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Osti de fif!
Par Jasmin Roy. 2010
Pendant cinq années de sa vie, le jeune Jasmin Roy est victime de violence homophobe à l’école. Ostracisé, humilié, agressé…
physiquement par la majorité des élèves, il ne vit pas, il survit. À quarante-quatre ans, l’acteur et animateur décrit sans pudeur l’oppression qu’il a subie au primaire et au secondaire, ainsi que les répercussions que celle-ci a eues sur sa vie. Pour la première fois, il parle au public des troubles d’anxiété, de la dépression et de la faible estime de lui-même qu’il a dû surmonter à l’âge adulte, à la suite de ces abus. Vingt-sept années se sont écoulées depuis sa sortie du secondaire et, selon lui, le problème persiste.Des anges canins
Par Marie-Claude Roy. 2011
" Ce livre contient plus d'une vingtaine de témoignages livrés par des personnes côtoyant constamment leur bête les faisant cheminer…
à travers leur vie marquée par la maladie. Qu'elles soient diabétiques, épileptiques, atteintes d'un cancer, d'une maladie mentale, autistes, sourdes, handicapées physiques ou aveugles, les histoires de ces personnes diffèrent évidemment les unes des autres, mais elles sont toutes vraies. Toutefois, elles ont toutes une chose en commun : une joie de vivre retrouvée grâce au soutien et à la présence d'un formidable ange canin... " -- 4e de couvLe cri de la mouette
Par Emmanuelle Laborit. 1994
Historic Milwaukee crimes: the vengeful seamstress, the absconding alderman and more
Par Carl A Swanson. 2022
Hope Leslie, or, Early times in the Massachusetts: Or, Early Times In The Massachusetts (American Women Writers Ser.)
Par Catharine Maria Sedgwick. 1987
Set in seventeenth-century New England, Hope Leslie portrays early American life and celebrates the role of women in history. At…
the heart of the story is a cross-cultural friendship between Hope-Leslie, a spirited thinker in a repressive Puritan society and Magawisca, the passionate daughter of a Pequot chief. It challenges the conventional view of Indians, tackles interracial marriage and claims for women their rightful place in history. Adult. UnratedThe black joy project
Par Kleaver Cruz. 2023
The perfect holiday gift for the book lover, art enthusiast and freedom fighter in your life A breathtaking and necessary…
love letter to a force that fuels Black life all around the globe, The Black Joy Project is Humans of New York meets The Black Book "A patchwork quilt of ... moments of triumph, antidotes to trauma narratives and rich, ebullient emotional and verbal spice for the soul." – Michael W. Twitty, culinary and cultural historian, and author of The Cooking Gene and Koshersoul "In literature, there are some books that transcend mere pages and ink, becoming essential pieces of cultural expression. One such book poised to make its mark is The Black Joy Project.... This ambitious work breaks new ground." – Essence Black Joy is everywhere. From the bustling streets of Lagos to hip-hop blasting through apartment windows in the Bronx. From the wide-open coastal desert of Namibia to the lush slopes of Jamaica's Blue Mountains. From the thriving tradition of Candomblé in Bahia to the innovative and trendsetting styles of Soweto, and beyond, Black Joy is present in every place that Black people exist. Now—at last—is a one-of-a-kind celebration of this truth and a life-giving testament to one of the most essential forces that fuels Black life: The Black Joy Project. International in the scale, fist-raising in the prose, and chockfull of gorgeous works by dozens of acclaimed artists, The Black Joy Project does what no other book has ever done. It puts joy on the same track as protest and resistance ... because that is how life is actually lived. Uprisings in the street, with music as accompaniment. Heartbreaking funerals followed by second line parades. Microaggressions in the office, then coming home to a warm hug and a garden of lilacs. The list goes on. Black Joy is always held in tension with broader systemic wounds. It is a powerful, historically important salve that allows us to keep going and reimagine new ways of being. The Black Joy Project captures these dual realities to incredible, unforgettable effect. The brainchild of educator and activist Kleaver Cruz, The Black Joy Project is an extension of a real-world initiative of the same name. It has become a source of healing and regeneration for Black people of all backgrounds and identities. Long overdue and somehow still worth the wait, The Black Joy Project is a necessary addition for any book lover, art enthusiast, or freedom fighter. And begs the question, What does Black Joy mean to you?A house on stilts: mothering in the age of opioid addiction - a memoir
