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Délivrez-nous de la prison Leclerc !: un témoignage de l'intérieur (Collection Parcours)
Par Louise Henry. 2022
C'est sur ces mots que s'ouvre le témoignage bouleversant de Louise Henry, incarcérée pendant 11 mois dans cet ancien pénitencier…
fédéral pour hommes à sécurité maximale où ont été transférées en 2016 les détenues de la Maison Tanguay. Le récit de son expérience derrière les barreaux et de celles de ses codétenues est aussi troublant qu'accablant: fouilles à nu excessives, recours abusif à l'isolement, violence verbale et psychologique, annulation subite de visites, accès limité à l'infirmerie, malpropreté extrême, problèmes d'eau potable, de chauffage et de plomberie, gestion inappropriée de la pandémie de COVID-19... Les conditions de détention à la prison Leclerc sont déplorables et inadaptées aux besoins des femmes. Il est temps que le gouvernement provincial ferme cet établissement, qualifié depuis des années de "véritable honte pour le Québec" par les militant.e.s des droits de la personneLa clave del éxito: pequeñas cosas que marcan la diferencia
Par Malcolm Gladwell. 2013
A journalist proposes that fads are social epidemics in which little changes have big effects. He refers to the one…
dramatic moment during such a contagion, when everything can change all at once, as "the tipping point." Gladwell also analyzes trends to further explain his theory. Spanish language. 2000Un tal Evo: biografía no autorizada
Par Darwin Pinto. 2013
The authors, award-winning journalists who start following Evo Morales as an agricultural organizer in the 1980s, share the unknown history…
of the former president of Bolivia. They reveal details from his childhood on the high plateau until his first term as president. Strong language and some violence. Spanish language. 2007The sisterhood: The secret history of women at the cia
Par Liza Mundy. 2023
The acclaimed author of Code Girls returns with a “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric…
with revelations” ( Booklist ) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden. “This masterful book cements Liza Mundy as one of our foremost historians.”—Kate Moore, bestselling author of The Radium Girls One of Kirkus Reviews’ Most Anticipated Books of the Fall Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives. They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside. After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound. Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls , The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerousRegarder au-delà (Récit (Anne Carrière (Firme)))
Par Hugues De Montalembert. 2011
"En 1978, Hugues de Montalembert a été agressé à New York par deux hommes venus le voler. Lors d'un affrontement…
violent, l'un d'eux lui a jeté du décapant au visage. En quelques heures, il s'est retrouvé aveugle. Cet ouvrage est le fruit de trente ans de réflexion sur les conséquences de cette nuit-là. Avec une concision et une force remarquables, mêlant la pensée actuelle aux extraits de son journal intime d'alors, l'auteur retrace, sans jamais s'apitoyer sur son sort, ce par quoi il a dû passer : accepter que la vie bascule brutalement, se rééduquer pour retrouver, autant que possible, une existence libre et indépendante, savoir se faire aider mais aussi savoir établir avec les autres une relation dans laquelle sa condition se ferait oublier. De façon étonnante, il a continué à voyager seul à l'autre bout du monde, et même à voir, bien qu'il ait perdu l'usage de ses yeux. Mi-témoignage, mi-essai, ce livre est aussi une méditation inspirée sur les ressources dans lesquelles nous pouvons puiser pour affronter les pires épreuves." -- 4e de couvGray areas: How the way we work perpetuates racism and what we can do to fix it
Par Adia Harvey Wingfield. 2023
A leading sociologist reveals why racial inequality persists in the workplace despite today's multi-billion-dollar diversity industry—and provides actional solutions for…
