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Soul on ice
By Eldridge Cleaver. 1991
Memoirs by African American activist who was an influential leader of the Black Panthers in the 1960s. Includes Cleaver's letters…
from Folsom prison--in which he describes his legal troubles--and essays on politics, race, and sex. 1992 preface by Ishmael Reed. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1968Francisco Goya: A Life
By Evan S Connell. 2004
Award-winning author traces the life and career of Spanish painter Francisco Goya (1746-1828). Describes the portraitist of royalty during the…
last days of the House of Bourbon and, while he pursued wealthy patrons, witnessing the turmoil of the Inquisition and Napoleon's invasion. 2004Martin Luther: A Penguin Life
By Martin E Marty. 2004
Religion professor and pastor discusses Luther's inner experiences as they relate to his surroundings. Describes Luther (1483-1546) as a person…
constantly seeking God's grace and willing to die for his beliefs. Covers Luther's 95 Theses, his large and small Catechisms, and his excommunication. 2004St. Patrick of Ireland: a biography
By Philip Freeman. 2004
Life of St. Patrick based on his two surviving letters: one a defense of his work in Ireland, the other…
condemning a slave-raiding king and his pirates. Recounts Patrick's kidnapping by Irish pirates, years of slavery, escape, and eventual return to minister to the Irish people. Debunks many myths. 2004De trac et de passion
By Denise Guénette. 2011
" Dans ce livre, lhumoriste Denise Guénette raconte son parcours artistique et laccompagne de plusieurs monologues inédits. Sajoutent à son…
récit, de nombreuses photos et les chaleureux hommages de Jean-Claude Germain, Raymond Lévesque, Yvon Deschamps, Clémence Desrochers et Lucille Dumont, quelle a côtoyés et avec qui elle a collaboré au cours de sa carrière. Richard Desjardins, qui signe la préface du livre, souligne avec justesse le dynamisme et lauthenticité de cette artiste..." -- 4e de couvAce of aces: the life of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
By H. Paul Jeffers. 2003
A biography of captain Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973), the much decorated "Ace of Aces" who destroyed twenty-six enemy planes in World…
War I. Fascinated with engines and speed, he began his career as a race-car driver, becoming third-ranked in the country. He later founded Eastern Airlines. 2003Big Russ and me: father and son : lessons of life
By Tim Russert. 2004
Television journalist's memoir celebrating his bond with his father, "Big Russ," a WWII veteran whom Russert calls "endlessly hardworking and…
eternally optimistic." Author recollects his own 1950s Buffalo childhood in a close-knit Irish Catholic neighborhood and recalls teachers who inspired him throughout his life. Bestseller. 2004Ten rings: my championship seasons
By Yogi Berra, Dave Kaplan. 2003
Autobiography by baseball Hall of Fame catcher highlighting his ten championship seasons with the New York Yankees between 1947 and…
1962. Recalls the "golden years" of baseball, his famous contemporaries, and rival teams and relates how the game has changed since the 1950s. 2003The big house: a century in the life of an American summer home
By George Howe Colt. 2003
The author returns one final time to the family's hundred-year-old vacation home in Cape Cod to reminisce about forty-two years…
of history there. He provides an account of his Boston Brahmin lineage and recalls milestone events that shaped the attachment of five generations to the large and rambling house. 2003Pocahontas: medicine woman, spy, entrepreneur, diplomat
By Paula Gunn Allen. 2003
Part-Native American scholar analyzes the life of Pocahontas from a feminist perspective. To interpret the young Powhatan woman in the…
context in which she lived, Allen uses contemporary accounts from English travelers and adventurers, among them John Smith of the Virginia Company. 2003How to win the Nobel Prize: an unexpected life in science (Jerusalem-Harvard lectures)
By J. Michael Bishop. 2003
Memoir of Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist. Bishop reflects modestly on his journey to success, from his childhood in rural Pennsylvania to…
