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Paris to the moon
Par Adam Gopnik. 2000
In 1995 an American writer moved with his wife and young son to Paris, fulfilling a childhood dream. He recorded…
his expatriate family experience and views on French culture and society during their five-year stay. Bestseller. 2000.Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic
Par David Aaronovitch. 2000
In the last summer of the twentieth century a large man got into a small boat and went out to…
discover England, on its canals and rivers, from the Thames to the Trent, from Camden Lock to Skipton. This text is the story of where the author went, who he met and what he thought. 2000.Outrage: Canada's justice system on trial
Par Alex MacDonald. 1999
Macdonald, a former British Columbia attorney general, argues that natural justice is being thwarted in Canada's courts. Clogged courtrooms, procedural…
wrangling and ill-considered legislation, such as the Young Offender's Act, are causing criminals to go free as lawyers jockey for victory instead of justice. Macdonald offers his solutions to these problems in his sometimes humourously written, politically neutral book. 1999.Paddle to the Amazon: the ultimate 12,000-mile canoe adventure
Par Charles Wilkins, Don Starkell. 1987
A father and his two teenaged sons left Winnipeg in a 21-foot canoe and 23 months later, after travelling 12,000…
miles, arrived in Belam, Brazil. They had paddled amidst storms, pirates and drug smugglers down the Mississippi River, along the Gulf of Mexico to Venezuela and down the Amazon River to its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean. c1987.Open lands: travels through Russia's once forbidden places
Par Mark Taplin. 1997
An American diplomatic officer chronicles his travels through seven Russian cities and regions that were restricted zones prior to 1992.…
Describes the local scenes, people, and historical events that took place in these areas during the Soviet era. Descriptions of violence. c1997.One room in a castle: letters from Spain, France & Greece
Par Karen Connelly. 1995
Connelly writes of her travels and experiences in Spain, France, and Greece. Favouring letters because of the "sometimes funny, sometimes…
jarring intimacy" they create, Connelly has collected letters she has written to friends, to herself in diaries, and to the reader of this book. 1995.One man's justice: a life in the law
Par Thomas R Berger. 2002
Tom Berger is best known for championing aboriginal rights, including early advocacy work that led to the precedent-setting Nisga'a Accord,…
but he has also often represented those not well served by the legal and legislative status quo. In a career that spans four decades, Berger has taken on the challenge of many controversial cases in order to test or transform the application of justice within the law. c2002.Old Patagonian Express: by train through the Americas
Par Paul Theroux. 1979
The way from Boston to Patagonia, Paul Theroux discovered, was one of great contrasts - contrasts in people, in temperature,…
in scenery, in altitude, in attitude. Some of the trains were superb, most were deplorable. Parochialism and xenophobia were coupled with some of the most staggeringly beautiful sights in the world, and some of the most squalid. Throughout, he observed and experienced with a sharp eye, an unbiased mind, and ultimately, a vivid pen. 1979.Mariage gai: les coulisses d'une révolution sociale
Par Sylvain Larocque. 2005
Certains l'ont vu comme le plus important débat social de notre époque, c'est en tout cas une question déchirante, sur…
laquelle ont d se pencher la plupart des pays occidentaux. Ce livre raconte l'histoire inédite du mariage gai au Canada : la bataille des arguments juridiques et politiques, les stratégies secrètes et surtout les jeux de coulisses qui ont conduit à cette nouvelle avancée des droits de la personne. 2006.Notes from a big country
Par Bill Bryson. 1998
This book contains eighteen months worth of the author's popular columns about the strangest of phenomena - the American way…
of life. The text discusses the dazzling efficiency of the garbage disposal unit, the exoticism of having your groceries bagged for you, the jaw-slacking direness of American TV, and the smug pleasure of being able to eat beef without having to wonder if when you rise from the table you will walk sideways into the wall. 1998.Norway: the essential guide to customs & culture (Culture smart!)