creating a truly equitable, multiracial future. Labor and race have shared a complex, interconnected history in America. For decades, key aspects of work—from getting a job to workplace norms to advancement and mobility—ignored and failed Black people. While explicit discrimination no longer occurs, and organizations make internal and public pledges to honor and achieve "diversity," inequities persist through what Adia Harvey Wingfield calls the "gray areas:" the relationships, networks, and cultural dynamics integral to companies that are now more important than ever. The reality is that Black employees are less likely to be hired, stall out at middle levels, and rarely progress to senior leadership positions. Wingfield has spent a decade examining inequality in the workplace, interviewing over two hundred Black subjects across professions about their work lives. In Gray Areas, she introduces seven of them: Alex, a worker in the gig economy Max, an emergency medicine doctor; Constance, a chemical engineer; Brian, a filmmaker; Amalia, a journalist; Darren, a corporate vice president; and Kevin, who works for a nonprofit. In this accessible and important antiracist work, Wingfield chronicles their experiences and blends them with history and surprising data that starkly show how old models of work are outdated and detrimental. She demonstrates the scope and breadth of gray areas and offers key insights and suggestions for how they can be fixed, including shifting hiring practices to include Black workers; rethinking organizational cultures to centralize Black employees' experience; and establishing pathways that move capable Black candidates into leadership roles. These reforms would create workplaces that reflect America's increasingly diverse population—professionals whose needs organizations today are ill-prepared to meet. It's time to prepare for a truly equitable, multiracial future and move our culture forward. To do so, we must address the gray areas in our workspaces today. This definitive work shows us howThe Greek way
Par Edith Hamilton. 1993
The author of Mythology (DB 20026) explores the accomplishments of Greek intellectual life in the fifth century B.C. Discusses customs,…
philosophy, religion, and art, referencing the era's noted writers--the poet Pindar; dramatists Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles; and historians Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon--with excerpts from classic works. 1930I love russia: Reporting from a lost country
Par Elena Kostyuchenko. 2023
“A haunting book of rare courage.” —Clarissa Ward, CNN chief international correspondent and author of On All Fronts A fearless,…
cutting portrait of Russia and an essential cri de coeur for journalism in opposition to the global authoritarian turn To be a journalist is to tell the truth. I Love Russia is Elena Kostyuchenko’s unrelenting attempt to document her country as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer provinces, patients and doctors at a Ukrainian maternity ward, and reporters like herself. Here is Russia as it is, not as we imagine it. The result is a singular portrait of a nation, and of a young woman who refuses to be silenced. In March 2022, as a correspondent for Russia’s last free press, Novaya Gazeta , Kostyuchenko crossed the border into Ukraine to cover the war. It was her mission to ensure that Russians witnessed the horrors Putin was committing in their name. She filed her pieces knowing that should she return home, she would likely be prosecutedand sentenced to up to fifteen years in prison. Yet, driven by the conviction that the greatest formof love and patriotism is criticism, she continues to write. I Love Russia stitches together reportage from the past fifteen years with personal essays, assembling a kaleidoscopic narrative that Kostyuchenko understands may be the last work from her homeland that she’ll publish for a long time—perhaps ever. It exposes the inner workings of an entire nation as it descends into fascism and, inevitably, war. She writes because the threat of Putin’s Russia extends beyond herself, beyond Crimea, and beyond Ukraine. We fail to understand it at our own perilDays to celebrate: a full year of poetry, people, holidays, history, fascinating facts, and more
Par Lee Bennett Hopkins, Stephen Alcorn. 2005
A calendar lists each month's birthdays--of people, inventions, or historical events. Facts and poems for specific dates follow. For example,…
November 10, 1903, cited for the invention of the windshield wiper, is accompanied by Rebecca Kai Dotlich's poem "Windshield Wipers." For grades 4-7. 2005The secret man: the story of Watergate's Deep Throat
Par Bob Woodward. 2005
Journalist who uncovered the 1972 Watergate scandal, All the President's Men (DB 50574), chronicles his long relationship with the scandal's…
secret informant. Details Woodward's early dealings with the man as a mentor, their covert meetings during Watergate, decades of concealment, and W. Mark Felt's public admission in 2005. Bestseller. 2005Our endangered values: America's moral crisis
