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Les cahiers noirs de l'aliéniste: 2, Le sang des prairies (GF (Alire (Firme)))
By Jacques Côté. 2010
"Fort Edmonton, 5 mai 1885.Trois mois après avoir joint les rangs du 65e bataillon de Montréal, le capitaine Georges Villeneuve,…
assisté du lieutenant Bruno Lafontaine et du docteur Paré, entend la déposition sous serment de François Lépine, un interprète métis qui a survécu au massacre de Lac-à-la-Grenouille." -- 4e de couvThis boy's life: a memoir
By Tobias Wolff. 1989
Angela's ashes: a memoir (The frank Mccourt Memoirs Ser.)
By Frank McCourt. 1996
Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but…
shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancour. Strong language. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Pulitzer Prize Winner. 1996.The century
By Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster. 1998
Researched and compiled by the staff of ABC News, this chronicle of the twentieth century charts changes in popular attitudes…
in the United States and describes key events in other countries as they affected the American worldview. Personal interviews and a series of story-filled essays provide a "coherent picture of a remarkable time." Bestseller. 1998.I dreamed of Africa: Tie In Edition
By Kuki Gallmann. 2000
Memoir by an Italian woman whose childhood dream of living in Africa comes true when she moves there with her…
future husband, following a car accident in Italy. They establish a ranch home in Kenya where Kuki is determined to stay, even after two devastating personal tragedies. Bestseller. 1991Doubt: a parable
By John Patrick Shanley. 2005
The Bronx, 1964. Sister Aloysius, stern principal of St. Nicholas Catholic School, is convinced that school chaplain Father Flynn is…
a pedophile, and that instead of mentoring the school's only black student, he has seduced him. Through meetings with Flynn, young teacher Sister James, and the student's mother, she gathers her evidence and plans a course of action. No one is totally right or truthful, keeping everyone in a state of doubt. Pulitzer Prize winner. 2005.The story of the Jews: finding the words : 1000 BC-1492 AD
By Simon Schama. 2014
It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief,…
the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds. It spans the millennia and the continents, from India to Andalusia and from the bazaars of Cairo to the streets of Oxford. It takes you to unimagined places: to a Jewish kingdom in the mountains of southern Arabia; a Syrian synagogue glowing with radiant wall paintings; the palm groves of the Jewish dead in the Roman catacombs. And its voices ring loud and clear, from the severities and ecstasies of the Bible writers to the love poems of wine bibbers in a garden in Muslim Spain. And a great story unfolds. Not, as often imagined, of a culture apart, but of a Jewish world immersed in and imprinted by the peoples among whom they have dwelled, from the Egyptians to the Greeks, from the Arabs to the Christians. Which makes the story of the Jews everyone's story, too. A tie-in to the PBS and BBC series. Followed by "Belonging 1492-1900".The curse of Oak Island: the story of the world's longest treasure hunt
By Randall Sullivan. 2018
A fascinating account of the strange, rich history of Oak Island and the intrepid treasure hunters who have driven themselves…
to financial ruin, psychotic breakdowns, and even death in pursuit of answers. Now as Michigan brothers Marty and Rick Lagina become the latest to attempt to solve the mystery, as documented on HISTORY's television show 'The Curse of Oak Island', Randall Sullivan takes readers along to follow their quest firsthand. 2018.Hidden figures: young readers' edition
By Margot Shetterly. 2016
The amazing true story of four African American female mathematicians at NASA who helped achieve some of the greatest moments…
in our space program. Before John Glenn orbited the earth or Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as "human computers" used pencils, slide rules, and adding machines to calculate the numbers that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space. This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, four African American women who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country. For grades 3-6. 2019 Coretta Scott King Honor Book for Best Illustration. 2016.Grass beyond the mountains: discovering the last great cattle frontier on the North American continent
By Richmond P Hobson. 1951
In the fall of 1934, three cowhands with a dream of owning a cattle ranch made their way from peaceful…
