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An ordinary man: an autobiography
Par Paul Rusesabagina, Tom Zoellner. 2006
Autobiography of the manager of the hotel Mille Collines in Kigali, Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, a man of mixed Hutu and…
Tutsi heritage, describes how in April 1994 he saved twelve hundred Rwandans from the genocide that slaughtered eight hundred thousand. Basis for Hotel Rwanda movie. Violence and strong language. 2006The audacity of hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream
Par Barack Obama. 2006
Brave new world revisited (Perennial Classics Ser.)
Par Aldous Huxley. 2000
Series of essays in which the author examines various threats to human freedom predicted in his 1930s satirical novel Brave…
New World (DB 47108). Discusses overpopulation, government propaganda, brainwashing, chemically induced as well as subconsciously suggested persuasion, and education, along with possible countermeasures. 1958The revenge of Gaia: earth's climate in crisis and the fate of humanity
Par James Lovelock. 2006
British scientist who originated the Gaia hypothesis that Earth is a superorganism assesses the impact of human activity on the…
planet. Lovelock supports a transition to nuclear energy and advocates preparation for inevitable climate and social changes in the twenty-first century as a result of global warming. 2006Soldier: the life of Colin Powell
Par Karen DeYoung. 2006
Washington Post reporter interviews retired general Colin Powell to chronicle his rise from a son of Jamaican immigrants to U.S.…
Secretary of State. Highlights his army life that culminated with his role as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and explains his decision not to run for president. 2006Eight essays written between 1774 and 1776 by American political philosopher and patriot Thomas Paine (1737-1809). Includes Thoughts on Defensive…
War, The American Crisis, Number 1, and Common Sense, a treatise advocating America's moral obligation for independence. Contains an introduction, biographical information, and detailed analysis of selected writings. 2001Three cups of tea: one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
Par Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin, Sarah Thomson. 2006
Award-winning journalist Relin describes the mission of American humanitarian Greg Mortenson, who established the Central Asia Institute and built schools…
throughout Taliban-ruled lands. Discusses his childhood in Tanzania and a failed 1993 attempt to climb K2, which resulted in a promise to the Pakistani villagers who saved his life. 2006State of denial: Bush at War, Part III
Par Bob Woodward. 2006
This sequel to Plan of Attack (RC 58239) examines the Bush administration's prosecution of the Iraq war. Extensive interviews and…
research document the dissension inside the White House from December 2000, when Donald Rumsfeld was appointed secretary of defense, through July 2006. Bestseller. 2006Le temps des girouettes: journal d'une drôle de campagne électorale
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. 2004Her Majesty's spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the birth of modern espionage
Par 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. 2005My American journey: An Autobiography
Par 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. 1995Forgotten crimes: the Holocaust and people with disabilities
Par 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. 2004Islam for the Western mind: understanding Muhammad and the Koran
Par Richard Henry Drummond. 2005
Presbyterian minister and religious historian examines the fundamental teachings and cultural impact of Islam from a Christian viewpoint. Discusses the…
Koran, the founding prophet Muhammad, and the haditha or the prophet's extra-Koranic teachings, as well as negative feelings between Christians and Muslims and the modern clash of civilizations. 2005Shooting star: the brief arc of Joe McCarthy
Par 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. 2005Divided by God: America's church-state problem--and what we should do about it
Par 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. 2005L'ordre moins le pouvoir: histoire et actualité de l'anarchisme (Instinct de liberté #6)
Par 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."Un tal Evo: biografía no autorizada
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. 2007Regarder au-delà (Récit (Anne Carrière (Firme)))
Par 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 couv