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Par Normand Lester. 2011
"Dans ces textes, Normand Lester propose des réponses aux questions suivantes: Où se trouve Oussama Ben Laden? Commandites. Pourquoi la…
GRC na-t-elle encore arrêté aucun politicien libéral? Élisabeth II est-elle la mère de deux bâtards? Pourquoi les hommes de 15 à 30 ans sont-ils si proches des singes? La pandémie H1N1 était-elle une vaste fumisterie? Comment le Canada est-il devenu un allié militaire dIsraël? Il réclame quon soumette George W. Bush au supplice de la noyade simulée et démontre que Ronald Reagan est le père du terrorisme islamique [...]" -- 4e de couvFin de cycle: aux origines du malaise politique québécois
Par Mathieu Bock-Côté. 2012
" Souverainistes, fédéralistes, lassés de ce débat? De gauche, de droite, ou ailleurs? Les idéologies auxquelles nous étions habitués semblent…
frappées de désuétude. Les Québécois ne savent plus exactement comment penser leur avenir collectif. Partout, un sentiment dimpuissance se propage, alimenté par un cynisme généralisé. Et un pessimisme mortifère gagne la conscience collective. Dans cet essai, Mathieu Bock-Côté décrypte la crise politique québécoise à la lumière des tendances historiques et sociologiques lourdes qui ont fait le Québec depuis cinquante ans... " -- 4e de couvJane Goodall: a twentieth-century life (Up Close Ser.)
Par Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. 2008
Biography of the British primatologist born in 1934 who has spent many years in Africa studying chimpanzees in the wild.…
Features her dedication to field research, her marriages, her family, the 1975 kidnapping of Jane's colleagues from Gombe, and her ongoing championing of chimpanzees. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2008The longest trip home: a memoir
Par John Grogan. 2008
John Grogan, author of Marley and Me (DB 61561), describes growing up near Detroit as the youngest of four siblings.…
Recounts many experiences, from disappointing his devout Catholic parents by living with his girlfriend to witnessing his father's 2004 death and his mother's mental decline. Strong language. 2008Great hair: secrets to looking fabulous and feeling beautiful every day
Par Nick Arrojo. 2008
Arrojo, known for his work on the television makeover show What Not to Wear, explains ways to find the best…
hairstyle for an individual's face and hair type. Discusses selecting and talking to a hairdresser, choosing a cut, using styling and cleaning products and tools, and adding color. 2008The mighty queens of Freeville: a mother, a daughter, and the town that raised them
Par Amy Dickinson. 2009
Nationally syndicated advice columnist "Ask Amy," whose motto is "I make the mistakes so you don't have to," describes her…
adventures as a single mom raising a daughter and building a career. Contrasts her small hometown and close-knit family upbringing with her experiences in Washington, D.C., and Chicago. 2009The Houdini box
Par Brian Selznick. 2008
From the age of eight, Victor tries to perform Houdini's escape tricks, much to his mother's dismay. His admiration for…
the great magician leads him to inherit a box--supposedly Houdini's, but with the confusing initials "E.W." marked on it. For grades 3-6. 2008Rachel Carson: a twentieth-century life (Up Close)
Par Ellen Levine. 2008
Biography of Rachel Carson (1907-1964), the woman who started the U.S. environmental revolution during the 1960s. Discusses her education and…
fascination with nature, her battles against sexism and big-business interests, and the writing of Silent Spring (BR 11887)--her wake-up call about pesticide pollution. For grades 6-9. 2007Around the world on two wheels: Annie Londonderry's extraordinary ride
Par Peter Zheutlin. 2007
Freelance journalist Zheutlin chronicles his adventurous great-grandaunt Annie Kopchovsky's much-publicized 1894 bicycle ride around the world. Relates that Annie, going…
by the name Annie Londonderry and determined to win the ten-thousand-dollar prize, left her husband and three young children to embark upon the fifteen-month-long ride. 2007Mistissini, terre des Cris
Par Anaïs Cosset. 2009
" [...] Mistissini offre aux lecteurs une promenade unique à travers le temps et lhistoire, dans le pays des ours…
sacrés et des traditions amérindiennes séculaires. Pour puiser un peu de la magie dun peuple que lhistoire na pas épargné. " -- 4e de couvBetween good and evil: The stolen girls of boko haram
Par Mellissa Fung. 2023
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER "This work is important and astonishing, but it is also a riveting read." —Louise Penny, author of…
