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The end of elsewhere: travels among the tourists
By Taras Grescoe. 2003
Taras Grescoe plunges into the ruts where the tourists are thickest, starting at the tip of Spain's Land's End and…
finishing, nine months later, on the soldier-patrolled beaches of China's End of the Earth. Along the way, he crosses the entire Eurasian landmass, experiencing all sorts of travel such as all-inclusive resorts, pilgrimages, and bus tours. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2003.The Greek for love: a memoir of Corfu
By James Chatto. 2005
They arrived as tourists in Corfu, Wendy from Canada and James from England. They enjoyed the sun, an idyllic beach,…
olives, fresh apricots and marinated lamb, and long evenings of storytelling at the local taverna. But what captivated James and Wendy was the way the islanders embraced them, and how their deep connection to Corfu and its people sustained them through tragedy just as it had carried them into love. Some strong language. 2005.The $12 million stuffed shark: the curious economics of contemporary art
By Donald N Thompson. 2008
Delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world - artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If…
it's true that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction in 2006 and 2007? Explores money, lust, and the self-aggrandizement of possession in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work of art valuable while others are ignored. 2008.Secret ingredients: the brave new world of industrial farming
By Stuart Laidlaw. 2003
A vivid portrait of what modern industrial farming is, what it is doing to the environment, to farmers, to the…
plants and livestock we eat, and to us as consumers and as citizens. The author takes us from the dairy farms of Pennsylvania to Canada's prairie wheatfields, from the tomato greenhouses of southern Ontario to the potato fields of P.E.I. All along the way, he shows us food's secret ingredient - its hidden costs. 2003.No logo: taking aim at the brand bullies
By Naomi Klein. 2000
As big companies such as McDonald's, Nike and Wal-mart keep getting bigger, consumers are becoming more wary of their attempts…
to force ready-to-wear lifestyles upon us. Klein discusses the growth of the corporate logo, and the resistance to the attempts of the big companies to move into every aspect of our lives. 2000.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.Italian days
By Barbara Grizzuti Harrison. 1989
An in-depth travel guide to Italy, which provides a mixture of history, politics, folklore, food, architecture, arts, literature, and local…
anecdotes. From modern, fashionable Milan to historic Rome and primitive Calabria, the author reflects on the country of her origins, where the keys to her past are held by those who never left. 1989.Fences and windows: dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate
By Naomi Klein, Debra Ann Levy. 2002
The nature of economies
By Jane Jacobs. 2000
Jacobs examines the similarities between the growth and change that occurs within an economy, and the growth and changes that…
occur within nature. She argues that through the study of systems found in nature we can better understand economic development.The shock doctrine: the rise of disaster capitalism
By Naomi Klein. 2007
Klein assails economist Milton Friedman's free-market precepts, as their exponents have applied them to a series of formerly state-dominated economies…
since 1975. She condemns reform programs of the last three decades that have aimed to separate the state from the economy; the process of market liberalization has created a "disaster capitalism complex," consisting of corporations that thrive on catastrophe. Some descriptions of sex and strong language, descriptions of violence. 2007.Mainmise sur les services: privatisation, déréglementation et autres stratagèmes
By Claude Vaillancourt. 2006
Aujourdhui, tout se vend. Même les services. Mais jusquà quel point pouvons-nous abandonner aux entreprises des secteurs aussi vitaux que…
la santé, leau, léducation, la culture ? À lheure des grands accords de commerce internationaux et de la mode des PPP, Claude Vaillancourt nous éclaire sur la privatisation progressive de tout le bien public dans cet essai de vulgarisation. Nos dirigeants nous répètent quà lère de linévitable déréglementation, les services publics seront épargnés. Est-ce vrai? Comment savoir? -- 4e de couv.Les mensonges de l'économie: vérité pour notre temps : [essai]
