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Histoires d'Orient
2005
"[...] Cet orient que Victor Hugo décrivait en visionnaire, découvrez-le dans ce qui l'unit, le divise mais toujours nous fascine…
grâce à Omar Khayyam, Villehardouin, Voltaire, Chateaubriand, Charles Nodier, Théophile Gautier, Gérard de Nerval, le Comte de Gobineau, Pierre Loti, Arthur Rimbaud, T. E. Lawrence, Paul Nizan, Naguib Mahfouz, Jean Genet, Jeanne Faivre d'Arcier (récit inédit) et bien d'autres encore." -- 4e de couvVirginia Woolf (Penguin life)
Par Nigel Nicolson. 2000
An affectionate portrait of the British author by a biographer who remembers her from his childhood. Offers Nicolson's interpretation of…
Woolf's relationship with her half brothers and its effect on her sexuality. Covers her marriage, circle of friends in Bloomsbury, views on feminism, voluminous writings, and intermittent bouts of madness. 2000Faith and treason: the story of the Gunpowder Plot
Par Antonia Fraser. 1996
An account of a plot in 1605 to blow up England's House of Parliament in reaction to the government's oppression…
of Catholics. Recounts the hatching of the conspiracy, its discovery and failure, and the aftermath. Discusses the event in the context of modern-day terrorism. ViolenceMississippi: voyages aux sources de l'Amérique
Par Mario Maffi. 2008
"Les tribus indiennes l'appelaient Occochappo ("anciennes eaux"), Misha Sipokni ("au-delà du temps"), ou le "Grand Fleuve" : Misi-ziibi. Au fil…
de l'eau et des siècles, on lui donnera d'autres noms encore : le Père des Fleuves, le Grand Boueux, le Nil d'Amérique, le "Vieil Homme" chanté par les bluesmen de Memphis - Old Man River... Creuset de culture et berceau de la civilisation américaine, le Mississippi, avec ses 4 000 kilomètres de long, ses 250 affluents prenant leur source dans 31 des Etats de l'Union et son fameux delta, est sans doute le monument naturel le plus grandiose de l'Amérique, qu'il coupe en deux telle une immense artère liquide, tantôt majestueuse, tantôt furieuse, charriant un foisonnement de paysages, d'histoires et de légendes. Depuis les guerres de colonisation jusqu'aux ravages de l'ouragan Katrina, sur les traces de Mark Twain ou de Faulkner, en compagnie des griots cajuns et des magiciens vaudous, Mario Maffi raconte les mille et une circonvolutions d'un fleuve à la richesse inépuisable. Aussi poétique qu'érudit, entre carnet de route littéraire et rêverie géographique, Mississippi s'inscrit dans la lignée du Danube de Claudio Magris ou du Radeau de la Gorgone de Dominique Fernandez." -- 4e de couvHerman Melville
Par Elizabeth Hardwick. 2000
A critical interpretation of the nineteenth-century American author and his work. Discusses his character, homoerotic tendencies, and family life. Presents…
insightful analysis of his major opus, Moby-Dick (BR 1608), as well as his other novels, stories, and poems. 2000Sybil
Par Flora Schreiber. 1973
In an account of the first psychoanalysis of a person with multiple personality disorder, the author relates the eleven-year treatment…
of Sybil Dorsett (a pseudonym), who unknowingly assumes sixteen different personalities. During her treatment, assisted with drugs and hypnosis, Sybil's illness is traced to a battered childhood tied to a schizophrenic mother and a derelict father. ViolenceJames Joyce: a Penguin life
Par Edna O'Brien. 1999
An Irish writer pays tribute to the author of Ulysses (BR 10287) in this short biography. Describes him as "a…
tragic man with a staggering genius for whom humor was a weapon." She discusses his self-imposed exile and his elopement with an uneducated girl, and evaluates their influence on his writing. 1999The Salem witch trials
Par Lori Wilson. 1997
Discusses the history of witchcraft leading up to events in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692, when accusations against supposed…
witches caused many innocent deaths. Considers the long-term effects of the trials in Salem. For grades 6-9Prochaine station
Par Steve Beshwaty. 2007
Imperfect control: our lifelong struggle with power and surrender
Par Judith Viorst. 1998