A World of Curiosities and the Inspector Gamache novels Behind the Beautiful Forevers meets Under an Afghan Sky in this mesmerizing true story of the Nigerian girls taken captive by the terrorist group Boko Haram In April 2014, the world awoke to the shocking news that the terrorist group Boko Haram had kidnapped nearly 300 school-aged girls and taken them deep into the forests of Nigeria. When veteran journalist Mellissa Fung travelled to Nigeria, she discovered that the scope of the kidnappings had been vastly under-reported. Hundreds—possibly thousands—more girls had been taken against their will and forced to become child brides to soldiers and leaders of Boko Haram. Some of the captives escaped and returned to their villages, many with children in tow. Most of these girls, still children themselves, were shunned by their former friends and family. Other girls have never been seen again. A former captive herself, Mellissa Fung has great empathy for the kidnapped girls. Taken by Taliban sympathizers in Afghanistan, Fung shared her experience in her number-one-bestselling book, Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity. During several visits to Nigeria over four years, she sat down with the girls and their families and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews, listening to horrific stories of capture, rape and torture, as well as escapes and excommunications. Fung tells the stories of Gambo, Asma'u, Zara and other girls taken by Boko Haram. She also portrays strong women fighting against the terrorist group in their own powerful ways: Aisha the Hunter, who moves stealthily into the forest, taking out Boko Haram with her faithful followers, and Mama Boko Haram, an Igbo woman who knows the fighters and those haunted by their experiences and fights to empty the forests of fighters and captives alike. This is raw, honest and heartbreaking storytelling at its bestDown the drain
Par Julia Fox. 2023
The hotly anticipated book from "one of the all-time pop-culture greats" ( New York magazine) that chronicles her shocking life…
and unyielding determination to not only survive but achieve her dreams. Julia Fox is famous for many things: her captivating acting, such as her breakout role in the film Uncut Gems ; her trendsetting style, including bleached eyebrows, exaggerated eyeshadow, and cutout dresses; her mastery of social media, where she entertains and educates her millions of followers. But all these share the trait for which she is most famous: unabashedly and unapologetically being herself. This commitment to authenticity has never been more on display than in Down the Drain . With writing that is both eloquent and accessible, Fox recounts her turbulent path to cultural supremacy: her parents' volatile relationship that divided her childhood between Italy and New York City and left her largely raising herself; a possessive and abusive drug-dealing boyfriend whose torment continued even from within Rikers Island; her own trips to jail as well as to a psychiatric hospital; her work as a dominatrix that led to a complicated entanglement with a sugar daddy; a heroin habit that led to New Orleans trap houses and that she would kick only after the fatal overdose of her best friend; her own near-lethal overdoses and the deaths of still more friends from drugs and suicide; an emotionally explosive, tabloid-dominating romance with a figure she dubs "The Artist"; a whirlwind, short-lived marriage and her trials as a single parent striving to support her young son. Yet as extraordinary as her story is, its universality is what makes it so powerful. Fox doesn't just capture her improbable evolution from grade-school outcast to fashion-world icon, she captures her transition from girlhood to womanhood to motherhood. Family and friendship, sex and death, violence and love, money and power, innocence and experience—it's all here, in raw, remarkable and riveting detail. More than a year before the book's publication, Fox's description of it as "a masterpiece" in a red carpet interview went viral. As always, she was just being honest. Down the Drain is a true literary achievement, as one-of-a-kind as its authorLa fatigue politique du Québec français
Par Daniel Jacques. 2008
"[...] Il est nécessaire aujourd'hui de mettre fin à la confusion entourant notre destinée politique, à tout le moins d'amorcer…
