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The dinosaur hunters: a true story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world

By Deborah Cadbury. 2000

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European history, Dinosaurs
Human-narrated audio

The text tells the story of the bitter feud between Gideon Mantell, who uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry…

and became obsessed with the ancient past and Richard Owen, patronised by royalty, the Prime Minister and the aristocracy, who scooped the credit for the discovery of the dinosaurs. Their struggle was to create a new science that would change man's perception of his place in the universe. 2000.

The hot-blooded dinosaurs: a revolution in palaeontology

By Adrian J Desmond. 1976

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Dinosaurs
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Science historian draws on recent, revolutionary discoveries to present a new picture of dinosaurs and their world. Takes exception to…

the long-held myth that these beasts were sluggish, small brained, giant lizards. 1976.

The diamond that cuts through illusion: commentaries on the praynaparamita Diamond sutra

By Thich Nhat Hanh, Anh Huong Nguyen. 1992

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Religion, Buddhism
Human-narrated audio

The Buddha and his disciple Subhuti teach us how to cut through our dualistic ways of looking at the world…

in order to have a deeper contact with the wondrous reality that is inside us and all around us. 1992.

The dinosaur project: the story of the greatest dinosaur expedition ever mounted

By Wayne Grady. 1993

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Canadian non-fiction, Science and technology, Dinosaurs
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In 1985, a party of Canadian and Chinese scientists embarked on a five-year treasure hunt in China's Gobi Desert, the…

badlands of Alberta and Canada's Arctic. They hoped to answer questions about dinosaur behaviour, migration, and evolution. 1993.

The bone museum: travels in the lost worlds of dinosaurs and birds

By Wayne Grady. 2000

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Canadian non-fiction, Science and technology, Dinosaurs
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Wayne Grady, the science editor of Equinox, and Phil Currie, a Canadian palaeontologist, travel to Patagonia, China, and the Alberta…

Badlands. Living in tents, experiencing rain, mud, windstorms, disagreements, and the ultimate glimpse of bone, they try to find conclusive evidence in an ongoing debate: did dinosaurs go extinct, or evolve into birds of the modern world? 2000.

The barn at the end of the world: the apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist shepherd (The world As Home Ser.)

By Mary Rose O'Reilley. 2000

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Nature, Animals and wildlife, Christianity, Buddhism
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O'Reilley embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, she describes her work in an agricultural…

barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France. She seeks in both places a spirituality based not in "climbing out of the body" but rather in existing fully in the world. 2000.

T. rex and the crater of doom

By Walter Alvarez. 1997

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Science and technology, Archaeology, Dinosaurs
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A geologist recalls the first scientific proposals of the theory that a large asteroid or comet had collided with Earth…

sixty-five million years ago, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Describes the vehement debate that followed, the accumulation of evidence, and the discovery of a crater beneath the Yucatan peninsula that appears to substantiate the impact claim. c1997.

Supergiants!: the biggest dinosaurs

By David Peters, Don Lessem. 1997

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Science and technology, Dinosaurs
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Lessem explains that the "biggest" dinosaurs weighed the most. They were plant-eating dinosaurs,the sauropods. He details how dinosaur bones have…

been discovered and what scientists have learned from them. He concludes with a description of the Argentinosaurus, officially named in 1993, which may prove to be the biggest dinosaur ever. Grades 3-6. c1997.

Start where you are: a guide to compassionate living (Penguin Classics)

By Pema Chödrön. 1994

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Buddhism
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A handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate heart, and how to make friends with ourselves and develop genuine…

compassion toward others. The author shows how to "start where we are" - embracing rather than denying the painful aspects of our lives - and frames her teachings around 59 traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims. 2001, c1994.

Pourquoi naissons-nous? et autres questions impertinentes

By Jacques Brosse. 2007

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Philosophy, Buddhism
Human-narrated audio

L'auteur, philosophe et maître zen, s'interroge sur le sens que nous pouvons donner à notre vie et sur notre présence…

en ce monde. Une méditation sur le mystère de l'existence s'appuyant sur les philosophes d'Orient et d'Occident. 2007.

How to live without fear and worry

By K. Sri Dhammananda. 1999

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Religion, Buddhism
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Discusses getting rid of fear and worry and the pursuit of happiness. 1999.

Les fondations du bouddhisme

By Eléna Roerich, Rosalie Casella, Yves Chaumette. 1991

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Philosophy, Buddhism
Human-narrated audio

L'auteure nous parle du bouddhisme : "Le terme bouddha n'est pas un nom, mais indique un état d'esprit, un esprit…

parvenu au point le plus élevé de son développement. Traduit littéralement, il signifie "l'illuminé"...". 1991.

