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How to travel with a salmon & other essays
Par Umberto Eco. 1994
Forty-one pieces give Eco's curmudgeonly commentaries on the follies of modern life. His topics include telegrams, fax machines and celluar…
phones, private and public libraries, and sequels. One lengthy parody entitled "Stars and Stripes" is a science fiction tale of intergalactic sex and espionage. Some violence and some descriptions of sexSnakes and ladders: glimpses of India
Par Gita Mehta. 1997
Essays depicting the contrasts and disparities in modern Indian society. Describes a land that, during its fifty years of independence,…
has become a progressive, capitalist nation yet retains its traditional religious and cultural diversity. Touches on politics, religion, art, and other facets of the world's largest democracyThe portable Emerson (The Viking portable library)
Par Ralph Emerson. 1946
Selections from the works of essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Includes his first published work, Nature, which contains…
the essence of his transcendentalist philosophy; his address to the Phi Beta Kappa society at Harvard, "The American Scholar"; and his controversial address to the graduating class of the Cambridge Divinity School in 1838. Also includes other essays and twenty-two poemsA devil in paradise
Par Henry Miller. 1993
The Idylls
Par Theocritus. 1988
English translations of verse by Theocritus, a Greek born in Sicily around 300 B.C. His works range from bucolic idylls…
depicting the simple lives of country herdsmen, to mythological narratives, to accounts of urban affairs in the city of Alexandria. These poems helped inspire the development of later European literatureOscar Wilde (Lives of notable gay men and lesbians)
Par Jeff Nunokawa. 1995
Shows how Wilde achieved fame in London as a poet, playwright, and the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray…
(BR 9281), though he was later imprisoned for his homosexuality. Born in 1854 to a prominent Irish family, Wilde first gained notoriety at Oxford for his flamboyant manner and nontraditional religious views. For senior high and older readersBitter lemons
Par Lawrence Durrell. 1996
An impressionistic portrayal of the island of Cyprus during the British-Greek-Turkish struggles from 1953 to 1956. The author describes events…
from his various perspectives as a foreign traveler, a journalist, and an official of the Cyprus governmentThe jazz age
Par F. Fitzgerald. 1931
Five autobiographical essays depicting the exuberant, sybaritic years of the Jazz Age. Written during the Great Depression, the stories wistfully…
reflect on the excesses and abandon of the 1920s with a sense of disappointment, passing youth, and paradise lostAnatomy of restlessness: selected writings, 1969-1989
Par Bruce Chatwin. 1996
Seventeen pieces--essays, short stories, book reviews, and writings on travel--by the noted journalist and author. Chatwin explores themes of nomadism…
and exile in "I Always Wanted to Go to Patagonia," "The Attractions of France," "Bedouins," and "The Nomadic Alternative." Some strong language and some descriptions of sexA house divided: the lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Par Jules Archer. 1995
Joint biography of the two military leaders of the American Civil War. Archer says that although Grant's side won the…
war and he was later elected president, Grant proved to be inept as a civilian. In contrast, Archer says, Lee had successful military and civilian careers. For grades 3-6You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Par Jean Fritz. 1995
Biography of Lizzie Cady Stanton. Born in 1815, Lizzie rebelled against the unjust treatment of women from the time she…
was a child. Later she fought alongside her friend Susan B. Anthony for the right to vote, but died in 1902, before women's suffrage came to pass. For grades 4-7Cultures in conflict: Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the age of discovery
Par Bernard Lewis. 1995
A perspective on the historically eventful year of 1492, when Columbus discovered America and Catholic Spain vanquished Islam and expelled…
the Jews. Examines the significance of Christian Europe's ascendancy and expansion, as well as the implications for the development of the twentieth-century worldEssays by nineteen writers presenting disparate perspectives on the effects of digital technology on individuals and society. Viewpoints range from…
optimism that e-mail will promote social cohesion, to dismal predictions of the demise of literary cultureCleopatra: goddess of Egypt, enemy of Rome
Par Polly Brooks. 1995
Life of the Egyptian ruler whose suicide in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty. The author discusses Cleopatra's Macedonian heritage…
and descent from Alexander the Great; her relationships with Romans Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and the children borne with each; and her political and military savvy that enabled Egypt to remain independent of Rome. For grades 6-9Snowbound: the tragic story of the Donner Party
Par David Lavender. 1996
Tells how, in the mid 1840s, three Illinois men tried to move their families to California. Details problems, including snow…
storms, a misleading guidebook, and bad luck, that led to death for forty of the eighty-eight people on this covered-wagon journey. For grades 5-8Au temps de la pensée pressée
Par Jean-Philippe Pleau. 2023
Composé des "éditos" avec lesquels Jean-Philippe Pleau termine son émission radiophonique, ainsi que des articles qu'il a publiés au fil…
des années, Au temps de la pensée pressée est un essai à la fois personnel, littéraire et sociologique. La pensée y vagabonde librement, s'abandonnant aussi bien à l'intuition qu'à la réflexion critique, nous révélant chemin faisant un auteur qui avoue être devenu fou, qui compare les Lego à des philosophes, qui interroge ses émotions et qui partage ses lectures ainsi que le souvenir de son amitié avec Serge BouchardParis en miettes (Liberté grande)
Par Yan Hamel. 2023
Des romanciers québécois ont parfois pris le risque d'emmener leurs personnages à Paris pour qu'ils essaient (désir, velléité, épreuve ?)…
d'y vivre. Yan Hamel, lisant ces romans que signèrent Anne Hébert, Marie-Claire Blais, Jacques Poulin, Michel Tremblay, Gail Scott, Jacques Godbout, Victor-Lévy Beaulieu, la Manitobaine Gabrielle Roy et l'Acadienne France Daigle, n'a pu que constater les tristes inappétences de ces émigrés romanesques, un mal-être nourri d'un sourd et profond sentiment de servitude culturelle. Il rage devant ce constat, il s'emporte et se fait, en héraut tocard, le ramasse-miettes de ces agapes ratéesTout chagrin est un théâtre d'ombres: récit
Par Sylvie Nicolas. 2022
Tout chagrin est un théâtre d'ombres explore la vulnérabilité et l'impuissance ressenties face à la disparition. Ce récit en trois…
chapitres, écrit sous forme de fragments, suggère une voix de femme sans âge et sans contexte identifiable, évoque ce territoire fantôme qu'est la mémoire, dénombre les empreintes qui s'y gravent et met en scène la perte de repèresL'allié rêvé: récit
Par Réjane Bougé. 2023
À vingt et un ans, Réjane Bougé rencontre un psy à l'urgence de l'hôpital Notre-Dame, alors qu'elle traverse des crises…
d'angoisse. Il ne deviendra pas son père. Ni son amoureux. Ni même son ami. Mais il empruntera des traits à chacune de ces figures au fil des quarante années au cours desquelles ils se côtoieront par intermittenceEncore: conte de toxicomanie tranquille
Par Marie Darsigny. 2023
Et s'il était possible de raconter autrement la toxicomanie que selon le traditionnel schéma qui va de la chute à…
la rédemption ? Hors de cette trame, le panorama semble brouillé, tant par la médicalisation que par la marchandisation du rétablissement. Entre essai, récit et autofiction, Marie Darsigny, autrice de Trente et de Filles, creuse ici sa propre histoire de dépendance à l'alcool et aux drogues