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Les espionnes du XXe siècle (Bibliophane)
Par Raymond Ruffin. 2000
Portraits de huit femmes qui se sont adonnées à l'espionnage au cours des deux guerres mondiales: 1. Elisabeth Schragmüller, Mademoiselle…
Docteur - 2. Mata Hari, la danseuse orientale - 3. Marthe Richard, l'"Alouette" - 4. Violette Morris, la Championne - 5. Christine Grandville - Comtesse Krystina de Gyzina-Sharbel, L'espionne de luxe - 6. Mathilde Bélard-Carré, La Chatte - 7. Joséphine Baker, la perle noire - 8. Madeleine Bihet-Richou, La Source MAD. S'appuyant sur des archives et des témoignages et quinze années de recherches, l'auteur fait sortir de l'ombre les plus inconnues - qui ont souvent été les plus efficaces ou celles qui ont fait leur marque en raison de leur personnalité. [SDMContre vents et marées: mémoires
Par 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 couvAfter Jihad: America and the struggle for Islamic democracy
Par Noah Feldman. 2003
Explores the question whether democracy can "be made to flourish in the lands where Islam prevails." Discusses the political terrain…
in Iran, Turkey, Asia, Pakistan, and Arab countries to ascertain the compatibility of the Islamic religion with democratic values. Claiming there is no inherent conflict, Feldman suggests ways to refute anti-Americanism. 2003That man: an insider's portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Par Robert Houghwout Jackson. 2003
Nineteen-fifties memoir of President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Supreme Court justice Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954). Under FDR Jackson also held…
the positions of solicitor general, attorney general, U.S. chief prosecutor of the Nazi war criminals, as well as confidant and friend. Introduced and edited by John Q. Barrett. 2003Saint Thérèse of Lisieux: a Penguin life
Par 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. 2003Dark harbor: building house and home on an enchanted island (Nation Bks.)
Par Ved Mehta. 2003
In this continuation of his Continents of Exile memoir series, Mehta, a blind writer, recounts his undertaking to build a…
house on a small Maine island in 1984 and the importance of this home in his marriage and family life. 2003"My heart became attached": the strange journey of John Walker Lindh
Par 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. 2003Bush v. Gore: controversial presidential election case
Par Diana K Sergis. 2003
Discusses the 2000 Supreme Court landmark decision that resulted in Texas governor George W. Bush becoming the forty-third U.S. president.…
Describes the contested ballot recounts in Florida, battles in state and federal courts, and constitutional arguments presented to the nation's highest court by Bush and his challenger, Vice President Albert Gore. For senior high and older readers. 2003An open book: coming of age in the heartland
Par Michael Dirda. 2003
Memoir recounting the childhood of Pulitzer Prize-winning literary journalist Michael Dirda. A steelworker's son, Dirda reminisces about growing up in…
the industrial town of Lorain, Ohio, during the 1950s and 1960s, working toward a degree in English at Oberlin College, and encountering various books that fueled his imagination along the way. 2003À découvert
Par Jean-Pierre Charbonneau. 2007
"[...] Journaliste, auteur d'un best-seller sur le crime organisé au Canada, député pendant vingt-cinq ans à l'Assemblée nationale du Québec…
sous la bannière du Parti québécois, coopérant en Afrique, l'homme de convictions se double d'un homme de dialogue, capable de transcender les clivages politiques. Son approche pragmatique, son art du compromis qui ne sacrifie pas l'essentiel auront aussi fait de Jean-Pierre Charbonneau l'un des meilleurs présidents de l'Assemblée nationale au cours de son histoire. Il se livre maintenant à un passionnant exercice de mémoire et le fait avec l'authenticité qui le caractérise. C'est à découvert qu'il s'avance. Ses révélations n'ont pas fini d'étonner. [...]" -- 4e de couvIn the land of pain
Par Alphonse Daudet. 2002
A collection of autobiographical notes from a nineteenth-century French writer slowly dying of syphilis. In these candid reflections, Daudet (1840-1897)…
describes fellow patients, the treatments that brought little relief, the physical agony of his symptoms, and the profound suffering and fear that left him contemplating suicide. 1930The child that books built: a life in reading
Par Francis Spufford. 2002
British author of I May Be Some Time (BR 12612) explains the importance that reading has played in the formation…
of his character and views on life. Spufford conveys his passion for fiction, from a childhood love of Tolkien's stories to his adult enthusiasm for the classics. Some strong language. 2002To begin the world anew: the genius and ambiguities of the American founders
Par Bernard Bailyn. 2003
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian analyzes the contradictory nature of key figures and documents of the American Revolution. Bailyn's five essays discuss…
cultural influences on political creativity, different sides of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin's idealism and realism, and the Federalist papers. 2003Terror and liberalism
Par Paul Berman. 2003
Liberal political and cultural critic examines the history and philosophy of totalitarianism leading up to the rise of Islamist extremism.…
Provides insights into terrorist ideologies and advocates strategic American interventions throughout the world to promote democracy. 2003Lettres à une jeune espionne: 1, La diagonale du double
Par Constantin Melnik. 1997
A travers ces Lettres à une jeune espionne, l'auteur, responsable des services secrets sous de Gaulle et maître incontesté du…
Renseignement, nous dévoile les mécanismes, "la psychologie et les techniques du plus obscur des mondes", celui des services secrets. [SDMThe rise of the new woman: the women's movement in America, 1875-1930 (American ways series)
Par Jean V Matthews. 2003
A social and political history of the suffrage movement in the critical years leading up to and after ratification of…
the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 that gave women the right to vote. Discusses the role of feminist pioneers in changing public attitudes and the ideas and values engendered by their debates. 2003Martha Washington: first lady of liberty
Par Helen Bryan. 2002
Presents the life of the first United States president's wife, Martha Washington (1731-1802), in the social, political, and economic context…
of early America, especially colonial Virginia. The chronicle depicts Martha as her husband's "active, indispensable partner," who "commanded respect in her own right," and reflects her instrumental role in George's success. 2002Disabled rights: American disability policy and the fight for equality
Par Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer. 2003
History and politics of the disability rights movement in the United States. Discusses how the disability community has coalesced in…
the past fifty years to press its demands and how passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act has shaped public policy and individual expectations. Also reviews ADA-related litigation and some "hot button" issues. 2003Make them go away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve & the case against disability rights
Par Mary Johnson. 2003
Journalist explores the backlash against the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and society's focus on medical treatment rather than equal…
opportunities. Discusses Clint Eastwood's decision to fight a lawsuit for access violations, Christopher Reeve's goal to walk again, and the proposed ADA Notification Act. 2003