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Sex wars: a humorous look at sexism down through history
Par Mark M Orkin. 1978
Seven wonders of the industrial world
Par Deborah Cadbury. 2004
Deborah Cadbury explores the history behind the epic monuments that spanned the industrial revolution from Brunel's extraordinary Great Eastern, the…
Titanic of its day that joined the two ends of the empire, to the Panama Canal, that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans half a century later. 2004.Sea of slaughter
Par Farley Mowat. 1984
Mowat examines the extermination and mass reduction of wildlife in North America, from the 16th century to the present. He…
reserves most of his wrath for the federal government which takes so long to act against the slaughter.Secret ingredients: the brave new world of industrial farming
Par Stuart Laidlaw. 2003
A vivid portrait of what modern industrial farming is, what it is doing to the environment, to farmers, to the…
plants and livestock we eat, and to us as consumers and as citizens. The author takes us from the dairy farms of Pennsylvania to Canada's prairie wheatfields, from the tomato greenhouses of southern Ontario to the potato fields of P.E.I. All along the way, he shows us food's secret ingredient - its hidden costs. 2003.Secrets of the mummies: uncovering the bodies of ancient Egyptians (An I was there book)
Par Shelley Tanaka, Peter Brand. 1999
Four mummies, from a mighty pharaoh to a poor weaver, are studied scientifically to reveal the lives and times of…
these three-thousand-year-old people. Also describes embalming and mummification, life in ancient Egypt, and the scientific techniques now used to study mummies. Grades 3-6. 1999.SEND: the essential guide to email for office and home
Par David Shipley, Will Schwalbe. 2007
When should you email, and when should you call, fax, or just show up? What is the crucial - and…
most often overlooked - line in an email? What is the best strategy when you send (in anger or error) a potentially career-ending electronic bombshell? This guide shows how to write the perfect email, and also points out the numerous times when email can be the worst option and might land you in hot water (or even jail!). 2007.Sensory exotica: a world beyond human experience (Bradford Bks.)
Par Howard C Hughes. 1999
Explores animal and insect senses that exceed human perceptual capabilities. Covers echolocation, internal navigation systems, electroreception, and acute scent recognition…
as found in bees, birds, bats, fish, and dolphins. Discusses how knowledge of these mechanisms has practical applications in scientific and technological fields. 1999.Scientists confront creationism
Par Laurie R Godfrey. 1983
See it my way
Par Peter White. 1999
Unsentimental and humorous autobiography by the BBC's disability affairs correspondent, the second blind son born to sighted parents. The text…
covers Peter White's childhood, his experiences at special schools, the shock of `real life' - of the problems of coping with seemingly ordinary, everyday living away from home or a special school, his career with the BBC, marriage and parenthood, his love of sport, his occasional rage at the attitudes of `normal' people, and his sometimes volatile relationship with his father. 1999.Sais-tu pourquoi-- papy a les cheveux blancs? (Sais-tu pourquoi)
Par Dominique Galiana. 2007
Pour aider les parents à satisfaire l'insatiable curiosité des enfants sur les petits mystères de la vie et du quotidien,…
chaque titre de cette collection regroupe une vingtaine de réponses à autant de questions scientifiques, regroupées sous six thématiques: Je voyage dans l'espace - J'observe mon corps - Je traverse les saisons - Je fais la cuisine - J'aime les animaux - Je découvre la science. Années 1-3. 2007.Sais-tu pourquoi-- les bulles de savon éclatent? (Sais-tu pourquoi)
Par Dominique Galiana. 2007
Pour aider les parents à satisfaire l'insatiable curiosité des enfants sur les petits mystères de la vie et du quotidien,…
chaque titre de cette collection regroupe une vingtaine de réponses à autant de questions scientifiques, regroupées sous six thématiques: Je voyage dans l'espace - J'observe mon corps - Je traverse les saisons - Je fais la cuisine - J'aime les animaux - Je découvre la science. Années 1-3. 2007.Sandford Fleming (The Canadians)
Par Lorne Edmond Green. 1980
The Canadian Pacific Railway owes its existence to Fleming, an engineer, who promoted the idea of a transcontinental railway. He…
was also responsible for the 24-hour time-zone based on the Greenwich meridian. Grades 5-8. 1980. (The Canadians)Rire avec Rufi
Par André Rufiange. 1979
Avec ce livre, le chroniqueur du Journal de Montréal et du Journal de Québec, André Rufiange, nous donne ici un…
pot-pourri de ses textes humoristiques sur mille et un sujets de notre vie de tous les jours. Détente garantie. 1979.Sacrés Américains!: nous, les Yankees, on est comme ça
Par Ted Stanger. 2004
Sahara: a natural history
Par Marq De Villiers, Sheila Hirtle. 2003
Description of the world's largest desert landscape and its inhabitants. Discusses the geography, natural cycles, and resilient life-forms of the…
sandy wilderness stretching across the broadest part of Africa. Covers the history of the Sahara's indigenous people--Berbers, Moors, and Tuareg--and the ancient kingdoms of past civilizations. 2003.Ruth Benedict, patterns of a life
Par Judith Schachter Modell. 1983
The author, herself an anthropologist, depicts Benedict's life as a pattern of personal searching. A student of Franz Boaz and…
the teacher of Margaret Mead, anthropologist Benedict is known especially for two classics, "Patterns of Culture" and "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword." 1983.Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot and other observations: And Other Observations
Par Al Franken. 1996
Best known as a writer and comic for television's Saturday Night Live, Franken takes a humorous look at the political…
right, beginning with talk radio host Rush Limbaugh and his audience of "fact-challenged dittoheads." Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, and others are also targeted in what Franken calls "200-plus pages of ... mean-spirited (yet accurate) bile." Strong language. 1996.Rules for aging: a wry and witty guide
Par Roger Rosenblat. 2000
Rosenblat believes most people worry needlessly about things that aren't important, thereby taking years off their lives. Rosenblat gives advice…
on how to keep things in perspective and live life to the fullest in 54 humorous pieces. 2000.Robots: from everyday to out of this world
Par Ed Yes Mag. 2008
The word 'robot' may sound like of science fiction, but robots are a science fact, and their role in our…
lives is growing all the time. Presents a detailed look at robots yesterday, today and in the future, working (and playing) in homes, factories, wrestling rings, sewers, hospitals, oceans and outer space. Learn about their many different shapes, sizes, and uses and meet robots who do dangerous and dirty jobs, help perform surgery, look like us, and even show emotion. Grades 3-6. 2008. Uniform title: Yes mag.From the age of eight, Roberta Bondar knew she wanted to be an astronaut. In January 1992 she made Canadian…
history when she became the first Canadian woman, and first neurologist, to go into space on board Discovery. The story of her journey to become a leading astronaut is a fascinating tale of dedication, commitment, and courage. Grades 4-7. 2004.