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Mais que lit Stephen Harper?: suggestions de lectures à un premier ministre et aux lecteurs de toutes espèces
Par Yann Martel, Emile Martel, Nicole Martel. 2009
Sous la forme de lettres envoyées au premier ministre du Canada d'avril 2007 à juillet 2009, la présentation de soixante…
livres qui rappellent l'importance de la littérature et de l'imaginaire comme moyens de connaissance de soi et du monde. 2009. Titre uniforme: What Is Stephen Harper Reading?Otages, de Beyrouth à Bagdad: journal d'un correspondant de guerre
Par Roger Auque. 2005
Journaliste depuis 25 ans, ex-otage français au Liban, détenu pendant un an par les intégristes musulmans, Roger Auque est depuis…
deux ans un correspondant permanent à Bagdad pour la chaîne info LCI, la télévision francophone TV5, RMC Infos, mais aussi pour des radios et des télévisions canadiennes ou suisses. Présent à Bagdad depuis janvier 2003, il nous relate, vu de Bagdad, le feuilleton des négociations pour la libération des otages, sa perception des différents intervenants autour de l'ambassadeur de France, l'équipée du député Didier Julia, le rôle crucial de Charles Marchiani, et nous fait partager son émotion lors de leur libération. Un moment qui lui rappelle sa propre histoire, sa détention à Beyrouth, en 1988, les lourdes séquelles qu'il en a gardées et la dépression qui s'en est suivie. 2005.Opposite contraries: the unknown journals of Emily Carr and other writings (The world Of Emily Carr Ser.)
Par Emily Carr, S. M Crean. 2003
Though she is best known for her paintings today, Emily Carr first gained recognition as the author of seven popular…
books. Gathered together are the previously unpublished writings from her journals, notebooks, and correspondence. Includes the complete text of the 1913 "Lecture on Totems". 2003.On fire
Par Larry Brown. 1996
Brown, having spent seventeen years as a firefighter in his native Oxford, Mississippi, quit to become a full-time writer. After…
several novels, including “Dirty Work” and “Joe”, he writes here of his years in the fire department. Arranged in short essays, these memoirs describe the experience of going into a burning building and his life in the firehouse and at home with his family. Includes strong language. 1996.Now this: radio, television-- and the real world
Par Judy Muller. 2000
A veteran radio and television correspondent describes her career as a journalist and single mother, juggling schedules to raise two…
daughters. Recalls starting out as one of the few women in the business and discusses some of the stories she covered, including the O.J. Simpson trial and the Columbine High School shootings. 2000.Ma chère petite soeur: lettres à Bernadette, 1943-1970
Par Gabrielle Roy, François Ricard. 1988
Ce volume rassemble 138 lettres inédites que Gabrielle Roy a écrites à sa soeur aînée Bernadette, qui était religieuse, entre…
1943, alors que la romancière en était encore à la préparation de "Bonheur d'occasion", et 1970, année de la mort de Bernadette. 1988.Notes from the rainforest
Par György Faludy. 1988
The entries in this diary, written at night in the silence of the forest, range from philosophical aphorisms to acid…
comments on the state of Communism, the excesses of the American way of life, and the characteristics of Canadian culture. Winner of the 1990 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. c1988.Navigating Nystagmus with your doctor: What You Need To Know
Par Edie Ann Glaser. 2008
In this first comprehensive book written for the patient with nystagmus and those who care for them, the topics include…
What causes nystagmus, How to get a good diagnosis, How nystagmus affects daily vision, and What various treatments are available, including optical aids, vision therapy, drugs, and a review of the recently developed tenotomy procedure. Also covers surgery, and includes references for further study and an extensive glossary and index. 2008.My spirit took you in: the romance that sparked an epidemic of fear : a memoir of the life and death of Thomas Eric Duncan, America's first Ebola victim
Par Christine Wicker, Louise Troh. 2015
Louise Troh--fiancée of Thomas Eric Dunca, the first man ever to die of Ebola in America--breaks her silence about her…
experience in this deeply moving memoir, chronicling the decade-long love story that starts in Liberia and ends in an isolation ward in Dallas, Texas. 2015.My friend Leonard
Par James Frey. 2005
James Frey pens the candid memoir of his recovery from drug and alcohol addictions with "My Friend Leonard". After a…
