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Encore une heure de gagnée: comment un musicien juif survécut aux années du nazisme : [récit]
By Peter Schneider, Nicole Casanova. 2002
À travers l'étonnante histoire de Konrad Latte, un musicien juif qui survécut aux années du nazisme en Allemagne, Peter Schneider…
dresse le portrait des Justes allemands, ces citoyens ordinaires qui ont décidé un jour qu'ils devaient aider à sauver les juifs. 2002.Après nous avoir révélé en 2006 les coulisses de L'Après de Gaulle, Jean Mauriac relate ici pour la première fois…
sa longue aventure politique et journalistique avec l'homme du 18 juin, auprès duquel il fut accrédité par l'AFP dès la Libération et jusqu'à la mort du Général en novembre 1970. Seul reporter à avoir accompagné de Gaulle dans tous ses déplacements officiels - de ses premières visites aux villes libérées en septembre 1944 à leur croisière dans le Pacifique en 1956, de la « tournée des popotes » en Algérie à ses périples africains au temps de la décolonisation, et jusqu'à ses séjours privés en Irlande et en Espagne à la fin de sa vie -, Jean Mauriac a été aussi l'un des rares journalistes à qui de Gaulle ait parfois dévoué le fond de sa pensée et confié quelques-unes de ses intentions les plus secrètes. Relatant ce long compagnonnage, il ne cache pas la difficulté de concilier sa fidélité au Général et les exigences de son métier. Mais il résulte de cette expérience hors normes un témoignage extraordinairement proche, sensible, vivant, presque intimiste sur le personnage de Charles de Gaulle, saisi dans sa vie quotidienne à l'Élysée, lors de ses déplacements incessants en France et à l'étranger comme dans son exercice du pouvoir. Jean Mauriac évoque aussi une figure qui a naturellement beaucoup compté pour lui : celle de François Mauriac. Il brosse un portrait émouvant et assez inattendu de son père, de sa famille, la complexe tribu des Mauriac dont il est un des derniers survivants.Lawrence d'Arabie ((Folio. Biographies ; 94).)
By Michel Renouard. 2012
" Derrière le héros mythique, joué par Peter O'Toole dans le célèbre film de David Lean, se cache un personnage…
complexe, non exempt de zones d'ombre. Archéologue et agent de renseignement, homme d'action et auteur des Sept Piliers de la sagesse, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888 - 1935) se disait à moitié poète, se voulait intouchable, et mourut prématurément dans un accident de moto. Ce livre retrace la vie et les aventures de l'insaisissable Lawrence d'Arabie, dont Winston Churchill affirmait qu'il était un des êtres les plus extraordinaires de son temps. " -- 4e de couv.Last minute of play: tales of hockey grit and glory
By Ross Brewitt. 1993
Here are the thoughts, actions, pranks, anecdotes and opinions of hockey players caught up in NHL rivalries. The focus is…
on Canadian hockey heroes of the 1960's and 1970's, including Phil and Tony Esposito, Chico Maki, Bobby Hull, "Punch" Imlach, Vic Hadfield and Don Cherry. c1993.Laughter-silvered wings: remembering the Air Force II
By J. Douglas Harvey. 1984
Late innings: a baseball companion
By Roger Angell. 1982
Covers the five turbulent seasons of baseball from the spring of 1977 through the autumn of 1981 during the height…
of the game's greatest popularity at the gate. Describes the bitter labour conflicts and the strike that followed, as well as the remarkable performances of such baseball giants as Willie Stargell, Carl Yastrzemski, and Tom Seaver. Sequel to "Five Seasons". Bestseller 1982.Clandestine
By Marie Simon, Bernard Lortholary. 2015
" Tu sors sans étoile ? me demanda l'oncle Léo, indigné. Oui, je suis venue vous dire au revoir. J'irai…
ensuite voir Recha, répliquai-je. Tu peux t'en dispenser. Ils l'ont emmenée, dit-il sèchement. Tu nous déranges. Nous n'avons pas le temps. Mes soeurs sont occupées à préparer notre déportation. Elle est imminente. Excuse-moi. Je ne vais pas vous retenir longtemps. Je voulais seulement vous dire au revoir. Qu'est ce que tu imagines en ne répondant pas aux convocations ? Je veux survivre !" La retranscription des 77 cassettes du témoignage oral que Hermann Simon, le fils de Marie, a recueilli et édité. Retrace le parcours et la descente aux enfers de sa mère à partir de 1940. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Untergetaucht : eine junge Frau überlebt in Berlin, 1940-1945.Football, histoire d'une passion (Les yeux de la découverte : arts, sports & loisirs ; #14)
By Hugh Hornby, Stéphanie Alglave. 2010
Découvrez ce jeu universel de balle au pied dont les origines remontent à la plus haute Antiquité sur tous les…
continents. Quelle est l'histoire des règles de ce sport? Quelles sont les grandes compétitions internationales? Comment est fabriqué le ballon? Apprenez à connaître l'histoire du football et les noms de ses plus fameux joueurs. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2010. Titre uniforme: Soccer.Homes: a refugee story
By Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, Winnie Yeung. 2018
Tells the story of Abu Bakr al Rabeeah, a young boy whose family moved from Iraq to Syria just before…
the start of the Syrian civil war. It recounts what it was like living in Syria during this time -- the normal things like video games, sleepovers, and family jarringly juxtaposed with car bombings, massacres, and the constant threat of what could happen next. In 2014 the family finally found safety in immigrating to Edmonton, Canada, and the book also recounts both the gratefulness and the loneliness of the family's immigration experience. 2018.Ghosts of targets past: the lives and losses of a Lancaster crew in 1944-45
