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The damned: the Canadians at the battle of Hong Kong and the POW experience, 1941-45
Par Nathan M Greenfield. 2010
Fall, 1941. Almost 2,000 members of the Royal Rifles and Winnipeg Grenadiers were sent to bolster the British garrison at…
Hong Kong, but in the seventeen day battle for the colony following the attack on December 8, the Canadians suffered grievous losses. The second part of their story describes how the Canadians survived the horrendous conditions of Japanese POW camps. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and strong language. 2010.Portrait du Gulf Stream: éloge des courants : promenade
Par Erik Orsenna. 2005
Bienvenue au pays de la vie ordinaire: essai (Phares)
Par Mathieu Bélisle. 2017
Lecture attentive de la grande et de la petite histoire de ce pays ainsi que de sa littérature, cet essai…
brosse le portrait de l'homme québécois moyen dont le défi, qui est aussi celui de l'Occident, consiste à supporter la tension entre Sancho Pança et son maître, entre l'horizon prosaïque et le goût du vertige et de la verticalité. L'honnêteté intellectuelle et la bienveillante ironie de l'essayiste - qui se définit comme un généraliste formé par la littérature et qui avoue se reconnaître dans cet homme moyen -, la sobriété de sa prose et de sa pensée en font un guide sûr pour voyager dans un pays où la vie ordinaire est pour les uns un point d'arrivée et pour les autres un point de départ. 2017.L'homme révolté: Essai (Folio Essais Ser. #Vol. 15)
Par Albert Camus. 1951
L'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'elle est. La révolte est le mouvement de la vie. Inhérente…
à l'homme, elle manifeste sa grandeur devant l'absurdité du monde. L'auteur distingue révolte et révolution. La révolution se retourne contre ses origines et détruit l'humanité. 1985, c1951.Les odeurs (L'exception ; #7)
Par Alain Leygonie. 2016
Le langage est le seul outil que nous possédions pour décrire les odeurs. Impossible de les sculpter, de les mettre…
en musique, de les dessiner, de les peindre ou de les photographier. Patrick Süskind, qui sait de quoi il parle pour avoir consacré tout un roman au parfum (Le Parfum), prétend que notre langage ne vaut rien pour les décrire. C'est précisément en raison de cette difficulté qu'Alain Leygonie s'est lancé dans cette aventure. 37 odeurs abordées, les bonnes et les mauvaises. De l'odeur du fumier au parfum de la rose, en passant par l'odeur du tilleul, l'odeur de l'eau de javel, l'odeur d'Afrique, l'odeur du brouillard, l'odeur du feu de bois, l'odeur de la soupe, l'odeur de la poudre, l'odeur de l'argent, l'odeur de l'encens, l'odeur de la punaise et celle de l'eau de Cologne. Odeurs familières pour la plupart, choisies par la mémoire. Rien de tel que l'odeur pour restituer le passé. C'est à la recherche du temps passé de l'enfance en particulier que nous invite cet ouvrage. 2016.Helpless: Caledonia's nightmare of fear and anarchy, and how the law failed all of us
Par Christie Blatchford. 2010
February 28, 2006. A handful of protesters from the nearby Six Nations reserve walked onto Douglas Creek Estates, then a…
residential subdivision under construction, and blocked workers from entering. The occupiers, now in their fifth year, have been destructive, threatening, and violent, harassing the residents who live nearby and doing everything under the noses of the Ontario Provincial Police, who, often against their own best instincts, stood by and watched. Strong language and descriptions of violence. c2010.Un certain sens du ridicule: essais ((Collection Papiers collés).)
Par Mordecai Richler, Dominique Fortier, Nadine Bismuth. 2007
Chacun des quinze essais réunis dans ce livre est comme une fenêtre qui permet dembrasser un pan de lart et…
de la pensée de lun des plus grands écrivains québécois. Sil a été célébré dans le reste du Canada, Mordecai Richler (1931-2001) est toutefois encore largement méconnu dans la province qui la vu naître et avec laquelle, il faut bien lavouer, il a entretenu des rapports quelque peu problématiques. Au-delà des polémiques et des déclarations incendiaires, on découvre ici divers visages de lécrivain qui se fait tour à tour critique, diariste, chroniqueur, voire, par moments, philosophe, tout en restant grand pourfendeur de bêtises, didées reçues et autres rectitudes politiques. Le gamin de la rue Saint-Urbain qui rêve dailleurs en découvrant la littérature cède la place au jeune homme ébloui qui dévore Paris comme un fruit mûr, puis à lécrivain accompli, confirmé, dont la plume sest affinée sans rien perdre de son mordant. [...] -- 4e de couv.Une chambre à soi
Par Virginia Woolf, Clara Malraux. 1980
Un classique de la pensée féministe. Sujet-prétexte: les femmes et le roman. Point de départ (et point d'arrivée): si une…
femme veut écrire une oeuvre de fiction elle doit disposer de quelque argent et d'une chambre à soi (à soi seule). 1980.Pourquoi lire?
