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A most extraordinary ride : space, politics, and the pursuit of a Canadian dream / by Garneau, Marc,author.;: "A captivating and inspiring memoir by Canada's first man in space. On October 5th, 1984, Marc Garneau made history. Blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle and reaching a speed of 28,000 km/hour, he became the first Canadian to fly to outer space. That monumental achievement, now etched in Canadian history as one of our country's proudest moments, inspired a nation and ushered in a new era of space exploration for Canada. Twenty-four years later, Garneau made history yet again, becoming the first astronaut to be elected as a Member of Parliament. In between those two milestones in Garneau's unprecedented career, he was the first Canadian, and the first non-American, to serve as CAPCOM, the voice of Mission Control for the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle. In the years that followed his historic first voyage to space, Garneau returned to space two more times, becoming the first Canadian to log three trips into orbit, and lead the Canadian Space Agency through its most dynamic years. In the House of Commons, Garneau would ultimately serve in two cabinet posts as Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs during some of the biggest events of the past decade: the onset of one of the worst pandemics in modern times; the arbitrary detention of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor by China; the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban; and the death of 85 Canadian citizens and permanent residents aboard Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752, shot down by a missile over Iran. It was no surprise, then, that when Marc Garneau announced his retirement after fourteen years in government, many Canadians lamented the loss of an upstanding parliamentarian who was not afraid to speak up for causes he believed in, even if that meant bucking his own party and its leader. In Making History: Space, Politics, and The Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, Garneau chronicles his once-improbable ascent from a mischievous teenager and rebellious military officer to a decorated astronaut and statesman who represented Canada on the world stage -- both on and off the planet. With candour and humour, Garneau describes the highs and lows of his life and career, including the awe he experienced first seeing the earth from space, the tragic loss of his first wife to mental illness and suicide, sailing across the Atlantic and back in a sailboat improbably called "the Pickle," and witnessing the tragedy of the doomed shuttle Challenger. Honest and illuminating, Making History is a rare journey into the early years of Canada's space program and an inside account of the joys and challenges of governing from one of Canada's most distinguished citizens"--; Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Garneau, Marc.; Astronauts; Politicians;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Near abroad : Putin, the West, and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus / by Toal, Gerard,author.;: Includes bibliographical references and index."Vladimir Putin's intervention into the Georgia/South Ossetia conflict in summer 2008 was quickly recognized by Western critics as an attempt by Russia to increase its presence and power in the "near abroad", or the independent states of the former Soviet Union that Russia still regards as its wards. Though the global economic recession that began in 2008 moved the incident to the back of the world's mind, Russia surged to the forefront again six years later when they invaded the heavily Russian Crimea in Ukraine and annexed it. In contrast to the earlier Georgia episode, this new conflict has generated a crisis of global proportions, forcing European countries to rethink their relationship with Russia and their reliance on it for energy supplies, as Russia was now squeezing natural gas from what is technically Ukraine. In Near Abroad, the eminent political geographer Gerard Toal analyzes Russia's recent offensive actions in the near abroad, focusing in particular on the ways in which both the West and Russia have relied on Cold War-era rhetorical and emotional tropes that distort as much as they clarify. In response to Russian aggression, US critics quickly turned to tried-and-true concepts like "spheres of influence" to condemn the Kremlin. Russia in turn has brought back its long tradition of criticizing western liberalism and degeneracy to grandly rationalize its behavior in what are essentially local border skirmishes. It is this tendency to resort to the frames of earlier eras that has led the conflicts to "jump scales," moving from the regional to the global level in short order. The ambiguities and contradictions that result when nations marshal traditional geopolitical arguments-rooted in geography, territory, and old understandings of distance-further contributes to the escalation of these conflicts. Indeed, Russia's belligerence toward Georgia stemmed from concern about its possible entry into NATO, an organization of states thousands of miles away. American hawks also strained credulity by portraying Georgia as a nearby ally in need of assistance. Similarly, the threat of NATO to the Ukraine looms large in the Kremlin's thinking, and many Ukrainians themselves self-identify with the West despite their location in Eastern Europe."--; Subjects: Geopolitics; Geopolitics; Geopolitics; South Ossetia War, 2008.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Kazky ukraïnsʹkykh pysʹmennykiv / by Chabanova, O. O.; Hryt͡senko, Anastasiï.;: Includes bibliographical references.5-9 rokiv.; Subjects: Short stories.; Biographical fiction.; Fairy tales.; Picture books.; Authors;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Zakhoplyvyy̆ svit tekhnolohiy̆ / by Cooper, Bob(Author at Gibbs Smith, Publisher); Paprocki, Greg.;: Subjects: Illustrated works.; Picture books.; Technology; Technology; Ukrainian language materials.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Zakhoplyvyy̆ svit matematyky / by Cooper, Bob(Author at Gibbs Smith, Publisher); Paprocki, Greg.;: Subjects: Illustrated works.; Picture books.; Mathematics; Mathematics; Ukrainian language materials.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Zakhoplyvyĭ svit tekhnichnoï tvorchosti / by Cooper, Bob(Author at Gibbs Smith, Publisher); Paprocki, Greg.;: Subjects: Illustrated works.; Picture books.; Engineers; Engineering; Engineering; Ukrainian language materials.;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Zakhoplyvyĭ svit pryrodnychykh nauk / by Cooper, Bob(Author at Gibbs Smith, Publisher); Paprocki, Greg.;: Subjects: Illustrated works.; Picture books.; Science; Scientists; Science; Ukrainian language materials.;; Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
ЖАСМИН: Mode of access: Internet.; Subjects: For Kids & Tweens;; © , Ukr Publishers - Private Entrepreneur Nikolayachuk Irina; unAPI

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