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G R O U P E L I B R E X / G R O U P E V I L L E - M A R I E L I T T É R AT U R E
London 2019
International Highlights / Canada Stand 6A 100
table of contents
New Releases / Nonfiction
p. 3 C’est normal, à votre âge ? Arguments musclés pour prendre votre santé en main /
It’s normal at your age, really? Powerful arguments to take charge of your health
p. 4 L’Estime de soi et l’Autiste /
Autism and Self-Esteem
p. 5 Accompagner un jeune en deuil /
Helping Children and Young People Deal with Grief
p. 6 Mieux vivre avec la personnalité limite /
Coping With Borderline Personality Disorder
p. 7 Découvrir la parentalité positive – Pour être parent du cœur /
Positive Parenting–How to Parent from the Heart
p. 8 Le Métier d’aider – Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée /
The Craft of Helping–New Edition, Updated and Expanded
p. 9 Nouvel éloge de la diversité sexuelle /
In Praise of Sexual and Gender Diversity
p. 10 Le Guide des parents voyageurs – S’inspirer, s’informer, s’équiper (0-12 ans) /
The Travelling Parents’ Guide–Get inspired, get informed, get prepared (ages 0-12)
p. 11 Cinq continents à la nage – Une odyssée sportive et humaine /
Swim the World–An athletic and human odyssey
p. 12 Tables véganes – Menus d’ici et d’ailleurs /
At the Vegan’s Table–Plant-based recipes from around the world
New Releases / Fiction
p. 14 Good boy / Good Boy
p. 15 Le Dernier des Snoreaux / Last of the Sneak-Abous
p. 16 Le Marabout / The Marabout
p. 17 Ton absence m’appartient / Your Absence Belongs to Me
p. 18 La Cueva / La Cueva
p. 19 Le Livre de Judith / The Book of Judith
p. 20 La Page manquante / The Missing Page
p. 21 Ne pas toucher s’il vous plaît / Please Do Not Touch
p. 22 Turbulences du cœur / Tremors of the Heart
p. 23 Pieds nus dans la gravelle / Barefoot on Gravel
p. 24 Dis-moi qui doit mourir… / Tell me who must die...
p. 25 Don Giuliano / Don Giuliano
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p. 26 La Peur d’avoir peur – Guide de traitement du trouble panique et de l’agoraphobie /
Afraid of Being Afraid–A Guide to Coping with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
p. 27 L’Autisme expliqué aux non-autistes /
Explaining Autism to the Non-Autistic
p. 28 Lève-toi et marche ! Le remède miracle existe et il est gratuit /
Get Up and Walk! There is a miracle cure and it’s completely free
p. 29 Un cœur pour la vie – Prévention cardiovasculaire globale /
Heart for Life–Global Cardiovascular Prevention
p. 30 La Vérité sur le sucre /
The Truth About Sugar
p. 31 Les Aliments contre le cancer – Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée /
Foods that Fight Cancer–New Edition, Updated and Expanded
p. 32 Le Secret des Vietnamiennes /
Kim Thúy’s Secrets of Vietnamese Cuisine
p. 34 On vous voit – Comment déjouer les malveillants sur Internet /
They Can See You–How to Outsmart Hackers and Criminals on the Internet
p. 35 Le Principe du cumshot – Le désir des femmes sous l’emprise des clichés sexuels /
Screwed–How women are set up to fail at sex
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Fiction
p. 36 La Bête intégrale / The Complete Mama’s Boy
p. 38 Ru / Ru
p. 39 mãn / mãn
p. 40 Vi / Vi
p. 41 Nous étions le sel de la mer / We Were the Salt of the Sea
p. 42 Ma vie est entre tes mains / My Life is in Your Hands
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C’est normal, à votre âge ? Arguments musclés
pour prendre votre santé en main
It’s normal at your age, really? Powerful
arguments to take charge of your health
Denis Fortier
The time has come to say goodbye to age-based AUTHOR
stereotypes. Denis Fortier is a
physiotherapist, blogger,
TV and radio columnist and
public speaker. Renowned
both for his meticulous
DESCRIPTION clinical practice and his ability
How many times have you heard your doctor tell you that something is “normal, at to explain scientific concepts
your age?” Osteoarthritis, memory loss, pain and other complaints can arise as we get in plain language, he writes
older, but dismissing them as a normal part of aging is like saying that our bodies on the strength of more
are designed to suffer from planned obsolescence and that our health is destined to than 25 years’ experience
decline with age. This book is a manifesto for a preventive and non-discriminatory in hospitals and private
approach to medicine that challenges age-based stereotypes and argues how, given practice. His books have been
the right environment, the human body can thrive as a shining example of long life published internationally in
Canada, France and China.
and health.
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Summary
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Preface
208 p.
Preamble
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Chapter 1. Is this really normal at your age?
Times have changed
It’s all a lie
Challenging the discrimination
Chapter 2. Five things they won’t tell you about your health
Pain is a nuisance
Opioids can kill you
Inflammation is on the rise
The dangers of overmedication
The effects of obesity that may surprise you
Chapter 3. Six secrets to defy the odds
Take good care of your muscles
Treating arthritis
Preventing osteoarthritis
Believe in your brain
Balance, schmalance!
Sleep
Final words
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L’Estime de soi et l’Autiste
Autism and Self-Esteem
Brigitte Harrisson / Lise St-Charles
AUTHORS
With the collaboration of Kim Thúy Social worker Brigitte
Harrisson was diagnosed
as autistic at the age of 38.
As a child, she suffered from
A guide to help those with autism build a sense of
extreme sensory sensitivity,
identity and self-esteem. and she went through
some painful experiences
in her teens. Today she is
a respected guest speaker
in Quebec, France and
Switzerland and a lecturer
at Université du Quebec à
DESCRIPTION Rimouski. She is one of the
With their earlier book, Explaining Autism to the Non-Autistic, the authors threw a few people out there who can
lifeline to many parents and caregivers by helping them understand the hows and provide an insider’s and an
whys of certain frustrating behavioural issues. This second book explores how those outsider’s perspective on the
issues surrounding autism.
with autism can create a better life in a world full of neurotypical people.
