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The boys in the boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Olympics
Par Daniel Brown. 2013
Traces the story of an American rowing team from the University of Washington that defeated elite rivals at Hitler's 1936…
Berlin Olympics, sharing the experiences of their enigmatic coach, a visionary boat builder, and a homeless teen rower. Bestseller. 2013.Blind side, l'éveil d'un champion
Par Michael Lewis, Mathieu Klerckx. 2010
Petit garçon afro-américain sans abri, Michael Oher est un des treize enfants d'une mère accro au crack : il ne…
connaît pas son vrai nom, ni son père ou sa date de naissance, et ne sait ni lire ni écrire. Quand il entre dans un collège huppé par ses aptitudes physiques, il a la chance de croiser sur son chemin une riche famille blanche, les Touhy, qui va le prendre sous son aile et lui permettre d'intégrer une prestigieuse équipe de football américain. Quelques descriptions de violence et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2010. Titre uniforme: The blind side.Seven years in Tibet
Par Heinrich Harrer, Richard Graves. 1953
The author escaped from internment in India in 1943, and found shelter and work in the sacred city of Lhasa,…
to which few Europeans have penetrated. He stayed there for seven years, learned the language and acquired a greater understanding of Tibet and the Tibetans. He became friend and tutor to the young Dalai Lama and finally accompanied him into India when he was put to flight by the Red Chinese invasion. 1953. Uniform title: Sieben Jahre in Tibet.Brian's song: screenplay
Par William Blinn. 1972
Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo meet at the Chicago Bears' training camp. The year is 1965, and the team has…
decided to assign roommates by position, not race. Gale, who is black, and Brian, who is white, will be rooming together -- and it will be a first. This play chronicles the ups and downs of their efforts as pioneers and as friends, until Brian's death at the age of twenty-six. Junior high and older. 1972.The City of Joy
Par Dominique Lapierre. 1985
Focuses on the lives of a Bengali rickshaw man, a young Polish priest, a Jewish-American surgeon, an Assamese nurse, and…
Calcutta's own Godfather. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1985. Uniform title: Cité de la joie.The heart of the dragon
Par Alasdair Clayre. 1984
42: The Jackie Robinson Story
Par Aaron Rosenberg. 2013
A movie tie-in novel about Jackie Robinson's life story. In theaters 4/12/13. A novel based on the movie 42--a biopic…
about Jackie Robinson's history-making signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first African American Major League Baseball player. Includes a full-color insert of photos from the movie.