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Artists of the Renaissance (History makers)
Par James Barter. 1999
Discusses the life and accomplishments of six Italian artists of the early and High Renaissance, whose works represent important innovations…
and achievements in painting, sculpture, and architecture. Includes Giotto, Donatello, Brunelleschi, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. For grades 6-9. 1999Of paradise and power: America and Europe in the new world order
Par Robert Kagan. 2003
Neo-conservative scholar analyzes the divergence in foreign policies of western Europe and the United States in the context of terrorism…
from the Middle East. Discusses their different perceptions of threat in terms of power and ideology. Offers steps to reconciliation. Bestseller. 2003The conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945
Par Michael R Beschloss. 2002
Historian relates the political dilemmas facing the Allies during World War II, including the future of conquered Germany. American Secretary…
of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. urged harsh punitive measures in retaliation for Nazi crimes against European Jews, while others sought rehabilitation and the establishment of democracy to prevent further German aggression. Bestseller. 2002Winston Churchill: a Penguin life
Par John Keegan. 2002
Military historian explores the mystique of Britain's prime minister during World War II, discussing his life, works, and speeches. Portrays…
Churchill, the man and the political leader, in the context of England's history. 2002Compact encyclopedia of the 1861-1865 conflict covers 130 topics, from Abolitionists to Zouaves. Provides a broad overview of the era…
as well as personal anecdotes and engaging details. Includes eyewitness accounts of events and excerpts from key documents such as Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. For grades 5-8. 2002Revenge of the whale: the true story of the whaleship Essex
Par Nathaniel Philbrick. 2002
Recounts the 1820 sinking of the Essex by an enraged sperm whale and the survivors' ordeal--including cannibalism. Incorporates a fourteen-year-old…
cabin boy's account of this marine disaster, which inspired the climactic scenes of Moby Dick. Some violence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002History of terrorism
Par Robert Taylor. 2002
Examines the political agendas, religious beliefs, and strategies of groups that use violence to generate fear to gain their objectives.…
Considers anticolonial, separatist, revolutionary, and holy wars throughout history. For junior and senior high readers. 2002Terrorists and terrorist groups
Par Stephen Currie. 2002
Discusses the origins, political purposes, religious beliefs, and strategies of groups that use violence to achieve their goals. Includes information…
on the Palestinian movement Hamas, Peru's Shining Path, the Irish Republican Army, al-Qaeda, and Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. For junior and senior high readers. 2002Le courage de changer
Par Charles Valois. 2009
Mgr Valois a été un acteur important dans la vie de l'Église du Québec. Il s'est toujours montré très attentif…
aux questions sociales, aux personnes défavorisées et au milieu ouvrier. Il a, entre autres, participé à la fondation du CEGEP Lionel-Groulx, a milité en faveur des expropriés de Mirabel et a mis en place de nouvelles formes de responsabilités pastorales pour les paroisses de Saint-Jérôme. -- 4e de couvThe crisis of Islam: holy war and unholy terror
Par Bernard Lewis. 2003
Princeton historian traces the roots of anti-Americanism in the Islamic world. Explores the conditions that led to terrorism in the…
west, including the Islamic Revolution in Iran, U.S. foreign policy, Soviet influence in the Middle East, and the role of Saudi Arabia in creating Muslim extremism. Bestseller. 2003Depuis le dernier livre du Nouveau Testament jusqu'aux scénarios-catastrophes de nos jours, une certaine psychose a toujours prévalu dans les…
mentalités. L'historien édifie le bilan panoramique de ces craintes et tremblements récurrents à chaque fin de siècle. [SDMInvictus: Nelson Mandela : son peuple espérait un leader, il leur a offert un champion
Par John Carlin. 2009
En 1985, Nelson Mandela, alors incarcéré depuis vingt-trois ans, entreprit de vaincre les partisans les plus impitoyables de l'apartheid, de…
ses geôliers jusqu'au commandement de l'armée sud-africaine. Il commença par gagner sa libération, puis remporta la présidence du pays lors de sa première élection libre en 1994. Mais il savait que l'Afrique du Sud était encore dangereusement divisée par presque cinquante ans d'apartheid. S'il ne pouvait l'unir rapidement, d'une façon viscérale et émotionnelle, son pays allait s'effondrer dans le chaos. Il lui fallait mettre en oeuvre tout le charisme ainsi que le discernement stratégique qu'il avait raffiné durant un demisiècle d'activisme, au moyen d'une cause que tous les Sud-Africains pouvaient partager. Mandela choisit l'une des causes les plus improbables que l'on pût imaginer : l'équipe nationale de rugby, les Springboks, allait accueillir le tournoi de la Coupe mondiale de 1995 . -- 4e de couvA memoir of my former self: A life in writing
