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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 climate wars
By Gwynne Dyer. 2008
Dwindling resources, massive population shifts, natural disasters, spreading epidemics. Drought, rising sea levels, plummeting agricultural yields, crashing economies and political…
extremism. These are some of the expected consequences of runaway climate change in the decades ahead, and any of them could tip the world towards conflict. 2008.In its search for oil and gas riches, Alberta is plunging ahead with uncontrolled development of its fossil fuels, levelling…
its northern Boreal forest to get at the oil sands, and filling its southern half with tens of thousands of gas wells. In so doing, it is running out of water, destroying its range land, wiping out its forests and wildlife and spewing huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. 2007.Satanic purses: money, myth, and misinformation in the war on terror
By R. T Naylor. 2006
Naylor exposes the post 9/11 global War on Islamic Terror as based on myth, misinformation, and even deliberate disinformation -…
all of it premised on misguided notions about the nature of terrorist financing and the structure and organization of terrorist groups. Naylor believes that the secret agendas behind, and the private interests that profit from, an illusory War on Terror may be far more dangerous than the events that led to it. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.Ma dernière conférence: la planète en héritage
By David T Suzuki, Marianne Champagne. 2010
David Suzuki est considéré comme un sage et comme un guide partout dans le monde. C’est cette sagesse à laquelle…
il a voulu donner son expression définitive, en racontant quel a été son parcours et en partageant avec nous sa vision de l’avenir. 2010. Titre uniforme: The legacy.Ma vie: Ma Vie
By David T Suzuki, Claire Laberge. 2006
David Suzuki, à près de soixante-dix ans, jette un regard rétrospectif sur sa vie et sur son action, de même…
qu'il partage avec nous l'espoir qui l'anime pour l'avenir. Nous assistons à la genèse du penseur et de l'écrivain, à la création de la fondation qui porte son nom. Nous le suivons au cours de ses nombreux voyages partout sur la planète, dans ses rencontres avec les grands de ce monde. 2006. Titre uniforme: David Suzuki, the autobiography.Just cool it!: the climate crisis and what we can do : a post-Paris Agreement game plan
By David Suzuki, Ian Hanington. 2017
Climate change is one of the most important crisis humanity has faced, but we still confront huge barriers to resolving…
it. The problem itself is complex, and there's no single solution. But by understanding the barriers to resolving global warming and by employing a wide range of solutions - from shifting to clean energy to planting trees to reforming agricultural practices - we can get the world back on track. Suzuki offers a comprehensive look at the current state of climate science and knowledge and the many ways to resolve the climate crisis, imploring us to do what's necessary to live in a better, cleaner future. When enough people demand action, change starts happening - and this time, it could be monumental. 2017.Jihad: the rise of militant Islam in Central Asia
By Ahmed Rashid. 2002
Pakistani journalist examines the history of Central Asia and its indigenous Islamic movements and then focuses on three of the…
most significant--the Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Discusses their origins, beliefs, influence, activities, rapid spread, and the secrecy shrouding their leaders. 2002.It's the crude, dude: war, big oil and the fight for the planet
By Linda McQuaig. 2004
An investigation into oil, a super-powerful industry that the author suggests played a central role in plunging the U.S. into…
the war in Iraq. McQuaig claims that U.S. companies had wanted Iraq's "virtually endless" oil fields for a long time, and that talk in the White House about Iraq started well before 9/11. She makes a convincing case that the world has become dangerously dependent on dwindling oil supplies, which are at the heart of not only a great deal of conflict but also pollution. 2004.Islamic fundamentalism (At issue)
By Auriana Ojeda. 2003
Some of the best-known commentators on the current relationship of Islam with the industrial countries of the West present their…
views in short essays. Topics include Islam and democracy, the place of women, threats to the United States, terrorism and Islam, and the nature of fundamentalism. For senior high and older readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.From naked ape to superspecies: a personal perspective on humanity and the global eco-crisis
By David T Suzuki, Holly Jewell Dressel. 1999
Suzuki and Dressel present the argument that people have gone beyond just endangering animals to endangering the human race as…
well. Both agree that we have become a sort of super species and discuss what that means for the new millennium. This book explains how humans have changed the way the earth works, with little regard for the consequences. 1999.Dandelion hunter: foraging the urban wilderness
By Rebecca Lerner. 2013
Forager-journalist Becky Lerner sets out on a quest to find her inner hunter-gatherer in the city of Portland, Oregon. After…
a disheartening week trying to live off wild plants from the streets and parks near her home, she learns the ways of the first people who lived there and, along with a quirky cast of characters, discovers an array of useful wild plants hiding in plain sight. As she harvests them for food, medicine, and just-in-case apocalypse insurance, Lerner delves into anthropology, urban ecology and sustainability, and finds herself looking at Nature in a very different way. 2013.Reaping the whirlwind: the Taliban movement in Afghanistan
