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Les Filles du Roy pionnières des seigneuries de Varennes et de Verchères
By Société d'histoire des Filles du Roy. 2022
Qui sont ces jeunes femmes majoritairement pauvres et orphelines qui, entre 1663 et 1673, ont quitté la France et bravé…
la mer sur de frêles navires à voile pour venir se faire une vie dans cette lointaine Nouvelle-France ? Parmi ces femmes, certaines ont osé remonter le fleuve pour venir s'établir un jour à Varennes et à Verchères. Arrivées dans le cadre du seul programme mis en place par la France pour peuple le Canada, elles font ici l'objet d'un recueil qui expose ce qu'a été leur vie en ce pays. Ce livre lève le voile sur ces "mères de la nation", femmes invisibles dans l'histoire, qui, avec d'autres pionnières, ont contribué à peuple et à développer l'Amérique françaiseSally Ride: first American woman in space
By Carole Camp. 1997
Provides biographical information on Ride's upbringing, education, and path to becoming an astronaut. Describes her training as the first woman…
to travel to space aboard the Challenger in 1983. Discusses Ride's role as mission specialist, her career in NASA through the 1986 Challenger disaster, and her professional life after leaving NASA. For grades 6-9The only math book you'll ever need: Practical, Step-by-step Solutions To Everyday Math Problems
By Stanley Kogelman. 1994
A practical guide for "adults who want to deal effectively with the math in their lives." Explains mathematics for financial…
planning and income tax purposes, making consumer decisions, household budgeting, home projects, cooking, recreation, and moreAcademic duty
By Donald Kennedy. 1997
Examines a range of challenges facing the modern university in the United States. Addresses such issues as teaching versus research,…
waning budgets, ethical concerns, and cultural conflicts. Calls for a renewed commitment to academic responsibility within the campus communityConsumer rites: the buying & selling of American holidays
By Leigh Schmidt. 1995
A social study of the origin and evolution of U.S. holidays into highly commercialized events that clash with religious practices…
and the original intent. Includes chapters on Christmas and Easter, and covers Mother's, Father's, and St. Valentine's Days, as well as Halloween. Provides brief information on recent innovations such as Kwanzaa and Earth DayLoaves of fun: a history of bread with activities and recipes from around the world
By Elizabeth Harbison. 1997
This history of bread begins in Asia in 73,000 B.C. and continues through Mesopotamia and Switzerland, then on to Egypt…
and Europe, and finally to America in the 1600s. Recipes interspersed throughout the history include drop biscuits, challah, Amish friendship bread, French bread, and Sally Lunn bread. For grades 4-7An account of the unusual circumstances leading to the friendship between the Oxford English Dictionary's editor, Dr. James Murray, and…
one of its most prolific contributors, Dr. W.C. Minor, an American criminal. Relates the details of Dr. Minor's crime and its aftermath and how he first began his correspondence with Dr. Murray. BestsellerAnna and the King of Siam
By Margaret Landon. 1943
Anna Leonowens, a Welsh widow hired in 1862 to be governess to the children and concubines of the king of…
Siam, found the contrasts between the exotic Orient and Victorian Great Britain striking. Landon recounts Leonowen's five years of adventures and confrontations. This book inspired the Broadway musical The King and IBig top boss: John Ringling North and the circus
By David Hammarstrom. 1992
Biography of the showman-entrepreneur who folded the tents and moved the circus indoors in 1956. Describes North's flamboyant career and…
his management style in the context of labor and social issues of the mid-twentieth century. Incorporates several decades of American circus historyThe disheveled dictionary: a curious caper through our sumptuous lexicon
By Karen Gordon. 1997
Richard Wright and the library card
By William Miller. 1997
Always wear clean underwear!: And other ways parents say "I love you"
By Marc Gellman. 1997
Interprets the hidden meanings behind thirty-two things parents tell their children to do--over and over again. For example, cleaning your…
plate means being grateful for what you have, and keeping your shoes off the couch is a way to show respect to your parents. For grades 3-6Les secrets de Norah (Témoignage)
By Norah Shariff. 2007
"Autobiographie de Norah Shariff qui risque de créer des remous, le livre Les Secrets de Norah nous amène dans un…
monde dur, rempli d'obstacles s'interposant entre sa famille immédiate et la liberté. En effet, elle a grandi dans un enfer créé à la fois par les comportements abusifs et violents d'un père dégénéré, les stricts préceptes de ses grands-parents, et dans un système religieux opprimant. Elle-même victime des conjonctures, Norah cherche malgré tout à constamment épauler, voire surprotéger sa mère, qui subit quotidiennement un véritable calvaire où la violence tant physique que psychologique est de mise. [...]" -- 4e de couvGirl talk: staying strong, feeling good, sticking together
By Judith Harlan. 1997
A Dublin girl: growing up in the 1930's
By Elaine Crowley. 1996
Biography of a childhood spent poor but happy in the slums of Dublin. Because her father has tuberculosis, Elaine Crowley,…
her mother, and two siblings live hand-to-mouth in a one-room dwelling in their ancestral neighborhood. At fourteen, Elaine leaves school to help support the familyThe autobiography of a Tibetan monk
By Palden Gyatso. 1997
Memoir of a Tibetan born in 1933 who became a Buddhist monk at age ten. His peaceful life ended in…
1950 when the Chinese invaded Tibet. Describes his arrest with other monks at Gadong monastery in 1959 and the starvation, torture, and reeducation sessions during his thirty years in prison. After his release, he escaped to India to inform the Dalai Lama and the world of Chinese abuse of Tibetan prisonersLives of the artists: masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)
By Kathleen Krull. 1995
Portraits of nineteen artists, providing information about their childhood years and the works that made them famous. Includes Michelangelo Buonarroti,…
Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. For grades 3-6Making cool crafts & awesome art: a kids' treasure trove of fabulous fun
By Roberta Gould. 1998
Projects for children to work on alone or with friends. Crafters are encouraged to be inventive: don't just follow the…
guidelines; use them as springboards for your own creations. Includes wreaths, apple faces, 3-D masks, and silly costumes. Some projects require adult supervision. For grades 3-6 and older readersBingo night at the fire hall: the case for cows, orchards, bake sales, & fairs
By Barbara Holland. 1997
A middle-aged professional woman abandons her Philadelphia apartment to take up residence in an inherited cabin in Virginia's Blue Ridge…
Mountains. As she settles into the close-knit rural community there, she becomes aware of the harsh intrusions of the Washington, D.C., suburban cultureAre you somebody: the accidental memoir of a Dublin woman
By Nuala O'Faolain. 1998
An unmarried, childless Irish woman reviews her life and examines its meaning. She recalls her deprived childhood, her years at…
boarding school and university, and her career in broadcast and print journalism. Approaching sixty, she takes stock of her accomplishments and her solitary life