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Lives of the artists: masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1995
Portraits of nineteen artists, providing information about their childhood years and the works that made them famous. Includes Michelangelo Buonarroti,…
Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. For grades 3-6Arletty (Tournant)
Par Pierre Monnier. 1998
Elle a tourné avec les plus grands réalisateurs français, joué avec les plus grands comédiens ; elle s'est confiée à…
Pierre Monnier, quelques années avant sa disparition. Elle lui a parlé de ses rencontres, de l'amitié, de ses films, de sa jeunesse, de sa famille, du temps qui passe.Pandexicon: How the Language of the Pandemic Defined Our New Cultural Reality
Par Wayne Grady. 2023
Did you keep a list of the words coined by Covid? Wayne Grady did! They're deftly woven into a journal/timeline,…
taking us through two years of surrealism and limbo.—Margaret AtwoodThis exploration of the many new terms of the Covid-19 pandemic provides insight into the ways an ever-evolving vocabulary helped us cope with our anxiety and adapt to a new reality When the pandemic struck in early 2020, Wayne Grady started collecting the words and phrases that arose from our shared global experience. Some, such as "uptick" and "pivot," had existed before but now took on new meaning, and others, such as "covidivorce," "quarantini," "covexit," and "shecession," appeared for the first time, their meaning instantly clear. Through this new vocabulary, we became more able to adapt to change, to domesticate it in a sense, and to reduce our fears. Moving from the very beginning of the pandemic (the "Before Times") and our early response to it through the peaks and troughs of the various waves in countries throughout the world, and ending with a contemplation of what the "After Times" might look like, this book takes us on a journey through the pandemic and illuminates both how this new language has unfolded and how it has changed the way we think about ourselves and each other.Fulbright: a biography
Par Randall Woods. 1995
A portrait of the internationalist senator from Arkansas and staunch opponent of the Vietnam war. Traces his Arkansas roots, Oxford…
education, and distinguished academic and political careers. Follows his thirty years of service in the senate, where he made a lasting imprint on cold war foreign policyThis noble land: my vision for America
Par James Michener. 1996
A celebrated author assesses the state of America and identifies nine major problems that threaten the nation's survival in the…
twenty-first century. Laments social fragmentation, educational decline, unfair distribution of wealth, and other adverse trends. Calls for a return to traditional values combined with increased social spendingResurrection: the struggle for a new Russia
Par David Remnick. 1997
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes the post-Cold War struggle to establish a new Russian state. He provides close-up portraits and detailed…
reporting on war-torn Chechnya, the return of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and the reelection of Boris Yeltsin in 1996. He argues for greater Western involvement in Moscow's haphazard efforts to control corruption and entrench democratic freedomsThe social contract
Par Jean-Jacques Rousseau. 1947
Blake
Par Peter Ackroyd. 1996
Life of the eighteenth-century English poet, painter, and engraver who died in 1827. Ackroyd examines the influence of William Blake's…
dissenting parents on his philosophical and religious views. He also frames the complex and challenging body of Blake's work, which went largely unnoticed in his lifetime, within the great social and political changes of his eraPortrays the life of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr. During his thirty-three years on the bench, Brennan used…
his penchant for persuasion and compromise to advance his progressive views on civil rights and liberties. Eisler argues that by 1990, Brennan had become the most influential justice of his eraClass: A memoir
Par Stephanie Land. 2023
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick "Raw and inspiring." — People "Land is not just exploring her own story,…
but also the larger implications of what it means to fall between the cracks of American capitalism." — The New York Times From the New York Times bestselling author who inspired the hit Netflix series about a struggling mother barely making ends meet as a housecleaner—a gripping memoir about college, motherhood, poverty, and life after Maid . When Stephanie Land set out to write her memoir Maid , she never could have imagined what was to come. Handpicked by President Barack Obama as one of the best books of 2019, it was called "an eye-opening journey into the lives of the working poor" ( People ). Later it was adapted into the hit Netflix series Maid , which was viewed by 67 million households and was Netflix's fourth most-watched show in 2021, garnering three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Stephanie's escape out of poverty and abuse in search of a better life inspired millions. Maid was a story about a housecleaner, but it was also a story about a woman with a dream. In Class , Land takes us with her as she finishes college and pursues her writing career. Facing barriers at every turn including a byzantine loan system, not having enough money for food, navigating the judgments of professors and fellow students who didn't understand the demands of attending college while under the poverty line—Land finds a way to survive once again, finally graduating in her mid-thirties. Class paints an intimate and heartbreaking portrait of motherhood as it converges and often conflicts with personal desire and professional ambition. Who has the right to create art? Who has the right to go to college? And what kind of work is valued in our culture? In clear, candid, and moving prose, Class grapples with these questions, offering a searing indictment of America's educational system and an inspiring testimony of a mother's triumph against all oddsThe irony of free speech
