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When freedoms collide: the case for our civil liberties
Par A. Alan Borovoy. 1988
Discusses some of the civil liberty and human rights issues with which Canadians are faced, including pornography, hate literature, affirmative…
action employment practices, police powers, right to privacy, the protection of minorities, and the rights of strikers, welfare recipients, and the mentally ill. 1988.Veiled threat: the hidden power of the women of Afghanistan
Par Sally Armstrong. 2002
Denied schooling, employment and adequate health care and confined to their homes unless accompanied by a male relative, the women…
of Afghanistan struggled to survive under the Taliban regime. The author describes the ways these women and girls rebelled against the Taliban. 2002.Until you are dead: Steven Truscott's long ride into history
Par Julian Sher. 2001
In 1959, 14-year-old Steven Truscott was arrested for the murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper near Clinton, Ontario. Though sentenced to…
death, Truscott's sentence was eventually commuted and he was released ten years later, all the while maintaining his innocence. This account details the case, trial, and Truscott's new appeal to have the case reopened. 2001.Un choc de religions: la longue guerre de l'islam et de la chrétienté, 622-2007
Par Jean-Paul Roux. 2007
Bataille de Poitiers, croisades, prise de Constantinople, guerre d'Algérie: il y a ce conflit armé qui a commencé en l'année…
632. Il n'y a pas d'année, pas de semaine peut-être sans que du sang soit versé par des chrétiens ou par des musulmans. Ne vaut-il pas la peine de le rappeler, de montrer à nos contemporains que les événements qui occupent l'actualité, qui les bouleversent, s'inscrivent dans une longue série de 1375 ans d'événements tout aussi spectaculaires ; que de plus petits faits dont on ne parle guère qu'un jour ou deux ont eu, tous les jours, leurs équivalents pendant 1375 ans ? 2007.The way of the Sufi
Par Idries Shah. 1980
The trouble with Islam: a wake-up call for honesty and change
Par Irshad Manji. 2003
Irshad Manji considers herself a Muslim, but is at issue with many of its cornerstones: tribal insularity, deep-seated anti-Semitism, and…
an uncritical acceptance of the Koran as the final, superior, manifesto of God. In an open letter to Muslims and non-Muslims alike, she asks pointed questions such as: "Who is the real colonizer of Muslims -- America or Arabia? Why are we squandering the talents of women, fully half of God's creation?" Manji offers a vision of how Islam can undergo a reformation that empowers women, promotes respect for religious minorities, and fosters a competition of ideas, reviving Islam's lost tradition of independent thought. 2003.The sun climbs slow: the International Criminal Court and the search for justice
Par Erna Paris. 2009
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent tribunal of its kind, mandated to challenge criminal impunity on the…
part of national leaders and to promote accountability in world affairs. Independent and transnational, its indictments cannot be vetoed in the Security Council. Paris explores the history of global justice, the politics behind America's opposition to the creation of a permanent international criminal court, and the implications for the world at large. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of violence. c2009.The secret life of words: how English became English
Par Henry Hitchings. 2009
An account of the transplanted, stolen, and bastardized words that make up the English language. A history of English as…
a whole, and of the thousands of individual words, from more than 350 foreign tongues, that trickled in gradually over hundreds of years of trade, colonization, and diplomacy. Covers the Norman Conquest to the present day, chronicling the English language as a living archive of human experience. Some strong language. 2009.The rights of nature: a legal revolution that could save the world
Par David R Boyd. 2017
Palila v Hawaii. New Zealand's Te Urewera Act. Sierra Club v Disney. These legal phrases hardly sound like the makings…
of a revolution, but beyond the headlines portending environmental catastrophes, a movement of immense import has been building in courtrooms, legislatures, and communities across the globe. Cultures and laws are transforming to provide a powerful new approach to protecting the planet and the species with whom we share it. Lawyers from California to New York are fighting to gain legal rights for chimpanzees and killer whales, and lawmakers are ending the era of keeping these intelligent animals in captivity. In Hawaii and India, judges have recognized that endangered species--from birds to lions--have the legal right to exist. Around the world, more and more laws are being passed recognizing that ecosystems--rivers, forests, mountains, and more--have legally enforceable rights. And if nature has rights, then humans have responsibilities. 2017.The Penguin dictionary of art and artists (Reference Bks.)
