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Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 8 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 7 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 6 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 5 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 4 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 3 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 2 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Cyrus, l'encyclopédie qui raconte. 1 (Kid/Quid)
Par Christiane Duchesne, Carmen Marois. 1995
Noah Webster: weaver of words
Par Pegi Deitz Shea, Monica Vachula. 2011
Presents the life and accomplishments of the American lexicographer, who wrote the first American dictionary, published the first daily newspaper,…
created the first American insurance company, and was responsible for the first copyright law. Grades 4-7. 2011.Nelson Mandela: "non à l'apartheid"
Par Véronique Tadjo. 2010
Ce titre transporte le lecteur en 1941, dans une Afrique du Sud ravagée par l'Apartheid. Au fil des pages, le…
lecteur marche dans les traces de Nelson Mandela, qui prend la parole pour raconter l'injustice vécue par son peuple, sa lutte pour offrir à ce dernier des droits égaux à ceux des Blancs, sa condamnation à la réclusion à perpétuité, les conditions d'emprisonnement inhumaines dans lesquelles il fut maintenu pendant 27 ans, la manière dont les gens se sont mobilisés à un niveau international afin de le libérer, puis sa libération et la tenue de premières élections démocratiques. Quelques descriptions de violence. Pour les lecteurs d'école secondaire. 2010.Never on a broomstick
Par Frank Donovan. 1971
Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave
Par Frederick Douglass. 1991
Napoleon, 1812
Par Nigel Nicolson. 1985
In the six months between June and December 1812, nearly half a million men died. As Napoleon commenced his invasion…
of Russia, he was at the height of his powers; by the end, he faced the destruction of his empire. Why did he invade Russia, and why did he fail? The author goes back to the original documents to try to find an answer to these and other questions. 1985.Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life
Par Alan Schom. 1997
A critical portrait of the legendary ruler of France, whose empire controlled much of Europe. Covers "all aspects of his…
life," tracing his obscure Corsican youth, his rise to power, his military campaigns, his defeat at Waterloo, and his death in exile in 1821. Descriptions of violence. 1997.My famous evening: Nova Scotia sojourns, diaries & preoccupations (National Geographic directions)
Par Howard A Norman. 2004
Canadian author Norman has travelled to Nova Scotia over the decades, collecting stories, myths, and memories. He recounts the story…
of Marlais Quire, who travelled to New York in the 1920's to hear Joseph Conrad, talks about forerunners (eerie omens of tragedy well known to seafaring communities), and relates a folktale about a protective mythic creature. He also retraces the steps of poet Elizabeth Bishop, who lived in Nova Scotia as a child, with historian, poet, and scholar Sandra Barry. 2004.My name is number 4: a true story
Par Ting-Xing Ye. 2007
After the death of both her parents, Ting-xing and her four siblings endured the brutality of Red Guard attacks on…
their schools and even their house as they struggled against poverty and hunger. Then at sixteen, she was exiled to a prison farm far from home. This is the story of Ting-xing's tumultuous life, turned upside down by China's Cultural Revolution. Some strong language. 2007.Mrs. Fitzherbert and sons
Par Jim Foord-Kelcey, Philippa Foord-Kelcey. 1991
King George IV is best remembered for his extravagant lifestyle and his efforts to divorce his wife, Caroline of Brunswick.…
But many are unaware that, in 1784, when he was still the Prince of Wales, George secretly married a Roman Catholic widow named Maria Fitzherbert. However, without the consent of his father, the marriage was considered invalid under the Royal Marriages Act. 1991.Mrs. King: the life and times of Isabel Mackenzie King
Par Charlotte Gray. 1997
Isabel Mackenzie King was the daughter of William Lyon Mackenzie and the mother of Canada's longest serving prime minister, William…
Lyon Mackenzie King. While her son attempted to portray her as the ideal woman, his biographers insisted that she was manipulative and ambitious, forcing her son into politics so that he could support the family. Gray attempts to bring her story to light and reveal the real Mrs. King, a woman who witnessed some of the most important events of Canadian history. Canada Reads 2012. c1997.Mrs. L: conversations with Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Par Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Michael Teague. 1981