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Le comité
Par Monique De Vosjoli, P. L. Thyraud de Vosjoli. 1975
L'auteur, lui-même ex-agent secret, nous révèle les dessous des services secrets français. Quelques individus prononcent secrètement, sans appel, des sentences…
de mort dont l'exécution est scientifiquement préparée par un comité compose d'experts en assassinat. Le tout est fait au nom de la République française et aux frais des contribuables. On croit rêver et pourtant les faits sont là. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1975.Lakeland: journeys into the soul of Canada
Par Allan Casey. 2009
Blending writing on nature, travel, and science, Casey explores how the country's history and culture originates at the lakeshore. Describes…
a series of interconnected journeys by the author, punctuated by the seasons and the personalities he meets along the way including aboriginal fishery managers, fruit growers, boat captains, cottagers, and scientists. Some strong language. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Award for Non-fiction. 2009.Finks: how the CIA tricked the world's best writers
Par Joel Whitney. 2016
A tale of two CIAs, and how they blurred the line between propaganda and literature. One CIA created literary magazines…
that promoted American and European writers and cultural freedom, while the other toppled governments, using assassination and censorship as political tools. Defenders of the “cultural” CIA argue that it should have been lauded for boosting interest in the arts and freedom of thought, but the two CIAs had the same undercover goals, and shared many of the same methods: deception, subterfuge and intimidation. Demonstrates how the good-versus-bad CIA is a false divide, and that the cultural Cold Warriors used anti-Communism as a lever to spy relentlessly on leftists, and indeed writers of all political inclinations, and thereby pushed U.S. democracy a little closer to the Soviet model of the surveillance state. 2016.Blind man's bluff: the untold story of American submarine espionage
Par Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew, Annette Lawrence Drew. 1998
Accounts of the development of Cold War-era submarine spying on the Soviet Union by Americans. Tales about the people who…
made it happen, like the naval officer who figured out how to tap underwater communication cables. Includes new information on the mysterious sinking of the USS Scorpion in 1968. 1998.I was a teenage Katima-victim: a Canadian odyssey
Par Will Ferguson. 1998
Will Ferguson's hilarious memoir of working his way across Canada with the volunteer corps Katimavik in the early 1980s. For…
a dollar a day and all the granola he can eat, Ferguson works on work sites ranging from soup kitchens to outdoor conservation trails and meets many interesting characters along the way. 1998.Intrepid's last case
Par William Stevenson. 1983
Howard Blum illuminates the lives of little-known individuals who played a significant role in America's history as he chronicles the…
true story of a critical, recently declassified counterintelligence mission and two remarkable agents whose story has been called "the greatest secret of the Cold War." 2018.Boundless: tracing land and dream in a new Northwest Passage
Par Kathleen Winter. 2014
In 2010, the author took a journey across the storied Northwest Passage. From Greenland to Baffin Island and all along…
the passage, she bears witness to the new math of the melting North: where polar bears mate with grizzlies, creating a new hybrid species; where the earth is on the cusp of yielding so much buried treasure that five nations stand poised to claim sovereignty of the land; and where the local Inuit population struggles to navigate the tension between taking part in the new global economy and defending their traditional way of life. 2014.Hey Canada!
Par Vivien Bowers. 2012
Gran has decided that she is taking nine-year-old Alice and eight-year-old Cal on a road trip across Canada. Using poems,…
silly songs, tweets and blogs, the trio records the trip for everyone to share. Starting in St. John’s Newfoundland, where they have a “find-it” list that includes a moose and an iceberg and going all the way to the Pacific Ocean, the gang offers a fun way to learn about vast, varied, and surprising Canada. Grades 2-4. c2012.CIA spymaster: Kisevalter, The Agency's Top Case Officer Who Handled Penkovsky And Popov
Par Clarence Ashley. 2004
George Kisevalter, born in Tsarist Russia, was a top case officer for the CIA, best known for working with two…
highly placed Soviet moles, Popov and Penkovsky. Popov provided the first serious look at the inner workings of Soviet Military Intelligence, while Penkovsky delivered reams of documents - information that was later used in America's response to the Cuban Missile Crisis. 2004.Canada (The Outdoor travelers' guide)
Par David Dunbar. 1991
An exploration of 37 parks across Canada, from the rugged peaks of the Canadian Rockies to the rolling hills of…
Nova Scotia. Includes details of outdoor activities, camping and transportation. (The outdoor traveler's guide)High latitudes: a northern journey
Par Farley Mowat. 2002
In 1947, Farley Mowat traveled to the Canadian arctic, that vast part of Canada which most Canadians never come to…
know. Twenty years later, Mowat returned for the most extensive northern trip of his life. In this book, Mowat chronicles the 1966 trips. 2002.An acre of time: The Enduring Value Of Place
Par Phil Jenkins. 1996
Jenkins traces the history of a single acre of land in Ottawa, from its geologic roots to the present day.…
He describes the native Canadians who lived there, the Europeans who later settled it, and the citizens who lived within its boundaries. 1996.Chasing Clayoquot: a wilderness almanac
Par David Pitt-Brooke. 2004
Clayoquot Sound is one of the Earth's last primeval, untouched places. The author approaches this wild, magical place by taking…
the reader on twelve journeys, one for each month of the year. Each journey covers the outstanding natural event of that season: whale-watching in April, the shorebird migration in May, the salmon spawn in October. 2004.Hiking with ghosts: the Chilkoot Trail, then and now (Raincoast Journeys Ser.)
Par Frances Backhouse. 1999
One century ago, the lure of gold led thousands to travel the Chilkoot Trail. The authors hike the arduous yet…
inspiring 53 km. route, now a popular destination for ambitious ecotourists. At the same time, they take a journey back in history, pausing to consider how the First Nations people used the trail before the gold rush. 1999.British Columbia almanac
Par Mark Forsythe. 2000
A compendium of stories about life in British Columbia, compiled by the host of CBC Radio One's BC Almanac, Mark…
Forsythe. Included are gardening tips, recipes, favourite trails, information on BC's diverse flora and fauna, and stories from people around the province on what life is like in their area. 2000. Uniform title: Almanac (Radio program)By truck to the north: my Arctic adventure (Adventure travel books by Annick Press)
Par Debora Pearson, Andy Turnbull, Chum McLeod. 1999
Bush telegraph: discovering the Pacific province
Par Stephen Hume. 1999
Down home: notes of a Maritime son
Par Harry Bruce. 1988
Harry Bruce, born in Toronto, returned to Nova Scotia where his family had lived since the 18th century. After residing…
there for 17 years, he believes that he finally has become a true Maritimer. In this book, he combines history, sociology, autobiography, cuisine, travelogue and etymology to describe and explain the people of the Maritimes. 1988.Far and wide: bring that horizon to me
Par Neil Peart. 2016
In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. It was a celebration…
and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it's an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. In an intimate voice that has won the hearts of many readers, Peart carries the reader across North America and through memories of fifty years of playing drums. 2016.