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Rogue state: a guide to the world's only superpower
By William Blum. 2000
A critical look at the U.S. and its role as a superpower. Blum examines the U.S. foreign policy and its…
involvement in foreign elections and assassinations. He raises the question of why the U.S. has become the target of terrorists and discusses the issues of freedom and human rights in the U.S. 2000.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.Russia: between yesterday and tomorrow
By Marika Pruska-Carroll. 1995
A teacher of Russian and Eastern politics at Concordia University, Pruska-Carroll travelled throughout Russia in the early 1990s, interviewing Russians…
about the changes in their country. She spoke to workers and professionals, artists and businessmen, students and drop-outs, and recorded their impressions and experiences of the new Russia, its people and values, and the new politics and economy. c1995Russian roulette: the inside story of Putin's war on America and the election of Donald Trump
By David Corn, Michael Isikoff. 2018
Hertig asserts that both the American and Canadian governments are intentionally misleading their citizens about the Pentagon's unprecedented plans to…
weaponize space, about the new Russian and Chinese nuclear missile build-ups, and about the destruction of important, long-standing arms control agreements. Other topics covered are why the so-called U.S. missile "defence" system is really about establishing a U.S. first-strike-from-space capability, why both Paul Martin and Stephen Harper want to join in George W. Bush's program, and how all these factors may be leading to a rapidly increasing danger of a nuclear apocalypse. 2004.Russia and the West: Gorbachev and the politics of reform
By Jerry F Hough. 1988
The author argues that Gorbachev is breaking with Stalinist and Leninist legacy by opening the Soviet Union to western ideas…
and technology. His reforms are far-reaching and changes in global power relationships are imminent. 1988.Rosa
By Nikki Giovanni. 2005
Account of Rosa Parks's decision to stay in her bus seat in 1955 Alabama, in defiance of segregation laws. Explains…
the resulting bus boycott by civil rights activists that led to the Supreme Court ruling ending racial segregation on buses. Grades 3-6. Coretta Scott King Award, Caldecott Honor. 2005.Roughneck: the life and times of Big Bill Haywood
By Peter Carlson. 1983
Biography of the former cowboy, prospector, and silver miner who became the radical leader of the Industrial Workers of the…
World - the celebrated "Wobblies." He led miners in the bloody "labour wars" in Cripple Creek, Colorado, and textile workers in the famous "bread and roses" strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Prosecuted in two criminal cases, a "guilty" Haywood jumped bail and escaped to exile in Russia. Some strong language. 1983.Rock-a-bye baby: a death behind bars
By Anne Kershaw, Mary Lasovich. 1991
In 1988, Marlene Moore, Canada's best-known female prisoner, committed suicide in the federal Prison for Women in Kingston, Ontario. The…
authors describe her childhood of abuse and her tragic life behind bars. For many, Marlene is an example of how badly our social and penal system can fail. Violence, strong language and descriptions of sex. 1991.Robert's Rules in plain English
By Doris P Zimmerman, Henry M Robert. 1997
Rise to globalism: American foreign policy since 1938
By Douglas Brinkley, Stephen E. Stephen Edward Ambrose. 1997
This complete revision looks at American foreign policy from 1938 to President Clinton's second term. It revises the coverage of…
postwar American foreign policy in the light of recent scholarship and current events - for example the Lebanon invasion by Marines in the mid-1950s receives increased coverage in the light of the American debacle there in 1983. 1997.In 2001, Stephen Harper reluctantly became the leader of the Canadian Alliance. A few short years later, he was the…
Prime Minister, and the shell-shocked Liberal Paul Martin was planning his retirement. What happened, to turn the political world upside down, taking Harper to the top and plunging Martin on a downward trajectory? 2006.RFK: his words for our times
By C. Richard Allen, Edwin O Guthman, Robert F Kennedy. 2018
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy's death, a collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by…
commentary from notable historians and public figures. 2018. Uniform title: Speeches.Revolution from the heart
By Niall O'Brien. 1987
O'Brien, an Irish missionary, spent 20 years in the Philippines helping to develop "base communities" among the Christian population. His…
efforts resulted in his arrest and imprisonment under the Marcos regime on false charges of murder. 1987.Retour à Reims (À venir)
By Didier Eribon. 2009
De retour à Reims, sa ville natale, l'auteur se replonge dans son enfance et son adolescence, se redécouvre fils d'ouvrier…
alors qu'il s'était toujours envisagé comme un enfant gay, et reconstitue le milieu ouvrier dans lequel il a grandi. Il analyse son parcours et le rôle qu'a joué son homosexualité, élaborant une théorie du sujet qui permet de penser la multiplicité des expériences.Requiem pour le rêve américain: les dix principes de concentration de la richesse et du pouvoir
By Noam Chomsky, Kelly Nyks, Jared P Scott, Peter Peter D. Hutchison, Dennis Collins. 2017
Le rêve américain est mort. Ce qui était possible autrefois aux États-Unis - partir de rien et gravir l'échelle sociale…
grâce à son travail, son mérite, ses efforts, quel que soit son milieu d'origine - ne l'est plus aujourd'hui. Pourquoi ? Parce que les inégalités n'ont jamais été aussi fortes, et la mobilité sociale jamais aussi réduite. Un cercle infernal voit la richesse et le pouvoir se concentrer dans les mains d'une infime minorité, qui applique la vile maxime d'Adam Smith : Tout pour nous, rien pour les autres. Noam Chomsky appelle au réveil de la majorité, aux innombrables petits actes de personnes anonymes. Ce sont ces derniers qui pourront faire basculer notre avenir. 2017. Titre uniforme: Requiem for the American dream (Film)Reunion: the search for my birth family
By Madelene Allen. 1992
Like many adopted children, the author struggled to fill a void that would not go away. She chronicles her difficult…
odyssey to discover the identity of her real parents. She discusses the critical issues that face those in her situation and provides guidance to those who embark on a similar journey. 1992.Requiem for the American dream: the 10 principles of concentration wealth and power
By Noam Chomsky, Kelly Nyks, Peter Hutchison, Jared P Scott. 2017
In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and…
casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes, attack the solidarity of the people, let special interests run the regulators, engineer election results, use fear and the power of the state to keep the rabble in line, manufacture consent, marginalize the population. Chomsky devotes a chapter to each of these ten principles, and adds readings from some of the core texts that have influenced his thinking to bolster his argument. 2017.Reflections of a Siamese twin: Canada at the end of the twentieth century
By John Ralston Saul. 1997
Saul examines Canadian myths - real, false, and denied - and reconciles them with the reality of today's politics, culture…
and economics. Using the words of Canadian novelists, poets, historians, songwriters, philosophers, painters and political figures, Saul uncovers the shape of the Canadian experiment. c1997.Reflections on the revolution in Europe: immigration, Islam, and the West
By Christopher Caldwell. 2009
Since World War II, mass immigration has been made possible by European secularism, tolerance, and equality, but when immigrants arrive,…
they are not required to adopt those values. Describes faulty asylum policies, anti-Americanism that connects European natives and Muslim newcomers, and the issues that drive them apart. Considers the appeal of sharia and jihad to a second generation that is more alienated from Europe than the first, and addresses how native Europeans confront the claims of newcomers. c2009.