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Disabled rights: American disability policy and the fight for equality
By Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer. 2003
History and politics of the disability rights movement in the United States. Discusses how the disability community has coalesced in…
the past fifty years to press its demands and how passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act has shaped public policy and individual expectations. Also reviews ADA-related litigation and some "hot button" issues. 2003Journalist explores the backlash against the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and society's focus on medical treatment rather than equal…
opportunities. Discusses Clint Eastwood's decision to fight a lawsuit for access violations, Christopher Reeve's goal to walk again, and the proposed ADA Notification Act. 2003Selon l'auteur, "...Quatre vestiges du puritanisme persistent encore dans le comportement américain contemporain: l'individualisme sauvage, la croyance d'être le peuple…
élu de Dieu, la cruauté institutionnalisée et la tradition de la confession publique."Traces the post-Civil War presidential election, which in America's centenary year pitted Ohio Republican governor Rutherford Hayes against New York…
Democratic governor Samuel Tilden. An electoral commission declared Hayes the winner after disputed southern returns and four months of backroom political intrigue by both parties. 2003Soliah: the Sara Jane Olson story
By Sharon Darby Hendry. 2002
Biography of Minnesota soccer mom Sara Jane Olson, arrested in 1999 for terrorist activities in the 1970s when she was…
a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army--notorious for the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson changed her name from Kathleen Soliah and remained underground for decades. Some strong language. 2002America's splendid little wars: a short history of U.S. military engagements: 1975-2000
By Peter A. Huchthausen. 2003
Retired naval officer and author of K-19: The Widowmaker (DB 55090) traces America's post-Vietnam armed conflicts from the 1975 rescue…
of the hijacked SS Mayaguez in the Gulf of Siam through the 1990s interventions in the Balkans. Includes U.S. failures in Lebanon, Iran, and Somalia and victories in Desert Storm, Grenada, and Panama. 2003Baghdad diaries: a woman's chronicle of war and exile
By Nuha Radi. 1998
A western-educated Iraqi artist depicts her life in Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf War and her virtual exile in the…
years thereafter. Al-Radi records the everyday struggles of her relatives and friends to keep going in the face of bombing raids, the subsequent UN embargo and other fallouts of the warThe 9/11 Commission report: final report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
By National Commission on Terrorist Attacks, Thomas H. Kean, Lee Hamilton. 2004
Independent, nonpartisan commission analyzes facts and circumstances surrounding the fatal September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda attacks on the United States…
homeland. Summarizes failures of intelligence and other U.S. agencies before and after that date. Recommends government reorganization to provide a safer, more prepared nation. 2004American soldier
By General Tommy Franks. 2004
Retired army general and former commander in chief of U.S. Central Command recollects his childhood and decorated thirty-eight-year military career…
including service in Vietnam, Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Provides an inside look at the war on terror. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2004Profiles in courage
By John F. Kennedy. 2003
Biographical sketches of historic statesmen who demonstrated great political courage at crucial moments in U.S. history. Includes John Quincy Adams,…
Daniel Webster, and others. Written by then-senator Kennedy while convalescing from the effects of war wounds. 2003 introduction by Caroline Kennedy; 1964 foreword by Robert F. Kennedy. Pulitzer Prize. 1955Histoire des codes secrets: de l'Egypte des Pharaons à l'ordinateur quantique
By Simon Singh. 1999
De tout temps, les souverains ou généraux ont été conscients des risques encourus si leurs messages tombaient aux mains de…
l'ennemi. La crainte de ces interceptions fut à l'origine du développement des codes secrets. L'auteur trace ici les grandes lignes de l'évolution de ces codes et de leur influence sur le cours de l'histoire. Du même coup, il présente la lutte incessante que se sont fait les concepteurs et briseurs de code, lutte qui a permis de remarquables percées scientifiquesRobert's rules of order: newly revised
By Henry M Robert. 2000
First published in 1876, this tenth edition of the manual of parliamentary procedure still serves as the recognized guide to…
running and participating effectively in meetings. Includes information on using technology for such electronic meetings as teleconferences, videoconferences, and e-mail. 2000The handbook of the new Eastern Europe
By Michael Kort. 2001
Overview of the nations that comprise eastern Europe since the 1989 fall of Communism including the former Yugoslavia, the Czech…
and Slovak Republics, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Albania. Includes information on history, economics, culture, ethnic groups, and social upheaval. For senior high and older readers. 2001Citizen McCain
By Elizabeth Drew. 2002
Describes the Arizona senator's successful attempt in 2001 to pass a bill to eliminate soft money contributions to political candidates.…
The author followed McCain for a year as he lined up support for his campaign reform project. 2002My love affair with America: the cautionary tale of a cheerful conservative
By Norman Podhoretz. 2000
Former Commentary editor examines his childhood and school years in New York, his acculturation, and his shift of political alliances…
from liberalism to conservatism. He attributes his change in philosophy to his faith, long-standing love of country, and strong antipathy to anti-American statements and activities. 2000Le dinosaure: le Zaïre de Mobutu
By Colette Braeckman. 1992
Inside Al Qaeda: global network of terror
By Rohan Gunaratna. 2002
Scrutinizes this worldwide terrorist organization and its theater of operations country by country. Examines Al Qaeda's reach, strategic and tactical…
threat, mind-set, and messianic culture. Suggests ways for the international community to counter the movement. Based on five years of interviews, research, and travel. 2002The handbook of the Middle East
By Michael Kort. 2002
Overview of the Middle East's history, geography, culture, government, and politics. Includes Egypt, Libya, Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Jordan, Lebanon,…
Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, and the countries of the Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Bahrain. For senior high and older readers. 2002Les enfants qui s'aiment: roman
By Claire Morin. 1956
Ils étaient bien sages et bien dociles ces adolescents français des années 1950... lucides aussi, suffisamment en tout cas pour…
se demander comment, avec leurs "pauvres coeurs influençables", ils auraient été "capables de lutter contre la masse réfractaire des opinions des autres". Un bon petit roman sur le langage de l'âge ingrat, la douceur de son ignorance, l'inédit de sa tendresse (cf. p. 181), il y a déjà 25 ans. Presque des adolescents d'autrefois... [SDM