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The devils of Loudun (The collected Works Of Aldous Huxley Ser.)
By Aldous Huxley. 1952
A reconstruction of sensational occurrences at the Ursuline Convent in Loudun during the early 1600s. After a group of nuns…
were swept into a prolonged state of frenzy, they accused Urbain Grandier, Loudun's parson, of witchcraft. Huxley includes insights of modern psychology as well as his own speculations on good and evil. 1952.La crise d'Oka: au-delà des barricades
By Emilie Guilbeault-Cayer. 2013
" La crise d'Oka de 1990 marque, par son caractère violent et sa durée, un tournant dans l'histoire des relations…
entre l'État québécois et les Autochtones. Plusieurs affrontements et 78 jours de crise laissent un souvenir amer, tant du côté des populations que chez les responsables politiques. À la suite de cet été des Indiens, plusieurs questions demeurent sans réponse et certains enjeux restent encore incompris, notamment la gestion de la crise par le gouvernement provincial. Lors du conflit, l'attitude des responsables politiques semble chaotique, et leurs choix, discutables. Ces réactions répondent à une lecture bien précise de la situation, mais les motivations qui ont guidé leurs actions sont encore mal connues à ce jour. Émilie Guilbeault-Cayer utilise la crise d'Oka comme révélateur de l'évolution des relations entre l'État québécois et les Autochtones. Un sujet qui demeure criant d'actualité. " -- 4e de couv.Never on a broomstick
By Frank Donovan. 1971
Native peoples and cultures of Canada: an anthropological overview
By Alan D McMillan. 1988
A comprehensive overview of all the native groups of Canada -- Indian, Metis and Inuit. Describes their traditional ways of…
life from prehistoric times to the present issues of land claims and self-government. 1988." Ouvrage historique magistral, venant tout juste d'être traduit en français, qui retrace les moyens qu'ont pris les politiciens du…
19e siècle pour exterminer les peuples des Premières nations. L'historien James Daschuk y trace un portrait peu flatteur des bâtisseurs canadiens, à commencer par John A. Macdonald. Celui qu'on connaît comme le " Père de la Confédération " a joué un rôle actif dans le confinement dans les réserves, l'extermination des bisons et la distribution de viande avariée, tout en empochant des pots-de-vin pour " nettoyer " le territoire pour la construction du chemin de fer transcanadien. " -- 4e de couv.Les sorcieres de Salem
By Liliane Crété. 1995
Etude historique basee sur une celebre affaire de sorcellerie a Salem, en 1692, ou la fille et la niece d'un…
reverend demontrerent des symptomes de possession diabolique. Au proces, les declarations des fillettes secourerent toute l'Amerique. Trois siecles apres l'histoire continue de fasciner. 1995.Canada's first nations: a history of founding peoples
By Olive Patricia Dickason. 1992
Dickason traces the history of Canada's first nations, from the earliest habitation of North America through European settlement and to…
the present. She discusses current issues and controversies, including Meech Lake, the Oka crisis, and the debate over self-government. 1992.Bury my heart at Wounded Knee: an Indian history of the American West
By Dee Alexander Brown. 1970
The author sets out to tell of the conquest of the American West as the victims experienced it, using their…
own words whenever possible; of the greedy invaders, murdering and destroying Indians who had set out to live in peace with their white neighbours. 1970.Witch amongst us
By Lois Bourne. 1985
The author, a "white" witch who uses her powers to cure illness and solve problems, recounts the experiences and visions…
that convinced her of her powers, and the ways she has used her gift. 1985.The vision & the voice: with commentary and other papers : the Equinox, volume IV number II (Equinox Ser. #Vol. 4)
By Aleister Crowley, Victor B Neuburg, Mary Desti. 1998
This text is the record of Aleister Crowley's exploration of the 30 Aethyrs of the Enochian system of magick developed…
by the Elizabethan magicians Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly. Crowley obtained these visions in Mexico in 1900, and in Algeria in 1909. They are the source of many key spiritual doctrines of Thelema. They give an account of the transcendence of the Ego by crossing the Abyss, and the attainment of the grade of Master of the Temple. 1998. Uniform title: Equinox (New York, N.Y.)The magic makers: magic and sorcery through the ages
By David Carroll. 1974
A journey into the world of magic and the lives of its magicians, from ancient times to the present. Explains…
the difference between white and black magic and where magic begins and where it ends. 1974.La sorcellerie au Québec, du XVIIe au XIXe siècle ((Connaissance).)
