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Let the elephants run: unlock your creativity and change everything
By David Usher. 2015
Usher believes creativity is in our DNA; it's in everyone, not just the creative class. We all start our lives…
as creative beings but for many that spark becomes lost over time. How do we jump-start our creative process as adults? What does it mean to be a creative person? How do we follow through with our ideas and turn them into tangible outcomes? Usher empowers readers to achieve more “aha” moments through two cornerstone principles of creativity: freedom and structure. Using a mix of personal anecdotes and professional examples from the worlds of industry, technology, science, music and art, he shows us that creativity is not magic; it is a learnable skill that any person or business can master. Bestseller. 2015.Les secrets de la matière (Raconté en famille)
By Étienne Klein. 2008
Présentation des lois qui gouvernent l'Univers et l'infiniment petit. Un document pour découvrir la composition des matériaux aussi différents que…
le fer, l'eau, l'oxygène, l'intense activité au coeur de la matière, la radioactivité, l'énergie atomique ou la physique quantique. Du big bang à la gravitation, en passant par le mouvement des étoiles et des galaxies. 2007, c2008.Les pommes de Newton (Albin Michel sciences)
By Jean-Marie Vigoureux. 2003
Dans un style vivant et accessible à tous, Jean-Marie Vigoureux retrace l'histoire des représentations du monde jusqu'au bouleversement introduit par…
le modèle de Copernic. Dans le contexte de leur vie et de leur époque, il nous fait vivre ensuite les découvertes de Kepler et de Galilée pour nous présenter enfin le système de Newton qui fonde la physique classique. 2003.Leonard: my fifty-year friendship with a remarkable man
By William Shatner, David Fisher. 2016
Shatner and Nimoy first met as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that…
their next roles, in a new science-fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In 79 television episodes and six feature films, they grew to know each other more than most friends could ever imagine. In this powerfully emotional book, Shatner tells the story of a man who was his friend for over 50 years, recounting anecdotes and untold stories of their lives on and off set, as well as gathering stories from Nimoy's close friends and family. Bestseller. 2016.Leadership in turbulent times
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2018
In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an…
illuminating exploration into the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership. Are leaders born or made? Where does ambition come from? How does adversity affect the growth of leadership? Does the man make the times or do the times make the man? Goodwin draws upon four of the presidents she has studied most closely--Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)--to show how they first recognized leadership qualities within themselves, and were recognized by others as leaders. No common pattern describes the trajectory of leadership. Although set apart in background, abilities, and temperament, these men shared a fierce ambition and a deep-seated resilience that enabled them to surmount uncommon adversity. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. This seminal work provides an accessible and essential road map for aspiring and established leaders in every field. In today's polarized world, these stories of authentic leadership in times of apprehension and fracture take on a singular urgency. Bestseller. 2018.Leaving before the rains come
By Alexandra Fuller. 2015
Comme un vol d'aigles (Le livre de poche ; #7693)
By Ken Follett, Jean Rosenthal. 2004
Comment je vois le monde
By Albert Einstein. 1979
Il n'est personne dans le monde qui n'ait un jour entendu prononcer le nom d'Einstein. Son génie à fait l'unanimité.…
Il aura fallu la Seconde guerre mondiale et toutes ses conséquences pour laisser entrevoir un personnage d'une humanité exemplaire et profondément pacifique. À l'origine de ce livre, se trouve un certain nombre d'articles et de textes scientifiques d'Einstein revus et traduits par Maurice Solovine, un grand ami de l'auteur. Dans la première partie de ce recueil, on trouve les positions très nettes du savant dans le domaine social, religieux, politique et économique. Une large place est ensuite accordée à ses études scientifiques. 1989, c1979.Chapel of extreme experience: a short history of flicker
By John Geiger. 2002
The true story of how the discovery of flicker potentials, and scientific observations about strange patterns, organized hallucinations, and even…
the displacement of time derived from stroboscopic light, nearly resulted in a Dream Machine in every home. 2002.Juliet's answer: one man's search for love and the elusive cure for heartbreak
By Glenn Dixon. 2017
When Glenn Dixon is spurned by love, he does something unusual. He travels to Verona, Italy, to become a scribe…
of Juliet, Shakespeare's fictional character, all in an attempt to understand his heartbreak. Once there, he volunteers to answer the thousands of letters that arrive addressed to Juliet, letters sent from lovelorn people all over the world who long to understand the mysteries of the human heart. Bestseller. 2017.Killing Pablo: the hunt for the world's greatest outlaw
By Mark Bowden. 2001
The author of "Black Hawk down" chronicles the crimes of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, his Medellín cocaine cartel, and…
