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Le courage de changer
Par Charles Valois. 2009
Mgr Valois a été un acteur important dans la vie de l'Église du Québec. Il s'est toujours montré très attentif…
aux questions sociales, aux personnes défavorisées et au milieu ouvrier. Il a, entre autres, participé à la fondation du CEGEP Lionel-Groulx, a milité en faveur des expropriés de Mirabel et a mis en place de nouvelles formes de responsabilités pastorales pour les paroisses de Saint-Jérôme. -- 4e de couvThe crisis of Islam: holy war and unholy terror
Par Bernard Lewis. 2003
Princeton historian traces the roots of anti-Americanism in the Islamic world. Explores the conditions that led to terrorism in the…
west, including the Islamic Revolution in Iran, U.S. foreign policy, Soviet influence in the Middle East, and the role of Saudi Arabia in creating Muslim extremism. Bestseller. 2003Contes et légendes de la Côte-du-Sud (Mémoires d'homme)
Par Fondation Héritage-Côte-du-Sud. 1994
Recueil de treize récits d'après les textes de onze écrivains québécois. Les récits ont trait à des événements de la…
Côte-du-Sud; celle-ci couvre la région longeant le fleuve Saint-Laurent, de Beaumont à Kamouraska. Chacun des écrivains fait l'objet d'une biographie d'une page. [SDMDepuis le dernier livre du Nouveau Testament jusqu'aux scénarios-catastrophes de nos jours, une certaine psychose a toujours prévalu dans les…
mentalités. L'historien édifie le bilan panoramique de ces craintes et tremblements récurrents à chaque fin de siècle. [SDMGame of freedom: Mestre bimba and the art of capoeira
Par Duncan Tonatiuh. 2023
A meia lua whooshed in the air. The strike was evaded and followed with an aú. Two young men were…
playing capoeira in the middle of the roda. Bimba wanted to play too. Although it is debated when and where capoeira—an art form that blends martial arts, dance, acrobatics, music, and spirituality—originated exactly, one thing is certain: in the early 20th century, Brazil was the only country in the world where capoeira was played, and it was mainly practiced by people of African descent. In 1890, two years after Brazil officially abolished slavery, the game was outlawed. Wealthy, lighter-skinned society feared and looked down on capoeira, seeing it as a game for malandros—what people in power called the poor Black communities they disdained. But in the early 1920s in the city of Salvador, a man called Bimba would advocate for capoeira, and those who practiced it, to be treated with dignity and the respect it deserved. Inspired by pre-Columbian codices, Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of arguably the greatest capoeirista of all time, who fought to turn a misunderstood, persecuted Afro-Brazilian activity into a celebrated art practiced by millions around the worldThe days of two genders-male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink-are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now…
a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before are openly living their lives as transgender men or women, and many transgender people are coming out as neither men nor women, instead living outside of the binary. Gender is changing, and this change is gaining momentum. We all want to do and say the right things in relation to gender diversity-whether at a job interview, at parent/teacher night, and around the table at family dinners. But where do we begin? From the differences among gender identity, gender expression, and sex, to the use of gender-neutral pronouns like singular they/them, to thinking about your own participation in gender, Gender: Your Guide serves as "a warm, inviting guide to a complicated area" (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). Professor and gender diversity advocate Lee Airton, PhD, explains how gender works in everyday life; how to use accurate terminology to refer to transgender, non-binary, and/or gender non-conforming individuals; and how to ask when you aren't sure what to do or say. It provides the information you need to talk confidently and compassionately about gender diversity, whether simply having a conversation or going to bat as an advocateFils de bourreau: les confidences d'un enfant martyr
