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RMS Titanic: gilded lives on a fatal voyage
Par Hugh Brewster. 2012
April 14, 2012, marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. On a cold, clear April night the…
disaster happened to real people - stokers, millionaires, society ladies, parsons, parlourmaids - people who displayed a full range of reactions as the events of the night unfolded. With new research, Brewster weaves the story of that fateful crossing with portraits of the people on board - those who survived, and those who lost their lives - allowing us to ask, “What would we do?” Includes sex, violence and strong language. c2012.Road through time: the story of humanity on the move
Par Mary Soderstrom. 2017
Soderstrom documents how routes of migration and transport have transformed both humanity and our planet. Begins with the story of…
how anatomically modern humans left Africa to populate the world. She then carries us along the Silk Road in central Asia, and tells of roads built for war in Persia, the Andes, and the Roman Empire. She sails across the seas, and introduces the first railways, all before plunking us down in the middle of a massive, modern freeway. The book closes with a view from the end of the road, literally and figuratively, asking, can we meet the challenges presented by a mode of travel dependent on hydrocarbons, or will we decline, like so many civilizations that have come before us? 2017.Rites of spring: the Great War and the birth of the Modern Age
Par Modris Eksteins. 1989
In 1913, intellectuals and artists clamoured for change. Four years of trench warfare achieved this, but the passing of the…
war also brought revolution, inflation and dislocation. This book examines the origins, impact and aftermath of the Great War of 1914-1918. Nominated for the 1989 Ontario Trillium Award and for the 1993 Torgi Talking Book of the Years Award.River runners of the Grand Canyon
Par David Sievert Lavender. 1985
A lively history of the first men and women to run the wild Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in…
crude wooden boats, rafts, kayaks, pontoons and motorboats. Some strong language. 1985.River of time: A Memoir Of Vietnam
Par Jon Swain. 1997
Account of the exodus in Vietnam and the fall of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge, which Swain witnessed as a…
foreign correspondent in Indo-China from 1970-1975. Although shocked and horrified by the senseless killing around him, Swain admired and appreciated both the French colonists and native cultures he encountered. Descriptions of violence and some descriptions of sex. 1997.Rise to greatness: the history of Canada from the Vikings to the present
Par Conrad Black. 2014
Spanning 874 to 2014, and beginning from Canada's first inhabitants and the early explorers, the author vividly recounts the story…
of Canada's development from colony to dominion to country. He persuasively reveals that while many would argue that Canada was perhaps never predestined for greatness, the opposite is in fact true: the emergence of a magnificent country, against all odds, was a remarkable achievement. Bestseller. 2014. 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.Rising up and rising down: some thoughts on violence, freedom and urgent means
Par William T Vollmann. 2004
An extended inquiry into our motivations for and justification of violence. Why has violence always been a part of human…
affairs, and what forms of moral calculus have we used to sanctify and excuse it? Journalist Vollman scrutinizes everything from self-defence to suicide, slavery, torture, genocide, and war, using others for guidance, including Plato, Robespierre, Lenin, Hitler, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King. Descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2004.Revolution song: a story of American freedom
Par Russell Shorto. 2017
With America's founding principles being debated today as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those…
principles were forged. Drawing on new sources, he weaves the lives of six people into a seamless narrative that casts fresh light on the range of experience in colonial America on the cusp of revolution. While some of the protagonists--a Native American warrior, a British aristocrat, George Washington--play major roles on the field of battle, others--a woman, a slave, and a laborer--struggle no less valiantly to realize freedom for themselves. Through these lives we understand that the Revolution was, indeed, fought over the meaning of individual freedom, a philosophical idea that became a force for violent change. 2017.Revenge of the land: a century of greed, tragedy, and murder on a Saskatchewan farm
Par Maggie Siggins. 1991
Siggins chronicles the history of a single Saskatchewan farm from 1883 to the present. What she uncovers is a history…
fraught with corruption, greed, toil and deprivation, ending in a double murder. Some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 1992 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 1991.Rediscovering God in America: reflections on the role of faith in our nation's history and future
Par Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich. 2016
In this updated and redesigned edition, the authors invite you on a walking tour of America's capital city: Washington, DC.…
As a reminder of God's role in the history and future of America, they give listeners a look into the architecture and beauty of the nation's Capitol. Listeners will take a walk through Washington, DC to view the nation's monuments and memorials, including the National Archives, where Thomas Jefferson's immortal words jump off the page. It is a tour of American history--of great men and women, events, documents, institutions, and ideas--all shaped decisively by the genuine belief that America is a nation founded under God. 2016.Red star rogue: [the untold story of a Soviet submarine's nuclear strike attempt on the U.S.]