stint in jail, James is rocked by further tragedy. Teetering on the brink of breakdown, he turns to a friend from rehab, Leonard. A larger-than-life mobster, Leonard becomes James' loyal and generous adoptive father, teaching him to "live boldly." 2005.My name escapes me: the diary of a retiring actor
Par Alec Guinness. 1996
The diary of Alec Guinness spans eighteen months to June 1996. Certain interests recur: theatre and film; books and paintings;…
the church; food and drink; and the delights of being at home with his wife. He also brings memories and anecdotes from his long and distinguished acting career. 1996.Murder in Brentwood
Par Mark Fuhrman. 1997
A former Los Angeles Police Department detective chronicles his June 13, 1994 investigation of the murders of Nicole Simpson and…
Ron Goldman. He recounts his testimony in the O.J. Simpson trial, as well as his own subsequent trial for perjury. The author maintains he was targeted as a scapegoat in the Simpson case. Descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 1997.Music in every room: around the world in a bad mood
Par John Krich. 1984
This account of the author's travels through Southeast and South Asia and the Middle East focuses on the harsh realities…
of poverty and disease. Romantic visions of the mysterious and enlightened East are seen as silly illusions that obscure the hard struggle to survive. Some strong language. 1984.Motorcycle masala: travels through India
Par Peter Riordan. 1999
During their travels around India on a motorcycle Peter and his friend Stephanie braved murderous truck drivers, were troubled by…
breakdowns and saw much of the backwaters of India often missed by tourists. 1999.Missing men: a memoir
Par Joyce Johnson. 2004
Author Johnson recounts three life-defining relationships with the men who mattered most to her. She begins with her grandfather, for…
whom she was named, but who committed suicide before she was born. Following a career as a child actress, complete with an overbearing stage mother who ruined her relationship with her father, she describes her two difficult marriages to painters. A self-portrait that examines - from a woman's perspective - the far-reaching reverberations of being fatherless. Some descriptions of sex. 2004.Moments of reprieve
Par Primo Levi. 1986
These stories recount the rare moments during Primo Levi's stark existence in Auschwitz when he came across an act of…
sheer beauty, an instant of light in the grey monotone, mostly when someone, even in these conditions of ultimate servitude, could and did behave with human decency: an old Jew retelling the stories of Lilith, a stolen radish to prove an honest man could steal, and a barracks chief who appreciated the meaning of Yom Kippur. 1986.Douces colères: journal
Par Gil Courtemanche. 1989
Avec une verve piquante et souvent corrosive, l'auteur exprime ses opinions sur la société, sur la politique et les hommes…
politiques, sur le journalisme et les médias d'information, sur le syndicalisme, sur la langue, sur l'éducation, etc. Malgré certains jugements excessifs, cet ouvrage comporte beaucoup d'éléments intéressants qui plairont à certains et en irriteront d'autres, selon les idéologies personelles de chacun.Les geishas, ou, Le monde des fleurs et des saules
Par Robert Guillain. 1988
Très peu d'Occidentaux sont parvenus à pénétrer et à comprendre le monde secret des geishas japonaises. Robert Guillain, qui a…
vécu 40 ans en Asie, nous livre sur cet univers un témoignage sans précédent. 1988.Mendiant de l'infini: fragments nomades : récit
Par André Carpentier. 2002
En juin 2000, André Carpentier, professeur au département d'études littéraires de l'UQAM, part à la conquête du mythique mont Kaislash,…
au Tibet. Bien loin du trekking ou du périple spirituel, l'aventure de Carpentier est celle d'un pèlerin du nouveau siècle, à la fois personnelle et branchée sur l'universel. Résultat : un magnifique récit de voyage rédigé sans prétention dans une langue d'une richesse peu commune. 2002.Mirrors of the unseen: journeys in Iran
Par Jason Elliot. 2006
This is an exploration of the immensely rich heritage of Persian culture and a unique portrait of contemporary Iran. In…
it, we are introduced to the hair-raising streets of Tehran, and ponder the sublime architecture of Isfahan; we travel on horseback through the forests of the north, across the bleak landscapes of Kurdistan, and re-trace Robert Byron's steps to the sites of the nation's most fabled monuments. 2006.