by Billy Graham (1997)
Hailed as "the world's preacher," Billy Graham has enjoyed a career that has spanned six decades and his ministry of faith has touched the hearts and souls of millions. In Just As I Am Graham reveals his life story in what the Chicago Tribune calls "a disarmingly honest autobiography." Now, in this revised and updated edition, we hear from this "lion in winter" (Time) on his role over the past ten years as America's pastor during our national crisis of the Oklahoma bombing and 9/11; his knighthood; his passing of the torch to his son, Franklin, to head the organization that bears his name; and his commitment to do the Lord's work in the years of his and his wife Ruth's physical decline. - Publisher.
Bobby Ellen Kimbel
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide career biographies of twenty-five American short story writers active in the years between 1910 and 1945; each with a list of principal works and a bibliography.
James L. Turk and Charis Wahl
"When Jack Layton died unexpectedly in the summer of 2011, millions of people mourned the loss of a man who had emerged as a much-loved political leader. They saw him as someone who combined values they shared with a personal style they admired. In this book, co-editors James L. Turk and Charis Wahl have gathered stories and anecdotes about Jack Layton from a wide range of people who knew him at different stages during his life and career. These contributions offer an engaging and informal biographical portrait of Jack as a young man in Hudson, Quebec, as a lecturer at Ryerson University, as a Toronto city councillor, and as the leader of the NDP. The contributors include family and friends, colleagues, politicians, and constituents. Among them are Ed Broadbent, Sarah Layton, Svend Robinson, Tim Flannery, Peggy Nash, Jean Charest, Brian Topp, Cathy Crowe, Libby Davies, Joe Mihevc, Brad Lavigne, Anne McGrath, Shawn Atleo, and Adam Vaughan."--Publisher.
Pef
Peut-on voyager à dos de baleine ? Quel est le meilleur remède contre l'insomnie : la lecture parcours ou la lecture par coeur ? Est-il possible qu'un rossignol de trois mètres de long offre un peu de lecture à notre oreille ? Que retenir de notre passage dans une "biblioville" ? Et que vient faire l'Homme au casque d'or de Rembrandt dans ce Petit éloge de la lecture ? De nos pieds au ciel étoilé, tout est lecture... Pef nous entraîne dans un voyage sans autre destination que celle du plaisir de lire.
Colette Boky
La présente biographie relate une carrière riche, autant à l'opéra qu'au concert et en récital. Le lecteur pénètre dans les coulisses parfois mystérieuses des maisons d'opéra. Colette Boky nous entretient de ses relations avec ses collègues, de sa conception des principaux rôles qu'elle a incarnés, de ses prestations devant maints personnages célèbres. Mais, plus encore, ces pages tracent le portrait d'une femme résolue, fonceuse, au franc parler, qui ne craint pas de mettre sa réputation au service de causes qui lui tiennent à coeur.