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Saturday Night lives: selected diaries
Par John Fraser. 1994
From 1987 to 1994, John Fraser was editor of "Saturday Night" magazine. "Saturday Night Lives!" is a selection of his…
monthly diaries, in which he wrote whatever was on his mind. The diaries offer commentaries on Canada's political and cultural life, satires on the depopulation of Atlantic Canada, take-offs of Revenue Canada's income tax guides, and much more. The first and final diaries are narrated by John Fraser himself. c1994.Reiki: un pont entre deux mondes
Par Paulette Gagnon, Nathalie Lachanche, André DeLadurantaye. 1995
Ronfleurs, réveillez-vous!: conseils et traitements pour les ronfleurs et leurs victimes
Par Jacques Piché. 1996
Le ronflement est une maladie du système respiratoire qu'il ne faut pas prendre à la légère. L'auteur, oto-rhino-laryngologiste de renommée…
internationale, nous expose toutes les questions qui s'y rapportent et les solutions pour y remédier, depuis les trucs simples jusqu'au traitement au laser. Ce livre, écrit dans un style accessible à tous, est recommandé aux ronfleurs de même qu'à leurs victimes.Rencontrer ses peurs: une voie de passage vers l'amour de soi
Par Marilou Brousseau, Marcel Lebœuf. 2014
" Marilou Brousseau et Marcel Leboeuf ont entrepris de nous livrer leur propre voyage dans les sentiers de la peur…
et d'en tirer pour nous d'ultimes leçons permettant de l'apprivoiser et de la guérir avant qu'elle ne devienne chronique ou invalidante. "-- 4e de couv.Rémission radicale: survivre au cancer malgré les pires pronostics : les 9 facteurs clés chez ceux qui s'en sortent
Par Paulette Vanier, Kelly A Turner. 2016
Kelly A. Turner, chercheuse, spécialisée en oncologie et consultante en médecine intégrative, a analysé plus de 1000 cas de rémission…
radicale consignés dans des publications médicales. Elle a aussi parcouru le globe pour interviewer une centaine de thérapeutes alternatifs. Au fil de ses recherches, elle a ainsi répertorié 75 facteurs physiques, émotionnels et spirituels ayant joué un rôle dans le processus de guérison. L'auteure est parvenue à définir 9 facteurs clés mis en oeuvre par les survivants. Pour chacun, elle expose les études scientifiques les plus récentes, les traitements complémentaires existants et le témoignage d'authentiques cas de rémission radicale. Elle propose finalement une liste pratique de mesures à adopter pour la personne souffrant d'un cancer et son entourage. Écrit par une scientifique, l'ouvrage présente une approche globale et proactive, en plus des traitements médicaux classiques. 2016. Titre uniforme: Radical remission.Relire sa vie: 21 récits pour vous guider
Par Marie-Paule Dessaint. 2014
" Que l'on frôle la quarantaine ou que l'on fête ses 80 printemps, chaque étape de l'existence nous place devant…
des interrogations et des défis particuliers. Pour y voir clair, Marie-Paule Dessaint propose de relire sa vie. Elle a réuni 21 récits qu'elle livre en intégralité afin de saisir la nature de l'exercice et d'en apprécier les bénéfices. En contrepoint, elle expose les caractéristiques et enjeux de chaque âge à partir du mitan : activité professionnelle, vie affective, familiale, santé, spiritualité, retraite" -- 4e de couv.Sailing through China
Par Paul Theroux. 1983
American novelist and travel writer sails down the Yangtze River in China along with thirty-three Americans, mostly millionaires, on an…
exclusive Lindblad tour. Theroux offers prose pictures of the river's industry-fouled cities and villages, the countless junks and sampans, the spectacular gorges, the endless views of Chinese people tilling the half-dead fields, plus acerbic sketches of his rich companions. Some strong language. 1984, c1983.Sailing home: a journey through time, place & memory
Par Gary Geddes. 2001
Poet, writer, and critic, Gary Geddes, sets out to discover his roots in a 31-foot British sailing sloop called the…
Groais. Sailing up British Columbia's famed Inside Passage, an ancient sea route of nearly one thousand miles and an often turbulent waterscape, Geddes discovers a vibrant history, livelihoods come and gone, dramatic scenery, and ghosts of the past. 2001.Ruth Montgomery, herald of the new age: Herald Of The New Age
Par Ruth Shick Montgomery, Joanne Garland. 1986
Runaway: diary of a street kid
Par Evelyn Lau. 1989
In 1986, at the age of 14, Evelyn Lau ran away from her strict and traditional parents who refused to…
accept her passion for writing. This book is based on the journal she kept during her two years on the streets of Vancouver. She explores the physical and emotional struggles of a young girl coping in a world of drugs, prostitution and attempted suicide. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1989.Rollercoaster: a cancer journey : re-inventing myself after diagnosis
