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The fragile lights of earth: articles and memories, 1942-1970
Par Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1982
The dinosaur hunters: a true story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world
Par Deborah Cadbury. 2000
The text tells the story of the bitter feud between Gideon Mantell, who uncovered giant bones in a Sussex quarry…
and became obsessed with the ancient past and Richard Owen, patronised by royalty, the Prime Minister and the aristocracy, who scooped the credit for the discovery of the dinosaurs. Their struggle was to create a new science that would change man's perception of his place in the universe. 2000.The enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
Par Robertson Davies, Judith Skelton Grant. 1979
The Faber book of reportage
Par John Carey. 1987
John Carey has selected accounts of some of the most extraordinary events in history. Events range from the plague in…
Athens in 430 BC to the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. Exploration and discovery, historical figures, and great battles are all described by eyewitnesses. 1987.The hot-blooded dinosaurs: a revolution in palaeontology
Par Adrian J Desmond. 1976
Science historian draws on recent, revolutionary discoveries to present a new picture of dinosaurs and their world. Takes exception to…
the long-held myth that these beasts were sluggish, small brained, giant lizards. 1976.The dinosaur project: the story of the greatest dinosaur expedition ever mounted
Par Wayne Grady. 1993
In 1985, a party of Canadian and Chinese scientists embarked on a five-year treasure hunt in China's Gobi Desert, the…
badlands of Alberta and Canada's Arctic. They hoped to answer questions about dinosaur behaviour, migration, and evolution. 1993.The Dancing sun: a celebration of Canadian children
Par Jan Andrews. 1981
The bone museum: travels in the lost worlds of dinosaurs and birds
Par Wayne Grady. 2000
Wayne Grady, the science editor of Equinox, and Phil Currie, a Canadian palaeontologist, travel to Patagonia, China, and the Alberta…
Badlands. Living in tents, experiencing rain, mud, windstorms, disagreements, and the ultimate glimpse of bone, they try to find conclusive evidence in an ongoing debate: did dinosaurs go extinct, or evolve into birds of the modern world? 2000.The best fiction of Rudyard Kipling
Par Rudyard Kipling. 1989
Tell them it was wonderful: selected writings
Par Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeleine Bemelmans. 1985
T. rex and the crater of doom
Par Walter Alvarez. 1997
A geologist recalls the first scientific proposals of the theory that a large asteroid or comet had collided with Earth…
sixty-five million years ago, causing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Describes the vehement debate that followed, the accumulation of evidence, and the discovery of a crater beneath the Yucatan peninsula that appears to substantiate the impact claim. c1997.Supergiants!: the biggest dinosaurs
Par David Peters, Don Lessem. 1997
Lessem explains that the "biggest" dinosaurs weighed the most. They were plant-eating dinosaurs,the sauropods. He details how dinosaur bones have…
been discovered and what scientists have learned from them. He concludes with a description of the Argentinosaurus, officially named in 1993, which may prove to be the biggest dinosaur ever. Grades 3-6. c1997.Steal my rage: new native voices
Par Joel T Maki. 1995
An anthology of poetry, short stories, and essays by aspiring Native writers from across the country. Topics range from spirituality,…
traditional values, and the recovery of aboriginal languages, to self-government, urban life, and healing. 1995.Straight talk: speeches and writings on Canadian unity (Canadian politics, political science)
Par Stéphane Dion. 1999
Section lines: a Manitoba anthology
Par Mark Duncan. 1988
Poems and sketches of E.B. White
Par E. B White. 1981
Collection of poems, essays, satires, and other occasional short pieces which display the author's characteristic wit, craft, and whim, most…
originally published in such magazines as the "New Yorker", "Harper's", and the "Atlantic". Several of the works have never been published before. 1981.Petit guide des dinosaures
Par Elliott Seah. 2015
Ce livre a été préparé par un garçon passionné des dinosaures qui a voulu partager avec les autres enfants de…
son âge les informations qu'il a rassemblées sur ces grands disparus. De quelle couleur étaient les dinosaures? Marchaient-ils à quatre pattes? Comment pouvaient-ils courir avec un tel poids? Que mangeaient-ils? Comment se défendaient-ils? Est-ce vrai que les oiseaux sont les descendants des dinosaures? Où peut-on voir des squelettes de dinosaures? Le Petit guide des dinosaures répond à ces questions et à bien d'autres. Il constitue un excellent résumé des connaissances actuelles sur les dinosaures. Années 2-4. 2015.Petits agacements en tout genre
Par Constance Chaillet. 1998
Oscariana: the wit & maxims of Oscar Wilde
Par Oscar Wilde, Stephen Calloway, David Colvin. 1997
A collection which showcases Wilde's fabulous verbal dexterity. Based on two books published during his lifetime, The Maxims of Oscar…
Wilde and Oscariana, and organized by subject. Includes many epigrams and sayings which ridiculed the conventional wisdom of Wilde's day and skewered its hypocrisies. 1997.Montréal en prose: 1892-1992 : anthologie (Collection Anthologies)
Par Nathalie Fredette. 1992
Montréal en prose réunit près de cinquante textes peu connus écrits par des écrivains majeurs francophones et anglophones. Classé selon…
des rubriques thématiques qui restent également fidèles à un certain parcours chronologique, l'ensemble des textes entend rendre compte du développement et de la complexification des rapports entre Montréal et les écrivains, tout en permettant de découvrir un visage inédit, chaque fois singulier, de Montréal. 1992.