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An ordinary man: an autobiography
By Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner. 2006
Autobiography of the manager of the hotel Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, a man of mixed Hutu and…
Tutsi heritage, describes how in April 1994 he saved twelve hundred Rwandans from the genocide that slaughtered eight hundred thousand. Basis for Hotel Rwanda movie. Violence and strong language. 2006The audacity of hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream
By Barack Obama. 2006
Brave new world revisited (Perennial Classics Ser.)
By Aldous Huxley. 2000
Series of essays in which the author examines various threats to human freedom predicted in his 1930s satirical novel Brave…
New World (DB 47108). Discusses overpopulation, government propaganda, brainwashing, chemically induced as well as subconsciously suggested persuasion, and education, along with possible countermeasures. 1958The revenge of Gaia: earth's climate in crisis and the fate of humanity
By James Lovelock. 2006
British scientist who originated the Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a superorganism assesses the impact of human activity on the…
planet. Lovelock supports a transition to nuclear energy and advocates preparation for inevitable climate and social changes in the twenty-first century as a result of global warming. 2006Soldier: the life of Colin Powell
By Karen DeYoung. 2006
Washington Post reporter interviews retired general Colin Powell to chronicle his rise from a son of Jamaican immigrants to U.S.…
Secretary of State. Highlights his army life that culminated with his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and explains his decision not to run for president. 2006Eight essays written between 1774 and 1776 by American political philosopher and patriot Thomas Paine (1737-1809). Includes Thoughts on Defensive…
War, The American Crisis, Number 1, and Common Sense, a treatise advocating America's moral obligation for independence. Contains an introduction, biographical information, and detailed analysis of selected writings. 2001Three cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
By Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Sarah Thomson. 2006
Award-winning journalist Relin describes the mission of American humanitarian Greg Mortenson, who established the Central Asia Institute and built schools…
throughout Taliban-ruled lands. Discusses his childhood in Tanzania and a failed 1993 attempt to climb K2, which resulted in a promise to the Pakistani villagers who saved his life. 2006State of denial: Bush at War, Part III
By Bob Woodward. 2006
This sequel to Plan of Attack (RC 58239) examines the Bush administration's prosecution of the Iraq war. Extensive interviews and…
research document the dissension inside the White House from December 2000, when Donald Rumsfeld was appointed secretary of defense, through July 2006. Bestseller. 2006Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter recounts the experiences of homesteaders who remained on their land during the 1930s dust…
storms that ravaged the southern Great Plains. Examines both human and ecological aspects of the disaster and the effects on survivors' daily lives, health, and communities. National Book Award. 2006The great race: the global quest for the car of the future
By Levi Tillemann. 2015
Tillemann recounts the ongoing battle among automakers and the race to build the car of the future, which now may…
include cars that drive themselves, don't consume oil, and will come in new shapes and sizes. Compares international markets, particularly China, Japan, and the United States. 2015Le temps des girouettes: journal d'une drôle de campagne électorale
By André Pratte. 2003
"André Pratte a tenu, d'octobre 2002 à avril 2003, le journal de la longue campagne électorale que le Québec vient…
de connaître. Observateur privilégié de la scène politique - et de ses coulisses -, il rend compte au jour le jour des assemblées électorales et des débats télévisés, des sondages étonnants et des défections inattendues, des coups de théâtre et des pétards mouillés, de toute cette fébrilité qui agite les partis politiques. Il témoigne du côté humain de ceux et celles qui ont été happés dans ce tourbillon. Et il cherche à comprendre la tempête qui est survenue : quel sens doit-on donner aux résultats du scrutin du 14 avril? Les Québécois se sont-ils laissé porter par tous les vents ou ont-ils su garder le cap? Qui ont été les girouettes, finalement, les électeurs ou les experts patentés qui les observaient?" -- 4e de couv"Lorsque 3 milliards d'individus - soit la moitié de la planète - «vivent» avec moins de 3$ par jour, que…
