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Adieu mon frère: [récit]
Par Edwidge Danticat. 2008
"Rêvant d'Amérique, les parents d'Edwidge Danticat quittent Haïti en 1973. Edwidge, qui n'a que quatre ans, sera élevée par son…
oncle Joseph, pasteur que la maladie a rendu muet mais qui n'a rien perdu de son extraordinaire charisme. Lorsqu'elle débarque à son tour à New York, quelques années plus tard, les parents qu'elle retrouve sont devenus pour elle des quasi-inconnus. Et tandis qu'ils essaient de recomposer une famille, leur parviennent les échos d'une situation politique de plus en plus inquiétante en Haïti. L'oncle Joseph échappera de justesse au régime terrible des tontons macoutes. En 2004, à quatre-vingt-un ans, malade et diminué, il arrive enfin à Miami - mais ce qu'il croit être son salut va devenir son ultime calvaire. Edwidge Danticat, en rendant hommage aux siens, livre une réflexion sur les liens du sang et la violence avec laquelle l'histoire peut parfois les défaire. C'est le portrait de quelques hommes et femmes qui s'achament à offrir aux leurs un avenir meilleur et sont emportés dans une ronde tragique, d'exil en exil et d'un adieu à l'autre. C'est enfin, par la grâce d'une prose juste et pudique, la preuve qu'il n'est de vraie patrie, pour l'écrivain, que la littérature". -- 4e de couvJean-Marc Chaput: une vie d'amour et d'épreuves
Par Jean-Marc Chaput. 2011
" Jean-Marc Chaput, celui qui a inventé les conférences sur le leadership et le management pour les entreprises québécoises; celui…
qui a célébré en 2010, ses 80 ans de vie, ses 60 ans de vie commune et ses 40 ans de vie publique, prend une pause pour nous raconter toutes ces années. " -- 4e de couvHer dream of dreams: the rise and triumph of Madam C.J. Walker
Par Beverly Lowry. 2003
Biography of Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919), born Sarah Breedlove to former slaves, who rose from poverty to found a lucrative…
cosmetics business and become America's first African American female millionaire. Chronicles Walker's progression from the post-Reconstruction south to New York mansions, philanthropy, and struggles for racial equality and women's rights. Some strong language. 2003I'm not slowing down: winning my battle with osteoporosis
Par Ann Richards. 2003
Former Texas governor describes her battle to arrest osteopenia, an early stage of osteoporosis often triggered by hormonal changes in…
postmenopausal women. Along with coauthor and physician Richard Levine, she describes dietary measures, medication, and exercise aimed at controlling the condition. Also includes information on hormone replacement therapy. 2003On the mound with-- Curt Schilling (Matt Christopher)
Par Matt Christopher, Glenn Stout. 2004
Biography of Curt Schilling, the star pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Details his career from school days and the minor…
leagues to a series of teams in the majors, where he learned to work hard to perfect his game. For grades 4-7. 2004Isaac Newton: Die Biografie
Par James Gleick. 2003
Author of Genius (RC 36181) crafts a biography of scientific great Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), highlighting his accomplishments in physics,…
optics, and mathematics. Uses original quotations to describe Newton's invention of calculus and other breakthroughs--including the laws of motion, which led to the shift from a mystical to a rationalist worldview in European science. 2003I am a soldier, too: the Jessica Lynch story
Par Rick Bragg. 2003
Relates the experiences of nineteen-year-old U.S. Army private Jessica Lynch, captured during an ambush in March 2003 in southern Iraq…
and dramatically rescued weeks later, catapulting her into the international spotlight. Describes her West Virginia childhood and adjustment upon returning home wounded. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 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. 2003In the goal with-- Briana Scurry
Par Matt Christopher. 2000
A biography of the former goalkeeper on the U.S. women's national soccer team who earned the nickname "The Rock." Describes…
Scurry's sports career through the end of the 1999 season. For grades 4-7. 2000On the ice with-- Tara Lipinski
Par Glenn Stout. 1999
Presents the life and sports career of Tara Lipinski from her early training in roller skating at age three, roller…