Written as a series of questions and answers, this empathetic and reassuring book Lise St-Charles is a thera
challenges current intervention methods and their reasoning and explains the latest pist and specialist on autism
thinking about quality of life and life expectancy, focusing on strengths rather than spectrum disorders (ASD).
weaknesses to develop the self-esteem they may be lacking and make the best use of She has worked in the
the baggage they carry. autism field for more than
40 years and is interna-
tionally recognized for her
TABLE OF CONTENTS experience participating in
Note to readers clinical studies and develop-
Introduction ing ASD assessment tools.
Chapter 1. Embracing autism She was also involved in
Chapter 2. Autism and self-esteem developing certificate and
Chapter 3. The necessity of autistic manifestations degree courses at Université
Chapter 4. Impacts on day-to-day life de Montreal on working
Chapter 5. Impacts on learning with ASDs and supervising
Chapter 6. Impacts on self-esteem ASD therapy.
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Conclusion
224 p.
Trusting in the future
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About the authors
Bibliographic references
Glossary
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Accompagner un jeune en deuil
Helping Children and Young People Deal
with Grief
Josée Masson
A guide for adults to help young people deal
with grief. AUTHOR
Josée Masson is an
experienced social worker,
motivational speaker and
trainer renowned for her
work with children and
teenagers at home and
DESCRIPTION
abroad. After 13 years
Babies, children and teenagers can all experience the death of someone they love. working in the public
Adults don’t always know how to react to young people’s grief, silence and questions, sector, she created the
and can often feel powerless. What is the best way to tell a child that a loved one has Deuil-Jeunesse centre,
died? What are they able to understand at their age? How are you supposed to talk a charitable organization
about accidental death—or suicide? How different can grief be for a young person that specializes in clinical
compared to an adult? Can unresolved grief leave a lifelong impact for a young person? interventions with grieving
Parents, caregivers and anyone else concerned by the grief of a young person all stand children and teenagers.
to gain from the information, insight and experiences shared in this book. She is an ambassador for
the professional organization
TABLE OF CONTENTS representing thanatologists
Introduction in Quebec.
Chapter 1. Grief
Chapter 2. Telling a young person a loved one has died
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Chapter 5. Parents and children united in grief
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Chapter 6. The role of adults around young people
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Chapter 7. A call for help
Chapter 8. School, recreation and professional support
Chapter 9. Talking about death before it happens
Chapter 10. Memories and activities
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
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Mieux vivre avec la personnalité limite
Coping With Borderline Personality Disorder
Collective
One book, two points of view: a look at borderline
personality disorder through the critical eye of
health care professionals and first-hand accounts
by sufferers.
AUTHORS
Julie Desrosiers is a
psychologist and professor
at the School of Social and
DESCRIPTION Teaching Studies (ÉÉSP) in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
This book explores Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in a spirit of hope and
reconciliation, combining researchers’ expertise with the experience of people living Catherine Briand is an
with the disorder and encompassing a range of topics from anguish and stigmatiz- associate professor at
ation to addiction, access to treatment and self-acceptance. The authors explain the Université de Montréal’s
four steps to recovery for BPD sufferers and offer practical tools for seeking help. Two School of Rehabilitation and
of them share their own accounts of experiencing the disorder in their daily lives. a researcher at the Montreal
University Institute for Mental
TABLE OF CONTENTS Health Research Centre. She
is the founder of the Centre
Foreword
for Studies on Rehabilitation,
Who is this book for?
Recovery and Social Inclusion
Introduction
(CÉRRIS).
Section 1 – Recognition
Mélanie-Karine Dubé,
Chapter 1. What is Borderline Personality Disorder?
a French teacher, and Rhina
Chapter 2. Four ways to function from day to day
Maltez, a psychosocial
Chapter 3. How Borderline Personality Disorder starts and takes hold
worker, are both living
Section 2 – Finding hope with BPD.
Chapter 4. Recovery is possible
Janie Groulx is a clinical
Section 3 – Recovery occupational therapist at the
Chapter 5. The recovery process Cité-de-la-Santé Hospital in
Acknowledgements Laval, Quebec.
Appendix
References Trécarré
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Découvrir la parentalité positive –
Pour être parent du cœur
Positive Parenting–How to Parent
from the Heart
Mitsiko Miller
Foreword by Isabelle Filliozat
A new approach to educating children. AUTHOR
Mitsiko Miller is a certified
professional coach and
collaborative communication
trainer. On the strength
of more than 10 years’
experience supporting
DESCRIPTION individuals in their personal
Parenting can be as challenging as it is rewarding. As our children grow, so do we—in development, she crafts
our awareness of what matters to us as parents and people. Positive parenting is a tools for everyone to
new trend in education that follows the mid-line between authority and permissive- promote wellness and
ness. One step at a time, this approach encourages parents to love their children embrace considerate
unconditionally and let go of received ideas and embrace new ones in order to nur- and collaborative
ture a new and fulfilling relationship with ourselves, our partner, our children, our communication.
community and our world.
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By creating an environment conducive to respect and empathy in the family, this 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm
approach seeks to instill us with a sense of cooperation and happiness and bring a 216 p.
breath of fresh air into our lives. For many of us who learned by restraint, obligation $24.95
and punishment, that’s easier said than done. Many adults are resistant to the idea
of enabling their children to lead the way and live their joy. Perhaps they fear that
this will herald a descent into anarchy and turn their children into spoiled brats, or
perhaps they’re worried they’ll become some kind of crazy family that rides unicorns
and turns everything to gold with a single touch.
Mitsiko Miller explores the why and delivers the how. Providing insight that’s full
of practical tips, she not only stresses the importance of nurturing attachment and
sitting with our emotions, but also guides us by the hand along the way through
exercises that awaken our awareness gradually. She makes us feel understood and
supported, and helps us to see we are not alone.
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Le Métier d’aider –
Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée
The Craft of Helping–
New Edition, Updated and Expanded
Michel Dorais
AUTHOR
Michel Dorais is a
professor at Laval
University’s of Social
Work in Quebec City.
