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How plants grow
Par Malcolm Penny. 1997
Basic introduction to the growth and development of plants. Describes how flowers, fruits, and parachutes help disperse seeds over great…
distances. Includes information on plants that are parasites, insect-eaters, or other unusual specimens. For grades 3-6The Communist manifesto (Oxford world's classics)
Par Karl Marx. 1998
Political and economic theory of social organization, first published as the platform of the Communist League. Anticapitalist work based on…
collective government ownership and democratic management of production and distribution of goodsTon kaki qui t'adore: lettres d'amour en temps de guerre
Par Denys Lessard. 2008
"Jeannine et Gérard se rencontrent en mars 1942. Elle a 19 ans, lui 21. Deux mois plus tard, ils échangent…
leur premier baiser. Mais en août, la conscription sépare nos deux amoureux. Gérard est enrôlé dans l'armée canadienne, où il restera trois ans sans jamais être envoyé au front. Ils s'écriront plus d'un millier de lettres (une par jour), entretenant une relation amoureuse passionnée qui trouvera son accomplissement à leur mariage à la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, en juillet 1945. Les quelques lettres présentées ici, tirées de cette monumentale correspondance, témoignent de la ferveur de cet amour de jeunesse, des difficultés soulevées par l'absence et l'éloignement, traçant un portrait touchant de cette génération d'amoureux contrariés par la guerre, mais animés par l'espoir, la foi et le désir. [...]" -- 4e de couvOscar Wilde à Paris
Par Herbert Lottman. 2007
"Herbert Lottman retrace ici l'amitié amoureuse d'Oscar Wilde pour Paris et pour la France, depuis son premier voyage à Paris…
en 1874 jusqu'à sa mort en 1900. Ses innombrables visites menèrent Wilde de salons en cafés parisiens où il côtoya les beaux esprits (Mallarmé, Pierre Louÿs, Gide, Paul Valéry...). Il aimait aussi fréquenter les lieux malfamés, rencontrer des artistes, des poètes et des mauvais garçons. Francophone raffiné, il écrivit même une pièce en français, Salomé ; comme la censure britannique en interdit la représentation, il tempêta et menaça d'émigrer en France et d'en solliciter la nationalité. Plus tard, à sa sortie de prison, ruiné et vilipendé, c'est encore en France qu'il chercha refuge. Et il y vécut ses dernières années dans la misère et la solitude. Brisé par sa chute spectaculaire dans l'infamie pour avoir, contre toute raison, poursuivi en diffamation le père de son amant qui le traitait de "sodomite", Oscar Wilde proclamait qu'il avait mis son talent dans son oeuvre et son génie dans sa vie. Le conformisme et la discrétion n'étaient pas ses vertus préférées : homme d'esprit provocateur et dérangeant, Oscar Wilde défiait les convenances d'une société pudibonde". -- 4e de couvMaya Angelou: journey of the heart (Rainbow biography)
Par Jayne Pettit. 1998
Presents the life of Maya Angelou from her childhood through her years as a poet, author, civil-rights activist, entertainer, and…
professor. Describes how her creativity and hard work have promoted the success of African Americans through poetry, writing, and teaching. For junior and senior high readersEx libris: confessions of a common reader
Par Anne Fadiman. 1998
Eighteen essays written over four years reveal the author's bibliomania and compulsive proofreading habit. In "Marrying Libraries," she admits that…
only after five years of marriage and a child were she and her husband intimate enough to mingle their book collections. In "Insert a Carrot," she describes her family's need to correct misspellings, even on menusZane Grey: romancing the West
Par Stephen May. 1997
Biography of the popular author discusses how he spent his youth fishing and hunting near Zanesville, Ohio, a town named…
after his pioneer ancestor. Grey became a dentist at his father's insistence, but later returned to his love of writing. Tells how Riders of the Purple Sage (RC 17362) became his first bestseller in 1912The history of Henry IV, part 1
Par William Shakespeare. 1994
First published in 1598. Depicts the early years of the reign of England's Henry IV. The Earl of Northumberland's son,…
