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Journalist examines the life of Sally Ride (1951-2012), the first American woman astronaut to go to space. Details Ride's childhood…
and early life in California, her selection as an astronaut, and post-mission endeavors to encourage girls' interest in science fields. Discusses Ride's private life and relationships. 2014
Autobiography of sailor and sports journalist Jobson relates his promotion of yacht racing, particularly the America's Cup. Discusses his childhood…
love of the water, his time at SUNY Maritime College, and the innovations he introduced to the sport. Describes his 2003 diagnosis of lymphoma and subsequent treatments and remission. 2011
Chronicles the discovery of gold in 1890s Alaska and the Canadian Klondike through the lives of three of the participants:…
cowboy-turned-Pinkerton-detective Charlie Siringo; George Carmack, who lived with a local tribe and became rich from mining; and con man Jefferson "Soapy" Smith. 2011
Author of Madness, Betrayal, and the Lash (DB 72284) and Scurvy (DB 59013) profiles the life of Norwegian adventurer Roald…
Amundsen (1872-1928). Examines Amundsen's explorations and navigation of the Northwest and Northeast Passages and details his trips to the North and South Poles. 2012
Dans cet essai poétique, l'auteure de Pointe-Maligne, l'infiniment oubliée (Prix du gouverneur général 2009) remonte cette fois le Saint-Laurent jusqu'aux…
chutes de Niagara pour nous raconter, avec son érudition et sa sensibilité, la beauté mythique de ce lieu, sacralisé par les Autochtones et découvert par les premiers Français d'Amérique.
À un Québec qui change, voici un récit d'histoire au scénario changé. Qui pense la condition québécoise en la sortant…
de sa mémoire tragique et de sa culture de la séparation. Qui met l'emphase sur les adaptations et actualisations d'une société plutôt que sur ses détournements et empêchements. Qui voit les oscillations québécoises non pas à l'origine d'une succession d'inhibitions nationales, mais comme un mode d'évolution par lequel une collectivité n'a cessé de passer à l'avenir. On lira cet ouvrage comme une tentative de cadrer le parcours historique du Québec en dehors des mythistoires et du schéma narratif qui accueillent et charpentent habituellement son déroulement. On le considérera aussi comme un essai visant à poser les bases d'une nouvelle référence historiale, si ce n'est mémorielle, pour les Québécois d'aujourd'hui, vecteurs de leur revitalisation identitaire en cours
Author of The Wild Places (DB 69068) examines the sport of mountain climbing from its earliest days in the late…
1700s to the early 2000s. Discusses the dangerous draw for explorers like George Mallory, whose attempt to summit Everest led to his death in 1924. Includes Macfarlane's personal experiences. 2003
En 1960, RENÉ LÉVESQUE fait le saut en politique avec l'«équipe du tonnerre» de Jean Lesage. Ministre des Ressources naturelles,…
l'ancien journaliste pilote le projet de nationalisation de l'électricité. Sa conviction profonde que le Québec doit être maître de son destin l'incite à fonder le Mouvement souveraineté-association, puis le Parti québécois. Une fois aux commandes de l'État, de 1976 à 1985, il poursuit l'héritage de la Révolution tranquille en multipliant les réformes.Profondément démocrate, René Lévesque aura jonglé tout au long de sa carrière politique avec la quête d'un pays et la gestion d'un État en mutation.À l'aube de son centième anniversaire de naissance, que reste-t-il de lui et de l'empreinte qu'il a voulu laisser sur le Québec? Les auteurs sont allés à la rencontre de membres de sa famille, d'amis, de collaborateurs, d'observateurs et d'adversaires pour tenter de répondre à cette question complexe. Ceux-ci se sont confiés avec franchise pour nous faire découvrir «leur» René Lévesque dans ce portrait intime et pluriel.
Racontant sous forme narrative les moments clés de la carrière de plus d'une vingtaine de Québécoises inspirantes et audacieuses, ce…
livre, illustré par une douzaine d'illustratrices au talent indéniable, se démarque par l'originalité de son angle d'approche. Ce n'est qu'après avoir pris connaissance de l'histoire que le lecteur découvre à quelle femme québécoise elle se rapporte !
Woman chronicles a three-week trip through Europe and Turkey with a man she had met on a dating site only…
a few weeks earlier. They traveled with no luggage and no set agenda or reservations. Discusses their adventures, the philosophy of minimalism, and the development of their relationship. 2016
Author of 33 Men (DB 73380) recounts the journey of Salvador Alvarenga and Ezequiel Córdoba, lost at sea off the…
coast of Mexico during a storm in 2012. Describes conditions aboard their small fishing vessel, shark attacks, Córdoba's death, and Alvarenga's eventual return to land in 2014. Strong language. 2015
Examination of those who choose a career in the field of archaeology--the study of the material remains of culture. Discusses…
the ways in which people are drawn into the field--such as a love of Indiana Jones--challenges archaeologists face in the twenty-first century, and day-to-day lives of practitioners. 2014
Tells the story of British WW I veteran James Howard "Billy" Williams, who found his calling working with logging elephants…
in Burma. When WW II broke out, Williams used his strong bond with the animals to lead the Elephant Company, which was instrumental in defeating the Japanese who invaded Burma. 2014
Considers the life of influential Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1490-1559), who traversed over 2,500 miles across the…
American southwest and was later governor of the Río de la Plata province in South America. Some violence. 2014
Natural-history documentarian details the life of herpetologist and reptile curator at the Bronx Zoo Raymond Ditmars (1876-1942). Describes Ditmars's early…
interest in snakes and reptiles, work he contributed to the creation of antivenin, educational films he created in the 1910s and 1920s, and obsession with the bushmaster viper. 2015
Viesturs, an American mountaineer, recounts historical expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest and describes the dangerous allure of the…
world's most famous mountain. Includes attempts made by George Mallory, Sir Edmund Hillary, Scott Fischer, Rob Hall, and his own seven successful climbs of the earth's highest peak. 2013
Award-winning journalist explores the enduring mystery of Michael Rockefeller's 1961 disappearance in New Guinea while on a quest for aboriginal…
art. Retracing Rockefeller's steps, Hoffman offers a reconstruction of the fate that befell the heir of one of America's richest families. 2014
Biography of American brigadier general and explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813), who embarked on a series of legendary expeditions seeking…
the headwaters of the Mississippi River and the sources of the Arkansas and Red Rivers, and who discovered the mountain later named after him--Pike's Peak. 2014
Chronicles the early settlement of North America by European peoples of myriad social backgrounds and religious affiliations. Explores the often…
brutal conflicts with native tribes, African slaves, and among the immigrants themselves as they sought to survive and prosper in the New World. Violence. 2012
Examines the American colonies' campaign to bring Quebec into the Continental confederation and free Canadians from British rule. Details military…
operations by colonial fighters and Canadian partisans against loyalist forces and assesses the impact of America's first foreign war of liberation. Violence. 2013