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Sir Walter Raleigh and the quest for El Dorado
By Marc Aronson. 2000
Biography of the adventurous English explorer and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I. Describes the numerous expeditions to the New World…
in search of a golden kingdom and how court politics determined his fortunes. For junior and senior high readers. Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. 2000.Shorty, an aviation pioneer: the story of Victor John Hatton
By James Glassco Henderson. 2004
Having survived the First World War in the trenches, Shorty Hatton started his aviation career in a near-fatal crash of…
an Avro 504K and ended it with another Avro aircraft, the Arrow. In the intervening years he was a military, bush, and test pilot, he taught fledgling aviators at Camp Borden, he was the first to fly new air mail routes in an open cockpit plane, and he tested newly-built Hawker Hurricanes before they joined the Battle of Britain. Some descriptions of sex. 2004.Shifting time: social policy and the future of work
By Armine Yalnizyan, Ran Ide, Arthur J Cordell. 1994
This text presents two essays: "Securing society: creating Canadian social policy;" and, "The new tools: implications for the future of…
work." The essays discuss the decline of work and its meaning, while considering the new realities of work. The job search is obstructed by "technological progress", a situation which results in loss of tax revenue, fewer people in standard employment, and sociological and moral consequences. The proposed solutions for these problems include suggestions ranging from an equitable distribution of wealth to a national strategy for child care. c1994.Sex wars: a humorous look at sexism down through history
By Mark M Orkin. 1978
Seven summits
By Dick Bass, Frank Wells, Rick Ridgeway. 1986
Seraffyn's Mediterranean adventure
By Lin Pardey, Larry Pardey. 1981
Account of the authors' journey along the south coast of Spain and Malta, crossing over to Tunisia, then moving on…
to Italy and Yugoslavia. Intersperses tales of unwitting smuggling, military arrests, a collision and a hurricane. 1981.Search for the Maya: the story of Stephens and Catherwood
By Victor Wolfgang Von Hagen. 1973
Scott of the Antarctic: A Life Of Courage And Tragedy In The Extreme South
By David Crane. 2006
Robert Falcon Scott and his four companions died from hunger and cold in 1912; they had reached the South Pole…
on January 18, only to discover that the Norwegian Amundsen had beaten them there a month earlier. The confirmation of Scott's death was met by an outpouring of public grief in Britain for the man quickly elevated to martyr status. In subsequent decades, biographers painted Scott as a self-absorbed, rash blunderer whose hubris led to the needless death of himself and his men, but Crane strives to present both the heroic and less-admirable aspects of Scott's career. 2006.Santé et politique: un point de vue de l'intérieur
By David Levine, Danièle Blain. 2015
Levine revient sur son passé en politique et sur son expérience de gestionnaire. Il redit son appui indéfectible à un…
système de santé gratuit et universel. Il remet en question toutefois la manière dont ce système est géré et dénonce les effets que certaines décisions politiques, y compris les toutes dernières réformes mises en oeuvre par le gouvernement Couillard, peuvent avoir sur son efficacité. À la fois mémoires retraçant un parcours exceptionnel, source d'enseignements sur la manière d'exercer son leadership et réflexion en profondeur sur notre système, ce livre est une lecture indispensable pour tous ceux qui s'intéressent à la santé. 2015. Titre uniforme: Health care and politics.Sauvage par nature: 3 ans de marche extrême en solitaire de Sibérie en Australie
By Sarah Marquis. 2014
" Ne vous fiez pas aux apparences, Sarah Marquis est une vraie guerrière capable d'échapper aux attaques des cavaliers mongols…
et aux trafiquants de drogue dans la jungle laotienne. À l'approche du danger, elle se cache, glisse dans la nuit et se déguise en homme pour survivre. Les animaux sauvages et la nature sont sa famille. Elle s'endort comme un bébé aux cotés des serpents, des loups, des chevaux sauvages, des kangourous. Dépouillée de tout confort et de superflu mais pourvue de l'essentiel, cette jeune femme s'est adaptée aux conditions les plus extrêmes, pour mieux comprendre ce qui nous lie à la Terre et au " tout ". Sarah Marquis nous livre le récit - tantôt drôle, tantôt poignant - de son odyssée de 1 000 jours et 1 000 nuits. La force de ses pas vous inspirera le respect. Sa philosophie de vie vous donnera le goût de l'aventure et vous emmènera au-delà de ces terres inconnues. " -- 4e de couv.During the pioneering years of the Canadian West, Mountie Sam Steele took an active role in virtually every significant historical…