Par Jimmy Carter. 2005
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter shares his views on terrorism, religious and political fundamentalism, the death penalty, abortion, women, and…
the environment. Criticizes the partisan divisions within the country and calls for a return to traditional American values. Bestseller. 2005Protecting your children from sexual predators
Par Leigh Baker. 2002
A psychologist presents case studies to help parents identify sexual predators and pedophiles and teach their family to avoid them.…
Includes information about potential dangers to children from both male and female offenders, other juveniles and siblings, and the Internet. Explains how to use a state's Sex Offender Registry. 2002Too late to die young: nearly true tales from a life
Par Harriet McBryde Johnson. 2005
A lawyer specializing in disability issues protests Jerry Lewis's telethon and media heroes like Christopher Reeve. Born with a neuromuscular…
disease, the wheelchair-user relates anecdotes from her life of advocacy including involvement in Charleston, South Carolina, politics. Some strong language. 2005The encyclopedia of cocktails: The people, bars & drinks, with more than 100 recipes
Par Robert Simonson. 2023
A lively A-to-Z compendium of the notable drinks, bartenders, and bars that shaped the cocktail world and produced the vibrant…
spirits culture we enjoy today, from two-time James Beard Award-nominated author and New York Times cocktail and spirits writer, Robert Simonson. How did the Old-Fashioned get its name, and why has the drink endured? What drinks were invented by Sam Ross? What was the Pegu Club, and who bartended there? In The Encyclopedia of Cocktails , Robert Simonson catalogues all the essential people, places, and drinks that make up our cocktail history in a refreshing take on the conventional reference book. New York Times cocktail and spirits writer Robert Simonson's witty and opinionated presentation of the bar world is a refreshing look at all things cocktail-related. There are more than 100 drink recipes, from the Adonis to the Zombie. Simonson also includes entries for spirits from absinthe to vodka and illuminates the origins of each. This guide isn't a strictly academic text, nor is it simply a collection of drink recipes—it is an animated, sometimes irreverent historical journey highlighting the preeminent bars and top bartenders of record. The Encyclopedia of Cocktails is perfect for cocktail nerds as well as anyone interested in learning about cocktail culture. It's both a recipe book and a reference guide to keep near the bar or flip through while sipping your favorite libationHe/she/they: How we talk about gender and why it matters
Par Schuyler Bailar. 2023
Go‑to expert on gender identity, Schuyler Bailar, offers an essential, urgent guide that changes the conversation about gender identity and…
how we talk about it. Anti-transgender legislation is being introduced in state governments around the United States in record-breaking numbers. Trans people are under attack in sports, healthcare, school curriculum, bathrooms, bars, and nearly every walk of life. He/She/They clearly and compassionately addresses fundamental topics, from why being transgender is not a choice and why pronouns are important, to more complex issues including how gender-affirming healthcare can be lifesaving and why allowing trans youth to play sports is good for all kids. With a relatable narrative rooted in facts, science, and history, Schuyler helps restore common sense and humanity to a discussion that continues to be divisively coopted and deceptively politicized. Schuyler Bailar didn't set out to be an activist, but his very public transition to the Harvard men's swim team put him in the spotlight. His choice to be open about his transition and share his experience has touched people around the world. His plain-spoken education has evolved into tireless advocacy for inclusion and collective liberation. In He/She/They , Schuyler uses storytelling and the art of conversation to give us the essential language and context of gender, meeting everyone where they are and paving the way for understanding, acceptance, and, most importantly: connection. He/She/They is more than a book on allyship; it also speaks to trans folks directly, answering the question, "does it get better?" with a resounding yes, celebrating radical trans joy. Myth-busting, affirming, compassionate, and fierce, He/She/They is a crucial, urgent—and lifesaving—book that forever changes the conversation about genderConfessions d'un "sale nègre": plaidoyer pour la différence
