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Shakespeare: the world as stage (Eminent lives series)
Par Bill Bryson. 2007
The author documents the efforts of earlier scholars, from today's most respected academics to eccentrics like Delia Bacon, an American…
who developed a firm but unsubstantiated conviction that her namesake, Francis Bacon, was the true author of Shakespeare's plays. Emulating the style of his famous travelogues, Bryson records episodes in his research, including a visit to a bunker-like room in Washington, D.C., where the world's largest collection of First Folios is housed. 2007.Service: a Navy SEAL at war
Par Marcus Luttrell, James D Hornfischer. 2012
Following the account of his tour in Afghanistan in “Lone Survivor”, Navy SEAL Luttrell recounts his deployment to Ramadi, Iraq.…
He reflects on the sacrifices servicemen and women make for their family, country, and freedom. Sequel to “Lone Survivor”. c2012.Seldom
Par Dawn Rae Downton. 2002
Sidney Wiseman, a prosperous skipper, and Ethel Wellon, a former teacher, were married on the Newfoundland outport of Seldom in…
1922 and had six children; Marion was their third. When Sidney was home from the sea, he would lie on the daybed, waiting for a chance to strike out at the family, and no one in the community seemed to know. 2002.Selected to live
Par Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner. 1971
Johanna-Ruth Dobschiner tells of a Jewish childhood ravaged by Nazis, and of her own shocked witness to the total destruction…
of her family - even as she miraculously escaped the same fate. The story of a girl who was picked out from thousands of condemned people and selected to live. 1971.Sean Connery
Par John Parker. 1993
As a young man, Sean Connery wanted to play professional sports. Entering the theatrical world was purely serendipitous, but various…
people encouraged him to develop his acting skills. Since then, he has acted in more than fifty films and become a true superstar of the screen. 1993.Samurai rising: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
Par Pamela S Turner. 2016
When Minamoto Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family - and lost.…
His father was killed, his mother captured, and his surviving half-brother banished. Yoshitsune was sent away to live in a monastery. Skinny, small, and unskilled in the warrior arts, he nevertheless escaped and learned the ways of the samurai. When the time came for the Minamoto clan to rise up against their enemies, Yoshitsune answered the call. His daring feats and impossible bravery earned him immortality. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.Say good night, Gracie!: the story of Burns & Allen
Par Cheryl Blythe, Susan Sackett. 1986
Biography of the Burns and Allen team that was a hit on vaudeville, radio and television. Gracie's death at 59…
brought an end to the team, though at 90, George Burns was still performing. 1986.Rendez à ces arbres ce qui appartient à ces arbres
Par Boucar Diouf. 2015
" Quels sont les liens entre les humains et les arbres? Qu'avons-nous à apprendre de ces géants? Les entendez-vous nous…
parler? Des baobabs de son enfance aux bouleaux du Bas-du-Fleuve, Boucar Diouf a toujours été fasciné par le monde des plantes. Aujourd'hui, après avoir longtemps écouté les arbres, il leur donne la parole dans ce livre où se croisent la biologie, la poésie et l'humour. Sous forme de conte, ce grand humaniste nous parle de la vie, de la mort, de sa famille, de sa relation intime avec les plantes et de ce qu'elles peuvent nous apprendre. " -- 4e de couv.Remonter le courant: du bois des sœurs aux feux de la rampe
Par Margot Campbell. 2013
'' La comédienne Margot Campbell remonte le courant de ses souvenirs dans un récit de vie captivant et empreint de…
poésie, de son enfance dans la vallée du Richelieu jusqu'à ses premiers pas sur les planches, ses premiers rôles, sa carrière et sa vie de famille. Ce qui apparaît en filigrane de ce récit de vie, ce sont les milieux québécois du théâtre, de la radio et de la télévision avec des troupes et des comédiens en plein essor, puis la popularité grandissante des téléromans qui deviennent des rendez-vous incontournables pour les familles québécoises. Ces souvenirs témoignent également du Québec de ces années-là, avec les familles nombreuses, la vie à la campagne, et le nécessaire appel de la ville quand les rêves d'une jeune fille de talent l'amènent à envisager une carrière. La comédienne Margot Campbell a joué au théâtre, mais elle est surtout connue pour ses rôles à la télévision. Jeune actrice en début de carrière, elle a joué dans les célèbres téléromans La famille Plouffe et Le Survenant, puis dans La Boîte à surprises et dans Jeunes visages. Mais la consécration est venue avec des rôles inoubliables tels que celui de secrétaire de Rémi Duval (Jean Besré) dans le téléroman de Guy Fournier, Jamais deux sans toi, ou encore dans son rôle de gouvernante au service de Bella (Nicole Leblanc) dans le téléroman de Pierre Gauvreau, Cormoran. " -- 4e de couv.Rosina, the midwife
