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Affiche du document Mouvance effrénée — Mouvance effrénée
Luc Said
1h43min30
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138 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h43min.
« Marido se réservait systématiquement le rôle de la femme dominante tant par la voix que par sa prestance, ses gestes et son charisme ; rôle que j’aimais beaucoup dans ce domaine-là et déjà à cette époque. Elle ne me faisait pas de remarque sur ma tenue sans tenue et j’en déduisais tout de suite que cela ne l’intéressait pas et ne la dérangeait pas non plus ; j’en fis ainsi mon affaire, mais toujours en la jouant de manière impromptue et j’ajoutais un élément crucial dans mon jeu, le rythme de ces exhibitions qui systématisait le moment et je supposais que si Marido venait régulièrement à la même heure les fois suivantes, c’eut été qu’elle cherchait un peu d’érotisme aussi... » À travers ce recueil mêlant autobiographie et témoignages, on contemple à la fois les aléas de vies rencontrées et les bouleversements qu’ils engendrent sur les multiples personnages.

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Affiche du document Alligator Candy: A Memoir — Alligator Candy: A Memoir
Kushner David
6h19min30
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506 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 6h19min.
From award-winning journalist David Kushner, a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and other premier magazines, Alligator Candy is a reported memoir about family, survival, and the unwavering power of love.David Kushner grew up in the early 1970s in the Florida suburbs. It was when kids still ran free, riding bikes and disappearing into the nearby woods for hours at a time. One morning in 1973, however, everything changed. David’s older brother Jon biked through the forest to the convenience store for candy, and never returned.Every life has a defining moment, a single act that charts the course we take and determines who we become. For Kushner, it was Jon’s disappearance—a tragedy that shocked his family and the community at large. Decades later, now a grown man with kids of his own, Kushner found himself unsatisfied with his own memories and decided to revisit the episode a different way: through the eyes of a reporter. His investigation brought him back to the places and people he once knew and slowly made him realize just how much his past had affected his present. After sifting through hundreds of documents and reports, conducting dozens of interviews, and poring over numerous firsthand accounts, he has produced a powerful and inspiring story of loss, perseverance, and memory. Alligator Candy is searing and unforgettable.

Alligator Candy: A Memoir
Kushner David
6h19min30
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506 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 6h19min.
From award-winning journalist David Kushner, a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and other premier magazines, Alligator Candy is a reported memoir about family, survival, and the unwavering power of love.David Kushner grew up in the early 1970s in the Florida suburbs. It was when kids still ran free, riding bikes and disappearing into the nearby woods for hours at a time. One morning in 1973, however, everything changed. David’s older brother Jon biked through the forest to the convenience store for candy, and never returned.Every life has a defining moment, a single act that charts the course we take and determines who we become. For Kushner, it was Jon’s disappearance—a tragedy that shocked his family and the community at large. Decades later, now a grown man with kids of his own, Kushner found himself unsatisfied with his own memories and decided to revisit the episode a different way: through the eyes of a reporter. His investigation brought him back to the places and people he once knew and slowly made him realize just how much his past had affected his present. After sifting through hundreds of documents and reports, conducting dozens of interviews, and poring over numerous firsthand accounts, he has produced a powerful and inspiring story of loss, perseverance, and memory. Alligator Candy is searing and unforgettable.

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Affiche du document Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area — Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area
Gwen Southgate
18h18min00
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1464 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 18h18min.
Coin Street Chronicles is a memoir that paints a picture of Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, as seen though the eyes of one for whom it was the backdrop of her childhood. The story is set in and around Coin Street, on the south bank of the River Thames. The area is now a cultural showcase known as The South Bank, but was then a gritty, Cockney-like corner of London. Stories of its colorful characters are woven throughout the narrative as they cope first with the poverty of the Depression years and then with World War II and its aftermath in the 1940s. Evacuation during the war years entails many abrupt transitions and good-byes—some sad, some glad—and much settling in to new settings that run the gamut from a remote Dorset farm to a Welsh mining town. Even after the war, the author remains a quasi-evacuee for two more years, fleeing from a difficult, violence-prone stepfather in order to continue in school. The memoir ends on the day that she heads off to university, exulting in her escape from the limiting nature of working class culture; but appalled by the wide gulf that threatens to open up between her and her feisty mother whose pluck and determination has been largely responsible for that escape.

