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Ne t'excuse pas: poèmes (Mondes arabes)
Par Mahmoud Darwich. 2006
The life of poetry
Par Muriel Rukeyser. 1949
Discusses poetry as an exercise that can help people enhance their consciousness of the world around them. The author considers…
great poetry to be a transfer of energy from the poet to the reader. Based on lectures given between 1940 and 1948, first published in 1949Faith 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 couvThieves of paradise
Par Yusef Komunyakaa. 1998
Collection of more than sixty works by a prize-winning American poet. The section "Debriefing Ghosts" is a series of prose…
poems about the aftermath of military service in Vietnam. Other selections reflect the writer's broad range of interests, including jazz and the bluesMarvelous math: a book of poems
Par Lee Hopkins. 1997
Fourteen poets present their feelings about numbers, measurements, and mathematics in the everyday world. Betsy Franco writes "Math Makes Me…
Feel Safe" in praise of consistent answers. But in "Near the Window Tree" Karla Kuskin admits that she would rather play outside than do multiplication. For grades 2-4Sybil
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. ViolenceThe 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 6-9Imperfect 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 couvComplete poems of Emily Dickinson
Par Emily Dickinson. 1890
Report from part one
Par Gwendolyn Brooks. 1972
Autobiographical writings and interviews with the poet laureate born in 1917. Contains a brief account of her childhood, marriage, family,…
and career. Describes her increasing awareness of her racial heritage and her role as an African American poet. Includes an appendix of personal entries entitled "Collage."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 ChinaEdna St. Vincent Millay (Poetry for young people)
Par Edna St. Vincent Millay. 1912
Thirty-four poems by the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Her works describe events and experiences from…
the everyday world around her with titles like "Afternoon on a Hill," "City Trees," "The Snow Storm," and "Men Working." Includes an overview of the poet's life. For grades 6-9. 1999Commander 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 trendsJust 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 5-8In this anniversary anthology, editor Sam Hamill has selected nearly 300 poems by Copper Canyon Press poets. The sampling is…
arranged alphabetically by poet's name and includes Hayden Carruth, Carolyn Kizer, and Pablo Neruda. Hamill's introduction covers the history of the press and its "commitment to publishing poetry exclusively."The complete poems to solve
Par May Swenson. 1993
A collection of seventy-two poems celebrating the natural world, including such topics as cats, birds, water, sound, space and flight,…
and creatures. The first group of poems are riddles that challenge the reader to figure out what the poet is describing. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe bird catcher: poems
Par Marie Ponsot. 1998
A collection of fifty-two poems, some of which were previously published in periodicals. Grouped under four headings, each bearing the…
title of a poem in that section: For My Old Self; Separate, In the Swim; The Split Image of Attention; and Explorers Cry Out Unheard. Nat'l Book Critics Circle Award. 1998