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Lake of the prairies: a story of belonging
Par Warren Cariou. 2002
Cariou's memoir on growing up in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, where he witnessed the discrimination, anger and fear directed at the…
town's Cree and Métis populations by the European settlers. While he has absorbed these prejudices as his own, he is forced to confront the politics of race as an adult. Then, he discovers secrets that his family had kept hidden for generations, secrets that would alter forever his sense of identity and belonging in Meadow Lake. Winner of the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize of the 2003 Writers' Trust of Canada Awards. 2002.Celui qui va vers elle ne revient pas
Par Shulem Deen, Karine Reignier-Guerre. 2017
Shulem Deen a été élevé dans l'idée qu'il est dangereux de poser des questions. Membre des skver, l'une des communautés…
hassidiques les plus extrêmes et les plus isolées des États-Unis, il ne connaissait rien du monde extérieur. Si ce n'est qu'il fallait à tout prix l'éviter. Marié à l'âge de dix-huit ans, père de cinq enfants, Shulem Deen alluma un jour un poste de radio - une première transgression minime. Mais sa curiosité fut piquée et le mena dans une bibliothèque, puis sur Internet, et ébranla les fondements de son système de croyances. Craignant d'être découvert, il sera finalement exclu pour hérésie par sa communauté et acculé à quitter sa propre famille. Dans ce récit passionnant, il raconte ce long et douloureux processus d'émancipation et nous dévoile un monde clos et mystérieux. Gagnant de Prix Médicis Essai 2017. 2017. Titre uniforme: All who go do not return.La vie sauve
Par Lydie Violet, Marie Desplechin. 2005
Après avoir passé de longs mois à se parler, à se questionner, à tâtonner les mille et une façons de…
faire un livre ensemble, ton et contenu compris, Marie Desplechin et Lydie Violet livrent ici un ouvrage plein d'émotion et de courage, où la vérité du vécu rencontre une force littéraire accomplie. Parvenues à ne faire plus qu'un seul auteur, elles donnent lieu à un récit à la première personne sensible et rageur, féroce et drôle, une leçon de vie bouleversante pour chacun de nous. Prix Médicis 2005.La reine du silence
Par Marie Nimier. 2004
Marie Nimier, auteur de huit romans, ose avec ce nouveau livre s'attacher à la figure de son père, Roger Nimier.…
Elle explore l'amas de tôles froissées, interrogeant avec gravité le destin de cet écrivain que ses amis décrivent tour à tour, et parfois simultanément, comme un être désinvolte, sérieux, menteur, loyal, tendre, indifférent et malhabile de ses sentiments comme on est maladroit de ses mains. 2004.Just kids (Folio ; #5438)
Par Patti Smith, Heloise Esquié. 2016
P. Smith revient sur ses années de bohème dans le New York arty des années 1970 et sur son amitié…
amoureuse avec R. Mapplethorpe, compagnon de galère et d'inspiration. Elle raconte leur rencontre, leur ascension, qui se fait au détriment de leur amour. Les anecdotes évoquent les grandes heures du Chelsea Hotel et de la Factory, J. Hendrix, A. Warhol ou A. Ginsberg. Prix du livre rock 2011. 2016. Titre uniforme: Just kids.Jules Ferry: la liberté et la tradition (L'esprit de la cité)
Par Mona Ozouf. 2014
Si l'oeuvre de Jules Ferry est aujourd'hui reconnue, l'homme fut aussi le plus haï de la politique française. L'auteure explique…
ce phénomène et rappelle comment il a tenté d'incarner à la fois l'autorité de l'État et l'autonomie de l'individu, l'accomplissement de la promesse républicaine et la critique du maximalisme républicain. Prix de la BnF 2014 pour l'ensemble de son oeuvre. 2014.Composition française: retour sur une enfance bretonne (Blanche)
Par Mona Ozouf. 2009
En se fondant sur son enfance en Bretagne, M. Ozouf interroge la difficulté de concilier les valeurs de l'école, de…
l'Eglise et de la maison. A la maison, le sentiment d'appartenance à la Bretagne est fort, l'école manifeste son indifférence face aux identités locales, et l'Eglise, une foi en contradiction avec celle de l'école et de la maison. Prix de l'essai de la Revue des deux mondes 2009. 2009.Hidden gold
Par Ella Burakowski. 2015
The Gold family lived an idyllic life in pre-war Poland, but that life was shattered in 1939 when Germany invaded…
Poland and Jewish people were forced into the streets, their homes, schools, and businesses burned. Eventually, the Golds hid in a cramped, secret enclosure for twenty-six months. Appalling conditions, starvation, fear of imminent betrayal and capture makes this a heart-stopping testament to the human spirit. For junior high readers. Winner of the 2017 Red Maple Non-Fiction Honour Book Award. 2015.Blue Sonoma
Par Jane Munro. 2014
Award-winning poet Jane Munro draws on her well-honed talents to address what Eliot called "the gifts reserved for age." A…
