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River monsters: true stories of the ones that didn't get away
Par Jeremy Wade. 2011
La méthode Cesar Millan
Par Cesar Millan, Melissa Jo Peltier, Laure Motet. 2008
Votre chien vous pose problème ? Vous le trouvez trop agressif, trop stressé, trop peureux ? Ou bien, tout simplement,…
vous avez le meilleur des chiens et aimeriez en savoir plus sur lui afin de devenir le meilleur des maîtres ? Cesar Millan, expert en comportement canin mondialement reconnu, vous aide dans cet ouvrage à voir le monde à travers les yeux de votre chien pour que vous puissiez résoudre tous ses problèmes de comportement et établir avec lui une relation saine. La formule magique pour avoir un chien heureux : exercice, discipline et affection, dans cet ordre. 2008. Titre uniforme: Cesar's way.Flags of our fathers
Par James Bradley, Ron Powers. 2000
Recounts the story of the six young Marines who raised the flag at Iwo Jima during fierce combat on the…
obscure Japanese-held island in 1945. Author Bradley, the son of one of the soldiers, recreates his father's experiences as well as those of the five men who fought beside him. Bestseller. 2000.Father Goose: The Adventures Of A Wildlife Hero
Par Bill Lishman. 1995
Bill Lishman tells the story of how he was able to lead a flock of eighteen Canada geese from Ontario…
to Virginia. Lishman was able to modify the migratory patterns of the geese by having the birds imprint on him and his ultralight aircraft. He was able to teach them to fly, and succeeded in taking them to Virginia in 1993. The next year, the flock returned on their own to greet their surrogate father. 1995.American sniper: the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
Par Chris Kyle, Jim DeFelice, Scott McEwen. 2012
Texas ranch hand-turned-Navy SEAL recalls his career as the sniper with the most kills in U.S. military history. Describes his…
training, his four tours of duty in Iraq, and the strains of deployment on his family life. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.Our zoo
Par Penelope Dening, June Mottershead. 2015
When George Mottershead moved to the village of Upton-by-Chester in 1930 to realise his dream of opening a zoo without…
bars, his four-year-old daughter June had no idea how extraordinary her life would become. Soon her best friend was a chimpanzee called Mary. Chester Zoo has since achieved worldwide renown. June Mottershead chronicles the heartbreak, the humour, the trials and triumphs, above all the characters, both human and animal, who shaped her childhood. 2015.Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption
Par Laura Hillenbrand. 2010
Details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane…
crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Violence. Bestseller. 2010.Never cry wolf
Par Farley Mowat. 1963
The eloquent record of the author's study of the habits and behaviour of wolves in the subarctic barren lands indicates…
that wolves are not as dangerous as tradition has led us to believe. 1992, c1963.Unbroken: an extraordinary true story of courage and survival
Par Laura Hillenbrand. 2012
Details the life of Louis Zamperini (b. 1917), an Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, who survived a plane…
crash and forty-seven days adrift at sea only to become a POW in Japan. Relates Louis's later religious awakening under Billy Graham's ministry. Bestseller 2010. 2012.The vet: beyond the surgery door
Par Jeremy Mills, George Rafferty. 1991
Based on the BBC Television series first shown in the autumn of 1989, this book tells the story of a…
year in the life of Scottish vet George Rafferty, who has been a vet in Speyside for over 40 years. 1991.The railway man
Par Eric Lomax. 1995
Eric Lomax, a railway enthusiast, was taken prisoner in Malaya in 1941 while serving with the Signal Corps. He was…
put to work on the Burma-Siam railway; and he helped to build an illicit radio with which to follow the progress of the war. The discovery of the radio brought on two years of dreadful torture and distress - one tormentor in particular remained in Lomax's memory for half a century. Late in life, Lomax learned how to believe in the possibility of hope. He then discovered that his Japanese interrogator was alive, and found out where he was with an extraordinary will to remember and forgive. 1995.Born free: a lioness of two worlds
Par Joy Adamson, George Adamson. 1960
The true story of Elsa the lioness, who was brought up as a pet, and at the age of three…
was taught to return to the jungle and fend for herself. Followed by "Living free" (DC33127). 1960.The long walk: escape from a labour camp in Siberia
Par Slavomir Rawicz. 1956
Slavomir Rawicz was an officer in the Polish Cavalry during World War II. In 1941, he and six fellow prisoners…
escaped from a Siberian labour camp and walked across 4,000 miles of forbidding terrain to freedom. This is their story. 1956.Seven pillars of wisdom: a triumph of the Arab revolt in the Great War
Par T. E. Thomas Edward Lawrence. 1935
This classic autobiography features an account of the Arab revolt against the Turks during World War I, encompassing gross acts…
of cruelty and revenge, through which Lawrence weaves rich character portraits, philosophical observations and insights into his own complex personality. 1935.The year of the cornflake (Down to earth. book 1)
Par Faith Addis. 2000
This series follows Faith and Brian Addis as they work to keep open their holiday home "Phyllishayes" - a roomy…
farmhouse in Devon offering memorable holidays for children who may never have experienced the countryside in their lives. It ties in with the TV series starring Pauline Quirke. 2000.The railway man
Par Eric Lomax. 1996
Eric Lomax was tortured by the Japanese as a POW working on the Burma-Siam Railway. Fifty years later he met…
one of his tormentors. His is a story of innocence betrayed; of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned into nightmares, and punished by the cruelty of which only humans are capable. It is also a story of survival and of courage.Penguin and Little Blue
Par Megan McDonald, Megan Mcdonald, Katherine Tillotson. 2005
Penguin and Little Blue perform stunts at a San Francisco water park, miles from Antarctica. They enjoy one another's company,…
but Penguin misses his many friends, with whom he longs to dive, huddle, and chatter. Their lives change dramatically when a promoter takes their show on the roadThe 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.Never cry wolf
Par Farley Mowat. 1963
The eloquent record of the author's study of the habits and behaviour of wolves in the subarctic barren lands indicates…
that wolves are not as dangerous as tradition has led us to believe. 1963.Gorillas in the mist
Par Dian Fossey. 1983
The author recounts her 15-year field study of gorillas in the African rain forest. She provides a scientific study of…
this endangered species, and describes her own experiences with three generations of mountain gorilla families. 1983.