He is the author of many
DESCRIPTION works about marginalized
youth and sexuality, and
Helping someone else find solutions to problems is both an art and a science. How do
he has taught psychosocial
we prepare ourselves ? What knowledge do we need to help people face the personal,
intervention for 40 years.
relationship and social problems in their lives?
Based on mobilizing the strengths of individuals and their environment and deve
loping their ability to act, The Craft of Helping puts an iconoclastic touch to a pragmatic VLB éditeur
approach. Michel Dorais sets out to find what works, what doesn’t and why. Using real August 2018
and sometimes gripping case studies, he summarizes the key intervention principles. 12.70 cm × 20.96 cm
This book, which presents a humanistic philosophy borne of action, will be of 272 p.
interest to the general public and to students and professionals in psychology, social $24.95
work, sexology, criminology, nursing sciences and special education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction–A State of Mind 12. Measuring change
1. First, do no harm 13. Each person finds their
2. Ask the right questions own solution
3. In the footsteps of Sherlock 14. Nothing beats a support network
Holmes 15. When the main work tool is you
4. The symptom is not the problem 16. Neither threat nor seduction
5. The person is not the behaviour 17. Do what you say, say what you do
6. Behaviours are strategic 18. Know how to be unreasonable
7. The problem is the problem 19. People before institutions
8. Reframe 20. Nothing is more practical
9. “What was happening when than theory
everything was going well?” 21. Knowledge from experience
10. “What are your dreams?” 22. Anticipating is not predicting
11. No one likes change Conclusion
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Nouvel éloge de la diversité sexuelle
In Praise of Sexual and Gender Diversity
Michel Dorais
A handbook for the LGBTQ+ era.
AUTHOR
Michel Dorais is a professor
at Laval University’s of Social
Work in Quebec City. He is
the author of many works
about marginalized youth
DESCRIPTION and sexuality, and he
has taught psychosocial
“Our binary conception of gender and sexuality is constrained, reductive, out of
intervention for 40 years.
date. The hodgepodge of categories put together by our ancestors that is still being
recycled by our contemporaries no longer fit the reality human diversity.” These were
the words written by the author 20 years ago in his original book In Praise of Sexual VLB éditeur
Diversity (Éloge de la diversité sexuelle, VLB éditeur, 1999), which has become a May 2019
classic in French Canada. He has now extensively reviewed and enriched a book 12.70 cm x 20.96 cm
which is both a manifesto and a useful handbook to navigate the new realities of the 200 p.
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than ever–in both aspects of the word–, this reappraisal is more than welcome.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword to the extended edition
Introduction
Chapter 1. Breaking out of the sex prison: sexual identities and expression
Chapter 2. Beyond male and female: gender identities and expression
Chapter 3. Love for all: erotic identities and expression
Conclusion
Appendix:
Sexual and gender concepts at a glance
A condensed lexicon of sexual and gender identies
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Le Guide des parents voyageurs – S’inspirer,
s’informer, s’équiper (0-12 ans)
The Travelling Parents’ Guide–Get inspired, get
informed, get prepared (ages 0-12)
Sophie Reis
A must-have guide for parents and future parents.
AUTHOR
Sophie Reis is the mother
of two children who have
already racked up more
than 80 flights. With
stamps from 42 countries
DESCRIPTION in her passport and more
than 15 years’ experience
Whether it's an extended trip or a quick getaway, this practical guide aims to simplify
in brand management,
the lives of travelling parents. It's packed with essential information covering every step
strategic partnerships and
of the journey — from pre-departure and en route to the destination and the return
advertising, Sophie combined
home. Everything is at your fingertips: the advantages of travelling with your children,
her passion for travel and
how to have fun on the flight, planning your family trip and choosing the right type of
communications and love
accommodation. You'll also find tips for navigating the airport, packing, enjoying a road
for her family to create the
trip with your family, travelling with a special needs child and advice on useful travel
BB Jetlag blog.
equipment. As a bonus, there are even handy checklists for the smoothest of trips.
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1. Why travel with your kids? 11. Travel smart, travel prepared 368 p.
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around the world 13. Hygiene and cleanliness
INFORMATION PRACTICAL LISTS
3. Planning your trip INDEX
4. Choosing your accommodations
5. Documents and formalities
6. Health and safety
7. Baggage
8. At the airport and on the plane
9. Transportation
10. Exploring when you get there:
family-friendly activities
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Cinq continents à la nage – Une odyssée sportive
et humaine
Swim the World–An athletic and human odyssey
Normand Piché
The breathtaking and inspiring story of a remarkable
personal and physical challenge.
AUTHOR
Normand Piché is a man of
passion who was driven by
a profound sense of
curiosity to swim his way
between all five continents
of the world. This
remarkable adventure was a
DESCRIPTION
full-time labour of love from
A series of meetings with athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics compelled Normand the time he started
Piché to ask himself what his own great dream would be. The answer came as a preparing for it in October
revelation: to swim the waters between all five continents. Not only did Normand 2014 through to swimming
complete his challenge, he did it in just 74 days, setting a world record. All in all, he the final strokes home in
swam around a hundred kilometres in often-extreme conditions. November 2016. Since
This book tells his story with words and stunning images by Annie-Claude stepping back on dry land,
Roberge, the photographer who followed every stroke of the expedition. A documen- Normand has toured schools
tary about this remarkable adventure is currently in production. and corporate venues to
share his experiences as a
EXCERPT motivational speaker—as
These unmistakable shadows keep passing beneath me, not very far away. I sense I am well as being busy preparing
not alone. I’m in my element—water—and I choose to abandon myself to it, because for his next big expedition.
I know making assumptions won’t get me anywhere. I have to stay focused and keep
going forward. And so I swim on, one stroke at a time, through my worries and fears.
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Tables véganes – Menus d’ici et d’ailleurs
At the Vegan's Table–Plant-based recipes
from around the world
Élise Desaulniers / Patricia Martin
More than 125 recipes inspired by traditional
and accidental vegan cuisine.
