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By Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.By William J Bennett. 1996
A collection of poems and stories from the Bible, from great authors, and from folklore, which Bennett suggests can be…
used for teaching parents, teachers, students, and children about specific virtues. Topics include faith, self-discipline, compassion, responsibility, friendship, work, courage, honesty, and loyalty. Bennett introduces each section. Bestseller.By Will Ferguson. 2006
Seventy-one distinctly Canadian selections from fifty-four writers represent over a century's worth of accomplishments in humour. Includes pieces by Stephen…
Leacock, Douglas Coupland, Robertson Davies, Miriam Toews, Thomas King, W.P. Kinsella, and Stuart McLean. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2006.By Joël Michel. 2008
"Le 7 juin 1998, on découvre, devant le plus vieux cimetière noir de la ville de Jasper, Texas, les restes…
d'un homme ; les genoux et les organes génitaux ont été rabotés, la tête et le bras droit arrachés. Les traces de sang permettent de retrouver un dentier, des clés et, un kilomètre plus loin, le bras et la tête dans un fossé. C'est un lynchage, celui de James Byrd, le dernier exemple de lynchage traditionnel. Il est l'oeuvre de trois hommes, qui veulent venger un Blanc assassiné en donnant une leçon à tous les Noirs. Depuis la guerre de Sécession, Jasper est, selon la communauté noire du lieu, "un endroit où les choses arrivent longtemps après leur temps". Aux États-Unis, le racisme ne se cantonne pas aux ghettos urbains. Dans le Sud profond, il ressurgit parfois, avec une violence qu'on voulait croire oubliée. Précis dans ses références, pointu dans ses analyses, effrayant dans ses descriptions, cet essai s'appuie sur les publications récentes d'historiens américains : jusque dans les années 1990, le lynchage était un sujet tabou. En France, c'est le premier livre qui lui est consacré." -- 4e de couv.By Stacy Schiff, William Olivier Desmond. 2006
Le temps est exécrable en ce 3 décembre de l'an 1776 sur les côtes bretonnes lorsque débarque, d'un frêle esquif,…
un vieillard perclus de rhumatismes. Son arrivée se fait dans le plus grand secret - il s'agit pourtant d'un homme célèbre et respecté dans le monde entier, et qui lors de son séjour français, changera le cours de l'histoire de l'Amérique. Son nom : Benjamin Franklin. Sa mission : rallier la France de l'Ancien Régime à la cause de la Révolution américaine. Et au vu des mille péripéties qui jalonneront cette première aventure franco-américaine au cours des mois suivants, c'est miracle qu'il y soit parvenu ! [...] Cette extraordinaire biographie historique, couronnée par de nombreux prix, se lit comme un roman picaresque, bourré d'intrigues entrecroisées, de quiproquos, de rebondissements inattendus et de personnages inouïs. Dans une prose étincelante, pleine d'humour et de saveur, tissant la toile fabuleuse des mille petites histoires qui font la grande, Stacy Schiff déroule la saga de l'homme qui, presque à lui seul, permit aux futurs États-Unis de gagner leur indépendance. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The great improvisation.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.By Rosemary Sadlier. 1997
A biography of Harriet Tubman, who helped slaves escape to freedom. It tells her story and describes what life was…
like in St. Catharines during the eight years she lived in Canada. The author also illustrates the importance of family history by tracing Harriet's descendants to the present day. Grades 5-8. 1997.By Sandra Martin, Frances Hanna. 1994
A collection of stories told, or retold, by Canadian authors. Includes everything from old-time children's favourites to science fiction, and…
authors such as L.M. Montgomery, Margaret Atwood, Sheila Burnford, Dennis Lee, and Janet Lunn. Grades 3-6. 1994.By John Metcalf, Claire Wilkshire. 2003
Includes interviews with and commentaries from eight Canadian writers. Listen in to Terry Griggs on where stories come from, Michael…
Winter on writing Newfoundland, and K.D. Miller on being 'an actor who writes'. Also features short stories by these authors. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2003.By Rick Bowers, Jon C Stott, Raymond E Jones. 1993
By John Milton Cooper. 2009
Evaluates the parallel worlds of the twenty-eighth president's personal and political arenas, examining his World War I leadership, his failed…
