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No axe too small to grind
Par Joey Slinger. 1985
Night field: poems
Par Don McKay. 1991
My shoes are killing me: poems
Par Robyn Sarah, Eric L Ormsby. 2015
Poet Robyn Sarah reflects on the passing of time, the fleetingness of dreams, and the bittersweet pleasure of thinking on…
the “hazardous … treasurehouse” that is the past. Natural, musical, meditative, warm, and unexpectedly funny, this is a restorative and moving collection from one of Canada’s most well-regarded poets. Winner of the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for poetry. 2015.New Europe
Par Michael Palin. 2007
Palin's New Europe takes the form of a journey through countries which have rich and complex cultures. Few have survived…
intact, as the ebb and flow of warring armies has continually changed the map of Europe. Starting in the mountains of Slovenia he travels down through Croatia and the former Yugoslavia to Albania before turning northwards to embrace Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, The Ukraine, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, the former East Germany, Poland, the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, opening up a new and undiscovered world to millions of viewers and readers. 2007.Follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. This drum, and forty…
other artefacts, were given away by a Canadian museum to an American Anishinaabe group that had no family or community connections to the collection. Many years passed before the drum was returned to the family. Matthews takes us through this astonishing set of events from multiple perspectives, exploring community and museum viewpoints, visiting the ceremonial group leader in Wisconsin, and finally looking back from the point of view of the drum. The book contains a powerful Anishinaabe interpretive perspective on repatriation and on anthropology itself. Winner of the 2017 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction. 2016.Nation maker: Sir John A. Macdonald : his life, our times, volume two : 1867-1891
Par Richard Gwyn. 2011
From Confederation Day in 1867, John A. Macdonald finessed a reluctant union of four provinces in central and eastern Canada…
into a strong nation, despite indifference from Britain and annexationist sentiment in the United States. Macdonald faced constant crises, from Louis Riel's two rebellions through to the Pacific Scandal that almost undid his government. Gwyn paints a portrait of Canada and its leaders through these formative years and also shows us Macdonald the man, as he wrestles with whether Riel should hang, marries for the second time, deals with the birth of a disabled child, and the assassination of his close friend Darcy McGee. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to “John A: the man who made us : the life and times of John A. Macdonald” (DC31710). Winner of the 2011 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. c2011.My Ariel
Par Sylvia Plath, Sina Queyras. 2017
A poem-by-poem engagement with Sylvia Plath's 'Ariel' and the towering mythology surrounding it. Where were you when you first read…
Ariel? Who were you? What has changed in your life? In the lives of women? In 'My Ariel', Sina Queyras barges into one of the iconic texts of the twentieth century, with her own family baggage in tow, exploring and exploding the cultural norms, forms, and procedures that frame and contain the lives of women. Winner of the 2018 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry (QWF). 2017.My experiences in the First World War
Par John J Pershing. 1995
Then General of the Armies chronicles United States involvement in the "Great War", from Woodrow Wilson's 1917 appointment of Pershing…
to command the American Expeditionary Forces in France, through the armistice in 1918. Won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for history under the title "My Experiences in the World War". 1995. Uniform title: My experiences in the World WarMove your shadow: South Africa Black and White
Par Joseph Lelyveld. 1985
"South Africa sates you with paradox," says journalist Lelyveld, whose profile of the country offers a view of its wide…
variety of inhabitants, including squatters near Cape Town, witch doctors in Soweto, and blacks in the Security Police. American involvement in South Africa undergoes close and critical scrutiny. Some strong language. Winner of the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. 1985.Muddling through in Madagascar
Par Dervla Murphy. 1985
Dervla Murphy and her 14-year-old daughter, Rachel, make their most accident-prone journey amongst "the most lovable people". The travellers set…
out on foot to Antsirable through the Ankaratra Mountains, then on by bush taxi and truck to discover that in Madagascar motoring is much more gruelling than walking. 1985.Mon coeur s'appelle Amazonie (Collection "Vécu")
Par Anne-Sophie Tiberghien. 1983
Mornings in Mexico
Par D. H Lawrence. 2009
In the 1920s, Lawrence travelled several times to Mexico, where he was fascinated by the clash of beauty and brutality,…
purity and darkness that he observed there. The diverse and evocative essays that make up "Mornings in Mexico" - "Market Day", "Dance of the Sprouting Corn", "The Hopi Snake Dance" - bring to life the elemental simplicity of the Zapotec Indians in Mexico. The intense, dark rhythms of the Indians in the American South West are brightly adorned with simple and evocative details sharply observed: piles of fruit in a village market, strolls in a courtyard filled with hibiscus and roses, the play of light on an adobe wall. 2009.Mountain year
Par Michael Joseph Murphy. 1964
The account of the year in an Irish mountain district, divided into twelve essays, describes the attitudes and characters of…
some of the people who live there. All his life Michael J. Murphy has lived within sight of Slieve Gullion. To him it does not represent just a large outcrop of rock, but a way of life. In his opening essay he shows how the personality of a mountain can dominate and influence the lives and living of everyone within its shadow, even the very fields. 1964.Mordecai: the life & times
Par Charles Foran. 2010
Mordecai Richler won multiple awards for adult and children's fiction, and wrote Oscar-nominated screenplays. His influence was larger than life…
in Canada and abroad. Foran describes Mordecai's life as young bohemian, irreverent writer, passionate and controversial Canadian, loyal friend, romantic lover, and devoted husband and father. Some descriptions of sex, some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. Winner of the 2011 Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction. 2010.Au pied du mur: au coeur de la Terre sainte en guerre : Paris, Jérusalem, Ramallah : petit guide à usage politico-spirituel
Par Marie-Pierre Samitier. 2010
Mai 2009, Marie-Pierre Samitier part pour un voyage en Terre sainte. Nous la suivons avec un groupe de pèlerins américains…
sur cette terre chargée d'histoire et revendiquée par deux peuples et trois religions monothéistes. À Jérusalem, Hébron ou Ramallah, nous visitons avec elle les lieux saints. Mais, surtout, nous découvrons un monde en guerre, où règne la peur, matérialisée par un gigantesque mur de béton. Quelques descriptions de violence. 2010.L'enfant des neiges: récit
Par Nicolas Vanier. 2004
Conquérant de l'impossible
Par Mike Horn, Jean-Philippe Chatrier. 2005
Mingan my village
Par Solange Messier. 2014
"Mingan my village" is a collection of 15 faces and 15 poems written by young Innu. Given a platform to…
be heard, the children chose to transport readers far away from the difficulties and problems related to their realities to see the beauty that surrounds them in nature. Winner of the 2013 Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec (5-11 years category). Grades K-3 and older readers. 2014.Meeting of generals
Par Tony Foster. 1986
Major-General Kurt Meyer of the German armed forces during World War II was charged as a war criminal for the…
murders of 43 soldiers. A court martial sentenced Meyer to death although no evidence was presented to prove he ordered the killings. 1987 winner of the Canadian Authors Association Literary Award. 1986.Éloge du voyage: sur les traces d'Arthur Rimbaud : [récit]
Par Sébastien De Courtois. 2013
" Voyageur au long cours, Sébastien de Courtois a suivi les traces d'Arthur Rimbaud à Djibouti, en Éthiopie, et jusqu'à…
Alexandrie, dans cette Afrique orientale où le poète a passé ses dix dernières années à chercher la vie loin de la littérature. Expédition sensible dans l'espace et le temps, Éloge du voyage superpose l'Afrique d'alors à celle d'aujourd'hui, l'Afrique vivante et celle des livres, en hommage à ce bord du monde mythique et envoûtant. " -- 4e de couv.