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The glass castle: A Memoir
Par Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Bestseller. 2006.Philomena: the true story of a mother and the son she had to give away
Par Martin Sixsmith. 2013
Journalist chronicles the life of Philomena Lee, an Irish unwed mother who was forced to give her young son up…
for adoption in 1955, then spent fifty years trying to find him. 2013. Uniform title: Lost child of Philomena LeeNo compromise: the story of Harvey Milk (Civil Rights Leaders Ser.)
Par David Aretha. 2010
Only after his assassination did America truly begin to understand Milk's impact on the lives of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and…
transgender people. Documents his life from his birth on Long Island, to his struggle for an identity, through his calling as a gay-rights activist and politician in San Francisco. For junior high readers. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2010.My family and other animals
Par Gerald Durrell. 1980
When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family…
would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. 1980.Marley et moi: mon histoire d'amour avec le pire chien du monde
Par John Grogan, Carole Delporte. 2007
Si le chien est le meilleur ami de l'homme, il peut parfois être le pire. C'est ce que vont découvrir…
John et Jenny Grogan, quand ils décident d'acheter un labrador peu de temps après leur mariage, afin de tester leurs capacités parentales. D'adorable petite boule de poils, Marley se transforme en un mastodonte de quarante-cinq kilos, qui détruit tout sur son passage, dévore quantité de nourriture et d'objets en tout genre, et témoigne d'une affection aussi débordante qu'envahissante envers ses maîtres. 2007. Titre uniforme: Marley & me.Cheaper by the dozen
Par Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B Gilbreth. 1948
An amusing account of happy family life in the 1920's. The author's father, an efficiency expert, believes in living fully,…
and has some unconventional ideas about raising his many children. 1948.Boy erased: a memoir
Par Garrard Conley. 2016
A beautiful, raw and compassionate memoir about identity, love and understanding. The son of a Baptist pastor and deeply embedded…
in church life in small town Arkansas, as a young man Garrard Conley was terrified and conflicted about his sexuality. When Garrard was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to "cure" him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. Through an institutionalized Twelve-Step Program heavy on Bible study, he was supposed to emerge heterosexual, ex-gay, cleansed of impure urges and stronger in his faith in God for his brush with sin. Instead, even when faced with a harrowing and brutal journey, Garrard found the strength and understanding to break out in search of his true self and forgiveness. By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community. At times heart-breaking, at times triumphant, this memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds. 2016.A tale of love and darkness
Par Amos Oz, N. R. M De Lange. 2005
The author takes us on a journey through his childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and…
'50s. Oz's story dives into 120 years of family history and paradox, the saga of a Jewish love-hate affair with Europe that sweeps from Vilna and Odessa, via Poland and Prague, to Israel. 2005. Uniform title: Sipour Al Ahava Vehoshekh.The glass castle: a memoir
Par Jeannette Walls. 2006
Reporter for MSNBC.com looks back on her unsettled life. Describes growing up in a dysfunctional family, which was always on…
the move. She recalls her father's dream of building a "glass castle," and relates how she and her siblings escaped to make lives of their own. Strong language. 2005.Angela's ashes: a memoir
Par Frank McCourt. 1996
Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but…
shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancour. Strong language. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Pulitzer Prize Winner.Jamais sans ma fille
Par Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer, Marie-Thérèse Cuny. 1988
Une américaine accompagne son mari Iranien pour des vacances dans le pays d'origine de ce dernier. Dès leur arrivée, il…
lui annonce qu'elle ne quittera jamais plus le pays. Elle va se battre pendant deux ans avant de s'enfuir... avec sa petite fille. 1988. Titre uniforme: Not without my daughter.My dog Skip
Par Willie Morris. 1995
The author tells how he grew up in a small southern town in the 1940s with a dog that could…
run football patterns and, it was believed, drive a car. The author demonstrates his evocative storytelling skills in this tribute to his dog, Skip. 1995.Angela's ashes: a memoir (The frank Mccourt Memoirs Ser.)
