As a young Aboriginal man already embittered by his experience of racism, Keith Saunders saw his involvement in sport as a way of becoming 'a somebody' and maintaining his self-respect in the face of exploitation and injustice...
Biography
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Auteur:SAUNDERS, Keith BSommaire: - Auteur:Kember, LorraineSommaire:
Mesothelioma was the furthest thing from Brian Kember's mind when at the age of fifty two he began to experience shortness of breath. Exposed to Asbestos as a child living with his parents in the asbestos mining town of Wittenoom...
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Auteur:Nawaz, ZarqaSommaire:Zarqa Nawaz has always straddled two cultures. She's just as likely to be agonizing over which sparkly earrings will 'pimp out' her hijab as to be flirting with the Walmart meat manager in a futile attempt to secure halal chicken the...
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Auteur:Cariou, WarrenSommaire: - Auteur:Bégin, Monique, Rae, BobSommaire:
More than fifty years after most Canadian women received the right to vote, very few women were elected as members of Parliament and none came from Quebec. Canada's 1972 federal election marked a refreshing transition. Twice as many...
- Auteur:Ayotte, MartineSommaire:
L'enfance de Martine Ayotte lui a été volée. Alors qu'elle a à peine trois ans, un véritable cauchemar commence. Son père s'invite dans son lit au cœur de la nuit et abuse d'elle. Or cet événement ne sera...
- Auteur:MCKAY, Victoria MSommaire:
A biography of a West Australian achiever.
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From all four parts of Kurdistan and across the diaspora, Kurdish women from different geographical, political, and educational backgrounds pick up a pen, reflect, and remember. Going beyond exoticising stereotypes and patriarchal...
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Auteur:Christopher, MattSommaire:This biography gives listeners a courtside view of one of basketball's greatest legends as it traces Kobe's life from childhood to his five NBA championships to his successful career outside of the game to his tragic death.
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An absorbing study of the Kings and Queens of Britain and Scotland: from William I to Elizabeth II.
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Auteur:Buckley, Susan Washburn, Leacock, ElspethSommaire:Feel what it is like to participate in history as you follow in the footsteps of the young men and women who lived it. You will survive a harsh James Towne winter and battle the Redcoats in a Long Island cornfield; you will carry...
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Auteur:Lawley, KianSommaire:From personalities and entertainers Kian Lawley and Jc Caylen comes a completely wild and entirely true account of their rise to internet fame.
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Auteur:BERG, A. ScottSommaire:The remarkable memoir of screen legend and great theatrical personality Katherine Hepburn, as told to her chosen chronicler, Scott Berg. It is the culmination of 20 years of intimate conversations between author and subject, who...
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Auteur:Scovell, NellSommaire:Nell Scovell blows the doors off the male-dominated writers' room and offers a scathingly funny account of Hollywood's sexual politics.
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Auteur:MILLER, JohnSommaire:The author examines her life through her own words and diaries and through those of her contemporaries and critics. A picture emerges of a private woman admired and loved by her peers for her wicked sense of humour, her talent and...
- Auteur:Blais, Marie-Claire, Dorion, HélèneSommaire:
Voici une nouvelle édition de Jours de sable, premier récit d'un triptyque que complètent L'étreinte des vents et Recommencements. L'écrivaine Hélène Dorion nous émeut profondément avec sa prose lumineuse, alors...
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Auteur:Mann, Barney ScoutSommaire:Thru hiker Barney Scout Mann spins a tale of six hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2007 as they walk from Mexico to Canada, forming relationships and revealing deep secrets.
- Auteur:Rosner, AnnaSommaire:
Journeyman is a first-person biography of Ojibwe right-winger Jamie Leach, son of the legendary NHL superstar Reggie Leach. Follow the fascinating hockey trajectory from his childhood years watching his father play for Philadelphia...
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