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Something is wrong at my house: a book about parents' fighting
Par Diane Davis. 2010
Groundglass
Par Kathryn Savage. 2022
"|Groundglass| takes shape atop a polluted aquifer in Minnesota, beside trains that haul fracked crude oil, as Kathryn Savage confronts…
the transgressions of U.S. Superfund sites and brownfields against land, groundwater, neighborhoods, and people. Drawing on her own experiences growing up on the fence lines of industry and the parallel realities of raising a young son while grieving a father dying of a cancer with known environmental risk factors, Savage traces concentric rings of connection-between our bodies, one another, our communities, and our ecosystem. She explores the porous boundary between self and environment, and the ambiguous yet growing body of evidence linking toxins to disease. Equal parts mourning poem and manifesto for environmental justice, |Groundglass| reminds us that no living thing exists on its own." -- Provided by publisherNo more words: a journal of my mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Par Reeve Lindbergh. 2001
This book is a moving and compassionate memoir of the final seventeen months of Reeve's mother's life. Reeve writes with…
great sensitivity of her mother's flight while also analyzing her own conficting feeling. Anyone who has had to care for an elderly parent disabled by Alzheimer's or stroke will understand the heartache and find comfort in the storyMy friend, I care: the grief experience
Par Barbara Karnes. 2013
My Friend, I Care is a booklet intended for the newly grieving. It addresses the normalcy of grieving and stages…
of grief while offering suggestions for moving forward into living. 2019. AdultGreat Googa Mooga: multiple sclerosis runs in the family
Par Joyce Edwards Lee. 2022
"We were walking this journey together, yet alone. Two siblings from a close-knit, boisterous family of six. There is nothing…
like the camaraderie of family to give you the determination to persevere in spite of any obstacle. We were overwhelmed by the disease of multiple sclerosis as well as other autoimmune diseases. Our outward appearance of healthiness was deceiving. Unbeknownst to us, the disease of multiple sclerosis would eventually consume mobility, sight, memory, fine motor skills, speech, and so much more. The emotional suffering that we have endured was compounded by physical ailments. Many incidents of failing health and loss have occurred over the years. Every nuance of each symptom has vanished at least from our minds. The invisible physical effects still linger in our bodies. Great Googa Mooga is a testament to moving forward, having grieved the loss of bodily function, but coming to an acceptance of what is. Every time we felt that we could not go on, our strength was bolstered by the kind deeds of others and prayer. This disabling and progressive disease was no match for two people resolute to live their lives." -- Provided by publisherEl imperio del dolor: la historia secreta de la dinastía que reinó en la industria farmacéutica
Par Patrick Radden Keefe. 2021
"Author of Say Nothing examines the history of the Sackler family, who has donated money to many prominent cultural and…
educational institutions, but who have made their money off drugs like Valium and OxyContin. Discusses legal challenges the family and their companies have faced." -- Provided by NLSThe middle place
Par Kelly Corrigan. 2008
A newspaper columnist and mother of two young children and a daughter of aging parents writes a feisty memoir of…
being in that middle place. She also shares her experience with breast cancer. AdultI am Mozart, too: the lost genius of Maria Anna Mozart
Par Audrey Ades. 2022
"To everyone who has heard of my famous younger brother but has never heard of me. I Am Mozart, Too…
is a picture book biography about Wolfgang's older sister, Maria Anna Mozart, who was a child prodigy and a secret composer, perfect for Women's History Month. Nannerl and Wolfie love playing the harpsichord together. They are so talented, the Mozart siblings perform all over Europe for packed audiences in beautiful concert halls. Even Empress Maria Theresa requests that they stop in Vienna to play especially for her. But then Nannerl does something naughty: she starts writing music of her own. Papa fumes. Girls are not allowed to compose! Girls belong behind the curtain. While Wolfie's solo career takes flight, Nannerl must settle for a life offstage. But it doesn't stop her from pursuing her dreams in secret. With vivid, sweeping art by Adelina Lirius, author Audrey Ades tells the powerful true story of a talented, ambitious girl who has been hidden from history--a girl who was and always will be a genius, too." -- Provided by publisherMy father's footprints: a memoir
Par Colin McEnroe. 2003
Acclaimed essayist and humorist Colin McEnroe presents a brilliantly written, uniquely compelling memoir of the conflicted love between a "greatest…
generation" father and a Baby Boomer son who tries to understand his dad, not just as a father but as a man. Ruthlessly honest, at times hilarious, but always moving, this portrait explores the legacy of parents can't help but leave us as he ultimately discovers the demos that drive himself as well. Award winnerLos países invisibles (Archipiélago Caribe #05)
Par Eduardo Lalo. 2019
"In |The Invisible Countries|, Eduardo Lalo undertakes a narrative and philosophical journey through Europe. With a hybrid discourse that nimbly…