Coin Street Chronicles: London's Vanished Old South Bank Area
Gwen Southgate
18h18min00
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Coin Street Chronicles is a memoir that paints a picture of Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, as seen though the eyes of one for whom it was the backdrop of her childhood. The story is set in and around Coin Street, on the south bank of the River Thames. The area is now a cultural showcase known as The South Bank, but was then a gritty, Cockney-like corner of London. Stories of its colorful characters are woven throughout the narrative as they cope first with the poverty of the Depression years and then with World War II and its aftermath in the 1940s. Evacuation during the war years entails many abrupt transitions and good-byes—some sad, some glad—and much settling in to new settings that run the gamut from a remote Dorset farm to a Welsh mining town. Even after the war, the author remains a quasi-evacuee for two more years, fleeing from a difficult, violence-prone stepfather in order to continue in school. The memoir ends on the day that she heads off to university, exulting in her escape from the limiting nature of working class culture; but appalled by the wide gulf that threatens to open up between her and her feisty mother whose pluck and determination has been largely responsible for that escape.

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Affiche du document Mayerling — Mayerling
Claude Anet
2h52min30
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230 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h52min.
Claude Anet (1868-1931) "Une grande pièce, haute de plafond, richement meublée, dont les deux fenêtres ouvraient sur un parc aux arbres élevés, trop proches. Un paravent séparait mal du reste de la chambre un lit de milieu sur lequel une jeune femme était couchée. Ses cheveux bruns soigneusement nattés, étendus sur l’oreiller, lui faisaient une auréole. Le visage, bien que les traits en fussent contractés par la douleur, était beau ; les sourcils froncés traçaient une ligne droite. De la bouche fine et bien dessinée s’échappait parfois un gémissement et, sous le drap qui le recouvrait, on voyait le corps se tendre. Près du lit se tenait un groupe de personnes attentives, un vieillard en frac, une décoration piquée sur le revers de son habit, un homme plus jeune à la figure intelligente, en blouse blanche, et deux infirmières. À l’heure où toute femme froissée dans son corps et dans sa pudeur a le droit d’être seule, plusieurs personnes étaient réunies autour de cette femme qui souffrait. Elle appartenait, en effet, à une caste où ni douleur, ni joie ne peuvent être gardées secrètes et l’impératrice d’Autriche, Élisabeth, âgée de vingt ans, était contrainte à faire ses couches en public." Le 30 janvier 1889, au matin, l'archiduc Rodolphe, prince héritier de l'empire autrichien, et Marie Vetsera, sa jeune maîtresse, sont retrouvés sans vie, à Mayerling... Dans ce roman, Claude Anet nous conte leur histoire d'amour et choisit la thèse du suicide...

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Affiche du document BLACK WOLF Dans la peau d’un ALPHA — BLACK WOLF Dans la peau d’un ALPHA
Joseph Maxime BILIVOGUI
1h24min00
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Dans la peau d’un ALPHA

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Affiche du document Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls. Illustrated — Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls. Illustrated
William Lindsay Gresham
1h58min30
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Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls by William Lindsay Gresham is a captivating biography of the legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Gresham paints a vivid and intimate portrait of Houdini, tracing his journey from humble beginnings as Erik Weisz, a Hungarian immigrant, to becoming one of the most famous and enigmatic performers in the world. The book explores Houdini’s extraordinary feats of escape, his relentless pursuit of fame, and his obsession with debunking spiritualists and exposing frauds. Gresham delves into Houdini's personal life, revealing his deep-seated insecurities, complex relationships, and unyielding ambition. With rich historical detail and insight into the world of illusion and magic, the biography uncovers both the public and private sides of Houdini’s persona. More than just a chronicle of Houdini’s life, Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls is a fascinating exploration of the human desire for freedom and control, making it an essential read for anyone interested in the life of one of the greatest showmen in history.

Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls. Illustrated
William Lindsay Gresham
1h58min30
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Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls by William Lindsay Gresham is a captivating biography of the legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini. Gresham paints a vivid and intimate portrait of Houdini, tracing his journey from humble beginnings as Erik Weisz, a Hungarian immigrant, to becoming one of the most famous and enigmatic performers in the world. The book explores Houdini’s extraordinary feats of escape, his relentless pursuit of fame, and his obsession with debunking spiritualists and exposing frauds. Gresham delves into Houdini's personal life, revealing his deep-seated insecurities, complex relationships, and unyielding ambition. With rich historical detail and insight into the world of illusion and magic, the biography uncovers both the public and private sides of Houdini’s persona. More than just a chronicle of Houdini’s life, Houdini: The Man Who Walked Through Walls is a fascinating exploration of the human desire for freedom and control, making it an essential read for anyone interested in the life of one of the greatest showmen in history.