Par Jessica Kluthe, Linda Goyette. 2013
Between 1870 and 1970, millions of Italians left their homeland and traveled to places like Canada, Australia and the United…
States, in search of work. Against this historic backdrop comes the story of Rosina Russo. She was the only member of the Russo family to remain in Italy after the mass migration of the 1950s. Rosina had to say farewell, one by one, to the persons she loved the most. c2013.Rogue warrior of the SAS: the Blair Mayne legend
Par Martin Dillon, Roy Bradford. 2003
Half a century after his death, Lt Col. Robert Blair Mayne is still regarded as one of the greatest soldiers…
in the history of military special operations. He was the most decorated British soldier of the Second World War, receiving four DSOs, the Croix de Guerre and the Légion d'honneur, and he pioneered tactics used today by the SAS and other special operations units worldwide. Drawing on personal letters and family papers, declassified SAS files and records, together with the Official SAS Diary compiled in wartime and eyewitness accounts from many who served with him, the picture emerges of a soldier who, although a flawed hero, was unquestionably one of the most distinctive combatants of the campaigns in the Western Desert and Europe. 2003, c1987.Run, hide, repeat: a memoir of a fugitive childhood
Par Pauline Dakin. 2017
Pauline Dakin, a CBC journalist, spent her childhood on the run. Without warning or goodbyes, her mother twice uprooted her…
and her brother, moving thousands of miles away from family and friends. Years later her mother revealed they'd been running from the Mafia and were receiving protection from a covert anti-organized crime task force. When her mother decided to go into protective custody, an exhausted Dakin planned to disappear as well. But before that happened, she made a horrifying discovery. Her family's strange existence was based on a bizarre hoax, a web of lies manufactured by trusted loved ones. Bestseller. 2017.Royal secrets: the view from downstairs
Par Stephen P Barry. 1985
Prince Charles' ex-valet describes the household of Buckingham Palace and the other Royal residences, as well as the duties of…
the various servants. Sequel to "Royal service: my twelve years as valet to Prince Charles" (DC04351). 1985.Roses round the door
Par Doreen Tovey. 1982
The author describes her introduction to the English countryside, as well as to the village "characters" she and her husband…
meet on their quest to find a country home of their own. 1982.Ronald Colman, a very private person: a biography
Par Juliet Benita Colman. 1975
Nostalgic biography by the daughter of the movie star. The son of a silk merchant, Colman dabbled in amateur theatricals…
before seeing action in World War I. His career as an actor was launched in films with his appearance opposite Lillian Gish in 1923. 1975.Robin
Par Dave Itzkoff. 2018
Drawing on more than a hundred original interviews with family, friends, and colleagues, as well as extensive archival research, this…
biography offers a fresh and original look at the life and career of Robin Williams. New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff explores how comic brilliance masked a deep well of conflicting emotions and self-doubt. Itzkoff also shows how Williams struggled mightily with addiction and depression, and with a debilitating condition at the end of his life that affected him in ways his fans never knew. 2018.Robert Mitchum: a biography
Par George Eells. 1984
Robert Mitchum: "baby, I don't care"
Par Lee Server. 2001
Biography of screen legend Robert Mitchum (1917-1997), who left his bohemian home at age fourteen to lead an unconventional life,…
which included stints as a boxer, labourer, vagabond, and jailbird. Chronicles his family saga, his long marriage to his teenage sweetheart, and his career in Hollywood. Strong language. 2001.Road song
Par Natalie Kusz. 1990
The author recalls her family and youth in Alaska, including the accident that left her blind in one eye, her…
family's poverty and bad luck, her teenage rebellion and her return to the land. 1990.River in a dry land: a prairie passage
Par Trevor Herriot. 2000
The author recounts summer days as a youth on a 70-acre piece of land on Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle River, and introduces…
his immediate and extended family, most of whom are farmers. He describes the effect of mining on the river and the valley, retells Cree and Metis legends, and also describes the more recent experiences of the Russians, Finns, Jews, Scots, and English who have settled in the area. A mixture of family history, ecology, and social commentary which laments the loss of rural culture. 2000.