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Arts et divertissement
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An account of radio's early years from 1920 to the 1950s. Draws upon interviews with radio show writers, directors, actors,…
and announcers to present an "anecdotal history" of the dominant form of home entertainment during that era. c1997.
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Arts et divertissement, Littérature (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Famille et relations familiales , Parental (rôle)
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The true story of author Gilmour's decision to let his 16-year-old son drop out of high school, on the condition…
that the boy agree to watch three films a week with him. Examines how those years changed both their lives. From French New Wave and Kurosawa to De Palma, film noir, and Billy Wilder, Gilmour describes key moments in each film, as he teaches his son about life and the vagaries of growing up through the power of the movies. Strong language and descriptions of sex. Canada Reads 2012. 2007.
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Arts et divertissement, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires)
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Peter Gzowski offers more letters and stories sent to his CBC Radio program, "Morningside." The selections include everything from memories…
of Christmas to Sarah Binks to thoughts from the Arctic. 1994. Uniform title: Morningside (Radio program).
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Produits dérivés de films ou d’émission de télévisionBiographies, Personnes handicapées (biographies)
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The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only functioning muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a remarkable account of being locked inside his own body. 1997.
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Arts et divertissement
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This text is both an account of the most widespread artistic concern of eighteenth-century England, and a history of unique…
indigenous tradition of architecture in its setting. It includes chapters on the early landscape gardens; on the fashion for ruins and follies; on the theory and practice of garden design; on the influence of the Picturesque in Europe; and on the history of village design and town-planning, culminating in the garden city. 1982.
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Arts et divertissement, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Essais et documents généraux
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Technology and globalization are changing the world we live in, and our social and economic structures are struggling to keep…
pace. Innovation and imagination are needed to find humane solutions. These qualities are argued to be most integral to the field of arts and culture. 2004.
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Biographies, Personnes handicapées (biographies), Femmes (biographies)
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Abbey Curran lives by the motto "If you can dream it, you can do it." She was born with cerebral…
palsy, but early on she resolved to never let it limit her. Abbey made history when she became the first contestant with a disability to win a major beauty pageant. After earning the title of Miss Iowa, she went on to compete in Miss USA. Growing up on a hog farm in Illinois, Abbey competed in local pageants despite naysayers who told her not to. After realizing her own dream, she went on to help other disabled girls achieve their goals by starting Miss You Can Do It, a national nonprofit pageant for girls and women with challenges and special needs. In this uplifting memoir, Abbey tells a story of overcoming the odds, fulfilling her life's goals, and finding in herself the courage to compete, even as she continues to inspire the same spirit in others. For junior and senior high readers. 2015.
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Arts et divertissement, Succès de librairie (documentaires)
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For almost 17 years, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart brilliantly redefined the borders between television comedy, political satire, and…
opinionated news coverage. It launched the careers of some of today's most significant comedians, highlighted the hypocrisies of the powerful, and garnered 23 Emmys. Now, for the first time, the people behind the show's seminal moments come together to share their memories of one of America's most groundbreaking shows. Bestseller. 2016.
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Biographies, Personnes handicapées (biographies), Sciences et médecine (biographies)
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At age 52, the author was stricken by a massive heart attack while hunting elk. He reveals his torturous recovery…
and the strains his illness placed on himself and his family. 1986.
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Arts et divertissement, Beaux-arts (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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Provides an overview of the lives of the members of the Group of Seven and their work. c1995.
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Personnes handicapées (biographies), Personnes aveugles ou ayant une vision partielle (biographies), Femmes (biographies), Déficiences, Cécité et déficience visuelle
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Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, born into a New Hampshire farm family in 1829, became deaf and blind…
at the age of two. Freeberg recounts Laura's transformation into a woman who voraciously absorbed the world around her under the tutelage of Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe of the Perkins Institution for the Blind. 2001.
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Arts et divertissement, Déficiences
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Film has often shown people with physical disabilities as deserving isolation from the rest of society. Norden examines hundreds of…
Hollywood and international movies and uncovers the industry's practices for maintaining this status quo, while offering an array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of stereotypes. He observes the arrival of a new set of stereotypes tied to the growth of science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s, and underscores later movies that display a newfound sensitivity. Some descriptions of sex, strong language. 1994.
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Biographies, Personnes handicapées (biographies), Femmes (biographies)
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Professor of psychiatry Elyn R. Saks writes about her struggle with schizophrenia in this unflinching account of her mental illness.…
Saks draws readers into a nightmare world of medications, a misguided health care system, and social stigmas. But she would not be defeated. With a strength and force of will that most can only imagine, Saks reclaimed her life and went on to achieve great success. 2007.
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Arts et divertissement, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Sports et jeux, Hockey
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A history of the 60-year-old CBC broadcast which originally began on radio in 1929 and became a Canadian institution. Discusses…
the financial arrangements, the internal politics and battles with CBC, and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the announcers, cameramen, technicians and directors who put the show together. 1990.
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Canada (romans)Personnes handicapées (biographies), Sciences et médecine (biographies), Familles (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Déficiences
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Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.
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Biographies, Personnes handicapées (biographies)
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In 1976, Robert Murphy first learns that he has a spinal tumour; he now is paralyzed from the neck down.…
He relates his medical treatment and suffering, but also examines the role of the disabled in society. He draws from history, literature, sociology, and psychology as a basis for his views and his means of coping. 2001, c1987.
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Arts et divertissement, Biographies, Beaux-arts (biographies), Histoire (biographies), Femmes (biographies)
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Nom: Valadon. Prénom: Marie-Clémentine dite "Suzanne." Peintre, née le 23 septembre 1865. Fils: Utrillo (peintre). Amants: Toulouse-Lautrec, Erik Satie, Utter. Qui était donc cette Suzanne Valadon? 1984.
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Arts et divertissement, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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For eight years, Mary Lou Finlay had the pleasure of being the co-host of one of CBC Radio's most enduring…
institutions. On any given day she and Barbara Budd interviewed people on subjects varying from the Air India investigation to a man who invented a suit that would withstand an attack from a grizzly bear to a cheese-rolling contest in Cheshire. 2008.
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Biographies, Personnes handicapées (biographies), Sports (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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Twenty-one-year old Terry, who lost a leg to cancer, ran part way across Canada to raise money for cancer research, stopping only when he again became ill. 1981.
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Arts et divertissement, Biographies, Littérature (biographies), Anthologies
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Autobiographical fact and fiction by the novelist, humourist, painter, children's writer and illustrator. Includes stories of his days as a Hollywood scriptwriter for Louis B. Mayer. 1985. Uniform title: Selections.