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Affiche du document Finding My Way — Finding My Way
Robin F. Schepper
2h06min00
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IPPY Awards Gold Medal Winner in the memoir category Colorado Independent Book Publishers Association (CIPA) Gold Medal Winner in the memoir category National Indie Excellence Awards finalist in the new non-fiction category A deeply personal memoir about finding family and belonging from White House staffer Robin F. Schepper. Growing up torn between her single Pan Am–stewardess mom and brothel-owning grandmother in 1960s New York City, Robin F. Schepper never imagined that she’d one day have an office in the East Wing of the White House. Her childhood in a German American neighborhood on the Upper East Side was peppered with half-truths, from the family secrets surrounding her grandmother’s immigration to deceptions about her biological father. In a world of self-absorbed adults, Robin largely raised herself: she secured a scholarship to a prestigious private school and worked several jobs as a teenager to pay her own living expenses before finally escaping to California for college. Street-smart and undeniably driven, once in the professional world Robin quickly ascended in the male-dominated political sphere, traveling the globe while being subjected to sexual harassment and assaults that echoed obstacles her mother and grandmother had faced. Through it all, Robin searched for her biological father. She felt that if she could understand why he abandoned her, she could free herself from secrets, lies, and shame. Robin eventually rose to work for the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and, in the meantime, created her own family by adopting two sons from Kazakhstan. Intimate and captivating, Finding My Way follows an ambitious woman who reached the highest pinnacles of a political career while simultaneously fulfilling her own quest to heal from family trauma and discover her true identity.

Finding My Way
Robin F. Schepper
2h06min00
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IPPY Awards Gold Medal Winner in the memoir category Colorado Independent Book Publishers Association (CIPA) Gold Medal Winner in the memoir category National Indie Excellence Awards finalist in the new non-fiction category A deeply personal memoir about finding family and belonging from White House staffer Robin F. Schepper. Growing up torn between her single Pan Am–stewardess mom and brothel-owning grandmother in 1960s New York City, Robin F. Schepper never imagined that she’d one day have an office in the East Wing of the White House. Her childhood in a German American neighborhood on the Upper East Side was peppered with half-truths, from the family secrets surrounding her grandmother’s immigration to deceptions about her biological father. In a world of self-absorbed adults, Robin largely raised herself: she secured a scholarship to a prestigious private school and worked several jobs as a teenager to pay her own living expenses before finally escaping to California for college. Street-smart and undeniably driven, once in the professional world Robin quickly ascended in the male-dominated political sphere, traveling the globe while being subjected to sexual harassment and assaults that echoed obstacles her mother and grandmother had faced. Through it all, Robin searched for her biological father. She felt that if she could understand why he abandoned her, she could free herself from secrets, lies, and shame. Robin eventually rose to work for the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama and, in the meantime, created her own family by adopting two sons from Kazakhstan. Intimate and captivating, Finding My Way follows an ambitious woman who reached the highest pinnacles of a political career while simultaneously fulfilling her own quest to heal from family trauma and discover her true identity.

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Affiche du document Devenir un SON — Devenir un SON
David Labrava
3h17min15
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David Labrava a été conseiller technique et acteur dans la série à succès Sons of Anarchy. Il est aussi un mécanicien Harley Davidson certifié et un artiste aux multiples talents : souffleur de verre, tatoueur, producteur, réalisateur et scénariste. Ces accomplissements d'une vie ne lui ont pas été servis sur un plateau. Ce récit relate le dur chemin pour y parvenir et la manière dont David Labrava a surmonté les événements les plus sombres de son existence. Devenir un SON est la découverte de la rédemption. Un voyage qui s'étend sur plus de quarante ans.

