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Sauver ma peau: tout perdre pour échapper aux Témoins de Jéhovah
By Pamela Perdegas. 2022
À travers l'un des rares récits levant le voile sur la vie d'une enfant Témoin de Jéhovah au Québec, Pamela…
Perdegas, née de parents hispanophones, raconte sans détour ce qui l'a poussée à se rebeller contre sa famille et sa religion, qui ont été pour elle une véritable prison. Emprise de ses proches, isolement, violence physique, psychologique et économique : la jeune femme, aujourd'hui âgée de 25 ans, a déjà cru ne jamais voir la lumière au bout du tunnel. Hélas, une fois la porte des Témoins claquée, impossible de conserver quelconque lien avec eux. Perdre sa famille et tous ses repères a été le prix à payer pour gagner sa liberté, envers et contre tous. Aussi bouleversant qu'inspirant, ce récit d'émancipation, appuyé par des témoignages de ceux qui l'ont accompagnée avant, pendant et après la tempête, offre un regard d'une impressionnante lucidité sur cet enjeu dont on parle encore trop peuFrédéric Chopin et George Sand: de la rupture aux souvenirs
By Xavier Vezzoli. 2010
" La liaison de George Sand et Frédéric Chopin a souvent été source de controverses et de polémiques. Surtout en…
ce qui concerne leur rupture et les deux années qui suivirent. Durant cette période, la romancière se plaignit souvent que Chopin la dénigrait sous l'inspiration de sa fille Solange. A la lecture de certaines lettres du musicien, on constatera que cela n'était pas toujours faux. Après la disparition de Chopin, on écrivit au contraire que suite à leur rupture, il n'exprimait aucune récrimination envers George Sand et ne parlait jamais d'elle avec aigreur. On affirma même qu'il répétait souvent combien celle-ci lui manquait, et que son décès fut provoqué par le chagrin de cette rupture. Sa mort devint alors une version masculine de La Dame aux camélias. Cet essai a pour but de mieux comprendre les raisons de ces contradictions afin de se rapprocher au plus près de la vérité. Pour cela il aura été nécessaire de commencer par étudier les circonstances qui précédèrent la rupture, de continuer avec les polémiques qui suivirent celle-ci, pour conclure sur les premières biographies de Chopin et les souvenirs que les deux artistes conservèrent l'un de l'autre. " -- 4e de couvLa comtesse Tolstoï
By Bertrand Meyer-Stabley. 2009
" Se marier avec un génie et partager près d'un demi-siècle avec lui n'est pas un destin facile. C'est pourtant…
celui qu'a choisi Sophie (dite Sonia) Andreïevna Bers (1844-1919) à l'âge de dix-huit ans : en 1862, elle épouse Léon Tolstoï, de seize ans son aîné... " -- 4e de couvChronicles William Still's life and work as a Black abolitionist and record keeper of enslaved people who had fled to…
freedom. As a son of former slaves, a determined Still found employment at the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, where he raised money, planned rescues, and helped reunite long-lost families. For grades K-3. 2020Un tal Evo: biografía no autorizada
By Darwin Pinto. 2013
The authors, award-winning journalists who start following Evo Morales as an agricultural organizer in the 1980s, share the unknown history…
of the former president of Bolivia. They reveal details from his childhood on the high plateau until his first term as president. Strong language and some violence. Spanish language. 2007The sisterhood: The secret history of women at the cia
By Liza Mundy. 2023
The acclaimed author of Code Girls returns with a “rip-roaring” (Steve Coll) history of three generations at the CIA, “electric…
with revelations” ( Booklist ) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden. “This masterful book cements Liza Mundy as one of our foremost historians.”—Kate Moore, bestselling author of The Radium Girls One of Kirkus Reviews’ Most Anticipated Books of the Fall Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives. They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside. After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound. Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls , The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerousRegarder au-delà (Récit (Anne Carrière (Firme)))
By Hugues De Montalembert. 2011
"En 1978, Hugues de Montalembert a été agressé à New York par deux hommes venus le voler. Lors d'un affrontement…
violent, l'un d'eux lui a jeté du décapant au visage. En quelques heures, il s'est retrouvé aveugle. Cet ouvrage est le fruit de trente ans de réflexion sur les conséquences de cette nuit-là. Avec une concision et une force remarquables, mêlant la pensée actuelle aux extraits de son journal intime d'alors, l'auteur retrace, sans jamais s'apitoyer sur son sort, ce par quoi il a dû passer : accepter que la vie bascule brutalement, se rééduquer pour retrouver, autant que possible, une existence libre et indépendante, savoir se faire aider mais aussi savoir établir avec les autres une relation dans laquelle sa condition se ferait oublier. De façon étonnante, il a continué à voyager seul à l'autre bout du monde, et même à voir, bien qu'il ait perdu l'usage de ses yeux. Mi-témoignage, mi-essai, ce livre est aussi une méditation inspirée sur les ressources dans lesquelles nous pouvons puiser pour affronter les pires épreuves." -- 4e de couvNos luttes cachent des sanglots
By Ahmad Ashraf. 2011
"Ahmad Ashraf a exercé comme chirurgien de guerre au coeur des combats lors de l'invasion soviétique. Passé dans la résistance,…
