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To begin the world anew: the genius and ambiguities of the American founders
Par Bernard Bailyn. 2003
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian analyzes the contradictory nature of key figures and documents of the American Revolution. Bailyn's five essays discuss…
cultural influences on political creativity, different sides of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin's idealism and realism, and the Federalist papers. 2003Il était une fois en Arménie
Par Antonia Arslan. 2006
"[...] En racontant l'histoire de son grand-oncle Sempad et de sa famille pendant le génocide arménien, Antonia Arslan écrit la…
chronique passionnante d'une des plus grandes tragédies du XXe siècle. Porté par une langue chatoyante qui rend hommage à la littérature populaire arménienne, un livre pudique, intense et émouvant. -- 4e de couvBiographical 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. 2000Terror and liberalism
Par Paul Berman. 2003
Liberal political and cultural critic examines the history and philosophy of totalitarianism leading up to the rise of Islamist extremism.…
Provides insights into terrorist ideologies and advocates strategic American interventions throughout the world to promote democracy. 2003Lettres à une jeune espionne: 1, La diagonale du double
Par Constantin Melnik. 1997
A travers ces Lettres à une jeune espionne, l'auteur, responsable des services secrets sous de Gaulle et maître incontesté du…
Renseignement, nous dévoile les mécanismes, "la psychologie et les techniques du plus obscur des mondes", celui des services secrets. [SDMHelen Keller: discover the life of an American legend
Par Don McLeese. 2003
The 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. 2003Martha Washington: first lady of liberty
Par Helen Bryan. 2002
Presents the life of the first United States president's wife, Martha Washington (1731-1802), in the social, political, and economic context…
of early America, especially colonial Virginia. The chronicle depicts Martha as her husband's "active, indispensable partner," who "commanded respect in her own right," and reflects her instrumental role in George's success. 2002Summit
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. 2002Disabled rights: American disability policy and the fight for equality
Par Jacqueline Vaughn Switzer. 2003
History and politics of the disability rights movement in the United States. Discusses how the disability community has coalesced in…
the past fifty years to press its demands and how passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act has shaped public policy and individual expectations. Also reviews ADA-related litigation and some "hot button" issues. 2003Nine accounts by blind people about work and everyday routines. Includes editor Marc Maurer's recollections of campus life at the…
University of Notre Dame, a young man's reflections on choosing a career in music, and a home owner's musings on his neighbors' surprise that he works around the house. 2002Make them go away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve & the case against disability rights
Par Mary Johnson. 2003
Journalist explores the backlash against the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and society's focus on medical treatment rather than equal…
opportunities. Discusses Clint Eastwood's decision to fight a lawsuit for access violations, Christopher Reeve's goal to walk again, and the proposed ADA Notification Act. 2003Helen Keller: a level two reader (Wonder Bks.wonder Books Nonfiction)
Par Cynthia Fitterer Klingel. 2002
D'abord, ils ont tué mon père
Par Loung Ung. 2000
Témoignage d'une rare force d'évocation qui nous fait plonger intimement, au jour le jour, au coeur de la grande tragédie…
du Cambodge, celle du génocide perpétré par le Khmers rouges. Un récit qui offre un troublant parallèle avec les écrits d'Anne Frank dans l'Europe hitlérienneSelon l'auteur, "...Quatre vestiges du puritanisme persistent encore dans le comportement américain contemporain: l'individualisme sauvage, la croyance d'être le peuple…
élu de Dieu, la cruauté institutionnalisée et la tradition de la confession publique."Traces the post-Civil War presidential election, which in America's centenary year pitted Ohio Republican governor Rutherford Hayes against New York…
Democratic governor Samuel Tilden. An electoral commission declared Hayes the winner after disputed southern returns and four months of backroom political intrigue by both parties. 2003Soliah: the Sara Jane Olson story
Par Sharon Darby Hendry. 2002
Biography of Minnesota soccer mom Sara Jane Olson, arrested in 1999 for terrorist activities in the 1970s when she was…
a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army--notorious for the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. Olson changed her name from Kathleen Soliah and remained underground for decades. Some strong language. 2002America's splendid little wars: a short history of U.S. military engagements: 1975-2000
Par Peter A. Huchthausen. 2003
Retired naval officer and author of K-19: The Widowmaker (DB 55090) traces America's post-Vietnam armed conflicts from the 1975 rescue…
of the hijacked SS Mayaguez in the Gulf of Siam through the 1990s interventions in the Balkans. Includes U.S. failures in Lebanon, Iran, and Somalia and victories in Desert Storm, Grenada, and Panama. 2003Baghdad diaries: a woman's chronicle of war and exile
Par Nuha Radi. 1998
A western-educated Iraqi artist depicts her life in Baghdad during the 1991 Gulf War and her virtual exile in the…
years thereafter. Al-Radi records the everyday struggles of her relatives and friends to keep going in the face of bombing raids, the subsequent UN embargo and other fallouts of the war