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L'emballement du monde: énergie et domination dans l'histoire des sociétés humaines
Par Victor Court. 2022
De notre alimentation à nos logements en passant par nos déplacements, l'énergie traverse l'ensemble des activités humaines. Or, l'utilisation que…
nous en faisons engendre aujourd'hui des répercussions inédites sur la biogéosphère. À un point tel que nous aurions même changé d'époque géologique pour entrer dans l'Anthropocène, c'est-à-dire dans l' "époque de l'humain". Pour comprendre comment nous en sommes arrivés à perturber à ce point le fonctionnement du système Terre, Victor Court propose une ambitieuse synthèse historique de l'impact de l'exploitation des ressources énergétiques sur les sociétés et leur environnement. Une histoire mondiale des sociétés humaines par le prisme de l'énergie, du Paléolithique à nos joursLe livre de la nuit (Roman jeunesse #80)
Par Marie-Francine Hébert. 1998
"Jano et Margo sont abandonnés par leurs parents dans la forêt. Ils devront affronter la solitude et la peur. Conte…
réinventé." Réf. La Sélection de livres pour enfants et adolescents de Communication-Jeunesse 1999-2000Bloodlands: Europe between hitler and stalin
Par Timothy Snyder. 2018
From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny , the definitive history of Hitler's and Stalin's politics of mass…
killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century. Americans call the Second World War "The Good War."But before it even began, America's wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens—and kept killing them during and after the war. Before Hitler was finally defeated, he had murdered six million Jews and nearly as many other Europeans. At war's end, both the German and the Soviet killing sites fell behind the iron curtain, leaving the history of mass killing in darkness. Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power. Assiduously researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands will be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history. Bloodlands won twelve awards including the Emerson Prize in the Humanities, a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Leipzig Award for European Understanding, and the Hannah Arendt Prize in Political Thought. It has been translated into more than thirty languages, was named to twelve book-of-the-year lists, and was a bestseller in six countriesPassionate mothers, powerful sons: The lives of jennie jerome churchill and sara delano roosevelt
Par Charlotte Gray. 2023
A captivating dual biography of two famous women whose sons would change the course of the 20th century—by award-winning historian…
Charlotte Gray. Born into upper-class America in the same year, 1854, Sara Delano (later to become the mother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) and Jennie Jerome (later to become the mother of Winston Churchill) refused to settle into predictable, sheltered lives as little-known wives to prominent men. Instead, both women concentrated their energies on enabling their sons to reach the epicentre of political power on two continents. In the mid-19th century, the British Empire was at its height, France's Second Empire flourished, and the industrial vigor of the United States of America was catapulting the republic towards the Gilded Age. Sara and Jennie, raised with privilege but subject to the constraints of women's roles at the time, learned how to take control of their destinies—Sara in the prosperous Hudson Valley, and Jennie in the glittering world of Imperial London. Yet their personalities and choices were dramatically different. A vivacious extrovert, Jennie married Lord Randolph Churchill, a rising politician and scion of a noble British family. Her deft social and political maneuverings helped not only her mercurial husband but, once she was widowed, her ambitious son, Winston. By contrast, deeply conventional Sara Delano married a man as old as her father. But once widowed, she made Franklin, her only child, the focus of her existence. Thanks in large part to her financial support and to her guidance, Franklin acquired the skills he needed to become a successful politician. Set against one hundred years of history, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons is a study in loyalty and resilience. Gray argues that Jennie and Sara are too often presented as lesser figures in the backdrop of history rather than as two remarkable individuals who were key in shaping the characters of the sons who adored them and in preparing them for leadership on the world stage. Impeccably researched and filled with intriguing social insights, Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons breathes new life into Sara and Jennie, offering a fascinating and fulsome portrait of how leaders are not just born but made"With meticulous detective work, Timothy Egan shines a light on one of the most sinister chapters in American history—how a…