beloved partner's crossing into Alzheimer's is at the heart of this book, and his "battered blue Sonoma" is an evocation of numerous other crossings: between empirical reportage and meditative apprehension, dreaming and wakefulness, Eastern and Western poetic traditions. Rich in both pathos and sharp shards of insight, Munro's wisdom here is deeply embedded, shot through with moments of wit and candour. In the tradition of Taoist poets like Wang Wei and Po-Chu-i, her sixth book opens a wide poetic space, and renders difficult conditions with the lightest of touches. Winner of the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize. 2014.Hot, wet, and shaking: how I learned to talk about sex
Par Kaleigh Trace. 2014
This is a sex book. It's a book about having sex by yourself, with one person, or with twenty people…
if everyone is down. It's also about the things we don't talk about--the mystery, the expectations, and the bullshit that can go along with sex. Kaleigh Trace--disabled, queer, sex educator--chronicles her journey from ignorance to bliss as she shamelessly discusses her sexual exploits, bodily negotiations and attempts at adulthood, sparing none of the details and assuming you are not polite company. Winner of the 2015 East Coast Literary Award. 2014.Killdeer: Essay-poems (Department of critical thought ; #4)
Par Phil Hall. 2011
Poems of critical thought that have been influenced by old fiddle tunes, essays that are not out to persuade so…
much as ruminate, invite, accrue. Includes memories of, and homages to Margaret Laurence, Bronwen Wallace, Libby Scheier, and Daniel Jones. Hall writes of the embarrassing process of becoming a poet, and of his push-pull relationship with the concept of home. Winner of the 2011 Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2011.Courage and compassion: ten Canadians who made a difference (A Wow Canada! book)
Par Rona Arato. 2008
The heroes of this book are men, women, and even children from different points in Canadian history who have worked…
and fought for basic human liberties. Beginning with Jeanne Mance's tireless care of others in the earliest days of New France, and ending with young Hannah Taylor's campaign against homelessness, the book spans four hundred years in our nation's story. Grades 4-7. Winner of the OLA White Pine Award 2011. 2008.Hiding Edith: a true story (A Holocaust remembrance book for young readers #7)
Par Kathy Kacer. 2006
The true story of Edith Schwalb, a young Jewish girl sent to live in a safe house after the Nazi…
invasion of France. Edith's courage was remarkable, as was the bravery of those who helped her: an entire village, including its mayor, that heroically conspired to conceal the presence of hundreds of Jewish children who lived in the safe house. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2007 Silver Birch Award. 2006.Hana's suitcase: a true story (The Holocaust remembrance series for young readers #3)
Par Karen Levine. 2002
In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education centre in Tokyo, Japan, with the name Hana Brady…
painted in white on the outside. The centre's curator searches for clues across Europe and North America to find out who Hana was and what had happened to her. Her journey takes her back through seventy years to a young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis. Winner of the 2003 Silver Birch Award. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. Grades 4-7. 2002.Concrete and wild carrot
Par Margaret Avison. 2002
Klee Wyck
Par Emily Carr. 1941
Emily Carr was called Klee Wyck, or Laughing One, by the Indians of British Columbia. In the late 1930's, she…
went among their coastal villages to paint their totems and record visual evidence of native culture. She also recorded her observations of the people and their way of life. First published in 1941. Winner of the 1941 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.Just Jen: thriving through multiple sclerosis
Par Jen Powley. 2017
Jen Powley was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at fifteen. By thirty-five, she had lost the use of her arms and…
legs. This memoir tells the story of Powley's life at the time of her diagnosis, and the infinite, irrevocable ways it has changed since. Winner of the 2018 Margaret and John Savage First Book Award (Non-Fiction). 2017.Journey with no maps: a life of P.K. Page
Par Sandra Djwa. 2012
Tracing P.K. Page's life through two wars, world travels, the rise of modernist and Canadian cultures, and later Sufi study,…
this book details the people and events that inspired her work. Page's independent spirit propelled her from Canada to England, from work as a radio actress to a scriptwriter for the National Film Board, from an affair with poet F.R. Scott to an enduring marriage with diplomat Arthur Irwin. "A borderline being," as she called herself, she recognized the new choices offered to women by modern life but followed only those related to her quest for self-discovery. Winner of the 2013 Governor General’s Award for Non-fiction. 2012.Joyful noise: poems for two voices
Par Paul Fleischman. 1988
John A. Macdonald: the young politician, the old chieftain (Rich: Reprints In Canadian History Ser.)
Par Donald Creighton. 1998
Covers the entire life of Sir John A. Macdonald, from his childhood and days as a young lawyer to his…
swift rise to political influence, 1867 election as Prime Minister, and death in 1891. Winner of the Governor General's Award for Non-fiction.