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Voyage of the Stella
Par R. D Lawrence. 1982
Veil: the secret wars of the CIA, 1981-1987
Par Bob Woodward. 2005
Based upon interviews with over 250 unidentified sources, various documents, and more than four dozen discussions with then Central Intelligence…
Agency (CIA) Director William J. Casey, the book presents a controversial history of the CIA and its influence on the foreign policy of the Reagan Administration. Also explores CIA-inspired covert wars, clandestine relationships, bribery, and assassinations during this period. Some descriptions of violence, strong language. Bestseller. 2005, c1987.Unlikely utopia: the surprising triumph of Canadian pluralism
Par Michael Adams, Amy Langstaff. 2007
Around the world, sectarian tensions divide societies, sometimes erupting into violent confrontation, and some pundits argue that similar convulsions will…
shake Canada's multicultural foundations. Adams argues that Canadians don't see this as inevitable - rather, they suspect that the world might just be disabused of its "realism" by the success of the Canadian multicultural experiment. By focusing on the more mundane task of helping people of all kinds get along - both materially and socially - Canada may prove to be the "experiment" that worked. 2007.Une île pour sauver la planète: l'aventure arctique d'un Robinson des glaces
Par Emmanuel Hussenet. 2017
L'île Hans a fait l'actualité internationale, en 2010, lorsque le Danemark et le Canada en ont revendiqué tour à tour…
la possession. Pourquoi cette dispute à propos d'un rocher désert d'à peine un kilomètre carré situé au 80e parallèle ? Pour les ressources pétrolières qui s'y trouvent ! Parti en kayak rejoindre cette île qui n'appartient en réalité qu'au silence et au blizzard, le journaliste Emmanuel Hussenet raconte son incroyable périple dans le froid extrême et les glaces dérivantes. Il constate qu'à cause du réchauffement climatique, l'océan Arctique est maintenant en partie navigable. Mais ce changement entraînera d'autres conséquences : les courants marins ralentiront, l'oxygène dans l'eau se raréfiera - au détriment des poissons -, et les mers gonfleront jusqu'à atteindre un niveau catastrophique pour les populations côtières. Cependant, rien n'est encore perdu. Un audacieux projet de géo-ingénierie pourrait faire de l'île Hans une sorte de thermostat planétaire et ainsi sauver l'Arctique. 2017. Titre uniforme: Robinson des glacesTungsten John: being an account of some inconclusive but nonetheless informative attempts to reach the South Nahanni River by foot and bicycle
Par John Harris, Vivien Lougheed. 2000
Harris' subtitle says it all: 'Being an Account of some inconclusive but nonetheless informative attempts to reach the South Nahanni…
River by foot and bicycle', interspersed with stories of research into a number of startling new facts concerning the dramatic history of Nahanni. 2000.Tundra: selections from the great accounts of Arctic land voyages
Par Farley Mowat. 1973
Stories from the journals of European explorers who penetrated the Canadian tundra or the Barrens, that vast stretch of land…
north of the timber line and south of the Arctic seas. Describes their dealings with the Inuits and Indians, including the lessons in polar adaptation and survival learned from the native peoples. Sequel to "Polar passion". 1973.Toronto: a literary guide
Par Greg Gatenby. 1999
What do Wilde, Hemingway, Yeats and Dickens all have in common? Besides being writers, they were all part of the…
Toronto landscape at one time or another. Written as a series of neighbourhood walking tours, this guide introduces the reader to over 500 authors who have lived or visited Toronto over the past 150 years. 1999.Toronto the wild: field notes of an urban naturalist
Par Wayne Grady. 1995
Toronto is home to more wild wildlife today than in the nineteenth century. Thousands of species of native flora and…
fauna grow in a city which has become a lush ecosystem in itself. Wayne Grady writes about the extraordinary natural world which exists in Toronto's backyards and valleys. c1995.Tintin et le Québec: Hergé au coeur de la Révolution tranquille
Par Tristan Demers. 2010
