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Shoshanna's story: a mother, a daughter and the shadows of history
By Elaine Kalman Naves. 2003
At the end of the Second World War, a survivor of Auschwitz, her husband and most of her family dead,…
makes her way home to Hungary. After giving birth to another man's child, her husband returns home, forcing her to make a choice that will cloud her life, and her daughter's, forever. The author is the daughter who grew up with the consequences of that decision, and who was raised on family stories that were both a burden and a gift. Their inescapable message of lost love and lost lives create a resentful divide between mother and daughter, until they finally lead to acceptance and reconciliation. Some descriptions of sex, and descriptions of violence. 2003.Shifting time: social policy and the future of work
By Armine Yalnizyan, Ran Ide, Arthur J Cordell. 1994
This text presents two essays: "Securing society: creating Canadian social policy;" and, "The new tools: implications for the future of…
work." The essays discuss the decline of work and its meaning, while considering the new realities of work. The job search is obstructed by "technological progress", a situation which results in loss of tax revenue, fewer people in standard employment, and sociological and moral consequences. The proposed solutions for these problems include suggestions ranging from an equitable distribution of wealth to a national strategy for child care. c1994.Sex wars: a humorous look at sexism down through history
By Mark M Orkin. 1978
Sex & temperament in three primitive societies: In Three Primitive Societies
By Margaret Mead. 2001
This text is an anthropological study of the intimate lives of three New Guinea tribes from infancy to adulthood. Focusing…
on the gentle, mountain-dwelling Arapesh, the fierce, cannibalistic Mundugumor, and the graceful headhunters of Tchambul - Mead advances the theory that many so-called masculine and feminine characteristics are not based on fundamental sex differences but reflect the cultural conditioning of different societies. 2001.Santé et politique: un point de vue de l'intérieur
By David Levine, Danièle Blain. 2015
Levine revient sur son passé en politique et sur son expérience de gestionnaire. Il redit son appui indéfectible à un…
système de santé gratuit et universel. Il remet en question toutefois la manière dont ce système est géré et dénonce les effets que certaines décisions politiques, y compris les toutes dernières réformes mises en oeuvre par le gouvernement Couillard, peuvent avoir sur son efficacité. À la fois mémoires retraçant un parcours exceptionnel, source d'enseignements sur la manière d'exercer son leadership et réflexion en profondeur sur notre système, ce livre est une lecture indispensable pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la santé. 2015. Titre uniforme: Health care and politics.During the pioneering years of the Canadian West, Mountie Sam Steele took an active role in virtually every significant historical…
event. Steele kept the peace in the Yukon during the Gold rush, quelled rebellions, stood down violent strikers, faced Cree, Blackfoot, and Kootenay warriors, and also fought in the Boer War and the First World War. 2003.Salt of the earth: the story of homesteaders in Western Canada
By Heather Robertson. 1974
The homesteaders who streamed to the Canadian West from 1880 to 1914 tell their own story of harshness, isolation, and…
back-breaking toil. Conveys a strong, sympathetic sense of the land and the people who settled in the Prairies. 1974.Samurai William: the adventurer who unlocked Japan
By Giles Milton. 2002
In the spring of 1611, London's merchants received an intriguing and wholly unexpected letter. Written by a marooned English mariner…
named William Adams, it revealed that he had been living in the unknown land of Japan for more than a decade. Seven adventurers were sent to Japan with orders to find and befriend Adams. It was believed he held the key to exploiting the opulent riches of this forbidden land. 2002.Sanctuary: stories from Casey House Hospice
By Patrick Conlon. 1991
In 1988, Casey House in Toronto became North America's first community-based AIDS hospice. This book tells of the people who…
planned Casey House, the people who work and volunteer there, and the people who will die there. c1991.Réussir: programmer son succès