viciously racist movement, led by a murderous conman, rose to power in the early twentieth century. A Fever in the Heartland is compelling, powerful, and profoundly resonant today." — David Grann, author of THE WAGER and KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON A historical thriller by the Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them. The Roaring Twenties—the Jazz Age—has been characterized as a time of Gatsby frivolity. But it was also the height of the uniquely American hate group, the Ku Klux Klan. Their domain was not the old Confederacy, but the Heartland and the West. They hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics and immigrants in equal measure, and took radical steps to keep these people from the American promise. And the man who set in motion their takeover of great swaths of America was a charismatic charlatan named D.C. Stephenson. Stephenson was a magnetic presence whose life story changed with every telling. Within two years of his arrival in Indiana, he’d become the Grand Dragon of the state and the architect of the strategy that brought the group out of the shadows – their message endorsed from the pulpits of local churches, spread at family picnics and town celebrations. Judges, prosecutors, ministers, governors and senators across the country all proudly proclaimed their membership. But at the peak of his influence, it was a seemingly powerless woman – Madge Oberholtzer – who would reveal his secret cruelties, and whose deathbed testimony finally brought the Klan to their knees. A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND marries a propulsive drama to a powerful and page-turning reckoning with one of the darkest threads in American history. Photo courtesy of The Indiana Album: Evan Finch CollectionThe china mirage: The hidden history of american disaster in asia
Par James Bradley. 2015
From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers , Flyboys , and The Imperial Cruise , a spellbinding history…
of turbulent U.S.-China relations from the 19th century to World War II and Mao's ascent. In each of his books, James Bradley has exposed the hidden truths behind America's engagement in Asia. Now comes his most engrossing work yet. Beginning in the 1850s, Bradley introduces us to the prominent Americans who made their fortunes in the China opium trade. As they — -good Christians all — -profitably addicted millions, American missionaries arrived, promising salvation for those who adopted Western ways. And that was just the beginning. From drug dealer Warren Delano to his grandson Franklin Delano Roosevelt, from the port of Hong Kong to the towers of Princeton University, from the era of Appomattox to the age of the A-Bomb, The China Mirage explores a difficult century that defines U.S.-Chinese relations to this dayThe great betrayal: The great siege of constantinople
Par Ernle Bradford. 2023
An engrossing chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and the fall of the Holy Roman Empire, from the bestselling author of…
Thermopylae. At the dawn of the thirteenth century, Constantinople stood as the bastion of Christianity in Eastern Europe. The capital city of the Byzantine Empire, it was a center of art, culture, and commerce that had commanded trading routes between Asia, Russia, and Europe for hundreds of years. But in 1204, the city suffered a devastating attack that would spell the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The army of the Fourth Crusade had set out to reclaim Jerusalem, but under the sway of their Venetian patrons, the crusaders diverted from their path in order to lay siege to Constantinople. With longstanding tensions between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches, the crusaders set arms against their Christian neighbors, destroying a vital alliance between Eastern and Western Rome. In The Great Betrayal, historian Ernle Bradford brings to life this powerful tale of envy and greed, demonstrating the far-reaching consequences this siege would have across Europe for centuries to comeThunderstruck
Par Erik Larson. 2006
A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s "great hush." In Thunderstruck , Erik Larson tells…
