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Bach offers advice on how couples can keep their financial lives in sync, with strategies on such concerns as investments,…
retirement and insurance. Bach also believes that all couples (gay and straight, married and unmarried) need to identify values as well as goals as their first step toward achieving financial security. 2003.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.Seasons of hope: memoirs of Ontario's first Aboriginal Lieutenant-Governor
Par James Bartleman. 2016
James Bartleman, Ontario’s first Native lieutenant governor, looks back over seventy years to his childhood and youth to describe how…
learning to read at any early age led him to dream dreams, empowering him to serve his country as an ambassador. In time, Bartleman’s exciting and fulfilling career as a Canadian diplomat took him to a dozen countries around the world, from Bangladesh to Cuba, and from Australia to South Africa. After a vicious beating in a hotel room robbery in South Africa, however, he was forced to come to terms with a deepening depression. In the end, Bartleman found new meaning in life when he became the Queen’s representative in Ontario and mobilized the public to support his initiatives championing books and education for Native children. 2016.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.Rich dad, poor dad: what the rich teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not
Par Robert T Kiyosaki, Sharon L Lechter. 1998
A look at the difference between the rich and the not-so-rich, and why the rich have so much more money.…
Includes a look at the myth that you need a high income to be rich; what assets and liabilities really are; and how to make money work for you, not the other way around. 1997.Retirement guide for Canadians: an overall plan for a comfortable future (Self-counsel retirement series)
Par Henry S Hunnisett. 1993
A guide for Canadians who are at or nearing the retirement stage of life. The author, having experienced many of…
the problems and disappointments encountered by many retirees, attempts to answer the key questions people may have about how to plan for a fulfilling and financially stable retirement. 1993.Retirement's harsh new realities: protecting your money in a changing world
Par Gordon Pape. 2012
Pape zeroes in on the realities of retirement that confront Canadians, including collapsing pension plans, a tax system that works…
against us, pitiful savings rates, and the imminent changes to our retirement system as governments and corporations struggle with harsh economic, demographic, and social realities. Pape teaches you how to create a financial plan that works, pay off debt (and stay debt free), invest wisely, understand your pension plan, and minimize taxes. c2012.Retire rich: winning strategies for higher retirement income
Par Stephen Gadsden. 1999
One in five Canadian seniors lives below the poverty line. Here a financial planner shares tips on how to avoid…
this fate. Gadsden discusses how to calculate how much money you'll need to save, the six keys to retirement wealth, how to organize your finances as retirement approaches, and strategies for generating the largest retirement nest egg possible. Also included are case studies, sample forms, and checklists to help you get started on your way to retiring rich.Ready, set, grow!: a kid's guide to gardening
Par Rebecca Spohn. 2007
Practical advice equips children to grow fruits, vegetables, and flowers outdoors or indoors in a milk carton or even a…
paper cup. Readers learn how a seed grows, what tools to use, and how to prepare seedbeds; they learn about transplanting, weeding, watering, and dealing with pests; and they can even follow recipes for turning what they grow into what they eat. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2007.Ready set grow!: [quick and easy gardening projects]
Par Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff. 2010
Teaches young gardeners how to grow plants from seed, how to propagate plants, when to harvest seeds, how long different…
plants take to grow, what to do about pests, and much more. Features more than 30 simple gardening projects specially designed to be completed during summer vacation. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2010.Reader's Digest complete DIY manual
Par Noel Buchanan. 1995
This book is packed with DIY techniques and technology. It gives hundreds of ideas for the home, to fire your…
imagination and show you how with step by step descriptions. 1995. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.Raisin wine: a boyhood in a different Muskoka
Par James Bartleman. 2007
Recalls the boyhood years of Ontario's future lieutenant-governor, living in a dilapidated old house complete with outdoor toilet and coal…
oil-lamp lighting. As a half-breed kid, he was caught between two worlds. His Native mother's fight with depression flowed from that dilemma, while his father, a white, working class, guy who never had any money, made the best home brew in the village - and his specialty was raisin wine. 2007.Queesto, Pacheenaht chief by birthright
Par Charles Jones, Stephen Bosustow. 1981
Thought to be the last of the pelagic seal hunters, Jones is the hereditary Chief of the Pacheenaht people of…
Vancouver Island's west coast. In this memoir, complied with American film producer Stephen Bosustow, the Chief relives the fascinating odyssey of his people as they emerged into the modern Canadian way of life. 1981.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.En as-tu vraiment besoin?
