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Mighty judgment: how the Supreme Court of Canada runs your life
By Philip Slayton. 2012
The author describes the surprising and dramatic ways in which the Supreme Court of Canada affects individual Canadians and shapes…
the country’s future. Whether they are striking down Canada’s abortion laws as unconstitutional, deciding that gays and lesbians can legally marry, or outlining the conditions under which Quebec could separate from Canada, the nine men and women who make up the court are powerful—and unelected—leaders. Unlike other politicians, judges cannot be voted out of office. The author argues that reform is needed. 2012, c2011.Meghan: a Hollywood princess
By Andrew Morton. 2018
Meghan Markle is far more than just the American actress who won Prince Harry's heart. Her parents divorced when she…
was six, she attended a posh Catholic school but felt like an outcast because of her biracial heritage, she struggled in Hollywood, and more. Now she is a UN ambassador and is invested in humanitarian causes. Bestseller. 2018.Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the people who cook
By Anthony Bourdain. 2010
Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-travelling professional eater and drinker, and even to fatherhood,…
Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most controversial figures in food. Bestseller. 2010.L'Iran: des Perses à nos jours ((Pluriel).)
By Pierre Briant, Leili Anvar, Pierre Blanchet. 2012
" L'Iran actuel éclipse une civilisation millénaire, l'une des plus anciennes et des plus brillantes du Proche-Orient, l'Empire perse, dont…
le Shah Reza Pahlavi faisait encore un modèle dans les années 1970 : les Empires perses. Ce livre est l'occasion d'interroger les continuités et les ruptures d'un Orient qui ne vit pas uniquement au rythme de la religion chiite. Jadis, en effet, les Perses étaient considérés comme les Barbares par excellence et les Grecs, comme les Romains, les ont combattus en les regardant tels des sauvages gouvernés par des despotes. Pourtant, la culture perse s'est montrée d'une rare richesse et d'une grande tolérance. N'est-ce pas là que le monde juif puisa une partie de ses traditions et de ses coutumes ? N'est-ce pas aussi dans l'Empire perse que trouvaient refuge les bannis des cités grecques ?Quand le pays de Zarathoustra se convertit à l'islam, cet Orient change en profondeur. Il prend les allures d'un concurrent d'un genre nouveau pour le monde occidental, qui le regarde aujourd'hui avec une terrible angoisse, celle de voir une théocratie se doter de l'arme nucléaire. " -- 4e de couv.Le Japon: des samouraïs à Fukushima ((Pluriel).)
By Lionel Babicz. 2011
" Les spécialistes ici rassemblés expliquent la nature des cycles - entre repli et ouverture -, qui scandent la voie…
japonaise. Ils montrent la singularité d'une société hiérarchisée, divisée et en même temps étonnamment solidaire. Ils rappellent enfin comment quinze années de guerre au milieu du XXe siècle, suivies par un rétablissement économique exceptionnel, ont fait du Japon une puissance mondiale singulière. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: L'Histoire (Périodique)Marley and me: life and love with the world's worst dog
By John Grogan. 2005
A columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer reminisces about the untrainable Labrador retriever that he and his wife acquired as Florida…
newlyweds. Recalls Marley's hilarious escapades and his capacity for love as the Grogans become the parents of three kids. Bestseller. 2005.The author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus" offers suggestions on opening one's self to love after…
the death of a mate or after a divorce. Describes the healing process common to both men and women. Explains the differences in the ways males and females resolve loss. c1998.Mao, sa cour et ses complots: derrière les Murs rouges
By Jean-Luc Domenach. 2012
" En 1949, après leur victoire militaire, les dirigeants communistes s'installent dans une dépendance du palais impérial de Pékin, et…
y aménagent un vaste ensemble résidentiel et administratif entouré de longs murs rouges. Quelques centaines d'entre eux, avec leurs collaborateurs et leurs familles, y cohabitent, à l'abri des regards, jouissant de conditions de vie exceptionnelles : nourriture abondante, fêtes et loisirs. Grands hôtels, résidences de luxe et plages privées sont à leur disposition pour profiter de leurs vacances et cacher leurs débats et leurs transgressions. Pendant ce temps, le pays subit les effets d'une domination totalitaire, d'une socialisation largement inefficace, d'une effroyable famine, puis de la Révolution culturelle et de ses luttes de factions. C'est qu'un fossé à la fois politique et humain s'est creusé entre Mao, de plus en plus isolé par ses échecs et ses dérives privées, et des collègues toujours plus pragmatiques et intéressés, caste qui finira par s'imposer après sa mort. Jean-Luc Domenach nous révèle la trame non seulement politique, mais humaine et sociale de cette histoire tragique traversée par l'élite des Murs rouges. En montrant l'imbrication entre l'obsession pour le pouvoir, la soif des plaisirs et le poids des relations personnelles, il bouleverse notre regard sur le totalitarisme version chinoise. Et l'on découvre que les protagonistes de cette terrible histoire sont les parents des dirigeants actuels ; un passé qui engage donc notre avenir. " -- 4e de couv.Mao: l'histoire inconnue (N.R.F. biographies)
By Jung Chang, Jon Halliday, Béatrice Viernes, Georges Liébert. 2006
"Mao Tsé-toung, qui pendant vingt-sept ans détint un pouvoir absolu sur un quart de la population du globe, fut responsable…
