2013, ISBN: 9780771046186

Silvana Editoriale 2013. Paperback with flaps, 280x230mm, 180p, 100 colour illustrations, French edition, fine condition ! . ISBN 9788836627189. Pour sa cinquieme exposition, le … More...

Silvana Editoriale 2013. Paperback with flaps, 280x230mm, 180p, 100 colour illustrations, French edition, fine condition ! . ISBN 9788836627189. Pour sa cinquieme exposition, le Credit Municipal de Paris, ancien Mont-de-Piete, souhaite proposer un ensemble d'oeuvres d'Honore Daumier (1808-1879) dans le but de presenter a travers son regard de caricaturiste les differents delassements, attractions et activites des Parisiens au XIXe siecle. L'exposition, et le catalogue qui l'accompagne, presenteront les celebres lithographies de l'artiste autour de l'espace de la rue (integrant la Seine) presente comme un lieu de promenade, de flanerie, un lieu qui propose les attractions, nous amenant ainsi a decouvrir differents lieux de loisirs : le theatre, les cafes / cafes-concerts, les Salons et Expositions Universelles, la fete du Carnaval et la detente hors de l'espace de la ville, a la campagne. Pour accompagner les lithographies de Daumier seront egalement presentes des elements evoquant la realite de ces divertissements et distractions du Paris du XIXe siecle, comme une enseigne de cabaret, des affiches de spectacles, des photos anciennes, des costumes et des accessoires., Silvana Editoriale 2013, 0, " Winner of the Writer's Trust of Canada / Samara's - Best Canadian Political Book of the Last 25 Years Part memoir, part investigative journalism, this is a shocking and controversial look at the corruption of Canada's human rights commissions. On January 11, 2008, I was summoned to a 90-minute government interrogation. My crime? As the publisher of Western Standard magazine, I had reprinted the Danish cartoons of Mohammed to illustrate a news story. I was charged with the offense of discrimination and made to appear before Alberta's human rights commission for questioning. As crazy as it sounds, I became the only person in the world to face legal sanctions for printing those cartoons. As a result of this highly publicized event, Ezra Levant began investigating other instances in which innocent people have had their freedoms compromised by bureaucrats presuming to protect Canadians human rights. He discovered some disturbing and even bizarre cases, such as the tribunal ruling that an employee at a McDonald's restaurant in Vancouver did not have to wash her hands at work. And the human rights complaint filed by a Calgary hairstylist against the women at a salon school who called him a loser. In another case that seemed stranger than fiction, an emotionally unstable transvestite fought for and won the right to counsel female rape victims, despite the anguished pleas of those same traumatized victims. Human rights commissions now monitor political opinions, fine people for expressing politically incorrect viewpoints, censor websites, and even ban people, permanently, from saying certain things. The book is a result of Levant's ordeal and the research it inspired. It shows how our concept of human rights has morphed into something dangerous and drastically different from its original meaning. Shakedown is a convincing plea to Canadians to reclaim their basic liberties. About the Author: Ezra Levant is a lawyer, journalist, and political activist. As the publisher of the Western Standard magazine, he was charged by the Government of Alberta for publishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. He is a frequent radio talk show guest known for his plain-spoken opinions, and he has written columns for media as diverse as the Calgary Sun and Canadian Lawyer. He has also written three non-fiction books: Youthquake, Fight Kyoto, and The War on Fun. He lives in Calgary.", McClelland & Stewart, 2009, 6<