Par Paula Becker. 2019
Hunter was a bright kid with a loving family, but he pushed boundaries until he pushed too far. His mother…
describes how he lost himself despite all the efforts to save him. Adult. UnratedThe phoenix economy: Work, life, and money in the new not normal
Par Felix Salmon. 2023
Winner of the 2023 SABEW Best in Business Book Award for I nvesting and Personal Finance An award-winning journalist presents…
a tour-de-force analysis—drawing from history, economics, sociology, and popular culture—of the profound and transformative years of the early 2020s, both for individuals and for the global economy. We are living in a strange world — Salmon calls it "the New Not Normal." The Phoenix Economy explores the ramifications of the pandemic years, many of which are surprisingly positive. In doing so, Salmon makes sense of one of the most disorienting and devastating events of our lifetimes. He examines the critical aspects of our lives that have been transformed in three parts: Time and Space, Mind and Body, and Business and Pleasure. Salmon's keen observations, on everything from meme stocks to lobster rolls, are backed by a deep understanding of financial markets and the quirks of human behavior. His clear-eyed perspective on human and economic events, combined with his considerable analytical and observational skills, make The Phoenix Economy an insightful, fast-paced read. This book is essential for anyone wanting a better understanding of the near- and long-term effects of this new era and what they portend for our lives. It's a penetrating insight into what happened—and, more important, what lies aheadHotbed: Bohemian Greenwich Village and the secret club that sparked modern feminism
Par Joanna Scutts. 2022
"On a Saturday in New York City in 1912, around the wooden tables of a popular Greenwich Village restaurant, a…
group of women gathered, all of them convinced that they were going to change the world. It was the first meeting of "Heterodoxy," a secret social club. Its members were passionate advocates of free love, equal marriage, and easier divorce. They were socialites and socialists; reformers and revolutionaries; artists, writers, and scientists. Their club, at the heart of America's bohemia, was a springboard for parties, performances, and radical politics. But it was the women's extraordinary friendships that made their unconventional lives possible, as they supported each other in pushing for a better world. |Hotbed| is the never-before-told story of the bold women whose audacious ideas and unruly acts transformed a feminist agenda into a modern way of life." -- Provided by publisherRiding elephants: creating common ground where contention rules
Par Peter Altschul. 2021
How can we create common ground at home, on the job, and in faith communities? How can we work together…
better to address those contentious culture war conflicts that divide us? By becoming better at riding our quirky feelings elephants through marshalling our less quirky thoughts. This concept is explored through brief essays on topics ranging from family life, organization behavior, and music, to Christianity, public policy, and politics. These essays focus on lessons drawn from the author's experiences interviewing for jobs, raising stepchildren, playing music, training New York City taxi drivers, watching sports, shepherding dogs, finding common ground on abortion, leading diversity programs, and loving his wife. They suggest that common ground does exist if we can find the patience, skill, and grace to create it. Adult. Strong languageTell me how to be: A Novel
Par Neel Patel. 2021
A compulsively readable, funny, hard-hitting novel about family, Indian American culture, and the secrets we keep from the ones we…
love most. By turns irreverent and tender, filled with the beats of '90s R&B, Tell Me How to Be is about our earliest betrayals and the cost of reconciliation. But most of all, it is the love story of a mother and son each trying to figure out how to be in the world. Adult. Descriptions of sex. Strong languageSoon: an overdue history of procrastination, from Leonardo and Darwin to you and me
Par Andrew Santella. 2018
Draws on the stories of history's most notable habitual postponers and on the insights of psychologists, philosophers, and behavioral economists…
to explain why procrastination happens and how it can help promote healthy priorities Adult. UnratedLoaded: a disarming history of the Second Amendment (City Lights Open Media Ser.)
