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I hope
Par Raisa Gorbacheva. 1991
In her introduction, the wife of Michail Gorbachev states that her book is not an autobiography but rather a story…
about herself, past and present, and her reactions to historical events. In a series of five interviews held with Georgi Pryakhin, and translated by David Floyd, Raisa Gorbachev describes the role she came to play as the Soviet Union's first ladyMaeve rising: Coming out trans in corporate america
Par Maeve DuVally. 2023
When Maeve DuVally came out as a transgender woman while working as a corporate communications manager at Goldman Sachs, she…
knew she couldn't do it quietly. DuVally intimately documents her struggle to be herself in this environment, initially keeping her identity a secret with wardrobe changes in the lobby bathroom after work. Eventually she declares herself and, to her surprise, Goldman Sachs embraces the effort. Surgery follows. When DuVally finally takes those first steps on heels through the corridors of this institution on the way to her first meeting as a woman, the listener cheers. A New York Times story helped her realize she could become a role model for other transgender people and branded Goldman Sachs as a model for corporations assisting their transitioning employees. Before she found her courage, DuVally's life was mired in depression and unconscious struggle. Raised in an Irish Catholic family with a sadistic pathologist father, her upbringing dropped her into an adulthood plagued by alcoholism. At Goldman Sachs, she ascends to a top communications position before her drinking begins to encroach upon her work. Finally, DuVally hits bottom, becoming sober after a lifetime in and out of AA and rehab. Clear at last, she begins to understand the source of her lifelong struggle and takes the bold step to become the woman she is nowSans filtre
Par Mélina Roberge. 2023
La nouvelle a fait le tour du monde. Mélina Roberge, une Granbyenne âgée de 22 ans, est épinglée pour trafic…
de drogue sur un luxueux navire de croisière alors qu'il accostait à Sydney en Australie. Deux autres Québécois, une jeune femme et un homme plus âgé, sont arrêtés au même moment par les autorités australiennes. Six ans après les faits, Mélina Roberge revient sur les événements qui ont mené à son arrestation. Dans ce livre, elle revisite les choix qu'elle a faits et l'engrenage dans lequel elle s'est laissé prendreThe one bad thing about father (An I can read history book)
Par F. N Monjo. 1970
Father could have kept on being a cowboy on his ranch out West, or he could have been a general,…
as he helped win a war in Cuba. Or, he could have headed the police force in New York City. Instead, Father is President of the United States. He's President Teddy Roosevelt, and his son, Quentin (the narrator), and Quentin's mother and five brothers and sisters have to live in the White House. That's not easy. For grades 3-6Too sad to sing: a memoir with postcards
Par Kenneth Brecher. 1988
Using his lifelong enthusiasm for postcards as a frame, Brecher, director of the Children's Museum in Boston, has produced a…
brief and gentle memoir designed to set the reader thinking, smiling, and reminiscing. His postcards tell of his years spent among the Wausha Indians of the Amazon; a trek through the Himalayas; visits to the Louvre and the Prado; and interviews with Samuel Beckett and Dolores Del RioAll of the women of the Bible
Par Edith Deen. 1955
This comprehensive collective biography contains studies of the 52 women in the foreground of biblical accounts. It also includes sketches…
of 125 women named in the Bible, and 125 nameless women in the biblical backgroundAnne Morrow Lindbergh: pilot and poet (Achievers)
Par Roxane Chadwick. 1987
Anne was a shy child whose world was her family, travel, and books. During her senior year in college she…
met Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic. Later they married and Anne flew with her husband charting new routes for airlines. This biography tells of her career in aviation, the tragic kidnapping of their son, and her success as a writer. For grades 3-6 and older readersJoe Louis: 50 years an American hero
Par Joe Barrow. 1988
This biography of heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis, written by his son, is filled with the recollections of those who…
knew the fighter best--family members, childhood friends, ex-wives, trainers, opponents, and sportswriters. Louis won the adulation of fellow blacks and earned the respect of many whites during an era when racism was a part of American lifeThe Binghams of Louisville: the dark history behind one of America's great fortunes
Par David Chandler. 1987
This chronicle of the family that founded the "Louisville Courier-Journal" is a story of greed, ravenous ambition, and a probable…
murder. The focus of Chandler's study is the mysterious death in 1917 of Mary Bingham, who willed her husband of eight months the $5 million that become the seed for the family's later $455-million fortuneWilliam H. Taft, 27th president of the United States
