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Leonard Cohen

Par (auteur) Christophe Lebold
Catégories: Histoire de la musique

Leonard Cohen has aimed high: to be all Jewish heroes at once. Like Jacob, he struggled with angels. Like David, he sang psalms and seduced women. But he never ceased doing what he did best: going from ...

Half-Light

Par (auteur) Amy Kaler
Catégories: Récits de voyages
Séries: Wayfarer

Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to “go west,” Amy Kaler’s Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, ...

Halfway Home

Award-winning author Christina Myers navigates the uncharted territory of midlife in a time of rapid social, cultural, and environmental change.

Modern midlife is finding oneself halfway home but without ...

Quand les enfants tuent !

Qu’est-ce qui peut bien pousser des jeunes de onze, douze ou treize ans à commettre des actes d’une violence inouïe ? Qu’est-ce qui peut les amener... à tuer ? Blâmer les parents, la société, ...

The Mantle of Struggle

Par (auteur) Irving Andre
Avant-propos de David Austin
Catégories: Biographies (ouvrages généraux)

Rosie Douglas, former prime minister of Dominica, had a life unlike any other modern politician. After leaving home to study agriculture in Canada, he became a member of the young Conservatives, under ...

The Uncaged Voice

Freedom, truth, and justice are taken for granted in some countries. In others, they are aspirational. And yet in others, they are deemed justification for persecution, punishment, and silence.

Through ...

Instead

Par (auteur) Maria Coffey
Catégories: Mémoires

A compelling memoir about opting for adventure instead of motherhood, and the lifelong outcomes of that choice.

 

Instead captures Maria Coffey’s adventurous life through her biggest decisions along the ...

It's All about the Land

Par (auteur) Taiaiake Alfred
Édité par Ann Rogers
Avant-propos de Pamela Palmater
Catégories: Biographies (ouvrages généraux)

Illuminating the First Nations struggles against the Canadian state, It’s All about the Land exposes how racism underpins and shapes Indigenous-settler relationships. Renowned Kahnawà:ke Mohawk activist ...

Wrath of the Dragon

Par (auteur) John Little
Catégories: Arts martiaux

NO RULES. NO PROBLEM.

Bruce Lee remains the gold standard that all martial artists are compared to. But could he actually fight? World Champions in karate competition have gone on record to point out that ...

The Definition of Beautiful

Par (auteur) Charlotte Bellows
Catégories: Mémoires

Shortlisted for the 2024 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize

A stunning memoir of coming of age and recovering from anorexia in the 2020s

Charlotte Bellows wrote The Definition of Beautiful between the ages ...