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Autism and Asperger syndrome
By Uta Frith. 1991
Uta Frith provides the first-ever translation into English of Asperger's paper and has brought together a variety of fascinating phenomenological…
and narrative accounts, of the syndrome and its varied presentations, accounts which are by no means entirely negative, for they show how much adaptation and learning and personal development is possible if there is a sensitive understanding of the precise problems involved. 1991.Acupuncture
By Marc Duke. 1972
AK47: the story of the people's gun
By Michael Hodges. 2007
In the sixty years since General Kalashnikov created the AK's distinctive silhouette, the gun has been at the centre of…
conflicts across the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The weapon that made him a 'Hero of the Soviet Union' has also appeared on t-shirts and vodka bottles, featured in videos and song lyrics and been re-fashioned in crystal - a gift from Putin to George W. Bush. Power, politics and passion combine in the story of a weapon that has shaped the modern world. Using testimonies of people who have experienced the gun at first-hand - including a Sudanese child soldier, a Vietcong veteran, and Yorkshire student - Michael Hodges provides an account of how the AK47 became an icon that ranks alongside Coca-Cola as one of the most recognisable brands in the world. 2007.Above the law: Crook Politician
By Paul Palango. 1994
Rod Stamler joined the RCMP's new Commercial Crime Branch in 1968, and soon found that the paper trails he followed…
led straight to Canada's elite. After 20 years of investigating scams, rigged bids, fraud, and corruption, and cases involving the "Irving Whale", Hamilton Harbour, the Sky Shop affair, and Tory senator Michel Cogger, Stamler quit. Assistant Commissioner Stamler, head of the RCMP's Economic Crime Directorate, had found that his investigations were being stymied by his political masters. Strong language. 1994.10,000 days of thunder: a history of the Vietnam War
By Philip Caputo. 2005
Overview of the Vietnam conflict by the Pulitzer Prize-winning former soldier. Presents background information on communism and United States' involvement…
in Vietnam. Discusses the war's chief participants and key battles and chronicles the changing political and social climate of 1960s and 1970s America. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 2005.The Judas kiss: The Undercover Life Of Patrick Kelly
By Michael Harris. 1995
One week after his wife plunged to her death from a 17th-floor balcony, Patrick Kelly was vacationing in Hawaii with…
his lover. The author tells of how Kelly changed from an RCMP undercover drug agent to smuggler and suspected fraud artist. Kelly was eventually convicted of the murder of his wife. 1995.War: the new edition
By Gwynne Dyer. 2004
The history and nature of war shows that it has remained unchanged as an act of mass violence, applied against…
an enemy so that he will do what you want. But the collapse of the Iron Curtain has forced a re-examination: can we move beyond it through open access to the channels of mass communication? And if terrorism is a red herring designed to preserve the military status quo, are our traditional military structures still relevant? Descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2004, c1985.Les dérives de l'industrie de la santé: petit abécédaire
By J.-Claude St-Onge. 2006
"[...] Lauteur dévoile dans ce nouvel ouvrage le fruit de ses recherches, une mine d'informations fouillées, claires et souvent choquantes.…
Par exemple : les raisons pour lesquelles tant d'essais cliniques ne sont pas fiables; la démonstration que le fabricant du Vioxx devait savoir que son médicament était dangereux pour le cœur; la portion exagérée du coût des médicaments qui est due au marketing; de nouvelles preuves que les antidépresseurs poussent certains utilisateurs au suicide et qu'ils n'ont pas l'efficacité qu'on leur prête ; la démonstration qu'une autre politique du médicament est possible et peut sauver des vies et des milliards de dollars; la façon dont on invente de nouvelles maladies pour nous abonner aux pilules; comment les agences de contrôle jouent à la roulette russe avec nos vies; la constatation que le virus de la grippe aviaire est connu depuis au moins un demi-siècle et qu'il n'a pourtant jamais provoqué la pandémie si redoutée; et une foule d'autres renseignements qui pourraient vous protéger contre les dérives de l'industrie de la santé." -- 4e de couv.Mort sur ordonnance: la vérité consternante que cache la surconsommation de médicaments
By Ray D Strand, Donna K Wallace, Claude Charbonneau. 2005
Médecin de famille dexpérience, chaque semaine, Ray Strand doit délivrer des ordonnances à ses patients, mais il nen estime pas…
moins que, dans la majorité des cas, les médicaments ne devraient être prescrits quen dernier recours, et pas de façon quasi-automatique. Dans Mort sur ordonnance, le docteur Strand vous propose des règles de conduite simples pour vous aider à vous protéger, vous ainsi que votre famille, contre tout effet indésirable des médicaments vendus sur ordonnance. -- 4e couv. Titre uniforme: Death by prescription.The incredible War of 1812: a military history
By Donald E Graves, J. Mackay Hitsman. 1999
An account of the causes of the war of 1812 and of the campaigns and battles that raged on land…