Par Owen Fiss. 1996
Explores the meaning and implications of the First Amendment principle of free speech. Contrasts the libertarian ethic of "self expression"…
with the democratic aim "to broaden the terms of public discussion." Advocates an active state role "to ensure free and open public debate" of issuesThe trumpet of conscience (Massey lectures #1967)
Par Martin King. 1967
These five essays, delivered as radio lectures by King in November and December 1967, portray a nightmarish America of reality…
and the egalitarian America of his visions. They express his hopes for the future of nonviolence as a means to social revolution even in a climate of riotFor love of country: debating the limits of patriotism
Par Martha Nussbaum. 1996
Explores the philosophical debate over patriotism versus global view. The author's initial essay states that our responsibilities as "citizens of…
the world" supersede national allegiances. Fifteen scholars provide responses to her thesisEmpire of light: a history of discovery in science and art
Par S Perkowitz. 1996
A physicist explores the phenomenon of light in science and art. Recounts key research and discoveries through history, leading to…
the contemporary theories of relativity and quantum physics. Discusses light as both a pervasive force in human life and an aesthetic medium in artThe center holds: the power struggle inside the Rehnquist Court
Par James Simon. 1995
An inside perspective on the ill-fated conservative attempt during the Reagan and Bush years to reverse the Supreme Court's liberal…
legacy. Focuses on civil rights and liberties involving racial discrimination, abortion, criminal law, and First Amendment freedoms. Examines the court's decision-making processPrivacy: individual right v. social needs
Par Ted Gottfried. 1994
Explores the legal and ethical foundations of a person's right to privacy. Examines the conflicts that occur between personal privacy…
and the public's right to know relative to the news media, law enforcement, and computers. Presents arguments on both sides of the debate. For junior and senior high readersNous sommes les musiciens!: chansons traditionnelles (Livre-disque)
Par Carmen Campagne. 2007
Carmen Campagne nous offre ici une collection de ses succès traditionnels, de La laine des moutons à J'ai tant dansé…
en passant par La petite chèvre, superbement illustrés par Marie Lafrance. Pour ne pas oublier les chansons qui ont bercé tant d'enfances ...Dalida: une oeuvre en soi (Alias poche #2)
Par Michel Rheault. 2017
Dalida, c'est Andromaque et Blanche Dubois, Cléopâtre et Dalila, Rita Hayworth et Mistinguett. La rencontre en une seule femme de…
plusieurs personnalités mythiques, réelles ou fictives, qui ont toutes aujourd'hui valeur d'archétype. Chanteuse avant tout, actrice à ses heures, celle qui aura été l'un des plus grands monstres sacrés du music-hall d'après-guerre occupe désormais une place de choix dans la mémoire collective. Publié d'abord quinze ans après sa disparition, ce livre est le tout premier essai consacré à la créatrice de Gigi L'Amoroso. Un texte singulier, un regard lucide sur une artiste célèbre, mais néanmoins méconnue. Au-delà de l'anecdote, est mise en lumière ici l'extraordinaire complexité du personnage Dalida, un être dont l'existence et let travail s'enchevêtrent jusqu'à former une œuvre apparemment éclatée, mais forte pourtant d'une implacable cohérenceAvec ou sans Kiki (Liberté grande)
Par Denise Brassard. 2023
De la rue Fontaine à la Coupole, au XXIe siècle, une femme erre dans les rues qu'arpenta une fille née…
dans la misère et qui, avant d'y retourner, devint, dans l'entre-deux-guerres, "la reine de Montparnasse" : une beauté posant nue dans des ateliers crasseux, que peignirent Soutine, Foujita, que photographia Man Ray, que fréquenta Desnos. Quadra montréalaise, esthète, fascinée par le destin d'Alice Ernestine Prin, cette errante voudrait écrire le roman de Kiki de Montparnasse. Rattrapée par le chaos de sa vie amoureuse, celle qui déambule en compagnie d'une ombre doit combattre un mal de vivre la saisissant, seule, au mitan de sa vieHold fast to dreams
Par Andrea Pinkney. 1995
Dee Willis, twelve, is not happy about moving from Baltimore to Wexford, Connecticut. Just as her friend Lorelle warned her,…
Dee is the only black student in her class. Her sister, Lindsay, fits in at her prep school by acting white and joining the lacrosse team. But Dee misses her double-dutch squad and isn't good at playing lacrosse. Will her hobby of photography and her one friend be enough to make school bearable? For grades 5-8