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	101 Things Canadians Should Know About Canada »rank: 32036 par: Key Porter Books Limited, Rudyard Griffiths		Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power »rank: 36515 par: Niall Ferguson Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ...
	Discovery Of France »rank: 26798 par: Graham Robb Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ...		Africa »rank: 16226 par: Sebastiao Salgado, Mia Couto Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ...
	Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 »rank: 12531 par: Terry Copp Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ...		Philosophical Investigations: The German Text, with a Revised English Translation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Edition »rank: 35878 par: Ludwig Wittgenstein Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:Niall Ferguson's compelling tour de force, Empire, was published to coincide with a British TV series. Ferguson, author of The Pity of War and The Cash Nexus, does not so much provide a synoptic survey of the British empire since the 17th century, as an arresting argument about why it arose, and how it fell. Ferguson's emphasis throughout is on the pursuit of economic profit and military might. Piracy overseas and a taste for sugar and spice at home combined with an unerring ability to vanquish rival European powers, ...
	Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy »rank: 23837 par: Benjamin Barber Chroniques et points de vue:From :As soon as you hear the conceit of this book--that there are two great opposing forces at work in the world today, border-crossing capitalism and splintering factionalism, and that they are the two biggest threats to democracy--you know it rings true enough to be worth reading. Although capitalism could have only grown to current levels in the soil of democracies, Benjamin Barber argues that global capitalism now tends to work against the very concept of citizenship, of people thinking for themselves and with their neighbors. Too often now, how ...		Inside the Third Reich »rank: 27571 par: Albert Speer Chroniques et points de vue:From :From 1946 to 1966, while serving the prison sentence handed down from the Nuremburg War Crimes tribunal, Albert Speer penned 1,200 manuscript pages of personal memoirs. Titled Erinnerungen ('Recollections') upon their 1969 publication in German, Speer's critically acclaimed personal history was translated into English and published one year later as lnside the Third Reich. Long after their initial publication, Speer's memoir continues to provide one of the most detailed and fascinating portrayals of life within Hitler's inner circles, the rise and fall of the third German empire, and of ...
	Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 »rank: 17422 par: Hunter S. Thompson Chroniques et points de vue:From :With the same drug-addled alacrity and jaundiced wit that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. A classic!		The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin »rank: 14695 par: Benjamin Franklin Chroniques et points de vue:From :With the same drug-addled alacrity and jaundiced wit that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic. A classic!