Par Wayne Tefs. 2002
When teacher and author Wayne Tefs was diagnosed with a relatively unknown form of cancer, he decided to chronicle his…
journey from the onset of the disease, his shock at the diagnosis, his spiritual struggle, and his eventual learning to live with it. Tefs also describes his encounters with a wide spectrum of people whose varied reactions gave him the necessary combination of hope and anger to carry on. Some strong language. 2002.Rowed trip: from Scotland to Syria by oar
Par Colin Angus, Julie Angus. 2009
2006. Adventurers Julie and Colin Angus were checking a map of Europe when Julie noticed an interconnected water route from…
Colin's parents' homeland of Scotland past her mother's homeland, Germany, and on to her father's, Syria. What started as a funny idea of rowing to visit relatives resulted in an odyssey by oar (and bike) where Julie and Colin tested their relationship while exploring their roots. Some strong language. 2010, c2009.Rolling home: a cross-Canada railroad memoir
Par Tom Allen. 2001
Tom Allen travels with his family and alone, from Halifax to the interior of British Columbia, riding everything from a…
two-car dayliner held together with duct tape to a luxury rail cruiser through the Rockies that is packed with wealthy tourists. Along the way, he meets honeymooners and abandoned spouses, ordinary folk and deranged passengers, and veteran railwaymen who sustain pride in their work despite the massive cuts to their industry. Allen weaves his own memories of railroad travel with a family narrative past and present, all the while conjuring the drama, the disappointments, and the magic of Canada's railway history. 2001.Ride the rising wind: one woman's journey across Canada
Par Barbara Bradbury Kingscote. 2006
In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for…
the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later. After travelling 4,000 miles, she discovered both herself and her country on the journey of a lifetime. 2006.Revoir Hélène
Par Bertrand De Jouvenel. 1986
Hélène De Jouvenel est atteinte d'un cancer. Pendant trois ans, Bertrand, son mari, tiendra son journal personnel et lui confiera…
ses sentiments, ses angoisses et l'amour profond qu'il éprouve pour celle qui a partagé sa vie. 1986.Rex: a mother, her autistic child, and the music that transformed their lives
Par Cathleen Lewis. 2008
How can an 11-year old boy hear a Mozart fantasy for the first time and play it back perfectly, but…
struggle to navigate the familiar surroundings of his own home? Lewis shares the mystery of her son Rex, blind and autistic, and the highs, lows, hopes, dreams, joy, sorrows, and faith she has journeyed through with him. 2008.Rex: an autobiography
Par Rex Harrison. 1975
Rethinking normal: a memoir in transition
Par Ariel Schrag, Katie Rain Hill. 2014
Katie never felt comfortable in her own skin. She realized very young that a serious mistake had been made; she…
was a girl who had been born in the body of a boy. Suffocating under her peers’ bullying and the mounting pressure to be “normal,” Katie tried to take her life at the age of eight years old. After several other failed attempts, she finally understood that “Katie” - the girl trapped within her - was determined to live. She reflects on her pain-filled childhood and the events leading up to the life-changing decision to undergo gender reassignment as a teenager. She reveals the unique challenges she faced while unlearning how to be a boy and shares what it was like to navigate the dating world and experience heartbreak. For senior high readers and older. 2014.Redefining realness: my path to womanhood, identity, love & so much more
Par Janet Mock. 2014
In 2011, Marie Claire magazine published a profile of Janet Mock in which she stepped forward for the first time…
as a trans woman. This memoir follows her quest for identity, from her early gender conviction to a turbulent adolescence in Honolulu that found her transitioning through the halls of her school, self-medicating with hormones at fifteen, and flying across the world for sex reassignment surgery at just eighteen. With unflinching honesty, Mock uses her own experience to impart vital insight about the unique challenges and vulnerabilities of trans youth and brave girls like herself. c2014.Tracy reveals how every one of us is engineered for success, and with the right focus, can re-make ourselves and…
put an end to the chronic stress, unhappiness, and dissatisfaction we might feel in our careers and lives. 2009.