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Affiche du document Matryoshka Memoirs — Matryoshka Memoirs
Sasha Colby
1h45min45
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Irina Nikfortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced labourer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners' household, Irina survived the war and eventually found her way to Canada. Decades later, Irina's granddaughter, seeks out her grandmother's story over a series of summer visits and gradually begins to interweave the as-told-to story with historical research. As she delves deeper, she discovers the parallel story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, Irina's rescuer and the factory heiress, later imprisoned and interrogated by the Gestapo on charges of 'excessive humanity'. This is creative nonfiction at its best as the mystery of Irina's life unspools skilfully and arrestingly. Despite the horrors that the story must tell, it is full of life, humour, food, and the joy of ordinary safety in Canada. The Matryoshka Memoirs takes us into a forgotten corner of history, w

Matryoshka Memoirs
Sasha Colby
1h45min45
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Irina Nikfortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced labourer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners' household, Irina survived the war and eventually found her way to Canada. Decades later, Irina's granddaughter, seeks out her grandmother's story over a series of summer visits and gradually begins to interweave the as-told-to story with historical research. As she delves deeper, she discovers the parallel story of Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, Irina's rescuer and the factory heiress, later imprisoned and interrogated by the Gestapo on charges of 'excessive humanity'. This is creative nonfiction at its best as the mystery of Irina's life unspools skilfully and arrestingly. Despite the horrors that the story must tell, it is full of life, humour, food, and the joy of ordinary safety in Canada. The Matryoshka Memoirs takes us into a forgotten corner of history, w

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Affiche du document Lifeline — Lifeline
Stephanie Kain
2h36min00
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'What happens when someone you love suddenly cliff-dives into mental illness? And then you discover that there may be no return? This experimental memoir reflects on the author s intimate and complicated relationship with a woman diagnosed with suicidal depression, and the startling and chaotic new world of locked wards, heavy medications, and electroconvulsive therapy that follows. Interweaving personal essays, fragmented prose, poetry, stream-of-consciousness, and text exchanges, this collage-style book invites the reader into the mysterious world of a treatment-resistant condition and illuminates the urgency and intimacy of caring for someone with an ultimately fatal mental illness. Running through the center of the narrative is the relationship between two people whose fierce love for each other is both the tie that binds and the anchor that drowns. Lifeline is a testament to the importance of hard conversations, humor, and dignity in the f

Lifeline
Stephanie Kain
2h36min00
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'What happens when someone you love suddenly cliff-dives into mental illness? And then you discover that there may be no return? This experimental memoir reflects on the author s intimate and complicated relationship with a woman diagnosed with suicidal depression, and the startling and chaotic new world of locked wards, heavy medications, and electroconvulsive therapy that follows. Interweaving personal essays, fragmented prose, poetry, stream-of-consciousness, and text exchanges, this collage-style book invites the reader into the mysterious world of a treatment-resistant condition and illuminates the urgency and intimacy of caring for someone with an ultimately fatal mental illness. Running through the center of the narrative is the relationship between two people whose fierce love for each other is both the tie that binds and the anchor that drowns. Lifeline is a testament to the importance of hard conversations, humor, and dignity in the f

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Affiche du document Seeking Social Democracy — Seeking Social Democracy
Frances Abele
2h32min15
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'The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads readers through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, Ren(c) L(c)vesque, and Willy Brandt. From the formative minority Parliament of 1972 1974 to the contentious national debate over Canada s constitution to the free trade election of 1988, the book chronicles the life and thought of one of Canada s most respected political leaders and public intellectuals from hi

Seeking Social Democracy
Frances Abele
2h32min15
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'The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads readers through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, Ren(c) L(c)vesque, and Willy Brandt. From the formative minority Parliament of 1972 1974 to the contentious national debate over Canada s constitution to the free trade election of 1988, the book chronicles the life and thought of one of Canada s most respected political leaders and public intellectuals from hi

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Affiche du document Seeking Social Democracy — Seeking Social Democracy
Jonathan Sas
4h19min30
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'The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads readers through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, Ren(c) L(c)vesque, and Willy Brandt. From the formative minority Parliament of 1972 1974 to the contentious national debate over Canada s constitution to the free trade election of 1988, the book chronicles the life and thought of one of Canada s most respected political leaders and public intellectuals from hi

Seeking Social Democracy
Jonathan Sas
4h19min30
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'The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent s ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads readers through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, Ren(c) L(c)vesque, and Willy Brandt. From the formative minority Parliament of 1972 1974 to the contentious national debate over Canada s constitution to the free trade election of 1988, the book chronicles the life and thought of one of Canada s most respected political leaders and public intellectuals from hi

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Affiche du document From Doctor to Guinea-pig — From Doctor to Guinea-pig
Angelique D
1h08min15
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Alex was born on a Greek island and moves with his parents to Congo-Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). He studies medicine and goes to work in a hospital in the bush with his teenage wife. Faced with seemingly unsurmountable problems he works wonders and moves to Kinshasa for the comfort of his family. He is a man married to his work, he contracts AIDS and fights the difficulty of announcing this terrible news. Truly philanthropic, he offers his body to science to test the various drugs that are created to treat this new virus. You will be fascinated by his medical exploits, and be torn between him and his wife both struggling to face the problems that life presents to them. A story about life, faith and our approach to death.