Par El Hadji S. K Cissé. 2012
" Pour El Hadji S. K. Cissé, Sénégalais domicilié en France, énergéticien, enseignant de physique et essayiste, le nègre ne…
sait plus définir et assumer son identité à force de vouloir soccidentaliser. Il est grand temps quil retrouve enfin ses propres voies et saffirme dans ses différences. Un essai provocateur, salutaire et pédagogique sur lhistoire de la négritude et lavenir de lidentité noire. " -- 4e de couvParoles pour adolescents, [ou, Le complexe du homard (Giboulées)
Par Françoise Dolto. 2003
"Des adolescents, Françoise Dolto disait qu'ils sont comme le homard pendant la mue, sans carapace, confronté à tous les dangers…
et à la nécessité d'en " suinter " une autre. Pour les aider à accomplir cette métamorphose qui est comme une seconde naissance, F Dolto, sa fille C Dolto et C Percheminier ont écrit ce livre. Il s'adresse d'abord à vous, les adolescents (à vous, les homards). Mais il est à mettre entre toutes les mains, à laisser traîner dans la maison pour que les enfants, les parents, tous les jeunes et tous les adultes le lisent avec profit. Paroles pour adolescents donne des idées pour sortir des situations difficiles, parle des choses trop souvent tues ou mal abordées dans la vie de tous les jours : l'amitié, l'amour, la sexualité, la violence, la drogue, la honte, les parents et les adultes. Il signale les pièges et donne des forces pour faire des choix, pour prendre ces risques qui amènent à être responsable et autonome. Il aide aussi les parents à se détacher de leurs enfants avec moins de souffrance et plus de respect. Ce livre veut fêter la force de vie des adolescents, leur capacité à inventer l'avenir, car, disait F Dolto, " la société changera sous la pression des jeunes "." -- 4e de couvLe mythe de Mathusalem: histoire des vrais et faux centenaires
Par Jean-Pierre Bois. 2001
Mathusalem, ce vieil homme présenté dans la Bible, aurait vécu 969 ans. L'obsession d'une espérance de vie prolongée a fasciné…
et beaucoup préoccupé les hommes à toutes les époques et partout à travers le monde. Cet ouvrage trace un portrait de cette fascination, en plus de nous présenter les différentes techniques utilisées par les hommes à travers l'histoire, pour prolonger leur vie. De plus, les récentes découvertes scientifiques en médecine redonnent espoir à ce rêveLe dossier Pinochet: tortures, enlèvements, disparitions, implications internationales
Par Rémy Bellon. 2002
"1973-1990 : les dix-sept années les plus noires de l'histoire du Chili. Deux grands professionnels ont remonté les filières du…
système Pinochet, fournissant à cet ouvrage son lot d'inacceptable : les atroces procédés de la Dina, la police personnelle du général, les prisons antichambres de la mort, les camions roulant sur les détenus, les pendaisons par les pieds, les décharges électriques du gril. Où la Dina a-t-elle appris la torture ? D'étonnantes découvertes judiciaires lèvent le voile à ce sujet... Mais les sévices du régime ne s'arrêtent pas aux frontières chiliennes. Partout, les opposants sont traqués, éliminés. Aux Etats-Unis comme en Europe. C'est le fameux plan Condor, qui bénéficie de l'appui des organisations d'extrême droite, et aussi de la complicité de certains gouvernements. Le Dossier Pinochet : un livre aux allures de roman d'espionnage mais terrible dans sa vérité, avec des révélations inédites, et la mise à nu d'une organisation diabolique où sont impliqués des réseaux qu'on ne soupçonnait pas." -- 4e de couvQuand les sourds nous font signe: histoires de sourds
Par Marguerite Blais. 2003
Porte-parole pour le 10e anniversaire de lInstitut Raymond-Dewar en 1994, lanimatrice Marguerite Blais découvre alors un univers qui la fascine…
: celui des Sourds. Elle sengage auprès dorganismes dédiés à la cause des personnes sourdes et gagne tout doucement la confiance du milieu quelle fréquente de plus en plus. Elle y fait la rencontre de personnes extraordinaires, dont quelques-unes nous sont présentées dans cet ouvrage. Après un survol de lhistoire, de la surdité dans le monde et au Québec, Marguerite Blais nous plonge au cœur de sa passion pour les sourds en nous brossant un portrait de plusieurs dentre eux. [...] Par ces portraits de modèles à suivre pour les jeunes sourds, Marguerite Blais, nous plonge dans une culture mal connue de notre société malgré le fait quelle y joue une part active. [...] -- 4e de couv