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Twenty-three-year old Cleo Koff, a forensic anthropologist, was one of sixteen scientists chosen to go to Rwanda in 1996 to…
find evidence of genocide and crimes against humanity. Her job was to discover who the victims were and how they had been killed. Koff also describes similar missions to Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. Some violence. 2004.The Bride of the wind: the life and times of Alma Mahler-Werfel
Par Susanne Keegan. 1991
The art world was a natural home to Alma Mahler-Werfel, songwriting daughter of Viennese landscape artist Emil Schindler. The author…
discusses Werfel's life as the wife of three men -- the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter Gropius, and the novelist Franz Werfel -- and the mistress of many more. Keegan portrays Werfel as a talented woman against the cultural and political background of early twentieth-century Europe. 1991.The bodyguard's story: Diana, the crash, and the sole survivor
Par Trevor Rees-Jones, Moira Johnston. 2000
As the sole survivor of the 1997 auto accident that killed the Princess of Wales, Dodi Fayed, and their chauffeur,…
bodyguard Rees-Jones offers his account of the events leading up to the crash and its aftermath. He also discusses his own efforts to cope with injuries and unwelcome notoriety. Bestseller. 2000.The bonehunters' revenge: dinosaurs, greed, and the greatest scientific feud of the gilded age
Par David Rains Wallace. 1999
Account of the historical feud between two nineteenth-century American paleontologists -Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope. After the Civil…
War both men amassed large collections of dinosaur bones discovered in the West, but their intense rivalry led to muckraking and scandal rather than scientific cooperation. 1999.The body silent: The Different World Of The Disabled
Par Robert Francis Murphy. 1987
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.The book of my lives
Par Aleksandar Hemon. 2013
Aleksandar Hemon’s lives begin in Sarajevo, a small city where a young boy’s life is consumed with street soccer, resentment…
of his younger sister, and trips abroad with his engineer-cum-beekeeper father. Here, a young man’s life is about poking at the pretensions of the city’s elders with American music, bad poetry, and slightly better journalism. And then, his life in Chicago: watching from afar as war breaks out in Sarajevo and the city comes under siege, no way to return home; his parents and sister fleeing Sarajevo, leaving behind all they had ever known; and Hemon himself starting a new life, his own family, in this new city. 2013.Tes blessures sont plus douces que leurs caresses: vie de Renée Vivien
Par Jean-Paul Goujon. 1986
Biographie de Renée Vivien. Morte à Paris en 1909, à peine âgée de trente-deux ans, Renée Vivien a écrit pendant…
sa trop brève vie une oeuvre toute imprégnée de sa passion pour les femmes. Affrontant la désapprobation, elle chantera ses amours homosexuelles à travers toute son oeuvre poétique et romanesque. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle. 1986.Terrain d'entente
Par Justin Trudeau. 2014
Depuis sa naissance, Justin Trudeau a passé sa vie sous le regard du public, mais à l'exception de ses proches,…
peu de gens connaissent sa version de ce parcours unique. Dans Terrain d'entente, il révèle comment sa personnalité et ses idéaux ont été façonnés par les moments marquants de sa vie. Les difficultés maritales de ses parents et les liens profonds qui l'unissaient à son père sont décrits avec franchise et empathie. Il raconte sa maturation politique et ses années d'enseignement, brusquement interrompues par la mort tragique de son frère cadet et par celle de son père. Et nous découvrons dans quelles circonstances il a rencontré sa femme, Sophie Grégoire. 2014.Sonia Benezra: je ne regrette presque rien
Par Lise Ravary. 2014
" Sonia Benezra est dans le paysage culturel québécois depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans. Née à Montréal au sein d'une…
famille d'immigrants juifs marocains, la reine de TQS, couronnée par quatre MetroStar et trois Gémeaux, a emprunté divers chemins : des études de théâtre à la chanson, en passant par des milliers de rencontres et d'interviews, certaines routes se sont fermées et d'autres se sont ouvertes, faisant grandir celle qu'on croit connaître. À travers ses amours, ses blessures et son clan familial tissé serré, la femme se révèle un peu plus. Dans Sonia Benezra - Je ne regrette presque rien, on découvre une personne sensible qui a parfois été déçue par la tournure des événements, mais qui adhère totalement à ce qu'a dit Maya Angelou : "J'ai appris que les gens oublieront ce que vous avez dit, ils oublieront ce que vous avez fait, mais ils n'oublieront jamais ce que vous leur avez fait ressentir. " -- 4e de couv.The blind mechanic: the amazing story of Eric Davidson, survivor of the 1917 Halifax Explosion
Par Marilyn Elliott, Janet Kitz. 2018
Eric Davidson was a beautiful, fair-haired toddler when the Halifax Explosion struck, killing almost 2,000 people and seriously injuring thousands…
