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Les Filles du Roy pionnières des seigneuries de Varennes et de Verchères
Par Société d'histoire des Filles du Roy. 2022
Qui sont ces jeunes femmes majoritairement pauvres et orphelines qui, entre 1663 et 1673, ont quitté la France et bravé…
la mer sur de frêles navires à voile pour venir se faire une vie dans cette lointaine Nouvelle-France ? Parmi ces femmes, certaines ont osé remonter le fleuve pour venir s'établir un jour à Varennes et à Verchères. Arrivées dans le cadre du seul programme mis en place par la France pour peuple le Canada, elles font ici l'objet d'un recueil qui expose ce qu'a été leur vie en ce pays. Ce livre lève le voile sur ces "mères de la nation", femmes invisibles dans l'histoire, qui, avec d'autres pionnières, ont contribué à peuple et à développer l'Amérique françaiseSlow motion: a true story
Par Dani Shapiro. 1998
The author describes dropping out of college to become the mistress of her roommate's wealthy stepfather and turning her life…
around a few years later after her parents are in a serious accident. Shapiro stops drinking, leaves her lover, and returns to school at Sarah Lawrence to become a writer. Strong language and some descriptions of sexSally Ride: first American woman in space
Par Carole Camp. 1997
Provides biographical information on Ride's upbringing, education, and path to becoming an astronaut. Describes her training as the first woman…
to travel to space aboard the Challenger in 1983. Discusses Ride's role as mission specialist, her career in NASA through the 1986 Challenger disaster, and her professional life after leaving NASA. For grades 6-9The things I want most: the extraordinary story of a boy's journal to a family of his own
Par Richard Miniter. 1998
With the youngest of their six children in high school, the author reluctantly agrees to his wife's request that they…
become foster parents. They are offered an eleven-year-old boy with a daunting file. His note asking for "a family, a fishing pole, a family" sways them to accept. Some strong languageAnna and the King of Siam
Par Margaret Landon. 1943
Anna Leonowens, a Welsh widow hired in 1862 to be governess to the children and concubines of the king of…
Siam, found the contrasts between the exotic Orient and Victorian Great Britain striking. Landon recounts Leonowen's five years of adventures and confrontations. This book inspired the Broadway musical The King and IBig top boss: John Ringling North and the circus
Par David Hammarstrom. 1992
Biography of the showman-entrepreneur who folded the tents and moved the circus indoors in 1956. Describes North's flamboyant career and…
his management style in the context of labor and social issues of the mid-twentieth century. Incorporates several decades of American circus historyStonewall
Par Jean Fritz. 1979
Biography of the Confederate general Thomas Jackson, who was affectionately nicknamed "Stonewall." Orphaned at age seven, he did not have…
much formal schooling. Yet he graduated from West Point at age twenty-two. Tells how his determination and self-discipline helped him fulfill his ambitions. For grades 4-7Richard Wright and the library card
Par William Miller. 1997
A Dublin girl: growing up in the 1930's
Par Elaine Crowley. 1996
Biography of a childhood spent poor but happy in the slums of Dublin. Because her father has tuberculosis, Elaine Crowley,…
her mother, and two siblings live hand-to-mouth in a one-room dwelling in their ancestral neighborhood. At fourteen, Elaine leaves school to help support the familyThe autobiography of a Tibetan monk
Par Palden Gyatso. 1997
Memoir of a Tibetan born in 1933 who became a Buddhist monk at age ten. His peaceful life ended in…
1950 when the Chinese invaded Tibet. Describes his arrest with other monks at Gadong monastery in 1959 and the starvation, torture, and reeducation sessions during his thirty years in prison. After his release, he escaped to India to inform the Dalai Lama and the world of Chinese abuse of Tibetan prisonersLives of the artists: masterpieces, messes (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1995
Portraits of nineteen artists, providing information about their childhood years and the works that made them famous. Includes Michelangelo Buonarroti,…