By Michael Griffin. 2001
Griffin chronicles the rise of the Taliban from their first appearance in 1994, examines their place in the context of…
Afghanistan's political instability, and discusses the significance of their brand of Islamic fundamentalism. 2001.The Muslim Jesus: sayings and stories in Islamic literature (Convergences)
By Tarif Khalidi. 2001
This work presents, in English translation, the largest collection ever assembled of the sayings and stories of Jesus in Arabic…
Islamic literature. Tarif Khalidi's introduction and commentaries place the sayings and stories in their historical context, showing how and why this "gospel" arose and the function it served within Muslim devotion. The sayings and stories, some 300 in number and arranged in chronological order, show us how the image of this Jesus evolved throughout a millennium of Islamic history. 2001.Thinking like a mountain
By Rick Archbold, Robert Bateman. 2000
Part memoir, part sketchbook, and part environmental testament, Bateman's book charts the progress of his ecological consciousness. In the process,…
Bateman presents an historical overview of threats to our human and natural heritages, among them the near extinction of the whales due to massive commercial whaling and PCBs and other toxins; the clear-cutting of old-growth forests at Clayoquot Sound; the devastation of wetlands as a result of modern industrial agriculture; and the vanishing of unique human societies such as the Ba Mbuti in the former Belgian Congo. Bateman writes an impassioned plea to attend to the health of our planet, present and future. 2000.The right to be cold: one woman's story of protecting her culture, the Arctic, and the whole planet
By Sheila Watt-Cloutier. 2015
The author explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture - and ultimately the world…
- in the face of past, present, and future environmental degradation. She argues that climate change is a human rights issue, and one to which all of us are inextricably linked. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2017. 2015.L'éolien: pour qui souffle le vent? ((Actuels))
By Jean-Louis Chaumel, Roméo Bouchard. 2007
[...] L'éolien; bon ou mauvais? Pourquoi? Pour qui? Comment? Ce livre propose un tour de la question, pratique et accessible.…
Un guide pour les citoyens et les communautés d'accueil qui manquent cruellement de ressources pour défendre leurs droits, et une introduction rapide et actuelle, pour les étudiants ou tous les citoyens avertis désirant comprendre les implications de cette nouvelle industrie du vent. En plus de fournir une mine de renseignements techniques, l'ouvrage aborde toutes les questions sensibles, comme les impacts sur l'environnement, les agriculteurs et les municipalités, les coûts, les retombées, la nationalisation. Il permet également de découvrir l'éolien ailleurs dans le monde et étudie de nombreuses solutions aux problèmes, dont plusieurs ont déjà fait leurs preuves. [...] Roméo Bouchard est un auteur, agriculteur bio, enseignant, militant bien connu pour ses luttes en faveur notamment du développement régional. -- 4e de couv.Le contrat naturel
By Michel Serres. 1990
Si Michel Serres est d'abord un philosophe des sciences, le thème de la nature traverse l'ensemble de son oeuvre. Toutefois…
une critique de l'écologie radicale en dénonçant sa tendance à l'anthropomorphisme qui conduit à réclamer pour elle les droits qui s'attachent normalement aux personnes et non aux choses, l'auteur tente de légitimer les exigences nouvelles de l'écologie. 1990.Une vérité qui dérange: l'urgence planétaire du réchauffement climatique et ce que nous pouvons faire pour y remédier
By Al Gore, Christophe Jaquet. 2007
Devenu une véritable urgence planétaire, le réchauffement climatique qui pourrait passer pour un processus lent se déroule en fait à…
un rythme incroyablement rapide. Les savants du monde entier s'accordent à dire qu'il reste à peine une dizaine d'années pour éviter une catastrophe mondiale due au dérèglement du système climatique qui entraîne des perturbations météorologiques extrêmes, des inondations, de longues périodes de sécheresse, des vagues de chaleur meurtrières. Une vérité qui dérange, publié d'après le documentaire réalisé par Davis Guggenheim sur l'engagement de l'ancien vice-président Al Gore, invite à une prise de conscience de cette situation. Depuis cinq ans, ce dernier sillonne les Etats-Unis pour persuader ses concitoyens de l'urgente nécessité de réagir à cette crise. Dans cet ouvrage cohabitent des textes sur l'engagement d'Al Gore et des commentaires très accessibles sur les grandes questions climatologiques actuelles, en s'appuyant sur des exemples concrets illustrés de nombreuses photos et de schémas. -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: An inconveniant truth.Islam and the myth of confrontation: religion and politics in the Middle East
By Fred Halliday. 1995
The author examines the widely accepted image of confrontation between "Islam" and "the West", created largely by the rise of…
Islamic militancy in the Middle East and the perceived influence of Islam on politics and society. Considering the sources of Islamic militancy and the rhetoric of Islamic and anti-Muslim leaders, he argues that the Middle East is a set of variant societies, facing the economic and political problems of the Third World.