AUTHORS
DESCRIPTION Élise Desaulniers is a
The authors invited a handful of local personalities from various cultural communities motivational speaker, media
to share their favourite vegan recipes. Contributors include a renowned Montreal chef columnist, web advisor
(Anto Vargas, Toqué!), two café owners (Nicola Vardaro and Isabelle Deschamps, Café and militant activist who
Dei Campi) and a market gardener (MariEve Savaria). Each contributor invites readers cofounded the Montreal
to join them at a different “table” for a complete vegan meal—aperitif, appetizer, main Vegan Festival. She has
course, side dishes and dessert! Featuring recipes from around the world, this book is published three previous
a true treat for the taste buds. titles with Groupe Librex:
Je mange avec ma tête (Eat
With Your Head, 2011),
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Vache à lait (Cash Cow,
About this book 2013), both with Stanké,
About the authors and Le Défi végane 21 jours
Our tips for successfully preparing a festive meal (The 21-Day Vegan
Challenge, 2016) with
Nicola Verdaro and Isabelle Deschamps’s Italian Menu
Trécarré. She became
Marie Nguyen’s Vietnamese Menu the Executive Director of
Hanna Elfassi’s Moroccan Jewish Menu the Montreal branch of the
MariEve Savaria’s Québécois Menu Society for the Prevention
Xavier Watso’s Abenaki Menu of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)
Carolyn Simon’s Jamaican Menu in the summer of 2017.
Anto Vargas’s Peruvian Menu Fashion designer Patricia
Martin was a contributor to
Émilie Karuna’s Sri Lankan, English and Lac-St-Jean Menu
The 21-Day Vegan Challenge
Dalila Awada’s Lebanese Menu
book. She is currently
Sayara Thurston’s Australian Brunch co-manager of the Montreal
Acknowledgements Vegan Festival.
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Marie des Neiges Magnan
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Good boy
Good Boy
Antoine Charbonneau-Demers
The new novel by the author of Coco, winner of the
2016 Robert-Cliche Award. AUTHOR
Antoine Charbonneau-
Demers is an actor, writer,
and graphic artist. Born in
1994 in Rouyn-Noranda,
Quebec, he studied at
DESCRIPTION
the Conservatoire d’art
In Good Boy, Antoine Charbonneau-Demers replicates the same offbeat, candid voice dramatique de Montréal
that turned so many heads with his debut novel, Coco. This time, he tells the story and has a degree in literary
of a young man new to Montreal who falls in love with the big city he is discovering creation.
at his own risk and peril. This young author keeps readers on the edge of their seats
with a literary project that’s psychological without being psychologized, and aesthetic
without being aestheticized. VLB éditeur
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it sends shivers down my spine to see the wound, held together by dozens of staples.
Two pieces of skin; the bottom of her body and the top, joined by cold, metal staples.
I don’t know how I’m going to clean it; I have to avoid getting water in the wound. My
mother’s breasts. My mother’s hips. My mother’s private parts. Her kidney, abandoned
somewhere, her dead kidney, thrombosed, inflamed. I clean my mother with a wash-
cloth. Me, her superficial son who wouldn’t want to stain the tiniest spot of his white
T-shirt with blood.
ABOUT GOOD BOY
“This second novel by Antoine Charbonneau-Demers affirms the author’s talent and ce-
ments his place among the best writers of his generation. This novel is a work of sheer
brilliance, evocative power and unsettling truth that strides with confidence into a theme
not often portrayed in Quebec literature. It’s the revelation of the 2018 literary season!”
Billy Robinson, Bookseller
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Le Dernier des snoreaux
Last of the Sneak-Abous
Abla Farhoud
A reflection on language, identity and madness.
AUTHOR
Born in Lebanon, Abla
Farhoud was an actress
and a playwright before
turning her hand to writing
fiction. Her work has been
DESCRIPTION
widely performed, translated
Ibrahim Abou-Snobara, alias Sneak-Abou, is a crazy old man. He can’t help but think and acclaimed. Among her
about his five sisters, Writer, Musician, President, Doctor and Madonna. Whatever will novels are Le Bonheur a la
become of them when he’s not around anymore? When there’s no more I or Me? He queue glissante (1999), Le
casts a critical eye on each of them that might be misconstrued as cruel if Sneak-Abou Fou d’Omar (2005) and Le
wasn’t Sneak-Abou, and if this account of his final days were not imbued with the Sourire de la petite juive
profoundly human and light-hearted prose of Abla Farhoud. (2011).
All the characters, themes and fluidity of a great family saga are here in this novel
reminiscent of the author’s earlier work Le Fou d’Omar (VLB, 2011; Typo, 1998).
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I knew I was her muse. Not me personally, but the crazy inside me. Only the crazy 188 p.
side of me is worthy of a novel. The other me, the more grounded side of me, is of no $19.95
interest to her. Both sides are intimately interwoven, however, my dear sister; hurt one
and you shall not spare the other!
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Le Marabout
The Marabout
Ayavi Lake
A decidedly tongue-in-cheek work of original fiction.
AUTHOR
Ayavi Lake is a teacher and
mother of two. She grew
up in Senegal, where she
started writing, and studied
in France before moving to
DESCRIPTION Quebec in 2007. Her work
A sorcerer who steals the skin of white women with the help of an Atikamekw sha- bears the hallmark of her
man and a mysterious Sikh accomplice; the statue of a Senegalese Skirmisher that experience of life on three
suddenly comes to life; the prowling ghost of Réjean Ducharme; an overworked mom continents. The Marabout is
who strikes up a friendship with a curious bird; and an author who tortures her her first collection of fiction.
characters while smoking a pipe, dressed as a man, all to the sound of renowned an-
thropologist Serge Bouchard’s recorded voice. Wherever can you find such a curious VLB éditeur
cast of characters? In Parc-Extension, of course. The Marabout explores Montreal’s January 2019
most diverse neighbourhood, where the lives of these quirky personalities bisect and 13.34 cm x 19.68 cm
intersect. 136 p.
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cover a Quebec that is both hostile and welcoming, curious yet obtuse, and as flecked
with colour as a traditional ceinture fléchée sash.