225 milliardaires possèdent l'équivalent de l'avoir de 2 milliards de personnes, que 51 sociétés figurent parmi les 100 premières «économies» du monde, que l'économie mondiale est à 90 % spéculative, que la masse financière (hors actions et obligations) circulant quotidiennement représente 10 fois la valeur des réserves cumulées de toutes les banques centrales du monde... est-on encore loin du non-sens absolu ? En ce début du XXIe siècle, des voix s'élèvent contre le trop grand nombre d'erreurs commises dans la conduite des affaires économiques mondiales. Peut-on parler de simples erreurs de calcul et de prévision ? Certes non. Il s'agit de fautes, de fautes économiques et gestionnaires graves, qui touchent à la conception même de notre monde et de son fonctionnement. Est-ce là chose réparable par d'autres calculs et prévisions, en utilisant les mêmes prémisses et les mêmes schémas d'analyse ? [...]" -- 4e de couvLe disque ne tourne pas rond
By Alain Brunet. 2003
Au tournant de l'an 2000, les plus puissantes entreprises de communication ont initié un vaste processus de convergence, avec l'assurance…
qu'Internet serait l'épine dorsale de la révolution numérique. Cette expansion phénoménale ne s'est pas déroulée comme prévu : les échecs répétés des modèles de consommation en ligne ont fortement ébranlé le triomphalisme de ces conglomérats dont l'industrie du disque est partie prenante. Les enregistrements de musique, premiers contenus artistiques à circuler massivement sur Internet, annoncent les bouleversements à venir. [...] Pendant que les créateurs voient leurs productions voyager gratuitement sur Internet, les ventes de leurs disques compacts ne cessent de péricliter. Ainsi, l'industrie de la musique est la première industrie culturelle à traverser cette crise sans précédent, d'où son repli sur des valeurs sûres qui ne fonctionnent qu'à court terme. Ce disque qui ne tourne pas rond... nous en dit long sur l'avenir de la culture à l'ère numérique. -- 4e de couvTraces the life of twenty-one-year-old Romanian Attila Ambrus, who in 1988 sneaked into post-Communist Hungary and joined a professional ice…
hockey team. Details seven years he spent robbing banks, romancing women, and boozing. Describes the Budapest detective on his trail--who had learned crime solving from American TV. Strong language. 2004Her Majesty's spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern espionage
By Stephen Budiansky. 2005
Biography of the Puritan secretary of the Privy Council, who oversaw espionage for British monarch Elizabeth I. Describes ways Walsingham…
perfected techniques to operate secretly against Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Catholic countries of France and Spain. Explains his use of code breaking and secret agents. Violence. 2005My American journey: An Autobiography
By Colin L Powell. 1995
Powell shares with his fellow Americans what he believes has been a great life. The son of immigrants, he was…
raised in New York's South Bronx and was undistinguished in school. But he found his place in life when he joined the ROTC and the army. Powell's is a story of hard work and good luck, of service, and of love from and for the people who helped make the former general and Joint Chiefs chairman a popular figure in the 1990s. Bestseller. 1995Forgotten crimes: the Holocaust and people with disabilities
By Suzanne E Evans. 2004
Lawyer and journalist details Germany's "euthanasia" programs of 1935 to 1945, in which as many as 750,000 children and adults…
with physical and mental disabilities were killed. Draws on historical records and survivor interviews to describe Nazi medical philosophies, sterilization laws, methods, and organizers--and the legacy of the atrocities. 2004Shooting star: the brief arc of Joe McCarthy
By Tom Wicker. 2006
Journalist offers a concise political biography of anticommunist demagog Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957). Describes how McCarthy's accusations exploited Cold War…
tensions and bolstered his rise to power but ultimately caused his downfall in 1954 Senate hearings. 2006Traces Sandra Day O'Connor's rise to power culminating in her appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to be the…
first female Supreme Court justice. Analyzes O'Connor's position on controversial issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty. Discusses her role as a pivotal voter. 2005Divided by God: America's church-state problem--and what we should do about it
By Noah Feldman. 2005
Studies the relationship between religion and the U.S. government from America's colonial days to the twenty-first century. Discusses controversies over…
the Bible, the Pledge of Allegiance, same-sex marriage, and the teaching of evolution. 2005