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The gatekeepers: inside the admissions process of a premier college
By Jacques Steinberg. 2003
In the fall of 1999, New York Times education reporter Jacques Steinberg was given the opportunity to observe the admissions…
process at prestigious Wesleyan University. Over the course of nearly a year, Steinberg accompanied admissions officer Ralph Figueroa on a tour to assess and recruit the most promising students in the country. The Gatekeepers follows a diverse group of prospective students as they compete for places in the nation's most elite colleges. Some strong language. 2002.The Bin Ladens: an Arabian family in the American century
By Steve Coll. 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Ghost Wars" (DC26423) outlines the history of the Arabian Peninsula's Bin Laden family. Begins with patriarch…
Mohamed Bin Laden, an illiterate Yemeni bricklayer who established a building company in Saudi Arabia in 1931 and fathered fifty-four children. Charts the path of son Osama. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. c2008.The beautiful and the damned: a portrait of the new India
By Siddhartha Deb. 2011
In 2004, Deb returned to India from New York and discovered that sweeping change had overtaken the country, due to…
the globalization of its economy, the relaxation of trade rules, and the growth in technology. Visiting the metropolises, small towns, and villages, as well as both gated suburban communities and camps for displaced peasants, Deb offers a view of the changes in landscape and urban geography, creating a narrative of the people who make up the world's second-most populous nation. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2011.Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
By Greg Mortenson. 2009
Author of "Three Cups of Tea" and cofounder of the Central Asia Institute chronicles his school-building efforts and promotion of…
female literacy in remote areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Discusses Mortenson's long-term goals and shares anecdotes about those impacted by his work. Bestseller. 2009.Satanic purses: money, myth, and misinformation in the war on terror
By R. T Naylor. 2006
Naylor exposes the post 9/11 global War on Islamic Terror as based on myth, misinformation, and even deliberate disinformation -…
all of it premised on misguided notions about the nature of terrorist financing and the structure and organization of terrorist groups. Naylor believes that the secret agendas behind, and the private interests that profit from, an illusory War on Terror may be far more dangerous than the events that led to it. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Payback: debt and the shadow side of wealth (CBC Massey lectures)
By Margaret Atwood. 2008
Author and poet Atwood looks at debt, which she describes as air - something we take for granted until things…
go wrong, and then, while gasping for breath, become very interested in. While not a book about practical debt management or high finance, although it does touch upon these subjects, it is an investigation into the idea of debt as an ancient and central motif in religion, literature, and the structure of human societies. 2008.Our turn
By Kirstine Stewart. 2015
Kirstine Stewart got her first job when she applied for a position as a "girl Friday" at a film distribution…
house. Having worked her way up from the bottom--under women and men, leaders good and bad--she believes it's time we leaped past the question of how women might create change in the working world and exploit the fact that profound change is already under way. The digital revolution, and the wave of millennials who are entering the work force with very different expectations than the generations who preceded them, have created a new reality that demands a new style of leader with attributes and perspectives that make women the natural front-runners. The opportunity is there. The question Stewart tackles is, how do we seize it? Bestseller. 2015.Open your eyes: 10 uncommon lessons to discover a happier life
By Jake Olson, McKay Christensen. 2013
Management professor Christensen details the faith-based perseverance of Olson (born 1997), who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma at the age of…
eight months and lost his second eye to cancer in 2009. Offers suggestions for overcoming challenges, such as making happiness a habit and developing the winner within you. 2013.L'homme révolté: Essai (Folio Essais Ser. #Vol. 15)
By Albert Camus. 1951
L'homme est la seule créature qui refuse d'être ce qu'elle est. La révolte est le mouvement de la vie. Inhérente…
à l'homme, elle manifeste sa grandeur devant l'absurdité du monde. L'auteur distingue révolte et révolution. La révolution se retourne contre ses origines et détruit l'humanité. 1985, c1951.Berezina ((Démarches).)
By Sylvain Tesson. 2015
" S. Tesson décrit son voyage en side-car de Moscou à Paris, sur les traces de Napoléon, 200 ans, presque…
jour pour jour, après la retraite de Russie. La débâcle tragique de l'armée française, les tourments des soldats, les étapes du parcours (Smolensk, Minsk, la Berezina, Vilnius, etc.) sont relatés. " -- 4e de couv.Ecoholic body: your ultimate earth-friendly guide to living healthy and looking good
By Adria Vasil. 2012
Delivers the lowdown on virtually every product that comes into contact with our bodies, from the pollutants clogging your sinus…
meds all the way to the outlaw toxins leaching from your sandals. Adria also calls out supplement and shampoo makers that exaggerate their green cred. This guide will arm you with the knowledge you need to keep you and your family healthy, happy and green, all while detoxing the planet. Includes strong language. c2012.Being generous: the art of right living
By Lucinda Vardey, John Dalla Costa. 2007
We can all be generous when Christmas rolls around, or when disaster strikes, but this kind of giving segregates generosity…
and makes it a special activity only for special times. We must investigate other possibilities for being generous, by helping those we interact with every day: our children, colleagues, parents, friends and the homeless men and women we encounter. If we ask, "What do you need?" we may be surprised how readily we can provide assistance, and how a single generous act may turn into something that touches many. 2007.English the easy way: fourth edition (Easy Way Ser.)