Par Hilary Mantel. 2023
THE FINAL BOOK FROM ONE OF OUR GREATEST WRITERS In addition to her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel…
contributed for years to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from her own life and illuminating the world as she found it. "Ink is a generative fluid," she explains. "If you don't mean your words to breed consequences, don't write at all." A Memoir of My Former Self collects the finest of this writing over four decades. Her subjects are wide-ranging, sharply observed, and beautifully rendered. She discusses nationalism and her own sense of belonging; our dream life popping into our conscious life; the mythic legacy of Princess Diana; the many themes that feed into her novels—revolutionary France, psychics, Tudor England; and other novelists, from Jane Austen to V.S. Naipaul. She writes about her father and the man who replaced him; she writes fiercely and heartbreakingly about the battles with her health that she endured as a young woman, and the stifling years she found herself living in Saudi Arabia. Here, too, is her legendary essay "Royal Bodies," on our endless fascination with the current royal family. From her unusual childhood to her all-consuming interest in Thomas Cromwell that grew into the Wolf Hall trilogy, A Memoir of My Former Self reveals the shape of Hilary Mantel's life in her own luminous words, through "messages from people I used to be." Filled with her singular wit and wisdom, it is essential reading from one of our greatest writersFrida, a biography of Frida Kahlo: A Biography Of Frida Kahlo
Par Hayden Herrera. 1983
Portrait of the twentieth-century Mexican artist often identified with the surrealists. Discusses the bus accident that brought her chronic pain…
from age eighteen until her death at forty-seven. Covers her tempestuous marriage to muralist Diego Rivera. Explores the relation between her paintings and her physical and mental anguish. Some strong language. 1983The shadow of the sun
Par Ryszard Kapuściński. 2001
Polish journalist reminisces about his forty years of extensive travel in Africa, reporting on political and social change, hitching rides…
on back roads, and wandering with nomads. In "The Cooling Hell," he describes a trip to chaotic Liberia when it was at the mercy of warlords after Doe's assassination. Some strong language. 2001Gandhi's passion: the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
Par Stanley Wolpert. 2001
Covers Mohandas Gandhi's childhood, legal training, and transformation into a Mahatma or "great soul," and the international attention that focused…
on his vision of nonviolence. Uses Gandhi's writings to explore his shift from turn-of-the-century campaigns against racial discrimination in South Africa to a leadership role in India's independence movement. 2001The road to Kosovo: a Balkan diary
Par Greg Campbell. 1999
A reporter describes his solo sojourn into Kosovo in 1998 just when the Kosovo Liberation Army was becoming known in…
the West. Campbell had been to Bosnia in 1996 and wanted to ascertain the success or failure of the Dayton AccordsLes Filles du Roy pionnières des seigneuries de Varennes et de Verchères
Par Société d'histoire des Filles du Roy. 2022
Qui sont ces jeunes femmes majoritairement pauvres et orphelines qui, entre 1663 et 1673, ont quitté la France et bravé…
la mer sur de frêles navires à voile pour venir se faire une vie dans cette lointaine Nouvelle-France ? Parmi ces femmes, certaines ont osé remonter le fleuve pour venir s'établir un jour à Varennes et à Verchères. Arrivées dans le cadre du seul programme mis en place par la France pour peuple le Canada, elles font ici l'objet d'un recueil qui expose ce qu'a été leur vie en ce pays. Ce livre lève le voile sur ces "mères de la nation", femmes invisibles dans l'histoire, qui, avec d'autres pionnières, ont contribué à peuple et à développer l'Amérique françaiseUnder the black flag: the romance and the reality of life among the pirates
Par David Cordingly. 1997
Dispels the romantic fantasy about swashbuckling pirates and exposes them as brutal, violent criminals. Highlights their daily lives, the major…
ports where they thrived, the pets commonly kept, and the eventual demise of their class by government sanction. Includes notorious women and infamous buccaneersThe handbook of the former Soviet Union
Par Michael Kort. 1997
A history and description of the fifteen nations that arose out of the former Soviet Union, including Russia, Ukraine, Belarus,…
Moldova, and the states of the Baltic, Transcaucasus, and Central Asian regions. Includes a chronology of the post-soviet era and a brief encyclopedia describing major leaders and geographic features. For senior high and older readers