Rembrandt van Rijn, Mary Cassatt, Henri Matisse, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Andy Warhol. For grades 3-6Are you somebody: the accidental memoir of a Dublin woman
Par Nuala O'Faolain. 1998
An unmarried, childless Irish woman reviews her life and examines its meaning. She recalls her deprived childhood, her years at…
boarding school and university, and her career in broadcast and print journalism. Approaching sixty, she takes stock of her accomplishments and her solitary lifeAll in a drop: how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world
Par Lori Alexander. 2019
Biography of the self-taught scientist known as the father of microbiology. By building his own microscope, Leeuwenhoek advanced humanity's understanding…
of the oft-invisible world around us. Explains that microbes are everywhere: in the soil and oceans, in snow, and inside our bodies. For grades 3-6.Young, Black, and determined: a biography of Lorraine Hansberry
Par Pat McKissack. 1998
Biography of the African American playwright whose award-winning Raisin in the Sun (RC 43547) opened on Broadway in 1959. Provides…
the social and historical context in which Hansberry grew up and developed artistically. Examines her literary achievements and political activism during her thirty-four-year life. For grades 5-8 and older readersOlivar Asselin, le pamphlétaire maudit
Par Claude-Henri Grignon. 2007
"[...] La biographie de Grignon sur Asselin est suivie de la correspondance que se sont échangée les deux grand pamphlétaires…
et fourmille de fascinantes informations sur la vie sociale, politique et culturelle du Québec. Un autre Grignon occulté par son oeuvre télévisuelle apparaît et nous séduit. [...]" -- 4e de couvAnd not afraid to dare: the stories of ten African-American women
Par Tonya Bolden. 1998
Biographies of ten African American women who managed to achieve despite social and economic roadblocks. Among them are writers, singers,…
athletes, and scientists. Includes Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Leontyne Price, Toni Morrison, and others. A brief appendix lists additional people and their achievements. For grades 6-9 and older readersLives of the athletes: thrills, spills (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1997
Portraits of twenty well-known athletes, filled with information about their childhood and how they handled fame and fortune. Includes Jim…
Thorpe, Babe Ruth, Sonja Henie, Jackie Robinson, Arthur Ashe, and Bruce Lee. For grades 3-6Lives of the writers: comedies, tragedies (and what the neighbors thought)
Par Kathleen Krull. 1994
This companion to Lives of the Musicians (RC 37607) features the stories of twenty writers, ranging from Hans Christian Andersen…
to E.B. White. In addition to biographical information, sketches of authors include details about their work habits and newsy tidbits such as whom they loved, what they wore, what they read, and what would make them laugh. For grades 4-7 and older readersPéladeau: une histoire de vengeance, d'argent et de journaux (Biographie)
Par Julien Brault. 2008
"Un séparatiste, un maniaco-dépressif, un ex-alcoolique et un antisémite, voilà comment Pierre Péladeau fut introduit par certains journalistes de la…
presse anglophone. Au Québec, ses nombreuses conquêtes amoureuses et les journaux à potins qu'il publiait retenaient davantage l'attention. Dix ans après la mort du personnage, un portrait de l'éditeur s'imposait. Un portrait non autorisé et révélateur du baron de la presse et de son empire. Fruit du méticuleux travail journalistique de Julien Brault et véritable ouvrage de référence, ce livre, en plus de révéler les différentes facettes de la personnalité de l'homme, raconte aussi l'évolution des journaux au XXe siècle. Comprenant un cahier-photos, cette surprenante biographie nous entraîne au-delà de la simple marque de commerce qu'est devenu Péladeau dans l'imaginaire collectif, pour nous faire voir un homme incroyable, invivable mais visionnaire." -- 4e de couvWalk on water: a memoir
Par Lorian Hemingway. 1998
The autobiography of Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter, whose lifelong love of fishing helps her recover from difficulties and overcome hardships. Describes…
various family members, her struggle with alcoholism, her fishing companions, and their numerous expeditions together. Some strong language