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Nelson Mandela: "non à l'apartheid"
By Véronique Tadjo. 2010
Ce titre transporte le lecteur en 1941, dans une Afrique du Sud ravagée par l'Apartheid. Au fil des pages, le…
lecteur marche dans les traces de Nelson Mandela, qui prend la parole pour raconter l'injustice vécue par son peuple, sa lutte pour offrir à ce dernier des droits égaux à ceux des Blancs, sa condamnation à la réclusion à perpétuité, les conditions d'emprisonnement inhumaines dans lesquelles il fut maintenu pendant 27 ans, la manière dont les gens se sont mobilisés à un niveau international afin de le libérer, puis sa libération et la tenue de premières élections démocratiques. Quelques descriptions de violence. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2010.Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
By Frederick Douglass. 1991
Near myths: a love affair with Greece
By John Ebdon. 1989
John Ebdon's affection for the Greeks is without stint, and his curiosity about them and their beautiful surroundings is boundless.…
As a wise old man from the island of Siphos once said to him, "You see Yanni, when a Greek is born, he follows life - and wins it. And then, Yanni, he enjoys life! Endaxi? OK? Bravo!". Not a bad lesson for any of us! 1989.Narrow dog to Carcassonne
By Terry Darlington. 2005
Terry and Monica Darlington are intrepid pensioners who made the surprising decision to sail their canal narrowboat Phillis May, sixteen…
hundred miles across France and down to the Mediterranean, accompanied only by their whippet Jim. They took advice from nautical experts, who told them they would lose their boat and their lives (and, indeed, Jim). It is a true story of high adventure in France, England, Belgium and out at sea, as experienced by two innocents and a reluctant dog. Some strong language. 2005.Napoleon, 1812
By Nigel Nicolson. 1985
In the six months between June and December 1812, nearly half a million men died. As Napoleon commenced his invasion…
of Russia, he was at the height of his powers; by the end, he faced the destruction of his empire. Why did he invade Russia, and why did he fail? The author goes back to the original documents to try to find an answer to these and other questions. 1985.Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life
By Alan Schom. 1997
A critical portrait of the legendary ruler of France, whose empire controlled much of Europe. Covers "all aspects of his…
life," tracing his obscure Corsican youth, his rise to power, his military campaigns, his defeat at Waterloo, and his death in exile in 1821. Descriptions of violence. 1997.My famous evening: Nova Scotia sojourns, diaries & preoccupations (National Geographic directions)
By Howard A Norman. 2004
Canadian author Norman has travelled to Nova Scotia over the decades, collecting stories, myths, and memories. He recounts the story…
of Marlais Quire, who travelled to New York in the 1920's to hear Joseph Conrad, talks about forerunners (eerie omens of tragedy well known to seafaring communities), and relates a folktale about a protective mythic creature. He also retraces the steps of poet Elizabeth Bishop, who lived in Nova Scotia as a child, with historian, poet, and scholar Sandra Barry. 2004.My name is number 4: a true story
By Ting-Xing Ye. 2007
After the death of both her parents, Ting-xing and her four siblings endured the brutality of Red Guard attacks on…
their schools and even their house as they struggled against poverty and hunger. Then at sixteen, she was exiled to a prison farm far from home. This is the story of Ting-xing's tumultuous life, turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. Some strong language. 2007.Mrs. Fitzherbert and sons
By Jim Foord-Kelcey, Philippa Foord-Kelcey. 1991
King George IV is best remembered for his extravagant lifestyle and his efforts to divorce his wife, Caroline of Brunswick.…
But many are unaware that, in 1784, when he was still the Prince of Wales, George secretly married a Roman Catholic widow named Maria Fitzherbert. However, without the consent of his father, the marriage was considered invalid under the Royal Marriages Act. 1991.Mrs. King: the life and times of Isabel Mackenzie King
By Charlotte Gray. 1997
Isabel Mackenzie King was the daughter of William Lyon Mackenzie and the mother of Canada's longest serving prime minister, William…
Lyon Mackenzie King. While her son attempted to portray her as the ideal woman, his biographers insisted that she was manipulative and ambitious, forcing her son into politics so that he could support the family. Gray attempts to bring her story to light and reveal the real Mrs. King, a woman who witnessed some of the most important events of Canadian history. Canada Reads 2012. c1997.Mrs. L: conversations with Alice Roosevelt Longworth
By Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Michael Teague. 1981
Mrs. Adams in winter: a journey in the last days of Napoleon
By Michael O'Brien. 2010
Bancroft Prize-winning British historian re-creates the forty-day journey by Louisa Catherine Adams and her seven-year-old son from St. Petersburg, Russia,…
to Paris during the winter of 1815. Provides an in-depth look at the early life of the future American first lady, wife of John Quincy Adams. 2010.Murder of a Medici princess
By Caroline Murphy. 2008
Because Isabella de' Medici was close to her father, Cosimo, she was allowed to live an autonomous life apart from…
her abusive husband. After Cosimo's death, his spiteful eldest son, Francesco, reneged on the inheritance Cosimo left Isabella and her children, and then sanctioned the murder of both Isabella and her sister-in-law Leonora. This account of a lesser-known Medici daughter also describes an extraordinary woman who paid the ultimate price for flouting her era's traditional gender roles. 2008.Monet
By Pascal Bonafoux. 2007
"Au jour le jour de sa correspondance - car Monet ne cesse d'écrire, de compter et surtout de douter -…
voici le récit d'une vie magnifique obsédée par l'accomplissement d'une oeuvre sublime". Par un écrivain et historien de l'art qui a déjà consacré plusieurs ouvrages à des peintres, notamment Van Gogh et Cézanne. 2007.Mountbatten: the official biography
By Phillip Ziegler. 1985
An honest assessment of a widely respected man who, for all the trappings of life within the circle of the…
Royal Family, was nothing if not human. The author is the first to have access to the Broadlands archives and he has thoroughly researched other sources to give a more rounded picture of this greatly loved public figure. 1985.Mazarin, le maître du jeu
By Simone Bertière. 2007
Une solide biographie consacrée à Mazarin, cardinal et homme politique français d'origine italienne. En trois grandes parties: La quête d'un…
emploi - Sur la corde raide - Le poids du pouvoir. Tableaux généalogiques, cartes et repères chronologiques complètent l'ouvrage. 2007.Hypatie: l'étoile d'Alexandrie ((Post scriptum).)
By Olivier Gaudefroy. 2012
La vie d'Hypathie, philosophe mathématicienne d'Alexandrie. À partir des sources antiques, l'auteur retrace les conditions tragiques de sa mort et…
montre comment dès la Renaissance, elle connut une seconde vie qui s'amplifia avec les romantiques et plus récemment à travers le cinéma et la bande dessinée. 2012.Marie Duplessis, "la Dame aux camélias": une vie romancée
By Bertrand Poirot-Delpech. 1981
A la fois réelle et mythique, la fameuse "dame" dont le roman, le théâtre, le cinéma et la bande dessinée…
se sont inspirés mérite cette biographie romancée qui évoque tout un climat et une époque de la sensibilité française. 1981.Madame Rimbaud
By Françoise Lalande. 1987
Madame Rimbaud? Une horrible mégère doublée d'une mère castratrice, si l'on en croit l'imagerie scolaire et une certaine légende rimbaldienne.…
La vérité est différente, plus complexe. Elle se disait "vouée à toutes les souffrances de la vie." Elle était la mère d'Arthur Rimbaud. 1987.