Petit guide des dinosaures

By Elliott Seah. 2015

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Science and technology, Dinosaurs
Human-narrated audio

Ce livre a été préparé par un garçon passionné des dinosaures qui a voulu partager avec les autres enfants de…

son âge les informations qu'il a rassemblées sur ces grands disparus. De quelle couleur étaient les dinosaures? Marchaient-ils à quatre pattes? Comment pouvaient-ils courir avec un tel poids? Que mangeaient-ils? Comment se défendaient-ils? Est-ce vrai que les oiseaux sont les descendants des dinosaures? Où peut-on voir des squelettes de dinosaures? Le Petit guide des dinosaures répond à ces questions et à bien d'autres. Il constitue un excellent résumé des connaissances actuelles sur les dinosaures. Années 2-4. 2015.

L'arme de la bienveillance: [lettres d'une nonne bouddhiste à son fils]

By Lodrö Palmo. 2015

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Religion, Buddhism
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" En juillet 2000, Danielle Lamoureux fait sa petite valise et met le cap sur la Nouvelle-Écosse, où elle passe…

les neuf années suivantes à l'abbaye de Gampo, dirigée par Ani Pema Chödron. Elle y prend les vœux monastiques dans la tradition bouddhiste de Shambhala. Elle devient Ani Lodrö Palmo. Dans L'armée de la bienveillance, l'auteure, sous forme de lettres à son fils, livre le récit captivant de l'expérience spirituelle authentique qu'elle a vécue au Cap-Breton. En plus de témoigner de sa transformation profonde, Ani Lodrö Palmo répond à la soif de sens actuelle et nous aide à composer avec les petits et grands défis de la vie. Convaincue qu'il nest pas nécessaire de se retirer du monde pour trouver la paix de l'esprit, capable de prouver qu'il y a un monastère dans le cœur de tous les êtres humains, elle s'applique, à l'aide d'enseignements simples, tout en douceur, à éveiller la nonne ou le moine qui dort en chacun de nous. " -- 4e de couv.

Dix contes tibétains: pour cultiver la compassion

By Lhakpa Yeshe, Anne-Laure Estèves. 2018

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Religion, Buddhism
Human-narrated audio

Dix contes tibétains est un recueil d'histoires ancestrales qui ont pour thème l'essence même du bouddhisme : la compassion.Ces contes…

à la beauté sobre et sublime éveilleront votre esprit et le nourriront. Ils vous inviteront à effectuer les changements auxquels vous aspirez pour être en harmonie avec vous-même et avec les autres. 2018. Titre uniforme: Ten tales from Tibet.

Milarepa

By Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. 1997

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Biography, Religious biography, Buddhism
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Conte dans l'esprit du bouddhisme tibétain, sous forme d'une "pièce monologue" jouée au Festival d'Avignon en 1997. Premier volet de la Trilogie de l'invisible. 2002, c1997.

L'infini dans la paume de la main: du big bang à l'éveil

By Mathieu Ricard, Xuan Thuan Trinh. 2000

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Philosophy, Buddhism, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio

Ces entretiens reflètent deux tranches de vie: celle d'un astrophysicien né bouddhiste qui souhaite confronter ses connaissances scientifiques avec ses…

sources philosophiques, et celle d'un scientifique occidental qui est devenu moine bouddhiste et dont l'expérience personelle l'a conduit à comparer deux approches de la réalité. 2000.

Le moine et le philosophe: le bouddhisme aujourd'hui

By Matthieu Ricard, Jean François Revel. 1997

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Buddhism
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Les échanges entre un père philosophe et un fils converti au bouddhisme qui travaille auprès du dalaï-lama.

Ma cure de silence

By Kankyo Tannier. 2017

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Religion, Buddhism
Human-narrated audio
Des conseils pour pratiquer le silence des mots, le silence visuel et le silence du corps, grâce à la respiration, l'autohypnose ou l'écoute active. 2017.

Le genou de Lucy: l'histoire de l'homme et l'histoire de son histoire

By Yves Coppens. 1999

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Dinosaurs
Human-narrated audio

L'auteur, spécialiste de la paléontologie, a rassemblé ici sa conception de l'histoire de l'homme, une science neuve qui n'en finit…

plus de réviser ses éphémères certitudes. Une esquisse d'autobiographie, un portrait de la fameuse Lucy, certes pas la plus vieille femme du monde, mais "le squellette le moins incomplet de la préhistoire."

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