Par Pierre-Yves McSween. 2016
En as-tu besoin? En as-tu vraiment besoin? Dans cet ouvrage capital où le chroniqueur affaires et économie de Paul Arcand…
passe dans son tordeur une quarantaine de sujets avec perspicacité et humour, cette question toute simple invite à revoir toutes les décisions qui ont un effet direct sur notre compte de banque. Au Québec, l'analphabétisme financier et la consommation à outrance influent négativement sur l'existence de chacun. Pour aider à voir les choses d'un oeil neuf, En as-tu vraiment besoin? place un miroir réaliste devant nos choix de vie et leurs conséquences. L'auteur y remet en question notre façon de dépenser et insiste sur la nécessité de se construire une marge de manoeuvre financière. Cette lecture ne laissera personne indifférent. Pierre-Yves McSween parle d'argent sans filtre et sans tabou, comme on ne l'a jamais fait auparavant dans un livre sur le sujet. Il propose de brillants mécanismes d'autodéfense contre la société de consommation et la naïveté financière. Avec deux grands objectifs en tête: définir le comportement d'un citoyen responsable financièrement; puis, donner au lecteur, enfin, un peu plus de cette liberté dont il a vraiment, tellement, carrément besoin. 2016.Plants are still like people
Par Jerry Baker. 1992
Baker is an advocate of the five P's of gardening - Pride, Patience, Persistence, Practice, and a little bit of…
Prayer. Filled with dozens of home-grown remedies for ailing plants and Jerry's special secrets for sustained gardening success, this readable guide puts everything you need to know about the loving care of your garden at your fingertips. c1992.Planting Noah's garden: further adventures in backyard ecology
Par Sara Bonnett Stein. 1997
In this sequel to "Noah's Garden", Stein writes of the many people she has met who, like herself, are attempting…
to restore nature to their own backyards. She also tells more about her own ongoing learning experience and gives instructions on gardening. 1997.Petit précis de ménage (Ma grand-mère faisait pareil. Hachette loisirs)
Par Anne Dufour, Catherine Dupin. 2012
La force de marcher (Chronique)
Par Wab Kinew, Caroline Lavoie. 2017
Ce qui nous pousse à avancer est l'extraordinaire récit de la vie de Tebasonakwut Kinew (ou Peter Kelly, comme l'avaient…
appelé les religieux au pensionnat indien). Père de l'auteur, ce chef Anishinaabe (Ojibwé) originaire du Nord de l'Ontario a vécu à Winnipeg. Le livre, d'un style limpide et réaliste, se lit comme un roman. Les aventures et mésaventures de Tebasonakwut Kinew, parfois tragiques, parfois drôles, sont l'occasion de raconter la vie de tout un peuple à travers les épreuves du temps, de la discrimination des années 1930 à la lutte pour le droit de vote et les droits civiques des années 1960. 2017. Titre uniforme: Reason you walk.Histoires de fric: comment éviter les pires erreurs grâce à celles des autres
Par Isabelle Ducas. 2017
Êtes-vous un voisin gonflable? Roulez-vous en carrosse sans en avoir les moyens? Êtes-vous dans un trou financier à la suite…
d'un échec en affaires? Arrivez-vous à la retraite peu après une séparation? Vos finances personnelles vous empêchent-elles de dormir? Êtes-vous esclave de vos paiements mensuels? Les nombreux cas véridiques présentés dans ce livre sont inspirés de la rubrique " Train de vie ", de LA PRESSE +. Des experts répondent aux angoisses financières des consommateurs et les aident à redresser leur situation, que ce soit concernant l'endettement, l'immobilier, les placements, la retraite ou tout autre sujet touchant leur porte-feuille. Ce livre ne vous rendra pas riche, mais il vous aidera à prendre le contrôle de vos finances en mettant l'argent à votre service. 2017.