From Doctor to Guinea-pig
Angelique D
1h08min15
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Alex was born on a Greek island and moves with his parents to Congo-Zaire (Democratic Republic of Congo). He studies medicine and goes to work in a hospital in the bush with his teenage wife. Faced with seemingly unsurmountable problems he works wonders and moves to Kinshasa for the comfort of his family. He is a man married to his work, he contracts AIDS and fights the difficulty of announcing this terrible news. Truly philanthropic, he offers his body to science to test the various drugs that are created to treat this new virus. You will be fascinated by his medical exploits, and be torn between him and his wife both struggling to face the problems that life presents to them. A story about life, faith and our approach to death.

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Affiche du document L'engagement militaire de Jean Appleton — L'engagement militaire de Jean Appleton
Franck Testart
2h11min15
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Jean Appleton (1868-1942), avocat et professeur d’université lyonnais, accompli son devoir militaire sur différents théâtres d’opérations entre 1915 et 1918, notamment en Orient à Alexandrie, dans l’île de Lemnos au large des Dardanelles, à Salonique et à Corfou. Il opère également dans les ports français de l’Atlantique avant d’assurer le premier débarquement des troupes américaines à Saint-Nazaire. A travers 47 lettres analysées et commentées par l'auteur, son aïeul, le commandant Appleton met en lumière l'engagement de l'armée d'Orient dans un environnement politique et géostratégique complexe.

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Affiche du document Sojourner Truth — Sojourner Truth
Carleton Mabee
2h21min00
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Goes beyond the myths and legends to reveal new insights into the real life of Sojourner TruthMany Americans have long since forgotten that there ever was slavery along the Hudson River. Yet Sojourner Truth was born a slave near the Hudson River in Ulster County, New York, in the late 1700s. Called merely Isabella as a slave, once freed she adopted the name of Sojourner Truth and became a national figure in the struggle for the emancipation of both Blacks and women in Civil War America.Despite the dual discrimination she suffered as a Black woman, Truth significantly shaped both her own life and the struggle for human rights in America. Through her fierce intelligence, her resourcefulness, and her eloquence, she became widely acknowledged as a remarkable figure during her life, and she has become one of the most heavily mythologized figures in American history. While some of the myths about Truth offer inspiration, they have also contributed to distortions about American history, especially about the experiences of Black Americans and women. In this landmark work, the product of years of primary research, Pulizter-Prize winning biographer Carleton Mabee has unearthed the best available sources about this remarkable woman to reconstruct the most authentic account of her life to date. Mabee offers new insights on why she never learned to read, on the authenticity of the famous quotations attributed to her (such as Ar''n''t I a woman?), her relationship to President Lincoln, her role in the abolitionist movement, her crusade to move freed slaves from the South to the North, and her life as a singer, orator, feminist and woman of faith. This is an engaging, historically precise biography that reassesses the place of Sojourner Truth—slave, prophet, legend—in American history.

Sojourner Truth
Carleton Mabee
2h21min00
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Goes beyond the myths and legends to reveal new insights into the real life of Sojourner TruthMany Americans have long since forgotten that there ever was slavery along the Hudson River. Yet Sojourner Truth was born a slave near the Hudson River in Ulster County, New York, in the late 1700s. Called merely Isabella as a slave, once freed she adopted the name of Sojourner Truth and became a national figure in the struggle for the emancipation of both Blacks and women in Civil War America.Despite the dual discrimination she suffered as a Black woman, Truth significantly shaped both her own life and the struggle for human rights in America. Through her fierce intelligence, her resourcefulness, and her eloquence, she became widely acknowledged as a remarkable figure during her life, and she has become one of the most heavily mythologized figures in American history. While some of the myths about Truth offer inspiration, they have also contributed to distortions about American history, especially about the experiences of Black Americans and women. In this landmark work, the product of years of primary research, Pulizter-Prize winning biographer Carleton Mabee has unearthed the best available sources about this remarkable woman to reconstruct the most authentic account of her life to date. Mabee offers new insights on why she never learned to read, on the authenticity of the famous quotations attributed to her (such as Ar''n''t I a woman?), her relationship to President Lincoln, her role in the abolitionist movement, her crusade to move freed slaves from the South to the North, and her life as a singer, orator, feminist and woman of faith. This is an engaging, historically precise biography that reassesses the place of Sojourner Truth—slave, prophet, legend—in American history.