Par Kenneth Sewell, Clint Richmond. 2005
In 1968 a Soviet submarine sank off Hawaii, hundreds of miles closer to American shores than it should have been.…
Compelling evidence strongly suggests that the sub sank while attempting to fire a nuclear missile. We now know that the Soviets had lost track of the sub; it had become a rogue. The Nixon administration launched a clandestine, half-billion-dollar project to recover the sunken K-129. The successful recovery effort helped forge new relations between the U.S. and the Soviets, even as it revealed a treacherous plan to provoke war between the U.S. and China - a plan that, had it succeeded, would have had devastating consequences. 2005.Red cloud at dawn: Truman, Stalin, and the end of the atomic monopoly
Par Michael D Gordin. 2009
On August 29, 1949, the first Soviet test bomb, dubbed "First Lightning", exploded in the deserts of Kazakhstan. This surprising…
international event marked the beginning of an arms race that would ultimately lead to nuclear proliferation beyond the Soviet Union and the United States. Using newly opened archives, Gordin follows a trail of espionage, secrecy, deception, political brinksmanship, and technical innovation to provide a fresh understanding of the nuclear arms race. 2009.For five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle…
Ages and heralded the beginning of the modern world. In 'Rebel in the Ranks', Brad Gregory, professor of European history at Notre Dame, recasts this long-accepted portrait. Luther did not intend to start a revolution, yet his actions would profoundly shape our world in ways he could never have imagined. 2017.Reading Lolita in Tehran: a memoir in books
Par Azar Nafisi. 2004
In Iran in the late 90's, Azar Nafisi and seven young women - her former students - gathered at her…
house every Thursday to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Shy and uncomfortable at first, they soon began to open up, not only about the novels they were reading but also their own dreams and disappointments. Their personal stories intertwine with those they are reading. Azar Nafisi also tells her own story. 2004.Qui n'a pas tué John Kennedy ?
Par Vincent Quivy. 2013
"Elle court, elle court, la légende. Elle ne semble pas près de disparaître. Cinquante ans après l'assassinat de John F.…
Kennedy, le 22 novembre 1963 à Dallas, qui peut dire ce que l'on sait avec certitude ? Magistrats, journalistes, cinéastes : tous y vont de leur théorie, remettant sans cesse en question la culpabilité de Lee Harvey Oswald. Bien des supposées anomalies ont pourtant été expliquées : celles de l'homme au parapluie ouvert, des clochards de Dealey Plaza trop bien habillés ou encore la fameuse piste française de l'OAS, du Milieu corse ou marseillais, évoquée par un quotidien basque et qui alimente, depuis, les spéculations... Comme bien d'autres, elle montre surtout l'étrange facilité avec laquelle une hypothèse devient, au fil du temps, indiscutable. Vincent Quivy décortique les théories et démêle la réalité des fantasmes. Toutes les recherches, toutes les analyses techniques, sont ici passées au crible. Une brillante démonstration, un vrai thriller, et un récit passionnant. " -- 4e de couv.Rabble-rouser for peace: the authorized biography of Desmond Tutu
Par John Allen. 2006
Much has been written about Tutu's role as head of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, where apartheid perpetrators came…
forward to confess and ask forgiveness, but the focus of this biography is on Tutu's leadership role in the apartheid resistance, when those racist perpetrators were in power. The inside story of his life is also a gripping history of the fight for peaceful change. 2006.Quebec women: a history
Par Micheline Dumont-Johnson. 1987
In the past, women often have been neglected in the history books, especially native and immigrant women. This book provides…
a picture of the daily life of ordinary women in Quebec during the past four centuries. 1987.Prophets outcast: a century of dissident Jewish writing about Zionism and Israel
Par Ed Shatz Adam, Adam Shatz. 2004
Since the early twentieth century, some of the fiercest and most eloquent critiques of Israel and Zionism have been made…
by Jewish thinkers, proposing solutions to the question of Palestine that range from a two-state solution to socialist internationalism. What links them is their belief that Israeli policies have been a disaster not only for Palestinians, but for Jews as well. 2004.Pour en finir avec le Moyen Âge
Par Régine Pernoud. 1977
À la lumière de son immense érudition d'historienne, l'auteure pulvérise nombre d'idées reçues à propos du Moyen Âge. Méprisés pendant…
des siècles, encensés par les Romantiques, ces mille ans d'histoire ont été perçus injustement comme n'étant qu'une période d'obscurantisme. À la lecture de ce petit traité, les lecteurs apprendront beaucoup surtout grâce à l'admirable sens des perspectives de l'auteure. 1979, c1977.Power & greed: a short history of the world
Par Philippe Deane Gigantès. 2002
In spite of the efforts of leaders to offer principles of structure and order to societies, history has been shaped…
by Grand Acquisitors who have broken society's rules in order to gain power. Brief sketches of the rule-makers are offered, including Moses, Solon, and Jesus; then history's Grand Acquisitors are surveyed, ranging from the Roman empress Agrippina, to those involved in the conquest of Latin America, to today's corporate exploitation of postcolonial countries. 2002.