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Au-delà des pyramides
Par Douglas Kennedy, Bernard Cohen. 2010
Douglas Kennedy au pays des pharaons, ou comment un jeune auteur encore inconnu débarque en Égypte, il y a plus…
de vingt ans, bien décidé à éviter les pyramides, la croisière sur le Nil et autres classiques du voyage en Orient. D'Alexandrie à Assouan en auto-stop, de l'oasis de Siwa aux bidonvilles du Caire, une fascinante plongée dans l'envers du décor, où l'apprenti écrivain va multiplier les rencontres. Des confrontations hilarantes, des scènes cocasses pour les errances de cet Américain en terre musulmane. 2010. Titre uniforme: Beyond the pyramids.Le sel de la vie
Par Maud Fontenoy. 2007
Le tour du monde en 80 jours et à vélo: récit
Par Guillaume Prébois. 2010
Réunit les chroniques parues dans le journal Le Monde, où l'auteur raconte son voyage sur les traces de Phileas Fogg,…
avec un tour du monde en 80 jours sur un vélo. 2010.Esthétique du pôle nord: stèles hyperboréennes
Par Michel Onfray. 2002
Dans le champ où, enfant, il plantait des pommes de terre avec son père, homme peu bavard, Michel Onfray lui…
demanda où il se rendrait si, d'aventure, il devait élire une destination idéale ; il s'entendit répondre : " Au pôle Nord. " Trente-cinq ans plus tard, le fils devenu philosophe réalise le rêve de son père et part avec lui au-delà du cercle polaire, pour fêter ses quatre-vingts ans... Ce livre, qui propose un voyage philosophique sous les auspices d'un genre d'ethnologie hédoniste, raconte le goût du phoque cru et de la baleine pourrie ; les frissons devant l'ours blanc et l'émotion face aux icebergs ; il dit aussi les silences d'un vieil homme qui, sans les mots, communique avec un chaman inuit dont les larmes sidèrent ceux qui l'entendent raconter la destruction de sa civilisation ; il évoque également le souffle des baleines entraperçues et la minéralité, puis le froid, qui inspire une conception du monde toujours vivace, malgré le colonialisme nord-américain. Il permet enfin une méditation sur les formes du temps, et rapporte ce que le fils peut dire au père, au-delà des mots, voire apprendre de lui sans le verbe, sinon dans la défiance même des mots...En canot sur les chemins d'eau du roi: une aventure en Amérique
Par Jean Raspail. 2005
1949. Jean Raspail a vingt-trois ans et un rêve : descendre en canot du Saint-Laurent à La Nouvelle-Orléans sur les…
traces des premiers explorateurs français. Sept mois durant, avec trois compagnons, il va affronter intempéries, accidents et naufrages, tenant chaque soir son journal de bord. Miraculeusement retrouvées, ces notes nous permettent de croiser Champlain, Le Moyne d'Iberville, le père Marquette, Cavelier de la Salle, mais aussi les officiers du roi, les garnisons des forts. Hymne à la France américaine, ce " voyage d'apprentissage " est aussi une fabuleuse aventure humaine.Fascinés par les grands raids automobiles du début du siècle, Dominique Lapierre et Jean-Pierre Pedrazzini, tous deux reporters à Paris…
Match, arrachent l'autorisation de parcourir l'Union soviétique de Khrouchtchev en voiture, accompagnés de leurs femmes. À bord d'un break Simca bicolore "Marly", les quatre jeunes Français vont vivre treize mille kilomètres d'aventures. De la Pologne à l'Oural, de la Biélorussie au Caucase, des clochers du Kremlin aux palais des tsars sur les bords de la mer Noire, ils découvrent des lieux mythiques et des paysages de rêve et, surtout, ils font la connaissance des Russes. Au fil de leurs rencontres, se pose une question obsédante: comment le régime soviétique a-t-il réussi à persuader un peuple privé de liberté qu'il était le plus heureux de la terre? 2005.Labels: a Mediterranean journal
Par Evelyn Waugh. 1991
Evelyn Waugh chose the name "Labels" for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already…
"fully labelled" in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian priests to Maltese sailors and Moroccan merchants - as he cruises around the Mediterranean his pen cuts through the local colour to give an entertaining portrait of the Englishman abroad. 1991.Following the river: traces of Red River women
Par Lorri Neilsen Glenn. 2017
Glenn first discovered her great-grandmother's tragic death in a passing comment from an aunt. Startled, she began to search out…