his studies at Harvard Medical School and the cancer cell research for which he was recognized in 1989. Also provides background on the prize, the field of microbiology, and modern scientific controversies. 2003Celle qui plante les arbres: autobiographie
By Wangari Maathai. 2017
"Ce livre retrace l'incroyable combat de Wangari Maathai. À la tête du Mouvement de la ceinture verte, le plus grand…
projet de reboisement d'Afrique, elle mène une lutte acharnée avec les femmes kenyanes contre la déforestation : quelque trente millions d'arbres sont plantés en trente ans. Mais son mouvement, outre les arbres, sème aussi des idées. Sa croisade écologique se heurte alors de plein fouet au régime. Elle est victime de brutalités policières, de harcèlements, et se retrouve à maintes reprises derrière les barreaux, mais en ardente militante, jamais elle ne cède. À travers son histoire personnelle, Wangari, la petite paysanne des Hautes Terres devenue Prix Nobel, démontre que des gestes simples suffisent parfois à susciter de profonds bouleversements sociaux et politiques. Son témoignage sans concession est un message d'espoir autant qu'un plaidoyer pour l'action. Elle conclut d'ailleurs par un seul mot d'ordre : "Nous n'avons le droit ni de fatiguer ni de renoncer." -- 4e de couvRemember: the journey to school integration
By Toni Morrison. 2004
An account of the thoughts and feelings of children involved in school desegregation. Provides background to the 1954 groundbreaking Brown…
v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision and the movement to eliminate racist laws. For grades 3-6. 2004Blind Boone: piano prodigy
By Madge Harrah. 2004
Presents the life and career of blind pianist John William "Blind" Boone (1864-1927), who toured the United States after the…
Civil War bringing ragtime, classical, and African American music to the concert stage for forty-seven years. For grades 5-8. 2004Losing my faculties: a teacher's story
By Brendan Halpin. 2003
A Boston inner city school teacher's anecdotes ranging from his perpetual teaching-job search, student disciplinary problems, bureaucratic wrangling and infighting,…
and other frustrations. Details his involvements in the Famous Athlete Youth and the charter school Better Than You programs. Some strong language. 2003Bryson City tales: stories of a doctor's first year of practice in the Smoky Mountains
By Walter L Larimore. 2002
Chronicles a young doctor's passage from Duke University to rural North Carolina, where he establishes a practice, raises his family,…
and expands his spirituality and human understanding. As an emergency physician, coroner, obstetrician, and wilderness search-and-rescue doctor he is shaped in medicine and reinforces his faith. 2002Célébration prophétique: portraits et légendes (La Santé au quotidien #6)
By Elie Wiesel. 1998
Célestine: histoire d'une femme du Berry
By Gillian Tindall. 2000
La vie de cette femme à partir de sa correspondance retrouvée dans la maison abandonnée de sa petite-fille. Cette chronique…
révèle également l'histoire de ses contemporains et de ses descendants, la vie française de l'époque qui prend un tournant résolument moderne au cours de la vie de Célestine. Une enquête approfondie et bien documentée sur l'évolution des moeurs d'un village français d'antan qui est comparée avec la situation en Angleterre. La petite et la grande histoire de France sont au menu. [SDMSam Patch, the famous jumper
By Paul E Johnson. 2003
Biography of working-class jump artist Sam Patch drawn from genealogical resources and town records. History professor tells how Patch, a…
mill spinner and drunk, became a folk hero after his 1827 jump in New Jersey and later a celebrity as the first Niagara Falls jumper in 1829. 2003Voices of war: stories of service from the home front and the front lines (The library Of Congress Veterans History Project)
By Veterans History Project. 2004
Personal accounts of American soldiers and medical personnel active in World War I, World War II, the Korean and Vietnam…
wars, and the Persian Gulf conflicts. Extracts from interviews, letters, and diary entries collected by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project are grouped by themes: Answering the Call, Under Fire, Coming Home. 2004