de la mort d'au moins soixante-dix millions de personnes en temps de paix, plus que tout autre dirigeant au XXe siècle." Ces lignes, par lesquelles s'ouvre le livre de Jung Chang et Jon Halliday, annoncent clairement leur propos. On ne trouvera pas dans cette biographie un nouveau portrait, plus ou moins hagiographique, du Grand Timonier, dont l'apport théorique, résumé dans le Petit Livre rouge, et la praxis révolutionnaire "au service des masses" ont naguère fait tourner tant de têtes pensantes en Occident. Fruit de dix années de recherches, en particulier dans des fonds d'archives longtemps inaccessibles, nourri de nombreux témoignages inédits, cet ouvrage se lit à la fois comme un récit d'horreur empoignant et comme un précis de philosophie politique digne de Machiavel. Nulle destinée ne saurait sans doute mieux que celle de Mao illustrer la brutale maxime de Lin Biao, qui fut longtemps son complice avant d'être sa victime : "Le pouvoir politique, c'est le pouvoir d'opprimer les autres." 2006. Titre uniforme: Mao.Lincoln's last trial: the murder case that propelled him to the presidency
By David Fisher, Dan Abrams. 2018
At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois.…
Abraham Lincoln was hired to defend him. This was to be his last great case as a lawyer. The case posed painful personal challenges for Lincoln. The murder victim had trained for the law in his office, and Lincoln had been his friend and his mentor. His accused killer, the young man Lincoln would defend, was the son of a close friend and loyal supporter. And to win this trial he would have to form an unholy allegiance with a longtime enemy, a revivalist preacher he had twice run against for political office. Bestseller. 2018.Live your joy (Your coach in a box)
By Bonnie St. John. 2009
Little princes: one man's promise to bring home the lost children of Nepal
By Conor Grennan. 2011
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey…
that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge and reward him in a way that he had never imagined. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war--for a huge fee--by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of a bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work. Little Princes is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. Bestseller. 2011.Lindbergh
By A. Scott Berg. 1998
The authorized biography of the pilot who became a symbol of the aviation age. Describes Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight as…
the defining moment of his life. Discusses his role in the development of aviation for use in war and peacetime. Explores facets of Lindbergh's public and private images. Pulitzer Prize winner. c1998.Lightfoot
By Nicholas Jennings. 2017
Takes us deep inside Gordon Lightfoot’s world, from his idyllic childhood in Orillia, the wild sixties, and his canoe trips…
into Canada’s North to his heady times atop the music world. Jennings explores the toll that success took on his personal life - including his troubled relationships, his battle with alcohol and his near-death experiences - and the extraordinary drive and tenacity that pulled him through it all. Rich in voices from fellow musicians, close friends, Lightfoot’s family and the singer’s own reminiscences, the biography tells the stories behind some of his best-known love songs, including “Beautiful” and “Song for a Winter’s Night,” as well as the infidelity and divorce that resulted in classics like “Sundown” and “If You Could Read My Mind.” Bestseller. 2017.Life on the ground floor: letters from the edge of emergency medicine
By James Maskalyk. 2017
Humanitarian doctor and activist James Maskalyk, author of "Six Months in Sudan", draws upon his experience treating patients in the…
world's emergency rooms. From Toronto to Addis Ababa, Cambodia to Bolivia, he discovers that although the cultures, resources and medical challenges of each hospital may differ, they are linked indelibly by the ground floor: the location of their emergency rooms. Here, on the ground floor, is where Dr. Maskalyk witnesses the story of "human aliveness"--our mourning and laughter, tragedies and hopes, the frailty of being and the resilience of the human spirit. And it's here too that he is swept into the story, confronting his fears and doubts and questioning what it is to be a doctor. Bestseller. Winner of the 2017 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. 2017.Life
By James Fox, Keith Richards. 2010
Autobiography of the Rolling Stones guitarist (b. 1943). Recounts his wartime London childhood, his education, and the beginnings of the…
group in 1962. Discusses bandmates including Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, and Brian Jones as well as his lover Anita Pallenberg and wife Patti Hansen. Bestseller. 2010.Letters to my grandchildren
By David T Suzuki. 2015
In these inspiring letters to his grandchildren, Mr. Suzuki challenges them to speak out and act on their beliefs, explains…
why sports are important, decries the lack of elders and grandparents in the lives of many people (especially immigrants), and champions the importance of heroes. Bestseller. 2015.Letters of a businessman to his daughter
By G. Kingsley Ward. 1989
Ward's letters to his daughter provide straightforward advice on such topics as the importance of setting goals, delegating responsibility, balancing…
work and family, and how, as a woman, to ensure equal treatment in the workplace. Companion volume to "Letters of a businessman to his son". Bestseller . 1989.Mao's great famine: the history of China's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-62
By Frank Dikötter. 2011
Combining newly released documents from Chinese archives with stories from the disenfranchised masses of the time, Dikötter recounts how Mao…
sought to prove the power of Communism, but instead plunged his country into a hellish existence. 2011.