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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.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.Glaucoma: the complete guide : a patient handbook
Par Tina T Wong. 2011
One of the world's leading experts helps you navigate through glaucoma from diagnosis to the many treatment options. This landmark…
patient handbook stands out as both authoritative and readable, providing the critical information necessary to help patients. 2011.Blind vision: the neuroscience of visual impairment
Par Zaira Cattaneo, Tomaso Vecchi. 2011
Italian researchers examine the effects of blindness on the development and functioning of the human cognitive system. They demonstrate the…
ways other senses evolve to help compensate for the absence of sight. 2011.Les années Condor: comment Pinochet et ses alliés ont propagé le terrorisme sur trois continents ((La découverte poche ; 280. Essais))
Par John Dinges, Isabelle Taudière. 2008
"Les années Condor raconte l'histoire secrète des "sales guerres" conduites par les dictatures latino-américaines alliées des États-Unis, au cours des…
années 1970 et 1980. Pendant plus de dix ans, six gouvernements ont mené de concert des actions clandestines contre leurs opposants, enlevant et assassinant plus de 30 000 personnes. À l'initiative du président chilien Augusto Pinochet, et avec le soutien de la CIA, ils ont mis sur pied une organisation terroriste internationale, l'opération Condor, pour liquider les opposants qui s'étaient réfugiés dans d'autres pays latino-américains, en Europe ou aux États-Unis. Le journaliste américain John Dinges fait ici le récit de cette histoire effroyable, fruit d'une enquête de plusieurs années, nourrie de nombreux témoignages, de documents secrets américains déclassifiés et des archives des dictatures elles-mêmes. Il révèle l'ampleur de la complicité de Washington dans les crimes de dictateurs pour lesquels les États-Unis étaient le "leader" [...]". -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: The Condor years.Eyes (Your personal health series)
Par Marvin L Kwitko, Marvin Ross. 1994
Vengeance: the true story of an Israeli counter-terrorist mission
Par George Jonas. 2005
The mission of five ordinary Israelis: to hunt down and kill the PLO terrorists responsible for the massacre of eleven…
Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972. Details the mechanics, the horror, and the day-by-day suspense, as they changed identities constantly, moved from country to country, and were themselves tracked in turn (and some killed) by PLO assassins. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2005.Spy wars: espionage in Canada from Gouzenko to glasnost
Par David Stafford, J. L Granatstein. 1990
This history of espionage in Canada takes the reader from the days before World War II, when Canadian Intelligence mainly…
spied on leftists, to the modern-day plundering of this country's technology by the Soviets. 1990.Claws of the Panda: Beijing's Campaign of Influence and Intimidation in Canada
Par Jonathan Manthorpe. 2019
Claws of the Panda tells the story of Canada’s failure to construct a workable policy towards the People’s Republic of…
China. In particular the book tells of Ottawa’s failure to recognize and confront the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate and influence Canadian politics, academia, and media, and to exert control over Canadians of Chinese heritage. Claws of the Panda gives a detailed description of the CCP’s campaign to embed agents of influence in Canadian business, politics, media and academia. The party’s aims are to be able to turn Canadian public policy to China’s advantage, to acquire useful technology and intellectual property, to influence Canada’s international diplomacy, and, most important, to be able to monitor and intimidate Chinese Canadians and others it considers dissidents. The book traces the evolution of the Canada-China relationship over nearly 150 years. It shows how Canadian leaders have constantly misjudged the reality and potential of the relationship while the CCP and its agents have benefited from Canadian naivete.Top secret: a handbook of codes, ciphers, and secret writing
Par Paul B. Janeczko, Jenna LaReau. 2004
More than meets the eye: what blindness brings to art
Par Georgina Kleege. 2018
Author of Sight Unseen (DB 48328) critically examines the ways institutions make art accessible to blind people and the connection…
of visual arts with language. Uses personal experiences, scientific studies, and historical literary analysis to support her arguments. 2018The author of The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI (DB 55193) interviews Mark Sullivan, the director of the…
Secret Service, and scores of other agents. Provides anecdotes about various US presidents, from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, and their peccadilloes. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2009George Washington's secret six: the spy ring that saved the American Revolution
Par Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger. 2013
Relays the exploits of the New York-based Culper Spy Ring, five men and one woman whose activities enabled General George…
Washington to defeat the British during the Revolutionary War. Profiles the group's leader, Quaker merchant Robert Townsend, and describes the unmasking of traitor Benedict Arnold. Bestseller. 2013Circle of treason: a CIA account of traitor Aldrich Ames and the men he betrayed
Par Jeanne Vertefeuille, Sandra Grimes. 2012
Retired CIA veterans Grimes and Vertefeuille describe their efforts to track down a spy within the agency whose actions led…
to the exposure--and execution--of multiple double agents in the Soviet Union. Highlights their work with an FBI team that led to their colleague Aldrich Ames. Basis for television miniseries. 2012Bomb: the race to build and steal the world's most dangerous weapon
Par Steve Sheinkin. 2012
Award-winning author recounts the history of the atom bomb and the race among the United States, Nazi Germany, and the…
Soviet Union to build--or steal--the deadly weapon during World War II. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012Double death: the true story of Pryce Lewis, the Civil War's most daring spy
Par Gavin Mortimer. 2010
Recounts the exploits of Welsh-born Pryce Lewis (1831-1911), who joined the Pinkerton Detective Agency and became a Union spy during…
the Civil War. Describes Lewis's impersonation of a British dandy to gather information about Confederate forces, his arrest and imprisonment, and the embitterment that led to his dramatic suicide. 2010Chronicles the quest of Scottish botanist Robert Fortune, who in 1848 was dispatched to China by the British East India…
Company to steal the plants and the secrets of growing and brewing tea. Discusses the impact of Fortune's endeavors on England's health and on the world economy. 2010An artist in treason: the extraordinary double life of General James Wilkinson
Par Andro Linklater. 2009
Historian uses Spanish archives and first-person accounts to portray the life of the Revolutionary War general, first governor of the…
Louisiana territory--and spy for Spain. Details Wilkinson's double-dealing life, which the author asserts four presidents overlooked because of his influence. 2009Seven-tenths: love, piracy, and science at sea (Leapsci)
Par David Fisichella. 2010
David Fisichella, a mechanical engineer, chronicles a series of research cruises on which he served as the "eyes" for Amy…
Bower, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute oceanographer with deteriorating vision. He reflects on their experiences together, including surviving a pirate attack, and their courtship. 2010Now I see you: a memoir
Par Nicole C. Kear. 2014
Kear, diagnosed at age nineteen with retinitis pigmentosa, shares her struggles with acceptance of the condition and the risks and…
adventures she engaged in during her twenties. Describes falling in love and having children, and how she focused on them before admitting to having RP. Strong language. 2014