the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley Crippen, a very unlikely murderer, and Guglielmo Marconi, the obsessive creator of a seemingly supernatural means of communication—whose lives intersect during one of the greatest criminal chases of all time. Set in Edwardian London and on the stormy coasts of Cornwall, Cape Cod, and Nova Scotia, Thunderstruck evokes the dynamism of those years when great shipping companies competed to build the biggest, fastest ocean liners; scientific advances dazzled the public with visions of a world transformed; and the rich outdid one another with ostentatious displays of wealth. Against this background, Marconi races against incredible odds and relentless skepticism to perfect his invention: the wireless, a prime catalyst for the emergence of the world we know today. Meanwhile, Crippen, "the kindest of men," nearly commits the perfect murder. With his unparalleled narrative skills, Erik Larson guides us through a relentlessly suspenseful chase over the waters of the North Atlantic. Along the way, he tells of a sad and tragic love affair that was described on the front pages of newspapers around the world, a chief inspector who found himself strangely sympathetic to the killer and his lover, and a driven and compelling inventor who transformed the way we communicateThe lost supper: Searching for the future of food in the flavors of the past
Par Taras Grescoe. 2023
The world can't sustain the way we eat today. Whether it's ultra-processed oils, factoryfarmed meat, or monoculture wheat, industrial agriculture…
has increasingly dire consequences for the vibrancy of our plates, health, and planet. While some look to high tech solutions, like lab-grown meat or transgenic produce, Taras Grescoe argues that the future of our food lies in the diversity of the past. In The Lost Supper, Grescoe searches for the fascinating flavors, many forgotten or on the verge of extinction, that tell the stories of civilizations: "Aztec caviar" from a vanishing lake in Mexico; garum, the secret umami ingredient of Ancient Roman cuisine; acorn-fed feral pigs on one of Georgia's barrier islands; and camas, a staple of Northwest Coast Indigenous Peoples. He chronicles a growing movement of archaeologists, farmers, and food producers who are unearthing and reviving the nourishing, delicious, and sustainable foods of the past—from Neolithic sourdough and farmhouse cheese to wild olives and long-thought extinct plants—along with chefs and enthusiasts who are bringing history alive in their own kitchens. A deep dive into the archaeology of taste and an impassioned manifesto for the future of food, The Lost Supper sets out a provocative case: in order to save ourselves, we need to think—and eat—much more like our ancestors didTalking to strangers: What we should know about the people we don't know
Par Malcolm Gladwell. 2019
A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Pres Malcolm Gladwell, host of…
the podcast Revisionist History and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Outliers , offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers — and why they often go wrong. How did Fidel Castro fool the CIA for a generation? Why did Neville Chamberlain think he could trust Adolf Hitler? Why are campus sexual assaults on the rise? Do television sitcoms teach us something about the way we relate to each other that isn't true? While tackling these questions, Malcolm Gladwell was not solely writing a book for the page. He was also producing for the ear. In the audiobook version of Talking to Strangers , you'll hear the voices of people he interviewed—scientists, criminologists, military psychologists. Court transcripts are brought to life with re-enactments. You actually hear the contentious arrest of Sandra Bland by the side of the road in Texas. As Gladwell revisits the deceptions of Bernie Madoff, the trial of Amanda Knox, and the suicide of Sylvia Plath, you hear directly from many of the players in these real-life tragedies. There's even a theme song - Janelle Monae's "Hell You Talmbout." Something is very wrong, Gladwell argues, with the tools and strategies we use to make sense of people we don't know. And because we don't know how to talk to strangers, we are inviting conflict and misunderstanding in ways that have a profound effect on our lives and our worldLe pouvoir du tricot: Retisser nos liens dans un monde désuni
Par Loretta Napoleoni. 2023
Un voyage passionnant dans l'univers et l'histoire du tricot, au gré des changements sociaux, économiques et politiques. Nous n'avons jamais…
été aussi connectés et aussi isolés à la fois... Dans ce livre singulier, Loretta Napoleoni, économiste et journaliste, aborde le tricot comme une métaphore parfaite de ce fil manquant qui pourtant, dans la pratique comme dans l'histoire, nous relie les uns aux autres, les unes aux autres. Égrenant souvenirs personnels et anecdotes historiques, vantant l'importance économique et les vertus thérapeutiques d'une activité qui retrouve aujourd'hui son rôle et sa valeur, elle montre que le tricot peut aussi nous aider à démêler l'écheveau de nos viesLes métamorphoses de Dieu: la nouvelle spiritualité occidentale
