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Sharon and my mother-in-law: Ramallah diaries
Par Suad Amiry. 2005
The author writes of her experiences living on the West Bank from the early 80s to the present. The book…
contains a diary she kept during the Israeli invasion of Ramallah in 2002. Daily chores such as buying food and visiting friends become Herculean tasks for anyone living in a state of siege. 2003.Scottish enlightenment: the Scots inventions of the modern world
Par Arthur Herman. 2001
Harsh economic reality compelled Scotland into the Act of Union with England in 1707; within decades, a remarkable circle of…
Scottish thinkers gave birth to the key assumptions that underlie modern politics, economics, morals and cultural life. The Scots went on to become the mainstays of the British Empire. 2001.Three political leaders, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln and John A. Macdonald presided over the reshaping of the North American continent…
during the fiery 1860s. All were Protestants; none came from a wealthy family. They personified an age of social and economic transformation, thrust to the top by the very forces that tore the continent apart. Davis tried to create a country by ripping the South out of the United States and establishing the Confederate States of America. Lincoln's crusade to save the Union honed the industrial-military power that would one day dominate the world. Macdonald led the drive to shepherd the diverse British North American provinces into a federal state that would secure the northern half of the continent and keep Canada out of American hands. The success or failure of the projects would have consequences not only for the long-term future of the continent but for the entire global order. 2016.Staying healthy with nutrition: the complete guide to diet and nutritional medicine
Par Buck Levin, Elson M Haas. 2006
This 21st-century edition of this groundbreaking work presents the most current health and nutrition information available in an easy-to-use format…
with a friendly, engaging tone. Decades of practical experience and scientific research are compiled into one encyclopedic volume that features newly expanded chapters on special supplements, lifestage programs, and breakthrough medical treatment protocols for conditions including fatigue, viral illnesses, weight management, and mental and mood disorders such as anxiety, ADHD, and depression. 2006. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.Secrets underground: North America's buried past
Par Elizabeth MacLeod. 2014
Uncover the spine-tingling mysteries and eerie surprises that lurk right under your feet! History buff Elizabeth MacLeod takes readers deep…
below the earth's surface, and introduces them to a completely different world - sometimes terrifying, often baffling, and always fascinating. Grades 5-8. c2014.Smoketown: the untold story of the other great black renaissance
Par Mark Whitaker. 2018
Provides a portrait of Pittsburgh's black community and its vital additions to the story of black America. It depicts how…
Southern migrants were drawn to a steel-making city on a strategic river junction; how they were shaped by its schools and Gilded Age spirit of commerce; and how their world was destroyed by industrial decline and urban renewal. 2018.SPQR: a history of ancient Rome
Par Mary Beard. 2015
Beard explores ancient Rome and how its citizens adapted the notion of imperial rule, invented the concepts of citizenship and…
nation, and made laws about those traditionally overlooked in history, including women, slaves, and criminals. Bestseller. 2015.Stop the insanity
Par Susan Powter. 1993
This popular television personality and authority on wellness explains how people can take control of their lives for better health…
and self-esteem through diet, mental fitness and the power in creating a positive image of themselves. 1993.Stonehenge: Neolithic man and the cosmos
Par John David North. 1996
There have been many attempts to explain the purpose of Stonehenge. Using archaeological detail and a knowledge of the heavens…
as they were many millennia ago, the author establishes the function of the stones themselves and what can be known of the religion that caused them to be erected. 1996.In the 1950s and 1960s, the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission compiled secret files on more than 87,000 private citizens in…
the most extensive state spying program in U.S. history. Its mission: to save segregation. Junior and Senior High. 2011.Smart medicine for your eyes: a guide to natural, effective, and safe relief of common eye disorders
Par Jeffrey Anshel. 2011
Information about the eyes; sections on nutrition, herbal therapies, and homeopathic remedies. Discusses disorders of the eye and visual system,…
conventional treatments and self-treatments, eye care techniques, and refractive surgeries and vision therapies. c2011.Solar dance: genius, celebrity and the crisis of truth in the modern age
Par Modris Eksteins. 2012
The biography of an era - from the eve of the First World War and the rise of Hitler to…