Par Frank McCourt. 1996
Frank McCourt recollects his "miserable Irish Catholic childhood" in the squalor of Limerick. Absent any support from his glib, but…
shiftless, alcoholic father, the family suffered hunger, cruelty, disease, and the death of children. McCourt recounts his story without rancour. Strong language. Winner of the 1998 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Pulitzer Prize Winner. 1996.The physics of Star Trek
Par Lawrence Maxwell Krauss, S. W Hawking. 1995
Krauss uses the original Star Trek television series (and its spinoffs) to explore concepts in physics, quantum mechanics, interstellar flight,…
and time travel, as he questions the possibility of "warp drives," "transporters," "wormholes," "phasers," and "holodecks," as well as extraterrestrial life. With a foreward by Stephen Hawking. 1995.Searching for Bobby Fischer: the world of chess, observed by the father of a child prodigy
Par Fred Waitzkin. 1988
The story of child prodigy Josh Waitzkin and his relationship with his father. Along with an inside look at the…
world of chess, Waitzkin reveals the psychological and emotional roller coaster ride he experienced because of his son's involvement with chess. 1988.Not without my daughter: A True Story
Par Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer. 1987
When an American woman married to an Iranian doctor goes with her husband and their young daughter to visit his…
native country in 1984, culture shock turns to personal tragedy as the husband reveals a secret plan to remain with his family in Iran. Mahmoody describes how she and her four-year-old daughter were kept against their will until they were smuggled over the Turkish border in 1986. c1987.Cheaper by the dozen
Par Frank B Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. 1948
An account of the author's happy childhood in the 1920s. Recounts the ways that his father, an efficiency expert who…
believed in living fully, entertained and practiced some very unconventional ideas about raising the family's twelve children. 1948.Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide (Jurassic World)
Par Dr Thomas R. Holtz, Dr Michael Brett-Surman, Robert Walters. 2015
Jurassic World is the long-awaited next installment of the groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. T. rex's, velociraptors, triceratops--as well as some…
all-new dinosaurs--will roar across the screen in this epic action-adventure directed by Colin Trevorrow starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson! Dinosaur Field Guide, written by two noted paleontologists and illustrated in big bold colors, is a kid-friendly nonfiction guide that uses simple text to describe over 100 dinosaurs! Kids will learn tons of awesome facts about the most well-known dinosaurs and some of the newest discoveries.T. Rex: Hunter or Scavenger? (Jurassic World) (Step into Reading)
Par Random House, Thomas R. Holtz. 2003
Jurassic World is the long-awaited next installment of the groundbreaking Jurassic Park series. T. rex's, velociraptors, triceratops--as well as some…
all-new dinosaurs--will roar across the screen in this epic action-adventure directed by Colin Trevorrow starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson! Was Tyrannosaurus rex a speedy and savage hunter, or was it a slow-moving scavenger, surviving on scraps left from other dinosaurs? World-renowned tyrannosaur expert Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. shares the evidence on both sides of the argument in this easy-to-read, easy-to-understand Step into Reading book that young dinosaur enthusiasts will heartily devour.The geeks will inherit the earth.With well over two hundred episodes and a dozen seasons, The Big Bang Theory is…
one of America’s favorite television series, bringing a new class of character to mainstream television: the science nerd.In spite of its evident popularity and influence in shaping public attitudes to science and scientists, there are relatively few books that explore the show’s culture and social dimension. The Science of The Big Bang Theory looks behind the comedy scenes and scripts of this long-running and successful TV show to explore topics such as:The Bachelor Party Corrosion and ArchimedesThe Valentino Submergence: Fun with FlagsThe Dumpling Decoupling: Sheldon and Doctor WhoThe Mystery Date Observation: The Unlikely Dating Habits of EggheadsAnd More!This book is a light-hearted science companion to TV's The Big Bang Theory, providing you with just the kind of dissection of the science and culture you’d need to understand “math, science, history, unraveling the mysteries, that all started with the big bang! Hey!”