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The doctor will not see you now
Par Jane Poulson. 2002
Autobiography of Dr. Jane Poulson, the first blind person in Canada to become a practising doctor. Poulson suffered from diabetes…
and because of the disease, lost her sight and then experienced severe heart problems. Nonetheless she was an extremely accomplished doctor, published widely in leading medical journals, and showed great courage and endurance to all who knew her. She wrote this book during the last two years of her life. 2002.Smart medicine for your eyes: a guide to natural, effective, and safe relief of common eye disorders
Par Jeffrey Anshel. 2011
Information about the eyes; sections on nutrition, herbal therapies, and homeopathic remedies. Discusses disorders of the eye and visual system,…
conventional treatments and self-treatments, eye care techniques, and refractive surgeries and vision therapies. c2011.Reporting royalty: behind the scenes with the BBC's royal correspondent
Par Jennie Bond. 2001
As the BBC's royal correspondent, Jennie Bond has covered many momentous events - among them, three marriage breakdowns, Camillagate, the…
Queen's annus horribilis and the death of the Princess of Wales, whom Jennie had met privately on a number of occasions. Included here is information from behind the scenes that has never been shared with the public before. 2001.Glaucoma: the complete guide : a patient handbook
Par Tina T Wong. 2011
One of the world's leading experts helps you navigate through glaucoma from diagnosis to the many treatment options. This landmark…
patient handbook stands out as both authoritative and readable, providing the critical information necessary to help patients. 2011.Pocahontas
Par Joseph Bruchac. 2003
Told from the viewpoints of Pocahontas and John Smith, describes their lives in the context of the encounter between the…
Powhatan Indians and the English colonists of seventeenth-century Jamestown, Virginia. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.People of vision: a history of the American Council of the Blind
Par James J Megivern, Marjorie Megivern. 2003
Chronicle of the forty-year-old advocacy organization, American Council of the Blind (ACB), including its split with the National Federation of…
the Blind in 1961. The work, based on the private papers of founding member Durward McDaniel and conversations with other ACB members, also explores earlier activism on behalf of blind people. 2003.Out of Muskoka
Par James Bartleman. 2002
The memoirs of James Bartleman, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, detailing his rise from poverty and discrimination to the top of the…
diplomatic and vice-regal life. Born in 1939, Bartleman grew up in a canvas tent and a series of uninsulated frame shacks around Port Carling, Ontario. An American millionaire on holiday in Muskoka paved the road to higher education and diplomacy. 2002.Les rois maudits d'Angleterre
Par Alain Bournazel. 2014
"Depuis Maurice Druon, tout le monde ou presque connaît la malédiction qui, pendant plusieurs générations, a frappé les rois de…
France après la mort de Philippe le Bel. Mais restent souvent ignorés les conflits qui ont secoué les souverains anglais et leur famille sur une période beaucoup plus longue. Tout commença autour du lit de mort de Guillaume le Conquérant pour se terminer six siècles plus tard avec l'avènement de la dynastie des Hanovre. Au cours de cette longue période, l'histoire de la monarchie anglaise est chaotique. Les dynasties se succèdent : Normande, Plantagenêt, Lancastre, York, Tudor, Stuart. Les querelles sont permanentes : haine entre pères et fils, entre frères, entre rois et reines. Les affrontements sont violents : déchéances et renversements de monarques, assassinats au sein même de la famille, martyres d'enfant, procès et exécution. Le royaume d'Angleterre apparaît comme le champ clos des règlements de comptes sanglants. Ces désordres se terminent avec l'avènement de Guillaume d'Orange en 1688. Le pouvoir échappe alors totalement au roi ; il relèvera désormais d'un gouvernement dirigé par un Premier Ministre et étroitement contrôlé par le Parlement. Puisant dans de nombreux ouvrages anglo-saxons, l'auteur nous entraîne avec vivacité dans ces six siècles de chaos. " -- 4e de couv.Les fantômes des Tuileries
Par Thierry Ardisson. 2016
Louis XVII, Napoléon II, Louis-Philippe II, Henri V et Napoléon IV, des fils de roi et d'empereur, élevés au palais…
des Tuileries pour devenir des Fils de France et qui ne montèrent jamais sur le trône. 2016.Le sceptre et le sang: rois et reines en guerre, 1914-1945
Par Jean Des Cars. 2014
