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Marco Polo and the discovery of the world
Par John Larner. 1999
A history professor examines the authenticity of Polo's book about his travels to the East and assesses its impact on…
European culture. He reviews known facts about Marco Polo (1254-1323?) and the Venetian merchants, discusses how the book came to be written, and describes its reception in succeeding years. 1999Kids at work: Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor
Par Russell Freedman. 1994
Documents the abuse of child laborers in factories, fields, mills, mines, and streets of the United States in the early…
1900s by tracing the career of professional photographer Lewis Hine. Hine's work raised public awareness and helped change the nation's laws to protect young people under age sixteen. For grades 5-8The rebuilding of Bosnia
Par James Reger. 1997
An account of the Bosnian civil war between Roman Catholics, Muslims, and Orthodox Serbs. Chronicles the history of strife in…
the Balkans, including the destruction of Sarajevo and "ethnic cleansing." Summarizes the Dayton Peace Accords and the reconstruction up to 1996. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1997Athens: a portrait of the city in its Golden Age
Par Christian Meier. 1998
Examines classical Athens from its victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C. through the death of Socrates four…
generations later. Describes the metropolis, at the height of its political and military power, as the source of the development of Western democracy, philosophy, natural science, and literary and fine artsThe myth of continents: a critique of metageography
Par Martin Lewis. 1997
An examination of how traditional geographical divisions of the world into continents, nation-states, and the supracontinental blocks of East and…
West reflect parochial attitudes such as Eurocentrism. Proposes that an increasingly integrated world needs a new geographical depictionWoodrow Wilson (A Penguin life)
Par Louis Auchincloss. 2000
A brief biography probing the complex and enigmatic character of the twenty-eighth president of the United States. Discusses Wilson's southern…
upbringing, Protestant background, and his academic career. Examines his role in leading the U.S. during World War I and his disappointment in the country's failure to endorse the League of Nations. 2000Founding brothers: the revolutionary generation
Par Joseph Ellis. 2000
Author of American Sphinx (RC 44729) explains the importance of a few prominent leaders in the development of democracy after…
the American Revolution. Describes significant contributions to the new nation made by John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Bestseller. 2000The greatest generation
Par Tom Brokaw. 1998
Expanding on his 1984 D-Day anniversary coverage, reporter Brokaw profiles World War II veterans and civilians who sacrificed for their…
country. He includes people like Thomas Broderick, who founded the Blinded Veterans Association, and businessman Bob Bush, who lost an eye in a heroic rescue mission. Bestseller. 1998Jefferson vs. Hamilton: confrontations that shaped a nation (Bedford series in history and culture)
Par Noble Cunningham. 2000
Uses primary documents to illustrate the different political and social philosophies of Thomas Jefferson, the first U.S. secretary of state,…
and Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury under President George Washington. Includes letters, speeches, and state papers, from their youth to Hamilton's death in 1804. 2000The Johnstown flood (A Touchstone book)
Par David McCullough. 1968
A vivid description of the causes and effects of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, flood of 1889 that killed thousands. Based on…
first-person accounts of the tragedy that occurred when a man-made dam broke, flooding the entire valley with twenty million tons of water and debris. 1968Max "One Onti" Gros-Louis: constance et détermination
Par Renée Dupuis. 2008
"Spécialisée dans les droits de la personne et plus particulièrement dans le domaine relatif aux peuples autochtones, Renée Dupuis côtoie…
Max "One Onti" Gros-Louis depuis plus de 30 ans. À la faveur de la confiance mutuelle qui les lie, le grand chef huron a engagé avec elle une conversation franche et généreuse qui nous permet de mieux saisir la complexité d'un homme d'action devenu figure emblématique de la lutte pour la reconnaissance des droits des peuples autochtones du Canada. Fruit d'une réflexion nourrie par la juriste de renom qui reçut en 2001 le Prix du Gouverneur général pour son essai Quel Canada pour les Autochtones? La fin de l'exclusion, ce livre nous fait connaître un homme passionné, curieux, taquin, en relation étroite avec la nature, un être qui derrière les clichés que l'on associe trop souvent à la quête identitaire qu'il mène inlassablement de front, entretient un lien tenace avec les siens comme avec le monde". -- 4e de couvPandexicon: 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.The night trilogy
Par Elie Wiesel. 1985
"Night" is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported with his family and community from Hungary to the…
horrors of the infamous Auschwitz. In "Dawn," Elisha, the sole survivor of his family, becomes a Jewish terrorist in Palestine and is ordered to execute an Englishman. In "The Accident," a concentration camp survivor tries to rebuild his life in New York City. Some violence and some descriptions of sexStonewall Jackson: the man, the soldier, the legend
Par James Robertson. 1997
An in-depth portrait of the famed and enigmatic Confederate general. Traces his orphaned childhood in Virginia, his West Point years,…
and his brilliant leadership in the Civil War. Avers that Jackson so embodied the mystique of the Southern cause, that his untimely death in 1863 marked the turning point of the warMexico: biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996
Par Enrique Krauze. 1997
Krauze depicts the personalities and lives of Mexico's rulers and leaders to present the history of the country. Among the…
men he chronicles are Archduke Maximilian, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Villa, Lazaro Cardenas, Miguel Aleman, and Gustavo Diaz OrdazA collection of firsthand reports on pivotal events in American history. These authentic accounts convey the urgency and attitudes of…
their times concerning significant issues and themes in American life from 1492 through 1994. BestsellerThe ballot box battle
Par Emily McCully. 1996
In 1880 the elderly feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton tells her young friend Cordelia about her efforts to win for women…
the right to vote. Cordelia listens to her neighbor's talk of women's suffrage even though she doesn't believe it has anything to do with her. Then Mrs. Stanton tells a story from her own childhood. For grades 4-7Original meanings: politics and ideas in the making of the Constitution
Par Jack Rakove. 1996
Explores the ideological and political assumptions that underlie the "original meanings" of the Constitution and the resulting ambiguities. Critiques the…
method that looks solely to the founders' intent for adapting the document to modern circumstances. Examines specific issues, such as federalism and the influence of James MadisonResurrection: 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 freedomsSlaughterhouse: Bosnia and the failure of the West
Par David Rieff. 1995
Depicts persecution and genocide of the Muslims in Bosnia starting in 1992. Decries the acquiescence of Western nations in failing…
to intervene and the inaction of United Nations peacekeepers who simply enforce the status quo. Strong language and violence