Par Lucille Falkof. 1990
William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on September 15, 1857. Like his grandfather and his father, he chose…
law as a profession and was admitted to the bar in 1880. Taft was elected to the presidency in 1909. At the end of his term he became a law professor at Yale, and was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court in 1921. For grades 5-8 and older readersWarren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States
Par Anne Canadeo. 1990
Warren Harding was born on November 2, 1865, near Blooming Grove, Ohio, the eldest of eight children. His father was…
a physician. Harding was elected to the presidency in 1920. Several members of his administration became involved in the Teapot Dome scandal, which embittered his last days. He became ill and died in 1923. For grades 5-8 and older readersZachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par David Collins. 1989
Zachary Taylor was born in 1784 in Virginia, and grew up in Kentucky. During the Revolutionary War his father had…
won acclaim as a soldier, and Zach loved to listen to his war stories and play war games. When Zach was twenty-three, he began his own military career, which would make him a national hero and lead to the presidency. For grades 5-8 and older readersGerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States
Par David Collins. 1990
Ford was born in Nebraska on July 14, 1913, and named Leslie King, Jr. Two years later his parents divorced,…
and he and his mother moved to Michigan. His mother remarried, and his name was changed to Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Upon the resignation of Nixon, Ford became the first president never elected to the presidency or the vice-presidency. For grades 5-8 and older readersBurton: a biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
Par Byron Farwell. 1963
Burton was a notorious adventurer, as well as an archaeologist, diplomat, inventor, linguist, translator, soldier, traveler, and explorer. Farwell portrays…
him as a rare personality from his wild childhood and expulsion from Oxford, to his years in India, Africa, and the Middle East, and in his literary career and peculiar marriageGeorge Washington: 1st president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Lucille Falkof. 1989
Washington was born in 1732 in Virginia. When he was six, his half-brother, Lawrence, returned from England. George was captivated…
by his brother, whose service in the military convinced George that he, too, was meant for military life. Many year later he would become commander-in-chief of the American forces in the War of Independence. For grades 5-8 and older readersJames E. Carter, 39th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Daniel Richman. 1989
Jimmy Carter was born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia, and grew up on a 350-acre farm. His childhood dream was…
to attend the U.S. Naval Academy. Accepted when he was eighteen, he became an officer upon graduation, and later served as an aide to Adm. Rickover. After the death of his father he returned to Plains and began his rise to the presidency. For grades 5-8 and older readersRichard M. Nixon: 37th president of the United States
Par Rebecca Stefoff. 1990
Richard Nixon was born into a working-class Quaker family in California on January 9, 1913, the second of five sons.…
Nixon was an excellent, hardworking student. He began his political career in 1946 after returning from World War II, and was elected president in 1968. Reelected in 1972, he became the first president to resign from office. For grades 5-8 and older readersBenjamin Harrison: 23rd president of the United States
Par Rita Stevens. 1989
Benjamin Harrison was born in 1833 in Ohio. His great-grandfather was a signer of the Declaration of Independence, his grandfather…
was the ninth president, and his father was a member of Congress. After graduating from college and passing the bar, Benjamin moved to Indiana. A Civil War hero, he was elected to the Senate in 1881, and became president in 1888. For grades 5-8 and older readersHarry S. Truman: 33rd president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par David Collins. 1988
Harry S. Truman was born in 1884 in Missouri. Because he wore thick glasses and loved to read, he was…
often teased by the other boys. After finishing high school he went to work because he could not afford college. In 1944, after serving in the Senate, he was elected vice-president. When President F. D. Roosevelt died in 1945, Truman became president. For grades 5-8 and older readersAndrew Johnson: 17th president of the United States (Presidents of the United States)
Par Rita Stevens. 1989
No president had more humble origins than Andrew Johnson, born in North Carolina in 1808. His family lived in a…
borrowed shack, and he was unable to attend school for even a day. At thirteen he became a tailor's apprentice. Later, he moved to Tennessee and became involved in politics. He succeeded Lincoln as president. For grades 5-8 and older readers