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Par André Pratte. 2003
"André Pratte a tenu, d'octobre 2002 à avril 2003, le journal de la longue campagne électorale que le Québec vient…
de connaître. Observateur privilégié de la scène politique - et de ses coulisses -, il rend compte au jour le jour des assemblées électorales et des débats télévisés, des sondages étonnants et des défections inattendues, des coups de théâtre et des pétards mouillés, de toute cette fébrilité qui agite les partis politiques. Il témoigne du côté humain de ceux et celles qui ont été happés dans ce tourbillon. Et il cherche à comprendre la tempête qui est survenue : quel sens doit-on donner aux résultats du scrutin du 14 avril? Les Québécois se sont-ils laissé porter par tous les vents ou ont-ils su garder le cap? Qui ont été les girouettes, finalement, les électeurs ou les experts patentés qui les observaient?" -- 4e de couvTraces the life of twenty-one-year-old Romanian Attila Ambrus, who in 1988 sneaked into post-Communist Hungary and joined a professional ice…
hockey team. Details seven years he spent robbing banks, romancing women, and boozing. Describes the Budapest detective on his trail--who had learned crime solving from American TV. Strong language. 2004Par Ty Pennington. 2003
The carpenter on The Learning Channel's "Trading Spaces" presents cheap and easy projects to transform any room. Using his "champagne…
house on a beer budget" home as an example, Pennington discusses flooring, lighting, and painting and offers other repair tips. 2003Par Arianne Cohen. 2005
Basic home repair and maintenance guide providing step-by-step solutions for hundreds of common interior problems such as squeaky floors, broken…
windows, damaged tile and drywall, blown fuses, noisy fans, malfunctioning appliances, clogged drains, and leaky faucets. Includes safety and money-saving tips and advice on consulting a professional. 2005Par Stephen Budiansky. 2005
Biography of the Puritan secretary of the Privy Council, who oversaw espionage for British monarch Elizabeth I. Describes ways Walsingham…
perfected techniques to operate secretly against Mary, Queen of Scots, and the Catholic countries of France and Spain. Explains his use of code breaking and secret agents. Violence. 2005Par Colin L Powell. 1995
Powell shares with his fellow Americans what he believes has been a great life. The son of immigrants, he was…
raised in New York's South Bronx and was undistinguished in school. But he found his place in life when he joined the ROTC and the army. Powell's is a story of hard work and good luck, of service, and of love from and for the people who helped make the former general and Joint Chiefs chairman a popular figure in the 1990s. Bestseller. 1995Par Suzanne E Evans. 2004
Lawyer and journalist details Germany's "euthanasia" programs of 1935 to 1945, in which as many as 750,000 children and adults…
with physical and mental disabilities were killed. Draws on historical records and survivor interviews to describe Nazi medical philosophies, sterilization laws, methods, and organizers--and the legacy of the atrocities. 2004Par Tom Wicker. 2006
Journalist offers a concise political biography of anticommunist demagog Senator Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957). Describes how McCarthy's accusations exploited Cold War…
tensions and bolstered his rise to power but ultimately caused his downfall in 1954 Senate hearings. 2006Traces Sandra Day O'Connor's rise to power culminating in her appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to be the…
first female Supreme Court justice. Analyzes O'Connor's position on controversial issues such as abortion, affirmative action, and the death penalty. Discusses her role as a pivotal voter. 2005Par Noah Feldman. 2005
Studies the relationship between religion and the U.S. government from America's colonial days to the twenty-first century. Discusses controversies over…
the Bible, the Pledge of Allegiance, same-sex marriage, and the teaching of evolution. 2005Par Normand Baillargeon. 2023
"Affirmez que vous êtes anarchiste et presque immanquablement on vous assimilera à un nihiliste, à un partisan du chaos voire…
à un terroriste. Or il faut bien le dire: rien n'est plus faux que ce contre-sens qui résulte de décennies de confusion savamment entretenue autour de l'anarchisme. En première approximation, disons que l'anarchisme est une théorie politique au cœur vibrant de laquelle loge l'idée d'anti-autoritarisme, c'est-à-dire le refus conscient et raisonné de toute forme illégitime d'autorité et de pouvoir."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. 2007Par 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 couvPar Richardson Little Wright. 2003
Essays by the longtime editor-in-chief of House & Garden magazine, meant to be read in short bits throughout the year.…
Arranged by month, the anthology offers advice on topics from orchard horticulture and growing plume poppies to travel, literature, architecture, and antique collecting. 2003 introduction by Dominique Browning. 1929Par Liesa Abrams. 2004
Par Megan Stine. 2004
Information about moving out of the family home and renting an apartment on one's own. Gives practical advice on finding…
a roommate, dealing with landlords, saving money on college housing, and furnishing the new place. For senior high and older readers. 2004Par 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. 2005Par Linda M Fasulo. 2003
News correspondent's overview of the United Nations, the international body established in 1945 to promote peace and prosperity among member…
nations. Discusses its structure and function; humanitarian, crime-fighting, and peacekeeping missions; sovereignty issues; and twenty-first-century challenges. Profiles influential leaders such as Secretary General Kofi Annan. 2004American scholar of Middle Eastern Studies distills fifty years of research and experience into a concise overview of Iraqi history,…
providing insight into Iraqi conduct and culture under American occupation. Discusses possible outcomes for Iraq's economy, government, and internal administration depending on whether the United States continues occupation or withdraws. 2005Par 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. 2005