Title search results
Showing 1 - 18 of 18 items
In the 1960s, Lynn Povich was one of the lucky women, like Nora Ephron, Jane Bryant Quinn, Ellen Goodman, and…
Susan Brownmiller, to land a job at Newsweek, but it was a dead end - women researchers sometimes became reporters, rarely writers, and never editors. On March 16, 1970, the day Newsweek published a cover story on the fledgling feminist movement, forty-six Newsweek women charged the magazine with discrimination. It was the first female class action lawsuit - the first by women journalists - and it inspired other women in the media to quickly follow suit. Includes strong language. 2012.The best of enemies: race and redemption in the new South
By Osha Davidson. 2017
C. P. Ellis joined the KKK as a youth. Ann Atwater quit her job as a maid to fight for…
civil rights. They met on opposite sides of the school segregation issue, yet forged a friendship. 2017.Requiem pour le rêve américain: les dix principes de concentration de la richesse et du pouvoir
By Noam Chomsky, Kelly Nyks, Jared P Scott, Peter Peter D. Hutchison, Dennis Collins. 2017
Le rêve américain est mort. Ce qui était possible autrefois aux États-Unis - partir de rien et gravir l'échelle sociale…
grâce à son travail, son mérite, ses efforts, quel que soit son milieu d'origine - ne l'est plus aujourd'hui. Pourquoi ? Parce que les inégalités n'ont jamais été aussi fortes, et la mobilité sociale jamais aussi réduite. Un cercle infernal voit la richesse et le pouvoir se concentrer dans les mains d'une infime minorité, qui applique la vile maxime d'Adam Smith : Tout pour nous, rien pour les autres. Noam Chomsky appelle au réveil de la majorité, aux innombrables petits actes de personnes anonymes. Ce sont ces derniers qui pourront faire basculer notre avenir. 2017. Titre uniforme: Requiem for the American dream (Film)Requiem for the American dream: the 10 principles of concentration wealth and power
By Noam Chomsky, Kelly Nyks, Peter Hutchison, Jared P Scott. 2017
In his first major book on the subject of income inequality, Noam Chomsky skewers the fundamental tenets of neoliberalism and…
casts a clear, cold, patient eye on the economic facts of life. What are the ten principles of concentration of wealth and power at work in America today? They're simple enough: reduce democracy, shape ideology, redesign the economy, shift the burden onto the poor and middle classes, attack the solidarity of the people, let special interests run the regulators, engineer election results, use fear and the power of the state to keep the rabble in line, manufacture consent, marginalize the population. Chomsky devotes a chapter to each of these ten principles, and adds readings from some of the core texts that have influenced his thinking to bolster his argument. 2017.Moi, Christiane F., 13 ans, droguée, prostituée
By Léa Marcou, Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck. 1981
Ce livre raconte l'histoire de Christiane, une jeune fille sensible et intelligente, qui, moins de deux ans après avoir fumé…
son premier "joint", se prostitue à la sortie de l'école afin de trouver l'argent nécessaire à l'achat de sa dose quotidienne d'héroïne. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1981.Flags of our fathers
By James Bradley, Ron Powers. 2000
Recounts the story of the six young Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima during fierce combat on the…
obscure Japanese-held island in 1945. Author Bradley, the son of one of the soldiers, recreates his father's experiences as well as those of the five men who fought beside him. Bestseller. 2000.American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
By Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice, Scott McEwen. 2012
Texas ranch hand-turned-Navy SEAL recalls his career as the sniper with the most kills in U.S. military history. Describes his…
training, his four tours of duty in Iraq, and the strains of deployment on his family life. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption
By Laura Hillenbrand. 2010
Details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane…
crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Violence. Bestseller. 2010.Hillbilly elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis
By J. D. Vance. 2016
Shares the story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan…
that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle class life and the collective demons of the past. Bestseller. 2016.Unbroken: an extraordinary true story of courage and survival
By Laura Hillenbrand. 2012
Details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane…
crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Bestseller 2010. 2012.The soloist: a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music
By Steve Lopez. 2008
Los Angeles Times columnist describes his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a former student at Juilliard, who became homeless after succumbing…
to paranoid schizophrenia. Lopez discusses his and his readers' efforts to expose callous treatment of Ayers and relates Ayers's attempts at recovery. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008.The railway man
By Eric Lomax. 1995
Eric Lomax, a railway enthusiast, was taken prisoner in Malaya in 1941 while serving with the Signal Corps. He was…
put to work on the Burma-Siam railway; and he helped to build an illicit radio with which to follow the progress of the war. The discovery of the radio brought on two years of dreadful torture and distress - one tormentor in particular remained in Lomax's memory for half a century. Late in life, Lomax learned how to believe in the possibility of hope. He then discovered that his Japanese interrogator was alive, and found out where he was with an extraordinary will to remember and forgive. 1995.Sybil
By Flora Rheta Schreiber. 1974
En 1954, Sybil appelait à son secours un psychiatre new-yorkais. Depuis son enfance, elle est sujette à des "passages à…
vide" pendant lesquels d'autres personnalités se substituaient à elle. Après 11 ans de thérapie, l'héroïne de ce récit authentique devint une jeune femme libre et harmonieuse. 1974.The long walk: escape from a labour camp in Siberia
By Slavomir Rawicz. 1956
Slavomir Rawicz was an officer in the Polish Cavalry during World War II. In 1941, he and six fellow prisoners…
escaped from a Siberian labour camp and walked across 4,000 miles of forbidding terrain to freedom. This is their story. 1956.Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph of the Arab revolt in the Great War
By T. E. Thomas Edward Lawrence. 1935
This classic autobiography features an account of the Arab revolt against the Turks during World War I, encompassing gross acts…
of cruelty and revenge, through which Lawrence weaves rich character portraits, philosophical observations and insights into his own complex personality. 1935.Degrassi talks: abuse
By Degrassi. 1992
The kids from Degrassi Street interview other kids about date rape, other sexual abuse and emotional abuse. Based on the…
CBC television documentary. For junior and senior high readers. 1992. (Degrassi talks)The railway man
By Eric Lomax. 1996
Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese as a POW working on the Burma-Siam Railway. Fifty years later he met…
one of his tormentors. His is a story of innocence betrayed; of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned into nightmares, and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. It is also a story of survival and of courage.Pretty Things
By Janelle Brown. 2020
SOON TO BE A LIMITED SERIES STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN'Pretty Things is awesome. Simple as that. I loved every page'Harlan Coben'It's…
Dynasty meets Patricia Highsmith' Washington Post 'Will keep you turning pages till the end'Attica Locke 'Outrageously entertaining'Times Crime Club Nina once bought into the idea that her fancy arts degree would lead to a fulfilling career. When that dream crashed, she turned to stealing from rich kids in L.A. alongside her wily Irish boyfriend, Lachlan. But when her mom falls ill, Nina puts everything on the line to help her, running her most dangerous scam yet.Vanessa is a privileged young heiress who wanted to make her mark in the world. Instead she becomes an Instagram influencer - but behind the covetable façade is a life marked by tragedy.After a broken engagement, Vanessa retreats to her family's sprawling mountain estate, a mansion of dark secrets. It's there that her path collides with Nina's and gives way to a winter of desire and aspiration, duplicity and revenge.'Smart, seductive, and utterly captivating' PopSugar'Deliciously fun' The Week'A can't-look-away story of and for our generation' Chandler Baker, author of Whisper Network'Literary suspense at its best' Angie Kim, author of Miracle Creek