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Pillar of fire: America in the King years, 1963-65 (America in the King years ; #2)
Par Taylor Branch. 1998
This second volume continues the narrative history of the civil rights movement in the United States begun in "Parting the…
Waters". Covers the pivotal years of 1963-1965, including the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Portrays Martin Luther King Jr. upholding the nonviolent movement. Bestseller. Followed by "At Canaan's edge" (DC31096). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 1998. (America in the King years ; 2) If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.Le mal américain
Par Michel Crozier. 1980
L'Amérique est en crise. La première puissance du monde ne sait plus où elle va, et le monde entier commence…
à s'interroger. Le développement de la démocratie exige, selon l'auteur, que l'Europe à son tour apporte sa contribution. 1980.Of Plymouth Plantation
Par William Bradford, Harold Paget. 2018
The most important and influential source of information about the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, 'Of Plymouth Plantation' vividly documents the…
Pilgrims' first stop in Holland, the harrowing transatlantic crossing aboard the Mayflower, the first harsh winter in the new colony, and the help from friendly Native Americans that saved their lives. No one was better equipped to report on the affairs of the Plymouth community than William Bradford. Revered for his patience, wisdom, and courage, Bradford was elected to the office of governor in 1621, and he continued to serve in that position for more than three decades. 2018.Of thee I sing: a letter to my daughters
Par Barack Obama. 2010
President Obama praises thirteen American citizens - including Helen Keller, Martin Luther King Jr., and Cesar Chavez - whose contributions…
shaped our country. Expresses hope that these heroes will inspire his daughters and all children to pursue their own unique gifts and build up our nation. Grades K-3. 2010.North star to freedom: the story of the underground railroad
Par Gena K Gorrell. 1996
The story of the Underground Railroad, an extraordinary network of farm houses, country lanes, and city streets in the United…
States and Canada which had one purpose - to transport slaves from the terrors of the plantation to the freedom of another country. Grades 5-8. c1996.North to Alaska: Fifty Years On The World's Most Remarkable Highway
Par Kenneth Coates. 1992
"North to Alaska" commemorates the work of those men and women, soldiers and civilians, who endured the bitter cold, the…
blackflies, the mud, and the murderous mosquitoes to build the Alaska Highway. It also celebrates the survival of the highway, the vitality of the community that lives along it, and the spirit of the people who travel its length. 1992.No ordinary time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt
Par Doris Kearns Goodwin. 2017
This New York Times best-seller is the compelling chronicle of a nation during a time of incredible change. With detail…
and drama, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author expertly reveals the importance of the Roosevelt White House in the great destiny of the United States. Ultimately, she creates an intimate portrait of the Roosevelts, fusing their human vitality with the monumental scale of domestic and foreign affairs during the Second World War. 2017.Night comes to the Cumberlands: a biography of a depressed area (Southern voices audio)
Par Harry M Caudill. 2012
Caudill explores the southern Appalachian Mountains area's history, from its first settlement to the Civil War, and from the rise…
of coal barons to the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s. 2012.Niels Bohr et la physique quantique (Points. 145)
Par François Lurçat. 2001
Une tentative, par moments philosophique, pour rendre l'oeuvre de Bohr compréhensible à des lecteurs qui ne savent rien de la…
physique. "Un appendice donne des précisions destinées à celui qui a des rudiments de mathématiques du niveau de l'enseignement secondaire". 2001.Traces the Civil War from Fredericksburg in 1862 through the succeeding grim and relentless campaigns to Lee's surrender at Appomattox…
Courthouse and Lincoln's assassination in 1865. Sequel to "Terrible swift sword". 1965. (Centennial history of the Civil War ; v. 3)Never on a broomstick
Par Frank Donovan. 1971
Mayflower: a story of courage, community, and war
Par Nathaniel Philbrick. 2006
When English Separatists flee to Holland, Dutch urban life corrupts their children and weakens their families. Convinced that God is…