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Affiche du document Relation of Virginia — Relation of Virginia
Henry Spelman
19min30
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A memoir of one of America’s first adventurers, a young boy who acted as a link between the Jamestown colonists and the Patawomecks and Powhatans.“Being in displeasure of my friends, and desirous to see other countries, after three months sail we come with prosperouswinds in sight of Virginia.” So begins the fascinating tale of Henry Spelman, a 14 year-old boy sent to Virginia in 1609. One of Jamestown’s early arrivals, Spelman soon became an integral player, and sometimes a pawn, in the power struggle between the Chesapeake Algonquians and the English settlers. Shortly after he arrived in the Chesapeake, Henry accompanied another English boy, Thomas Savage, to Powhatan’s capital and after a few months went to live with the Patawomeck chief Iopassus on the Potomac. Spelman learned Chesapeake Algonquian languages and customs, acted as an interpreter, and knew a host of colonial America’s most well-known figures, from Pocahontas to Powhatan to Captain John Smith. This remarkable manuscript tells Henry’s story in his own words, and it is the only description of Chesapeake Algonquian culture written with an insider’s knowledge. Spelman’s account is lively and insightful, rich in cultural and historical detail. A valuable and unique primary document, this book illuminates the beginnings of English America and tells us much about how the Chesapeake Algonquians viewed the English invaders. It provides the first transcription from the original manuscript since 1872.

Relation of Virginia
Henry Spelman
19min30
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A memoir of one of America’s first adventurers, a young boy who acted as a link between the Jamestown colonists and the Patawomecks and Powhatans.“Being in displeasure of my friends, and desirous to see other countries, after three months sail we come with prosperouswinds in sight of Virginia.” So begins the fascinating tale of Henry Spelman, a 14 year-old boy sent to Virginia in 1609. One of Jamestown’s early arrivals, Spelman soon became an integral player, and sometimes a pawn, in the power struggle between the Chesapeake Algonquians and the English settlers. Shortly after he arrived in the Chesapeake, Henry accompanied another English boy, Thomas Savage, to Powhatan’s capital and after a few months went to live with the Patawomeck chief Iopassus on the Potomac. Spelman learned Chesapeake Algonquian languages and customs, acted as an interpreter, and knew a host of colonial America’s most well-known figures, from Pocahontas to Powhatan to Captain John Smith. This remarkable manuscript tells Henry’s story in his own words, and it is the only description of Chesapeake Algonquian culture written with an insider’s knowledge. Spelman’s account is lively and insightful, rich in cultural and historical detail. A valuable and unique primary document, this book illuminates the beginnings of English America and tells us much about how the Chesapeake Algonquians viewed the English invaders. It provides the first transcription from the original manuscript since 1872.

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Affiche du document Creation of a Crusader — Creation of a Crusader
C. Crago David
3h06min45
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The story of one Ohio senator’s impact on the early abolition movement More than 175 years after his death, Senator Thomas Morris has remained one of the few early national champions of political and constitutional antislavery without a biography devoted to him. In this first expansive study of Morris’s life and contributions, David C. Crago persuasively argues that historians have wrongly marginalized Morris’s role in the early antislavery movement.Morris was the first member of the US Senate to defend abolitionist positions in that body. Confronted with Southern demands for Congressional action to silence abolitionists and endorse slavery, he asserted that a proslavery interpretation of the Constitution was a distortion of the text. Instead, he argued, the Constitution neither identified people as property nor granted Congress the power to establish slavery in the territories or the District of Columbia. Although far outside the 1830s political consensus, Morris’s ideas were quickly adopted by the nascent antislavery movement and became the cornerstone of antislavery political beliefs.Ultimately expelled from the Ohio Democratic Party and denied reelection to the Senate, within a decade his ideas would shape the core principles of both the Free-Soil and Republican Parties’ platforms. The Creation of a Crusader fills an important gap in understanding the early American antislavery movement and sheds light on Morris’s overlooked yet significant influence.