une sortie progressive de l'ambivalence dans laquelle nous nous sommes enfoncés depuis la Révolution tranquille. Il nous faut parvenir à penser autrement les événements qui ont marqué notre histoire, à commencer par le référendum de 1980. C'est donc un retour sur l'histoire qui est proposé ici, plus particulièrement sur le rôle joué par les élites politiques et intellectuelles dans cette affaire. Voilà pourquoi le présent ouvrage prend la forme d'une galerie de portraits, à caractère philosophique, de personnages comme René Lévesque, Fernand Dumont, Paul-Émile Borduas et d'autres. Par l'examen de ces figures éminentes, Daniel D. Jacques a tenté de faire apparaître certains aspects de la méprise qui a conduit à l'avortement du projet d'indépendance de ce pays." -- 4e de couvLettre à un ami malheureux, ou, La quête du bonheur: La Quête Du Bonheur
Par Marc Fisher. 2011
" Le soir de son anniversaire, Paul, mon ami d'enfance, nous a fait un aveu inattendu: Je ne suis pas…
heureux! Ébranlé, j'ai protesté qu'il avait tout pour lui. Cinq minutes plus tard, les larmes aux yeux, il partait! Lorsque je suis revenu chez moi, j'ai décidé de lui écrire une longue lettre sur le bonheur. Je lui ai parlé de la beauté extraordinaire de la vie, etc. Je lui ai parlé des dettes, de la maladie et de la manière de les éviter... (...) Jusqu'à la fin, j'ai cru ma longue lettre inutile, et puis, quelque chose d'extraordinaire s'est passé dans sa vie, et c'est moi qui ai eu les larmes aux yeux. Marc Fisher " -- 4e de couvThe law of success: Using the power of spirit to create health, prosperity, and happiness by paramahansa yogananda
Par Paramahansa Yogananda. 2019
The faster the world moves, the more important it becomes to slow down and look within for what makes us…
truly happy. If you measure success by the quality of your life rather than just by material achievements, then the timeless wisdom of this book will speak directly to your heart and soul. For more than 50 years, this classic inspirational guide has helped hundreds of thousands of people to move through obstacles and invite all-round success fully into their livesÀ mes amis souverainistes
Par Alain Dubuc. 2008
"[...] Ce livre ne porte pas sur la souveraineté et il ne cherche pas à critiquer ce projet souverainiste, auquel…
adhèrent un grand nombre de Québécois, mais il analyse de façon lucide l'impasse du projet souverainiste et l'impasse politique dans laquelle se trouve le Québec. L'auteur décrit les effets pervers engendrés par le fait que le combat pour la souveraineté, parce qu'il n'aboutit pas, a cessé d'être un facteur de progrès, et qu'il est même devenu l'une des causes importantes de la résistance au changement dont souffre le Québec. À mes amis souverainistes est un prolongement de l'essai Éloge de la richesse, du même auteur. Il explore les façons d'aménager un cadre politique qui permettrait au Québec de créer cette richesse : redéployer nos priorités, reconnaître l'urgence des défis qui nous attendent et travailler ensemble. Ce livre insiste sur les convergences qui permettaient à des souverainistes et à des fédéralistes unis par leur désir de modernité de joindre leurs efforts, même si chacun garde ses rêves. Lettre à mes amis souverainistes est un livre polémique, mais aussi une démarche qui repose sur le dialogue et la recherche d'un consensus." -- 4e de couvAuthor examines the stressful shift in the roles of men and women and describes what he believes to be physiological…
gender differences in dealing with the tension. Outlines coping mechanisms for women to help both themselves and their partners improve communication, mood, energy, and levels of attraction. 2008Our bodies, ourselves: menopause
Par Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's Health Book Collective. 2006
Describes the process of menopause for women and covers health-care options for its symptoms. Includes medical and alternative treatments such…
as stress management, diet, and exercise. Discusses scientific research studies and encourages women to focus on making good personal health-care decisions. Highlights women's natural life transitions. 2006Letter to my daughter
Par Maya Angelou. 2008
Author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (RC 57200, BR 15665) shares life lessons in the form of…
reminiscences, poems, and short essays with her thousands of young daughters all over the world. In "Senegal" Angelou commits a social faux pas that her hostess graciously ignores. Bestseller. 2008The unthinkable: who survives when disaster strikes and why
Par Amanda Ripley. 2008
Time magazine writer investigates the psychology of survival during disasters such as airline crashes, fires, hostage situations, and tsunamis. Reveals…
the traits that people demonstrate to help them escape. Includes interviews with subjects of the September 11, 2001, attacks; 2005's Hurricane Katrina; and the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting rampage. Some strong language. 2008