EXCERPT
I take a seat at the little wooden table by the window. I sit facing the portraits of Wole
Soyinka and Ousmane Sembène. I’m in the solarium. It’s nice in here. My plants seem
to be communing with the sun to form a halo of protection. There’s no messing this
time. I’ve cast aside all the obstacles that stood between my cruelty and my characters.
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Ton absence m’appartient
Your Absence Belongs to Me
Rose-Aimée Automne T. Morin
A poignant, intimate essay on identity.
AUTHOR
Rose-Aimée Automne T.
Morin became a researcher
when she emerged from
Université du Québec à
Montréal in 2011. She was
DESCRIPTION editor-in-chief for Urbania
The author lost her father to cancer when she was 16 years old. Before he died, he magazine from 2015 to 2018
set out to give his daughter the tools she needed to become a free-thinking, confi- and still contributes articles
dent, cultured, improper, disruptive, selfish feminist who has better things to do than to the print version and
apologize. Today this thirty-something woman has come to see how she had these blog posts for the website.
values and this personality drilled into her in a hurry. As she seeks to explore the She has also hosted and
building blocks of her self in this intimate essay, her quest leads her to interview appeared on a number of
other people who have grown up in less than conventional circumstances. “When TV shows.
you’ve had a certain way of being dictated to you, how can you figure out your true
identity if you don’t put the person you’ve always been behind you?” Stanké
February 2019
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a woman incapable of putting down roots? Am I genetically more prone than other $22.95
women to walk away from it all, life, kids and everything? Of all the things he put on
the agenda, commitment was never one of them. That’s pretty much all I know right
now. And when I look back, I can’t say I’m doing any better than he did on that front.
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La Cueva
La Cueva
Suzanne Aubry
A talented author with a gift for exploring the
darkness and the light of the human soul. AUTHOR
Suzanne Aubry’s first
novel, Le Fort intérieur,
was acclaimed by critics
and nominated for the
DESCRIPTION Archambault Newcomer’s
Award. Her seven-volume
After years as a travelling salesman, François-Xavier Comtois settles in Mesilla, New historical saga Fanette went
Mexico, where he meets Victor Dumas, a journalist who tells him the story of an on to sell more than 95,000
elusive hermit living in a nearby cave. Shortly thereafter, the hermit is found dead, copies. Her novel Ma vie est
presumably murdered. François-Xavier becomes obsessed with the case and takes it entre tes mains (My Life is in
upon himself to investigate. But Victor’s suspicious death and the cryptic warnings of Your Hands) was published
the beguiling Sonia Alvarez soon make him realize his own life is in danger. in France by Robert Laffont
and shortlisted for the 2016
EXCERPT Prix des cinq continents de
A thousand dangers had plagued me and my friend Victor Dumas since we started la francophonie award.
trying to shed light on the death of Juan Battista Alesi. Who killed the man the lo-
cals called “El Ermitaño”—and why? The authorities in Mesilla—if you can qualify
Libre Expression
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could find who did it, that is, if they even tried. Worse still, an innocent man ended
384 p.
up as the sacrificial lamb of a botched trial that bore all the hallmarks of a lynching.
$24.95
Literary Award
Shortlisted for the 2016 Prix
des cinq continents de la
francophonie award
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Le Livre de Judith
The Book of Judith
Mylène Gilbert-Dumas
A riveting spy novel.
AUTHOR
Mylène Gilbert-Dumas
is an author of historical
fiction whose novels have
won an array of prestigious
literary awards in Canada
DESCRIPTION
and earned her a substantial
Emily Ann is a rich American woman whose life is turned upside down in Paris when following of loyal readers.
she meets a Russian revolutionary who has fallen from grace. Meanwhile, in a secret
training camp, Cécile, a young French Canadian woman recruited by the British Secret
Service, is getting to grips with her wartime alias. Many years later, Andrew, a pastor VLB éditeur
recently released from jail, listens to the harrowing confessions of an 106-year-old May 2019
parishioner as Virginie, an author of historical fiction, starts to write the biography of 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm
a woman who was a spy during the Second World War. Life has woven a web of con- 432 p.
nections between these characters that will shed light on the mysterious disappear- $34.95
ance of a Special Operations Executive agent, the organization created by Churchill to
destabilize the German occupation in continental Europe.
In this breathless and remarkably well-structured epic historical thriller, Mylène
Gilbert-Dumas shines the spotlight on the heroism of some exceptional young women
who fought against Nazi barbarism during a sadly little-known episode of the Second
World War. As always, the truth she conveys through her characters flows straight to
readers’ hearts.
EXCERPT
Soon there was nothing more but fields of snow all around. The wind picked up, blow-
ing clouds of snow into the air, at times obscuring the road. The sky had darkened.
“It’s going to snow,” she said.
“No doubt about that.”
“Think this is going to be the St. Patrick’s Day snowstorm?”
He didn’t reply, but pulled the car over to the shoulder. She was expecting him to
chastise her, tell her to shut up, something like that. Instead, he got out and walked
around the car, kicking the tires. Cécile watched him in bemusement, until she real-
ized he was making sure that no one was following them. As he got back behind the
wheel, she reached her hand out to him, which he shook with an iron grip.
“By the way, I’m Cécile.”
“Oliver. But from now on, you’re Judith.”
“Judith? Judith who?”
“Just Judith.”
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La Page manquante
The Missing Page
Valérie Langlois
A feminine novel that weaves a dramatic web of
complex emotions. AUTHOR
Valérie Langlois has
a bachelor’s degree in
psychoeducation and has
worked with people with
intellectual disabilities
for the better part of
DESCRIPTION 20 years before turning her
Salomé Gauthier, a travel blogger and mother in love with a commitment-phobic man, hand to writing. She has
wakes up in a hospital bed after several weeks in a coma. She finds herself trapped published two previous
in her own body, unable to remember a thing, a victim of the encephalitis that sent historical novels with VLB:
her spiralling into psychosis and nearly got the better of her. The story is gradually Culloden – La fin des clans
pieced together through a parallel narrative weaving the events in Salomé’s past that (Culloden: End of the Clans,
led to the drama of the challenges of her rehabilitation. 2011) and La Dernière
Sorcière d’Écosse (The Last
EXCERPT Witch of Scotland, 2014).
