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The healthy boomer: a no-nonsense midlife health guide for women and men
Par Miroslava Lhotsky, Peggy Edwards, Judy Turner. 1999
Provides information and practical advice on such topics as: the male and female menopause; how to make a decision about…
hormone replacement therapy; alternative health care; preventing heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis; prostate health and impotence; healthy relationships and sex in midlife; weight control, exercise, and healthy eating; handling midlife stress. Some descriptions of sex. 1999.The bloody red hand: a journey through truth, myth and terror in Northern Ireland
Par Derek Lundy. 2006
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.Eminent Canadians: candid tales of then and now
Par John Fraser. 2000
Fraser examines the lives of Reverend John Strachan, Reverend Terence Finlay, George Brown, William Thorsell, Sir Wilfred Laurier, Jean Chretien,…
Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth, all eminent Canadians in his opinion, to see how the modern day people compare to their historical counterparts. 2000.A passage to Africa
Par George Alagiah. 2001
As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana - the first African country to attain independence from…
the British Empire. This is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope, insight and outrage. 2001.The private capital: ambition and love in the age of Macdonald and Laurier
Par Sandra Gwyn. 1984
A compelling account of private life in the age of Macdonald and Laurier. The author has used personal letters, diaries,…
scrapbooks, memoirs and social columns. 1984 Governor General's Award winner. c1984.The book of life: one man's search for the wisdom of age
Par Andrew Jackson. 2000
Jackson quit his job to travel the world with his wife, meet the oldest people alive and imbibe some of…
their knowledge. He describes nonagenarians and centenarians in Slovakia, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, America, Ecuador and Bolivia. In their meetings with the aged, they explore the changing world and the peaceful demeanour which has helped these survivors to live into their dotage. 2000.Spirituality and ageing
Par Albert Jewell. 1999
This work presents the experience of ageing as an opportunity for spiritual reflection and affirmation of life. The contributors are…
religious and spiritual leaders and ethical thinkers from a range of backgrounds. They define "spirituality" not just as a religious concept but as an answer to the natural human need for purpose, values and relationships - a sense of wholeness in life.Victorian girls: Lord Lyttelton's daughters
Par Sheila Fletcher. 1997
The four daughters of George, fourth Lord Lyttelton, were the nieces of the Prime Minister William Gladstone. Their letters and…
diaries enable us to know them and share their feelings in extraordinary detail; at home in Hagley Hall in Worcestershire; in fashionable London society; at country houses and on continental tours; in the schoolroom and embarking on courtship and marriage, and in happiness and adversity. The girls emerge in their own right as strong characters. 1997.The righteous: the unsung heroes of the Holocaust
Par Martin Gilbert. 2003
A collection of hundreds of stories of Gentiles who risked their lives to save Jews from deportation and death during…
the Holocaust. These people include the Greek Orthodox Princess Alice, who hid Jewish families in her Athens home; a Polish woman, "the Angel of Lvov," who worked closely with the Roman Catholic Church to obtain false baptism certificates; and Albanian and Bosnian Muslims, who disguised Jews to appear as members of their own families. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.The Halifax explosion: surviving the blast that shook a nation (Amazing stories)
Par Joyce Glasner. 2003
A boat full of explosives heads in to the harbour as a large cargo ship steams out to sea. What…
happened next, on a fateful day in December 1917, is etched in history. At least 1900 people lost their lives and 9000 were injured when the largest man-made explosion ever experienced ripped through Halifax and nearby Dartmouth. Panic reigned as the survivors struggled to comprehend what had happened. 2003.Escape from the Nazis: The Incredible And Inspiring Saga Of Two Young Jews On The Run In World War Ii Poland
Par Benjamin Mandelkern. 1988
George Grant: redefining Canada
Par T. F Rigelhof. 2001
George Grant was a public thinker who challenged conventional attitudes towards Quebec, national politics, justice, and the American empire; a…
teacher at McMaster and Dalhousie; and a private man who could be both eminently lovable and infuriating. 2001.The piano war: A True Story Of Love And Survival In World War Ii
Par Graeme Friedman. 2003
August 1939. On her summer break from her studies at the Royal Academy of Music, young South African pianist Olda…
Mehr and her parents leave London to visit relatives in Eastern Europe. A dreamy holiday descends into nightmare when Germany invades Poland, and the Mehrs find themselves, as Jews, caught up in Hitler's Holocaust. For Olda, Gestapo torture and the threat of the gas chamber are relieved by letters from her boyfriend, the artist-musician-doctor, Bennie Hermer, now a captain in the South African army fighting in North Africa. After the Allied disaster at Tobruk, Ben is imprisoned in the dusty, dysentery-ridden POW camp at Benghazi. Via infrequent Red Cross messages the couple keep their love alive, until awesome daring on both their parts leads to a startling conclusion. 2003.The small details of life: twenty diaries by women in Canada, 1830-1996
Par Kathryn Carter. 2002
The diaries of twenty different women from various points in Canadian history, covering 160 years, from 1830 to 1996. Each…
diary is a snapshot into a different time period. Includes short biographies on each woman. 2002.Walking since daybreak: a story of Eastern Europe, World War II, and the heart of our century
Par Modris Eksteins. 1999
Eksteins draws on his own family's story to illustrate the history of Latvia and the surrounding Baltic nations before, during…
and after World War Two. He discusses the effect that being squeezed between Russia and Germany has had on the country, the impact of the Russian revolution and the two world wars, and his own family's decision to immigrate to Canada.The storyteller: memory, secrets, magic and lies
Par Anna Porter. 2000
In this memoir, the author shares stories told by her grandfather while she was growing up in Budapest, describing how…
these tales of heroes, strife and survival give her a sense of personal history. She also tells of her own experiences, from hiding Jews in her basement during World War II, through the advent of the Communist era, the 1956 Revolution in Hungary, and the family's exile to New Zealand. c2000.Banvard's folly: thirteen tales of renowned obscurity, famous anonymity, and rotten luck
Par Paul Collins. 2001
History will always remember the Edisons, Einsteins and Darwins. But what about the others who had similarly revolutionary ideas, but…
who plummeted into oblivion? This title tells of the lives of 13 "losers", who achieved great heights in their lifetimes, only then to meet crushing defeats and be forgotten by history. 2001.Things no longer there: a memoir of losing sight and finding vision
Par Susan Krieger. 2005
Krieger, a sociologist and writer who is also losing her vision to a rare eye disease, goes bird watching in…
New Mexico, learns to use a white cane, revisits an old love, and returns to the summer camp of her youth, while reflecting on the nature of blindness and sight. She explains that that while outer landscapes may change, the inner visions persist, giving meaning and jarring the senses with a very different picture from what appears before the eyes. Some descriptions of sex. 2005.The complete idiot's guide to a great retirement for Canadians
Par Carolyn Janik, Ruth Rejnis, Bruce McDougall. 1996
The authors address the critical issues that we face as retirement draws nearer. They talk about how much money you…
really need in order to retire, how to get value from RRSPs, government programs, purchasing a retirement home, and estate planning.Titanic survivor: the memoirs of Violet Jessop, stewardess
Par Violet Jessop. 1998
Violet Jessop was a stewardess for first-class passengers on the "Titanic" when it sank on its maiden voyage in April…
1912. These memoirs give us a unique glimpse of life below decks, aboard a great ocean liner. We learn what life was like for those who worked on the ships: hilarious fellow stewardesses, cramped quarters, wartime alerts, impossible passengers, philandering shipmates, exotic ports, unrequited love and tragic deaths.