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Par Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Bestseller. 2006.Par Jeremy Wade. 2011
Par Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Laure Motet. 2008
Votre chien vous pose problème ? Vous le trouvez trop agressif, trop stressé, trop peureux ? Ou bien, tout simplement,…
vous avez le meilleur des chiens et aimeriez en savoir plus sur lui afin de devenir le meilleur des maîtres ? Cesar Millan, expert en comportement canin mondialement reconnu, vous aide dans cet ouvrage à voir le monde à travers les yeux de votre chien pour que vous puissiez résoudre tous ses problèmes de comportement et établir avec lui une relation saine. La formule magique pour avoir un chien heureux : exercice, discipline et affection, dans cet ordre. 2008. Titre uniforme: Cesar's way.Par Martin Sixsmith. 2013
Journalist chronicles the life of Philomena Lee, an Irish unwed mother who was forced to give her young son up…
for adoption in 1955, then spent fifty years trying to find him. 2013. Uniform title: Lost child of Philomena LeePar Gerald Durrell. 1980
When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family…
would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. 1980.Par John Grogan, Carole Delporte. 2007
Si le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme, il peut parfois être le pire. C'est ce que vont découvrir…
John et Jenny Grogan, quand ils décident d'acheter un labrador peu de temps après leur mariage, afin de tester leurs capacités parentales. D'adorable petite boule de poils, Marley se transforme en un mastodonte de quarante-cinq kilos, qui détruit tout sur son passage, dévore quantité de nourriture et d'objets en tout genre, et témoigne d'une affection aussi débordante qu'envahissante envers ses maîtres. 2007. Titre uniforme: Marley & me.Par Bill Lishman. 1995
Bill Lishman tells the story of how he was able to lead a flock of eighteen Canada geese from Ontario…
to Virginia. Lishman was able to modify the migratory patterns of the geese by having the birds imprint on him and his ultralight aircraft. He was able to teach them to fly, and succeeded in taking them to Virginia in 1993. The next year, the flock returned on their own to greet their surrogate father. 1995.Par Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B Gilbreth. 1948
An amusing account of happy family life in the 1920's. The author's father, an efficiency expert, believes in living fully,…
and has some unconventional ideas about raising his many children. 1948.Par Clare Walmsley. 1991
This practical guide to assertiveness was written to accompany the BBC television series "Tomorrow the World". You can discover how…
assertive you are; how to build up self esteem; how to identify your feelings, needs and rights as well as those of others and how to say NO and feel good about it! 1991.Par Amos Oz, N. R. M De Lange. 2005
The author takes us on a journey through his childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and…
'50s. Oz's story dives into 120 years of family history and paradox, the saga of a Jewish love-hate affair with Europe that sweeps from Vilna and Odessa, via Poland and Prague, to Israel. 2005. Uniform title: Sipour Al Ahava Vehoshekh.Par Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Strong language. 2005.Par Frank McCourt. 1996
Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but…
shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancour. Strong language. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Pulitzer Prize Winner.Par Penelope Dening, June Mottershead. 2015
When George Mottershead moved to the village of Upton-by-Chester in 1930 to realise his dream of opening a zoo without…
bars, his four-year-old daughter June had no idea how extraordinary her life would become. Soon her best friend was a chimpanzee called Mary. Chester Zoo has since achieved worldwide renown. June Mottershead chronicles the heartbreak, the humour, the trials and triumphs, above all the characters, both human and animal, who shaped her childhood. 2015.Par Farley Mowat. 1963
The eloquent record of the author's study of the habits and behaviour of wolves in the subarctic barren lands indicates…
that wolves are not as dangerous as tradition has led us to believe. 1992, c1963.Par Jeremy Mills, George Rafferty. 1991
Based on the BBC Television series first shown in the autumn of 1989, this book tells the story of a…
year in the life of Scottish vet George Rafferty, who has been a vet in Speyside for over 40 years. 1991.Par Phil Donahue. 1985
Talk-show host Donahue consulted authorities in the behavioural sciences. He includes such topics as how we differ from animals, nature…
vs. nurture, the human brain, and biological and cultural evolution. 1985.Par Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, Marie-Thérèse Cuny. 1988
Une américaine accompagne son mari Iranien pour des vacances dans le pays d'origine de ce dernier. Dès leur arrivée, il…
lui annonce qu'elle ne quittera jamais plus le pays. Elle va se battre pendant deux ans avant de s'enfuir... avec sa petite fille. 1988. Titre uniforme: Not without my daughter.Par Joy Adamson, George Adamson. 1960
The true story of Elsa the lioness, who was brought up as a pet, and at the age of three…
was taught to return to the jungle and fend for herself. Followed by "Living free" (DC33127). 1960.Par Willie Morris. 1995
The author tells how he grew up in a small southern town in the 1940s with a dog that could…
run football patterns and, it was believed, drive a car. The author demonstrates his evocative storytelling skills in this tribute to his dog, Skip. 1995.Par Flora Rheta Schreiber. 1974
En 1954, Sybil appelait à son secours un psychiatre new-yorkais. Depuis son enfance, elle est sujette à des "passages à…
vide" pendant lesquels d'autres personnalités se substituaient à elle. Après 11 ans de thérapie, l'héroïne de ce récit authentique devint une jeune femme libre et harmonieuse. 1974.