By Charles Albert Poissant. 2007
Rire avec Rufi
By André Rufiange. 1979
Avec ce livre, le chroniqueur du Journal de Montréal et du Journal de Québec, André Rufiange, nous donne ici un…
pot-pourri de ses textes humoristiques sur mille et un sujets de notre vie de tous les jours. Détente garantie. 1979.René Lévesque: 2, héros malgré lui, 1960-1976
By Pierre Godin. 1994
Auteur d'un best-seller publié en 1980, "Daniel Johnson" (Ed. de l'Homme), le journaliste Pierre Godin récidive avec une grande biographie…
du fondateur du Parti québécois. Récit vivant et fort bien documenté. 1994.Rêves à vendre ou Troisième calepin du même flâneur
By Félix Leclerc. 1984
Sainte Marguerite Bourgeoys, de Montréal et de Troyes
By Moïse Blatrix. 1982
René Lévesque: 4. L'homme brisé, 1980-1987
By Pierre Godin. 2005
Ce quatrième et dernier volet de la grande biographie de René Lévesque s'ouvre le surlendemain du référendum perdu de mai…
1980. Cet échec, René Lévesque allait le payer très cher. Après leur face-à-face de novembre 1981, Pierre Trudeau lui impose une constitution si inacceptable qu'il refuse de la parapher. René Lévesque affronte ensuite un parti déboussolé qui enterre référendum et association avec le Canada. En 1984, il saisit la main tendue par le nouveau premier ministre canadien, Brian Mulroney. Il est prêt à donner une dernière chance au fédéralisme. C'est l'épisode du " beau risque " qui cristallise la scission à l'intérieur du parti. En janvier 1985, c'est le burnout et la détresse psychologique. À soixante ans, il paraît fini. Dans une ambiance de conspiration et de révolution de palais, il s'accroche jusqu'au jour où il jette l'éponge avant que le parti qu'il a mis au monde ne lui indique plus brutalement encore la sortie. 2005.Riopelle, grandeur nature (Collection Approches)
By Daniel Gagnon. 1988
Ce livre rapporte l'évolution du peintre, son ascension et sa confrontation avec la province de Québec, car Riopelle a soulevé…
ici beaucoup de passion; il a dérangé par sa fougue, sa liberté et surtout par son succès. 1988.Rompre sans tout casser
By Linda Berube. 2001
La séparation d'un couple n'est pas la fin du monde, mais c'est certainement la fin d'un monde pour ceux qui…
vivent cette situation. Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteure, présidente fondatrice de l'Association de médiation familiale du Québec passe en revue des sujets importants comme la garde partagée des enfants ainsi que les négociations des aspects financiers et matériels en plus de proposer des orientations à prendre pour régler les obstacles qui se présentent. 2001.Safe teen: powerful alternatives to violence
By Anita Roberts. 2001
The author explains violence, looking at its roots, identifying potentially dangerous behaviour, and always offering teens strategies to protect themselves…
and diffuse situations--from small misunderstandings to outright assault. The book also includes discussion of gender stereotypes, self-esteem, handling cliques and social pressures, acknowledging and transforming emotions, and differentiating between "good sex" and harmful sex. Poems, quotes, and practical exercises are also added. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2001.Runaway wives and rogue feminists: the origins of the women's shelter movement in Canada
By Margo Goodhand. 2017
In the supposedly enlightened 60s and 70s, violence against women was widespread. It wasn't talked about, and women had few,…
if any, options to escape their abusers. Yet in 1973, with no statistics, no money and little public support, five disparate groups of Canadian women quietly opened Canada's first battered women's shelters. Today, there are well over 600. Goodhand tracks down the rogue feminists whose work forged an underground railway for women and children, weaving their stories into an until now untold history. As they lobbied for funding, scrounged for furniture and fended off outraged husbands, these women marked a defining moment in Canadian history, triggering monumental changes in government, schools, courts and law enforcement. But was it enough to stop the cycle of violence? Forty years later, these pioneers describe how and why Canada has lost its ground in the battle for women's rights. Winner of the 2018 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction and the 2018 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book. 2017.