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A three dog life
Par Abigail Thomas. 2006
Author describes rebuilding her life after her husband was institutionalized for a traumatic brain injury he sustained when a car…
hit him in 2000. Thomas reflects on the evolution of their relationship and how she copes with help from family, friends, knitting, and her three dogs - Rosie, Harry, and Carolina. 2006.Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
Par Mitch Albom. 1997
Some twenty years after college, Mitch Albom rekindles his relationship with a former professor who is terminally ill. His weekly…
visits with his dying mentor become a colloquium on the meaning of life, and Albom gains insight into "love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death." Bestseller. 1997.Hand me my travelin' shoes: in search of Blind Willie McTell
Par Michael Gray. 2007
Blind Willie McTell, 1903-1959, was one of the most gifted musical artists of his generation, with an exquisite voice and…
a sublime talent for the twelve-string guitar. Blind from birth, McTell never behaved as if he were handicapped by his lack of sight and he explodes every stereotype about blues musicians. In this personal and moving odyssey into a lost world of early blues music, a vulnerable black population and more, Gray peels back the many layers of a tragic, occasionally shocking but ultimately uplifting story.The sea hunters: true life adventures with famous shipwrecks
Par Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo. 2003
A hunter of shipwrecks documents the discovery or survey of twelve major ships in deep waters. Each ship's story begins…
with an account of its final voyage, then describes how the ship was found. Featured are the Confederate submarine Hunley and the Allied troop transport Leopoldville, among others. 2003, c1996.The island of seven cities: the discovery of a lost Chinese settlement in the Americas
Par Paul Chiasson. 2006
2002. Architect Paul Chiasson climbed a mountain on Cape Breton and found an old wide, well-made road, once flanked by…
walls. After two years of study, he believed that these ruins were originally built by the Chinese, as part of a large colony that thrived on Canadian shores well before the European Age of Discovery. Chiasson addresses how the colony was abandoned and forgotten except in the storytelling and culture of the Mi'kmaq, whose written language, clothing, technical knowledge, religious beliefs and legends expose deep cultural roots in China. 2006.The mummy congress: science, obsession, and the everlasting dead
Par Heather Anne Pringle. 2001
After covering a conference of mummy experts, science reporter Heather Pringle became so intrigued with mummies that she spent a…
year circling the globe, visiting leading scientists in the field. She also investigated preserved Italian saints, Scandinavian mummies in bogs, and frozen Inca princesses. Pringle researched Egyptian embalmers, the past public craze for mummy unwrappings, and the Russians' attempts to preserve Stalin, and along the way learned what mummies have to tell us about ourselves. Winner of the 2002 CNIB Torgi Award. 2001.Mind if I sit
Par Jane Fox, Neville Cohen. 2007
The narrative starts in the early 1950s when Cohen's life was dramatically altered by a car accident. His emotional transition…
after the car accident is described in detail. He neither exaggerates his strengths nor focuses on the mistreatments and discriminations done to him. He frankly reveals his frustration toward love and relationship. 2007.Léonard Morin: une vie dans le noir : mémoires et récits
Par Claudette Vallée. 2006
Léonard Morin devient aveugle à l'âge de cinq ans, à la suite de l'explosion de détonateurs. C'était en 1929, l'année…
de la crise. Qu'est-ce que je vais faire avec mon aveugle? se demandait sa mère avec inquiétude... et avec raison. L'espoir était aussi sombre que son avenir dans le noir. Qu'allait-il faire avec sa cécité? Ce livre décrit la réponse de Léonard à ce défi. Après ses études à l'Ontario School for the Blind, il vient s'établir en Abitibi, en 1945, pour y exercer le métier d'accordeur de pianos. Il se mariera onze ans plus tard, adoptera cinq enfants et s'impliquera de façon étonnante dans la communauté des non-voyants et des voyants tout en faisant fructifier son gagne-pain. [...] -- 4e de couv.Trouble tête: journal intime d'une dépression
Par Mathilde Monaque. 2006
A 14 ans, Mathilde va mal. Diagnostic : dépression. En quittant l'hôpital, elle ne comprend toujours pas les raisons de…
cette souffrance, mais elle sait pourquoi elle doit vivre. Elle écrit ce récit lumineux et tendre pour nous dire qu'on peut s'en sortir. La dépression de l'adolescent n'a rien à voir avec celle de l'adulte. Elle n'entraîne pas de sentiment de culpabilité. C'est plutôt un séisme : un bouleversement des certitudes, la peur d'être soi, la crainte de ne pas aimer et de ne pas être aimé. Mathilde est une adolescente " surdouée ". Cela ne veut pas dire qu'elle est plus intelligente, mais qu'elle emmagasine davantage d'émotions et de perceptions que les autres. Ainsi Mathilde peut décrire, avec une sensibilité à vif et une écriture lucide, l'univers d'une jeune fille qui se fracasse contre la vie. Un document d'espoir. Le premier témoignage sur la dépression écrit par une adolescente. En fin d'ouvrage, Jeanne Siaud-Facchin, qui a suivi Mathilde à sa sortie de l'hôpital, apporte son regard de psychologue sur l'adolescence, la dépression, la précocité.Spring will come
Par William N Zulu. 2005
The life story of William Zulu, a linocut artist, highly acclaimed for his evocative art-works. Having contracted spinal TB as…
a baby, William underwent misplaced corrective surgery to his spine in his late teens which left him paralysed and permanently wheelchair bound. But William's story is no victim's litany; it recounts with zest and humour the events of his life, his unfolding artistic development and the world of deep rural Africa in which he is rooted. 2005.Discover bones (Discover Ser.)