accommodates the travel diary, the chronicle and the philosophical essay, the author develops an ex-centric vision that, far from the cliché of Third World victimization, undertakes a conceptual counter-conquest of the West. Thus, 'writing from invisibility', writing from the dark side of geography enhances a unique vision of the West, that Other whose myopia prevents it from recognizing 'the fiction of its invention, its laws and its grandiloquence'. In this text, the author forges new discursive possibilities for the inhabitants of 'peripheral' geographies to assume their cultural destiny freed from the gazes that often deform or deny them." -- Translation provided by NLSLes jeux des ruses: petit traité d'intelligence pratique (Le Temps de penser #4)
Par Georges Vignaux. 2001
L'art de la ruse, depuis le camouflage qui permet de mieux tromper et tirer profit de cet avantage, jusqu'à la…
Métis grecque et aux ruses du politique comme celles de Machiavel en passant par les ruses de cours. Montre que la ruse est le savoir le plus commun aux hommes.Le choc du numérique: essai (Collection Gestations #Vol. 3)
Par Hervé Fischer. 2001
La mémoire du désir: du traumatisme au fantasme (Collection Des Hommes En Changement Ser. #11e)
Par Michel Dorais. 1995
Michel Dorais montre comment les frustrations et les traumatismes affectifs de l'enfance, de l'adolescence, voire de l'âge adulte, non seulement…
laissent des traces indélébiles, mais nous conduisent à revivre les mêmes dynamiques dans nos rapports sexuels ou amoureux. Pourquoi en est-il ainsi ? Parce que les expériences les plus traumatisantes de notre vie s'inscrivent à jamais dans notre mémoire. Parce que, en voulant séduire des partenaires semblables à ceux ou celles qui nous ont jadis fait souffrir (ou en prenant leur place), nous remettons de nouveau en jeu notre équilibre en espérant cette fois en sortir vainqueurs à travers la jouissance, l'orgasme, parfois l'amour.Poetic justice: a memoir
Par Byron Jerald Johnson. 2012
In this engaging memoir, former Idaho Supreme Court Justice Byron Johnson reveals a story of life in Idaho politics, law,…
and literature, taking us from his Boise High School graduation in 1955 to Harvard, the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention, a run for the U.S. Senate, raising a family during the eruptive 1960s and 70s, his appointment to the Idaho Supreme Court in 1988, an unsuccessful climb up Mt. McKinley, a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, and ultimately his devotion to poetry to explore more deeply the human truth of a time, a place, and a life. Originally penned for his family alone to read, Poetic Justice is for anyone interested in contemporary history and a memorable era of Idaho politics to which many look back upon nostalgically. Written with great candor and clarity, Johnson weaves a tale of larger-than-life figures on the local and national stage, offering a unique addition to the canon of memoirs, biographies and stories of 20th century Idaho. AdultSolito
Par Javier Zamora. 2022
"Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago" one day, you'll take a trip to be with…
us. Like an adventure.' Javier Zamora's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone amid a group of strangers and a "coyote" hired to lead them to safety, Javier expects his trip to last two short weeks. At nine years old, all Javier can imagine is rushing into his parents' arms, snuggling in bed between them, and living under the same roof again. He cannot foresee the perilous boat trips, relentless desert treks, pointed guns, arrests and deceptions that await him; nor can he know that those two weeks will expand into two life-altering months alongside fellow migrants who will come to encircle him like an unexpected family. A memoir as gripping as it is moving, Solito provides an immediate and intimate account not only of a treacherous and near-impossible journey, but also of the miraculous kindness and love delivered at the most unexpected moments. Solito is Javier Zamora's story, but it's also the story of millions of others who had no choice but to leave home." -- Provided by publisherLas genealogías
Par Margo Glantz. 2019
"At the heart of this brilliant and colourful Mexican novel lies the search for a family history. Using ancestral recollections,…
flashbacks through history, and personal memory, the author traces her family roots from pre-Revolutionary Russia to contemporary Mexico. Margo Glantz's Mexico is a mysterious world--a cultural carnival where Flash Gordon crosses paths with Columbus: a Mexico of Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo, hijacked by Dracula and King Kong, filled with the aromas of a kosher bakery and the echoes of jokes, some corny, some not." -- GoodreadsMythologies
Par Roland Barthes. 1970
Essais. Mythologies. Notre vie quotidienne se nourrit de mythes : le catch, le strip-tease, l'auto, la publicité, le tourisme... qui…
bientôt nous débordent. Isolés de l'actualité qui les fait naître, l'abus idéologique qu'ils recèlent apparaît soudain. Roland Barthes en rend compte ici avec le souci - formulé dans l'essai sur le mythe aujourd'hui qui clôt l'ouvrage - de réconcilier le réel et les hommes, la description et l'explication, l'objet et le savoir.. «Nous voguons sans cesse entre l'objet et sa démystification, impuissants à rendre sa totalité : car si nous pénétrons l'objet, nous le libérons mais nous le détruisons ; et si nous lui laissons son poids, nous le respectons, mais nous le restituons encore mystifié.» Roland Barthes.I color myself different
Par Colin Kaepernick. 2022
"When Colin Kaepernick was five years old, he was given a simple school assignment: draw a picture of yourself and…
your family. What young Colin does next with his brown crayon changes his whole world and worldview, providing a valuable lesson on embracing and celebrating his Black identity through the power of radical self-love and knowing your inherent worth. I Color Myself Different is a joyful ode to Black and Brown lives based on real events in young Colin's life that is perfect for every reader's bookshelf. It's a story of self-discovery, staying true to one's self, and advocating for change--even when you're very little!" -- Provided by publisher