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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.Rebel daughter: an autobiography
Par Doris Anderson. 1996
Former "Chatelaine" editor Doris Anderson shares the story of her life. She begins life in a modest boarding house in…
Alberta, becomes a school teacher, switches to a career in journalism, and rises to the position of editor at "Chatelaine" where she shares her opinions on abortion, women in the workforce and pay equity, among other things, with her readers. She also chronicles her time as head of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women and the fight to have women and men recognized as equal under the law within the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 1996.Realistic visionary: a portrait of George Washington
Par Peter R Henriques. 2006
Peter R. Henriques, a leading scholar on George Washington and professor emeritus of history at George Mason University, produces a…
concise and vital volume on America's first president. "Realistic Visionary" is a focused examination of the vital events and traits that made Washington who he was. In fascinating detail, it shows a man who overcame personal faults to be the greatest person of his generation. 2006.Rebellions, perversities, and main events
Par Murray Kempton. 1994
A compendium of articles published over a thirty-year period. Kempton admires defiance, such as that displayed by Lillian Hellman before…
the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He confesses to harboring perverse thoughts about anyone who obtains an interview under false pretenses. And he notes how brief encounters, like sitting on a porch with Martin Luther King, Jr., become life's turning points. 1994.Reading from left to right: one man's political history
Par H. S Ferns. 1983
Ferns gives an account of his Philosophical travels from Marxism to Classical Liberalism. He also deals with his earlier Canadian…
careers, including a 3-year stint as a member of Mackenzie King's staff and another year in external affairs. 1983.Ralph Klein: a maverick life
Par Frank Dabbs. 1995
Rae days: The Rise And Fall Of The Ndp
Par Thomas L Walkom. 1994
The author analyses Bob Rae's life and thinking before and after he joined the NDP, particularly when he was Premier…
during Ontario's first NDP government. Issues such as employment equity, the social contract, and fiscal policy are discussed. Also provided is a guide to influential members of the party and government, bureaucratic and political, and their own stories. c1994.Qu'est-ce que le boson de Higgs mange en hiver et autres détails essentiels
Par Pauline Gagnon. 2015
Voici enfin un livre écrit en termes simples s'adressant à tous ceux et celles qui désirent en savoir un peu…
plus sur la physique des particules, mais qui n'ont pas nécessairement de bases en sciences. Une bonne dose de curiosité leur suffira pour découvrir tout un monde allant de l'infiniment petit jusqu'à l'infiniment grand. 2015. Titre uniforme: Who cares about particle physics?Québécoise!
Par Pauline Marois. 2008
De son enfance dans une famille modeste sur la rive sud de Québec à son accession à la direction du…
Parti Québécois, en passant par ses années de formation, son mariage avec Claude Blanchet avec qui elle aura quatre enfants, ses années de travail dans le réseau des affaires sociales et ses nombreux combats comme députée et ministre, Pauline Marois nous raconte avec passion les principaux événements de sa vie personnelle et politique. Souverainiste et sociale-démocrate déterminée, Pauline Marois a occupé les plus hautes fonctions dans les gouvernements de René Lévesque, Jacques Parizeau, Lucien Bouchard et Bernard Landry. Elle a mené certaines des plus importantes réformes qui ont transformé notre société. 2008.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.Que faire de notre cerveau? (Le temps d'une question)
Par Catherine Malabou. 2004
La question que pose ici Catherine Malabou est la suivante: la description du cerveau aujourd'hui n'est-elle pas l'image du monde…
capitaliste dans lequel nous vivons? Ne décrit-elle pas une autre forme de pouvoir qui ne serait pas centralisé mais n'en resterait pas moins un poste de commande, d'où on encense l'adaptabilité absolue, la flexibilité et d'où on rejette les individus sans mobilité, trop rigides? Ne soyons pas dupes de la façon dont on nous parle de notre cerveau. 2004.Un ouvrage qui s'adresse aux historiens, universitaires, chercheurs et professeurs. Un autre ouvrage sur Groulx me direz-vous? Je répondrais :…