Par Patrick Gosselin. 2008
"Patrick est le fils aîné de Paul Gagnon, alias le "bourreau de Beaumont". Les médias l'ont baptisé ainsi à cause…
du degré inégalé de sadisme auquel il a soumis ses femmes et ses enfants. Beaumont, c'est la bourgade tranquille où Gagnon a été arrêté. Pendant son procès, en 1995-1996, à Québec, sa cruauté, tant physique que psychologique, a frappé l'imaginaire de la foule nombreuse qui se pressait quotidiennement dans la salle d'audience. En tant que fils aîné, Patrick est celui qui a le plus souffert de la cruauté et de la violence de son père. Interviewé dans le film Les voleurs d'enfance, de Paul Arcand, Patrick crevait l'écran. Le calvaire qu'il a vécu est comparable à celui d'Aurore, l'enfant martyre. De sa naissance jusqu'à l'âge de 13 ans, Patrick a été privé d'eau et de nourriture, battu à coups de barre de fer, ébouillanté, humilié, terrorisé, séquestré et menacé de mort. Il a vécu son enfance comme un otage qui attend son exécution, et ce, à la fin du 20e siècle, dans un pays civilisé... Aujourd'hui, à 26 ans, Patrick lève le voile sur son passé. Dans son autobiographie, intitulée Fils de bourreau, il explique les raisons pour lesquelles il a gardé le silence durant toutes ces années. [...]" -- 4e de couvInvictus: Nelson Mandela : son peuple espérait un leader, il leur a offert un champion
Par John Carlin. 2009
En 1985, Nelson Mandela, alors incarcéré depuis vingt-trois ans, entreprit de vaincre les partisans les plus impitoyables de l'apartheid, de…
ses geôliers jusqu'au commandement de l'armée sud-africaine. Il commença par gagner sa libération, puis remporta la présidence du pays lors de sa première élection libre en 1994. Mais il savait que l'Afrique du Sud était encore dangereusement divisée par presque cinquante ans d'apartheid. S'il ne pouvait l'unir rapidement, d'une façon viscérale et émotionnelle, son pays allait s'effondrer dans le chaos. Il lui fallait mettre en oeuvre tout le charisme ainsi que le discernement stratégique qu'il avait raffiné durant un demisiècle d'activisme, au moyen d'une cause que tous les Sud-Africains pouvaient partager. Mandela choisit l'une des causes les plus improbables que l'on pût imaginer : l'équipe nationale de rugby, les Springboks, allait accueillir le tournoi de la Coupe mondiale de 1995 . -- 4e de couvMaltraiter ou punir?: la violence envers les enfants dans les familles québécoises, 1850-1969
Par Marie-Aimée Cliche. 2007
"La violence envers les enfants a toujours existé et existe encore. Ce qui a changé, c'est la sensibilité de la…
société, le degré de violence qu'elle tolère. Pendant des millénaires, des éducateurs bien intentionnés ont enseigné comment user des punitions corporelles, sans en abuser. Au Québec, du milieu du XIXe siècle à la Révolution tranquille, cette légitimation de la violence se retrouve dans les revues familiales, les livres destinés aux parents et les conseils dispensés par les responsables des courriers du coeur. Deux dates ressortent dans l'évolution du discours éducatif et de la réalité vécue par les enfants : 1920, année du procès des époux Gagnon qui suscite une prise de conscience sans égale au Canada français, et 1940, avec l"apparition de "l'éducation nouvelle" basée sur la psychologie au lieu d'une interprétation littérale de la Bible. Peu à peu, les Québécois découvrent que non seulement la maltraitance s'enracine dans la pratique des punitions corporelles, mais que ces dernières constituent en elles-mêmes une forme de mauvais traitements. À quand l'abrogation de l'article 43 du Code criminel qui autorise encore l'emploi d'une force "raisonnable" pour corriger les enfants?" -- 4e de couvLa mal-aimée: 3 (Temoignage Ser.)