Par Linda Davis March. 2016
North to danger
Par Walt Morey, Virgil Burford. 1969
Nexus (Littératures)
Par Henry Miller, Christian Séruzier. 2004
"Nexus", publié en 1960, devait être suivi d'un second volume, mais le projet de "Nexus 2" fut laissé en plan…
en 1962 après 112 feuillets. Ainsi, la conclusion à la trilogie "Crucifixion en rose" restera inachevée. Précisons que "Nexus 2" constitue la chronique des déplacements, en 1928, de Miller et de son épouse June dans divers pays d'Europe, dont la France, le Royaume-Uni, la Hongrie, etc. Les scènes érotiques abondent, et pas seulement avec June (nommée ici "Mona"). 2004.Nine lives: death and life in New Orleans
Par Dan Baum. 2009
A multivoiced biography of a dazzling, imperiled city, told through the lives of nine characters and bracketed by two epic…
storms: Hurricane Betsy, which transformed New Orleans in the 1960s, and Hurricane Katrina, which nearly destroyed it. Baum shows us what was lost in the storm and what remains to be saved. Explicit strong language, descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2009.Near myths: a love affair with Greece
Par John Ebdon. 1989
John Ebdon's affection for the Greeks is without stint, and his curiosity about them and their beautiful surroundings is boundless.…
As a wise old man from the island of Siphos once said to him, "You see Yanni, when a Greek is born, he follows life - and wins it. And then, Yanni, he enjoys life! Endaxi? OK? Bravo!". Not a bad lesson for any of us! 1989.Narrow dog to Carcassonne
Par Terry Darlington. 2005
Terry and Monica Darlington are intrepid pensioners who made the surprising decision to sail their canal narrowboat Phillis May, sixteen…
hundred miles across France and down to the Mediterranean, accompanied only by their whippet Jim. They took advice from nautical experts, who told them they would lose their boat and their lives (and, indeed, Jim). It is a true story of high adventure in France, England, Belgium and out at sea, as experienced by two innocents and a reluctant dog. Some strong language. 2005.My discovery of America
Par Farley Mowat. 1985
In 1985, when Mowat tried to enter the United States for a book promotion tour, he was barred by the…
McCarran Act, a 1952 law enacted during the McCarthy era. This book, told with outraged but good humour, describes Mowat's fight against the ban. 1985.Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon
Par Michael O'Brien. 2010
Bancroft Prize-winning British historian re-creates the forty-day journey by Louisa Catherine Adams and her seven-year-old son from St. Petersburg, Russia,…
to Paris during the winter of 1815. Provides an in-depth look at the early life of the future American first lady, wife of John Quincy Adams. 2010.Mississippi solo: a river quest
Par Eddy L Harris. 1988
A travelogue about the author's canoe trip down the Mississippi River, from its headwaters in Minnesota's Land of 10,000 Lakes…
to New Orleans. Includes the author's impressions, philosophical reflections, and personal recollections of a St. Louis childhood. Strong language. 1988.Les juges, quand éclatent les mythes: une radiographie de la crise (Collection Partis Pris Actuels #Vol. 3)
Par Rodolphe Morissette. 1994
Un reporter judiciaire livre ici une analyse pénétrante de la crise qui secoue la magistrature au Québec. Jamais a-t-on vu,…
au cours de la dernière décennie, autant de mythes entourant la magistrature tomber les uns après les autres. Une suite d'affaires récentes touchant les juges et la gestion des tribunaux a provoqué de vives réactions dans l'opinion publique. Quel rôle jouent les médias dans ce phénomène? "La saison de la chasse aux juges est ouverte" s'exclamait l'honorable André Brossard. Qui sont donc nos juges? De quels groupes d'intérêts sont-ils issus? Comment sont-ils désignés? Quel régime de sanctions encadre leur conduite? Voilà autant de questions auxquelles l'auteur fournit des explications sobres. 1994.