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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 couvThe president's house: a first daughter shares the history and secrets of the world's most famous home
Par Margaret Truman. 2003
The daughter of president Harry Truman describes the history and architectural features of the White House and shares tidbits about…
its former occupants. Includes anecdotes about past commanders in chief and their families, pets, servants, and distinguished guests. 2003After 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. 2003The wrong man: the final verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case
Par James Neff. 2001
Investigative reporter assembles extensive evidence exonerating Cleveland physician Sam Sheppard of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn, on July 4, 1954.…
Describes botched police and forensic investigations, Sheppard's retrials and eventual acquittal in 1966, and his son's anti-death-penalty activism. Identifies probable actual killer and reconstructs possible murder scenario. Some violence and some strong language. 2001Saint 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. 2003The Louisiana Purchase (Turning Points In History Ser. #Vol. 2)
Par Thomas J Fleming. 2003
A concise history of the pivotal, $15 million land deal between the United States and France in 1803 that doubled…
America's size and stifled French colonial ambitions in the New World. Fleming depicts the strained relations between the two republics, the political climates surrounding President Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon, and the bargaining process. 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. 2003John Brown's body
Par Stephen Vincent Benét. 1928
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1929, this long narrative poem in rhyme and blank verse is a rank-and-file history…
of the Civil War, or "the rich man's war and the poor man's fight." Portrays the lives of soldiers, leaders, and civilians on both sides of the conflict, North and South. 1928Republic of shade: New England and the American elm
Par Thomas J Campanella. 2003
A natural history of the American elm interwoven with U.S. urban and cultural development. Describes the native tree's symbolic significance…
and practical uses in the early republic, its spread across the nation, its demise as a victim of modernization and Dutch elm disease, and twentieth-century efforts to restore it to prominence. 2003From Love Field: our final hours with President John F. Kennedy
Par Nellie Connally. 2003
Widow of former Texas governor John Connally recalls the fateful Dallas ride in the presidential limousine on November 22, 1963,…
when JFK was fatally shot and the governor severely wounded. Nellie Connally describes the chaos of the scene, her husband's long recovery, and the assassination's effect on her and her three children. 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. 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 couvRobert E. Lee: a Penguin life
Par Roy Blount. 2003
Cultural journalist and humourist with southern upbringing offers character insights on Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee (1807-1870). Discusses…
Lee's background, the strengths and weaknesses of his military tactics, and his sense of honor. Appendixes explore Lee's sexuality, quirky humor, and attitude toward slavery. 2003To 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. 2003American ground, unbuilding the World Trade Center: Unbuilding The World Trade Center
Par William Langewiesche. 2002
Author witnesses the daily dismantling of the ruins of New York's World Trade Center for nine months after the terrorist…
attack of September 11, 2001. Describes the physical dangers and the emotional turmoil endured by the workers. Originally published as stories in the Atlantic Monthly. 2002Terror 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. [SDMUnchained memories: readings from the slave narratives
Par Henry Louis Gates, Spencer Crew, Cynthia Goodman, Ohio) National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati. 2002
Accounts of former slaves based on interviews conducted in the late 1930s by the U.S. government's Works Progress Administration for…
the Slave Narrative Collection of the Federal Writers' Project. Companion to 2003 documentary film produced by HBO. Foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr. Violence and strong language. 2002