and lessons learned along the way (Your coach in a box)
By Frances Hesselbein. 2010
Frances Hesselbein has built a career in leadership, serving as a top executive in numerous charitable organizations. Here she recounts…
her own story, in her own words, while detailing the many leadership lessons she learned from people like Presidents Reagan, H.W. Bush and Clinton, Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, and more. 2010.My people, myself
By Mary Lawrence. 1996
Born in 1950 on the Vernon, B.C. Indian reserve, Lawrence was placed in residential schools and then in a series…
of foster homes. Her dysfunctional upbringing led to substance abuse, which she was able to beat eventually. She recounts her dark years and subsequent recovery. 1996.My life as an Indian (Native American Ser.)
By James Willard Schultz. 1997
Autobiography of a trader and rancher who married a Piegan woman and moved to the Blackfeet reservation in 1886. He…
recalls his adventures in the Montana Territory, where he learned the customs, language, and traditions of his wife's people - participating in buffalo hunts and enjoying the wilderness. c1997.Murdoch's World: the last of the old media empires
By David Folkenflik. 2013
Rupert Murdoch is the most significant media tycoon the English-speaking world has ever known. In a stretch spanning six decades,…
he built News Corp from a small paper in Adelaide, Australia into a multimedia empire. Then, over two years, a series of scandals threatened to unravel his entire creation. In “Murdoch’s World”, Folkenflik tells the story of how News Corp survived this tumultuous chapter, and of the man. c2013.Mrs P's journey: the remarkable story of the woman who created the A-Z map
By Sarah Hartley. 2001
The entrepreneurial daughter of a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, looking for ways of supporting herself, Phyllis Pearsall decided to remedy the…
unmapped muddle that was London in the mid-1930s. This biography tells of the woman who single-handedly created the publishing phenomenon of the London A-Z. 2001.Morgan: American financier
By Jean Strouse. 1999
After more than a decade's research in previously unexamined archives, award-winning biographer Jean Strouse offers a landmark profile of America's…
greatest financier - J.P. Morgan. This magisterial work, brilliantly crafted and epic in scope, gives a vivid portrait of our country's greatest banker. 1999.Meet a veterinarian: Candace Grier-Lowe (Career path choices.)
By Kim Ziervogel. 2009
Candace Grier-Lowe was a poor student in high school, but she loved animals and drew on that love to pursue…
a career working with them. She upgraded her skills in order to apply for university and succeeded after much effort. Today she is at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine as a veterinary dentistry resident. Contains a veterinary medicine FAQ page. For junior and senior high readers. 2009.