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Can you hear me now? : how I found my voice and learned to live with passion and purpose / by Caesar-Chavannes, Celina,1974-author.;
"In Can You Hear Me Now?, Celina Caesar-Chavannes digs deep into her immigrant childhood, her life as a young black woman entrepreneur and as a politician, revealing all the ways she wrestled with how to be her authentic self--and showing us how to be heard, loud and clear. Celina Caesar-Chavannes, already a breaker of boundaries as a black woman in business, got into politics because she wanted to make a bigger difference in the world. But when she became the first black person elected to represent the federal riding of Whitby, Ontario, she hadn't really thought about the fact that Ottawa hadn't been designed for a person like her. Determined not to be silenced by the constant micro-aggressions and racist assumptions of political life, Celina soon found herself both making waves and breaking down, confronting at night, alone in her Ottawa apartment, all the painful beauty of her immigrant childhood and her troubled early adult life. She felt the cost of speaking out, for sure, but also felt the exhilaration and empowerment, too. As she writes, "This is not your typical leadership book where the person is placed in a situation and miraculously comes up with the right response for the wicked problem. This is the story of me falling in love, at last, with who I am, and finding my voice in the unlikeliest of places." And it is both her memoir and a leadership book, a funny, self-aware, poignant, confessional and fierce look at how failing badly and screwing things up completely are truly more powerful lessons in how to conduct a life than extraordinary success. How they build an utter honesty with yourself and others that allows you to say things nobody else dares to say, the necessary things about navigating the places that weren't built for you and holding firm to your principles. Because, if you do that, you will help build a world where inclusion is real and racism a thing of the past. Just as Celina is now trying to do, in all her brilliance and boldness."-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Caesar-Chavannes, Celina, 1974-; Businesspeople; Leadership.; Politicians;
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A boring wife settles the score / by Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-author.; Aaronson, Arielle,translator.; translation of:Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-Diane demande un recomptage.English.;
"A Boring Wife Settles the Score marks the return of Diane, the raunchy and entertaining heroine of the prize-winning and bestselling Autopsy of a Boring Wife. Despite the end of her marriage, Diane still has plenty of love to give. Determined not to waste her days -- that's just not her style -- she finds a job in a daycare and solace in cocktails with her best friend, Claudine, who convinces Diane her love life is not over. Diane wants romance and sees no reason why she shouldn't have it, but she soon discovers, in her typically chaotic and hilarious manner, that for a woman approaching her fifties the task is not so simple as it is for a man."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Middle-aged women; Separated women; Female friendship;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Autopsy of a boring wife / by Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-author.; translation of:Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-Autopsie d'une femme plate.English.; Aaronson, Arielle,translator.;
"Marie-Renée Lavoie's Autopsy of a Boring Wife tells the hysterically funny and ultimately touching tale of forty-eight-year-old Diane, a woman whose husband leaves her and is having an affair because, he says, she bores him. Diane takes the charge to heart and undertakes an often ribald, highly entertaining journey to restoring trust in herself and others that is at the same time an astute commentary on women and girls, gender differences, and the curious institution of marriage in the twenty-first century. All the details are up for scrutiny in this tender, brisk story of the path to recovery. Autopsy of a Boring Wife is a wonderfully fresh and engaging novel of the pitfalls and missteps of an apparently "boring" life that could be any of ours."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Middle-aged women; Married women; Separation (Psychology); Female friendship; Self-actualization (Psychology); Self-realization in women;
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Le dernier camelot / by Lavoie, Marie-Renée,1974-;
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Subjects: Camelots (Journaux); Enfants et personnes âgées; Voisins; Souvenir chez la personne âgée; Voyages dans le temps; Paperboys; Children and older people; Neighbors; Reminiscing in old age; Time travel;
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Zero waste quilting : 38 projects use every scrap with style / by Murphy, Patty(Patricia Priven),1974-author.;
"Jump into zero waste quilting! Change the way you quilt and learn how using the fabrics you've purchased and cherished allow you to help sustain the environment and continue making beautiful quilts. Inside quilters will find 38 quilts and small projects that show unique ways to use up small scraps"--
Subjects: Patterns (Instructional works); Patchwork; Quilting; Waste minimization.;
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Wherever I wind up : my quest for truth, authenticity and the perfect knuckleball / by Dickey, R. A.(Robert Allen),1974-; Coffey, Wayne R.;
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Subjects: Dickey, R. A. (Robert Allen), 1974-; Baseball players; Pitchers (Baseball);
© c2012., Penguin Group,
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Remembering Tim Horton : a celebration / by MacInnis, Craig;
Subjects: Horton, Tim, 1930-1974.; Hockey players;
© c2000., Stoddart,
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The McCartney legacy. by Kozinn, Allan,author.; Sinclair, Adrian,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.By 1974 the Beatles were a distant memory, and Paul McCartney had already gone on to release a solo album and form a new band, Wings. By the end of the decade Wings would be the bestselling band of the 1970s. The McCartney Legacy, Vol. 2 begins in 1974 at the height of Wings popularity and the beginning of McCartney's next chapter. Picking up immediately after The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1, authors Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair have brought the same exhaustive research ethos to Volume 2 that made the first volume a critical success. Arguably the most authoritative text on the life of Paul McCartney, Volume 2 follows McCartney the man, establishing himself as a musician beyond Beatlemania and his legacy throughout the 20th century through the present day.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; McCartney, Paul.; Wings (Musical group); Composers; Rock musicians;
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Duke : a life of Duke Ellington / by Teachout, Terry.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.; Jazz musicians;
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Watergate : a new history / by Graff, Garrett M.,1981-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Watergate became a shorthand for corruption, deceit, and unanswered questions. Now, author Garrett M. Graff explores the full scope of this unprecedented moment from start to finish, in the first comprehensive, single-volume account in decades. --adapted from jacket.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.; Political corruption; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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