My gaze wanders to the window. All I see outside is a beige brick wall and a few snow- She was awarded a CALQ
flakes dancing in the air. grant in 2012 and won the
Then I notice another constant sound, right next to me. I turn my head slightly. A Philippe-Aubert-de-Gaspé
respirator! I can see the machine breathing air into my lungs with a little accordion Award in 2015.
thing that rises and falls every few seconds. Just above that, there’s a bunch of mon-
itors reporting my vital signs. What the heck happened to me? Was I in a car crash? Libre Expression
April 2019
15.24 cm x 22.86 cm
304 p.
$24.95
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Ne pas toucher s’il vous plaît
Please Do Not Touch
Andrée-Anne Brunet
A light-hearted novel that dives into the issue of
fidelity in couples.
AUTHOR
Andrée-Anne Brunet
has hosted a commercial
radio show since 2012 and
created her own webseries
of interviews with Quebec
artists, Meetings with AA
DESCRIPTION (meetingsavecaa.com). She
Clara jets off alone to Belize when her partner, Louis, has to stay in Montreal for has written for various blogs
work. At first she’s reluctant to be away from him for 10 days, but she soon acquires and shared her passion
a taste for freedom. The physical distance gives her a chance to take a more detached for travel with La Presse
view of their relationship, then meeting Bastian ends up making her call everything newspaper readers.
into question. This is a novel about the inner struggle to remain faithful in the face of
temptation. Where exactly do we draw the line between fidelity and infidelity?
Libre Expression
April 2019
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13.97 cm x 21.59 cm
“What about you, Clara? Why are you here alone?” 312 p.
Louis. I can feel his lips on mine as he kisses me one last time before I walk into $24.95
the airport, the pressure of his chest in my back when he holds me in the night. I can
see the dimple on his chin. But I don’t particularly feel like talking about him right
here, right now.
“I’m just travelling solo for a while.”
It’s the truth, but I know I’m holding part of my answer back. To leave the door
open? It’s troubling how attracted I am to Bastian. He’s opening my eyes to a free-
dom and lightness I haven’t felt for years. I haven’t felt a connection like this to any-
one in a long time. Still, we barely know anything about one another.
Under the Caribbean sun, miles away from home, I find myself seeing my rela-
tionship through strangely distant eyes, as if it existed in another dimension. I feel
disconnected from my own life, catapulted into a world of fantasy and possibility.
But despite this sense of distance and desire to live in the moment, I would never
dare to shatter what I’ve spent years building. It’s not worth it.
Is it?
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Turbulences du cœur
Tremors of the Heart
Nathalie Roy
A comforting story that’s good for the soul.
AUTHOR
Nathalie Roy is an author,
scriptwriter and columnist.
Since the publication of her
first series La Vie épicée de
Charlotte Lavigne (The Spicy
Life of Charlotte Lavigne) in
DESCRIPTION 2011, she has written a
number of best-selling
Louis-Philippe is about to turn 40. He’s getting tired of his job as a lawyer hired to
novels.
“clean house,” and he feels like a constant disappointment to his mother, daughter
and ex-wife. He’s still desperately searching for his soulmate too. Why does he always
fall for the bad apples? One day, he meets the mother of his latest conquest, who Libre Expression
introduces herself as the woman who was expropriated from the Cedar Lane property October 2018
he handled. She tells him about the fallout she’s suffered—depression, losing her job, 13.34 cm x 22.86 cm
separation, claiming benefits, just for starters. Astounded and fascinated by the resil- 344 p.
ience of the woman before him, Louis-Philippe decides to make amends. As they get $24.95
to know one another, he realizes that with her, for the first time in his life, he feels
completely alive.
EXCERPT
Suddenly, everything’s weighing on me. My complicated relationship with Romy,
the promise I made to tell Amélie about her husband’s suspicious behaviour... As if
the women around me weren’t allowing me to focus on her—she who inhabits my
thoughts day and night.
What an idiot I was to break up with Évelyne when her husband found out she’d
been unfaithful! If I’d stopped to think for a second, I would have realized that I wasn’t
just letting a lover slip through my fingers. Évelyne and I have what it takes to be hap-
py together. We share a passion for law, we know what hard work it is, and we don’t
hold it against each other when we have to work long hours. We like action movies
and we love champagne and foie gras. And the sex is incredible. What more do I need?
Is it pride, or is it the fear of committing to someone who chose me last year?
Today, that fear of commitment seems a long way away. Could approaching my forties
be making me think about the future? Am I going to keep flitting from one woman to
the next for another ten, twenty, thirty years? Is that what I want in my life?
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Pieds nus dans la gravelle
Barefoot on Gravel
Maude Michaud
How do you go on living after such a heart-
wrenching tragedy?
AUTHOR
Maude Michaud started
her popular blog, “La
parfaite maman cinglante”
(Perfect Scathing Mum:
parfaitemamancinglante.com)
in March 2016, when she had
DESCRIPTION finally had more than enough
of feeling guilty about
Roseline stares at the horizon without really seeing it. The heatwave is sweeping
everything since the very
across the Dominican Republic, lifting the volume of the music and laughter all
infancy of her motherhood.
around, but her heart sinks as she realizes she can’t keep running away. She lowers
her eyes, first to the ocean, then to the pregnancy test she holds in her hands like a
tiny injured creature. It’s positive. Something inside her she thought was dead sparks Libre Expression
to life. And it hurts. The memories come flooding back of her tragic experience two May 2019
years ago when her husband and baby lost their lives in a car crash. 13.97 cm x 21.59 cm
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I don’t know why people are incapable of saying someone is dead. They always have
to say someone’s passed and a whole bunch of other crap so people and their bleeding
hearts can latch on to the thought it isn’t really over, as if there weren’t a body getting
cold in the fridge. You’re not being considerate if you can’t look someone in the eye
and tell them the person they love more than anyone else in the world is dead; all
you’re doing is killing them from the inside out.
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Dis-moi qui doit mourir…
Tell me who must die...
Marc-André Chabot
A stunning and compelling thriller.
