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Les miracles du paradis
By Christy Wilson Beam, Lise Malo. 2016
À l'âge de 5 ans, Annabel, une petite fille du Texas, a été diagnostiquée avec une maladie digestive incurable. Mais…
sa chute terrifiante d'un arbre en 2011, alors qu'elle a 12 ans, l'a miraculeusement guérie et elle n'a plus aucun symptôme. Les médecins ne s'expliquent pas cette guérison. Annabel Beam clame avoir rencontré Jésus. Son voyage au paradis est raconté par sa mère Christy. 2016. Titre uniforme: Miracles from heaven.Missing, 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.Miracles from heaven: a little girl, her journey to heaven, and her amazing story of healing
By Christy Wilson Beam. 2016
Annabel Beam spent most of her childhood in and out of hospitals with a rare and incurable digestive disorder that…
prevented her from living a normal, healthy life. One sunny day when she was able to go outside and play with her sisters, she fell three stories headfirst into an old, hollowed-out tree. Implausibly, she survived without a scratch. While unconscious inside the tree, with rescue workers struggling to get to her, she visited heaven. After being released from the hospital, she defied science and had inexplicably recovered from her chronic ailment. "Miracles from Heaven" will change how we look at the world around us and reinforce our belief in God and the afterlife. 2016.Another man's war: the true story of one man's battle to save children in the Sudan
By Sam Childers. 2009
This book recounts the rise of Sam Childers from violent, drug-addicted biker to a man willing to risk everything to…
rescue the orphans and child soldiers of Sudan. Today Sam spends his time in the most dangerous parts of Sudan and Uganda rescuing the youngest victims of war, orphans and child-soldiers. Includes violence. c2009.Fast food nation: the dark side of the all-American meal (Read-On)
By Eric Schlosser. 2001
An exposé of the fast-food industry, revealing its dubious production techniques, marketing strategies, and exploitation of workers. Deplores the industry's…
indifference to health problems it has fostered (obesity, food-borne disease) and criticizes its role in the spread of global corporate culture. Suggests solutions to the "McDonaldization of America." Bestseller. 2001.Fast food nation: what the all-American meal is doing to the world
By Eric Schlosser. 2002
The pianist: the extraordinary story of one man's survival in Warsaw 1939-45
By Anthea Bell, Władysław Szpilman. 1999
Wladyslaw Szpilman was a young Jewish pianist who, uniquely, managed to stay alive in Warsaw throughout World War II. Immediately…
afterwards, he wrote this account of his experiences during the war. 1999.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.American Prometheus: the triumph and tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
By Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin. 2005
Biography of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967)--"the father of the atomic bomb." Chronicles his New York City upbringing, marriage to…
Kitty Puening, work on the Manhattan Project, and life after the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission hearings which denied Oppenheimer his security clearance for questioning the ethics of nuclear weapons. Pulitzer Prize winner 2006. 2005Elmo's Breakfast Bingo (Happy Healthy Monsters)
By Louis Womble. 2005
Using a funny-sometimes wacky-multiple-choice guessing game, Elmo teaches kids about the importance of starting the day with a good breakfast.…
Packed with facts and fun, this book makes breakfast easy to swallow! Practical tips for parents are also included!