the history of her family, to understand the life of this woman she knew nothing about. Along the way Glenn works to unravel the issues of racism, sexism and colonial nation building that haunt us still. In elegant prose and poetry she has created a story of pieces, bringing to life what she could find in newspaper reports and museums. Through these fragments and portraits she gives the reader a glimpse of the lives lived by her ancestors and by women like them. 'Following the River' is a lyric reflection on women that have been erased from our history and what that means for today. 2017.In this together: fifteen stories of truth & reconciliation
Par Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail. 2016
This collection of essays from both Indigenous and non-Indigenous contributors from across Canada welcomes readers into a timely, healing conversation.…
They come from journalists, writers, academics, visual artists, filmmakers, city planners, and lawyers, all of whom share their personal light-bulb moments regarding when and how they grappled with the harsh reality of colonization in Canada, and its harmful legacy. Without flinching, they look deeply and honestly at their own experiences and assumptions about race and racial divides in Canada in hopes that the rest of the country will do the same. 2016.Bad medicine: a judge's struggle for justice in a First Nations community
Par John Reilly. 2010
Judge John Reilly's jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. Early in his…
career, he steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long-term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place. In an unprecedented move, Judge Reilly ordered an investigation into the tragic and corrupt conditions on the reserve. Then some labelled him a racist; others thought he should be removed from his post. But many on the Stoney Reserve hailed him a hero as he attempted to uncover the dark challenges and difficult history many First Nations communities face. 2010.Beyond blood: rethinking indigenous identity
Par Pamela D Palmater. 2011
Palmater argues that the Indian Act's registration provisions will lead to the extinguishment of First Nations as legal and constitutional…
entities, as the current status criteria contain descent-based rules that are particularly discriminatory against women and their descendants. Beginning with an historic overview of legislative enactments defining Indian status and their impact on First Nations, the author examines contemporary court rulings dealing with Aboriginal rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in relation to Indigenous identity, and band membership codes. She offers suggestions for a better way of determining Indigenous identity and citizenship. 2011.When residential schools opened in the 1830's, First Nations envisioned their children learning in nurturing environments, staffed with their own…
teachers, ministers and interpreters. Instead, students were taught by outsiders, regularly forced to renounce their cultures and languages, and some were subjected to abuse that left emotional scars for generations. Fourteen Aboriginal women who attended these schools reflect on their experiences, describing how they overcame tremendous obstacles to become strong and independent members of Aboriginal cultures. 2004.Aqueduct: colonialism, resources, and the histories we remember (Semaphore series #13)
Par Adele Perry. 2016
An historical account of the development of Winnipeg's municipal water supply as an example of the history of settler colonialism.…
Tells of the construction of the Winnipeg/Shoal Lake Aqueduct, completed in 1919. It examines the cultural, social, political, and legal mechanisms that allowed the rapidly growing city of Winnipeg to obtain its water supply by dispossessing the Anishinaabe people of Shoal Lake 40 First Nation of their land, and ultimately depriving them of the very same commodity--clean drinking water--that the city secured for itself. It incorporates archival images that document the expensive and ambitious construction process and addresses these issues within the larger context of colonialism in Canada. 2016.Keetsahnak/Our missing and murdered Indigenous sisters
Par Alex Wilson, Kim Anderson, Madeleine Dion Stout, Maria Campbell, Robert Alexander Innes, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Michelle Good, Laura Harjo, Sarah Hunt, Beverly Jacobson, Tanya Kappo, Tara Kappo, Lyla Kinoshameg, Erin Konsmo, Helen Knott, Sandra Lamouche, Jo-Anne Lawless, Kelsey T. Leonard, Ann-Marie Livingston, Brenda MacDougall, Sylvia Maracle, Jenell Navarro, Darlene R. Okemaysim-Sicotte, Pahan Pte San Win, Ramona Reece, Christi Belcourt, Kimberly Robertson, Christine Sy, Downtown Eastside Power Of Women Group, Debra G. Leonard, Beatrice Starr, Madeleine Kétéskwew Dion Stout, Waaseyaa'Sin Christine Sy, Tracy Bear, Brenda Macdougall, Robyn Bourgeois, Rita Bouvier, Maya Ode'Amik Chacaby, Susan Gingell. 2018
