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" En 1945, alors que le monde entier s'efforce de surmonter le traumatisme causé par la guerre, les hauts responsables…
nazis doivent répondre de leurs actes au procès de Nuremberg. Soucieux d'offrir au public un procès irréprochable, les Alliés exigent qu'avant d'être jugé, chaque prévenu soit déclaré sain d'esprit et responsable de ses crimes. C'est à Douglas Kelley, jeune psychiatre américain dont la carrière est en plein essor, que revient la responsabilité d'étudier le profil psychologique de Hermann Göring et d'autres chefs nazis. Göring le fascine particulièrement, au point où il poussera son étude au-delà de sa mission initiale. Malheureusement, en voulant s'approcher trop près de la bête, sa vie bascule. Incapable de se dissocier de ce qu'il a vécu aux côtés des plus grands criminels de l'histoire, Kelley se suicide douze ans plus tard en avalant une capsule de cyanure, tout comme Göring la veille de son exécution. À travers ce récit vertigineux, vous découvrirez enfin le vrai visage des acteurs impliqués dans le procès de Nuremberg. " -- 4e de couv.By Eleanor Meecham. 2007
This New Zealand author shares her bicycle journey through the lower half of South America on a bicycle. Her journey…
takes her up and down the Andes, across deserts and into Tierra del Fuego. She was spurred on by the memory of her deceased brother's determined and fearless spirit. 2007.By Conor Grennan. 2011
In search of adventure, twenty-nine-year-old Conor Grennan traded his day job for a year-long trip around the globe, a journey…
that began with a three-month stint volunteering at the Little Princes Children's Home, an orphanage in war-torn Nepal. Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war. But he was soon overcome by the herd of rambunctious, resilient children who would challenge and reward him in a way that he had never imagined. When Conor learned the unthinkable truth about their situation, he was stunned: The children were not orphans at all. Child traffickers were promising families in remote villages to protect their children from the civil war--for a huge fee--by taking them to safety. They would then abandon the children far from home, in the chaos of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. For Conor, what began as a footloose adventure becomes a commitment to reunite the children he had grown to love with their families, but this would be no small task. He would risk his life on a journey through the legendary mountains of Nepal, facing the dangers of a bloody civil war and a debilitating injury. Waiting for Conor back in Kathmandu, and hopeful he would make it out before being trapped in by snow, was the woman who would eventually become his wife and share his life's work. Little Princes is a true story of families and children, and what one person is capable of when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds. Bestseller. 2011.By A. Scott Berg. 1998
The authorized biography of the pilot who became a symbol of the aviation age. Describes Lindbergh's 1927 transatlantic flight as…
the defining moment of his life. Discusses his role in the development of aviation for use in war and peacetime. Explores facets of Lindbergh's public and private images. Pulitzer Prize winner. c1998.By Trevor Greene, Debbie Greene. 2012
2006. Trevor Greene, a journalist and a reservist in the Canadian Army, was at a meeting with village elders in…
Afghanistan when a teenage boy under the influence of the Taliban swung an axe into his skull. After years of rehabilitation, setbacks and crises, Trevor learned to talk and move again, with the love and support of his fiancée Debbie. Their story is told in two voices: Trevor’s, up until the attack that changed their lives; and Debbie’s, as she works tirelessly to rehabilitate the man she loves. Some descriptions of sex, explicit descriptions of violence and explicit strong language. c2012.By Mungo Melvin. 2011
Biography of German field marshal Erich von Manstein (1887-1973) traces his Prussian background and rise in the ranks of the…
armed services. Details Manstein's leadership on the eastern front against the U.S.S.R. during World War II, his relationship with Adolf Hitler, and his role in the Nuremberg trials. 2011.By Pierre Maturié, Vivien Elizabeth Bosley. 2013
In 1910, young Pierre Maturie bid farewell to his comfortable life in rural France and travelled to northern Alberta in…
search of independence, adventure, and newfound prosperity. Some sixty years later, he wrote of the four years he spent in Canada before he returned to France in 1914 to fight in the First World War. Like that of so many youthful pioneers, his story is one of adventure and hardship - perilous journeys, railroad construction in the Rockies, panning for gold in swift-flowing streams, transporting goods for the Hudson's Bay Company along the Athabasca River. A portrait of pioneer life in northern Alberta, and a window onto the French experience in Canada. 2013, c1972. Uniform title: Athabasca, terre de ma jeunesse.By Stephen R Bown. 2008