By John Kenneth Galbraith, Paul Chemla. 2004
Cet essai du célèbre économiste américain se propose de montrer comment, en fonction des pressions financières et politiques ou des…
modes du moment, les systèmes économiques et politiques façonnent leur propre version de la vérité. Une interprétation qui nentretient aucune relation nécessaire avec le réel. Titre uniforme: The economics of innocent fraud.La prospérité du vice: une introduction (inquiète) à l'économie
By Daniel Cohen. 2009
Ce livre étonnant est un voyage. Un voyage qui montre comment l'économie façonne la société au fil du temps. Une…
immense fresque aussi, qui fait passer de l'Empire romain à celui d'Hollywood, de la crise des années trente à celle des subprimes, de l'Allemagne du Kaiser à la Chine contemporaine. Un voyage inquiet, hanté par une question : comment l'Occident, qui a arraché l'humanité au règne de la faim et de la misère, a-t-il pu finir sa course dans le suicide collectif des deux guerres mondiales ? Quel est le poison, le vice caché qui a anéanti l'Europe ? La question n'est pas seulement rétrospective. Le monde s'occidentalise aujourd'hui à vive allure : les tragédies européennes pourraient-elles se répéter, en Asie ou ailleurs ? [...] -- 4e de couv.Grèce ((Passions d'ailleurs))
By Renée Grimaud. 2000
Conçus comme un voyage en soi, les livres de la collection font découvrir un pays en entrant peu à peu…
dans la vie quotidienne, à travers ce que l'on perçoit dès l'arrivée dans le pays ; l'histoire, racontée à travers les grands monuments ; les villes, décrites à travers des circuits, des trajets : itinéraires culturels, parcours culinaires, parcs et jardins, marchés... ; les paysages et les sites naturels, présentés de façon à mettre en valeur leurs aspects remarquables : mer, montagnes, îles, déserts ou volcans... ; les loisirs, les fêtes et la culture contemporaine, aident le lecteur à partager la vie des habitants. - 4e de couv.Dinner with Persephone: travels in Greece
By Patricia Storace. 1997
Patricia Storace reveals how the dreams of modern Greece are the woven product of classical culture. Through a series of…
encounters with people, with Greek feast days and national dramas and wide registration of places and what happens in them, she leads her readers away from the dead language of the travel book and into a form of writing which allows critical affection and unpredictable understanding to be shared. 1997Snowball oranges: a winter's tale on a Spanish isle (Summersdale Travel Ser.)
By Peter Kerr. 2000
A Scottish family give up relative sanity and security to go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded…
valley in the mountains of Mallorca. Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprises and "experiences", and it isn't long before they realise that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an orange farm by the wily previous owners. 2000.Islander: a journey around our archipelago
By Patrick Barkham. 2017
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle…
of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. Patrick Barkham explores some of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain as he travels to ever-smaller islands in search of their special magic. 2017.Where the heart is: a writer in Provence
By Marita Van der Vyver, Annelize Visser. 2006
Van der Vyver, a Capetonian writer, married a Frenchman and moved to the south of France. She continues to write…
her novels there in her home language, therefore valuing her one or two trips a year back to South Africa. But her enjoyment of her adopted home - though its bureaucracy can bring tears - shines through, even as she describes renovations, strikes, and the quest for food colouring. 2006.That summer in Paris: memories of tangled friendships with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and some others
By Morley Callaghan. 1992
Reminiscences of the author's early career on the "Toronto Daily Star", and his 1929 trip to Paris where he made…
friends with Fitzgerald, Hemingway and other well-known literary figures. Originally published in 1963. 1992.Ireland, a bicycle and a tin whistle
By David A Wilson. 1995
Cycling around Ireland in search of traditional music, David Wilson followed the coastline from Prebyterian Islandmagee to Gaelic Cape Clear,…
then from Dublin to Belfast. He explores the Ireland of fiddles, harps, and storytelling 'til dawn, sharing tales of the towns he visited and the people he met. Some strong language. 1995.