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My life
Par Margaret Crosland, Edith Piaf, Jean Noli. 1990
This autobiography of Edith Piaf offers romantic, and sometimes melodramatic, recollections of the French singer's celebrated, yet tragic, life. Her…
rise from poverty, her philosophical and religious convictions and her legendary generosity are intermingled with scandals of love affairs, drug addiction and alcoholism. 1990. Uniform title: Ma vie.My father's daughter: a memoir
Par Jeff Coplon, Tina Sinatra. 2000
A portrait of Frank Sinatra by his youngest daughter, Tina. Focuses on his home life, marriage to teenage sweetheart, Nancy,…
and his loyalty to his three children. Also describes the entertainer's tempestuous marriages to Ava Gardner and Mia Farrow, and his last years with domineering wife Barbara Marx Sinatra. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2000.My story
Par Tommy Hunter, Liane Heller. 1985
Country singer Tommy Hunter became known while on the television show "Country Hoedown" in the late 1950s. For the past…
20 years, he has had his own TV show on CBC. 1985.My first forty years
Par Plácido Domingo. 1983
My young years
Par Artur Rubinstein. 1973
The pianist travels to South America in 1917 and then to New York and the glittering Paris of the 1920s…
and 1930s. He relates behind-the-scenes stories of concert life, tours, and his flight from the Nazis to Hollywood. 1973.Mozart: l'itinéraire libertin (Parenthèse : biographie ; #12)
Par Eve Ruggieri. 2006
De Mozart on connaît bien sur l'enfant prodige, l'adolescent rebelle, le génie foudroyé à trente-cinq ans. Mais il en est…
un autre, plus proche de nous, qu'Eve Ruggieri accompagne tout au long d'un itinéraire sentimental et libertin où l'on découvre son insatiable soif d'amour et de plaisirs. Des premiers émois de l'adolescence, des palpitations de Chérubin, aux jeux érotiques chez la Cousinette : d'une folle passion abusée aux conquêtes musiciennes transposées de l'alcôve aux scènes d'opéra, il n'est de note chez Mozart qui ne chante les feux du coeur et des sens. 2006.Mozart retrouvé
Par Alain Gueullette. 1982
Muddling through in Madagascar
Par Dervla Murphy. 1985
Dervla Murphy and her 14-year-old daughter, Rachel, make their most accident-prone journey amongst "the most lovable people". The travellers set…
out on foot to Antsirable through the Ankaratra Mountains, then on by bush taxi and truck to discover that in Madagascar motoring is much more gruelling than walking. 1985.Much ado about nothing
Par William Shakespeare. 1996
The proud would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick circle each other warily, and as they draw closer and closer to their…
inevitable union, their scathing witticisms and sly innuendoes reach a feverish intensity that befits the passionate longing they both vainly seek to deny. First publicly acted prior to 1600. c1996.Much ado about nothing (New Folger Library Shakespeare Ser.)
Par William Shakespeare, Barbara A Mowat, Paul Werstine. 1995
First performed in 1598, this comedy in five acts concerns two pairs of lovers. Before Hero and Claudio can find…
happiness together, they must sort out the complications of Don John's false accusations. Meanwhile, Beatrice and Benedick match wits and fall in love. Includes notes and explanatory essays. 1995.Mozart's letters, Mozart's life: selected letters
Par Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Spaethling. 2001
These letters of Mozart span almost 22 years, from his first journey to Italy as a shy teenager to his…
final months in Vienna. These translations capture the "vibrant, earthy flavour" of his writing, even retaining the misspellings and inaccuracies of the original German. 2001.Murmuring judges
Par David Hare. 1993
Takes a three-tiered view of a single instance of British "justice": the trial, conviction and appeal process of a dubiously…
guilty accomplice to a theft and kidnapping attack. The case is examined from the point of view of the police, the lawyers and the judges, as well as from inside the prison system. 1993.Mozart: An Illustrated Biography
Par Richard Baker. 1997
This biography tells the story of Mozart's triumphant tours across Europe as a child prodigy, his unwilling servitude under the…
Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, enlivened by his rebellious behaviour and remarkable earthy sense of humour, and the tragedy of his early death. 1997.Mozart (Master musicians)
Par Julian Rushton. 2006
An amazing prodigy who toured the capitals of Europe as a child, in his adulthood Mozart wrote some of the…
finest music in the European tradition. Offers a concise and up-to-date biography of this musical genius, combining a well-researched life of the composer with an introduction to the works - symphonic, chamber, sacred, and theatrical - of one of the few who have composed undisputed masterpieces in every genre of his time. 2006.Mozart: a life
Par Maynard Solomon. 1995
The author of "Beethoven" (DC15797) examines the life and music of another of history's great composers. Solomon shows how Mozart…
developed from child prodigy to mature artist by the time of his death at thirty-five. Combining musical analysis with an in-depth study of documentary sources, Solomon contests the "eternal child" myth, which he attributes to Mozart's father. Some strong language. 1996, c1995.Mort d'un commis voyageur: pièce en deux actes (Bibliothèque pavillons .)
Par Arthur Miller, Raymond Gerome. 2009
Amérique, années quarante. WIlly Loman, voyageur de commerce qui a fait les beaux jours de son entreprise se retrouve rétrogradé…
en bas de l'échelle quand ses patrons jugent qu'il n'est plus rentable. Après 36 ans de maison, la nouvelle le terrasse. Il fait tout ce qu'il peut pour se maintenir à flots mais on assiste, impuissants, à la mort attendue de Willy Loman. 2009.Mon coeur s'appelle Amazonie (Collection "Vécu")
Par Anne-Sophie Tiberghien. 1983
Monologues du vagin (Le rayon gay)
Par Eve Ensler, Christine Barbaste. 2005
Un petit livre magique de poésie, d'humour, de force, de vérité. À mettre entre toutes les mains, femmes ou hommes,…
jeunes ou vieux. Pour apprendre à ne plus avoir peur de parler de ce foutu vagin! Mais surtout pour une belle réflexion sur ce que c'est d'être une femme. Beaucoup de langage grossier. 2005. Titre uniforme: The vagina monologues.Mornings in Mexico
Par D. H Lawrence. 2009
In the 1920s, Lawrence travelled several times to Mexico, where he was fascinated by the clash of beauty and brutality,…
purity and darkness that he observed there. The diverse and evocative essays that make up "Mornings in Mexico" - "Market Day", "Dance of the Sprouting Corn", "The Hopi Snake Dance" - bring to life the elemental simplicity of the Zapotec Indians in Mexico. The intense, dark rhythms of the Indians in the American South West are brightly adorned with simple and evocative details sharply observed: piles of fruit in a village market, strolls in a courtyard filled with hibiscus and roses, the play of light on an adobe wall. 2009.Mountain year
Par Michael Joseph Murphy. 1964
The account of the year in an Irish mountain district, divided into twelve essays, describes the attitudes and characters of…
some of the people who live there. All his life Michael J. Murphy has lived within sight of Slieve Gullion. To him it does not represent just a large outcrop of rock, but a way of life. In his opening essay he shows how the personality of a mountain can dominate and influence the lives and living of everyone within its shadow, even the very fields. 1964.