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A Time to
Die: The Untold Story of the Kursk Tragedy 
by Robert Moore
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On
Saturday, August 12, 2000, high in the Arctic Circle under the roiling surface of the
unforgiving Barents Sea, Captain Gennady Lyachin was taking the Kursk
through the last steps of firing a practice torpedo, part of an elaborate naval exercise.
Suddenly, the torpedo exploded, instantly incinerating all seven men in the
submarine’s forward compartment. The horror, however, was just beginning. The full
story of the drama inside the Kursk and of the desperate
rescue efforts has never been told — until now. In A Time to Die, a critically acclaimed best-seller
in the United Kingdom, Robert Moore tells the inside story of
the disaster with the factual depth of the best journalism and the compelling
moment-by-moment tension of a thriller. |
Authentic
Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for
Lasting Fulfillment
by Martin E. P. Seligman
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A revolutionary perspective on
psychology, Seligman’s Authentic Happiness is a beacon for human
behavior in the new century. Laypersons and professionals alike will find this book
enormously enriching. It summarizes a huge literature, it provides concrete
self-assessment tools, and it speaks with a joyful voice about what it means to be fully
alive. |
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Harry Potter
and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)
by J.K. Rowling
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In the fifth Harry
Potter story, the secrets of Harry's
past are revealed. Professor Dumbledore tells him, "It is time for me to tell you
what I should have told you five years ago, Harry. Please sit down. I am going to tell you
everything..." |
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Life Is
Short - Wear Your Party Pants: The Nine Essential Treats You Need to Live an
Amazing Life
by Loretta LaRoche
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Ms. LaRoche has helped
millions of people find ways to lighten up and overcome stress in their lives. Now, she
gives people the tools they need to not only reduce stress, but to bring joy, passion, and
gusto into their lives. Her techniques are a brilliant blend of old-world common sense and
the most contemporary research in brain chemistry, psychology, and mind-body studies. With
very specific exercises, her new book
gives readers dozens of proven techniques for developing the nine most important traits
needed to live an intense, happy, successful life: Resilience; Optimism; Connection;
Mindfulness; Humor; Respect; Integrity; Creativity; and Purpose. |
Life is Not a
Stress Rehearsal
by Loretta LaRoche
La Libye, 1835-1990
par André Martel
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Malgré le coup porté par les Etats-Unis en 1986, la Libye du colonel Qadhafi reste active dans le monde arabo-musulman et sur ses marges, particulièrement africaines. Trois facteurs expliquent la place occupée et le rôle joué par la Jamahiriya: la détermination de son Guide, champion de l'arabisme et de l'islamisme modernistes; les moyens que lui assure la rente pétrolière; la situation de la Libye au carrefour du Maghreb et du Machreq, là d'où partent les voies les plus courtes vers l'Afrique centrale. L'actualité a privilégié l'homme et les pétro-dollars, occultant ainsi le rapport du projet à son support: un espace géopolitique inscrit dans le temps. Cet essai voudrait rappeler comment, depuis 1835, la province ottomane de Tripoli du ponant devenue Libye italienne (1911), puis royaume indépendant de Lybie (1951) et enfin république (1969), a exercé une triple fonction. Elle a couvert le coeur du Dar ul-Islam, servi de support à l'entreprise de libération du Maghreb, assuré une base de rayonnement religieux, économique et politique, vers les bassins du Niger, du Tchad et du Nil. Au profit de quoi et de qui? Genre: SCIENCES HUMAINES. Nombre de pages: 256. |
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
by Michael Lewis
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Money and Baseball - It's refreshing, and re-assuring, to know that money can't buy everything, even in baseball. This book offers hope for all small market teams and their fans.
Lewis (Liar's Poker; The New New Thing) examines how in 2002 the Oakland Athletics achieved a spectacular winning record while having the smallest player payroll of any major league baseball team. |
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Nouvelles
Leçons de seduction
par Aubade
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La saga continue actuellement avec de nouvelles leçons,
qui, placardées sur tous les murs, risquent fort d'accroître la statistique des
accidents automobiles au sein de la population masculine. Je ne sais pas ce que vous en
pensez, mais je trouve les photos moins réussies (moins troublantes... enfin, quand même
un peu !) que pour la première série...
Un livre anniversaire pour l'une
des campagnes publicitaires les plus audacieuses de la décennie. |
Les Nouveaux Maîtres du Monde
par Jean Ziegler
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Au niveau national, les
privatisations à tour de bras ont mis sous tutelle les Parlements et les gouvernements et
privé de leur pouvoir régulateur les institutions publiques. Les gouvernements
appliquent ce que le capital financier international leur dit, dans les domaines de la
fiscalité, de la politique salariale, de la politique de sécurité sociale etc. Les
Bourses sanctionnent immédiatement toute décision qui n’irait pas dans ce sens. Après
les mafias internationales et les banques suisses, le sociologue et agitateur genevois Jean
Ziegler revient à l’attaque. Dans son dernier essai Les
Nouveaux Maitres du Monde, lui s’en prend au
“prédateur”, le capitalisme mondialisé, et à ses “mercenaires”, les
institutions financières et commerciales internationales. |
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Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
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Margaret Atwood has visited the future before, in her dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. In her latest, Oryx and Crake, the future is even bleaker. The triple whammy of runaway social inequality, genetic technology and catastrophic climate change, has finally culminated in some apocalyptic event. As Jimmy, apparently the last human being on earth, makes his way back to the RejoovenEsencecompound for supplies, the reader is transported backwards toward that cataclysmic event... |
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Pattern
Recognition
by William Gibson
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William Gibson's best book since Neuromancer
and Count
Zero. Gibson's narrative is more relaxed than it has been in years... his own
laser-perfect cultural radar - Malcolm Gladwell meets Marshall McLuhan in a chat room -
carries the story along. Pattern Recognition: a slick but surprisingly
humane piece of work from the "patron saint of cyberpunk lit". |
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Relax, You May
Only Have a Few Minutes Left
by Loretta LaRoche
Reefer Madness: Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
by Eric Schlosser
 From the bestselling author of Fast Food Nation comes this captivating look at the underbelly of the American marketplace. In three sections, Schlosser, an Atlantic Monthly correspondent, examines the marijuana, migrant labor and pornography trades. |
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