Par Frédéric Lenoir. 2003
Réflexion sur l'émergence d'une nouvelle religiosité aujourd'hui alors qu'une majorité des Européens ne se définissent plus comme croyants ou non-croyants…
mais croient plus ou moins sur fond de scepticisme. Une majorité s'est tournée vers une religiosité mêlant Jésus, Epicure, Lao Tseu, méditation bouddhiste, médecine douce et astrologie.Les individus face aux crises du XXe siècles [sic: l'histoire anonyme (Histoire)
Par Marc Ferro. 2005
Héros ou victimes, ce livre fait des anonymes les acteurs de l'histoire, et l'histoire une machine à sortir ses acteurs…
de l'anonymat. L'auteur tente de mettre à jour la logique de l'histoire qui happe un jour ou l'autre les anonymes : populations frontalières en cas de guerre, figures emblématiques de tout un peuple en cas de changement de régime....La vie comptée de Raoul Lecompte (Mon roman)
Par Gilles Tibo. 2005
La vie de Raoul est faite de chiffres, de nombres et de calculs divers. Tout, depuis sa naissance, son premier…
tricycle, sa première amoureuse, son premier emploi, jusqu’à son dernier souffle, tout est calculé… Bref, la vie de Raoul Lecompte est totalement comptabilisée, soupesée, et surtout réglée comme une horloge !Lovelie d'Haïti: 1
Par Sylvain Meunier. 2003
En 1980, la petite Lovelie D’Haïti est arrachée à sa famille et à sa terre natale pour être placée dans…
une famille haïtienne, à Montréal. Lovelie comprend vite qu’elle est devenue l’esclave de cette famille, et que la réalité est tout autre que les rêves qu’on avait fait miroiter à ses parents. Maltraitée, elle devient la proie d’un gang de rue ayant mis sur pied un réseau de prostitution juvénile. Arrachée à ce milieu, Lovelie vit quelque temps dans une famille québécoise où elle mène enfin une vie heureuse. Mais de grands bouleversements surviennent encore. En Haïti, sa mère est morte, et son père arrive à Montréal avec ses frères et soeurs, ainsi que sa nou¬velle femme. Lovelie doit quitter sa famille d’adoption québécoise pour aller vivre avec son père. C’est le choc des cultures! Lovelie survivra à ces nouvelles épreuves. «Elle survivrait toujours. Elle n’en voulait à per¬sonne, ni à Chomsky, ni au hasard, ni même à Dieu, si c’était lui qui décidait. Chacun s’ar¬rangeait de son mieux avec son destin.»Vol à l'étalage (Roman jeunesse)
Par André Marois. 2005
Alors que Jérémie s’amuse à visiter les boutiques du centre-ville avec Chloé, cette dernière se fait prendre la main dans…
le sac à voler un petit bijou. Jérémie apelle son beau-père, Civtor, Pour qu’il vienne à la rescousse de sac opine. Reporter à l’affût d’histoire à sensations, Victor sent que quelque chose de louche se trame à la boutique en question et il se lance, avec Jérémie, dans une enquête qui mettra au jour un réseau de fraude.Un espion dans la maison: roman (Sésame #Vol. 60)
Par Andrée-Anne Gratton. 2004
En écoutant à la porte de la chambre de ses parents, Frédo entend une incroyable conversation. Est-il possible que ses…
parents songent à l'abandonner ? Plusieurs indices lui font croire que oui. Des jours d'angoisse commencent alors pour le jeune espion. D'abord, il est sûr que ses parents ont prévu de le laisser chez la chipie de tante Roselyne. Ensuite, une visite dans un grand magasin de jouets lui fait craindre le pire. De plus en plus malheureux, Frédo cherche une façon de dénoncer ses parents. Y parviendra-t-il à temps ? Mots clefs Indiscrétion - angoisse - famille - peur de l'abandon - dentistePlume, un jour je volerai (Ado-santé)
Par Anne-Marie Hénault. 2003
Dans son journal intime, Béatrice, jeune adolescente anorexique de quatorze ans, évoque son mal de vivre, incapable qu'elle est de…
sortir des pièges de l'anorexie. Un livre destiné aux jeunes filles qui souffrent de troubles de la conduite alimentaire, mais aussi à tous ceux qui veulent mieux comprendre toute la complexité de cette maladie.La disparition
Par Charlotte Gingras. 2005
Lorsqu'elle reçoit par la poste le mystérieux carnet de sa mère, disparue deux ans plus tôt dans le Grand Nord,…
Viola décide de se rendre sur le territoire des Innus, suivant les traces de sa mère. Dans le train, elle rencontre Nashtash, une fille Innue de son âge déjà mère d'un petit bébé sans nom... Malgré leurs différences, elles se lient d'amitié. Un roman tout en sensibilité qui présente deux relations mère-fille très différentes.Gibus, maître du temps (Jeunesse)
Par Hervé Gagnon. 2000
Gibus, maître du temps donne dans le fantastique et raconte l'histoire d'Henri, un jeune garçon qui vit le deuil de…
son père et qui fait une mystérieuse rencontre au cours d'une balade en forêt. Dans une étrange pyramide, il fait la connaissance d'Oolang-Nao, un personnage aux allures adolescentes qui prétend avoir créé l'univers par accident, en éternuant.