hockey at five, and ice skating at six. Describes Lipinski's experience competing for, and winning, the gold medal in figure skating at the 1998 Olympics. For grades 4-7. 1999Sixpence House: lost in a town of books
Par Paul Collins. 2003
Memoir of American author's relocation to Hay-on-Wye, or "Town of Books," a Welsh village boasting fifteen hundred inhabitants and forty…
antiquarian bookstores. Finding work in the largest one, Collins describes his pleasure in poring through endless dusty book stacks. He also recounts attempting to buy Sixpence House, a tumbledown pub in the town's center. 2003Muhammad: a biography of the prophet
Par Karen Armstrong. 1992
Prolific writer on the Middle East examines the religious beliefs of the founder of Islam. Investigates the West's distorted view…
of the Muslim faith and traces the life of Muhammad. Explains how "Islam shares many of the ideals and visions that have inspired both Judaism and Christianity." 2001 preface by the author. 1992Pendulum: Léon Foucault and the triumph of science
Par Amir D Aczel. 2003
Author of The Riddle of the Compass (BR 13785) examines the life of French physicist Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (1819-1868),…
whose pendulum experiments demonstrated the earth's rotation. Centering around 1850s Paris, the chronicle describes the inventor's unlikely partnership with Emperor Napoléon III developed during a time of conflict between science and faith. 2003Le coeur rouge de la bohème: historiettes de ma première jeunesse (L'arbre)
Par Jean-Claude Germain. 2008
"Après avoir évoqué son enfance dans La Rue Fabre, centre de l'univers, Jean-Claude Germain récidive avec un second recueil de…
courts récits, où il relate maintenant ses années de bohème, alors qu'il est étudiant au collège Sainte-Marie, dans les années 1950. On sent dans les murs de la digne institution la mainmise de l'Église, omniprésente et toute-puissante, sur l'éducation, mais aussi les premiers germes d'une pensée rebelle, symptômes de la Révolution tranquille. Au fil des souvenirs de l'ineffable conteur, on croise les silhouettes de personnages hauts en couleurs, autant de symboles d'une époque effervescente et allumée : André Mathieu, Claude Gauvreau, Armand Vaillancourt, Robert Roussil, Henri Tranquille, Janou Saint-Denis et bien d'autres [...]". -- 4e de couv"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. 2003Bringing Elizabeth home: a journey of faith and hope
Par Ed Smart. 2003
Mormon parents' describe their ordeal when their fourteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was kidnapped in June 2002 and their joy when she…
was found alive in March 2003. The Smarts recall the deep faith in God that sustained their family and to which they attribute Elizabeth's miraculous return. Bestseller. 2003Teen angst? Naaah: a quasi-autobiography
Par Ned Vizzini. 2000
The self-described "geeky" author reminisces about growing up in New York City, navigating junior and senior high school, living for…
Nintendo games, taking family vacations, and dating and other embarrassing moments. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2000Facing the lion: growing up Maasai on the African savanna
Par Joseph Lekuton. 2003
Virginia teacher recounts his childhood as a nomadic tribe member in northern Kenya. Describes running from lions, tending cattle, being…
circumcised at thirteen to become a "warrior," attending boarding school, searching for his wandering village during vacations, and leaving home to study in the United States. For junior and senior high readers. 2003A man called Peter: the story of Peter Marshall
Par Catherine Marshall. 1951
Widow writes the biography of her husband, a poor Scottish immigrant who became the senior minister at New York Avenue…
Presbyterian Church in the nation's capital and chaplain of the United States Senate. Fiftieth anniversary edition includes additional selections of his prayers and sermons with a foreword by Marshall's son. 2001The road to Assisi: the essential biography of St. Francis
Par Paul Sabatier. 2003
French protestant's biography of St. Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) portrays the Italian friar as a forerunner of the Italian Renaissance…
and as a "gentle mystic and passionate reformer guided by an unwavering vision of fulfilling the ideals of Christ." Edited with 2003 introduction and annotations by Jon M. Sweeney. 1894