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In the land of pain
Par Alphonse Daudet. 2002
A collection of autobiographical notes from a nineteenth-century French writer slowly dying of syphilis. In these candid reflections, Daudet (1840-1897)…
describes fellow patients, the treatments that brought little relief, the physical agony of his symptoms, and the profound suffering and fear that left him contemplating suicide. 1930The child that books built: a life in reading
Par Francis Spufford. 2002
British author of I May Be Some Time (BR 12612) explains the importance that reading has played in the formation…
of his character and views on life. Spufford conveys his passion for fiction, from a childhood love of Tolkien's stories to his adult enthusiasm for the classics. Some strong language. 2002The genie in the bottle: 64 all new commentaries on the fascinating chemistry of everyday life
Par Joseph A Schwarcz. 2001
Chemistry professor explores the science of commonplace materials and events in this collection of brief and conversational essays. Organizing his…
observations into five sections, including health, food, history, and "silly stuff," Dr. Schwarcz provides scientific explanations and anecdotes about everything from herbal remedies to the "magic" of the genie bottle. 2001Kitty riddles
Par Katy Hall. 2000
A collection of riddles about cats and kittens. For example: Why did the baby cat carry around a box of…
band-aids? She wanted to be a first-aid kit! For grades 2-4. 2000Ribbit riddles (Easy-to-read, Dial Ser.)
Par Katy Hall. 2001
Il n'y a que braille qui m'aille: à vue de mots (L'avenir de la mémoire)
Par Sophie Massieu. 2003
De Accompagner à Zoo, 300 définitions qui sont autant de prétextes à raconter des anecdotes qui illustrent avec humour la…
vie d'une aveugle, Sarah, qui n'est pas sans ressembler étrangement à l'auteure de ce petit bouquin. Une façon saine et généreuse de parler d'un handicapThanks for the memories, Mr. President: wit and wisdom from the front row at the White House
Par Helen Thomas. 2002
Longtime White House correspondent relates anecdotes about the nine presidents she's covered, from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush,…
as well as the jokes and verbal sparring she enjoyed with them. 2002Dieu est humour: petit dictionnaire de spiritualité humoristique
Par Bernard Peyrous. 2007
"Pourquoi avons-nous écrit ce livre ? Simplement parce que nous avions envie de rire. Et nous aimons rire parce que…
nous sommes des êtres humains et que nous pensons que sur la terre, avec un peu d'efforts parfois, nous pouvons trouver bien des occasions de rire. Mais plus encore : il nous semble que Dieu lui-même est la source de la joie. Et comme Dieu se communique aux hommes, c'est aussi cette joie qu'il veut leur communiquer. Être chrétien, c'est accepter la joie. Or la joie et l'humour font bon ménage. Bergson expliquait très bien que le rire est lié à un contraste, à une distance. Si l'on aime les contrastes, l'inattendu et la différence entre ce qui semble être et ce qui est, il faut fréquenter Dieu. Le comique de situation est constant avec lui. De cela témoignent quantité d'histoires de tout genre. [...]" -- 4e de couvCharles Dickens
Par Jane Smiley. 2002
Portrays the nineteenth-century English novelist from his contemporaries' viewpoint and through his literary works. Smiley's approach is "a friendly desire…
to get to know" Dickens and his Victorian world and to comment on the role of writing in his life. 2002Dino riddles
Par Katy Hall. 2002
A collection of riddles about dinosaurs, such as "What do you get if you cross a dinosaur with a rabbit?…
Tricera hops!" and "What do dinosaur campers cook over the fire? Dino-s'mores!" For grades 2-4. 2002Chickie riddles
Par Katy Hall. 1999
A collection of funny riddles about chickens. For example, "Which side of a chicken has the most feathers?" to which…
the answer is: "The outside." For grades K-3 and older readers. 1997Busy buzzing bumblebees and other tongue twisters
Par Alvin Schwartz. 1992
The art of growing up: simple ways to be yourself at last
Par Véronique Vienne. 2000
Essays on realizing the pleasures of getting older. Advises smiling, never apologizing for your age, and throwing away old things.…
"The second part of one's life is second to nothing. Too bad we have to wait so long to get to it." 2000Louis-José Houde: mets-le au 3!
Par Louis-José Houde. 2007
"Le premier spectacle Louis-José Houde : le texte intégral 2- Les inédites : des pensées "houdiennes" jamais présentées sur scène…
3- Les chroniques La Presse : l'ensemble des textes proposés par Louis-Jose Houde de juillet 2003 à avril 2006". -- 4e de couvA girl named Zippy: growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana
Par Haven Kimmel. 2001
Memoir of growing up in the late 1960s and 1970s in a mid-America hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy"…
(after a fast-moving chimpanzee on TV), the author recounts childhood incidents involving her family, best friend Julie, and school. In the process, she describes her community. Bestseller. 2001The day I turned uncool: confessions of a reluctant grown-up
Par Dan Zevin. 2002
Radio commentator and Gen-Xer explores aging from the twenties to the thirties and how to find pleasure in the more…
mature world of golf, lawn maintenance, and wine tasting. Some strong language. 2002The day I fired Alan Ladd and other World War II adventures
Par A. E Hotchner. 2002
Playwright lightheartedly reminisces about his World War II military service on the home front. He includes anecdotes about producing warfare…
films, writing a musical, editing a military magazine, and encountering famous personalities. Some strong language. 2002The life of Samuel Johnson: Introduction By Claude Rawson (Everyman's Library Classics Ser.)
Par James Boswell. 1992
Classic biography of the eighteenth-century English man of letters, originally published in 1791. Based on detailed notes compiled by Boswell…
during their twenty-year friendship, the text for the most part comprises conversations and statements of Johnson's strong opinions. 1791The secret life of john le carre
Par Adam Sisman. 2023
The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive. Secrecy…
came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over five decades. To these relationships he brought much of the tradecraft that he had learned as a spy - cover stories, cut-outs and dead letter boxes. These clandestine operations brought an element of danger to his life, but they also meant deceiving those closest to him. Small wonder that betrayal became a running theme in his work. In trying to manage his biography, the novelist engaged in a succession of skirmishes with his biographer. While he could control what Sisman wrote about him in his lifetime, he accepted that the truth would eventually become known. Following his death in 2020, what had been withheld can now be revealed. The Secret Life of John le Carré reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a fascinating meditation on the complex relationship between biographer and subject. "Now that he is dead," Sisman writes, "we can know him better."Squids will be squids: fresh morals, beastly fables
Par Jon Scieszka. 1998
Eighteen modern fables with fresh morals about bossy, sneaky, funny, annoying, "dim-bulb" people--all disguised as animals to avoid hurting anyone's…
feelings. Topics include homework, using the telephone on the right occasion, friendship, and dinner-table talk. For grades 3-6