AUTHOR
Seasoned director and
designer Marc-André
Chabot is no stranger to
showcasing his talent on
DESCRIPTION TV in Quebec and France.
Tell me who must die… is
Antoine is one of the good guys. Four years ago, he and his wife lost their baby to
his first foray into writing
SIDS. Now Antoine can no longer stand any injustice. He reads the newspapers like
fiction.
everyone else, but he just can’t take it any more. What if, he wonders, just for once,
he could settle the score between the good guys and all the assholes out there. One
night, he gets his chance when he ends up saving the life of Montreal’s biggest king- Libre Expression
pin, Chuck Péloquin—a powerful man, bordering on the psychopathic. To repay his May 2019
debt of honour, Chuck offers Antoine five hits. Of course, it’s an offer “he just can’t 13.97 cm x 21.59 cm
refuse”. 376 p.
$27.95
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“When you save a man’s life, you save his family’s too, because they’d be lost without
him. When you do that for a man, he owes his life to you, and the lives of his family
members. Ain’t that beautiful?”
“Er, very. Do you have a big family?” Antoine has a sinking feeling that his ques-
tion has struck him an implicit deal with Péloquin.
“I have a wonderful family, Antoine. Francesca, my wife, and three wonderful
children, my pride and joy. That’s five lives I owe you.”
Antoine closes his eyes for a moment, not wanting to see the depth of the abyss
that has just opened before him.
“That’s my debt of honour to you. Now it’s up to you to tell me when you want
me to repay that debt, and with whose lives.”
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Don Giuliano
Don Giuliano
Jacques Lanctôt
A historical thriller intertwining good and evil.
AUTHOR
Jacques Lanctôt was a
publisher for 25 years and
published some 700 works
by nearly 400 authors. He
DESCRIPTION still works in publishing
and translation today, and
The American Mafia loses a major playground when Castro comes to power in Cuba.
writes a weekly op-ed
Hitman Lino Mandolini, the son of a Sicilian Mafia boss, takes on a huge contract to
column. He published an
eliminate Fidel Castro. The last thing he expects is for someone else to get in the way.
autobiographical account
But that’s exactly what happens when Canadian priest Julien Casavant—the man they
of his exile in Cuba, Les
call Don Giuliano—foils Mandolini’s plans and helps him to get his life back on track. Plages de l’exil (Beaches of
Exile) with Stanké in 2010,
EXCERPT and a biography of trans
Not wanting to beat around the bush, Lino got straight to the point and asked who they businesswomen Michelle
wanted him to take out. He seemed completely unimpressed by the scale of the task. He Blanc, Michelle Blanc – Un
never bothered with politics, but he had vaguely heard something about a revolution genre à part, with Libre
that was all over the headlines. Expression in 2012. He has
“This is a man who’s extremely well-protected, and he won’t be easy to get close to. also published two poetry
You’ll have all the money you need and we’ll give you some contacts who can help. We collections.
don’t care how you take him out. Poison him, shoot him, anything goes.”
Luigi paused for a moment before he went on. “You ever heard of Fidel Castro?”
Libre Expression
May 2019
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352 p.
$27.95
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La Peur d’avoir peur – Guide de traitement
du trouble panique et de l’agoraphobie
4e édition revue et augmentée
Afraid of Being Afraid–A Guide to Coping
with Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
4th edition, revised and expanded
André Marchand / Andrée Letarte / Amélie Seidah
A new, enhanced and updated edition of a classic
reference book on anxiety.
AUTHORS
André Marchand is a
researcher at the Montreal
DESCRIPTION University Institute for
Many of us live in fear—perhaps the fear of being unloved, the fear of not being Mental Health Research
good enough, or the fear of losing something. Sometimes it can feel like we’re scared Centre, a full professor
to be vulnerable, and when we are overwhelmed by this fear of fear, the voice of in the Department of
reason can be hard to listen to. It can be easier to cope with anxiety attacks if we Psychology at the Université
understand that the pain is not in our imagination, that there is a reason for it, and du Quebec à Montreal, and
that there are tools to help us deal with the aftermath. This new edition of a bestseller the co-director of the Centre
(80,000 copies sold of previous editions!) has been revised to reflect current research for Trauma Studies.
and practice in terms of treatment, response strategies and diagnostic criteria. Andrée Letarte is head of
This practical guide to self-treatment is intended to help individuals suffering from outpatient care and anxiety/
panic or anxiety disorder to start to self-manage their condition. mood disorders at the
CIUSSS de l’Est-de-l’Île-de-
TABLE OF CONTENTS Montreal health and social
PART 1: UNDERSTANDING services centre.
Chapter 1. When fear turns to phobia
Amélie Seidah is a clinical
Chapter 2. Developing panic disorder and agoraphobia
psychologist and public
Chapter 3. Assessing panic disorder and agoraphobia
speaker based in Saint-
Lambert, Quebec.
PART 2: CHANGING
Chapter 4. Treatment: Managing panic attacks
Chapter 5. Treatment: Taking scary sensations and situations in your stride RIGHTS SOLD
Chapter 6. The medication question France (Livre de Poche)
Chapter 7. Treatment: Complementary strategies Latin America and
Chapter 8. Maintaining the progress you’ve made US-Spanish (Oceano)
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March 2018
15.24 cm × 22.86 cm
264 p.
$24.95
Over 5,000 copies
sold in Quebec
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L’Autisme expliqué aux non-autistes
Explaining Autism to the Non-Autistic
Brigitte Harrisson / Lise St-Charles
AUTHORS
With the collaboration of Kim Thúy Social worker Brigitte
Harrisson was diagnosed
as autistic at the age of 38.
As a child, she suffered from
Over 30,000 copies sold in Quebec. extreme sensory sensitivity,
and she went through
some painful experiences
in her teens. Today she is
a respected guest speaker
in Quebec, France and
Switzerland and a lecturer
DESCRIPTION at Université du Quebec à
This book takes an introspective, courageous and unique look at autism, based on Rimouski. She is one of the
the actual experiences of people with an ASD. It’s all about understanding how an few people out there who can
provide an insider’s and an
autistic brain is different from a neurotypical brain, and how differently it processes
outsider’s perspective on the
the information it receives.
issues surrounding autism.