By Robert-Lionel Séguin. 1978
Voyage au pays des Mi'gmaq ((Voyage au pays des--).)
By Annik Chiron de La Casinière. 2010
Au bord des chutes de Grand-Sault, dans la province du Nouveau-Brunswick, se dresse une imposante statue de femme indienne. Passé…
ce seuil, le visiteur entre en pays mi'gmaq... et dans d'épaisses forêts, zone intermédiaire que peuple la faune dont sont remplies les légendes de cette civilisation des côtes orientales du Canada. Puis viennent des villages aux habitations dispersées parmi les arbres ou concentrées autour d'une église et flanquées de jardins proprets. Les lieux de peuplement mi'gmaq n'ont pas tous cette apparence enchantée. Certains sont à l'image des relations tourmentées qu'entretinrent longtemps Mi'gmaq et Blancs. Une anthropologue observe, écoute et rend compte des aléas émouvants d'une minorité d'Amérique du Nord en pleine reconquête de son identité. 2010.La sorcière
By Jules Michelet. 1966
Michelet, historien et poète, nous raconte la sorcière médiévale. Pour lui, la sorcellerie était tout simplement une protestation de l'esprit…
de liberté contre celui de soumission représenté par l'Église Inquisitrice. 1966, c1862.Native peoples (Discovering Canada)
By Robert Livesey. 1993
Who were the original native peoples who lived in what is now Canada? Where and how did they live? What…
were their legends and myths, heroes and gods? The authors move from east to west, providing the history and folklore of seven native nations. Activities and a crossword puzzle are included. Grades 5-8. 1993. (Discovering Canada series)Witches and witch-hunts: a history of persecution
By Milton Meltzer. 1999
Examines witch-hunts around the world from medieval Europe to the present day. Reveals how innocent people become accused of imaginary…
crimes due to fear, ignorance, and mass hysteria. Includes the Salem witch trials, Shakespeare's witches, and twentieth-century examples of persecution. For junior high and older readers. c1999.La sorcellerie
By Christine Brouillet. 1991
A mind spread out on the ground
By Alicia Elliott. 2019
In an urgent and visceral work that asks essential questions about Native people in North America while drawing on intimate…
details of her own life and experience with intergenerational trauma, Alicia Elliott offers indispensable insight and understanding to the ongoing legacy of colonialism. What are the links between depression, colonialism and loss of language--both figurative and literal? How does white privilege operate in different contexts? How do we navigate the painful contours of mental illness in loved ones without turning them into their sickness? How does colonialism operate on the level of literary criticism? A Mind Spread Out on the Ground is Alicia Elliott's attempt to answer these questions and more. In the process, she engages with such wide-ranging topics as race, parenthood, sexuality, love, mental illness, poverty, sexual assault, gentrification, writing and representation. Elliott makes connections both large and small between the past and present, the personal and political--from overcoming a years-long history with head lice to the way Native writers are treated within the Canadian literary industry; her unplanned teenage pregnancy to the history of dark matter and how it relates to racism in the court system; her childhood diet of Kraft dinner to how systematic oppression is linked to depression in Native communities. With deep consideration and searing prose, Elliott extends far beyond her own experiences to provide a candid look at our past, an illuminating portrait of our present and a powerful tool for a better future. Bestseller. Winner of the 2020 Evergreen Award. 2019.Canyon Dreams: A Basketball Season on the Navajo Nation
By Michael Powell. 2019
The moving story of a Navajo high school basketball team, its members struggling with the everyday challenges of high school,…
adolescence, and family, and the great and unique obstacles facing Native Americans living on reservations. Deep in the heart of northern Arizona, in a small and isolated patch of the vast 17.5-million-acre Navajo reservation, sits Chinle High School. Here, basketball is passion, passed from grandparent to parent to child. Rez Ball is a sport for winters where dark and cold descend fast and there is little else to do but roam mesa tops, work, and wonder what the future holds. The town has 4,500 residents and the high school arena seats 7,000. Fans drive thirty, fifty, even eighty miles to see the fast-paced and highly competitive matchups that are more than just games to players and fans. Celebrated Times journalist Michael Powell brings us a narrative of triumph and hardship, a moving story about a basketball team on a Navajo reservation that shows how important sports can be to youths in struggling communities, and the transcendent magic and painful realities that confront Native Americans living on reservations. This book details his season-long immersion in the team, town, and culture, in which there were exhilarating wins, crushing losses, and conversations on long bus rides across the desert about dreams of leaving home and the fear of the same.