efforts to bring the United States into the League of Nations, and his contributions toward the creation of the United Nations. 2009.By Arthur M Schlesinger. 2004
The gravest decision in a democracy is the one to go to war. In a book that brings a command…
of history to the most urgent of contemporary questions, the author explores the war in Iraq, the presidency, and the future of democracy. Describing unilateralism as "the oldest doctrine in American history," he nevertheless warns of the dangers posed by the fatal turn in U.S. policy from deterrence and containment to preventive war. 2004.By Jim Murphy. 2003
An overview of the struggle between the Texan settlers and Mexico's General Santa Anna for control of Texas, with a…
detailed description of the 1836 siege of the Alamo. The author's inside book separates fact from fiction as often as possible. For junior and senior high readers. 2003.By Margaret Atwood, Robert Weaver. 1995
A collection of 47 short stories by Canadian authors. Contributors include established writers like Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, Timothy Findley,…
and Mavis Gallant, as well as the new generation of writers like Rohinton Mistry and Caroline Adderson.By Oscar Wilde, Stephen Calloway, David Colvin. 1997
A collection which showcases Wilde's fabulous verbal dexterity. Based on two books published during his lifetime, The Maxims of Oscar…
Wilde and Oscariana, and organized by subject. Includes many epigrams and sayings which ridiculed the conventional wisdom of Wilde's day and skewered its hypocrisies. 1997.By Beth Brant. 1988
By Susan Orlean. 2018
Reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history; chronicles the Los Angeles Public Library fire…
and its aftermath to showcase the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives; delves into the evolution of libraries across the country and around the world, from their humble beginnings as a metropolitan charitable initiative to their current status as a cornerstone of national identity; brings each department of the library to vivid life through on-the-ground reporting; studies arson attempts to burn a copy of a book herself; reflects on her own experiences in libraries; and reexamines the case of Harry Peak, the blond-haired actor long suspected of setting fire to the LAPL more than thirty years ago. Bestseller. 2018.By Rosemary Sadlier. 1997
A biography of Harriet Tubman, who helped slaves escape to freedom. It tells her story and describes what life was…
like in St. Catharines during the eight years she lived in Canada. The author also illustrates the importance of family history by tracing Harriet's descendants to the present day. Grades 5-8. 1997.By Ray Robertson. 2020
“He who would teach men to die would teach them to live,” writes Montaigne in Essais, and in How to…
Die: A Book on Being Alive, Ray Robertson takes up the challenge. Though contemporary society avoids the subject and often values the mere continuation of existence over its quality, Robertson argues that the active and intentional consideration of death is neither morbid nor frivolous, but instead essential to our ability to fully value life. How to Die is both an absorbing excursion through some of Western literature’s most compelling works on the subject of death as well as an anecdote-driven argument for cultivating a better understanding of death in the belief that, if we do, we’ll know more about what it means to live a meaningful life.By Rebekah Taussig. 2020
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to…
paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame), inspirational (Helen Keller), or angelic (Forrest Gump). None of this felt right; and as she got older, she longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling.Writing about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn’t fit, Rebekah reflects on everything from the complications of kindness and charity, living both independently and dependently, experiencing intimacy, and how the pervasiveness of ableism in our everyday media directly translates to everyday life. Disability affects all of us, directly or indirectly, at one point or another. By exploring this truth in poignant and lyrical essays, Taussig illustrates the need for more stories and more voices to understand the diversity of humanity. Sitting Pretty challenges us as a society to be patient and vigilant, practical and imaginative, kind and relentless, as we set to work to write an entirely different story.