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Les jardiniers de l'âme: innover pour donner leur chance aux enfants en difficulté
By Martine Roussel-Adam. 2011
" Parcourant la planète, Martine Roussel-Adam a exploré les projets les plus innovants pour aider les enfants en difficulté à…
s'épanouir durablement. Au Canada, Mary désamorce la violence et fait émerger l'empathie grâce à des visites de bébés dans les écoles. En Sierra Leone, des ex-enfants soldats dansent avec David pour réapprendre à vivre. Dans les bidonvilles de Colombie, Felicity allume des étoiles dans les yeux de ses protégés en les initiant aux arts du cirque et en leur proposant d'en faire leur métier... Loin du fatalisme ambiant, chaque histoire nous fait découvrir un innovateur social hors du commun qui a su apporter aux enfants en souffrance une aide globale pour leur permettre de rebondir et acquérir de nouveaux repères. Un livre vibrant qui porte un regard nouveau sur l'intégration des jeunes en difficulté, qui propose des analyses, des solutions et invite à l'action. " -- 4e de couvAll about Braille: reading by touch
By Laura S Jeffrey. 2004
Discusses Helen Keller, Louis Braille, and other noted blind persons, including mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer and musicians Ray Charles and…
Stevie Wonder. Provides information on learning braille, using computers with braille displays, and walking with a cane or guide dog. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2004Cooking with grease: stirring the pots in American politics
By Donna Brazile. 2004
First African American woman to head a national political campaign gives a behind-the-scenes look at her life and career. Describes…
her impoverished Louisiana childhood, early involvement in the civil rights movement, voter registration efforts, advocacy for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, and management of Gore's 2000 presidential campaign. 2004Politics, pollution, and pandas: an environmental memoir
By Russell E Train. 2003
Former Environmental Protection Agency administrator recounts his pivotal role in environmental policy development under presidents Nixon and Ford and later…
as head of the World Wildlife Fund in the private sector. Provides an insider's look at key conservation movement events and figures of the 1960s-1970s. 2003Lincoln: a photobiography (Journeys 2014)
By Russell Freedman. 1987
Biography of sixteenth U.S. president. Describes his rise from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois to become a…
self-educated lawyer, state representative, and, in 1860, president. Highlights Lincoln's Civil War leadership before his 1865 assassination. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1987Scattered shadows: a memoir of blindness and vision
By John Howard Griffin, Robert Bonazzi. 2004
The author of Black like me (DB 61703) recounts losing his sight in 1947 from a war injury and unexpectedly…
recovering it ten years later. Describes his religious conversion to Catholicism during his blindness and individual and institutional reactions to his physical impairment. Some strong language. 2004Why Lincoln matters: today more than ever
By Mario Matthew Cuomo. 2004
Former New York governor applies the sixteenth president's wisdom to challenges in 2004. Calling Lincoln's vision "worthy of the world's…
greatest nation," Cuomo finds in it contemporary relevance to war, civil liberties, governmental roles, economic opportunity, global interdependence, religion, the Supreme Court, and race. 2004Judging Thomas: the life and times of Clarence Thomas
By Ken Foskett. 2004
Biography of the African American Supreme Court justice. Journalist Foskett describes Thomas's impoverished Georgia childhood, Yale Law School matriculation, legal…
career, conservative views, and 1991 appointment to the court by fellow Republican President George Bush. Also examines controversies that surround the jurist. Strong language. 2004Ask not: the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the speech that changed America
By Thurston Clarke. 2004
Chronicles the creation of Kennedy's inaugural address during the ten days in January 1961 just before he was sworn in…
as president. Discusses the political context and people and perspectives that influenced the speech. Contributes to the debate over which parts of the speech were written by Kennedy himself. 2004FBI girl: how I learned to crack my father's code
By Maura Conlon-McIvor. 2004
Memoir of a Hoover-era FBI agent's daughter determined to penetrate her father's secretive world with the help of her own…
detective work. Author describes how she learned even more about her dad through mutual love, loss, and understanding when her beloved uncle, Father Jack, was murdered in New York. 2004L'oligarchie ça suffit, vive la démocratie (L'Histoire immédiate)
