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America the wise: the longevity revolution and the true wealth of nations
By Theodore Roszak. 1998
A historian's optimistic outlook on the social and economic consequences of the aging of the baby-boom generation. Expresses the hope…
that a healthier, wealthier, better educated, and politically influential older population can help build a more humane society. Exhorts seniors to become agents of positive change. 1998Réinventer l'amour: comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles
By Mona Chollet. 2021
Etude de l'impact des représentations idéales du couple héritées du patriarcat sur les relations hétérosexuelles. La journaliste considère que l'espace…
du désir est saturé par les fantasmes masculins et que les femmes sont conditionnées à choisir entre le bonheur amoureux ou la pleine expression d'elles-mêmes. Cette asymétrie entre les sexes débouche logiquement sur des situations malheureuses.L'homme et la nature: comment renouer ce lien secret (Document)
By Peter Wohlleben. 2020
Une réflexion sur les bienfaits de la nature lorsque l'homme se connecte à elle. L'auteur montre que celui-ci n'a pas…
cinq mais sept sens, qu'il a la faculté de percevoir les fluctuations atmosphériques (météoropathie) et est doué de proprioception. Il explique comment il peut ainsi réveiller ce type de perception.Battling demon rum: the struggle for a dry America, 1800-1933 (American Ways)
By Thomas R Pegram, Thomas R. Pegram. 1998
Traces the history of the temperance movement in America from colonial days to the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. Probes…
the relationship between politics and the anti-liquor movement. Analyzes the power of the Anti-Saloon League and causes of the eventual failure of the Eighteenth Amendment. 1998Beyond the influence: understanding and defeating alcoholism
By Katherine Ketcham, William F. Asbury, Mel Schulstad, Arthur P. Ciaramicoli. 2000
Using scientific research, the authors make the case that alcoholism is a medical disease resulting from abnormalities in brain chemistry.…
Explains how to diagnose the condition and proposes that treatment programs include psychological and spiritual elements. Investigates fallacies promoted by the liquor industry. Foreword by former Senator George McGovern. 2000Show me a hero: a tale of murder, suicide, race, and redemption
By Lisa Belkin. 1999
Chronicles the 1980 case of U.S. v. Yonkers, which ordered that minority public-housing units be built throughout the city. In…
1988 the country's youngest mayor, Nicholas Wasicsko, took office and soon became embroiled in a conflict that led to the town's desegregation. Wasicsko later lost reelection and committed suicide. 1999Seductive journey: American tourists in France from Jefferson to the Jazz Age
By Harvey A Levenstein. 1998
Examines the changes in the types of American travelers and their motives for touring France during the first 150 years…
of United States history. Initially an experience reserved for the wealthy, tourism becomes increasingly open to the middle class as cultural interests are gradually supplanted by recreational travelSuits me: the double life of Billy Tipton
By Diane Wood Middlebrook. 1998
Describes life and career of jazz musician Billy Tipton, who passed as a man during her entire career, fooling friends,…
numerous wives, and adopted sons. Born Dorothy in 1914, Tipton used her Billy identity from age nineteen until her death in 1989. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1998Love's apprentice
By Shirley Abbott. 1998
A woman's memoir of her introduction to the world of romance, love, and sex. Chronicles the influence of movies and…
literature on her early development, her sensual involvement with a college roommate, her year abroad in Paris, her marriage, and the experience of becoming a mother. Some strong language. 1998The great shame: and the triumph of the Irish in the English-speaking world
By Thomas Keneally. 1999
A narrative history of the nineteenth-century Irish diaspora to Australia and America. Depicts the plight of Ireland's emigrants through life…
accounts of the author's ancestors. Among them is Thomas Francis Meagher, who in 1849 was exiled to Australia but escaped to the United States to lead the Union's Irish Brigade at Antietam. 1998Say please, say thank you: the respect we owe one another
By Donald W McCullough, Donald Mccullough, Donald W. McCullough. 1998
Responding to news articles about the lack of courtesy in the United States, a theological college president and professor offers…
suggestions on ways in which little acts of courtesy can create a more humane society. Topics include making polite requests, apologizing when necessary, paying your share, and showing respect for eldersRobot: mere machine to transcendent mind
By Hans P Moravec. 1999
A leader in robotics research surveys the state of the art and then mixes predictions with suggested actions. Estimates that…
by 2040 there will be fourth-generation universal robots with the general competence of human beings and the capability of designing their own successors. 1999Radclyffe Hall: a woman called John
By Sally Cline. 1998
Using material from the diaries and memoirs of Hall's lovers, Cline shows Hall's importance as a poet and novelist in…
lesbian cultural history. She discusses Hall's youth and her family relationships, describes her romances with women such as Una Troubridge, and shows how the three names Hall used formed her public and private personaePlaying Indian (Yale Historical Publications)
By Philip Joseph Deloria. 1998
Explores Anglo Americans' penchant for emulating Native Americans--adopting their attire, traditions, and images. Traces this pattern from the Boston Tea…
Party to the formation of various cultural organizations throughout U.S. history. Avers that such "Indian play" was essential to the development of a national identity. 1998Gray dawn: how the coming age wave will transform America--and the world
By Peter G Peterson, Peter G. Peterson. 1999
Warns of an impending demographic time bomb that threatens the economic and political stability of the developed world in the…
twenty-first century. Argues that the combination of an aging baby boom population, increased longevity, and low fertility rates portends a mounting crisis. Discusses some remedial strategies. 1999On the rez
By Ian Frazier. 2000
Combines personal observation with history, travelog, and social commentary to portray the Pine Ridge Reservation of the Oglala Sioux in…
South Dakota. Describes the residents, their heroes, daily routines, and other activities. Contains an account of SuAnne Big Crow, an athlete who died at seventeen. Bestseller. 2000Kick ass: selected columns of Carl Hiaasen
By Carl Hiaasen. 1999
Essays taken from the author's Miami Herald column written from 1985 through the 1990s. Hiaasen, whose latest crime fiction book…
was Lucky You (DB 45006), lambasts corruption and crime in his native south Florida. He criticizes overpopulation and development, pollution and crooked politicians--all of which he has seen firsthand as an investigative reporter. 1999Account of the formation and proceedings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission begun in 1995 with Archbishop Tutu as chairman.…
A poet and journalist covers two years of victims' public testimony. Recounts their reports of torture, massacre, and suffering with background commentary on the horrors of apartheidA border passage: from Cairo to America--a woman's journey
By Leila Ahmed. 1999
A perceptive Egyptian reflects on cultural, historic, and personal transitions affecting her self-identity. Describes her privileged childhood in Cairo, the…
Socialist changes imposed by Nasser, and the differences between men's and women's practices of Islam. Makes observations on her treatment in England and later in the United States