his influence on his country. Describes Escobar's imprisonment, escape, enemies, and the American involvement with death squads that sought revenge. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2001.Killer: my life in hockey
By Doug Gilmour. 2017
Doug Gilmour didn’t look fearsome on a pair of skates - being an “undersized” forward would plague him during his…
early career - but few players matched his killer instincts in the faceoff circle or in front of the net. The Hockey Hall of Famer from Kingston, Ontario, played for seven teams over his twenty-year career, netting 450 goals and 964 assists during the regular season and another 188 points in the playoffs, making him one of the highest-scoring centres of all time. Gilmour played a big role in the 1989 Stanley Cup victory, scoring the winning goal for the Calgary Flames. Perhaps most famously, he led the Toronto Maple Leafs to multiple winning seasons and in 1993, took them to the brink of their first Stanley Cup final in decades, only to lose out on one of the most controversial calls in hockey history. Bestseller. 2017.Justin Trudeau: the natural heir
By Huguette Young, George Tombs. 2016
A reluctant heir and a breakthrough leader, an underdog and an historic champion, the bearer of a nation’s hopes and…
an unsettlingly blank slate, Justin Trudeau is one of Canada’s most compelling and enigmatic figures. Journalist Huguette Young retraces his steps from his early days to the height of power, and gives a rare look at the real Trudeau. Bestseller. 2016. Uniform title: Justin Trudeau, l'héritier.Embers: one Ojibway's meditations
By Richard Wagamese. 2016
Wagamese finds lessons in both the mundane and sublime as he muses on the universe, drawing inspiration from working in…
the bush, sawing and cutting and stacking wood for winter, as well as the smudge ceremony to bring him closer to the Creator. He explores the various manifestations of grief, joy, recovery, beauty, gratitude, physicality and spirituality--concepts many find hard to express. But for Wagamese, spirituality is multifaceted. Within these pages, readers will find hard-won and concrete wisdom on how to feel the joy in the everyday things. Wagamese does not seek to be a teacher or guru, but these observations made along his own journey to become, as he says, "a spiritual bad-ass," make inspiring reading. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award. 2016.Intolerable: a memoir of extremes
By Kamal Al-Solaylee. 2012
As a gay man living in an intolerant Middle East, Al-Solaylee escaped first to England and eventually to Canada, where…
he became a journalist and academic. While he was enjoying the cultural and personal freedoms of life in the West, his once-liberal family slowly fell into the hard-line interpretations of Islam that were sweeping large parts of the Arab-Muslim world in the 1980s and 1990s. The differences between his life and theirs were brought into sharp relief by the 2011 revolution in Egypt and the civil war in Yemen. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2015. 2012.Indigenous writes: a guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues in Canada
By Chelsea Vowel. 2016
Vowel initiates myriad conversations about the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada. An advocate for Indigenous worldviews, the author discusses…
the fundamental issues--the terminology of relationships; culture and identity; myth-busting; state violence; and land, learning, law and treaties--along with wider social beliefs about these issues. She answers the questions that many people have on these topics to spark further conversations at home, in the classroom, and in the larger community. Bestseller. 2016.It worked for me: in life and leadership
By Tony Koltz, Colin L Powell. 2012
Leadership and business advice from the four-star general, former secretary of state, and national security advisor. Powell offers thirteen rules…
for success at work and in relationships, using anecdotes from his experiences. Bestseller. 2012.Irving vs. Irving: Canada's feuding billionaires and the stories they won't tell
By Jacques Poitras. 2014
They are Canada’s third wealthiest family, the fifth-largest private landowner in the U.S.A. They have a monopoly on New Brunswick’s…
English-language print media and billions of dollars in offshore accounts. They are the Irvings. And they have always placed a premium on discretion and family unity. They built their empire by remaining private. Here is the story of how these ambitious entrepreneurs came to dominate the economic and political affairs of Atlantic Canada. c2014.Invisible: the dangerous allure of the unseen
By Philip Ball. 2014
If offered the chance - by cloak, spell, or superpower - to be invisible, who wouldn’t want to give it…
a try? We are drawn to the idea of stealthy voyeurism and the ability to conceal our own acts, but as desirable as it may seem, invisibility is also dangerous. It is not just an optical phenomenon, but a condition full of ethical questions. The story of invisibility is not so much a matter of how it might be achieved but of why we want it and what we would do with it. 2015, c2014.I'll be gone in the dark: one woman's obsessive search for the Golden State Killer
By Gillian Flynn, Patton Oswalt, Michelle McNamara. 2018
For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south,…
where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then in 1986 he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. Three decades later, true crime journalist Michelle McNamara was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. This book that McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. Bestseller. 2018.