Creation of a Crusader
C. Crago David
3h06min45
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249 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 3h7min.
The story of one Ohio senator’s impact on the early abolition movement More than 175 years after his death, Senator Thomas Morris has remained one of the few early national champions of political and constitutional antislavery without a biography devoted to him. In this first expansive study of Morris’s life and contributions, David C. Crago persuasively argues that historians have wrongly marginalized Morris’s role in the early antislavery movement.Morris was the first member of the US Senate to defend abolitionist positions in that body. Confronted with Southern demands for Congressional action to silence abolitionists and endorse slavery, he asserted that a proslavery interpretation of the Constitution was a distortion of the text. Instead, he argued, the Constitution neither identified people as property nor granted Congress the power to establish slavery in the territories or the District of Columbia. Although far outside the 1830s political consensus, Morris’s ideas were quickly adopted by the nascent antislavery movement and became the cornerstone of antislavery political beliefs.Ultimately expelled from the Ohio Democratic Party and denied reelection to the Senate, within a decade his ideas would shape the core principles of both the Free-Soil and Republican Parties’ platforms. The Creation of a Crusader fills an important gap in understanding the early American antislavery movement and sheds light on Morris’s overlooked yet significant influence.

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Affiche du document Creation of a Crusader — Creation of a Crusader
C. Crago David
1h49min30
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146 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h49min.
The story of one Ohio senator’s impact on the early abolition movement More than 175 years after his death, Senator Thomas Morris has remained one of the few early national champions of political and constitutional antislavery without a biography devoted to him. In this first expansive study of Morris’s life and contributions, David C. Crago persuasively argues that historians have wrongly marginalized Morris’s role in the early antislavery movement.Morris was the first member of the US Senate to defend abolitionist positions in that body. Confronted with Southern demands for Congressional action to silence abolitionists and endorse slavery, he asserted that a proslavery interpretation of the Constitution was a distortion of the text. Instead, he argued, the Constitution neither identified people as property nor granted Congress the power to establish slavery in the territories or the District of Columbia. Although far outside the 1830s political consensus, Morris’s ideas were quickly adopted by the nascent antislavery movement and became the cornerstone of antislavery political beliefs.Ultimately expelled from the Ohio Democratic Party and denied reelection to the Senate, within a decade his ideas would shape the core principles of both the Free-Soil and Republican Parties’ platforms. The Creation of a Crusader fills an important gap in understanding the early American antislavery movement and sheds light on Morris’s overlooked yet significant influence.

Creation of a Crusader
C. Crago David
1h49min30
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146 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h49min.
The story of one Ohio senator’s impact on the early abolition movement More than 175 years after his death, Senator Thomas Morris has remained one of the few early national champions of political and constitutional antislavery without a biography devoted to him. In this first expansive study of Morris’s life and contributions, David C. Crago persuasively argues that historians have wrongly marginalized Morris’s role in the early antislavery movement.Morris was the first member of the US Senate to defend abolitionist positions in that body. Confronted with Southern demands for Congressional action to silence abolitionists and endorse slavery, he asserted that a proslavery interpretation of the Constitution was a distortion of the text. Instead, he argued, the Constitution neither identified people as property nor granted Congress the power to establish slavery in the territories or the District of Columbia. Although far outside the 1830s political consensus, Morris’s ideas were quickly adopted by the nascent antislavery movement and became the cornerstone of antislavery political beliefs.Ultimately expelled from the Ohio Democratic Party and denied reelection to the Senate, within a decade his ideas would shape the core principles of both the Free-Soil and Republican Parties’ platforms. The Creation of a Crusader fills an important gap in understanding the early American antislavery movement and sheds light on Morris’s overlooked yet significant influence.

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Affiche du document Political Transformation of David Tod — Political Transformation of David Tod
Lambert Jr Joseph
4h06min00
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328 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h06min.
A governor embraces patriotism over partisanship in a crucial Union state Before his election to the state’s executive office in 1861, David Tod was widely regarded as Ohio’s most popular Democrat. Tod rose to prominence in the old Western Reserve, rejecting the political influence of his well-known father, a former associate justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court, a previous member of the Federalist Party, and a new, devoted Whig. As a fierce Democratic Party lion, the younger Tod thrilled followers with his fearless political attacks on Whig adversaries and was considered an unlikely figure in the battle to keep the Union intact.However, the Civil War and the serious consequences of its potential outcome came to outweigh his loyalty to the Democratic Party. Placing the restoration of the Union above all else, Tod eagerly shed his partisan identity to take up the Union cause. As governor, he quickly pledged Ohio’s support to the nation’s leader, President Abraham Lincoln. Tod rallied Ohioans to support the war and equipped scores of physicians and nurses with medical supplies to tend to Ohio’s wounded soldiers. He also had to protect the state’s borders from invasion by developing defenses at home.Despite his patriotic service, partisan politics and political intrigue denied Tod a second term. The Political Transformation of David Tod chronicles Tod’s unwavering support for the Union and describes the importance of a politician’s loyalty to country over partisanship.

