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Frost on my moustache: the Arctic exploits of a lord and a loafer
Par Tim Moore. 1999
A British journalist's comic account of his effort to re-create the 1856 Norwegian Arctic expedition of Lord Dufferin, who returned…
to write a bestselling travel book. But Moore suffers social and physical indignities as he leaves his comfortable coach to endure bitter cold, polar bears, born-again Vikings, and seasickness. 1999Des amis bien placés: de Roosevelt à aujourd'hui
Par John Galbraith. 2000
Cet économiste canadien ayant fait carrière aux Etats-Unis comme conseiller auprès des présidents démocrates de la Maison Blanche raconte les…
relations qu'il a eues avec les présidents Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy et Johnson, ainsi qu'avec les premières dames Jackie Kennedy et Eleanor Roosevelt. Un livre bourré d'anecdotes pour en apprendre sur les coulisses du pouvoir américain. [SDML'échappée australienne (D'ailleurs)
Par Annick Cojean. 2001
Récit de voyage en Australie au printemps 2000, d'une journaliste du quotidien Le Monde. Un long périple d'est en ouest…
où elle rapporte des pages d'anecdotes, des portraits, l'humour australien et des histoires insolites et cocasses. [SDMThe signers of the Declaration of Independence
Par Robert Ferris. 1982
Brief biographies of each of the fifty-six patriots who signed the American Declaration of Independence and were subsequently branded as…
traitors to the English crown. Includes text, summary, and historical background of the 1776 document. 1973Frommer's 99 Washington, D.C (Macmillan travel)
Par Elise Ford. 1999
Mon périple (Carnet de voyage)
Par Elie Faure. 2002
The flaneur: a stroll through the paradoxes of Paris
Par Edmund White. 2001
Novelist, critic, and biographer White, who moved to Paris in 1983, describes his wanderings through the city's arrondissements, including districts…
congenial to writers, African-Americans, Jews, artists, gays and lesbians, and royalists. A flâneur is someone who strolls about a city with no specific purpose, yet is attuned to its history and character. Bestseller. 2001My Louisiana sky (Major And Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide To Ser.)
Par Kimberly Holt. 1998
Louisiana, 1950s. Twelve-year-old Tiger Ann Parker begins to feel embarrassed in front of the other kids about the "slowness" of…
her parents. Her grandmother is the one who keeps the family intact. After Granny dies, Tiger has a chance to move to the city with her sophisticated aunt, but she is reluctant to abandon the parents who love her. For grades 6-9South America
Par April Sayre. 1999
1898: the birth of the American century
Par David Traxel. 1998
A narrative on the pivotal year of 1898 in United States history, during which the country changed from a rural,…
isolated society into a major world player. Discusses the Spanish-American War as well as union uprisings, racial conflict, advances in technology and advertising, and the last Native American battle. 1998In love with night: the American romance with Robert Kennedy
Par Ronald Steel. 2000
Examines Robert Kennedy's life, career, and enduring image. Asserts that he cannot be understood apart from his older brother, president…
John Kennedy. Argues that it is pure myth, not reality, for Americans to believe that with Robert's passing, the promise of political redemption eluded the nation. 2000This anthology of humorous travel accounts includes pieces by Anne Lamott, Bill Bryson, J.P. Donleavy, Dave Barry, and Tim Cahill.…
The incidents occurred in such faraway places as Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Mexico, China, Morocco, Australia, and India, as well as right here in the United States. 2000The night lives on
Par Walter Lord. 1986
In a companion volume to A Night to Remember (RC 9698, BR 11461), Lord revisits the tragedy of April 14,…
1912, and offers an update of what happened to the Titanic and its passengers. The discovery of the hull in 1985 brought with it a renewed interest, and Lord responds to some of the questions that arose by separating facts from myths. BestsellerSeventy-five articles selected from the popular magazine's 109-year existence. Although heavily illustrated, the periodical contains scholarly articles about the planet…
and its people. Contributors include Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Lindberg, Maya Angelou, Tad Szulc, and Shelby FooteFar Appalachia: following the New River north
Par Noah Adams. 2001
National Public Radio host describes a year spent exploring the New River's course along three hundred fifty miles between North…
Carolina and West Virginia, by canoe, by bicycle, and on foot. Adams introduces the region's inhabitants and natural history as well as his own family roots there. 2001North America
Par April Sayre. 1998
Describes the unique geographical characteristics of the North American continent including its waterways, weather, plants, and animals. Discusses the northern…
lands of Canada and Alaska, as well as Mexico and its links to Central America and the Caribbean. Also covers the lower forty-eight states. For grades 5-8. 1998The prince of Tennessee: the rise of Al Gore
Par David Maraniss. 2000
Two Washington Post journalists construct a personal and political biography of Vice President Al Gore. They describe Gore's childhood as…
the son of a senator and trace his career path in his father's footsteps. 2000The ideological origins of the American Revolution
Par Bernard Bailyn. 1992
Bailyn examines pamphlets, essays, sermons, treatises, and poems published in the colonies prior to 1776 and concludes that the American…
Revolution was not undertaken to enforce changes in economic or social organization but was primarily an ideological, constitutional, and political struggle. A postscript discusses the contentious debate to ratify the Constitution. Pulitzer Prize for HistoryAll the president's men
Par Carl Bernstein. 1974
Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters chronicle their investigation of the Watergate scandal, which began as a burglary of the…
Democratic National Committee Headquarters on June 17, 1972. They explain the events that precipitated their first suspicions and led them to ascertain the truth. Some strong language. Bestseller. 1974Un candide en Terre sainte
Par Régis Debray. 2008
"D'après les Évangiles, et dans sa courte vie tant cachée que publique, le Galiléen s'est rendu, sans visa ni carte…
d'identité, en Israël, Palestine, Jordanie, à Gaza, au Liban, en Égypte et en Syrie. Je me suis faufilé dans tous ces pays : il y faut plus d'un passeport et des détours. Jésus pouvait traverser la mer de Génésareth, aller "au-delà du Jourdain", et revenir le lendemain sur l'autre rive. Ce n'est plus possible. Aussi ce voyage d'un flâneur des deux rives n'a-t-il pu s'effectuer d'un seul trait. C'est un pari que de refaire l'itinéraire de Jésus à travers le Proche-Orient d'aujourd'hui, pour observer comment juifs, chrétiens et musulmans vivent à présent leur foi. Les surprenantes et souvent rebutantes vérités qui se dévoilent en Terre sainte ont valeur d'avertissement. Plus qu'un voyage au bout de la haine, ce carnet de route peut servir à la connaissance du monde profane tel qu'il va. Tout à la fois témoignage, chronique et méditation, l'enquête peut dès lors se lire comme un pèlerinage au coeur de l'homme, qu'il soit croyant ou agnostique, d'ici ou de là-bas". -- 4e de couv