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Georges Moustaki, la ballade du Métèque
Par Louis-Jean Calvet. 2005
"Moustaki c'est Milord, dont Edith Piaf a fait un succès, Sarah que Serge Reggiani détaillait comme une petite pièce de…
théâtre et, bien sûr, Le Métèque qui le rendit célèbre. On avait jusqu'ici publié quelques souvenirs, parfois romancés, de Georges Moustaki, voici sa première biographie, vivante, éclairante, nourrie par une sympathie qui n'exclut pas le regard critique". -- 4e de couvL'Eucharistie aux origines de Kebecq
Par Jacqueline Y Boire. 2008
"Sœur Jacqueline, moniale bénédictine, nous raconte la quête spirituelle des dix principaux personnages des débuts de la Nouvelle-France. Elle fait…
ressortir la place particulière qu'a eue l'Eucharistie dans la vie de nos ancêtres. Un livre fascinant pour les passionnés de spiritualité". -- 4e de couvMagill Family Egyptian Adventure
Par John Magill, Judith Ann Magill Cathcard. 2016
The Magill Family Egyptian Adventure tells the story of Canadian, Arthur Napier Magill, who lost his sight as a young…
man, as he and his young family embark on a years’ long adventure to Egypt, where he was seconded by the UN from his role at CNIB in 1953 to head a team of experts to establish a CNIB like demonstration school for the blind to serve that country and to provide training for others to replicate the school in neighbouring Arab states. Using newspaper articles, family photographs, letters home, and written project reports, readers gain insight into expatriate life and the enormous difference this UN mission made to the many blind people in the Middle East who would otherwise have been unable to live productive and independent lives. Arthur Napier Magill later became the second Managing Director of CNIB, succeeding Colonel E. A. Baker.In the days of the pharaohs: a look at ancient Egypt (Single Titles Social Studies Ser.)
Par Milton Meltzer. 2001
Introduction to the ancient Egyptian civilization which rose more than five thousand years ago and flourished for millenia. Discusses the…
people's agricultural way of life, and their beliefs, customs, and achievements. Covers such topics as wars, pyramids, religion, mummies, calendars, and hieroglyphics. For grades 5-8. 2001The Hemingway book club of Kosovo
Par Paula Huntley. 2003
A journal of the author's experiences in Prishtina, Kosovo, where she taught English to returned Albanian students during an eight-month…
period in 2000. She describes the aftermath of the NATO-forced Serb retreat and her students' hopes for a better life in the depressed province. 2003Biographical sketches of all the American presidents from George Washington to George W. Bush. Provides interesting facts for each presidency,…
such as prominent contemporaries, political happenings, and notable events. For grades 5-8. 2000Lewis and Clark: from ocean to ocean
Par Harold Faber. 2001
Introduces the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark who led the first United States expedition to the Pacific coast from…
1804-1806. Discusses their adventures crossing the continent, their encounters with Native Americans, and the hardships of the journey. For grades 5-8. 2002The company: a short history of a revolutionary idea (Modern Library Chronicles)
Par John Micklethwait. 2003
Economist editors examine the history of the limited-liability joint-stock corporation--"the most important organization in the world"--from 3000 B.C. to the…
twenty-first century. The authors argue that companies have given the West a great competitive advantage and have, on the whole, evolved toward a more socially responsible posture. 2003City 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. 2002Gettysburg
Par MacKinlay Kantor. 1987
Describes the bloodiest engagement of the Civil War--the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863--and its impact on the people in…
the part of Pennsylvania where it was fought. Includes the text of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. For grades 4-7. 1952After That: Poems
Par Lorna Crozier. 2023
From Lorna Crozier, the poet that Ursula Le Guin called a “truth teller” and “visionary,” comes this new collection of…
soul-stirring poems that follow the death of a loved one.After That is a book written from the dark hollow we fall into when we lose those we love. Lorna Crozier’s sure poetry finds the words to engage with the grief that comes from the death of her partner, the writer Patrick Lane, whom she’d lived with for forty years, many of them tumultuous. With grace and precision, she illuminates sorrow. The light the poems cast travels far enough to reach anyone who has experienced loss. These pages engage us with many familiar yet magical things—not only paper wasps, but their libraries; not only herons, but their role as aging monks. Crozier takes us through the domestic and natural worlds into the cagey and metaphysical place we call the beyond. Without offering false comfort, the poems turn over our own grief so that we can catch a glimpse of the new life inside us again.War is a force that gives us meaning
Par Chris Hedges. 2002
Drawing on personal experience and combat literature, award-winning journalist explores human beings' obsession with conflict. Hedges demonstrates how the "myth…
of war" conditions people to embrace the glory of battle in pursuit of a noble cause; he then contrasts this myth with the brutal reality of modern warfare. Some violence. 2002Il était un piano noir: mémoires interrompus (Azimuts. Récits)
Par Barbara. 1998
All the stops: the glorious pipe organ and its American masters
Par Craig R Whitney. 2003
A cultural history of the pipe organ, describing its central role in American musical life in the late nineteenth and…
early twentieth centuries. Explores the development of the electrified organ in the mid-twentieth century and discusses the contrasting views of builders, performers, and advocates of mechanical and electronic instruments. 2003The rise of the new woman: the women's movement in America, 1875-1930 (American ways series)
Par Jean V Matthews. 2003
A social and political history of the suffrage movement in the critical years leading up to and after ratification of…
the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920 that gave women the right to vote. Discusses the role of feminist pioneers in changing public attitudes and the ideas and values engendered by their debates. 2003Summit
2002
Seven blind persons recall how they have reached the summit as they scaled "personal mountains." "To Climb Every Mountain" describes…
Erik Weihenmayer's successful ascent of Mt. Everest. Other chapters recount a blind student's camp counselor job and a teenager's conquest of the fear of losing her physical freedom on becoming blind. 2002An empire of plants: people and plants that changed the world
Par Toby Musgrave. 2002
Discusses the role of seven plants--tobacco, sugar cane, cotton, tea, poppies (opium), cinchona tree bark (quinine), and rubber--and how they…
influenced the rise of imperialism, overseas trade, and social changes. Also portrays the adventurers, merchants, and slaves who were engaged in the development of this economy. 2000Phillis Wheatley
Par Susan R Gregson. 2002
Biography of the African American poet Phillis Wheatley who was brought to colonial Boston in 1761 as a young slave.…
Describes Wheatley's education and family life and her success in the publishing world. For grades 4-7. 2002The big fix: how the pharmaceutical industry rips off American consumers
Par Katharine Greider. 2003
Reporter analyzes the aggressive marketing and pricing practices of pharmaceutical companies while also recognizing the enormous benefits of their products…
in reducing pain and controlling illness. Discusses secret drug price policies, efforts to extend patent protection for high-priced blockbusters, research schemes, and advertising gimmicks that promote prescription drugs and increase health care costs. 2003The Americas: a hemispheric history
Par Felipe Fernández-Armesto. 2003
Oxford historian describes the Western Hemisphere from prehistoric times to the present. Topics include indigenous peoples, the slave trade, politics,…
and commerce. Also discusses the vast contrasts between north and south and the increasing preeminence of the United States beginning in the late eighteenth century with independence, unity, and industrialization. 2003