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Roll of thunder, hear my cry
Par Mildred Taylor, Jerry Pinkney. 1976
Nine-year-old Cassie Logan recalls a turbulent time in Mississippi during the Great Depression--a year of night riders, burnings, and threats.…
She describes her African American family's struggle to survive with their dignity and independence intact. Some strong language. For grades 6-9. Newbery Award. 1976Le pianiste: l'extraordinaire destin d'un musicien juif dans le ghetto de Varsovie, 1939-1945
Par Wladyslaw Szpilman. 2001
Le récit poignant d'un musicien juif polonais qui a survécu à tout: le ghetto, l'extermination des siens, l'insurrection de Varsovie…
puis la destruction de la ville par les Allemands. Quand gelé et affamé, errant de cachette en cachette, il est à un pouce de la mort, apparaît le plus improbable des sauveteurs: un officier allemand, un juste nommé Wilm Hosenfeld. Hanté par l'atrocité des crimes de son peuple, celui-ci le protègera. L'auteur est mort à Varsovie en juillet 2000On the line: My story of becoming the first african american rockette
Par Jennifer Jones. 2023
"Though this tale explores painful emotions, its focus on Jennifer's personal experience and the pleasure she found in dance make…
it an absolute delight."—Kirkus Reviews From the first Black Radio City Rockette dancer, Jennifer Jones, comes an inspiring autobiography perfect for fans of trailblazers like Misty Copeland, Mae Jemison, and more. Dancing has always made her feel free, like she can do anything. But when Jennifer was a child, some people didn't think that she had a future as a dancer because of the color of her skin. With the support of her family, especially her mother, she proved that anything is possible when you believe you belong. On the Line is a captivating true story about manifesting your dreamsMississippi: 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 couvOpération étoile jaune (Documents)
Par Maurice Rajsfus. 2002
Un récit en deux temps: le port obligatoire de l'étoile jaune, imposé en 1942 aux Juifs de la zone occupée…
par la Gestapo mais appliqué par les policiers français; l'arrestation de l'auteur et de sa famille et leur déportation à AuschwitzMon amie Anne Frank
Par Alison Gold. 1998
Voici le récit de la meilleure amie d'Anne Frank, qui, elle, a survécu à l'Holocauste. A travers ce témoignage, nous…
découvrons l'amitié de deux enfants juives pendant la guerre; les humiliations et les souffrances infligées par les nazis, et, dans l'horreur quotidienne des camps, un intense moment d'espoirCinco de mayo: A first look (Read about Holidays (Read for a Better World))
Par Percy Leed. 2023
Juneteenth: A first look (Read about Holidays (Read for a Better World))
Par Katie Peters. 2023
A brilliant life: My mother's inspiring true story of surviving the holocaust
Par Rachelle Unreich. 2023
The powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter—a tale that reminds us of the resilience of…
the soul and the ability of the heart to heal. As Mira is nearing the end of her life, her daughter Rachelle wants to find out how her mother had lived through four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and a Death March. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed—which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around her. And, incredibly, when giving testimony later in life, she says that it was during this time—despite witnessing the depths of man's cruelty—that she learned about "the goodness of people." Born in Czechoslovakia, Mira was only 12 years old when World War II broke out. At 88, living in Australia, she is diagnosed with cancer, and her journalist daughter decides to interview her to distract her from her illness. What Rachelle discovers about her mother helps her fit together the jigsaw pieces of her own life. A Brilliant Life portrays not only how remote a prospect it was to live through the Holocaust, but what it is like to be the child of a survivor. A story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of faith, A Brilliant Life questions the role that fate, chance and destiny play in one's life. It is a tribute to family, a story of incredible resilience and a chronicle of the deep connection between mother and child that not even death can destroyBloodlands: Europe between hitler and stalin
Par Timothy Snyder. 2018
From the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny , the definitive history of Hitler's and Stalin's politics of mass…
killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history for the last century. Americans call the Second World War "The Good War."But before it even began, America's wartime ally Josef Stalin had killed millions of his own citizens—and kept killing them during and after the war. Before Hitler was finally defeated, he had murdered six million Jews and nearly as many other Europeans. At war's end, both the German and the Soviet killing sites fell behind the iron curtain, leaving the history of mass killing in darkness. Bloodlands is a new kind of European history, presenting the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes as two aspects of a single history, in the time and place where they occurred: between Germany and Russia, when Hitler and Stalin both held power. Assiduously researched, deeply humane, and utterly definitive, Bloodlands will be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the central tragedy of modern history. Bloodlands won twelve awards including the Emerson Prize in the Humanities, a Literature Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Leipzig Award for European Understanding, and the Hannah Arendt Prize in Political Thought. It has been translated into more than thirty languages, was named to twelve book-of-the-year lists, and was a bestseller in six countriesGamelin: la tragédie de l'ambition (Biographies)
Par Max Schiavon. 2021
Biographie de l'officier Maurice Gamelin (1872-1958). L'auteur tente de comprendre pourquoi cet homme a conduit les armées alliées au désastre…
en 1940. Il analyse ses choix tactiques et stratégiques, son comportement et ses failles. Il examine également les motivations de ceux qui l'ont désigné à ce poste. Il évoque sa vie publique et privée, ainsi que ses expériences.Missouri (My United States)
Par Jennifer Zeiger. 2019
Ghosts and legends of Nevada's highway 50 (Haunted America Ser.)
Par Janice Oberding. 2018
The 287-mile stretch of highway that runs east to west across Nevada's desert is billed as the "Loneliest Road in…
America." But those who explore it find there is plenty to discover along the way in the towns of Austin, Eureka, Ely, Fallon and Fernley. Every one of these places has its own unique history, ghosts and stories to tell. From the sordid lynching of Richard Jennings to the humorous legend about a famous sack of flour, author Janice Oberding treks across Highway 50 seeking spirits and uncovering the tales of Singing Sand Mountain, the Red-Headed Giants, the Giroux Mine Disaster and many more. AdultHistoric tales of Utah (American chronicles)
Par Eileen Hallet Stone. 2016
New Mexico sunrise: faith and love hold generations together in four complete novels
Par Tracie Peterson. 2001
Garret Lucas was hired to take Maggie Intissar from Kansas to her estranged father's ranch in the New Mexico territory.…
But Maggie will do anything to avoid the painful memories of her past. AdultA year by the sea: thoughts of an unfinished woman
Par Joan Anderson. 1999
As a loving wife and supportive mother, Joan Anderson had slowly and unconsciously replaced her own dreams with the needs…
of her family. With her sons grown and her husband taking a new job out-of-state, Joan decided to retreat to a family cottage. Over the course of a year, she discovered that her life as an "unfinished woman" was full of possibilities. Out of that transformative year came this record of her experiences and wisdomHidden history of Boston (Hidden History)
Par Dina Vargo. 2018
Maus: a survivor's tale (Pantheon Graphic Library)
Par Art Spiegelman. 2011
"A brutally moving work of art-widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written-Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the…
author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma." -- Provided by publisherStand up!: 10 mighty women who made a change!
Par Brittney C Cooper. 2022
"Biographical collection of ten female figures who changed the world by standing up for what's right and offering an inspirational…
call to action, reminding everyone that they can be forces for change when they stand up!" -- Provided by publisherLatinitas: una celebración de 40 soñadoras audaces
Par Juliet Menéndez. 2021
"Discover how 40 influential Latinas became the women we celebrate today! In this collection of short biographies from all over…
Latin America and across the United States, Juliet Menéndez explores the first small steps that set the Latinitas off on their journeys. With gorgeous, hand-painted illustrations, Menéndez shines a spotlight on the power of childhood dreams. From Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to singer Selena Quintanilla to NASA's first virtual reality engineer, Evelyn Miralles, this is a book for aspiring artists, scientists, activists, and more. These women followed their dreams-and they just might encourage you to follow yours!" -- Goodreads