Par Élisa T.. 1996
"Après Des fleurs sur la neige et Un noeud dans le coeur, Élisa T. nous ouvre le journal intime de…
sa difficile recherche d'affection. Un témoignage d'une très grande franchise." [SDMA memoir of my former self: A life in writing
Par Hilary Mantel. 2023
THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel…
contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. "Ink is a generative fluid," she explains. "If you don't mean your words to breed consequences, don't write at all." A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Her subjects are wide-ranging, sharply observed, and beautifully rendered. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life popping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels—revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England; and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V.S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health that she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is her legendary essay "Royal Bodies," on our endless fascination with the current royal family. From her unusual childhood to her all-consuming interest in Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel's life in her own luminous words, through "messages from people I used to be." Filled with her singular wit and wisdom, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writersThe book of radical answers: Real questions from real kids just like you
Par Sonya Taylor. 2023
The go-to guide to growing up, rooted in radical self-love and body empowerment, by the NYT bestselling author of The…
Body Is Not an Apology . The Book of Radical Answers is a groundbreaking work of non-fiction by author and activist Sonya Renee Taylor that gives honest, empowering and age appropriate answers to real questions from young readers about health, sex, gender, race and justice. Steeped in joy and possibility, Taylor's writing assures kids that, as they mature, life will be fun, complicated, strange and wonderful, and most importantly, that they are amazing and have the ability to thrive with the inherent knowledge of their self-worthNirvana: The amplifications
Par Michael Azerrad. 2023
An audiobook reflecting on the meaning of the revolutionary band Nirvana, their leader Kurt Cobain, and the band's personal, musical…
and cultural contexts in the '90s. It has been three decades since Nirvana upended the pop cultural landscape with Nevermind, the landmark album that became the soundtrack of Generation X, capturing its confusion, frustration, and passion. In 1993, Michael Azerrad published what stands as the definitive biography of this revolutionary band and its star-crossed leader Kurt Cobain. Written with the band's complete cooperation—the only book to feature interviews with Cobain, bassist Krist Novoselic, and drummer Dave Grohl—it became a massive bestseller and, in the words of Cobain, "the best rock book I've ever read." Seven months after the book's original publication, Cobain was dead by suicide, making Come as You Are the only book-length record of the inner life and creative mind of one the most significant songwriters and musicians in rock history—a haunting and haunted artist whose influence continues powerfully to the present day. In this new work, a compelling narrative formed out of the annotations from The Amplified Come as You Are, Azerrad deepens our understanding of this legendary band. He solves former mysteries, reinterprets the key players and the time, investigates depression and other psychic traumas, debunks myths and legends, and offers celebrations of that pivotal moment in the mid '90s as he searches for the answer to the question: Why was this music so extraordinarily powerful? Vivid, evocative, and thought-provoking, this is essential not just for Nirvana fans but for anyone interested in the cultural legacy of the '90s. [Note: This is a unique narrative work created from the essay-like annotations for The Amplified Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana, excluding the underlying 1993 bookThe shadow of the sun
Par Ryszard Kapuściński. 2001
Polish journalist reminisces about his forty years of extensive travel in Africa, reporting on political and social change, hitching rides…
on back roads, and wandering with nomads. In "The Cooling Hell," he describes a trip to chaotic Liberia when it was at the mercy of warlords after Doe's assassination. Some strong language. 2001Get a life: you don't need a million to retire well
Par Ralph Warner. 1996
Advises the reader not to focus exclusively on finances when preparing for retirement, but also to consider such equally important…
factors as health, spiritual life, interpersonal relationships, and interests outside of work. Interviews with retirees illustrate the importance of this approachGandhi's passion: the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
Par Stanley Wolpert. 2001
Covers Mohandas Gandhi's childhood, legal training, and transformation into a Mahatma or "great soul," and the international attention that focused…
on his vision of nonviolence. Uses Gandhi's writings to explore his shift from turn-of-the-century campaigns against racial discrimination in South Africa to a leadership role in India's independence movement. 2001Includes instructions for balancing spending with what is needed for early retirement, structuring an income stream, choosing and setting up…
a prosperity plan, creating a private utopia, fully funding investment vehicles, retiring early even with kids at home, and making money last as long as you do. 1999Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
Par Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6The road to Kosovo: a Balkan diary
Par Greg Campbell. 1999
A reporter describes his solo sojourn into Kosovo in 1998 just when the Kosovo Liberation Army was becoming known in…
the West. Campbell had been to Bosnia in 1996 and wanted to ascertain the success or failure of the Dayton AccordsLa mère d'Édith
Par Édith Fournier. 1983
Récit-témoignage: l'auteure raconte les problèmes occasionnés par l'obligation de placer, en établissement de santé, sa mère atteinte de sénilité. Le…
récit comprend aussi les événements qui ont entouré la mort de la mère. [SDM