Par Lesley Grant. 1991
Bones can do many things. They help you to play. Some people make jewellery out of them. Plus, they're alive!…
Bones can also tell us a lot about our bodies and the world around us. Included in this book are activities that will help you learn about bones and all the things they can teach us! Several tactiles illustrating the shapes of various bones are included. Grades 3-6. 1991.Blue above the chimneys
Par Christine Marion Fraser. 1980
Christine Marion Fraser was born into a large, poor family in the Govan district of Glasgow during the 1950s. At…
the age of 10 she contracted a rare and horrifying disease which led to many months in hospital and her eventual confinement in a wheelchair. Even this, however, did not spoil her warmth and huge enjoyment of life.The man who learned to walk three times: a memoir
Par Peter Kavanagh. 2015
CBC journalist Peter Kavanagh was just an infant when he was diagnosed with paralytic polio and suffered permanent paralysis in…
the lower part of his left leg. As a child, Kavanagh endured painful medical procedures to even out the length of his legs, and experimental exercise techniques. He spent his youth in a leg brace and special footwear, isolating for a boy whose classmates ran freely in sneakers. His first lesson in walking was how to move while wearing such equipment. Throughout his life, as he developed a very successful career in public broadcasting, built a family, and indulged in his love of music and travel, Kavanagh underwent various surgeries to give him "normal" mobility. 2015.The reason I jump: the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism
Par David Mitchell, Naoki Higashida, Ka Yoshida. 2013
Naoki Higashida was only a middle-schooler when he began to write this book. Autistic and with very low verbal fluency,…
Naoki used an alphabet grid to painstakingly spell out his answers to the questions he imagines others most often wonder about him: why do you talk so loud? Is it true you hate being touched? Would you like to be normal? Naoki examines issues as diverse and complex as self-harm, perceptions of time and beauty, and the challenges of communication, and in doing so, discredits the popular belief that autistic people are anti-social loners who lack empathy. Bestseller. 2013.February 1945. The war is almost over and Britain and America rule the waves, but sixty young Nazi soldiers still…
choose to undertake a mission in U-869 - to reach and bomb the coast of America. Several weeks later the boat barely has enough fuel to make it home and radio links with Germany are broken. The commander, Neuerberg, must make a tough decision: to carry on to America and risk death in the pursuit of glory, or to admit defeat and return home. Driven by pride, patriotism and determination, he decides to risk it. In 1991, a group of deep-sea divers hear about the wreck of a U-boat 260 feet beneath the sea. There are virtually no records of the Nazi submarine, and an on-location investigation is extremely dangerous. But twelve divers decide to take the risk. Over the next six years they eventually piece together an incredible story. 2004.Writing with Grace: a journey beyond Down syndrome
Par Judy McFarlane. 2014
"Put her away and forget about her." This was the blunt advice Grace Chen's grandfather gave Grace's parents when she…
was born with Down Syndrome. Twenty-four years later, Grace writes, "I always dream to be a famous writer." When Judy McFarlane is asked if she will help Grace, she realizes she holds deep, unacknowledged fears - that Grace will be a dull-eyed young woman who can't read, let alone write, that she might become agitated, even lash out. But the idea that Grace wants to be a writer, a dream McFarlane gave up when she was young, captures McFarlane. McFarlane delves into what it takes to face one's own prejudice, what it means to live a full life and believe you are worthy. 2014.Wrapped for eternity: the story of the Egyptian mummy
Par Mildred Mastin Pace, Tom Huffman. 1974
Witch amongst us
Par Lois Bourne. 1985
The author, a "white" witch who uses her powers to cure illness and solve problems, recounts the experiences and visions…
that convinced her of her powers, and the ways she has used her gift. 1985.Wired for sound: a journey into hearing
Par Beverly Biderman. 1998
Biderman follows the evolution of the cochlear implant and its use in restoring hearing to people who are deaf or…
hearing impaired. She shares her own journey from deafness to having a cochlear implant, and her research into the implant before she received it. She also discusses recent developments in the use of the implants.Welcome, silence: my triumph over schizophrenia
Par Carol S North. 1987
From childhood on, the author was dogged by the strange voices and hallucinations of schizophrenia. She graphically describes her breakdowns…
and traumatic hospitalizations. She succeeded in conquering her disability and went on to become a psychiatrist. Some strong language. 1987.