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Nouvel éloge de la folie: essais édits & inédits (Lettres anglo-américaines)
Par Alberto Manguel, Christine Le Boeuf. 2011
Essai sur le thème de l'authentique lecture, présentée comme la métamorphose d'un moi qui mute sous l'effet d'un texte et…
qui constitue un moyen de devenir plus sage. 2011. Titre uniforme: A reader on reading.On tue les vieux (Enquête)
Par Christophe Fernandez. 2006
Placée dans le seul contexte économique, la vieillesse n'est plus envisagée qu'en termes de contraintes, de charges et d'inutilité. La…
grande défausse des Etats permet un véritable génocide gériatrique sans culpabilité, parce que lorsqu'on est vieux on doit mourir. Un génocide silencieux perpétré grâce aux incohérences et aux maltraitances qui font tous les ans plus de morts que la canicule. De la prise en charge défaillante des vieux aux urgences à l'hécatombe des mauvaises orientations, sans parler des euthanasies, " tellement courantes, dit un médecin, que pour s'en convaincre il suffit d'aller dans les hôpitaux ", tout contribue à accélérer leur fin. Ceux qui survivent à l'hôpital se retrouvent dans des maisons de retraite inadaptées à leur prise en charge. Abandonnés sans soins dans des établissements sous-dotés en personnel, les vieux dénutris, sous-médicalisés et surmédicamentés ne font pas long feu. La justice ne condamne que rarement ces " dysfonctionnements institutionnels ". La vie d'un vieux, au pire, ça vaut deux ans avec sursis. L'Etat se désengage d'autant plus volontiers du problème qu'il veut privatiser le secteur. Reste à savoir à qui profite le crime...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.Old age: Journey Into Simplicity
Par Helen M Luke. 1987
The author's philosophical journey through attitudes on aging draws inspiration from the classics. Creatively employing the language and ideas of…
Homer, Shakespeare, Dante, Eliot and others, she considers how to grow old with grace, intelligence and humour. 1987.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.Odd jobs: essays and criticism
Par John Updike. 1992
This 4th collection of nonfictional prose is probably the richest yet. Over the years Updike has gallantly coped with many…
"odd jobs", and these are some of them. The opening section "Fairly personal" follows him to Finland, Boston and Pennsylvania, while the central section "Mostly literary", pays tribute to older masters and fellow novelists. "Literally personal" contains an appendix of Updike's comments on his own works and endeavours. 1992.Le camp des femmes: Ravensbruck (Collection Dossiers et documents)
Par Christian Bernadac. 1980
Ravensbruck est unique. Seul camp de concentration réservé aux femmes, il fut un enclos de travail et d'extermination pour des…
dizaines de milliers de femmes. L'auteur a préféré laisser la parole à celles qui furent les personnages réels de cette monstrueuse tragédie de l'histoire, les déportées. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1980.Nationalité et modernité: Essai
Par Daniel Jacques. 2005
L'auteur a pour but de penser la nation d'un point de vue philosophique; il cherche à établir quelle peut être…
la légitimité politique de la nation dans un contexte démocratique. Prix Victor Barbeau. 2005.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.Not that bad: dispatches from rape culture
Par Roxane Gay. 2018
Cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay presents a collection of essays that explore what it means to live in…
a world where women are frequently belittled and harassed due to their gender, and offers a call to arms insisting that "not that bad" must no longer be good enough. 2018.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.Nobody knows my name: more notes of a native son
Par James Baldwin. 2017
Naissance de la vieillesse
Par Claude Olievenstein. 1999
Longue méditation sur le sens du vieillissement "Heureux ceux qui au lieu de se recroqueviller, savent, veulent, profiter de la…
vieillesse. Si on perd des capacités, on en gagne d'autres." 1998, c1999.Next: petit livre sur la globalisation et le monde à venir
Par Alessandro Baricco, Françoise Brun. 2002
Ce livre est né en 2001 lors du G8 qui a eu lieu à Gênes. Il s'agit de quatre articles…
remaniés et enrichis qui furent précédemment publiés dans 'Repubblica'. L'auteur tente de "comprendre ce qu'est la globalisation, en se servant des contributions des experts et d'une bonne dose d'ingénuité". Un petit voyage qui n'a pas pour objectif de faire le tour de la question, mais qui arrive à démolir les idées préconçues et propose des avenues à explorer. Beaucoup d'humour, d'exemples et de compassions. 2002.Native: dispatches from an Israeli-Palestinian life
Par Sayed Qashu. 2016
An Arab-Israeli, Kashua started writing (in Hebrew) with the hope of creating one story that both Palestinians and Israelis could…
relate to, rather than two that cannot coexist together. Here he writes about his children’s upbringing and encounters with racism, fatherhood and married life, the Jewish-Arab conflict, his professional ambitions, travels around the world as an author, and his love of books and literature. He reflects on social and cultural dynamics as experienced by someone who straddles two societies. 2016. Uniform title: Ben Haaretz.My life with Bob: flawed heroine keeps book of books, plot ensues
Par Pamela Paul. 2017
For twenty-eight years, Pamela Paul has been keeping a diary that records the books she reads, rather than the life…
she leads. Or does it? Over time, it's become clear that this Book of Books, or Bob, as she calls him, tells a much bigger story. For Paul, books reflect her inner life-- her fantasies and hopes, her dreams and ideas. And her life, in turn, influences which books she chooses, whether for solace or escape, diversion or self-reflection, information or entertainment. "My Life with Bob" isn't about what's in those books; it's about the relationship between books and readers. A testament to the power of books to provide the perspective, courage, companionship, and ultimately self-knowledge to forge our own path. 2017.Ten short years ago, Barack Obama became president of the United States, and changed the course of history. Ten short…
years ago, our America was hailed globally as a breathtaking example of democracy, as a rainbow coalition of everyday people marching to the same drum beat. We had finally overcome. But did we? Both the presidencies of Obama and Donald Trump have produced some of the ugliest divides in history: horrific racial murders, non-stop mass shootings, the explosion of attacks on immigrants and on the LGBTQ community, the rise of anti-Semitism and Islamophobia, a massive gap between the haves and the have-nots, and legions of women stepping forth to challenge sexual violence-and men-in all forms. In this collection of 13 essays, the author interweaves brutally honest personal stories with the saga of America, then and now. 2018.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.