and water, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Hitsman describes the life and role of the soldiers - both the regulars and the militia - and the difficulties of waging war in largely trackless territory, where rivers and lakes were the main means of transport. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.Medical curiosities: a miscellany of oddities, horrors and humours
By R. M Youngson. 1997
A collection of bizarre medical stories, ranging from the horrifying to the hilarious. Stories include therapies involving strange items; the…
limitations of medical science; bizarre ailments such as Fishy Odour Syndrome; quack cures for rabies; and the weird and sometimes misdiagnosed symptoms of physical and psychological illnesses.The voice gallery: travels with a glass throat
By Keath Fraser. 2002
For twenty years, the author battled a rare disorder that caused him agonizing episodes of broken speech, leading to the…
loss of his voice. Mislead by the medical profession, convinced that the problem was psychological, Fraser finally received a proper diagnosis and found some relief with Botox, a drug mainly used to smooth out wrinkles. He then set out around the world to find others like himself, and to record in this memoir the wonders and frailties of the human voice. Some strong language. 2002.The mold in Dr. Florey's coat: the story of the penicillin miracle
By Eric Lax. 2004
Describes how in 1940 Oxford scientists Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, and Norman Heatley developed an antibiotic wonder drug from the…
mold discovered by Alexander Fleming twelve years earlier. Explains penicillin's lifesaving impact on treating infections, especially of World War II soldiers. Covers the controversy surrounding the 1945 Nobel Prize. 2004.Veterans with a vision: Canada's war blinded in peace and war (Studies in Canadian military history,)
By Serge Marc Durflinger. 2010
A history of Canada's war-blinded veterans and of the organization they founded in 1922, the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of…
War Blinded. Durflinger details the veterans' process of civil re-establishment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and social and personal coping, and describes their public advocacy for government pension entitlements, job retraining, and other social programs. Captures the spirit of perseverance that permeated the veterans' community, and highlights the impact made by the war blinded as advocates for all Canadian veterans and for all blind citizens. 2010.The destruction of the Bismarck
By David Jay Bercuson, Holger H Herwig. 2001
An account of the destruction of the feared but short-lived German WWII warship. The authors examine recently opened diplomatic files…
from England and America that provide new data concerning the supposedly neutral America's involvement in the hunt for the Bismarck. Also included are concise biographies of the major officers from both sides, brief histories of the major naval vessels involved, and an analysis of the crucial command decisions that sealed the Bismarck's fate. 2001.Four strong winds: understanding the growing challenges to health care
By Michael B Decter. 2000
According to Michael Decter, the forces behind the changes in our health care systems are fourfold: paradigm shifts, new public…
expectations, technology and finances. Supplemented with case studies from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia, he analyzes how fiscal constraints, market competition, evolving technology and changing consumer demands are reshaping health care systems around the world at a dizzying rate. 2000.The mind's eye
By Oliver W Sacks. 2010
Neurologist uses case studies to illustrate the brain's ability to adapt to lost senses. Discusses a concert pianist who can…
no longer read music, a writer who is unable to read print after suffering a stroke, and Sacks's own macular melanoma and its effects on his visual perception. 2010.They fight like soldiers, they die like children: the global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers
By Jessica Dee Humphreys, Roméo A Dallaire. 2010
In conflicts around the world, there is an increasingly popular weapon system that requires negligible technology, is simple to sustain,…
has unlimited versatility and incredible capacity for both loyalty and barbarism - children. Believing that no one should tolerate a child being used in this fashion, Dallaire has made it his mission to end the use of child soldiers. He provides an introduction to the phenomenon, as well as solutions to eradicate it. Explicit descriptions of violence. c2010.Rare courage: veterans of the Second World War remember
By Rod Mickleburgh, Rudyard Griffiths. 2005
Twenty Canadian Second World War veterans candidly describe their experiences, including the sinking of the Bismarck and landing on the…
beaches of Normandy. Describes the search of a Jewish nurse for survivors of the Holocaust and provides tales of shot-down airmen on the run in occupied Europe. Some strong language. 2005.Being mortal: medicine and what matters in the end
By Atul Gawande. 2014
In his previous books, Dr. Gawande, a practicing surgeon, has fearlessly revealed the struggles of his profession. Now he examines…
its ultimate limitations and failures - in his own practices as well as others’ - as human lives draw to a close. And he discovers how we can do better. He follows a hospice nurse on her rounds, a geriatrician in his clinic, and reformers turning nursing homes upside down. He finds people who show us how to have the hard conversations and how to ensure we never sacrifice what people really care about. The subject of a PBS documentary. Bestseller. 2014.