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Dans un gant de fer: 1, La joue gauche
By Claire Martin. 1999
La "dure étreinte" (C. Roy) d'une enfance. Lors de sa parution, en 1965, ce premier tome des mémoires de Claire…
Martin obtint un succès de librairie considérable. "A travers l'histoire individuelle de l'enfant qu'elle fut", l'auteure "dresse le bilan des méfaits d'une société vouée à l'inculture, à la bêtise, à la tyrannie des uns et à la soumission des autres". [SDMDans un gant de fer: 2, La joue droite
By Claire Martin. 2000
La "dure étreinte" (C. Roy) d'une enfance. Lors de sa parution, en 1965, ce premier tome des mémoires de Claire…
Martin obtint un succès de librairie considérable. "A travers l'histoire individuelle de l'enfant qu'elle fut", l'auteure "dresse le bilan des méfaits d'une société vouée à l'inculture, à la bêtise, à la tyrannie des uns et à la soumission des autres"Contre vents et marées: mémoires
By Paul Martin. 2017
"Quand Paul Martin est devenu ministre des Finances du Canada en 1993, il a tôt fait de découvrir que le…
pays était plongé dans un véritable gouffre financier. Il ne pouvait deviner alors où le conduirait la grande aventure dans laquelle il s'engageait, mais il savait d'ores et déjà qu'il lui faudrait naviguer contre vents et marées. Cet homme fougueux et énergique qui allait devenir premier ministre du Canada n'en était pas à ses premiers combats. Loin de là. C'est ce qu'il révèle dans ce livre en se remémorant les hauts et les bas du long chemin parcouru depuis son enfance". -- 4e de couvHer dream of dreams: the rise and triumph of Madam C.J. Walker
By Beverly Lowry. 2003
Biography of Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919), born Sarah Breedlove to former slaves, who rose from poverty to found a lucrative…
cosmetics business and become America's first African American female millionaire. Chronicles Walker's progression from the post-Reconstruction south to New York mansions, philanthropy, and struggles for racial equality and women's rights. Some strong language. 2003I'm not slowing down: winning my battle with osteoporosis
By Ann Richards. 2003
Former Texas governor describes her battle to arrest osteopenia, an early stage of osteoporosis often triggered by hormonal changes in…
postmenopausal women. Along with coauthor and physician Richard Levine, she describes dietary measures, medication, and exercise aimed at controlling the condition. Also includes information on hormone replacement therapy. 2003On the mound with-- Curt Schilling (Matt Christopher)
By Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout. 2004
Biography of Curt Schilling, the star pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Details his career from school days and the minor…
leagues to a series of teams in the majors, where he learned to work hard to perfect his game. For grades 4-7. 2004Isaac Newton: Die Biografie
By James Gleick. 2003
Author of Genius (RC 36181) crafts a biography of scientific great Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), highlighting his accomplishments in physics,…
optics, and mathematics. Uses original quotations to describe Newton's invention of calculus and other breakthroughs--including the laws of motion, which led to the shift from a mystical to a rationalist worldview in European science. 2003I am a soldier, too: the Jessica Lynch story
By Rick Bragg. 2003
Relates the experiences of nineteen-year-old U.S. Army private Jessica Lynch, captured during an ambush in March 2003 in southern Iraq…
and dramatically rescued weeks later, catapulting her into the international spotlight. Describes her West Virginia childhood and adjustment upon returning home wounded. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2003Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: a Penguin life
By Kathryn Harrison. 2003
Portrait of a French Carmelite nun sanctified in 1925, only eighteen years after her death at twenty-four in the "fastest…
canonization to date in the history of the Catholic Church." Discusses her parents, childhood influences, character and personality, and her religious fervor. 2003In the goal with-- Briana Scurry
By Matt Christopher. 2000
A biography of the former goalkeeper on the U.S. women's national soccer team who earned the nickname "The Rock." Describes…
Scurry's sports career through the end of the 1999 season. For grades 4-7. 2000On the ice with-- Tara Lipinski
By Glenn Stout. 1999