From 1792 to 1795, George Vancouver sailed the Pacific waters as captain of a major expedition of discovery and imperial…
ambition. Britain had its eyes on Pacific North America, and Vancouver charted four thousand miles of coastline from California to Alaska - one of history's greatest feats of maritime daring, scientific discovery, marine cartography and international diplomacy. However, Vancouver's triumph was overshadowed by bitter smear campaigns initiated by enemies he had made on board. Some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.By Tracy Edwards, Tim Madge. 1990
"Maiden" is the inspiring story of how Tracy Edwards, a modest 27-year-old, took a yacht and the first all-female crew…
ever to race round the globe through storms and savage seas. This is a book about great courage, great endeavour, and extraordinary determination. It is also a story of how anyone can have a dream and, against all odds, come through triumphant. 1990.By Mikhaïl Timofeievitch Kalachnikov, Elena Joly. 2003
By Eric Newby. 1971
The author left the prison camp where he had been held when the Italians made peace in 1943. He went…
to ground in the high mountains and forests south of the River Po, and for over three months was given shelter and protection by the Italian peasants. The reactions of a sensitive man to being out of the war while still in the middle of it make an exciting read - full of the dangers of a nearby German army, the love of a local girl, and the courage and skill of his friends. 1971.By Steph Davis, Éric Vola, Laure Roussel. 2013
" Une des stars de l'escalade relate ses débuts dans la discipline et aborde quelques-unes des aventures qui ont forgé…
sa carrière : ses ascensions, ses vols en wingsuit ou ses sauts en base jump. " -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: High infatuation: a climber's guide to love and gravity.By Oscar Dexter Brooks. 1991
In 1924, Oscar Brooks left his home in Saskatchewan in a search for adventure. Using the language of the road,…
he recalls the three years that he spent riding the rails across Canada. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1991.By Jean Chalon. 1985
Mme David-Neel ne s'est jamais arrêtée: anarchiste, bourgeoise, bouddhiste, cantatrice, orientaliste, exploratrice (elle fut la première parisienne à pénétrer à…
Lhassa en 1924), journaliste, écrivain... Quelle leçon de persévérance que cette femme qui, à 100 ans, faisait renouveler son passeport! 1985.By Linda Granfield, Claudine Azoulay. 2008
Un livre à la mémoire des hommes et des femmes de toutes les forces armées du monde qui reposent, inconnus,…
dans des tombes marquées ou non, sur la terre ou sous la mer. Granfield explique l'origine des monuments commémoratifs du Soldat inconnu de différents pays, dont celui du Canada, des états-Unis, de la France, de l'Angleterre et de plusieurs autres pays. L'auteure explique aussi comment la technologie et l'identification génétique font en sorte qu'il y a aujourd'hui beaucoup moins d'" inconnus ". Années 3-6 et plus. 2008. Titre uniforme: The unknown soldier.By Ishmael Beah, Jacques Martinache. 2008
Il s'appelle Ishmael Beah. Hier encore, c'était un enfant qui jouait à la guerre. Aujourd'hui, il la fait. Un jour…
de 1992, sa vie bascule brusquement dans le chaos. Faute de troupes, les deux camps - armée gouvernementale et groupes rebelles - enrôlent de force les enfants des villages capturés et leur apprennent à égorger, à torturer, à mutiler. Drogué, privé de tout repère moral, Ishmael devient insensible, incapable de réfléchir, transformé en machine à tuer. Une mission humanitaire va lui permettre de quitter l'armée et, lentement, de se réhabiliter. Descriptions explicites de violence. 2008. Titre uniforme: A long way gone.By Didier Fischer. 2002
By Judith Perrignon, Marceline Loridan-Ivens. 2015
" La cinéaste, déportée alors qu'elle était adolescente, écrit une lettre à son père disparu à Auschwitz. Une vie plus…
tard, en souvenir d'un message qu'il lui a transmis avant de disparaître, elle se remémore la haine des nazis, l'amour de ce père idéaliste et la recherche de la paix. Prix de l'Académie des Lilas 2015. " -- 4e de couv.By Isabelle Autissier. 2006
Yves de Kerguelen de Trémarec fut un personnage ambigu. Il a découvert l'archipel qui porte son nom mais n'y a…
pas mis les pieds, a abandonné à un destin incertain le second navire de son expédition, a décrit sous des couleurs idylliques ces îles de froid et de tempêtes. Isabelle Autissier connaît ces mers pour en avoir subi les rigueurs. Elle a du faire aux Kerguelen une escale forcée, y est retournée pour traverser à pied l'île principale. Ce rappel des conditions qu'il faut y endurer explique pourquoi la navigatrice accorde au chevalier de Kerguelen des circonstances atténuantes, parle de lui avec complicité, dans une sorte de connivence nouée, à travers les siècles, entre marins. 2006.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.