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The geometry of love: space, time, mystery, and meaning in an ordinary church
By Margaret Visser. 2000
This book features the church of Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura in Rome as its subject. The author takes readers on…
a journey through time and space, beginning with the modern church and the community that uses it. She discusses the history, theology, art history and technology, hagiography, folklore and iconography expressed in this 7th century building. 2000.The four walls of my freedom: Lessons I've Learned From A Life Of Caregiving
By Donna Thomson. 2014
Donna Thomson’s life was forever changed when her son Nicholas was born with cerebral palsy. A former actor, director, and…
teacher, Donna became his primary caregiver and embarked on a second career as a disability activist, author, and consultant. Thomson vividly describes her experience in treading delicately through daily care, emergencies, and medical bureaucracy as she and her family cope with her son’s condition while maintaining value and dignity (for Nicholas, too). She demonstrates the vital contribution that people with disabilities make to our society and addresses the ethics and economics of giving and receiving care. 2014.The heirs of the prophet Muhammad: Islam's first century and the origins of the Sunni-Shia schism
By Barnaby Rogerson. 2006
Within a generation of Muhammad's death, his followers exploded out of Arabia to confront the two great superpowers of the…
seventh-century and establish Islam and a new civilization. Coming from small oasis communities of central Arabia, their achievements were immense. Rogerson also identifies the seeds of discord that destroyed the unity of Islam, and traces the roots of the schism between Sunni and Shia Muslims. Some descriptions of violence. 2006. Uniform title: Heirs of the prophet MuhammadThe disability rights movement: from charity to confrontation
By Frieda Zames, Doris Zames Fleischer. 2011
The cinema of isolation: a history of physical disability in the movies
By Martin F Norden. 1994
Film has often shown people with physical disabilities as deserving isolation from the rest of society. Norden examines hundreds of…
Hollywood and international movies and uncovers the industry's practices for maintaining this status quo, while offering an array of physically disabled characters who embody or break out of stereotypes. He observes the arrival of a new set of stereotypes tied to the growth of science and technology in the 1970s and 1980s, and underscores later movies that display a newfound sensitivity. Some descriptions of sex, strong language. 1994.The curse of King Tut's mummy (Stepping stones. True stories)
By Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. 2007
When the pharaohs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But…
as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharaohs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of all - the tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse? Grades 2-4. 2007.The boy in the moon: a father's search for his disabled son
By Ian Brown. 2009
Walker Brown was born with a genetic mutation so rare that perhaps 300 people around the world also live with…
it. Walker turned twelve in 2008, but he weighs only 54 pounds, is still in diapers, can't speak and needs to wear special cuffs on his arms so that he can't continually hit himself. Expanded from Brown's Globe and Mail series about Walker, he sets out to discover his son. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2009.The bloody red hand: a journey through truth, myth and terror in Northern Ireland
By Derek Lundy. 2006
Author Derek Lundy, bearing in mind that the name "Lundy" is synonymous with traitor in Ulster, delves into the lives…
of ancestors Robert Lundy, Protestant governor of Derry in 1688, William Steel Dickson, a Protestant preacher of the early 19th century who advocated resisting the English, and Billy Lundy, born in 1890 and the embodiment of what the Ulster Protestants became - a tribe united in their hostility to Catholics and to the prospect of an independent Ireland. 2006.The bias of communication
By Harold A Innis. 1991
A collection of essays by historian Harold Innis on the role of media in the creation of history. Discusses the…
concepts of medium, bias, monopoly of knowledge, empire, and the oral tradition. This edition includes a new introduction to Innis' career, the development of his ideas, and an assessment of his influence on the study of communications theory and Canadian history. 1991, c1951.The Bin Ladens: an Arabian family in the American century
By Steve Coll. 2008
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Ghost Wars" (DC26423) outlines the history of the Arabian Peninsula's Bin Laden family. Begins with patriarch…
Mohamed Bin Laden, an illiterate Yemeni bricklayer who established a building company in Saudi Arabia in 1931 and fathered fifty-four children. Charts the path of son Osama. Some descriptions of violence. Bestseller. c2008.Tecumseh & Brock: the War of 1812
By James Laxer. 2012
At the turn of the nineteenth century, the British Empire is at the height of its ascendancy; Napoleonic France is…