By Phyllis Dutwin, Harriet Diamond. 2003
The story of French: The Language That Travelled The World
By Jean-Benoît Nadeau, Julie Barlow. 2006
What began as a loose confederation of local dialects became mired in a particularly French obsession with linguistic propriety. Despite…
the natural development of French over time, "[in] the back of any francophone's mind is the idea that an ideal, pure French exists somewhere." Nadeau and Barlow travelled the world to research what they call "the mental universe of French speakers" from its centre in France to such places as Canada, Senegal and Israel. Some strong language. 2006.The upside of down: catastrophe, creativity, and the renewal of civilization
By Thomas Homer-Dixon. 2006
From the fall of the Roman empire to the devastation of the 9/11 attacks, from Toronto in the 2003 blackout…
to the ancient temples of Lebanon, Homer-Dixon argues that the great stresses our world is experiencing - global warming, energy scarcity, population imbalances, and widening gaps between rich and poor - can't be looked at independently. As these stresses combine and converge, the risk of breakdown rises. However, we can use our emerging understanding of the complex systems in which we live to avoid catastrophic collapse in a way the Roman empire could not. c2006.A rich and imaginative discovery of how ink has shaped culture and why it is here to stay. Although seemingly…
a humble substance, it has inspired great literature and art, political upheaval and murder, mysticism and spirituality, as well as jealousy, fraud, secrecy, invention, hype, lust and many other aspects and emotions. The author dips into several dimensions of its history, travelling to the places associated with those stories, and having related adventures of his own. 2014.Time now for the Vinyl Cafe story exchange
By Stuart McLean. 2013
For years, listeners of The Vinyl Cafe have shared their personal stories with Stuart McLean on The Vinyl Cafe Story…
Exchange. To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the segment, Stuart and his long-time radio producer, Jess Milton, have collected their favourites. The result is a wonderful anthology of stories about rituals and romance, road trips and guitar licks, Saturday-night hockey games and Sunday morning pancakes. Sad things are tangled up with funny things, and sweet things too. Bestseller. 2013.Tout bouge autour de moi ((Collection Chronique (Mémoire d'encrier (Firme))).)
By Dany Laferrière. 2010
Un vibrant témoignage de Dany Laferrière autour du séisme du 12 janvier 2010 qui a détruit Haïti. L'auteur retrace les…
principaux moments du désastre : textes brefs, portraits, informations, impressions, projections. Cette tragédie est restituée avec force et générosité. Laferrière livre en des touches discrètes ses émotions, ses sentiments et ses pensées, dans cette poignante chronique [...] -- 4e de couv.Propaganda: comment manipuler l'opinion en démocratie
By Oristelle Bonis, Edward L Bernays. 2008
Comment imposer une nouvelle marque de lessive ? Comment faire élire un président ? Dans la logique des démocraties de…
marché , ces questions se confondent. Dans ces sociétés, constate Edward Bernays, le pouvoir appartient à celui qui contrôle adéquatement les moyens dinfluencer lopinion. La démocratie moderne implique ainsi une nouvelle forme de gouvernement invisible : les relations publiques. Loin den faire la critique, lauteur se propose au contraire den perfectionner et den systématiser les techniques à partir des acquis de la psychanalyse. Un document édifiant où lon apprend que la propagande politique moderne nest pas née dans les régimes totalitaires, mais au coeur même de la démocratie libérale américaine. Incontournable en une époque où les modes de vie, autant que les opinions politiques, deviennent une affaire de perception. Le manuel classique de lindustrie des relations publiques, selon Noam Chomsky. -- 4e de couv.Il ne faut pas toujours croire les journalistes
By Mario Cardinal. 2005
[...] Dans cet ouvrage coup de gueule, lauteur dissèque au bistouri de lanalyse des questions brûlantes dactualité : la convergence,…
le journalisme politique, linformation continue, le fait divers.. et ce à partir dexemples bien connus : laffaire Lester , Star Académie, la presse canadienne anglaise face au Québec -- 4e de couv.