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The glass castle: A Memoir
By Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Bestseller. 2006.The boys in the boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Olympics
By Daniel Brown. 2013
Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936…
Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower. Bestseller. 2013.The century
By Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster. 1998
Researched and compiled by the staff of ABC News, this chronicle of the twentieth century charts changes in popular attitudes…
in the United States and describes key events in other countries as they affected the American worldview. Personal interviews and a series of story-filled essays provide a "coherent picture of a remarkable time." Bestseller. 1998.Team of rivals: the political genius of Abraham Lincoln
By Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2009
In this monumental multiple biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin studies Abraham Lincoln's mastery of men. She shows how…
he saved Civil War-torn America by appointing his fiercest rivals to key cabinet positions, making them help achieve his vision for peace. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history, it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. Bestseller. 2009.Saving capitalism: for the many, not the few
By Robert B Reich. 2015
Reich outlines how the American economic system is failing, with increasing income inequality and a shrinking middle class, and reveals…
how a market designed for broad prosperity can reverse the trend toward diminished opportunity. Bestseller. 2015.Playing the enemy: Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation
By John Carlin. 2008
24 June 1995. Ellis Park in Johannesburg. The Springboks versus The All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup final. Nelson…
Mandela steps onto the pitch wearing a Springboks shirt and, before a global audience of millions, a new country is born. This book tells the incredible story of Mandela's journey to that moment and how a sport came to unify the new nation. 2008.Philomena: the true story of a mother and the son she had to give away
By Martin Sixsmith. 2013
Journalist chronicles the life of Philomena Lee, an Irish unwed mother who was forced to give her young son up…
for adoption in 1955, then spent fifty years trying to find him. 2013. Uniform title: Lost child of Philomena LeeMissing, porté disparu
By Thomas Hauser. 1982
Un journaliste américain vivant au Chili est arrêté chez lui quelques jours après le coup d'état de 1973. Un mois…
plus tard son cadavre sera identifié à la morgue de Santiago. Sa femme et son père veulent faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1982. Titre uniforme: Execution of Charles Horman.Docteur Bethune (Opuscule)
By Ted Allan, Sydney Gordon, Jean Paré. 1989
Qui était ce Canadien dont le nom est encore vénéré en Chine? Bagarreur, frondeur, séducteur, ce médecin souvent irascible, mu…
par une passion pour la vie, refusait au coeur de la Grande Depression des années trente, le refuge pharisien du monde des nantis. 1989. Titre uniforme: The scalpel, the sword.Marley and me: life and love with the world's worst dog
By John Grogan. 2005
A columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer reminisces about the untrainable Labrador retriever that he and his wife acquired as Florida…
newlyweds. Recalls Marley's hilarious escapades and his capacity for love as the Grogans become the parents of three kids. Bestseller. 2005.Fleur du désert: [du désert de Somalie au monde des top-models, l'extraordinaire combat d'une femme hors du commun]
By Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller, Alain Deschamps, Josiane Deschamps. 1998
Waris, excisée selon la tradition, n'a que treize ans lorsqu'elle décide de s'enfuir, de quitter ses parents afin d'échapper à…
un mariage forcé. Après une dangereuse cavale dans le désert somalien, elle rejoint Mogadiscio, puis Londres où elle devient domestique. C'est alors qu'elle est remarquée par un photographe de mode et que va démarrer sa prodigieuse carrière de mannequin. Avec émotion et sincerité, Waris Dirie raconte les détails de son étonnante histoire, évoquant sans détour les difficultées rencontrées tout au long de cette aventure. 1998. Titre uniforme: Desert flowerDoubt: a parable
By John Patrick Shanley. 2005
The Bronx, 1964. Sister Aloysius, stern principal of St. Nicholas Catholic School, is convinced that school chaplain Father Flynn is…
a pedophile, and that instead of mentoring the school's only black student, he has seduced him. Through meetings with Flynn, young teacher Sister James, and the student's mother, she gathers her evidence and plans a course of action. No one is totally right or truthful, keeping everyone in a state of doubt. Pulitzer Prize winner. 2005.Hidden figures: young readers' edition
By Margot Shetterly. 2016
The amazing true story of four African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments…
in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. For grades 3-6. 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Best Illustration. 2016.Hidden figures: the American dream and the untold story of the black women mathematicians who helped win the space race
By Margot Lee Shetterly. 2016
Before John Glenn orbited Earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as…
“human computers” used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. Among these problem-solvers were a group of exceptionally talented African American women, some of the brightest minds of their generation. The book follows the interwoven accounts of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who participated in some of NASA’s greatest successes. Bestseller. 2016.Heaven is for real: a little boy's astounding story of his trip to heaven and back
By Lynn Vincent, Todd Burpo. 2010
Burpo, a pastor in Nebraska, relates the 2003 experiences reported by his three-year-old son Colton, who believes that during an…
emergency appendectomy he died, went to heaven, and returned to life. Colton describes seeing Jesus, angels, and deceased relatives. c2010.I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
By Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb. 2013
When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and…
fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price. Bestseller. 2013.Highest duty: my search for what really matters
By Jeffrey Zaslow, Chesley Sullenberger. 2009
On January 15, 2009, the world witnessed one of the most remarkable emergency landings in aviation history when Captain Chesley…
"Sully" Sullenberger skillfully glided US Airways Flight 1549 onto the surface of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. His cool actions not only averted tragedy but made him a hero and an inspiration worldwide. To Sullenberger, a calm, steady pilot with forty years of flying experience who is also a safety consulting expert, the landing was not a miracle but rather the result of years of practice and training - wisdom he gained in the cockpit of U.S. Air Force jets and in his Texas boyhood. Bestseller. c2009.Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire: Duchess Of Devonshire
By Amanda Foreman. 1998
The story of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, one of the most flamboyant women of the 18th century, and her times.…
Distantly related to the late Princess of Wales, she was, in turn, a compulsive gambler, political savante and operator, drug addict, adulteress and darling of the common people. Georgiana Spencer became the Duchess of Devonshire and mistress of Chatsworth in 1774 and consequently became a public figure. She also became an important campaigning figure in the Whig party. However, her success concealed a personal suffering, with her husband preferring her best friend. Georgiana's extravagances were her undoing - gambling and a pregnancy from an affair resulted in her exile. She returned, dishonoured and disgraced, yet she rose to the challenge and became one of the most respected politicians of the age. 1998.Biko
By Donald Woods. 1987
In the late 1960s, Steve Biko became a leader in the South African Black Consciousness movement. In September of 1977…
Biko was brutally murdered by the South African Security Police. The author, a white South African journalist, writes of his friendship with Biko, the life and death of Biko, and his own banning and exile from South Africa. 1987.All the President's men
By Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein. 1974