Presents the life and sports career of Tara Lipinski from her early training in roller skating at age three, roller…
hockey at five, and ice skating at six. Describes Lipinski's experience competing for, and winning, the gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Olympics. For grades 4-7. 1999Sixpence House: lost in a town of books
By Paul Collins. 2003
Memoir of American author's relocation to Hay-on-Wye, or "Town of Books," a Welsh village boasting fifteen hundred inhabitants and forty…
antiquarian bookstores. Finding work in the largest one, Collins describes his pleasure in poring through endless dusty book stacks. He also recounts attempting to buy Sixpence House, a tumbledown pub in the town's center. 2003Muhammad: a biography of the prophet
By Karen Armstrong. 1992
Prolific writer on the Middle East examines the religious beliefs of the founder of Islam. Investigates the West's distorted view…
of the Muslim faith and traces the life of Muhammad. Explains how "Islam shares many of the ideals and visions that have inspired both Judaism and Christianity." 2001 preface by the author. 1992Pendulum: Léon Foucault and the triumph of science
By Amir D Aczel. 2003
Author of The Riddle of the Compass (BR 13785) examines the life of French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819-1868),…
whose pendulum experiments demonstrated the earth's rotation. Centering around 1850s Paris, the chronicle describes the inventor's unlikely partnership with Emperor Napoléon III developed during a time of conflict between science and faith. 2003Comme si j'avais des ailes (Musiques & Cie)
By Chet Baker. 2001
Les mémoires de ce musicien de jazz, trompettiste et chanteur. Cet opuscule rend compte de ses mots, de ses opinions…
et de moments précis de sa vie. Préface de son épouse, Carol Baker"L'enlèvement et le sauvage assassinat du journaliste Daniel Pearl, pendant l'hiver 2002 au Pakistan, ont soulevé une vague d'indignation à…
travers le monde. Son épouse, Mariane, qui l'accompagnait et qui a participé aux premières semaines de l'enquête, livre ici son témoignage sur cette tragique affaire. Digne d'un roman d'espionnage, voici le récit d'un engrenage invraisemblable. [...] Aujourd'hui encore, l'affaire Daniel Pearl n'est pas terminée : pourtant, elle a déjà habité, bouleversé et parfois ruiné la vie de nombreux acteurs de ce drame international". -- 4e de couvLe coeur rouge de la bohème: historiettes de ma première jeunesse (L'arbre)
By Jean-Claude Germain. 2008
"Après avoir évoqué son enfance dans La Rue Fabre, centre de l'univers, Jean-Claude Germain récidive avec un second recueil de…
courts récits, où il relate maintenant ses années de bohème, alors qu'il est étudiant au collège Sainte-Marie, dans les années 1950. On sent dans les murs de la digne institution la mainmise de l'Église, omniprésente et toute-puissante, sur l'éducation, mais aussi les premiers germes d'une pensée rebelle, symptômes de la Révolution tranquille. Au fil des souvenirs de l'ineffable conteur, on croise les silhouettes de personnages hauts en couleurs, autant de symboles d'une époque effervescente et allumée : André Mathieu, Claude Gauvreau, Armand Vaillancourt, Robert Roussil, Henri Tranquille, Janou Saint-Denis et bien d'autres [...]". -- 4e de couv"My heart became attached": the strange journey of John Walker Lindh
By Mark Kukis. 2003
Biography of the "American Taliban," first U.S. citizen charged under the Patriot Act. Traces Lindh's odyssey from affluent California childhood…
through Arabic studies in Yemen, terrorist training in Pakistan, and combat alongside the Taliban in the Afghanistan war to his eventual U.S. trial as an enemy combatant. Research included copious author interviews. 2003Bringing Elizabeth home: a journey of faith and hope
By Ed Smart. 2003
Mormon parents' describe their ordeal when their fourteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was kidnapped in June 2002 and their joy when she…
was found alive in March 2003. The Smarts recall the deep faith in God that sustained their family and to which they attribute Elizabeth's miraculous return. Bestseller. 2003Teen angst? Naaah: a quasi-autobiography
By Ned Vizzini. 2000
The self-described "geeky" author reminisces about growing up in New York City, navigating junior and senior high school, living for…
Nintendo games, taking family vacations, and dating and other embarrassing moments. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2000