leading them to the New World, these devout Pilgrims bravely cross the Atlantic. But after violent storms carry them far north of Hudson's River, they fight icy New England winds to build crude shelters. When half die of starvation and cold that winter, the weakened survivors have little hope of facing the spectre of Indian attack. 2006.La face cachée des États-Unis: assassinats, trahisons, enlèvements, scandales
Par Patrick Pesnot. 2013
''Le scandale du Watergate, l'assassinat tragique de Robert Kennedy, les méthodes controversées de J. Edgar Hoover au sein du FBI,…
la disparition troublante du syndicaliste Jimmy Hoffa, l'ingérence des États-Unis dans les affaires politiques des pays d'Amérique du Sud, les armées privées à la solde des autorités américaines: revivez quelques-uns des épisodes les plus mystérieux et brûlants du XXe siècle. Scandales politiques, histoires d'espionnage, manipulations de la CIA, syndicats gangrenés par la mafia jettent un éclairage révélateur et inquiétant sur le sombre visage de la première puissance mondiale. '' -- 4e de couv.Lone star rising: the revolutionary birth of the Texas Republic (Lone Star audio)
Par William C Davis. 2004
Following the Louisiana Purchase, Spanish officials in Mexico began to worry about the expansionist desires of the young country now…
bordering their own territory. Once Mexico became independent from Spain, conflicts between the Mexican government and the Texas leaders such as Stephen F. Austin continued. In time, the residents of Texas declared their independence from Mexico and, after many battles, eventually established their own free nation. 2004.Lincoln's lieutenants: the high command of the Army of the Potomac
Par Stephen W Sears. 2017
The high command of the Army of the Potomac was a changeable, often dysfunctional band of brothers, going through the…
fires of war under seven commanding generals in three years, until Grant came east in 1864. The men in charge all too frequently appeared to be fighting against the administration in Washington instead of for it, increasingly cast as political pawns facing down a vindictive congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War. President Lincoln oversaw, argued with, and finally tamed his unruly team of generals as the eastern army was stabilized by an unsung supporting cast of corps, division, and brigade generals. With characteristic style and insight, Stephen Sears brings these courageous, determined officers, who rose through the ranks and led from the front, to life and legend. 2017.Marching home: Union veterans and their unending Civil War
Par Brian Matthew Jordan. 2015
For well over a century, traditional Civil War histories have concluded in 1865, with a bitterly won peace and Union…
soldiers returning triumphantly home. In a landmark work that challenges sterilized portraits accepted for generations, Civil War historian Brian Matthew Jordan creates an entirely new narrative. These veterans - tending rotting wounds, battling alcoholism, campaigning for paltry pensions - tragically realized that they stood as unwelcome reminders to a new America. 2015.Bausum revisits 1968 Memphis, Tennessee, to examine how the sanitation workers' strike set the scene for one of Dr. Martin…
Luther King Jr.'s greatest speeches. It would also be the site of his tragic death, an event that dramatically altered the face of the Civil Rights Movement. Grades 4-7. 2013.March to Armageddon: the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1939 to the present
Par Ronald E Powaski. 1987
A detailed history of the arms race, from the Manhattan Project to the Iceland Summit of 1986. The dynamics of…
the international system, the Cold War, technological pressure and mistrust have proven to have a greater impact on decisions than the virtues of arms control. 1987.Manhattan Project: the untold story of the making of the atomic bomb
Par Stéphane Groueff. 2000
Les Grands Lacs: histoire naturelle d'une région en perpétuelle mutation
Par Wayne Grady, Dominique Bouchard. 2007
Cinq lacs immenses logent au cour de l'Amérique du Nord. Ensemble, ils forment la plus grande source d'eau douce aisément…
disponible au monde, soit environ vingt pour cent des réserves totales de la planète. La richesse inouïe des bassins versants des Grands Lacs a attiré et fait vivre des populations humaines et animales depuis plus de 10 000 ans. Ces cours d'eau ont servi de routes pour les transports et les échanges, de fonds de pêche pour la plus importante pêche continentale au monde, de dortoirs pour des milliards d'oiseaux migrateurs et de sources d'eau pour la consommation et l'irrigation. 2007. Titre uniforme: The Great Lakes.