Hotspur, becomes Henry's opponent. Eventually Henry's son, Prince Hal, leaves the merrymaker Falstaff to join the battle at Shrewsbury against Hotspur. Annotated version with historical background and essay on literary perspectiveSeventy-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 FootePoèmes et chansons d'amour et d'autre chose (Littérature)
Par Georges Dor. 1991
Black whiteness: Admiral Byrd alone in the Antarctic
Par Robert Burleigh. 1998
True-life adventure of Richard Byrd, who spent six months alone in the Antarctic in 1934. Includes excerpts from Byrd's diary…
recounting the incredible cold and discomfort he suffered. Describes how Byrd used a kite for rescue. For grades 4-7Crabcakes
Par James McPherson. 1998
The Pulitzer prize-winning African American author records autobiographical episodes and meditates on their meaning. The taste of Maryland crabcakes became…
firmly imprinted on his consciousness during his stay in Baltimore and remained with him even when he moved to Iowa and Japan. Some strong languageInto the porcupine cave and other odysseys: adventures of an occasional naturalist
Par William Warner. 1999
Nature essays that depict outdoor wonders around the world. The author reminisces about summers he spent exploring New Jersey's Barnegat…
Bay in his youth, the coral reefs of Peleliu seen during his service in World War II, and solo hiking in the Maine wilderness at midlife. 1999Ecoviews: snakes, snails, and environmental tales
Par Whit Gibbons. 1998
Vignettes about the ecology of animals, plants, and habitats demonstrate the wealth of biodiversity on Earth. Discusses wasps, turtles, ants,…
snakes, and other species encountered by an ecologist doing fieldwork in Australia and North America. Presents natural history facts in the context of environmental issuesWalden, or, Life in the woods
Par Henry Thoreau. 1992
Philosophical observations recorded during an experiment in simple living at a small pond near Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau's essays include his…
detailed observations of nature and his comments on the world's problems. He says that "the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."Greene on Capri: a memoir
Par Shirley Hazzard. 2000
Novelist Shirley Hazzard creates a portrait of the British author Graham Greene, based on her personal recollections. Describes how she…
and her husband, Francis Steegmuller, became lifelong friends with Greene in the late 1960s on the historic Mediterranean isle of Capri--a haven for writers. 2000La mémoire est une corde de bois d'allumage
Par Benoit Pinette. 2021
Avec bonté et résilience, Benoit Pinette retourne à son enfance - un pays en soi, une trajectoire - et pose…
le doigt sur ses instants douloureux, étudie l'équilibre des époques. Il construit de là sa compréhension des glissements du passé et sa volonté à faire mieux, à offrir le meilleur aux siens. Ce texte lance l'allumette dans le foin sec ; il carbonise des histoires anciennes, des angoisses, des corps pourris. La mémoire est une corde de bois d'allumage représente un chantier d'inquiétudes et de certitudes éphémères, mais parions que l'amour l'emportera sur la tâche à accomplir.Plutarch: the lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
Par Plutarch. 1992
Biographical accounts of noble Greeks and Romans from mythological times through the early second century A.D. This 1864 revision of…
Dryden's classic seventeenth-century translation compares the character, moral conduct, and fates of such noted figures as Demosthenes and Cicero, providing rich descriptions of social life in the Mediterranean world. 1992Not dying: an autobiographical interlude
Par William Saroyan. 1996
Autobiographical reflections of the American author and playwright when he is entering his fifties and sensing a time of transition.…
Written in the summer of 1959 in Paris while his teenage son and daughter are visiting and he has three works in progress. Originally published in 1963Vulcan's fury: man against the volcano
Par Alwyn Scarth. 1999
Depicts fifteen volcanic eruptions across a wide geographical and historical spectrum with emphasis on the aftermaths and how people were…
affected. Spans the centuries from A.D. 79 (Vesuvius) to 1991 (Pinatubo) in discussing volcanos around the globe. Contains eyewitness reports from survivors. 1999