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The barn at the end of the world: the apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist shepherd (The world As Home Ser.)
Par Mary Rose O'Reilley. 2000
O'Reilley embarked on a year of tending sheep. In this often hilarious book, she describes her work in an agricultural…
barn and her extended visit to a Buddhist monastery in France. She seeks in both places a spirituality based not in "climbing out of the body" but rather in existing fully in the world. 2000.The beast within: why men are violent
Par Neil Boyd. 2000
Boyd examines the biological reasons that cause males to behave in a more violent manner than females. He discusses the…
evolutionary process, the environmental factors that contribute to male violence, and the changes that can be made in our society to decrease the incidence of male violence. 2000.The best of Shakespeare: Retellings Of 10 Classic Plays (The Opie library)
Par E Nesbit, William Shakespeare. 1997
Ten of Shakespeare's plays retold in simple language. Nesbit compiled the collection after a visit to the poet's home with…
her children. She encouraged them to try reading some of the original plays, only to be told the writing was too difficult to understand. This volume includes Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Othello. Grades 5-8 and older readers. 1997.The art of death: writing the final story
Par Edwidge Danticat. 2017
A personal account of the author's mother dying from cancer and a deeply considered reckoning with the ways that other…
writers have approached death in their own work. The book moves outward from the shock of her mother's diagnosis and sifts through Danticat's writing life and personal history. 2017The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our time
Par Jonathan Weiner. 1994
Discusses the work of Peter and Rosemary Grant, who spent more than twenty years in the Galapagos Islands researching Charles…
Darwin's finches to confront Darwin's notion of evolution as a time-suspended process. Weiner incorporates research from other scientists to assert that evolution is dynamic, involving constant, even observable, change. L.A. Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. Winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 1994.The bees
Par Carol Ann Duffy. 2011
'The Bees' is a collection of poetry from the pen of Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. Weaving through the book…
is its presiding spirit, the bee, symbolizing what we have left of grace in the world and what is most precious for us to protect. 2011.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 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.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.Testament
Par Dennis Lee. 2012
A poetic summation of Lee’s decade-long exploration of the dilemma of contemporary existence. Incorporating and rethinking past works and featuring…
many new poems, this collection reminds us of the reality we’ve made of our planet, while simultaneously insisting on a particular kind of hope for our future. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2012.The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories
Par Sam Snake, Emerson S Coatsworth, David Coatsworth, Francis Kagige. 1979
During the 1930s, the stories told by the elders of the Rama Ojibway Band were compiled and translated into English.…
These 16 stories tell of Nanabush, one of the most powerful, and most mischievous, spirits of the Ojibway world. Grades 4-7 and older readers. 1979.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.Testaments betrayed: an essay in nine parts
Par Milan Kundera, Linda Asher. 1995
A discursive examination of the development of the European novel, focusing on the works of Rabelais, Cervantes, Kafka, and others.…
Celebrates the element of humour as "an invention bound up with the birth of the novel." Explores the kinship between novelist and musical composer. 1995. Uniform title: Testaments trahis.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.Se libérer de la souffrance: au-delà de nos peines quotidiennes
Par Mark Epstein, Dominique David. 2015
" Ambition professionnelle, course aux gratifications, addictions en tout genre, multiplication des relations amoureuses, accumulation de biens, voyages lointains, antidépresseurs...…
ce sont là les multiples stratégies que nous propose en vain la culture contemporaine pour nous affranchir de la souffrance inhérente à l'existence. Or, tenter de fuir les émotions qui nous perturbent ne fait qu'accroître leur emprise. La souffrance nous rattrape toujours. Il existe une alternative à ce chemin et c'est le propos de Mark Epstein de nous y introduire. Il le fait avec d'autant plus de force qu'il combine les avancées les plus récentes de la psychanalyse en matière de traumatisme avec les enseignements ancestraux du bouddhisme. Car La vie est souffrance - la vie est dukkha , est le premier enseignement du Bouddha. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The Trauma of Everyday Life.Sur la trace de Nives: récit
Par Erri De Luca, Danièle Valin, Nives Meroi. 2006
Erri De Luca accompagne la célèbre alpiniste italienne Nives Meroi dans l'une de ses expéditions himalayennes. Réfugiés sous la tente,…
en pleine tempête, ils engagent une conversation à bâtons rompus. Dans ce lieu magique à la jonction entre le ciel et la terre, où la beauté des montagnes contraste avec la violence des conditions climatiques, les récits d'altitude de la jeune femme sont une trame où se tissent réflexions et souvenirs de l'auteur autour du métier d'écrire et de la Bible. 2006, c2005. Titre uniforme: Sulla traccia di Nives.Si la science m'était contée: des savants en littérature
Par Jean-François Chassay. 2009
Les sciences ne peuvent échapper à la culture. C'est pourquoi la fiction, mieux souvent que l'histoire des sciences, montre comment…
elles changent nos perceptions du monde. Sept d'entre elles, parmi les plus marquantes : Giordano Bruno, Galilée, Newton, Darwin, Marie Curie, Einstein et Oppenheimer, sont ici convoquées comme autant d'exemples emblématiques de ces échanges entre science et fiction. 2009.