The tension between personal, political, and public action is brought home starkly as the book contributors look at the roots…
of violence and how it diminishes life for all. Together, they create a model for anti-violence work from an Indigenous perspective. They acknowledge the destruction wrought by colonial violence, and also look at controversial topics such as lateral violence, challenges in working with “tradition,” and problematic notions involved in “helping.” Through stories of resilience, resistance, and activism, the editors give voice to powerful personal testimony and allow for the creation of knowledge. 2018.Journeying: travels in Italy, Egypt, Sinai, Jerusalem and Cyprus
Par Nikos Kazantzakis, Themi Vasils, Theodora Vasils. 1975
Posthumous account of the novelist's visits to foreign lands in 1926, including interviews with Mussolini and the Greek poet Cavafy.…
Passion, struggle, and spirit are the themes in this travelogue. 1975. Uniform title: Taxideuontas.Journey home (Travel Literature Ser.)
Par John Hillaby. 1983
The author and his wife set out from Ravenglass, a place "that gives the impression it fell asleep on a…
bed of shingle centuries ago" and end their journey on Hampstead Heath. Tapping an inexhaustible seam of natural history, archaeology and folklore, John Hillaby blends his allusions to the past with topical commonplace things to create a unique mixture. 1983.Crow never dies: life on the great hunt (Wayfarer Ser.)
Par Larry Frolick. 2016
For over 50,000 years, the Great Hunt has shaped human existence, creating a vital spiritual reality where people, animals, and…
the land share intimate bonds. This book takes the reader deep into one of the last refuges of hunting society: Canada's far north. The author travelled five years with First Nations Elders in remote communities across the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut, experiencing the raw power of their ancient traditions. His vivid narrative combines accounts of daily life, unpublished archival records, current scientific research, First Nations myths, and personal observation to illuminate the northern wilderness, its people, and their complex relationships. 2016.From oral to written: a celebration of Indigenous literature in Canada, 1980-2010
Par Tomson Highway. 2017
If as recently as forty years ago there was no recognizable body of work by Canadian writers, as recently as…
thirty years ago there was no Native literature in this country. Perhaps a few books had made a dent on the national consciousness, but now, Native people have a literature that paints them in colours that are psychologically complex and sophisticated, that validates their existence, that gives them dignity, that tells them that they and their culture, their ideas, their languages, are important if not downright essential to the long-term survival of the planet. A study of Native literature published in Canada between 1980 and 2010, a catalogue of amazing books that sparked the embers of a dormant voice. 2017.An intimate wilderness: Arctic voices in a land of vast horizons
Par Norman Hallendy. 2016
Arctic researcher, author, and photographer Norman Hallendy’s journey to the far north began in 1958, when many Inuit, who traditionally…
lived on the land, were moving to permanent settlements created by the Canadian government. In this unique memoir, Hallendy writes of his adventures, experiences with strange Arctic phenomena, encounters with wildlife, and deep friendships with Inuit elders. Very few have worked so closely with the Inuit to document their traditions, and in this book, Hallendy preserves their voices and paints an incomparable portrait of a vibrant culture in a remote landscape. 2016.Embers: one Ojibway's meditations
Par Richard Wagamese. 2016
Wagamese finds lessons in both the mundane and sublime as he muses on the universe, drawing inspiration from working in…
the bush, sawing and cutting and stacking wood for winter, as well as the smudge ceremony to bring him closer to the Creator. He explores the various manifestations of grief, joy, recovery, beauty, gratitude, physicality and spirituality--concepts many find hard to express. But for Wagamese, spirituality is multifaceted. Within these pages, readers will find hard-won and concrete wisdom on how to feel the joy in the everyday things. Wagamese does not seek to be a teacher or guru, but these observations made along his own journey to become, as he says, "a spiritual bad-ass," make inspiring reading. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award. 2016.