Title search results
Showing 21 - 40 of 895 items
A personal analysis by two veteran sportswriters and hockey fans on the current crisis in hockey. They discuss the downturn…
of the game's traditions as it turned more violent and NHL games became almost boring. The authors also offer solutions on how they think hockey's future can be saved.The climate wars
By Gwynne Dyer. 2008
Dwindling resources, massive population shifts, natural disasters, spreading epidemics. Drought, rising sea levels, plummeting agricultural yields, crashing economies and political…
extremism. These are some of the expected consequences of runaway climate change in the decades ahead, and any of them could tip the world towards conflict. 2008.The carbon rush: The Truth Behind The Carbon Market Smokescreen
By Amy Miller. 2013
Award-winning documentarian Miller focuses on the real meaning of Carbon trading, where countries can buy and sell anothers' carbon emission…
through a system where carbon credits are traded like stocks and bonds. It’s really a zero-sum formula where the amount of carbon-based pollution is not being reduced, only moved by brokers among countries. Credits are then given which are used to bankroll huge industrial operations, many of which are ravaging both the world's poor and their environments, many of which are aboriginal. 2013.The boys of Saturday night: inside Hockey night in Canada
By Scott Young. 1990
A history of the 60-year-old CBC broadcast which originally began on radio in 1929 and became a Canadian institution. Discusses…
the financial arrangements, the internal politics and battles with CBC, and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the announcers, cameramen, technicians and directors who put the show together. 1990.The Big M: the Frank Mahovlich story
By Ted Mahovlich. 1999
Through interviews, anecdotes and photographs, Ted Mahovlich explores the life and career of his father, hockey legend Frank Mahovlich. He…
follows his father's childhood and his early career in the old farm team system to his rise in the NHL and the World Hockey Association. 1999.Sur le beat du Canadien: 30 épisodes marquants racontés par 30 journalistes
By Jonathan Bernier. 2015
"La vie sur le beat du Canadien, c'est bien sûr le plaisir d'être sur la passerelle et de côtoyer les…
idoles, mais c'est aussi le stress de la chasse aux primeurs, une collaboration parfois ardue avec l'équipe, d'innombrables ennuis techniques et des problèmes éthiques difficiles à résoudre. Jonathan Bernier a rencontré 29 journalistes de divers horizons affectés à la couverture du Tricolore afin de recueillir leurs plus savoureuses anecdotes. Découvrez le travail de ces artisans qui étanchent chaque jour la soif des fans et revivez de l'intérieur des moments marquants du Bleu-Blanc-Rouge: les trois retraites de Guy Lafleur, l'annonce du cancer de Saku Koivu, l'échange de Mike Cammalleri en plein match, la nuit en prison de Tom Kostopoulos et de Chris Higgins, et la bataille du Vendredi saint. " -- 4e de couv.In the 1980s, the province of Alberta was home to the two best hockey teams in the NHL. Aptly dubbed…
"Death Valley" due to the sheer talent and ability of its players, the province not only begat rivalry with other NHL teams, but also sparked fierce competition within its own borders. Thus began The Battle of Alberta, the historic struggle between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames. Sports journalist Mark Spector presents homage to Albertan hockey, and the two teams that inspired one of the most bitter competitions in NHL history. Through exclusive interviews with coaches, trainers, and players, Spector provides a look at the brawls, the clashes, and the schemes. Bestseller. 2015.Take action: World Wildlife Fund
By Jane Drake, Ann Love, Pat Cupples. 1992
Discusses endangered species and endangered spaces such as condors, orchids and rain forests. Includes practical ideas on how to take…
action and various programs that some schools have tried. Grades 4-7. 1992.In its search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is plunging ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling…
its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and filling its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. In so doing, it is running out of water, destroying its range land, wiping out its forests and wildlife and spewing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 2007.Slick water: fracking and one insider's stand against the world's most powerful industry
By Andrew Nikiforuk. 2015
When Jessica Ernst’s well water turned into a flammable broth that even her dogs refused to drink, the biologist and…
long-time oil patch consultant discovered that energy giant Encana had secretly fracked hundreds of gas wells around her home, piercing her community’s drinking water aquifer. Since then, her ongoing lawsuit against Encana, Alberta Environment, and the Energy Resources Conservation Board has made her a folk hero in many places worldwide where fracking is underway. Winner of the 2016 Alberta Literary Award. 2015.Stirring it up: how to make money and save the world
By Gary Hirshberg. 2008
Hirshberg describes how he built a successful $300-million-per-year business by incorporating environmental principles and practices, and how other companies can…
accomplish this as well. He maintains that making a business green actually saves companies money in the long run, while boosting consumer loyalty and thus reducing advertising costs. Hirshberg illustrates his points with practical information and advice, as well as anecdotes from the early days of his yogurt company. Included are many examples of other businesses that have saved money by reducing their environmental footprints. 2008.Stein: the way of the river