Par Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. 2018
American dreams: the United States since 1945
Par H. W Brands. 2010
Shadows of the Indian: stereotypes in American culture
Par Raymond William Stedman. 1982
Explores how myths, stereotypes, and caricatures of Native Americans have been encouraged to create a profitable image of Indians in…
popular culture. Profiles films, television shows, books, and images to demonstrate how the stereotyping of Native Americans have been utilized in popular advertising campaigns and the selling of merchandiseStill so excited!: my life as a Pointer Sister
Par Ruth Pointer. 2016
"|Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer Sister| is an engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth Pointer's…
roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters. When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973, they all thought it was the answer to their long-held prayers. While it may have served as an introduction to the good life, it also was an introduction to the high life of limos, champagne, white glove treatment, and mountains of cocaine that were the norm in the high-flying '70s and '80s. Pointer's devastating addictions took her to the brink of death in 1984. Pointer has bounced back to live a drug- and alcohol-free life for the past 30 years and she shares how in her first autobiography, detailing the Pointer Sisters' humble beginning, musical apprenticeship, stratospheric success, miraculous comeback, and the melodic sound that captured the hearts of millions of music fans." -- Provided by publisherHigh minds: the Victorians and the birth of modern Britain
Par Simon Heffer. 2022
"Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest, and uncertainty; there were attempts to assassinate the queen…
and her prime minister; and the ruling class lived in fear of riot and revolution. By the 1880s it was a confident nation of progress and prosperity, transformed not just by industrialization but by new attitudes to politics, education, women, and the working class. That it should have changed so radically was very largely the work of an astonishingly dynamic and high-minded group of people-politicians and philanthropists, writers and thinkers-who in a matter of decades fundamentally remade the country, its institutions and its mindset, and laid the foundations for modern society. High Minds explores this process of transformation as it traces the evolution of British democracy and shows how early laissez-faire attitudes to the fate of the less fortunate turned into campaigns to improve their lives and prospects. The narrative analyzes the birth of new attitudes in education, religion, and science. And High Minds shows how even such aesthetic issues as taste in architecture collided with broader debates about the direction that the country should take. In the process, Simon Heffer looks at the lives and deeds of major politicians; at the intellectual arguments that raged among writers and thinkers such as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, and Samuel Butler; and at the "great projects" of the age, from the Great Exhibition to the Albert Memorial. Drawing heavily on previously unpublished documents, he offers a superbly nuanced portrait into life in an extraordinary era, populated by extraordinary people-and show how the Victorians' pursuit of perfection gave birth to the modern Britain we know today." -- Provided by publisherMummies and murder: bodies in the swamp (X-books. Strange)
Par N. B Grace. 2020
"When a mummy is discovered in Denmark, museum experts are brought in to determine the body's origin. With many clues…
and facts, scientists try to discover why this ancient man was murdered." -- Provided by publisherThese interconnected stories illuminate what it means to belong to a place and why the Texas Hill Country has become…
the spiritual, if not actual, home of many people. The author listens to the stories that his aunts, uncles, and cousins tell about life in the Hill Country and grapples with their meaning for his own search for a place to belong. He also collects short stories focused around Honey Creek Church to consider how places become containers for memoryIf white kids die: memories of a civil rights movement volunteer
Par Dick J Reavis. 2001
Memoirs of a white middle-class college student from Texas who joined in the voter registration efforts in the South in…
the summer of 1964. An up-and-coming leader named Stokely Carmichael told a group of prospective volunteers in New York that the "Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee" wanted to be sure that if blacks were killed for the civil rights cause, whites would die with them. The price Dick Reavis paid when he spent a summer on the wrong side of the tracks in Demopolis, Alabama, was his innocence