By Philip Gray. 2005
Journalist Gray was the World War II Captain of the crew of a Lancaster bomber, as the RAF took the…
war right into the heart of Germany. Both Gray and his crew felt they were in charge of the undisputed king of the skies, the "mighty Lanc", but danger lurked around every corner. Here, Gray reveals the true relationships between himself and his team, and between the team members themselves. 2005.Gunning for the enemy: Wallace McIntosh, DFC and BAR, DFM
By Mel Rolfe. 2003
Born into grinding poverty, McIntosh was a few days old when he was given by his young mother to her…
parents to bring up. This book tells the story of how the RAF finally accepted McIntosh after at first rejecting him, but then initially gave him the lowliest of jobs. He eventually trained as an air gunner and during his time with 207 Squadron, based at Langar, Nottinghamshire and Spilsby in Lincolnshire, he flew over 50 sorties during World War II. Although Bomber Command did not record details of "kills" by air gunners, Wallace, who shot down eight enemy aircraft with one probable, is widely believed to be its top sharpshooter. 2003.I only joined for the hat: redoubtable Wrens at war : their trials, tribulations and triumphs
By Christina Lamb. 2007
In 1939, before compulsory call-up, Christian Lamb felt she had to 'do her bit' for the war effort. Her comfortable…
life was about to be turned upside down. With her naval background, the WRNS was the obvious choice - with its attractive uniform and tricorne hat - but this was for officers only, the first of many nasty surprises. This book gives an account of what life was truly like for the wartime Wrens. 2007.Inside hockey: the legends, facts, and feats that made the game
By Keltie Thomas. 2008
Introduces readers to the wild side of professional hockey, with stories about the superstars (male and female), the rules that…
changed the game, and the dazzling science behind the sport. Read about the player who would rather fight than score or the guy who talked to the goalposts like they were old friends. Includes information on the greatest goal scorers, crazy goalies, practical jokers, superstitions, the most ferocious fights, players overcoming obstacles, and the enduring obsession with that Cup called Stanley. Grades 3-6. 2008.How soccer works (How Sports Work Ser.)
By Keltie Thomas. 2007
A look at the science behind soccer, including the personality of a soccer ball (and how air pressure or the…
number of panels can affect its behaviour), and explaining how to make moves like stellar passes, curving kicks and delivering perfect headers. Presents sidebars on "Quick Kick" factoids, "Star" highlights revealing moves of the pros, "Tips" for game improvement, and "Rules and Regs". Grades 3-6. 2007.Hana's suitcase: a true story (The Holocaust remembrance series for young readers #3)
By Karen Levine. 2002
In March 2000, a suitcase arrived at a children's Holocaust education centre in Tokyo, Japan, with the name Hana Brady…
painted in white on the outside. The centre's curator searches for clues across Europe and North America to find out who Hana was and what had happened to her. Her journey takes her back through seventy years to a young Hana and her family, whose happy life in a small Czech town was turned upside down by the invasion of the Nazis. Winner of the 2003 Silver Birch Award. Winner of the 2003 CNIB Tiny Torgi Award. Grades 4-7. 2002.Great moments in Canadian baseball
By Brian Kendall. 1995
Starting with the first recorded Canadian baseball game in 1838, this book provides 27 famous events. Many events were performed…
by Americans in Canadian playing fields, such as Babe Ruth's first professional home run. Grades 3-6. 1995.Father, soldier, son: memoir of a platoon leader in Vietnam
By Nathaniel Tripp. 1996
A writer's account of his combat experiences as an infantry platoon leader in Vietnam. Depicts the deteriorating morale of American…
forces following the Tet Offensive in 1968. He interweaves stories of home and family with his war recollections. Includes strong language, violence, and sex. c1996.Cyanide in my shoe
By Josephine Butler. 1991
Dr Butler, French educated and with a medical degree from the Sorbonne, was recruited by Churchill as the sole woman…
in his "Secret Circle", twelve intelligence agents who answered only to him. Flown more than fifty times into occupied France, arrested by the Gestapo for insulting two officers and under constant threat of discovery and death, here is the dramatic story of an Englishwoman who led a Resistance group. She describes both the inner circles who planned the war and the ordinary people of an invaded land. 1991.Big wing: the biography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
By Bill Newton Dunn. 1992
The biography provides an account of one airman's very distinguished career, a man who did not survive the war. Known…
throughout the RAF as 'L-M', he commanded one of the two main Fighter Groups during the Battle of Britain. He later rose to be C-in-C Fighter Command and commanded the Allied air attack on Dieppe in 1942. 1992.Elsie and Mairi go to war: two extraordinary women on the Western Front
By Diane Atkinson. 2009
Elsie Knocker, 30, a divorced mother of one, and Mairi Gooden-Chisholm, an upper-class Scottish teenager, found their calling in Pervyse,…
Belgium during World War I. They drove packed frontline ambulances and nursed wounded soldiers in the midst of shelling and gravely unhygienic conditions. The startling end of the women's friendship remains the subject of speculation. Some descriptions of violence. 2009.