event. Steele kept the peace in the Yukon during the Gold rush, quelled rebellions, stood down violent strikers, faced Cree, Blackfoot, and Kootenay warriors, and also fought in the Boer War and the First World War. 2003.Samurai William: the adventurer who unlocked Japan
By Giles Milton. 2002
In the spring of 1611, London's merchants received an intriguing and wholly unexpected letter. Written by a marooned English mariner…
named William Adams, it revealed that he had been living in the unknown land of Japan for more than a decade. Seven adventurers were sent to Japan with orders to find and befriend Adams. It was believed he held the key to exploiting the opulent riches of this forbidden land. 2002.Sanctuary: stories from Casey House Hospice
By Patrick Conlon. 1991
In 1988, Casey House in Toronto became North America's first community-based AIDS hospice. This book tells of the people who…
planned Casey House, the people who work and volunteer there, and the people who will die there. c1991.Rompre sans tout casser
By Linda Berube. 2001
La séparation d'un couple n'est pas la fin du monde, mais c'est certainement la fin d'un monde pour ceux qui…
vivent cette situation. Dans cet ouvrage, l'auteure, présidente fondatrice de l'Association de médiation familiale du Québec passe en revue des sujets importants comme la garde partagée des enfants ainsi que les négociations des aspects financiers et matériels en plus de proposer des orientations à prendre pour régler les obstacles qui se présentent. 2001.Safe teen: powerful alternatives to violence
By Anita Roberts. 2001
The author explains violence, looking at its roots, identifying potentially dangerous behaviour, and always offering teens strategies to protect themselves…
and diffuse situations--from small misunderstandings to outright assault. The book also includes discussion of gender stereotypes, self-esteem, handling cliques and social pressures, acknowledging and transforming emotions, and differentiating between "good sex" and harmful sex. Poems, quotes, and practical exercises are also added. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2001.Runaway wives and rogue feminists: the origins of the women's shelter movement in Canada
By Margo Goodhand. 2017
In the supposedly enlightened 60s and 70s, violence against women was widespread. It wasn't talked about, and women had few,…
if any, options to escape their abusers. Yet in 1973, with no statistics, no money and little public support, five disparate groups of Canadian women quietly opened Canada's first battered women's shelters. Today, there are well over 600. Goodhand tracks down the rogue feminists whose work forged an underground railway for women and children, weaving their stories into an until now untold history. As they lobbied for funding, scrounged for furniture and fended off outraged husbands, these women marked a defining moment in Canadian history, triggering monumental changes in government, schools, courts and law enforcement. But was it enough to stop the cycle of violence? Forty years later, these pioneers describe how and why Canada has lost its ground in the battle for women's rights. Winner of the 2018 Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction and the 2018 Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book. 2017.Ryan and Jimmy: and the well in Africa that brought them together (CitizenKid)
By Herb Shoveller. 2006
When Ryan's first-grade teacher told his class about countries where people didn't have clean drinking water, he became determined to…
change things. His first well was built in Uganda, and a local orphan named Akana Jimmy longed for a chance to thank Ryan. When they finally meet, an unbreakable bond unites these boys from very different backgrounds, and a long and sometimes life-threatening journey begins. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 3-6. 2006.Sailing back in time: a nostalgic voyage on Canada's West Coast
By Maria Coffey. 1996
Travel writer Maria Coffey and her husband, photographer Dag Goering, embark on a 3-month journey by wooden boat along Canada's…
western shores. Leading the way are legendary boat builders and sailors Allen and Sharie Farrell aboard China Cloud; they visit their old haunts along the coast, where they homesteaded, fished and built boats. 1996.Sailing alone around the world
By Joshua Slocum. 1969
Challenged by an expert who said it couldn't be done, Joshua Slocum, an indomitable New England sea captain, set out…
in April of 1895 to prove that a man could sail alone around the world. 46,000 miles and a little over 3 years later, the proof was complete: Captain Slocum had performed the epic "first" single-handedly in a trusty 34-foot sloop called the "Spray". This is Slocum's own account of his remarkable adventures during the historic voyage. 1969.