By R. Michael M'Gonigle, Wendy C Wickwire. 1988
"Stein" explores the Stein River watershed in British Columbia. Recording its history, and of the Natives who first lived and…
left their ancient art there, it also encompasses the ecological, anthropological, and cultural aspects of the area. The authors discuss the preservation of the Stein from logging, and champion the return to the land by local Natives. 1988.Silence of the songbirds: how we are losing the world's songbirds and what we can do to save them
By Bridget Joan Stutchbury. 2007
Migratory songbirds are disappearing at an alarming rate; by some estimates we have already lost half the songbirds that filled…
the skies 40 years ago. Stutchbury demonstrates why this decline should concern us all by arguing that songbirds truly are the canaries in the coal mine. Examines the most threatening factors to this vital element in our ecosystem: pesticides, the destruction of vital habitat, coffee plantations, bright lights and structures of our cities, the notorious cowbird, and global warming. 2007.Searching for Bobby Orr
By Stephen Brunt. 2006
Bobby Orr redefined the defensive style of hockey - he was the first to infuse the defenseman position with offensive…
juice, driving up the ice, setting up players and scoring some goals of his own. He was the first player to win three straight MVP awards, the first defenseman to score twenty or more goals in a season. But history will also remember Bobby Orr as a key figure in the Alan Eagleson scandal, and as the unfortunate player forced into early retirement in 1978 because of his injuries. Some strong language. 2006.Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's war against big oil
By Andrew Nikiforuk. 2002
Dutch-born Wiebo Ludwig, former leader of a Christian Reformed Church in Goderich, Ontario, and his entourage, which consisted of his…
ever-growing family and a few sympathizers, decamped for Alberta in 1985 and bought a place called Trickle Creek - in oil country. What ensued was a long, nasty, and often violent conflict between Ludwig and the oil and gas industry over its legal right to drill on private land, regardless of landowners' concerns over the contamination of air and water by the pollutants that spew out of the wells. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2002 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2002.Prairie: a natural history
By Candace Sherk Savage. 2004
Traces the prairies from prehistory to the present. Describes their geography and climate, flora and fauna, their taming by agriculture…
and their uncertain future. Sidebars offer additional information (on ants, droughts and skunks, just to name a few). A through guide to North America's largest ecosystem. 2004.Mission antarctique
By Jean Lemire. 2007
Le biologiste, cinéaste et chef de mission Jean Lemire nous raconte son expérience, hors du commun, à bord du prestigieux…
voilier océanographique Sedna IV. Au fil des pages, il nous fait découvrir cette mission exceptionnelle de plus de 430 jours, vécue dans des conditions extrêmes, afin de documenter l'effet des changements climatiques sur la péninsule antarctique. (Ce livre a été enregistré par l'auteure). 2007.Poisoned legacy: the human cost of BP's rise to power
By Mike Magner. 2011
Journalist chronicles British Petroleum's record of environmental disasters during the company's rise to power. Includes information on a Kansas town's…
health-related lawsuit, a 2005 refinery explosion in Texas, a 2006 oil spill in Alaska, and the 2010 offshore drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. 2011.La 6e extinction: comment l'homme détruit la vie
By Elizabeth Kolbert, Véronique Desjardins, Marcel Blanc. 2015
À travers l'Histoire, notre planète a connu cinq grandes extinctions de masse. Partout dans le monde, des scientifiques surveillent les…
signes avant-coureurs d'une sixième extinction, la plus dévastatrice depuis la chute de l'astéroïde qui a fait disparaître les dinosaures. Les responsables du prochain cataclysme, ce sera nous, les humains. Dans cet essai percutant, Elizabeth Kolbert explique pourquoi et comment nous détruisons notre environnement à petit feu et présente les conséquences désastreuses qui en découlent. Appuyant ses propos sur des données scientifiques rigoureuses, l'auteure démontre qu'à moins d'adopter des comportements plus responsables, l'homme causera un bouleversement planétaire irréversible dont il sera l'une des premières victimes. Gagnant de Prix Pulitzer 2015. 2015. Titre uniforme: Sixth extinction.Plaidoyer pour l'arbre
By Francis Hallé. 2005
'' De l'ombre des jardins à la flambée dans l'âtre, de l'aspirine aux pneus d'avion, du bois de lit au…
papier de ce livre, il y a eu peu de domaines de notre vie où l'arbre n'ait sa place, avec la discrétion qui le caractérise. Et s'il est à ce point notre partenaire dans l'entreprise souvent hasardeuse qu'est la vie sur terre, n'est-ce pas aussi parce que nous partageons avec lui d'impérieux intérêts : lumière et eau, fertilité des sols, espace et chaleur ? Qu'est donc au fond ce compagnon quotidien ? Comment définir cette forme de vie extraordinairement ancienne, au modèle architectural aussi singulier que rigoureux, et capable de grandes prouesses ? Ecartant tout anthropomorphisme, Francis Hallé pose ici les bases d'une analyse structurale et fonctionnelle de ce végétal multiforme. Des arbres donc. Au long de vivants et minutieux portraits - ceux par exemple du Durian, des Eucalyptus ou de l'Hévéa - l'auteur relate l'intense dialogue de certaines espèces avec l'homme et révèle la profonde et encore mystérieuse " altérité " de l'arbre, si différent de l'homme, lui ayant tant apporté et si peu reçu en retour. Plaidoyer pour l'arbre et son altérité, mais également plaidoyer pour l'homme. '' -- 4e de couv.