" Habsbourg, Windsor, Romanov, les monarchies européennes sont au coeur des deux guerres mondiales. L'auteur propose des portraits et anecdotes,…
moments-clés, rencontres décisives et jeux d'alliances de ces années de conflit. " -- 4e de couv.Catherine the Great: portrait of a woman
Par Robert K Massie. 2012
Catherine was an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at 14 and rose to become one of the…
most remarkable, powerful and captivating women in history. In this book, this eternally fascinating woman is returned to life. 2012.Kids who rule: the remarkable lives of five child monarchs
Par Charis Cotter. 2007
They were queens. They were kings. They were kids. While boy king Tutankhamun was crowned pharaoh of Egypt at nine,…
and had homework that involved firing arrows from a moving chariot, being royalty wasn't all glory and bossing people around. Includes episodes from each regal childhood, elements of their country's history, and an "End of the Story" section on how their lives played out. Grades 3-6. 2007.King Edward VIII: the official biography
Par Philip Ziegler. 1990
A study of the life of Edward VIII, from boyhood to Prince of Wales, uncrowned King, in exile, and as…
Governor of the Bahamas. It also examines his relationships with George V, Queen Mary, the future George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Freda Dudley Ward, Wallis Simpson, Adolf Hitler, and Oswald Mosley. 1990.Journey to independence: blindness, the Canadian story
Par Euclid J Herie. 2005
Explores the history of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) - from the men who crafted its charter…
to the people who have made it a successful organization. Established in 1918, this organization has guided blind people out of a time of poverty and abuse, bringing them the same rights and freedoms as all Canadians. Millions of Canadians have been touched by the services it provides and by its message of hope. 2005.Imperial legend: the disappearance of Tsar Alexander I
Par Alexis S Troubetzkoy. 2002
In 1825, at the age of 48, Tsar Alexander, a sturdy man in excellent health, died under mysterious circumstances. Rumour…
had it that the Tsar had faked his death in order to shed the burdens of the throne, a position he had reluctantly assumed after his father was assassinated, and escaped into self-imposed exile. This book attempts to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Tsar Alexander I and offers up an explanation of what really happened to the leader of one of the world's most powerful nations. 2002.Blind vision: the neuroscience of visual impairment
Par Zaira Cattaneo, Tomaso Vecchi. 2011
Italian researchers examine the effects of blindness on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system. They demonstrate the…
ways other senses evolve to help compensate for the absence of sight. 2011.Big Bear (Extraordinary Canadians)
Par Rudy Wiebe. 2008
Big Bear was a Plains Cree chief in Saskatchewan at a time when aboriginals were confronted with the disappearance of…
the buffalo and waves of European settlers that seemed destined to destroy the Indian way of life. In 1876 he refused to sign Treaty No. 6, until 1882, when his people were starving. Big Bear advocated negotiation over violence, but when the federal government refused to negotiate with aboriginal leaders, some of his followers killed 9 people at Frog Lake in 1885. Big Bear himself was arrested and imprisoned. 2008.Beauties and achievements of the blind
Par Wm Artman, L. V Hall. 2003
An explanation, written in 1862, of blindness and its effects upon mental and physical development. It was the authors' hope…
to remove some of the obstacles to independence for the blind, and to provide the facts about blindness, to best guard against being misunderstood. 2003, c1862.Aliénor d'Aquitaine ((Livre de poche ; 5731).)
Par Régine Pernoud. 1965
" La postérité n'a retenu de cette personnalité féminine hors pair que d'avoir abandonné la couronne de France pour celle…
d'Angleterre, oubliant qu'Aliénor d'Aquitaine fut deux fois reine et mère de deux rois, menaça le pape et gouverna avec maîtrise et clairvoyance. R. Pernoud a voulu, en historienne, retracer sa vie dans un style romanesque. " -- 4e de couv.Victoria & Abdul: the extraordinary true story of the Queen's closest confidant
Par Shrabani Basu. 2017
'Victoria & Abdul' examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the…
empire and his influence over Queen Victoria at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen. It was a controversial relationship that led to near revolt in the royal household and one that survived the best attempts to destroy it. 2017.