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Snakes and ladders
Par Dirk Bogarde. 1978
Second volume of Dirk Bogarde's autobiography, covering the time between his experiences at an army camp at Catterick to his…
role as van Aschenback in the film "Death in Venice". Since 1947 he has starred in more than 60 films, especially during the 50s and 60s. In more recent years, he has become known as a writer. Sequel to “A Postillion struck by lightning”. 1978.Spirit of survival
Par Gail Sheehy. 1986
The author tells the story of Phat Mohm, an 11-year-old Cambodian refugee adopted by Sheehy. She describes the process that…
the two undertook to accommodate their different lives and backgrounds. Descriptions of violence. c1986.Slipstream: a daughter remembers
Par Rachel Manley. 2000
Michael Manley, three-term prime minister of Jamaica, had stood at the heart of a decade of radical social reform in…
the 70s. From the vantage point of her father's bedside during his last six months of life, Rachel Manley searches the shadows that he cast on her as a child and as a woman. She explores how the enduring bonds that held them were tested time and again, not only by the ordinary conflicts of family life but by the heavy demands of the political arena and by a succession of five marriages. 2000.Stan and Ollie: the roots of comedy : the double life of Laurel and Hardy
Par Simon Louvish. 2001
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have remained, from 1927 to the present day, the screen's most famous and popular comedy…
double act. The author examines the duo from their early lives, to solo careers and through their serendipitous teaming at the Hal Roach Studios. 2001.Slow death by rubber duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health
Par Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie, Sarah Dopp. 2009
To prove that the most dangerous pollution comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces, Smith and Lourie ingested…
and inhaled these items for one week. They expose the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people across the globe; they also describe the extent to which we are poisoned, from the simple household dust that is polluting our blood to the toxins in our urine that are created by run-of-the-mill shampoos and toothpaste. c2009.Sisters first: stories from our wild and wonderful life
Par Barbara Bush, Jenna Bush, Laura Welch Bush. 2017
Born into a political dynasty, Jenna and Barbara Bush grew up in the public eye. In this book they take…
listeners on a revealing, thoughtful, and deeply personal tour behind the scenes of their lives, with never-before-told stories about their family, their adventures, their loves and losses, and the special sisterly bond that fulfills them. Bestseller. 2017.Sisters: the story of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine
Par Charles Higham. 1984
Since you asked
Par Pamela Wallin. 1998
Canadian media personality Pamela Wallin tells her story, from her birth in Wadena, Saskatchewan, to her role as host and…
producer of her television show. This book is her answer to the many questions asked about her life, as well as an examination of her own influences and aspirations. 1998.Shards of glass
Par C. W Seymore. 2013
"Were you ever raped?" That question was the catalyst to what you are now about to experience in revisiting my…
most vivid memories of childhood abuse. How I endured, coped, survived and healed from my past. This journey is one of pain, terror and an emotional roller coaster, but it is also a story of faith, resilience, hope, forgiveness and the magnificent blessing of healing and thriving. 2013.Send yourself roses: thoughts on my life, love, and leading roles
Par Kathleen Turner. 2017
Turner shares her childhood challenges--a life lived in countries around the world until her father, a State Department official whom…
she so admired, died suddenly when she was a teenager. She talks about her twenty year marriage, and why she and her husband recently separated, her close relationship with her daughter, her commitment to service, and how activism in controversial causes has bolstered her beliefs. And Turner reveals the pain and heartbreak of her struggle with rheumatoid arthritis, and how, in spite of it, she made a daring decision: to take a break from the movies and relaunch her stage career. Along the way, Turner describes what it's like to work with legends like Jack Nicholson, Michael Douglas, William Hurt, Steve Martin, Francis Ford Coppola, John Huston, John Waters, and Edward Albee, and, with characteristic irreverent humour, shares her behind-the-screen stories of dealing with all types of creative, intimidating, and inspiring characters. 2017.Shoshanna's story: a mother, a daughter and the shadows of history
Par Elaine Kalman Naves. 2003
At the end of the Second World War, a survivor of Auschwitz, her husband and most of her family dead,…
makes her way home to Hungary. After giving birth to another man's child, her husband returns home, forcing her to make a choice that will cloud her life, and her daughter's, forever. The author is the daughter who grew up with the consequences of that decision, and who was raised on family stories that were both a burden and a gift. Their inescapable message of lost love and lost lives create a resentful divide between mother and daughter, until they finally lead to acceptance and reconciliation. Some descriptions of sex, and descriptions of violence. 2003.Shanghai grand: forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War
Par Taras Grescoe. 2016
Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes…
to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing affair, and became absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton, and gangster Morris 'Two-Gun' Cohen. But when she meets Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet, she discovers the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, and increasingly desperate White Russian and Jewish refugees. Danger lurks on the horizon, though, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroys the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung's Communists' rise to power. 2016.Seasons at Eagle Pond
Par Donald Hall. 1987
Shadows of the buffalo: a family odyssey among the Indians
Par Adolf Hungry Wolf, Beverly Hungry Wolf. 1983
The true story of a man and his Indian wife who are determined to cross cultural barriers and return to…
the old ways of the Blackfoot Indian tribe. Presents vivid portraits of elder Indians, traditional ceremonies, and life among people who are holding on to their past. 1983.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.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.Saving China: Canadian missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1888-1955
Par Alvyn Austin. 1986
From 1888 to 1949, Canadian missionaries aimed to Christianize China's people, educate its youth, eliminate its disease and reform its…
agricultural methods. Within this atmosphere of religious and cultural imperialism, the church moved from simple evangelistic goals to active participation in Third World modernization. 1986.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.