the fall of the Berlin Wall - that illuminates our current world, with its cults of celebrity and the crisis of the authentic. An examination of legitimacy and truth, fakery and pretence. 2012.Slow death by rubber duck: how the toxic chemistry of everyday life affects our health
Par Rick Smith, Bruce Lourie, Sarah Dopp. 2009
To prove that the most dangerous pollution comes from commonplace items in our homes and workplaces, Smith and Lourie ingested…
and inhaled these items for one week. They expose the miscreant corporate giants who manufacture the toxins, the weak-kneed government officials who let it happen, and the effects on people across the globe; they also describe the extent to which we are poisoned, from the simple household dust that is polluting our blood to the toxins in our urine that are created by run-of-the-mill shampoos and toothpaste. c2009.Small wars, far away places: the genesis of the modern world, 1945-65
Par Michael Burleigh. 2013
The collapse of Western colonial empires after the Second World War led to any number of vicious struggles for power,…
whose bloody consequences haunt us still. Acclaimed historian Michael Burleigh's analytic skills and eye for common themes underpins this powerful account of those struggles. 2013.Simply great food: 250 quick, easy & delicious recipes
Par Patricia Chuey, Mary Sue Waisman, Eileen Campbell. 2007
Features 250 recipes and an abundance of nutrition-related information written by practicing dieticians. You'll enjoy breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners…
that taste wonderful, yet can be prepared in surprisingly little time. Provides information on food preparation and healthy eating while satisfying the desire to create appetizing meals for every occasion. 2007.Seven and a half tons of steel (Recorded Books new reader)
Par Janet Nolan. 2017
There is a ship, a navy ship. It is called the USS New York. It is big like other navy…
ships, and it sails like other navy ships, but there is something special about the USS New York. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the governor of New York gave the Navy a steel beam that was once inside one of the World Trade Towers. The beam was driven from New York to a foundry in Louisiana. Metal workers heated the beam to a high, high temperature. Chippers and grinders, painters and polishers worked on the beam for months. And then, seven and a half tons of steel, which had once been a beam in the World Trade Center, became a navy ship's bow. This powerful story reveals how something remarkable can emerge from a devastating event. Grades 2-4. 2017.Shula, code name the Pearl: Code Name The Pearl
Par Aviezer Golan, Danny Pinkas. 1980
Biography of the woman who was known as the Mata Hari of the Middle East. A Jerusalem-bred Beirut housewife and…
mother of seven, Shula became an important Israeli agent with access to the highest circles of power in Lebanon during the post-World War II period. c1980. Uniform title: Shem tsofen, ha-Peninah.Shanghai grand: forbidden love and international intrigue on the eve of the Second World War
Par Taras Grescoe. 2016
Emily 'Mickey' Hahn was a legendary New Yorker journalist whose vivid writing played a crucial role in opening Western eyes…
to the realities of life in China. At the height of the Depression, Hahn arrived in Shanghai after a disappointing affair, and became absorbed into the social swirl of the expats drawn to pre-war China, among them Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Harold Acton, and gangster Morris 'Two-Gun' Cohen. But when she meets Zau Sinmay, a Chinese poet, she discovers the real Shanghai through his eyes: the city of rich colonials, triple agents, opium-smokers, displaced Chinese peasants, and increasingly desperate White Russian and Jewish refugees. Danger lurks on the horizon, though, as the brutal Japanese occupation destroys the seductive world of pre-war Shanghai, paving the way for Mao Tse-tung's Communists' rise to power. 2016.Shake hands with the devil: the failure of humanity in Rwanda
Par Roméo A Dallaire, Brent Beardsley. 2003
As former head of the 1993 U.N. peacekeeping mission in Rwanda, Canadian general Dallaire's initial proposal called for 5,000 soldiers,…
to permit orderly elections and the return of the refugees. Nothing like this number was supplied, and the result was an outright attempt at genocide against the Tutsis that nearly succeeded, with 800,000 dead over three months. Dallaire's argument that Rwanda-like situations are fires that can be put out with a small force if caught early enough will certainly draw debate, but the book documents in horrifying detail what happens when no serious effort is made. Explicit descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2004 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. Canada Reads 2012. 2003.Search out the land: the Jews and the growth of equality in British colonial America, 1740-1867 (McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history ; #23)
Par Sheldon Godfrey, Judy Godfrey. 1995
Until recently, little research has been done on Jewish settlement in the early development of the British colonies in North…
America. However, Jewish settlers arrived in the 1740s and went on to play a significant role in trade and politics. The authors examine Jewish contributions to British North America from before 1750 to the 1860s. 1995.