From the 1950s to the 1970s, the Canadian government relocated people living in rural and urban communities, often against their will, in order to alleviate the all-too-common lack of social services and economic opportunities. Moved by...
Psychological aspects
- Author:Loo, TinaSummary:
- Author:Zimmerman, VickySummary:
When her life falls apart on the eve of her 40th birthday, Kate Parker finds herself volunteering at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. There she meets 97-year-old Cecily Finn. Cecily's tongue is as sharp as her mind, but...
- Author:Kallio, WayneSummary:
Tells the true story of this middle-class couple's face-to-face battle with schizophrenia.
- Author:Mortensen, Kurt W.Summary:
Mortensen reveals the specific skills, traits, and attributes associated with charisma that you can learn, develop, and master.
- Author:Murphy, JosephSummary:
This compilation of Murphy's lectures includes inspiring real-life examples of how people have transformed their lives by unleashing the extraordinary mental powers at everyone's disposal.
- Author:Tracy, BrianSummary:
In Master Strategies for Higher Achievement, Brian Tracy provides advice and challenges that will help you move to the next level, to increase your personal value, and with it your personal fortune. You'll learn the master skills of...
- Author:Frankl, Viktor E.Summary:
Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including...
- Author:Homel, DavidSummary:
In 1970, when he travelling in Spain as an 18-year-old, David Homel took a false step and ended up in pieces at the foot of a cliff. After a spell in a Spanish hospital, he was gathered up in the arms of a nearby US military hospital...
- Author:Kloots, Anna, Kloots, AmandaSummary:
Amanda Kloots reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband, Broadway star and Tony nominee Nick Cordero, whose public battle with Covid-19 and tragic death made headlines around the world.
- Author:Kazbek, KatyaSummary:
An arresting coming of age, an exploration of gender, a modern folktale, a powerful portrait of a family--Katya Kazbek breaks out as a new voice to watch. When Mitya was two years old, he swallowed his grandmother's sewing needle....
- Author:Deits, BobSummary:
Loss can be overwhelming, and recovery sometimes seems terribly daunting, if not impossible. But Bob Deits demonstrates that the only way past grief is through it. In this newly revised edition of "Life after loss," Deits offers sound...
- Author:Kastor, DeenaSummary:
From an Olympic medalist runner and the record-holder in the women's marathon and half-marathon, a lyrical, inspirational memoir on how harnessing the power of the mind can unlock hidden potential. Deena Kastor was a star youth...
- Author:Methot, SuzanneSummary:
Exploring intergenerational trauma in Indigenous communities--and strategies for healing--with provocative prose and an empathetic approach. Indigenous peoples have shockingly higher rates of addiction, depression, diabetes, and other...
- Author:Marie-France GaumontSummary:
Le jour où la lenteur s'est emparée de moi par Marie-France Gaumont Réflexions sympathiques pour plonger dans la lenteur après un épuisement professionnel Il y a quelques mois, j'ai reçu une punition pour excès de...
- Author:Pierrette DotriceSummary:
Avec son livre « L'Opération esthétique », surprenant de romantisme et de poésie mais dont chaque mot est vrai, Pierrette Dotrice a osé, pour la première fois, sonder le sujet des manipulations affectives et sexuelles au sein...
- Author:Lederman, MarshaSummary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - For readers of All Things Consoled by Elizabeth Hay and They Left Us Everything by Plum Johnson, Kiss the Red Stairs is a compelling memoir by award-winning journalist Marsha Lederman delves into her parents'...
- Author:Kenda, JoeSummary:
Joe Kenda, star of Discovery's Homicide Hunter, reflects on past homicide cases and examines the triggers of what led to the crime.
- Author:Malzieu, MathiasSummary:
"Ce livre est le vaisseau spécial que j'ai dû me confectionner pour survivre à ma propre guerre des étoiles. Panne sèche de moelle osseuse. Bug biologique, risque de crash imminent. Quand la réalité dépasse la (science...
- Author:Proctor, Bob.Summary:
Under Bob Proctor's expert tutelage, learn to overcome your fear of money, and how to attract it while maintaining harmony in both professional and personal spheres.
- Author:Fitzpatrick, MeghanSummary:
Invisible Scars provides the first extended exploration of Commonwealth Division psychiatry during the Korean War and the psychiatric-care systems in place for the thousands of soldiers who fought in that conflict. Fitzpatrick...