By Hervé Kempf. 2011
" Sommes-nous en dictature? Non. Sommes-nous en démocratie? Non plus. Les puissances d'argent ont acquis une influence démesurée, les grands…
médias sont contrôlés par les intérêts capitalistes, les lobbies décident des lois en coulisses, les libertés sont jour après jour entamées. Dans tous les pays occidentaux, la démocratie est attaquée par une caste. En réalité, nous sommes entrés dans un régime oligarchique, cette forme politique conçue par les Grecs anciens et qu'ont oubliée les politologues : la domination d'une petite classe de puissants qui discutent entre pairs et imposent ensuite leurs décisions à l'ensemble des citoyens... " -- 4e de couvMoi, je suis de Bouctouche: les racines bien ancrées
By Donald J Savoie. 2009
« [...] Donald Savoie a grandi dans un petit village acadien et est devenu un auteur et un universitaire accompli.…
Ses livres ont eu un effet profond sur les politiques publiques du Canada et sur l'administration du pays. Moi, je suis de Bouctouche n'est pas seulement l'histoire de Savoie lui-même, mais aussi une histoire qui porte sur le Canada, le peuple acadien et l'évolution du Canada français [...] ». -- 4e de couvC'est quoi la politique? (C'est quoi)
By Philippe Séguin. 1999
Après vingt ans de vie publique, Philippe Séguin, ancien président de l'Assemblée nationale, répond aux questions d'élèves de CM2 (cinquième…
année) à propos du sens de l'action politique ainsi que des structures politiques en France, en particulier. [SDMThe presidential nominating process: a place for us? (American political challenges)
By Rhodes Cook. 2004
Former Congressional Quarterly political writer examines the role of voters in determining presidential nominees. Traces the history and evolution of…
modern primary elections; looks at the process in other democratic countries like England, France, and Germany; and suggests reforms that would increase competition and empower voters. 2004Murdering McKinley: the making of Theodore Roosevelt's America
By Eric Rauchway. 2003
Study of William McKinley's assassination in 1901 and Theodore Roosevelt's ascent to the presidency. Focuses on assassin Leon Czolgosz's upbringing,…
motives, mental health, and trial to explain the country's reaction to the crime. Asserts that the new president's political astuteness shaped his response to the murder through social reform. 2003In defense of liberty: the story of America's Bill of Rights
By Russell Freedman. 2003
Describes the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution and explains how they are applied as well as tested. Examples…
of challenges include a suit brought on behalf of schoolchildren who were required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and rap musicians sued for obscenity. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Plan of attack
By Bob Woodward. 2004
Follows Pulitzer Prize-winning author's Bush at War (DB 55015) with a behind-the-scenes account of President eorge W. Bush's decision to…
invade Iraq. Draws on interviews with Bush and others to chronicle crucial operations from November 2001 to March 2003. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2004Reflections from a different journey: what adults with disabilities wish all parents knew
By Stanley Klein, John Kemp. 2004
Forty informative essays by successful adult role models who have "lived the disability experience." Individuals with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy,…
vision and hearing loss, autism, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy, learning disabilities, and other health conditions share their thoughts on acceptance, parenting, sexuality, and education. 2004The hedgehog, the fox, and the magister's pox: mending the gap between science and the humanities
By Stephen Jay Gould. 2003
Eminent evolutionary biologist, who died in 2002, explores--and rejects--the supposed dichotomy between two major fields of knowledge. Using an ancient…
Greek proverb as a metaphor to support his point, Gould advocates a unified approach to study of the sciences and the humanities since neither one can suffice alone. 2003George Washington: The American Presidents Series: The 1st President, 1789-1797 (American Presidents Ser.)
By James MacGregor Burns. 2004
Two historians analyze the strengths and weaknesses of Washington's presidency. While commending his creation of a strong executive and sense…
of national unity, Burns and Dunn criticize his denunciation of political parties and public silence on slavery. They also contrast his self-effacing persona with intense craving for "esteem and notice." 2004