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The lunch-box chronicles: notes from the parenting underground
Par Marion Winik. 1998
Two years after her husband's death from AIDS, writer and public radio commentator Winik tells of raising their two small…
sons on her own and discusses humorously her inability to be the perfect momThe first moderns: profiles in the origins of twentieth-century thought
Par William Everdell. 1997
An overview of the intellectual forces that precipitated modernism, when a new "world view...gave rise to speed, industry, [and] world…
markets." Surveys key thinkers in academia, science, and the arts, describing their role in helping to usher in the modern era between 1870 and 1914Malgré toutes les difficultés de la vie à deux, le couple apparaît encore aujourdhui comme le meilleur style de vie…
et la meilleure garantie de bonheur. Certains sont heureux le temps de la séduction et de la lune de miel, soit de quelques mois à deux ou trois ans, dautres savent le rester à plus long terme parce quils ont surmonté les crises et les conflits inévitables de la vie à deux. Pourquoi certains couples réussissent-ils là où la majorité échoue ? Les psychologues ont observé, écouté, analysé ces couples et ont découvert quils manifestent des attitudes et des aptitudes qui font défaut aux couples malheureux. Ils ont aussi constaté que les couples heureux évitent les pièges dans lesquels se retrouvent les couples qui divorcent. Chaque couple heureux possède sa propre histoire, sa propre culture conjugale. [...] -- 4e de couvFaith and treason: the story of the Gunpowder Plot
Par Antonia Fraser. 1996
An account of a plot in 1605 to blow up England's House of Parliament in reaction to the government's oppression…
of Catholics. Recounts the hatching of the conspiracy, its discovery and failure, and the aftermath. Discusses the event in the context of modern-day terrorism. ViolenceThe Salem witch trials
Par Lori Wilson. 1997
Discusses the history of witchcraft leading up to events in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692, when accusations against supposed…
witches caused many innocent deaths. Considers the long-term effects of the trials in Salem. For grades 6-9Commander in Chief Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Par Albert Marrin. 1997
Judging the Civil War to be the definitive event in the history of the United States, Marrin contends that Lincoln…
was our greatest president. Provides biographical information relevant to understanding why this tragedy was also known as "Mr. Lincoln's war." For grades 6-9The baby boat: a memoir of adoption
Par Patty Dann. 1998
Journal spanning the years 1994 through 1997 discusses the New York author's experiences and emotions during the time she and…
her husband were completing the steps to adopt a baby from LithuaniaJust what the doctor ordered: the history of American medicine
Par Brandon Miller. 1997
Illustrates the changes in medical practices in the United States since Europeans first settled here. Recalls the first medical school…
opening in 1765 and the fact that George Washington, suffering from a sore throat, died from prescribed bleeding in 1799. Attributes improvements in medicine to better education, upgraded sanitation practices, and the discovery of vaccines. For grades 5-8The genius of China: 3,000 years of science, discovery, and invention
Par Robert Temple. 1986
Reveals the Chinese origins of such "modern" inventions as paper and printing, gunpowder, and the magnetic compass. Temple's eleven topics--including…
astronomy, engineering, medicine, and warfare--provide historical context and show that more than half of the basic discoveries considered "Western" were developed earlier in ChinaGuide pour la femme qui désire accomplir un cheminement vers le sommet de la féminité, vers la réalisation de soi.…
Les dix étapes suggérées sont fondées sur dix éléments existant à l'intérieur de chaque femme: 1. La chipie en soi - 2. Le dragon : le combat intergénérationnel; les relations enfants-parents - 3. Les trahisons - 4. La magie; le pouvoir transformateur des quatre éléments: feu, air, eau, terre - 5. La déesse : les architypes et la complexité intérieure - 6. S'aimer; chercher amours et approbation - 7. Trois formes d'amour - 8. La codépendance : les scénarios relationnels avec autrui - 9. Les partenaires attirés par chacune - 10. Le sommet de la féminité. [SDMKids at work: Lewis Hine and the crusade against child labor
Par Russell Freedman. 1994
Documents the abuse of child laborers in factories, fields, mills, mines, and streets of the United States in the early…
1900s by tracing the career of professional photographer Lewis Hine. Hine's work raised public awareness and helped change the nation's laws to protect young people under age sixteen. For grades 5-8Athens: a portrait of the city in its Golden Age
Par Christian Meier. 1998
Examines classical Athens from its victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 B.C. through the death of Socrates four…
generations later. Describes the metropolis, at the height of its political and military power, as the source of the development of Western democracy, philosophy, natural science, and literary and fine arts"À partir d'une idée simple qui s'articule autour de bandes élastiques, ce livre présente un moyen efficace d'amener un enfant…
