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The animals among us: how pets make us human
Par John Bradshaw. 2017
Anthrozoologist John Bradshaw argues that pet-keeping is nothing less than an intrinsic part of human nature. An affinity for animals…
drove our evolution and now, without animals around us, we risk losing an essential part of ourselves. 2017.The Basque history of the world
Par Mark Kurlansky. 2000
Traces the Basque cultural identity from its ancient origins to the twentieth century. Combines history, travelog, and reporting, including culinary…
and literary background. Examines the Basques’ contributions to western civilization, even as they preserved their fierce independence and venerable traditions through the ages. 2000.The be happy attitudes: eight positive attitudes that can transform your life
Par Robert Harold Schuller. 1985
A collection of humourous and surprising essays which examine the scientific explanation for certain human behaviours, the scientific world's attempts…
to re-examine history, including the Salem witch trials, and some of the stranger questions tackled by scientists. Sections on human behaviour, curiosities of life, science and history, natural battles and how things work are included. 1998.The Arctic wolf: living with the pack
Par L. David Mech. 1988
The author, a wildlife research biologist, describes his experiences in 1986-87 when he lived with a wolf pack in the…
high arctic region of Canada. He interacted with these wolves in their daily lives. 1988.Under orders from Queen Elizabeth I, Privateer Martin Frobisher took up the search for a northwestern route to Asia. On…
July 14, 1576, he sighted the most easterly tip of Arctic North America. Over the next three summers the area would be the scene of an adventure involving the fruitless search for a northwest passage, the first attempt by the British to establish a settlement in the New world, and the first major gold-mining fraud in North American history. 2001.The Balfour Declaration: the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict
Par Jonathan Schneer. 2010
Issued in London in 1917, the Balfour Declaration was one of the key documents of the twentieth century, committing Britain…
to supporting the establishment in Palestine of "a National Home for the Jewish people". Schneer recounts the public and private battles in the early 1900s for a small strip of land in the Middle East, and introduces the key players: Sharif Hussein, the Arab leader who secretly sought British support; Chaim Weizmann, Zionist hero; T. E. Lawrence, the legendary British officer who "set the desert on fire" for the Arabs; and Basil Zaharoff, the infamous universal arms dealer. 2010.The Armada (The American Heritage library)
Par Garrett Mattingly. 1987
A historian tells the story of the Spanish Armada of 1588, including an account of the historical and political events…
that led up to the launching of the Spanish fleet against Elizabethan England. Winner of Pulitzer Prize Special Citation. 1987.Ten green bottles: the true story of one family's journey from war-torn Austria to the ghettos of Shanghai
Par Vivian Jeanette Kaplan. 2002
For a brief period between 1938 and 1941, roughly 20,000 Jews found refuge from the Nazis in the one place…
not requiring visas, police certificates or proofs of financial independence: Shanghai. In 1939, the author's family made a month-long, 7,000-mile journey to Shanghai, struggling with heat, disease, poverty, and fear. With the war's end came the shock of learning what became of family and friends left behind in Europe. Descriptions of violence. 2002.The ADHD effect on marriage: understand and rebuild your relationship in six steps
Par Melissa Orlov. 2010
Going beyond traditional marriage counseling which can often discount the influence of ADHD, this straight-forward discussion offers advice from the…
author's personal experience and years of research. Orlov encourages both spouses to become active partners in improving their relationship and healing the fissures that ADHD can cause. c2010.The ambrose rock
Par Derek Tangye. 1982
The alchemy of survival: one woman's journey (Radcliffe biography series)
Par John E Mack, Rita S Rogers. 1988
Internationally known child psychologist Rita Rogers grew up in Romania, the daughter of a prominent Jewish family. Her idyllic childhood…
came to an abrupt end with the arrival of Nazi troops. 1988.Tenderfoot trail: greenhorns in the Cariboo
Par Olive Spencer Loggins. 1983
The 7 habits of highly effective people: restoring the character ethic
Par Stephen R Covey. 1992
The $12 million stuffed shark: the curious economics of contemporary art
Par Donald N Thompson. 2008
Delves into the economics and psychology of the contemporary art world - artists, dealers, auction houses, and wealthy collectors. If…
it's true that 85 percent of new contemporary art is bad, why were record prices achieved at auction in 2006 and 2007? Explores money, lust, and the self-aggrandizement of possession in an attempt to determine what makes a particular work of art valuable while others are ignored. 2008.The 50-year dash: the feelings, foibles, and fears of being half-a-century old
Par Bob Greene. 1997
A journalist's humorous and nostalgic ruminations on his life at the half-century mark. He reflects wistfully on the youthful joys…
of junk food and junk music, the thrill of anticipation of his first kiss, and the lost innocence of the America he knew as a child. c1997.Ten days that shook the world (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)
Par John Reed. 1977
The author conveys, with the immediacy of cinema, the impression of a whole nation in ferment and disintegration. A contemporary…
journalist writing in the first flush of revolutionary enthusiasm, he gives a gripping record of the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power. 1977.Sexomonarchie: ces obsédés qui gouvernaient la France
Par Henri De Romèges. 2013
''Henri IV, bon vivant, priapique et violeur : a levé une armée de 300 000 hommes pour les beaux yeux…
d'une blonde de 42 ans sa cadette. Louis XIV : ses folies amoureuses ont achevé de ruiner le royaume. Le Régent : ce partouzard a couché avec tout le monde, même avec sa fille. Louis XV : après des années de sagesse, est devenu pédophile. Napoléon Ier : 60 maîtresses officielles et des filles de toutes conditions livrées à chaque bivouac. Napoléon III : le meilleur client des maisons closes de Paris, et pourvu en actrices par le surintendant des spectacles. Traits communs ? Ils n'étaient pas nécessairement obsédés sexuels au départ, à croire que la fonction crée le besoin... Ils prennent, parfois de force, mais ils paient. Très cher. Les maîtresses de Louis XIV ont coûté à l'État presque autant que le château de Versailles ! Tôt ou tard, ils sont rongés par les maladies vénériennes... et les remords dévots. Et bien sûr, ils ont fait des enfants partout. On pourrait avancer sans grands risques que nous sommes tous, ou presque, de souche impériale ou royale. Tout dans ce livre est vrai ! Henri de Romèges, écrivain rigoureux, n'a gardé de ses sources que les faits incontestables. Il n'empêche que l'ouvrage fourmille de scènes irrésistibles, où l'amour côtoie le cynisme, le raffinement le sordide, et le ridicule le tragique. Et qu'à la lecture de cette chronique sexuelle débridée, nos dirigeants actuels font figure d'enfants de choeur ! '' -- 4e de couv.Soumission à l'autorité: un point de vue expérimental
Par Stanley Milgram, Emy Molinié. 2004
Entre 1950 et 1963, le psychosociologue a effectué une série d'expériences. Parmi les essais, des hommes et des femmes recevaient…
l'ordre d'infliger à une personne des chocs électriques de plus en plus violents. Les résultats firent naître une controverse sur la soumission humaine à l'autorité et sur la responsabilité individuelle. Titre uniforme: Obedience to authority : an experimental view.Sissi, ou, La fatalité (Présence de l'histoire)
Par Jean Des Cars. 1997