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The wrong man: the final verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard murder case
Par James Neff. 2001
Investigative reporter assembles extensive evidence exonerating Cleveland physician Sam Sheppard of murdering his pregnant wife, Marilyn, on July 4, 1954.…
Describes botched police and forensic investigations, Sheppard's retrials and eventual acquittal in 1966, and his son's anti-death-penalty activism. Identifies probable actual killer and reconstructs possible murder scenario. Some violence and some strong language. 2001The rural life
Par Verlyn Klinkenborg. 2003
Collection of essays celebrating the simplicity of country life in successive months over the course of one year. The selections--which…
previously appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, and other publications--depict seasonal changes in settings ranging from Klinkenborg's own upstate New York farm to rugged landscapes in the American west. 2003Sixpence House: lost in a town of books
Par Paul Collins. 2003
Memoir of American author's relocation to Hay-on-Wye, or "Town of Books," a Welsh village boasting fifteen hundred inhabitants and forty…
antiquarian bookstores. Finding work in the largest one, Collins describes his pleasure in poring through endless dusty book stacks. He also recounts attempting to buy Sixpence House, a tumbledown pub in the town's center. 2003Lewis and Clark: a prairie dog for the president
Par Shirley-Raye Redmond. 2003
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson sends explorers Lewis and Clark across the country to map the land and bring back…
plants and animals. The men capture a prairie dog and send it to Washington for everyone to see. Beginning Reader. For grades 2-4. 2003Bringing Elizabeth home: a journey of faith and hope
Par Ed Smart. 2003
Mormon parents' describe their ordeal when their fourteen-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was kidnapped in June 2002 and their joy when she…
was found alive in March 2003. The Smarts recall the deep faith in God that sustained their family and to which they attribute Elizabeth's miraculous return. Bestseller. 2003Horatio's drive: America's first road trip
Par Dayton Duncan. 2003
Account of the first cross-country automobile trip in the United States. In 1903 Horatio Jackson, a thirty-one-year-old Vermont doctor, bet…
fifty dollars that he could drive from San Francisco to New York despite only 150 miles of paved roadway in the entire nation. Introduction by Ken Burns, maker of a companion PBS documentary. 2003Tales of a female nomad: living at large in the world
Par Rita Golden Gelman. 2001
Children's author and self-proclaimed "modern-day nomad" recounts her travels since 1986 when, on the verge of divorce at age forty-eight,…
she abandoned her upscale California existence. Gelman's serendipitous lifestyle takes her around the world--from the Galápagos to Thailand and beyond--where she connects with locals, learns their customs, and shares their lives. 2001From Love Field: our final hours with President John F. Kennedy
Par Nellie Connally. 2003
Widow of former Texas governor John Connally recalls the fateful Dallas ride in the presidential limousine on November 22, 1963,…
when JFK was fatally shot and the governor severely wounded. Nellie Connally describes the chaos of the scene, her husband's long recovery, and the assassination's effect on her and her three children. 2003Cent jours sous le ciel de la Mongolie
Par Jean-Étienne Poirier. 2001
Recueil de souvenirs et impressions de voyages de l'auteur dans ce pays un peu mystérieux qu'est la Mongolie et dont…
on sait peu de choses, sinon qu'il fit partie de l'empire de Gengis Khan et qu'il survit aujourd'hui tant bien que mal par lui-même. Le recueil parle surtout du choc culturel de l'auteur et de ses rencontres avec les gens. Peu de commentaires sur la Mongolie, tout juste quelques données historiques en introduction. [SDMCity of the soul: a walk in Rome (Crown Journeys Ser.)
Par William Murray. 2002
Longtime resident presents an intimate walking tour of this ancient city. Murray's tour illuminates the history and legend behind famous…
sites like the Pantheon, the Colosseum, Trevi Fountain, and the Piazza di Spagna. The guide also connects past to present by revealing modern Rome's hotels, shopping areas, restaurants, and cafes. 2002Elle dort dans la mer: document
Par Louise Longo. 1996
Récit émouvant d'une survivante d'un naufrage. Louise Longo raconte comment elle a survécu sur un radeau de fortune, mais surtout…
comment elle a perdu sa petite fille pratiquement quelques minutes avant d'être secourue. [SDMDe l'Argentine au Zimbabwe (Collection Vers L'inconnu)
Par Jacques Noël. 2001
L'auteur, journaliste et globe-trotter, a parcouru 104 pays. Des plaines de Mongolie aux déserts d'Australie, des cols de l'Himalaya à…
la jungle du Guatemala, l'auteur a choisi de voyager à la dure...Il en a tiré les histoires savoureuses qu'il nous propose, dans l'ordre alphabétique des pays qu'il a visitésSoliah: the Sara Jane Olson story
Par Sharon Darby Hendry. 2002
Biography of Minnesota soccer mom Sara Jane Olson, arrested in 1999 for terrorist activities in the 1970s when she was…
a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army--notorious for the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson changed her name from Kathleen Soliah and remained underground for decades. Some strong language. 2002L'île aux moines danseurs
Par Nadine Delpech. 2006
"Ce livre est à la fois un récit de voyage initiatique, un document inédit sur une congrégation religieuse inconnue en…
Occident et enfin une histoire d'amour cachée. L'auteur nous livre son étonnante aventure sur une île du Brahmapoutre où vivent mille moines hindous inconnus en Occident : des hommes superbes voués à l'art de la danse et qu'il est impossible de toucher, des moinillons remplis d'affection pour les plus vieux, si pleins de bonté. Pour la première fois de leur histoire qui dure depuis cinq siècles, ces religieux ont accepté qu'une femme seule vive avec eux dans leurs monastères, au coeur de l'État Indien de l'Assam, resté longtemps fermé au monde. Pour la voyageuse agnostique commence alors une plongée savoureuse dans le monde du sensible, du mystique, et aussi ... une histoire d'amour avec Gopal, le séduisant moine danseur aux cheveux longs. [...]" -- 4e de couvThe snow geese: a story of home
Par William Fiennes. 2002
In this combination travelog and memoir, Fiennes reflects on the metaphorical aspects of a journey from Houston northward into Canada,…
following the annual migration of snow geese. Convalescing after several operations, this young British author read Paul Gallico's The Snow Goose (BR 14168) and developed his therapeutic plan to track the birds' flight. 2002Northern and Western Asia
Par Martyn Bramwell. 2000
Describes the geography, population, and industry of the countries located in northern and western Asia: Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel,…
Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, and Asian Russia. For grades 5-8. 2000Oaxaca journal
Par Oliver Sacks. 2002
Record of the author's observations while on a botanical tour with the American Fern Society in southern Mexico in 2000.…
Describes his travel companions, his impressions of this first trip to the area, and the foliage of particular plants. 2002A house in Sicily
Par Daphne Phelps. 1999
Memoir of the Englishwoman who owns Casa Cuseni, a popular pensione in Sicily. Phelps, barely able to speak Italian and…
with little money, traveled to Taormina to sell her unexpected inheritance. Instead, she fell in love with the estate, its gardens, community, and the Italian way of life. 1999The olive farm: a memoir of life, love, and olive oil in the south of France
Par Carol Drinkwater. 2001
A British actress recalls how she and her soon-to-be husband, Michel, a pair of romantics, purchased a rundown property near…
the Mediterranean. Describes their restoration adventures transforming derelict orchards to excellent olive-oil producers and creating a wonderful living space for family and friends. 2001