A defense analyst who served on the front lines of the struggle for military parity, the author was intensely engaged in the efforts of the U.S. technical, military and diplomatic communities to assess, counter and of course to seek to...
History
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Auteur:Carpenter, LeeSommaire: - Auteur:Oluo, IjeomaSommaire:
Ijeoma Oluo investigates the real costs and the subversive history of white male American identity in order to find a way it can be reimagined, one free from racism, sexism, and oppression.
- Auteur:Kang, HelenSommaire:
Medical professionals are expected to act in the interest of patients, the public, and the pursuit of medical knowledge. But what happens when doctors' supposed impartiality comes under fire? Helen Kang examines three moments in...
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Auteur:Harding, LesSommaire:McCurdy and the Silver Dart recounts the thrilling story of J. A. McCurdy, Canada's aviation pioneer. Born in Baddeck, Nova Scotia, he assisted world-famous scientist and inventor, Alexander Graham Bell in fascinating and dangerous...
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Auteur:Gordon, GrahamSommaire:Biography of Jem Mace the father of modern boxing and the first worldwide sports star.
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Auteur:Stackhouse, JohnSommaire:Drawing on his 30 years in newspapers, the former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail examines the crisis of serious journalism in the digital era, and searches for ways the invaluable tradition can thrive in a radically changed...
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Auteur:Harris, FrannSommaire:When a child-abuse scandal is uncovered at an unlicenced daycare in small-town Saskatchewan, it polarizes the community. Frann Harris, a rookie court reporter assigned to the trial the longest in Saskatchewan history starts to wonder if...
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Auteur:Siggins, MaggieSommaire:In 1807 Marie-Anne Lagomodière became the first white woman to make the canoe voyage from Quebec to the Red River Valley in western Canada as she accompanied her coureur du bois husband. She settled into the life and learned Cree and...
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Auteur:Bausum, Ann.Sommaire:Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches. It would also be the site of his tragic death, an event that dramatically...
- Auteur:Jordan, Brian MatthewSommaire:
A groundbreaking investigation examining the fate of Union veterans who won the war but couldn't bear the peace. For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union...
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Auteur:Sommaire:The history of planning is much more, according to these authors, than the recorded progress of planning as a discipline and a profession. These essays counter the mainstream narrative of rational, scientific development with...
- Auteur:Fralic, ShelleySommaire:
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Auteur:Millward, LizSommaire:In the 1960s, a youthful and ambitious lesbian movement began taking shape in Canada. After decades of being pathologized, disparaged, or erased from public view, lesbians were ready to make a scene – both by calling attention to...
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Auteur:Cédilot, André, Noël, AndréSommaire:Mafia Inc. reveals how the Rizzuto clan built their Canadian empire through force and corruption, alliances and compromises, and turned it into one of the most powerful criminal organizations in North America. Relying on extensive court...
- Auteur:Cédilot, AndréSommaire:
Ce livre dévoile comment les chefs mafieux montréalais Nicoló et Vito Rizzuto ont bâti, par la force et la corruption, un empire devenu à coups d'alliances et de compromis l'une des grandes puissances du crime organisé en...
- Auteur:Jones-Imhotep, Edward, Adcock, TinaSommaire:
Science and technology have shaped not only economic empires and industrial landscapes, but also the identities, anxieties, and understandings of people living in modern times. Made Modern draws together leading scholars from a wide...
- Auteur:MacLaren, RoySommaire:
Until the outbreak of hostilities in 1939, Mackenzie King prided himself on never publicly saying anything derogatory about Hitler or Mussolini, unequivocally supporting the appeasement policies of British prime minister Neville...
- Auteur:Delaronde, Deborah L.Sommaire:
When a young boy is assigned a project about the fur trade by his teacher, he doesn't know who to turn to because his mom works all day. With help from his grandfather and the internet, they travel back in time and discover how the fur...
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Auteur:Schneer, JonathanSommaire: - Auteur:George, Earl MaquinnaSommaire:
Living on the Edge chronicles a lifetime of experiences, observations, and achievements of Tyee Ha'wiih Earl Maquinna George, First Hereditary Chief of Ahousaht.
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