L'histoire d'amour entre Tintin et les jeunes lecteurs québécois a commencé bien avant qu'Hergé ne foule pour la première fois…
le sol américain, en 1965. Lors de son séjours au Québec, des milliers d'admirateurs se pressent autour de lui et, réciproquement, Hergé ressent d'emblée pour ce pays une sympathie profonde. Cet ouvrage à l'allure de journal retrace le voyage d'Hergé à Montréal, Québec et Manicouagan. Salon du Livre : Lauréat volet Vie pratique 2011. 2010.Timbit nation: a hitchhiker's view of Canada
Par John Stackhouse. 2003
Beginning in the Maritimes, where physical beauty is contrasted with ugly economic reality, Globe and Mail reporter Stackhouse thumbs his…
way across the country, talking to Canadians. His conclusion: most are facing the decline of their old way of life, such as fishing or mining, becoming disconnected from the land and sea. Continuing on from Quebec through to British Columbia, the road behind reveals a people mainly concerned with jobs, and a country in a state of flux. 2003.Through northern eyes
Par James Graham Gillan. 1991
Three's a crew
Par Kathrene Pinkerton. 1940
Those were the days that I lived and loved: a biography of Gus d'Aoust, a professional barrenland trapper
Par Gus D'Aoust, Alix Harpelle. 1984
An autobiography of Gus d'Aoust, a trapper in the North-West Territories. Known as a resourceful and sometimes wily man, Gus…
was not above trading in tobacco and alcohol to supplement his income from furs. For many years, working though a series of winter line camps, Gus ably survived in the harsh northern wilderness until his retirement in the late 1930's. 1984.Things that go squeak in the night and other stories
Par Gregory Clark. 1976
The world outside
Par Donald L Woodcock. 2005
From a secluded cottage on Vancouver Island, Woodcock wrote for newspapers and magazines all across the country, winning various awards.…
This is a collection of his nature writing which has appeared in Reader's Digest, Outdoor Canada, and Canadian Geographic. 2005.The unfinished Canadian: the people we are
Par Andrew Cohen. 2007
Cohen delves into our past and present in search of our defining national characteristics. He questions hoary shibboleths, soothing mythologies,…
and old saws with irreverence and humour, unencumbered by our proverbial politeness or political correctness. He argues that our mythology, our jealousy, our complacency, our apathy, our amnesia, and our moderation are all part of the unbearable lightness of being Canadian. Some strong language. 2007.The strangers next door
Par Edith Iglauer. 1991
Collection of writings by the author of 'Fishing with John', covers fifty years and a range of subjects including wartime…
press meetings with Eleanor Roosevelt, stories from the buildings of New York, visits to Inuit cooperatives, and interviews with several Canadians, including Pierre Trudeau, Hubert Evans, M. Wylie Blanchet, Arthur Erickson, and Bill Reid. 1991.The snow geese: a story of home
Par William Fiennes. 2002
Every spring, millions of geese embark on an arduous three-thousand-mile migration from their winter quarters in the southern United States…
to their breeding grounds in the Canadian Arctic. One year William Fiennes decided to go with them. Intrigued by what he'd read about the birds' amazing annual journey, Fiennes was also desperate to emerge from a period of illness and from the belief that, at age twenty-six, his life had ground to a halt. 2002.The silent game
Par David Stafford. 1988
Stafford compares spy novels to the real world of espionage. With the idea for the CIA's proposed assassination of Fidel…
Castro coming from a novel by William Le Queux, he shows that life imitates art; and, with authors like Graham Greene and John le Carre using their first-hand experiences to write about gentleman spies, shows that art imitates life. 1988.The sinking of the Princess Sophia: taking the North down with her
Par Kenneth Coates, William R Morrison. 1990
In 1918, the steamer Princess Sophia left Alaska for Vancouver, but during a storm she ran aground on Vanderbilt Reef.…
There were no survivors. Tracing the stories of many of the 353 aboard the Sophia - how they had gone to the north, what they did there, why they were leaving that fall - Coates sheds light on a little-known aspect of our history. 1990.