enfin une analyse complète sur Groulx. Figure incontournable de l'histoire du nationalisme au Québec, quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire des idées ne peut ignorer Groulx et doit absolument lire cet essai de Michel Bock. Prix du Gouverneur Général 2005. 2004.Quand la Chine change le monde: [essai]
Par Erik Izraëlewicz. 2005
La Chine s'est éveillée, le monde tremble. Jamais dans l'histoire économique, une nation aussi grande n'avait connu une croissance aussi…
forte pendant une période aussi longue. Cette réussite devrait rassurer : elle inquiète. Par sa démesure, son appétit et ses moyens, par l'hypercapitalisme qui y règne aussi, l'Empire du Milieu déstabilise tous les marchés. Erik Izraelewicz analyse ce tremblement de terre en montrant, exemples à l'appui, comment la Chine change notre vie. Sommes-nous certains que la mondialisation sera heureuse ? 2005.Pulleys and gears (Machines in action)
Par Angela Royston. 2001
A look at pulleys and gears and how they are used to make machines work. These two gadgets are used…
in escalators, cars, fishing rods, and many other places. Grades 2-4. 2001.Public triumph, private tragedy: the double life of John P. Robarts
Par Steve Paikin. 2006
John Robarts became Ontario premier in 1961, and his government established legal aid, a huge system of community colleges and…
universities, law reform, GO Transit, the Ontario Science Centre, and Ontario Place, as well as a significant enhancement of individual civil rights, a reorganization of school administration, and a start on regional government. But for all his success and triumph in the public realm, Robarts struggled with the demons that plagued his private life. 2006.Professeurs de désespoir
Par Nancy Huston. 2004
Dans cette étude, l'écrivaine parle d'auteurs qu'elle considère "négativistes". Ils se divisent en trois générations. Adultes pendant la Seconde Guerre…
mondiale: Samuel Beckett, Emil Cioran - Enfants/adolescents pendant la guerre: Imre Kertész, Thomas Bernhard, Milan Kundera - Nées après la guerre: Elfriede Jelinek, Michel Houellebecq, Sarah Kane, Christine Angot, Linda Lê. 2004.Prisoner of love
Par Jean Genet. 1992
Autobiographical reveries from the final years of a French author who began writing in prison. Genet revels in his associations…
with rebellious groups, including the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Black Panthers. The author maintains a certain detachment from which he observes and sympathizes. But, by his own account, he never quite surrenders to the political agendas of the groups that engage his interest. 1992. Uniform title: Captif amoureux.Private demons: the tragic personal life of John A. Macdonald
Par Patricia Phenix. 2006
Macdonald's personal life was a mix of drugs, booze, women, back-biting, a harsh childhood, an unplanned pregnancy, unchecked social ambition,…
a child's unpunished murder, a distant Queen Victoria and Louis Riel. Amid all that, Macdonald managed to become prime minister seven times while spearheading a national railroad and pulling errant provinces together into the cohesive whole known today as Canada - and all of this while mostly drunk. 2006.Prisoner of Tehran: a memoir
Par Marina Nemat. 2007
The author recalls her life as a Christian in Iran. Discusses her childhood, her two-year internment in Ayatollah Khomeini's prison…
from age sixteen, and her rescue by her interrogator, Ali. Covers her marriage to Ali, his death, and Nemat's emigration to Canada. Some descriptions of sex. Descriptions of violence. Some strong language. Canada Reads 2012. 2007.President Reagan: the triumph of imagination
Par Richard Reeves. 2005
Reagan was a bold president whose vision included a new world order and a fresh definition of the office he…
held. He sought to reduce taxes, destroy communism, and restore American patriotism in an increasingly troubled world. A man who advocated smaller government, Reagan also expanded the power of the Executive Office--and scholars still disagree about how he used his new power. Ultimately, Reagan emerged as a dynamic and crafty politician whose legacy will long be felt. 2005.