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Sciences et technologies
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What if you have more intelligence than you realize? What if there is a genius inside you, just waiting to…
be released? And what if the route to better brain power is not hard work or thousands of hours of practice but to simply swallow a pill? In The Genius Within, David Adam explores the groundbreaking neuroscience of cognitive enhancement that is changing the way the brain and the mind works, to make it better, sharper, more focused and, yes, more intelligent. He considers how we measure and judge intelligence, taking us on a fascinating tour of the history of brain science and medicine, from gentlemen scientist brain autopsy clubs to case studies of mental health patients with extraordinary savant abilities. In addition to reporting on the latest research and fascinating case studies, David also goes on his own personal journey to investigate the possibilities of neuroenhancement, using himself as a guinea pig for smart pills and electrical brain stimulation in order to improve his IQ scores and cheat his way into MENSA. Getting to the heart of how we think about intelligence and mental ability, The Genius Within plunges into deep ethical, neuroscientific, and historical pools of enquiry about the science of brain function, untapping potential, and what it means for all of us. Going to the heart of how we consider, measure, and judge mental ability, The Genius Within asks difficult questions about the science that could rank and define us, and inevitably shape our future. 2018.
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Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Environnement, Sciences et technologies
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Weaving together ecology, ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality, science, and alternative medicine, the author describes trees' untapped ecological and pharmaceutical potential. Beresford-Kroeger…
proposes how trees can be planted in urban and rural areas to promote health and counteract pollution and global warming. c2010.
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Sports et jeux
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An exploration of a year spent with a top UK first division football team, the Tottenham HotSpur Football Club. 1972.
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Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Environnement, Sciences et technologies, Voyages et géographie
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To offset the grim predictions of environmentalists, Turner describes solutions already at work around the world, from Canada's largest wind…
farm to Asia's greenest building and Europe's most eco-friendly communities. He also seeks out the next generation of political, economic, social, and spiritual institutions that could provide the global foundations for a sustainable future, including the parliament houses of Scandinavia and the villages of southern India, where microcredit finance has remade the social fabric. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007.
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Sports et jeux, Hockey
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Former Montreal Canadiens goalie and former President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Dryden captures the essence of hockey and what…
it means to its fans. He gives us vivid portraits of the characters - Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Serge Savard, coach Scotty Bowman - that made the Canadiens of the 1970s one of the greatest hockey teams in history. Dryden also reflects on life on the road, in the spotlight, and on the ice, offering up a rare inside look at the game. This edition marks the 20th anniversary of book’s original publication. Strong language, some descriptions of violence. 2005.
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Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Sports et jeux, Hockey
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2017-18 marks the hundredth anniversary of the birth of the National Hockey League. But the league almost didn't survive its…
first year. Duff chronicles the trials and tribulations of that first season, and tells the story of that first generation of hockey heroes who lent their names to the game they loved, and helped to make it great. 2017.
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Sports et jeux
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The first Tour de France was a far cry from the polished international sporting event we see on television today.…
Organized by the financially free falling L'Auto magazine, the desperate editors thought that organizing a grand cycling tour was the only thing that could save their publication. There was no indication that a ramshackle cycling pack would draw crowds to throng France's rutted roads and cheer the first Tour heroes. But they did, and cycling would never be the same again. 2017.
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Animaux et faune, Sciences et technologies
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Describes the first hazardous days of life for a dolphin, codfish, turtle, sea gull, robin, wolf, elephant, and chimpanzee. Grades 4-7. 1974.
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Succès de librairie (documentaires), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Auteurs canadiens (documentaires), Sports et jeux
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“The Fix” tells the story of an investigative journalist who sets out to examine the seedy world of match-fixing in professional soccer. 2010.
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Environnement, Sciences et technologies
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In this study of the controversy over old-growth forests on the Olympic Peninsula, the author talks with loggers, biologists, environmentalists and activists. 1992.
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Essais, Nature, Sciences et technologies
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These essays cover a wide variety of subjects: extinction of the dinosaurs, nuclear war, evolutionary biology, and the decline in batting average in major league baseball. 1985.
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Sports et jeux
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When Sepp Blatter joined FIFA in 1975 it had just twelve employees. Forty years later, the FBI have accused fourteen…
executives of forty-seven counts of money laundering, racketeering and tax evasion linked to kickbacks. This book tells the story of how football got big, how FIFA got corrupt and what this means for soccer fans around the world. 2017.
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Biographies, Sports (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Sports et jeux
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Biography of the Canadian boxer who won the Canadian and British titles, and went on to fight for the light-heavyweight championship of the world. 1981.
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Sports (biographies), Humour, Sports et jeux
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Explosive, funny, perceptive account of the George Foreman-Muhammad Ali heavyweight boxing championship in Zaire, Africa. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1975.
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Médecine, Sciences et technologies
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The author reveals a radical new biological paradigm - that on our most fundamental level, the human mind and body…
are not distinct and separate from their environment, but a pulsating power constantly interacting with this vast energy sea. There may be such a thing as a life force. 2002.
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Forme physique , Sports et jeux
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This text is for students who have learned a Taiji (Tai Chi) form and want to reach new levels of…
skill and ability. Regular Qigong practice accelerates the health benefits of Taiji; reducing stress, strengthening immune system and deepening awareness of breath and body coordination. 1994.
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Essais et documents généraux, Environnement, Sciences et technologies
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Clover describes how fishing with modern technology has nearly destroyed entire ocean ecosystems: New England's fisheries have collapsed, the fish…
stocks of West Africa's continental shelf are overexploited, and few cod are left in Newfoundland's Grand Banks. He blames trawlers with huge nets that destroy everything in their wake, celebrity chefs with endangered species on their menus, the European Union, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, and countries like Japan and Spain that persist in illegal fishing. 2006.
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Sciences et médecine (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Environnement, Sciences et technologies, Voyages et géographie, Voyage (récits)
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A biologist searches for a solution that will save many fish species from life-threatening dams. His adventures take him from…
a fisheries patrol boat on the Fraser River to the great Tsukiji fish market in Japan, with stops in the Philippines, Thailand, and assorted South American countries. Portrays fishermen, fish farmers, and even fish cops in a new light, as well as scientists, shysters, and some very drunk, hairy Brazilian men in thongs. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.
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Sciences et technologies
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Our world has ended five times: it has been broiled, frozen, poison-gassed, smothered, and pelted by asteroids. In this book,…
Peter Brannen dives into deep time, exploring Earth's past dead ends, and in the process, offers us a glimpse of our possible future. Part road trip, part history, and part cautionary tale, "The Ends of the World" takes us on a tour of the ways that our planet has clawed itself back from the grave and casts our future in a completely new light. 2017.
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Sciences et technologies, Informatique et Internet
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Explores how notions of ownership have shifted in the digital marketplace, and makes an argument for the benefits of personal…
property. E-books, cloud storage, streaming, and other digital goods offer users convenience and flexibility. But consumers should be aware of the trade-offs involving user constraints, permanence, and privacy. The rights of private property are clear, but few people manage to read their end user agreements. The authors argue that introducing aspects of private property and ownership into the digital marketplace would offer both legal and economic benefits. But more importantly, it would affirm our sense of self-direction and autonomy. If we own our purchases, we are free to make whatever lawful use of them we please. Technology need not constrain our freedom; it can also empower us. 2016.