Wyoming to the harsh, uncharted territory of the British Columbian interior. In conditions as challenging as any encountered by the western frontier pioneers of a hundred years earlier, the three men and their equipment-laden horses conquered the tortuous miles over narrow passes and mountain summits, hewed their first cabin from virgin timber, and attempted to carve out a space for themselves on the unforgiving landscape. Followed by "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 1951.The rancher takes a wife: a true account of life on the last great cattle frontier
By Richmond P Hobson. 2015
The interior of British Columbia in the early 20th century is a jungle of swamps, rivers, and grasslands. It's a…
vast and still barely explored wilderness, whose principal citizens are timber wolves, moose, giant grizzly bears, and the odd human being. Into this forbidding land, Rich Hobson, Pioneer cattle rancher, brings Gloria, his city-raised bride. Her adjustment to life in the wilderness is sure to be difficult, as is her relationship with Rich and his backwoods cronies. Will Gloria ever find that she belongs in this strange, harsh land? Sequel to "Nothing too good for a cowboy". 2015.In the heart of the sea: the tragedy of the whaleship Essex
By Nathaniel Philbrick. 2000
The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century which was the inspiration…
for Herman Melville's classic novel "Moby Dick". The author uses a hitherto unknown diary of one of the survivors discovered in an attic in Connecticut in 1998 to tell the tale. Winner of the 2000 National Book Award for Nonfiction. 2000.In the footsteps of Alexander the Great: a journey from Greece to Asia
By Michael Wood. 1997
Michael Wood retraces the 2000 mile journey from Greece to India, made by Alexander the Great. In an account based…
on a range of sources as diverse as medieval travellers' narratives, satellite photography and eye-witness reports, momentous events of the past are interwoven with present day reality. 1997.In search of the Trojan War
By Michael Wood. 1985
The tale of the siege of Troy is perhaps the greatest non-religious story ever told. It has haunted the western…
imagination for nearly 3000 years, and the story of the modern quest for the reality behind Homer's epic has its own excitement: was there ever an actual siege of Troy? Did Helen, Agamemnon, Paris and all the other larger-than-life characters really exist? This is the story of the men who were determined to find out. 1985.In search of the Dark Ages
By Michael Wood. 1981
The man-eaters of Tsavo (Peter Capstick's Library)
By J. H Patterson. 1907
In colonizing Africa, Lt.Col. Patterson and his comrades traveled through desert and jungle to build roads and bridges. In 1907…
Patterson wrote of his encounters with man-eating lions who terrorized his work crew. A film, "The ghost and the darkness" is based on Patterson's adventures. 1996, c1907.Missing, porté disparu
By Thomas Hauser. 1982
Un journaliste américain vivant au Chili est arrêté chez lui quelques jours après le coup d'état de 1973. Un mois…
plus tard son cadavre sera identifié à la morgue de Santiago. Sa femme et son père veulent faire toute la lumière sur cette affaire. Descriptions régulières de violence. 1982. Titre uniforme: Execution of Charles Horman.A vision of Britain
By Prince of Wales Charles. 1989
This work is based on the first television documentary written and produced by the Prince of Wales. It stems from…
his concern for the environment, architecture and preservation in England. He stresses the need to save towns and cities, to review planning laws, and the importance of balancing what people want with the impact on their surroundings. 1989.The looming tower: Al-Qaeda's road to 9/11
By Lawrence Wright. 2006
Tells the full story of Al Qaeda from its roots up to 9/11. Drawing on interviews and first-hand sources, it…
investigates the extraordinary group of ideologues behind this organization - and those who tried to stop them. Interweaving this story with events including the Israeli-Palestine conflict, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the first attack on the World Trade Center, Lawrence Wright takes us into training camps, mountain hideouts and top secret meetings to explore how it all fed into the planning and execution of 9/11 - and reveals the complex origins of Al Qaeda's hatred of the West. Winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 2006.Alistair Cooke's America
By Alistair Cooke. 1973
This is an expanded version of the television series. The author writes about the land and the people with the…
dispassionate but affectionate characteristic of his "Letter from America" broadcasts, and offers unusual explanations and interpretations of episodes which have affected the course of the country's history. 1973.