of others. Eric lost both eyes-a tragedy that his mother never fully recovered from. Eric, however, was positive and energetic. He also developed a fascination with cars and how they worked, and he later decided, against all likelihood, to become a mechanic. Assisted by his brothers who read to him from manuals, he worked hard, passed examinations, and carved out a decades-long career. Once the subject of a National Film Board documentary, Eric Davidson was, until his death, a much-admired figure in Halifax. Written by his daughter Marilyn, this book gives new insights into the story of the 1917 Halifax Explosion and contains never-before-seen documents and photographs. Winner of the 2019 The Robbie Robertson Dartmouth Book Award (Non-Fiction). 2018.The Black Donnellys: the outrageous tale of Canada's deadliest feud (Amazing stories)
Par Nate Hendley. 2004
The gruesome saga of the Black Donnellys has been heavily mythologized. A thick layer of rumour, legend, and hearsay has…
built up around the facts of the case. But one thing is clear: no one who reads this book will ever forget the murderous events that occurred near the town of Lucan, Ontario in the 1870s. 2004.The black presidency: Barack Obama and the politics of race in America
Par Michael Eric Dyson. 2016
Dyson offers a provocative exploration into the meaning of America's first black presidency, and an analysis of how race and…
blackness shape our understanding of Barack Obama's achievements and failures, and America's racial future. 2016.The Black mask boys: masters in the hard-boiled school of detective fiction
Par William F Nolan. 1985
Brief biographies of eight detective writers from the "Black Mask" magazine era (1922-1943). Includes such writers as Dashiel Hammett, Raymond…
Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner. Some strong language. 1985. Uniform title: Black mask.The bloody red hand: a journey through truth, myth and terror in Northern Ireland
Par Derek Lundy. 2006
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.The blind Victorian: Henry Fawcett and British liberalism
Par Lawrence Goldman. 1989
Henry Fawcett, a promising academic, was blinded in a shooting accident at the age of 25. This did not hinder…
him from consolidating his position at the confluence of so many streams of British culture and politics. 1989.The blessings of a good thick skirt: women travellers and their world
Par Mary Russell. 1988
Some of the most remarkable journeys ever made have been undertaken by women. These include Alexandra David-Neel and her explorations…
of Tibet, and Naomi James and her solo voyage around the world. A gallery of female adventurers is presented, as well as insights into their motives for leaving the traditional women's roles behind.Steinberg: le démantèlement d'un empire familial
Par Peter Hadekel, Ann Gibbon. 1991
Les auteurs ressuscitent le sympathique entrepreneur plein de charisme qu'était Sam Steinberg. Ils rappellent les origines de son empire depuis…
la petite épicerie du boulevard Saint-Laurent. 1991. Titre uniforme: Steinberg : the break-up of a family empire.Simone de Beauvoir
Par Claude Francis, Fernande Gontier. 1985
Voici la première biographie consacrée a Simone de Beauvoir. Elle révèle une femme très différente de l'image qu'en ont donnée…
les medias. C'est une femme douée pour le bonheur, gourmande, sensuelle, sportive; une voyageuse, une séductrice. On y découvre une femme qui a l'intelligence d'une Germaine de Staël et les passions d'une George Sand. 1985.Suivez mon regard
Par Anjelica Huston. 2015
Nous sommes à St Clerans, dans le comté de Galway, en Irlande. Une petite fille attend son père pour fêter…
Noël. Lui, c'est John Huston : un aventurier, un grand cinéaste, un géant. Elle, c'est Anjelica. Elle n'a que six ans mais elle sait déjà que cet homme la marquera à jamais. Cinquante ans plus tard, Anjelica Huston est devenue une star. Elle nous livre le récit de sa vie dans ces Mémoires à la fraîcheur romanesque. Après une enfance magique dans le manoir de ses parents et une adolescence en plein coeur du swinging London, Anjelica part pour New York. À 18 ans, elle est mannequin pour Vogue. Mais le cinéma la rattrape, et Stephen Frears, Francis Ford Coppola, Woody Allen, Wes Anderson vont lui offrir des rôles qui la conduiront au sommet d'Hollywood. C'est là qu'elle rencontre Jack Nicholson, avec qui elle va former un couple de légende. Dans Suivez mon regard, Anjelica Huston revient sans détour sur ses amours et sa carrière. Derrière la star, on découvre une femme émouvante, non conformiste, douée d'un vrai sens de l'observation. Illustré de nombreuses photos personnelles, cet autoportrait sensible est une peinture passionnante du nouvel Hollywood... et de ses coulisses. 2015.The bite of the mango
Par Mariatu Kamara, Susan McClelland. 2008
Sierra Leone. At the age of 12, Mariatu Kamara was raped by a family friend, then captured by rebels who…
cut off her hands. Despite her wounds, Kamara walked out of the bush and sought help, ending up in an amputee camp, where she gave birth to a son who died of malnutrition. When foreign journalists interviewed Kamara in the camp, her story garnered international interest and assistance, which eventually brought her to Toronto. Her autobiography testifies to Kamara's horrific trauma, but with the aim of fostering hope and reconciliation. Winner of the 2011 Red Maple Non-Fiction Award. For junior high and older readers. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.