struggling to maintain its position as a world power; the incumbent American empire is quickly expanding its territory, while the Native peoples struggle to establish their own confederacy. Laxer focusses on the Native struggle for nationhood and sovereignty; the battle between the British Empire and the United States over Upper and Lower Canada; and the unlikely friendship and political alliance between Shawnee chieftain Tecumseh and Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. 2012.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
By Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.Sans faire d'histoire: anecdotes méconnues qui ont fait le Québec
By Anne De Léan. 2014
" On connaît l'histoire avec un grand H du Québec contemporain. Maintenant, découvrons celle qui est juste derrière, celle qu'on…
connaît moins, qui surprend, qui vous fera rire et réfléchir. Saviez-vous qu'Elizabeth Taylor a contribué à l'implantation du mariage civil au Québec? Qu'une femme de chambre a aidé à démasquer un véritable espion allemand en Gaspésie? Que la Pologne a accusé le Québec de vol de biens culturels devant l'ONU? Sans faire d'histoire, ce sont de courtes anecdotes historiques de notre 20e siècle. Aussi invraisemblables qu'elles puissent paraître, elles n'en sont pas moins 100% véridiques. Alimentées des souvenirs de certaines personnalités qui ont elles-mêmes contribué à l'histoire, elles sont toutes rigoureusement fouillées, mais ne se prennent pas au sérieux. Ni dans leur ton ni dans leur présentation! " -- 4e de couv.Sapiens: une brève histoire de l'humanité
By Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat, Yuval N Harari. 2015
Le professeur décrit comment l'espèce Homo sapiens a réussi à survivre et à dominer la planète. Il poursuit son analyse…
de l'humanité en expliquant la naissance de concepts tels que la religion, la nation, les droits de l'homme. Il s'interroge également sur l'évolution contemporaine à travers le poids de la bureaucratie ou de la consommation de masse, et s'inquiète pour l'avenir de la planète. 2015. Titre uniforme: Sapiens.Rebuilt: how becoming part computer made me more human
By Michael Chorost. 2005
Science writer recounts his decision to get a cochlear implant, or a computer surgically imbedded in the skull, to artificially…
restore hearing after he became totally deaf in 2001. Describes his physical and mental changes and reflects on the implications of technological advances on the deaf community and on humanity. 2005.Red cloud at dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
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.Nouvelle-France: ce qu'on aurait dû vous enseigner
By Gilles Proulx. 2015
" Ce n'est pas d'hier que Gilles Proulx sonne l'alarme : les Québécois sont de plus en plus ignorants de…
leur histoire, oublieux de leurs ancêtres et inconscients du travail colossal que ceux-ci ont accompli pour poser les fondations du Québec d'aujourd'hui. C'est pour corriger ces tristes lacunes qu'au-delà des faits de guerre et autres dates marquantes, l'auteur de Nouvelle-France raconte avec verve les actes de bravoure de Madeleine de Verchères, qui sauva les habitants de son fort d'une attaque iroquoise, les découvertes de Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, explorateur de la Louisiane et fondateur de La Nouvelle-Orléans, ou la ténacité extraordinaire dont ont fait preuve Louis Hébert et sa famille, premiers colons de Nouvelle-France. Avec l'irrévérence et la passion qu'on lui connaît, Proulx se fait fort de redonner à ses lecteurs, jeunes et moins jeunes, la soif d'apprendre leur histoire. Cet ouvrage est une édition entièrement revue du livre à succès paru en 1992 sous le titre Ma petite histoire de la Nouvelle-France. " -- 4e de couv.Petite histoire de l'Afrique: l'Afrique au sud du Sahara de la préhistoire à nos jours ((Cahiers libres).)
By Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch. 2011
" L'Afrique subsaharienne est le berceau de l'humanité, et son histoire, la plus vieille du monde. Ce petit livre, qui…
se destine à un public curieux mais non spécialiste, se nourrit d'un demi-siècle de travaux fondamentaux portant sur la question. Non seulement il fait le point sur une histoire au moins aussi variée et passionnante que celle des autres continents, mais il s'attache à déconstruire un à un les grands clichés qui continuent de nourrir les imaginaires occidentaux ; ceux qui font de l'Afrique un continent subalterne, à part, irrémédiablement à la traîne. Or l'Afrique, depuis toujours, influe sur le reste du monde. Elle lui a fourni main-d'oeuvre, or et matières premières, qui ont joué un rôle essentiel, aujourd'hui encore méconnu, dans la mondialisation économique. Elle a développé, au fil des siècles, un savoir parfaitement adapté à ses conditions environnementales, savoir qui fut taillé en pièces par l'extrême brutalité de la colonisation, pourtant si brève au regard de l'histoire longue. Mais si on lui a beaucoup pris, l'Afrique a aussi donné, avec une formidable vitalité. " -- 4e de couv.Chroniques du dimanche
By Stéphane Laporte. 2014
" Pour ce tout nouveau recueil de chroniques, l'auteur a choisi plus de 80 textes constitués de touchants souvenirs d'enfance,…
d'opinions tranchées, mais toujours teintées d'humour, sur le monde qui nous entoure, et de textes enflammés sur sa passion: le hockey. Bref, un point de vue original sur ce qui fait notre vie de tous les jours et notre société. Un livre qui fait autant sourire que réfléchir. " -- 4e de couv.