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Le vaste monde: scènes d'enfance
Par Robert Lalonde. 1999
Seventy-five articles selected from the popular magazine's 109-year existence. Although heavily illustrated, the periodical contains scholarly articles about the planet…
and its people. Contributors include Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Lindberg, Maya Angelou, Tad Szulc, and Shelby FooteInto the porcupine cave and other odysseys: adventures of an occasional naturalist
Par William Warner. 1999
Nature essays that depict outdoor wonders around the world. The author reminisces about summers he spent exploring New Jersey's Barnegat…
Bay in his youth, the coral reefs of Peleliu seen during his service in World War II, and solo hiking in the Maine wilderness at midlife. 1999Ecoviews: snakes, snails, and environmental tales
Par Whit Gibbons. 1998
Vignettes about the ecology of animals, plants, and habitats demonstrate the wealth of biodiversity on Earth. Discusses wasps, turtles, ants,…
snakes, and other species encountered by an ecologist doing fieldwork in Australia and North America. Presents natural history facts in the context of environmental issuesVulcan's fury: man against the volcano
Par Alwyn Scarth. 1999
Depicts fifteen volcanic eruptions across a wide geographical and historical spectrum with emphasis on the aftermaths and how people were…
affected. Spans the centuries from A.D. 79 (Vesuvius) to 1991 (Pinatubo) in discussing volcanos around the globe. Contains eyewitness reports from survivors. 1999Thirty-eight natural history essays about landscapes, birds, beasts, insects, and fish by such writers as Charles Darwin, Mark Twain, Henry…
David Thoreau, Herman Melville, Annie Dillard, Daniel Defoe, Rachel Carson, John James Audubon, Theodore Roosevelt, J.H. Fabre, and Vladimir Nabokov. 1998Maupassant, le clandestin
Par Olivier Frébourg. 2000
"Le récit d'une vie de garçon, un voyage de noces avec la littérature" (p. 16). Choisi livre du mois par…
Notes bibliographiques, cet essai biographique laisse voir la "tendresse admirative" de Frébourg pour son modèle. Il démontre en particulier que Maupassant n'est pas Bel-Ami, "l'écrivain mondain, homme à femmes et parvenu" (p. 119) du roman dont il est le héros. L'oeuvre tient de l'enquête. Elle retrace la carrière de l'écrivain qui garda sa vie secrète, situe son oeuvre, la cite et la commente. Accessible et agréable. [SDMPirandello: biographie de l'enfant échangé
Par Andrea Camilleri. 2002
Biographie en forme de récit passionné, vu que l'auteur-écrivain est à la fois concitoyen et confrère de Pirandello. Le sous-titre…
insiste sur un caractère important de la vie du nouvelliste et dramaturge sicilien [SDMA life on our planet: my witness statement and a vision for the future
Par David Attenborough. 2020
Naturalist in his 90s reflects on his decades as a science communicator and the changes to the planet he has…
witnessed since his early days in the field. Presents policies for addressing issues like climate change and bettering the world to pass on to the next generation. 2020Green hills of Africa (Scribner classics)
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1998
Argues that the depletion of the world's tropical rainforests has caused irreversible ecological damage. Explores the loss of biodiversity, drastic…
climatic changes, and the uprooting of indigenous populations. Describes the debate about the severity of these problems, especially in British Columbia and the Amazon. For senior high and older readersLa pesanteur et la grâce (Agora #99)
Par Simone Weil. 1991
"Partie de la philosophie pour entrer en religion, née dans une famille d'origine juive pour se rapprocher du christianisme, Simone…
Weil a suivi un parcours étonnant qui la mènera d'un statut de jeune fille de la bourgeoisie aux confins de la plus atroce misère matérielle." Ce livre est un recueil de ses réflexions sur des thèmes variés. [SDMReturn to Spirit Lake: journey through a lost landscape
Par Christine Colasurdo. 1997
More than a decade after the 1980 eruption of Washington state's Mount St. Helens, a woman returns to the site…
of her family's cabin on nearby Spirit Lake. Touring the area, she reminisces about the way things were in her youth and describes the radical changes in the landscapeAn exposition of parenting in the animal kingdom. The author illuminates the similarities and differences between the interaction humans have…
with their offspring and the maternalistic and paternalistic tendencies of insects, fish, and other mammalsOur fascinating earth
Par Philip Seff. 1996
A collection of almost 180 articles presenting unusual scientific facts and information on natural wonders. Each of the nine chapters…
covers a variety of topics such as wolves, scorpions, the Kohinoor diamond, the pyramids, dinosaurs, rivers, carnivorous plants, hurricanes, even garlic. For junior and senior high and older readersWood-notes wild: walking with Thoreau
Par Henry Thoreau. 1995
Scenes from nature described by Thoreau on his long daily walks during a twenty-four-year period. The selections are arranged by…
season, giving sensory impressions of the woodland plants, earth, and animals that the nineteenth-century philosopher encounteredAn unspoken hunger: stories from the field
Par Terry Williams. 1994
A collection of eighteen essays by a naturalist who draws attention to the earth and reminds readers that they are…
part of the environment. The author urges people to become more intimate with natureA handmade wilderness
Par Donald Schueler. 1996
In 1968, Schueler and his companion, Willie Brown, set out to homestead the "least worst land" they could find. Schueler…
recounts their twenty-five-year struggle to restore a despoiled eighty-acre tract in southern Mississippi and tells of Brown's death from AIDS in 1987The weather companion: an album of meteorological history, science, legend, and folklore
Par Gary Lockhart. 1988
A compendium of weather facts and fables, from ancient myths to modern research. Discusses weather cycles, phenomena, forecasting tools, and…
even Noah's ark. Tells the best time to go fishing. For junior and senior high and older readers