Discusses issues of control that permeate nearly all facets of human existence. In ten chapters covering different phases of life…
from birth to death, Viorst examines situations to determine what is uncontrollable and when to exert choice. Topics include self-possession, sex, couples, parenthood, and the workplace. Some strong languagePavarotti
Par Ève Ruggieri. 2007
"Grande spécialiste de la musique classique et de l'opéra, Ève Ruggieri a été le témoin privilégié de la vie et…
de la carrière de Luciano Pavarotti, qui nous a quittés le 6 septembre 2007. D'entretiens privés en rencontres filmées avec celui que l'on consacra de son vivant comme "le plus grand ténor du XXe siècle", elle a recueilli une foule de confidences et d'anecdotes qu'elle nous livre aujourd'hui avec l'exigence qu'on lui connaît, mais aussi avec l'humour et le talent de la conteuse qu'elle est. De l'enfance innocente passée dans la petite ville de Modène à jouer au football en rêvant d'égaler la carrière du grand Caruso aux triomphes remportés sur les plus prestigieuses scènes lyriques du monde en passant par les méga-concerts, Ève Ruggieri nous raconte l'histoire de ce fabuleux destin. [...] -- 4e de couvThe history of Henry IV, part 2
Par William Shakespeare. 1961
First published in 1600. An annotated version of Shakespeare's play involving Prince Hal, Falstaff, and the troubled monarch, Henry IV.…
Provides historical perspective and plot summaries. Defines obscure terms and uses modern spellingMystery and manners: occasional prose (Fsg Classics Ser.)
Par Flannery O'Connor. 1962
Fifteen articles and essays, mostly discussing the art of fiction, published by O'Connor in her lifetime or revised from her…
speech manuscripts. Many pieces are on the study and practice of writing, including "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" and "Writing Short Stories."The souls of Black folk (ISIS large print books)
Par W. E. B Du Bois. 1998
Essays and sketches published in 1903 examine African American experiences, spirituality, and struggles in the South after the Civil War.…
Recalls some historical milestones; argues that emancipation should have meant immediate equality rather than slow progress toward this ideal. Questions the lack of personal leadership in black communities. 1903Green hills of Africa (Scribner classics)
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1998
The rings of Saturn
Par Winfried Sebald. 1998
A walking tour of England's southeast coast frames a wide-ranging series of meditations on literature and stories from Britain's imperial…
past. A stay in a Norwich hospital prompts the protagonist to search for naturalist Thomas Browne's skull; a railroad bridge over the river Blyth recalls England's silk trade with ChinaCommander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Par Albert Marrin. 1997
Judging the Civil War to be the definitive event in the history of the United States, Marrin contends that Lincoln…
was our greatest president. Provides biographical information relevant to understanding why this tragedy was also known as "Mr. Lincoln's war." For grades 6-9Collection of essays on a period of time from the end of the Middle Ages (around 1500) to the beginning…
of the nineteenth century. These chronologically arranged articles by American and British historians discuss the cultural, religious, and political trendsThe William Saroyan reader
Par William Saroyan. 1994
A representative selection of Saroyan's writings from the 1930s and 1940s. Contains thirty short stories, two complete plays, a memoir,…
essays, a long poem, the complete text of Tracy's Tiger, and portions of four other novels. Introduction by the author and a preface by his son, AramJust what the doctor ordered: the history of American medicine
Par Brandon Miller. 1997
Illustrates the changes in medical practices in the United States since Europeans first settled here. Recalls the first medical school…
opening in 1765 and the fact that George Washington, suffering from a sore throat, died from prescribed bleeding in 1799. Attributes improvements in medicine to better education, upgraded sanitation practices, and the discovery of vaccines. For grades 5-8