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By Alan Cross. 2007
Cross narrates the definitive history of alternative rock over the last 30 years. Focussing on top performers, including David Bowie,…
The Velvet Underground, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols and Iggy Pop, includes band and artist biographies, complete discographies and trivia. 2007.By Benson Bobrick, Benjamin Webb Baker. 2003
The author tells the story of Benjamin "Webb" Baker, his great-grandfather. Webb enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and…
thereafter suffered through horrid conditions in camp and absolute hell in combat. Also contains a heretofore unreleased collection of Webb's letters. 2003.By Theresa Larsen Crenshaw. 1997
Identifies the role our hormones play in the different sexual stages, exploring the age-old concept of chemistry between the sexes…
and how hormones can determine the course of human relationships. Functions as both an encyclopedia of our attachment-related hormones, telling us exactly what they are and exactly what modern science thinks they do, and a guide to what we can do to get them to keep functioning the way we want them to. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1996.By Richard Hamblyn. 2009
Blending history, science and eye-witness accounts, and arranged in chapters corresponding to the four elements (earth, air, fire and water),…
Hamblyn explores the relationship between the planet and its humans. With the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, the weather-panics of the summer of 1783, the eruption of Krakatau in 1883, and the Hilo tsunami of 1946, he reminds us of the earth's unimaginable force and describes what happens when that force is unleashed. 2009.By Stephen R Covey. 1997
From the author of "The seven habits of highly effective people" (DC30225) and father of nine, a method of achieving…
peace and harmony at home. Recommends simple and practical ways to communicate and to resolve common problems so that "everyone wins." c1997.By Margaret Cheney. 1981
Biography of an "Eccentric Inventor" from his childhood in Yugoslavia to his death in New York in the 1940's. Chronicles…
a lifetime of such discoveries as fluorescent lighting and the bladeless turbine. 1981.By Daniel Ichbiah, Jean-Martial Lefranc. 2014
" Si c'était un film, on aurait accusé les scénaristes d'être outrageusement irréalistes... Telle est pourtant la réalité que le…
monde a découverte le 6 juin 2013 : une surveillance d'une ampleur démesurée s'est mise en place. Elle vise à recueillir les moindres détails de nos vies : communications téléphoniques, e-mails, consultation du Web, déplacements... Enquête sur l'espionnage numérique. Comment est née la NSA, comment a-t-elle été dotée d'un pouvoir presque sans limites au lendemain du 11 septembre 2001, avec des milliards de dollars à l'appui ? Comment Edward Snowden a-t-il réussi ? un véritable thriller ? à extraire des milliers de documents afin d'exposer ce que nos gouvernants cherchaient à nous cacher, et de poser cette question : est-ce là le monde où nous désirons voir nos enfants grandir ? Ce livre expose une réalité qui dépasse la science-fiction la plus audacieuse. Une situation dans laquelle la vie privée de chacun de nous n'existe pratiquement plus. Il se trouve aussi que ? en dépit des protestations de façade de nos dirigeants ? les agences de renseignement collaborent allègrement entre elles pour mieux pister la trace de chacun de nous. Au cas où... Comme l'a déclaré Ira Hunt, l'un des partisans de cette collecte à très grande échelle : Nous essayons de tout recueillir et de le conserver à tout jamais. Existe-t-il encore des possibilités de communiquer en toute quiétude, sans être espionné par des oreilles ou yeux indiscrets ? Oui, dans une certaine mesure, et ce livre s'attache également à décrire les moyens de défendre ce qui nous reste de vie privée. " -- 4e de couv.By Carlo Rovelli, Patrick Vighetti. 2015
Avec les mots de l'écrivain, le talent du poète, Carlo Rovelli nous fait apercevoir le mystère du monde, la beauté…
du monde, une beauté à couper le souffle. Ces sept leçons donnent un aperçu rapide des aspects les plus importants et fascinants de la grande révolution qui a bouleversé la physique au XXe siècle, et surtout des questions et des mystères que cette révolution a soulevés. Elles nous emmènent dans le monde enchanté des grandes idées de la physique actuelle : de la relativité générale d'Einstein à la physique quantique, des particules élémentaires à l'architecture de l'Univers, de la gravité quantique à la nature du temps et de la conscience. 2015.By Jacques Arnould. 2015
By Jean-François Chassay. 2009
Les sciences ne peuvent échapper à la culture. C'est pourquoi la fiction, mieux souvent que l'histoire des sciences, montre comment…
elles changent nos perceptions du monde. Sept d'entre elles, parmi les plus marquantes : Giordano Bruno, Galilée, Newton, Darwin, Marie Curie, Einstein et Oppenheimer, sont ici convoquées comme autant d'exemples emblématiques de ces échanges entre science et fiction. 2009.By Holger Petersen. 2011
A collection of nineteen of Petersen’s in-depth radio interviews with artists - the pioneering men and women who created the…
blues and roots sounds that have influenced the course of popular culture and music in North America. The book is divided into four sections: British Blues Revival, Delta and Memphis Blues, Artists Who Helped Build Stony Plain, and Bonus Tracks. Each interview is preceded by background material on the artist, and Petersen’s own stories of their meetings. c2011.By Valerie Fortney. 2010
On May 17, 2006, Forward Observation Officer Captain Nichola Goddard earned a tragic place in Canadian history: she became the…
first female Canadian soldier to die in combat, in Afghanistan. Born to left-wing pacifists, Nichola was an unlikely soldier, but she maintained a fierce loyalty to her profession. Fortney profiles the life of a woman who consistently defied societally-imposed constraints. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2010.By Andrew Nikiforuk. 2008
Canada has one third of the world's oil source; it comes from the bitumen in the oil sands of Alberta.…
Advancements in technology and frenzied development have created the world's largest energy project in Fort McMurray, where the sticky bitumen is extracted from the earth. Providing almost 20 percent of America's fuel, much of this dirty oil is being processed in refineries in the Midwest, but Nikiforuk believes the project is polluting the air, poisoning the water, and destroying boreal forest, and argues for change. Some strong language. c2008.By Walter Alvarez. 1997
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.By Harvey S Wiener. 1988
The author believes that parents are able to enhance their children's language skills by engaging in conversations with them. He…
provides strategies for interacting with children about their ideas, experiences and surroundings. 1988.By Randy Bachman. 2014
Following “Vinyl Tap Stories”, Randy tells more great stories from a life in rock - all of the fun, hardships,…
and adventure that haven’t been featured on the radio show. This is Randy Bachman, unplugged! c2014.By Robert J Kershaw. 2009
Ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease and the fury of a tank battle…
through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines. This text draws on newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars. 2009.By Jay Ingram. 1992
Ingram explores the world of speech, from the first words on earth to the complex wizardry of the brain. He…
discusses the physiology, including the theory that speech is encoded in our genes, and the dynamics of conversation. 1992.By Margaret J Meeker. 2007
Teen health expert Meg Meeker, M.D., documents the powerful influence dads have on daughters. The most crucial factor for girls…
growing up into confident, well-adjusted women is a strong father with conservative values. Such fathers preempt eating disorders, failing grades, STDs, unwed pregnancy, and substance abuse - and promote academic achievement, successful marriage, and a satisfying emotional life. 2007.By John Gilmore. 1988
For 50 years, Montréal was the jazz centre of Canada. Gilmore chronicles the lives of Montréal's jazz musicians, and describes…
the Montréal jazz scene and the environment in which musicians lived and played. 1988.