The topics covered include how something as simple as taking a shower can be
so painful for an autistic person; what kinds of things can trigger a crisis situation; Lise St-Charles is a
and how hand-flapping—something that can be so off-putting to others—is actually therapist and specialist on
a way for people on the autism spectrum to make sense of the world and their sur- autism spectrum disorders
roundings. (ASD). She has worked
Presented in a question-and-answer format, Explaining Autism to the Non-Autistic in the autism field for
explores around 50 key things that make autistic people tick and provides advice more than 40 years and is
based on a new understanding of ASDs that is gaining ground with neurologists. internationally recognized for
her experience participating
in clinical studies and
TABLE OF CONTENTS developing ASD assessment
Chapter 1. If only I’d known what autism was… tools. She was also involved
Chapter 2. What autism used to be in developing certificate and
Chapter 3. Daily life degree courses at Université
Chapter 4. Manifesting autism de Montreal on working
Chapter 5. Learning avenues with ASDs and supervising
Chapter 6. Self-esteem ASD therapy.
Chapter 7. Social skills
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Chapter 8. Self-regulation
Belgium–Dutch
Chapter 9. Good to know
(Zuidnederlandse
Chapter 10. Conclusion: There is hope
Uitgeverij), Canada–World
English (Dundurn), China
REVIEWS (China Worker Publishing
“…as easy to read as a novel, using realistic examples that must have been drawn House), France (Marabout),
from experience. The recollections shared by Brigitte Harrisson, autistic herself, illus- Italy (Vallardi), Saudi Arabia
trate the message well and Kim Thúy’s reflections are touching. The advice for fam- (King Saud University)
ilies is most relevant...” Trécarré
Mon coin lecture March 2017
15.24 cm × 22.86 cm
176 p.
$19.95
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Lève-toi et marche !
Le remède miracle existe et il est gratuit
Get Up and Walk! There is a miracle cure
and it’s completely free
Denis Fortier
A comprehensive reference on today’s sedentary
lifestyle with tips on how to fight our arch-enemies— AUTHOR
Denis Fortier is a
cars, screens and chairs.
physiotherapist, blogger,
TV and radio columnist and
public speaker. Renowned
both for his meticulous
DESCRIPTION
clinical practice and his ability
The average time we spend being sedentary skyrocketed from 26 hours per week in to explain scientific concepts
1965 to 38 hours in 2009. Sitting quickly became the done thing and was seen as a sign in plain language, he writes
of progress. However, sedentariness can lead to serious health issues, such as diabetes, on the strength of more
cardiovascular disease and some cancers. than 25 years’ experience
In this tongue-in-cheek book, physiotherapist Denis Fortier exposes some of the in hospitals and private
lesser-known adverse effects of sedentariness. Among other things, he explains how practice. His books have been
even athletes can be sedentary, how the number of steps we take each day can have published internationally in
a significant impact on our health, and how three seemingly inoffensive everyday Canada, France and China.
objects—chairs, screens and cars—could become our worst enemies.
RIGHTS SOLD
TABLE OF CONTENTS France ( J’ai lu)
Chapter 1. The chair syndrome
Chapter 2. We’re all addicted Trécarré
Chapter 3. Breaking free from the dictators March 2018
Chapter 4. Appreciating your muscles 15.24 cm × 22.86 cm
Chapter 5. A moving machine 176 p.
Chapter 6. Being sedentary is making you sick $22.95
Chapter 7. Stay motivated
Chapter 8. Time to get physical: start today Over 9,000 copies sold
Chapter 9. Walking: 10 ways to tap into the miracle remedy in Quebec
1. Walking short distances
2. Actively walking
3. Walking for exercise
4. Athletic walking
5. Stairs
6. Micro-running
7. Nordic walking
8. Walking in water
9. Walking backwards
10. The elliptical
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Un cœur pour la vie – Prévention
cardiovasculaire globale
Heart for Life–Global
Cardiovascular Prevention
Martin Juneau
A must-read book to boost awareness about
cardiovascular health. AUTHOR
Cardiologist Martin Juneau
is Director of Prevention at
the Montreal Heart Institute
(MHI), renowned as the
North American leader in the
DESCRIPTION
prevention of cardiovascular
Cardiovascular diseases are the principal cause of mortality in the world. Every year, disease and the first Canadian
more people die from cardiovascular disease, including stroke, than from any other hospital recognized by the
cause: about 17.5 million in 2012, which represents 31% of all deaths. Among these, World Health Organization as
7.4 million are due to coronary illness while 6.7 million are caused by stroke, or a health-promoting hospital.
cerebrovascular accident (CVA).
With the aid of high-quality images similar to those used in other titles in this
series, Dr. Martin Juneau examines specific case studies taken from his own vast clin- RIGHTS SOLD
ical practice to explain the new issues in heart health in language accessible to the Canada–English (Dundurn),
non-specialist. Dr. Juneau describes the incredible importance of exercise and diet France (Eyrolles)
and the unsuspected role played by stress and air pollution, shows us how the heart
works, explains coronary bypasses and other rescue operations, takes us through Colour photographs
promising new research, and, sadly, reminds us that it is indeed possible to die of a throughout
broken heart. He shares his conviction that chronic diseases and especially cardiovas- Layout included
cular disease need not be a protracted death sentence and that it is possible, through English translation available
lifestyle modification, to live longer in better health.
Trécarré
March 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
17.78 cm × 22.86 cm
Introduction: Preventing chronic disease to live better and longer
192 p.
Chapter 1. Healthy life expectancy and chronic disease
$29.95
Chapter 2. Treating heart disease
Chapter 3. Atherosclerosis: The heart of the matter
Over 12,000 copies sold
Chapter 4. Nutrition and cardiovascular diseases
in Quebec
Chapter 5. Mediterranean and vegetarian diets: benefits for our health
and the planet
Chapter 6. Exercise: The best medicine
Chapter 7. Stress and heart disease
Chapter 8. Smoking and electronic cigarettes
Chapter 9. Statins for primary and secondary prevention
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