Par Charles Dantzig. 2010
Des conseils, des douceurs, des rosseries, et une conception de la lecture comme soeur de la littérature , toutes deux…
marchant ensemble dans un combat contre le temps. Une philosophie de la lecture qui fait s'exclamer, s'enthousiasmer, applaudir, et qui ne donne qu'une envie : (la) relire. -- couv.Where it hurts: essays
Par Sarah De Leeuw. 2017
A collection of personal essays, haunted by loss, evoking turbulent physical and emotional Canadian landscapes. Sarah de Leeuw's creative non-fiction…
captures strange inconsistencies and aberrations of human behaviour, urging us to be observant and aware. The essays are wide in scope and expose what--and who--goes missing. 2017. Uniform title: Essays.Veterans with a vision: Canada's war blinded in peace and war (Studies in Canadian military history,)
Par Serge Marc Durflinger. 2010
A history of Canada's war-blinded veterans and of the organization they founded in 1922, the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of…
War Blinded. Durflinger details the veterans' process of civil re-establishment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and social and personal coping, and describes their public advocacy for government pension entitlements, job retraining, and other social programs. Captures the spirit of perseverance that permeated the veterans' community, and highlights the impact made by the war blinded as advocates for all Canadian veterans and for all blind citizens. 2010.What is a Canadian?: forty-three thought-provoking responses
Par Irvin Studin. 2006
Studin approached leading Canadians from all walks of life - politics, the civil service, academia, literature, journalism, business, the arts…
- from both official language groups, and from all regions of the country, as well as from the Canadian diaspora, to tell us what they believe defines us. The answers to "What is a Canadian?" range from "someone who crosses the road to get to the middle" to "the citizen of a country badly in need of growing up" to "adaptable. To illustrate, consider the depth and breadth of the Canadian woman's wardrobe". 2006.They fight like soldiers, they die like children: the global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers
Par Jessica Dee Humphreys, Roméo A Dallaire. 2010
In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple to sustain,…
has unlimited versatility and incredible capacity for both loyalty and barbarism - children. Believing that no one should tolerate a child being used in this fashion, Dallaire has made it his mission to end the use of child soldiers. He provides an introduction to the phenomenon, as well as solutions to eradicate it. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2010.Une vie en plus: la longévité, pour quoi faire?
Par Joël De Rosnay. 2005
Coventry: essays /
Par Rachel Cusk. 2019
The author's first collection of essays about motherhood, marriage, feminism, and art both offers new insights on the themes at…
the heart of her fiction and forges a startling critical voice on some of our most urgent personal, social, and artistic questions. 2019.Extreme Abilities: Amazing Human Feats and the Simple Science Behind Them
Par Galadriel Watson. 2019
These people did what?! Join author Galadriel Watson as she takes us on a journey of discovery—a tour of the…
human body’s amazing abilities, featuring masters of muscle, speed demons, brain bosses, and more! Extreme Abilities is a fun and fascinating survey of what humans are capable of, with examples from around the world and throughout history. Short sketches of famous individuals, such as Louis Cyr and Usain Bolt, mixed with stories about the amazing physical feats of others not-so-famous, draw readers in and bring these astounding abilities to life in vivid color. Each chapter also features a section on how young readers can work at improving their own skills (and a section on how not to get hurt in the process), plus bite-sized related fast facts and sidebars. Easy-to-follow explanations of anatomy, physics, and other sciences are enhanced by Cornelia Li’s energetic and engaging artwork, and photos throughout further help to illustrate the awesome displays of the human body at work.Yoga Baby
Par Amy Hovey. 2019
Can you roar like a lion? Flutter like a butterfly? Stand strong and tall like a mountain? Then you can…
do yoga! This exuberant rhyming board book celebrates the simple joy of yoga and the natural shapes that even the littlest yogis and yoginis can make with their bodies. Poses such as happy baby, child's pose and downward dog are ones you will see children spontaneously explore from a very young age. Babies and toddlers intuitively know the movements that restore their bodies and minds. Yoga Baby celebrates this mindful playfulness with a diverse selection of babies doing what babies love to do: feeling good and having fun!Soap and Water & Common Sense: The Definitive Guide to Viruses, Bacteria, Parasites, and Disease
Par Dr Bonnie Henry. 2020
The definitive guide to fighting coronaviruses, colds, flus, pandemics, and deadly diseases, from one of North America’s leading public health…
authorities, now updated with a new introduction on protecting yourself and others from COVID-19.Dr. Bonnie Henry, a leading epidemiologist (microbe hunter) and public health doctor at the forefront of the fight against the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, has spent the better part of the last three decades chasing bugs all over the world — from Ebola in Uganda to polio in Pakistan, SARS in Toronto, and the H1N1 influenza outbreak across North America. Now she offers three simple rules to live by: wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough, and stay at home when you have a fever.From viruses to bacteria to parasites and fungi, Dr. Henry takes us on a tour through the halls of Microbes Inc., providing up-to-date and accurate information on everything from the bugs we breathe, to the bugs we eat and drink, the bugs in our backyard, and beyond. Urgent and informative, Soap and Water & Common Sense is the definitive guide to staying healthy in a germ-filled world.How to Solve a Problem: The Rise (and Falls) of a Rock-Climbing Champion
Par Ashima Shiraishi. 2020
From Ashima Shiraishi, one of the world's youngest and most skilled climbers, comes a true story of strength and perseverance--in…
rock climbing and in life.To a rock climber, a boulder is called a "problem," and you solve it by climbing to the top. There are twists and turns, falls and scrapes, and obstacles that seem insurmountable until you learn to see the possibilities within them. And then there is the moment of triumph, when there's nothing above you but sky and nothing below but a goal achieved.Ashima Shiraishi draws on her experience as a world-class climber in this story that challenges readers to tackle the problems in their own lives and rise to greater heights than they would have ever thought possible.Race with Me!
Par Robert Budd, Andre De Grasse. 2021
A celebration of sport — and Andre De Grasse’s positive, winning attitudeEveryone gets nervous butterflies. I don’t let that feeling…
stop me.I love the feeling of being proud of myself. I can only feel it by trying my best.My butterflies just mean I am excited to run.Lace up your shoes and get ready for race day with Canada’s 2019 Athlete of the Year, Andre De Grasse!Find out what it was like for him as an underdog, and how he motivates himself to face every challenge, in this inspiring celebration of sport.Filled with full-colour photos and illustrations, this book covers themes of reflection, mindfulness and gratitude sure to motivate all kinds of readers.