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From the age of eight, Roberta Bondar knew she wanted to be an astronaut. In January 1992 she made Canadian…
history when she became the first Canadian woman, and first neurologist, to go into space on board Discovery. The story of her journey to become a leading astronaut is a fascinating tale of dedication, commitment, and courage. Grades 4-7. 2004.By Roma Gans. 1984
By Doris P Zimmerman, Henry M Robert. 1997
By Douglas Brinkley, Stephen E. Stephen Edward Ambrose. 1997
This complete revision looks at American foreign policy from 1938 to President Clinton's second term. It revises the coverage of…
postwar American foreign policy in the light of recent scholarship and current events - for example the Lebanon invasion by Marines in the mid-1950s receives increased coverage in the light of the American debacle there in 1983. 1997.By Barbara Bradbury Kingscote. 2006
In May 1949, at the age of twenty, Barbara Kingscote left her farm in Mascouche, Quebec, and set out for…
the Pacific Ocean on horseback. Barbara and her equine companion Zazy reached the West Coast just over a year later. After travelling 4,000 miles, she discovered both herself and her country on the journey of a lifetime. 2006.In 2001, Stephen Harper reluctantly became the leader of the Canadian Alliance. A few short years later, he was the…
Prime Minister, and the shell-shocked Liberal Paul Martin was planning his retirement. What happened, to turn the political world upside down, taking Harper to the top and plunging Martin on a downward trajectory? 2006.By C. Richard Allen, Edwin O Guthman, Robert F Kennedy. 2018
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy's death, a collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by…
commentary from notable historians and public figures. 2018. Uniform title: Speeches.By Niall O'Brien. 1987
O'Brien, an Irish missionary, spent 20 years in the Philippines helping to develop "base communities" among the Christian population. His…
efforts resulted in his arrest and imprisonment under the Marcos regime on false charges of murder. 1987.Includes nearly 100 sample resumes in a variety of eye-catching formats, and 20 cover letters. Explains how to create a…
concise and stylish resume using worksheets, and how to format and submit them electronically. 2006.By John Ralston Saul. 1997
Saul examines Canadian myths - real, false, and denied - and reconciles them with the reality of today's politics, culture…
and economics. Using the words of Canadian novelists, poets, historians, songwriters, philosophers, painters and political figures, Saul uncovers the shape of the Canadian experiment. c1997.By Christopher Caldwell. 2009
Since World War II, mass immigration has been made possible by European secularism, tolerance, and equality, but when immigrants arrive,…
they are not required to adopt those values. Describes faulty asylum policies, anti-Americanism that connects European natives and Muslim newcomers, and the issues that drive them apart. Considers the appeal of sharia and jihad to a second generation that is more alienated from Europe than the first, and addresses how native Europeans confront the claims of newcomers. c2009.By Richard N Goodwin. 1988
The author was John Kennedy's chief advisor on Latin America and, after Kennedy's death, became Lyndon Johnson's chief speechwriter. His…
memoirs tell the story of a decade's politics and provide revealing and emotional glimpses of John and Bobby Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. Some strong language. 1968.By Tami Oldham Ashcraft, Susea McGearhart. 2002
Following the hurricane in which her fiance is killed, Tami's astonishing determination and sense of preservation leads her back to…
civilization in Hawaii over 40 days' sailing away, all with a broken mast, ruined navigational instruments and a very limited water and food supply. This story is also a poignant love story, as the spirit of her lost lover motivates her on to beat the elements and save herself. 2002.By Jan Wong. 1996
Born in Canada, Jan Wong began a rocky six-year romance with Maoism when she went to China in 1972. In…
this memoir, she describes leaving China as she became aware of the harsh realities of the communist system, and returning to China in the late 1980s as a reporter. She covered the crackdown in Tiananmen Square and the capitalist reforms of Deng Xiaoping. 1996.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 Jack F Matlock. 2004
Matlock details how, from the start of his term, Reagan privately pursued improved U.S.-U.S.S.R. relations, while still rebuilding America's military.…
When Gorbachev assumed leadership, however, Reagan and his advisers found a potential partner in the enterprise of peace. Describes the meetings, initial views the two leaders had of each other, the gradual trust which emerged, and the politically risky steps Gorbachev took that bore long-term benefits. 2004.By Noel Buchanan. 1995
This book is packed with DIY techniques and technology. It gives hundreds of ideas for the home, to fire your…
imagination and show you how with step by step descriptions. 1995. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.By Charles Taylor. 1982
By Adam Killick. 2002
Journalist Killick follows the route of the 1,600+ mile Yukon Quest Race, describing the participants and their dogs, the terrible…
beauty and danger of the wilderness they cross, and the psychological and physical challenges they must endure. The Yukon Quest, called the toughest race on earth, reveals itself to be a reflection of the participants' lives and their daily struggle for existence. 2002.By Robert Aird, Yves Trottier. 2014
" Dans ce petit ouvrage décapant, les auteurs parodient les dialogues socratiques pour plonger dans les débats qui ont marqué…
la vie politique des dernières années. Pour ce faire, ils transportent sur l'agora d'Athènes des discours que le lecteur avisé saura attribuer sans difficulté à nos rhéteurs contemporains. On retrouve ainsi un Socrate malicieux, mais toujours soucieux du bien public en pleine conversation avec Ministrempos, Alargentos, Xenophobite ou Ploutocratos à propos de la grève étudiante, des gaz de schistes, de la laïcité ou de la collusion dans les travaux publics. Qu'en dis-tu Socrate? est le livre de deux amoureux de la politique et de la philosophie dont l'humour jubilatoire ne les empêche pas de poser certaines des questions les plus importantes de l'heure. " -- 4e de couv.