il n'a jamais cessé de porter secours aux victimes quelles qu'elles soient. Aujourd'hui, installé en France après avoir échappé aux extrémistes, il poursuit une action humanitaire en Afghanistan et porte un regard sans concession sur l'évolution de son pays d'origine. Son récit, très personnel et prenant, raconte un parcours hors du commun, plein de péripéties, où la chance et l'extraordinaire côtoient le drame et la douleur. Un témoignage unique, qui donne au lecteur une perception tout en finesse, en sensibilité, des réalités terribles vécues par le peuple afghan." -- 4e de couvBeyond the stony mountains: nature in the American west from Lewis and Clark to today
By Daniel B Botkin. 2004
Ecologist retraces the footsteps of early-nineteenth-century explorers Lewis and Clark and compares the natural history they documented to its condition…
in the early twenty-first century. Describes environmental changes including the damming of rivers and the disappearance of ecosystems and wildlife species. 2004Splendid solution: Jonas Salk and the conquest of polio
By Jeffrey Kluger. 2004
This history of the 1950s battle to develop a polio vaccine focuses on Jonas Salk's successful dead-virus inoculation. Discusses social…
effects of infantile paralysis from 1916 to mid century, the controversy over live-virus vaccines, Walter Winchell's public denouncement of Dr. Salk, and Salk's 1954 vindication. 2004I love russia: Reporting from a lost country
By Elena Kostyuchenko. 2023
“A haunting book of rare courage.” —Clarissa Ward, CNN chief international correspondent and author of On All Fronts A fearless,…
cutting portrait of Russia and an essential cri de coeur for journalism in opposition to the global authoritarian turn To be a journalist is to tell the truth. I Love Russia is Elena Kostyuchenko’s unrelenting attempt to document her country as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer provinces, patients and doctors at a Ukrainian maternity ward, and reporters like herself. Here is Russia as it is, not as we imagine it. The result is a singular portrait of a nation, and of a young woman who refuses to be silenced. In March 2022, as a correspondent for Russia’s last free press, Novaya Gazeta , Kostyuchenko crossed the border into Ukraine to cover the war. It was her mission to ensure that Russians witnessed the horrors Putin was committing in their name. She filed her pieces knowing that should she return home, she would likely be prosecutedand sentenced to up to fifteen years in prison. Yet, driven by the conviction that the greatest formof love and patriotism is criticism, she continues to write. I Love Russia stitches together reportage from the past fifteen years with personal essays, assembling a kaleidoscopic narrative that Kostyuchenko understands may be the last work from her homeland that she’ll publish for a long time—perhaps ever. It exposes the inner workings of an entire nation as it descends into fascism and, inevitably, war. She writes because the threat of Putin’s Russia extends beyond herself, beyond Crimea, and beyond Ukraine. We fail to understand it at our own perilAfrican American musicians (Black stars #11)
By Eleanora E Tate. 2000
Profiles of African Americans who have made significant contributions to music in the United States over the past two hundred…
years. Depicts them contending with racism, segregation, and personal hardship to become jazz composers, stride pianists, concert singers, horn players, and gospel and rap artists. For grades 6-9. 2000The secret man: the story of Watergate's Deep Throat
By Bob Woodward. 2005
Journalist who uncovered the 1972 Watergate scandal, All the President's Men (DB 50574), chronicles his long relationship with the scandal's…
secret informant. Details Woodward's early dealings with the man as a mentor, their covert meetings during Watergate, decades of concealment, and W. Mark Felt's public admission in 2005. Bestseller. 2005On the court with-- Jennifer Capriati
By Glenn Stout. 2004
Biography of the champion player who entered professional tennis at age thirteen and two years later won a gold medal…
at the 1992 Olympics. Discusses Capriati's difficulties handling early fame and wealth. For grades 4-7. 2004Caught by the sea: my life on boats
By Gary Paulsen. 2001
Author of Hatchet (BR 11525) relates how falling in love with the ocean at age seven evolved into a later…
love for sailing. Describes boats he has owned, his adventures up and down the Pacific Coast, and surviving a killer storm. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2001Saint Valentine
By Ann Tompert. 2004
This short biography of the Christian saint covers those facts known about him and the reason his name is connected…
with a holiday celebrating friendship and love. For grades 2-4. 2004Nature noir: a park ranger's patrol in the Sierra
By Jordan Fisher Smith. 2005
A park ranger chronicles his fourteen years on duty along the American River in northern California, an area threatened by…
possible dam construction. Relates dealing with drunks, vandals, and squatters. Describes the history and beauty of the natural setting. Strong language. 2005Saint Augustine's sin
By Augustine. 2003
A biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), the champion of political change through peaceful resistance. Emphasizes the spiritual beliefs that guided…
his actions in the nonviolent struggle to gain India's independence from Great Britain. Includes activities. For grades 2-4. 2004Muhammad Ali: Legends In Sports (Legends in sports)
By Glenn Stout. 2005
Biography of the boxer who won the heavyweight world championship in 1964. Relates his subsequent conversion to the Nation of…
Islam and name change from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. Discusses his career and reasons for retirement. For grades 4-7. 2005