Noges, LizOverview
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Liz Noges
Tea at the Whyte house
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide On what would have been her ninety-ninth birthday, Paul Kennedy celebrates Canadian artist Catharine Whyte by drinking tea in her Banff kitchen with a group of her best friends.
Brains of babes
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1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 1 library worldwide The centuries-old Jesuit saying, "give me a child until he's 7 and I will show you the man", may be true in more ways than the Jesuits could have imagined. New research into brain development, human biology and behaviour is showing how early experience can affect our health and well-being for the rest of our lives. As Jill Eisen reports, even so-called "life-style' illnesses, like heart disease and diabetes, may have their roots in early childhood.
The heart of the matter
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Heart disease was the biggest pandemic of the twentieth century and remains the number one killer in developed countries. Yet there is still no consensus about its cause. Cholesterol is the number one suspect, and cholesterol lowering diets and drugs, the treatments of choice. But there is growing dissent. Jill Eisen explores the history and politics surrounding our ideas about heart disease.
Healing through mindfulness
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Mary Hynes in conversation with Jon Kabat-Zinn, the man who brought mindfulness meditation to hospitals. Kabat-Zinn introduces people to a profoundly spiritual view of life. Just don{u2019}t tell him that!
The God who may be
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide It was a modern axiom that philosophy and religion should be strangers, the one relying on reason the other on revelation. But, as the limits of both reason and revelation have become clearer, a new conversation has begun, and Irish philosopher Richard Kearney has been one of its leaders. In a three-part conversation with David Cayley, he talks about his philosophy of the imagination and his book, The God who may be.
Gilbert Reid's Italy
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Are Italians changing beyond recognition? After so many glorious centuries, are we watching the twilight of Italy? Writer and broadcaster Gilbert Reid went to find out. Gilbert lived in Italy for many years, working as a teacher, cultural ambassador and diplomat.
Grains of thought
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Dr. Roger Nelson{u2019}s Global Consciousness Project sets out to measure whether human minds are all somehow connected. Bernice Landry separates the science from the science fiction.
Invisible City : Turin
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Turin is the largest city ever to host the Winter Olympics, but most people can{u2019}t find it on a map. Kevin Sylvester discovers a place of grace and sophistication, with an uncertain future.
Blueprint for The City of Justice
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide In the seventh annual LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium, celebrated Canadian author George Elliot Clarke explores Canada{u2019}s multicultural roots and confronts the critical issues facing Canada{u2019}s diverse cities today of ethnic disaffection, violence and poverty. The LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium is Canada{u2019}s pre-eminent national forum for the discussion of the future of democracy in Canada.
Rational mysticism
by John Horgan
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 1 library worldwide John Horgan, a former senior writer for Scientific American, talks with Tapestry host Mary Hynes about the fluid boundary between science and spirituality.
Rambam's ladder
by Julie Salamon
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Tapestry Host, Mary Hynes, explores a modern take on the rating system for generosity developed by a twelfth century Jewish scholar. The lowest step is a reluctant donation; the highest, the gift of self-reliance. Mary talks with Julie Salamon about her book Rambam's Ladder: A Meditation on Generosity and Why it is Necessary to Give, published by Workman Publishing Company, Inc. She also speaks with Matthew Scully. Matthew Scully's book Dominion: The Power of Men, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy, gives a thought-provoking, and at times disturbing-look at how we live with the creatures among us. It's published by St. Martin's Press.
Jesus of Hollywood
by Adele Reinhartz
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide The life of Jesus has been portrayed dozens of times in the movies. In a lecture delivered at St. Jerome{u2019}s University, biblical scholar Adele Reinhartz talks about how Jesus of Nazareth became Jesus of Hollywood. The films, she says, do not reflect history but our own cultural preoccupations and anxieties.
Istanbul
by Cindy Bissaillon
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide On May 29, 1453, after a 53 day siege, Mehmet the Conqueror captured the legendary city of Constantinople, overturning 1,000 years of Byzantine rule. He renamed the city Istanbul, the heart of the powerful Ottoman Empire. Today Istanbul is the only city in the world where two continents touch, contradictions of east and west collide, and millions come in search of the elusive gold of lost empires. Freelance broadcaster Cindy Bisaillon visits Istanbul and takes us into the multi-layered past and present of this remarkable city.
Ideas of Diana Beresford-Kroeger
by Diana Beresford-Kroeger
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1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Poet and botanist Diana Beresford-Kroeger tells Paul Kennedy how she seeks the salvation of the planet through the miracle of trees.
Journey through torture
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1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 1 library worldwide How much can the human spirit take without shattering? To hear Ezat Mossallanejed tell it, more than you might think. Ezat was tortured in his home country of Iran. He now counsels other victims of torture. Ezat talks to Mary Hynes, the host of Tapestry about his journey through terror and pain to strength and hope.
Dark end of the spectrum
by Bernice Landry
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1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide First seen as a medical oddity, autism has a fascinating and troubling story. Bernice Landry takes us from the heyday of psychoanalysis, to the blame-the-mother era, the rise of the activist parent, and the decoding of the dark secrets of our genes. For Rain Man it was numbers; for Darius McCollum, it was the New York City subway. Meet the man whose compulsion to steal trains had cost him years in jail long before he ever heard about autism. more
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Animal rights--Moral and ethical aspects Animal welfare--Moral and ethical aspects Attention Awareness Biography Brain--Research Canada Child development Civilization Collective behavior Consciousness Developmental psychobiology Forest ecology Generosity God Group identity Heart--Diseases History Infants--Development Intercultural communication Italy Italy--Turin Jesus Christ Meditation--Therapeutic use Motion pictures Multiculturalism Mysticism National characteristics, Italian Natural gardens Natural landscaping Organic living Painters Philosophical theology Religion and science Sociology, Urban Sustainable development Travel Turkey--Istanbul Urban anthropology Urban ecology (Sociology) Whyte, Catharine Robb,--1906-1979 Winter Olympics
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