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By Winfried Georg Sebald. 1999
Cet homme qui voyage à pied dans les paysages de la côte est de l'Angleterre traverse en vérité l'épaisseur des…
temps disparus. Il chemine dans le souvenir des oeuvres fantasques de Thomas Browne, commente la leçon d'anatomie immortalisée par Rembrandt, croise le destin de Joseph Conrad en route vers le Congo, se souvient d'un film sur la pêche au hareng, songe aux grandes batailles navales et à leur représentation picturale, réfléchit à la "purification" dans les Balkans au milieu du siècle, évoque Chateaubriand ou le poète Edward FitzGerald et, quelques pages plus loin, revient à la fascinante histoire de la sériciculture en Chine puis en Europe. Tel est en effet le monde selon W. G. Sebald : une nébuleuse d'histoires et de rêves évanouis, un émouvant kaléidoscope de fragments et d'éclats où se reflète encore, pour celui qui sait voir, la trace précaire de nos ensevelissements successifs. 1999. Titre uniforme: Die Ringe des Saturn.By Thierry Jonquet, J Tardi, Jacques Testart. 1999
La rencontre littéraire d'un scientifique, d'un romancier et d'un illustrateur accouche d'un récit qui frôle la science-fiction mais qui demeure…
rigoureusement véridique en ce qui concerne l'enjeu "l'urgence de préserver l'humain face aux spectaculaires avancées de la science et de la médecine".By Sid Marty. 1995
The legendary chinook is a warm Pacific wind that runs along the eastern slopes of Rockies. It can turn winter…
temporarily into spring, but it can also knock railway cars off their tracks. From his home in the foothills of the Rockies, Sid Marty begins a journey through Chinook Country, talking about its history and the extraordinary people he meets along the way. 1995.By Maurice Genevoix. 2010
La passion de Maurice Genevoix pour les terres lointaines est peu connue. Pourtant, dès 1939, au Canada, il effectue un…
périple qui le conduit des rives du Saint-Laurent aux montagnes Rocheuses. Il réitère l'expérience en 1946 en visitant les pays du Maghreb et une partie de l'Afrique noire. Ses voyages lui inspirent d'abord des « carnets de route » dans lesquels il trace un portrait politique, économique, social de chaque pays. Ses analyses prémonitoires révèlent un Maurice Genevoix qu'on savait observateur et qui s'affirme fin stratège mais aussi écologiste avant même que ce mot ne figure dans le dictionnaire. 2010.By Caryle Hirshberg, Marc Barasch, Claude-Christine Farny. 1996
By Allan Casey. 2009
Blending writing on nature, travel, and science, Casey explores how the country's history and culture originates at the lakeshore. Describes…
a series of interconnected journeys by the author, punctuated by the seasons and the personalities he meets along the way including aboriginal fishery managers, fruit growers, boat captains, cottagers, and scientists. Some strong language. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2009.By Roland Gori, Marie-José Del Volgo. 2005
Comment peut-on être malade aujourd'hui dans une médecine qui transforme le patient en consommateur, sans souci authentique pour sa souffrance…
psychique ? L'oubli du malade dans la médecine contemporaine semble être le prix à payer pour des soins toujours plus rationnels et scientifiques. L'exploration du corps humain, le diagnostic précoce des maladies, l'acharnement à les combattre par des traitements douloureux et invasifs, exproprient "pour son bien" le patient de son corps. Comment concilier les exigences de la médecine scientifique et sa nécessaire vocation "thérapeutique", c'est-à-dire humaniste? 2005.By Olivier Roy. 2004
By Rick Archbold, Carolyn Bennett. 2000
Dr. Bennett compares the health care system in Canada with other countries and analyzes where the money is being spent…
or misspent. She offers a plan for creating a new health care team that will bring together doctors and patients more productively, reduce overlapping and waste, and move health care technologically into the twenty-first century. She also suggests ways to choose a good family doctor and to become a health care advocate. 2000.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.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.By Karen Armstrong. 2000
Author of "A history of God" (DC19160) among other works describes the origin and spread of the religion of Islam.…
Discusses Muhammad and his family, the Crusades, and the powerful Moghul and Ottoman Empires. Explores Islam's divergence into sects and the creation of a modern fundamentalist movement. 2000.By Bernard Lewis. 1993
Eleven essays by a Princeton professor of Near Eastern studies explore 1,400 years of historic relations between the Islamic nations…
and the Christian world referred to as the West. The subjects addressed are grouped under three headings: encounters, perceptions, and responses. 1993.By Malise Ruthven. 1997
This text contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the…
Shi'ites, the Sunnis and the Wahhabits, and the central importance of the Shar'ia (Islamic law) in Islamic life. It also offers fresh perspectives on contemporary questions: Why is the greatest 'Jihad' (holy war) now against the enemies of Islam, rather than the struggle against evil? Can women find fulfilment in Islamic societies? How must Islam adapt as it confronts the modern world? 1997.By Gai Eaton. 1985
An exploration of what it means to be a Muslim, a member of a community which embraces a quarter of…
the world's population. The author considers the historic confrontation between Islam and Christendom and analyses the differences between Judaism, Christianity and Islam. He explains the significance of the Koran and tells the story of Muhammad's life and of the early Caliphate. Lastly, the author considers the Muslim view of man's destiny. 1985.By Will Ferguson. 1998
Will Ferguson's hilarious memoir of working his way across Canada with the volunteer corps Katimavik in the early 1980s. For…
a dollar a day and all the granola he can eat, Ferguson works on work sites ranging from soup kitchens to outdoor conservation trails and meets many interesting characters along the way. 1998.By Kathleen Winter. 2014
In 2010, the author took a journey across the storied Northwest Passage. From Greenland to Baffin Island and all along…
the passage, she bears witness to the new math of the melting North: where polar bears mate with grizzlies, creating a new hybrid species; where the earth is on the cusp of yielding so much buried treasure that five nations stand poised to claim sovereignty of the land; and where the local Inuit population struggles to navigate the tension between taking part in the new global economy and defending their traditional way of life. 2014.By Vivien Bowers. 2012
Gran has decided that she is taking nine-year-old Alice and eight-year-old Cal on a road trip across Canada. Using poems,…
silly songs, tweets and blogs, the trio records the trip for everyone to share. Starting in St. John’s Newfoundland, where they have a “find-it” list that includes a moose and an iceberg and going all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the gang offers a fun way to learn about vast, varied, and surprising Canada. Grades 2-4. c2012.By Michael T Murray, Joseph E Pizzorno. 1991
Two naturopathic doctors describe "natural medicine" that includes therapy areas of nutrition, botanical medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, hydrotherapy, physical medicine; and…
counseling and lifestyle modification. They discuss how combinations of these therapies are used for more than sixty specific health problems including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and rheumatoid arthritis. 1991.By David Dunbar. 1991
An exploration of 37 parks across Canada, from the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the rolling hills of…
Nova Scotia. Includes details of outdoor activities, camping and transportation. (The outdoor traveler's guide)