Par Peter Murray, Linda Murray. 1983
This comprehensive and detailed reference contains entries on major artists of the last seven centuries; short biographies of over 1,200…
artists; descriptions of artistic techniques and styles; definitions of artistic movements; and much more. 1983.The Oxford dictionary of saints (Oxford paperback reference)
Par David Hugh Farmer. 2003
This book features concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to…
the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. Featuring maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fully updated appendices. Recently-added saints include the Martyrs of Korea, Vietnam, and the Spanish Civil War, Andrew of Crete, and Emily Rodat, a female hermit of the 7th century. There are also more Scottish and Irish saints, and ancient Welsh saints; more European saints from all centuries, as well as more saints from Eastern Europe; more recently canonized saints, and female saints from the USA. 2003. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.The meaning of everything: the story of the OED
Par Simon Winchester. 2003
This companion to "The Professor and the Madman" (DC18092) recounts the monumental, seventy-year effort to compile the definitive, twelve-volume Oxford…
dictionary, completed in 1928. Winchester describes the goal to provide comprehensive meanings of all words, the project's complexity, crucial volunteer participation, and key figures directing the task. 2003.The master spirit of the age: Canadian engineers and the politics of professionalism, 1887-1922
Par J. Rodney Millard. 1988
Explores the issues that shaped engineers' perception of their work and its place in society. Determined to raise their status,…
schools and societies were organized and, eventually, engineers obtained licensing and regulatory powers. c1988.The making of a country lawyer: An Autobiography
Par Gerry Spence. 1996
Chronicles Spence's first forty years, before he gained fame for winning a multimillion-dollar verdict on behalf of the dead plutonium…
worker Karen Silkwood. Tells of his mother's suicide when Spence was ten, his own alcoholism, and his affair with the woman who became his second wife. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1996.The law of the land: a history of the Supreme Court (The modern scholar)
Par Kermit Hall. 2003
Utah State University professor, Kermit L. Hall delivers a course that explores the Supreme Court as a living, breathing institution.…
Listeners will come to know the court through a thorough study of its most significant decisions. 2003.The Islamic enlightenment: the struggle between faith and reason, 1798 to modern times
Par Christopher De Bellaigue. 2017
This absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam during the nineteenth and early…
twentieth centuries offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle East. Beginning his account in 1798, de Bellaigue demonstrates how the Middle East has long welcomed modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from seclusion, and the development of democracy. With trenchant political and historical insight, de Bellaigue further shows how the violence of an infinitesimally small minority is in fact the tragic blowback from that modernization. This revolutionary argument, which completely refutes the misconception that Muslims live in a benighted state of backwardness, reveals the folly of Westerners demanding modernity from their Islamic neighbors. 2017.The implosion conspiracy
Par Louis Nizer. 1973
Easy American idioms: [hundreds of idiomatic expressions to give you an edge in English!] (Esl Ser.)
Par Living Language. 2006
"It slipped my mind," "Don't fly off the handle," and "I'm counting on you" are just a few of the…
idiomatic expressions that native English speakers might use on any given day. For non-native speakers, however, these phrases can be confusing. "Easy American idioms" cuts through that confusion and teaches natural sounding conversational English. The lessons in "Easy American idioms" focus on situations that everyone can relate to: meeting people, expressing likes/satisfaction, expressing dislikes/displeasure, working, shopping, socializing, sports, television, going out, and more. Each section features useful and appropriate idiomatic expressions, with dialogues interspersed between lessons. Idioms can be complicated, but the lessons and dialogues are simple and clear. Includes over 4 hours of recordings. 2006.Easy pronunciation
Par Living Language. 2005
More than nine million Americans do not speak English well or at all (according to the 2000 U.S. Census), and…
only two million of those adults can afford the time and cost required to enroll in an ESL class. This comprehensive self-study course offers an affordable and highly effective alternative to classroom study. "Easy pronunciation" is for all levels of ESL students as well as native speakers with strong regional accents. 2005.You can't do that in Canada!: crazy laws from coast to coast
Par Beverley Spencer. 2000
You may not think twice about giving someone a hug in Wawa in public on a Sunday afternoon - until…
an officer of the law gets involved! And we know you usually enjoy wearing your snake outdoors in New Brunswick, but it's illegal, as is carrying your pet lizard around on your shoulder. This book contains over 200 crazy Canadian laws from coast to coast. Grades 3-6. 2000.