de six ans à comprendre l'environnement dans lequel il grandit et les conséquences de ses comportements inadéquats. En interprétant mieux certaines situations, les adultes bénéficieront également de cet outil. En un clin d'oeil, ils saisiront l'impact de leurs agissements, en prendront la responsabilité et pourront choisir de s'en libérer ou non selon les conséquences envisagées. Concis et très accessible, le concept proposé par Louise Reid est d'une efficacité remarquable. Il vous permettra de conserver ou de reprendre le contrôle de votre vie et d'entraîner votre entourage à faire de même. Louise Reid est psychothérapeute. Spécialiste des troubles de l'anxiété, elle a élaboré une approche en imagerie mentale pour résoudre rapidement les problèmes liés à l'angoisse, à la dépression, à la panique et à l'incapacité d`être heureux." -- 4e de couvQuand les femmes auront disparu: l'élimination des filles en Inde et en Asie
Par Bénédicte Manier. 2008
"Entre 1990 et 2005, l'Asie a vu le nombre de "femmes manquantes" passer de 100 à 163 millions : toutes…
ces absentes sont des petites filles qui n'ont pas pu naître, qui ont été tuées à la naissance ou qu'on a laissé mourir en bas âge. L'Asie rejette les filles au nom de préjugés liés à l'honneur, de croyances religieuses et, de plus en plus, de calculs économiques qui font des garçons un investissement pour l'avenir et des filles une charge. En Inde, par exemple, la dot nécessaire à leur mariage en fait un insupportable fardeau financier. Échographie et avortement sont donc utilisés à grande échelle pour se débarrasser des foetus féminins, tandis qu'infanticides et abandons de bébés filles sont loin d'avoir disparu. Fruit d'une longue enquête de terrain, ce livre rend compte de cette impressionnante réalité. Bénédicte Manier relate l'élimination organisée des petites filles et ses répercussions, en particulier en Inde : femmes obligées d'avorter, célibataires ne trouvant plus d'épouse, fiancées vendues et "partagées" entre plusieurs hommes..." -- 4e de couvPandexicon: How the Language of the Pandemic Defined Our New Cultural Reality
Par Wayne Grady. 2023
Did you keep a list of the words coined by Covid? Wayne Grady did! They're deftly woven into a journal/timeline,…
taking us through two years of surrealism and limbo.—Margaret AtwoodThis exploration of the many new terms of the Covid-19 pandemic provides insight into the ways an ever-evolving vocabulary helped us cope with our anxiety and adapt to a new reality When the pandemic struck in early 2020, Wayne Grady started collecting the words and phrases that arose from our shared global experience. Some, such as "uptick" and "pivot," had existed before but now took on new meaning, and others, such as "covidivorce," "quarantini," "covexit," and "shecession," appeared for the first time, their meaning instantly clear. Through this new vocabulary, we became more able to adapt to change, to domesticate it in a sense, and to reduce our fears. Moving from the very beginning of the pandemic (the "Before Times") and our early response to it through the peaks and troughs of the various waves in countries throughout the world, and ending with a contemplation of what the "After Times" might look like, this book takes us on a journey through the pandemic and illuminates both how this new language has unfolded and how it has changed the way we think about ourselves and each other.Once a Girl, Always a Boy: A Family Memoir of a Transgender Journey
Par Jo Ivester. 2020
In his mid-twenties, Jeremy Ivester began taking testosterone and had surgery to remove his breasts. This memoir is both Jeremy’s…
and his family’s coming out story, told from multiple perspectives—a story of acceptance in a world not quite ready to accept.The night trilogy
Par Elie Wiesel. 1985
"Night" is the story of a Jewish boy who is deported with his family and community from Hungary to the…
horrors of the infamous Auschwitz. In "Dawn," Elisha, the sole survivor of his family, becomes a Jewish terrorist in Palestine and is ordered to execute an Englishman. In "The Accident," a concentration camp survivor tries to rebuild his life in New York City. Some violence and some descriptions of sexMexico: biography of power : a history of modern Mexico, 1810-1996
Par Enrique Krauze. 1997
Krauze depicts the personalities and lives of Mexico's rulers and leaders to present the history of the country. Among the…
men he chronicles are Archduke Maximilian, Emiliano Zapata, Francisco Villa, Lazaro Cardenas, Miguel Aleman, and Gustavo Diaz OrdazPregnant? Adoption is an option: making an adoption plan for a child
Par Jeanne Lindsay. 1997
For pregnant girls and women, married or unmarried, who feel they are not in a position to parent their child.…
The author includes excerpts from interviews with thirty-nine birthparents to explain what's involved in open adoption and how it compares to adoptions in the past. For junior and senior high and older readersThe ballot box battle
Par Emily McCully. 1996
In 1880 the elderly feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton tells her young friend Cordelia about her efforts to win for women…
the right to vote. Cordelia listens to her neighbor's talk of women's suffrage even though she doesn't believe it has anything to do with her. Then Mrs. Stanton tells a story from her own childhood. For grades 4-7