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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 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 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 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.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.Paris 1919: six months that changed the world
By Margaret MacMillan. 2001
Analyzes the failure of the Versailles Peace Conference after World War I. Focuses on the nationalistic goals of American president…
Woodrow Wilson, French premier Georges Clemenceau, and British Prime Minister David Lloyd George - the author's great-grandfather - as they reorganized the defeated empires and created the League of Nations. Foreword by Richard Holbrooke. Bestseller. Winner of the 2003 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2001. Uniform title: PeacemakersOriginal highways: travelling the great rivers of Canada
By Roy MacGregor. 2017
No country is more blessed with fresh water than Canada. MacGregor, has paddled, sailed and traversed Canada's rivers, learned their…
stories and secrets, and the tales of centuries lived on their rapids and riverbanks. He raises lost tales, like that of the Great Tax Revolt of the Gatineau River, and reconsiders histories like that of the Irish would-be settlers who died on Grosse Ile and the incredible resilience of settlers in the Red River Valley. Along the Grand, the Ottawa and others, he meets the successful conservationists behind the resuscitation of polluted wetlands, including even Toronto's Don, the most abused river in Canada (where he witnesses families of mink, returned to play on its banks). Long before our national railroad was built, our rivers held Canada together; in these sixteen portraits, filled with yesterday's adventures and tomorrow's promise, MacGregor weaves together a story of Canada and its ongoing relationship with its most precious resource. 2017.Once upon a tomb: stories from Canadian graveyards
By Nancy Millar. 1997
Believing the graveyards tell a great deal about a country, Nancy Millar explores graveyards across Canada. She relates stories about…
pioneers and settlers, missionaries and Native people, and both the famous and ordinary Canadians who created our country. 1997.None is too many: Canada and the Jews of Europe, 1933-1948
By Irving Martin Abella, Harold Martin Troper. 1982
In the years 1933 to 1948, when the Jews of Europe were looking for a place of refuge from Nazi…
persecution, Canada shut its door. This book traces the origins and results of Canada's immigration policy towards Jews. 1982.Loyalists and layabouts: the rapid rise and fall of Shellburne, Nova Scotia, 1783-1792
By Stephen Kimber. 2008
A few hundred loyalists gathered in New York on November 16, 1782, abandoned by their king, unwelcome in their land,…
and with no choice but to flee. Their dream was to build a new and improved New York City called Shelburne, in Nova Scotia, beside one of the best harbours in the world. The city would be more refined, royal, loyal, and exclusive, but within the decade, Shelburne was a wasteland of abandoned homes and shops. Some descriptions of violence. 2008.Lords of the lake: the naval war on Lake Ontario,1812-1814
By Robert Malcomson. 1998
In the War of 1812, control of Lake Ontario was key, and the battle for it lasted the longest. The…
feats and failures of the opposing commodores, Isaac Chauncey and Sir James Yeo, are described, as are the roles played by key military and political leaders in shaping the course of the war. Features not only sea battles and raids, but shipwrecks, chases, and blockades, as well as the treacheries of egotists and the bravery of heroes. c1998.Lost and found in Acadie
By Clive Doucet. 2004
A complex tapestry, made up of many threads of history, depicting the history of Acadia and its unique culture, and…
the people that belong to it. The pillars of Acadian society are contrasted sharply with those upholding our society today, and the many ways of life that fall into the Acadian experience are described. Covers the initial settling of Acadia, the friendship developed with the Mi'kmaq, the civil war that helped to tear Acadia apart, to the horrors of the deportation, and the subsequent attempts to rebuild and relocate history, family, and truth amidst a shattered people. 2004.Forgotten patriots: Canadian rebels on Australia's convict shores
By Jack Cahill. 1998
A look at what happened to the convicts who were sent to Australia in the aftermath of the rebellions in…
Upper and Lower Canada in the late 1830's. Based in part on journals written by Canadian prisoners in Australia. Some descriptions of violence. 1998.Jerusalem or death: Palestinian terrorism (Terrorist dossiers.)
By Samuel M Katz. 2004
Surveys historical and current events in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, within the disputed areas and beyond, including the origins, goals, and…
activities of the major movements and groups. Some descriptions of violence. For junior high readers. 2004. (Terrorist dossiers)Island of the blessed: the secrets of Egypt's everlasting oasis
By Harry Thurston. 2003
Harry Thurston follows an international group of archaeologists on an expedition to uncover the secrets of the everlasting oasis that…
exists in the middle of the Egyptian desert. In the excavation process, many ancient objects are found that hint at how civilization was born in the Egyptian desert. 2003.