Political Transformation of David Tod
Lambert Jr Joseph
4h06min00
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328 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h06min.
A governor embraces patriotism over partisanship in a crucial Union state Before his election to the state’s executive office in 1861, David Tod was widely regarded as Ohio’s most popular Democrat. Tod rose to prominence in the old Western Reserve, rejecting the political influence of his well-known father, a former associate justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court, a previous member of the Federalist Party, and a new, devoted Whig. As a fierce Democratic Party lion, the younger Tod thrilled followers with his fearless political attacks on Whig adversaries and was considered an unlikely figure in the battle to keep the Union intact.However, the Civil War and the serious consequences of its potential outcome came to outweigh his loyalty to the Democratic Party. Placing the restoration of the Union above all else, Tod eagerly shed his partisan identity to take up the Union cause. As governor, he quickly pledged Ohio’s support to the nation’s leader, President Abraham Lincoln. Tod rallied Ohioans to support the war and equipped scores of physicians and nurses with medical supplies to tend to Ohio’s wounded soldiers. He also had to protect the state’s borders from invasion by developing defenses at home.Despite his patriotic service, partisan politics and political intrigue denied Tod a second term. The Political Transformation of David Tod chronicles Tod’s unwavering support for the Union and describes the importance of a politician’s loyalty to country over partisanship.

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Lambert Jr Joseph
2h24min00
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192 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h24min.
A governor embraces patriotism over partisanship in a crucial Union state Before his election to the state’s executive office in 1861, David Tod was widely regarded as Ohio’s most popular Democrat. Tod rose to prominence in the old Western Reserve, rejecting the political influence of his well-known father, a former associate justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court, a previous member of the Federalist Party, and a new, devoted Whig. As a fierce Democratic Party lion, the younger Tod thrilled followers with his fearless political attacks on Whig adversaries and was considered an unlikely figure in the battle to keep the Union intact.However, the Civil War and the serious consequences of its potential outcome came to outweigh his loyalty to the Democratic Party. Placing the restoration of the Union above all else, Tod eagerly shed his partisan identity to take up the Union cause. As governor, he quickly pledged Ohio’s support to the nation’s leader, President Abraham Lincoln. Tod rallied Ohioans to support the war and equipped scores of physicians and nurses with medical supplies to tend to Ohio’s wounded soldiers. He also had to protect the state’s borders from invasion by developing defenses at home.Despite his patriotic service, partisan politics and political intrigue denied Tod a second term. The Political Transformation of David Tod chronicles Tod’s unwavering support for the Union and describes the importance of a politician’s loyalty to country over partisanship.

Political Transformation of David Tod
Lambert Jr Joseph
2h24min00
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192 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h24min.
A governor embraces patriotism over partisanship in a crucial Union state Before his election to the state’s executive office in 1861, David Tod was widely regarded as Ohio’s most popular Democrat. Tod rose to prominence in the old Western Reserve, rejecting the political influence of his well-known father, a former associate justice of Ohio’s Supreme Court, a previous member of the Federalist Party, and a new, devoted Whig. As a fierce Democratic Party lion, the younger Tod thrilled followers with his fearless political attacks on Whig adversaries and was considered an unlikely figure in the battle to keep the Union intact.However, the Civil War and the serious consequences of its potential outcome came to outweigh his loyalty to the Democratic Party. Placing the restoration of the Union above all else, Tod eagerly shed his partisan identity to take up the Union cause. As governor, he quickly pledged Ohio’s support to the nation’s leader, President Abraham Lincoln. Tod rallied Ohioans to support the war and equipped scores of physicians and nurses with medical supplies to tend to Ohio’s wounded soldiers. He also had to protect the state’s borders from invasion by developing defenses at home.Despite his patriotic service, partisan politics and political intrigue denied Tod a second term. The Political Transformation of David Tod chronicles Tod’s unwavering support for the Union and describes the importance of a politician’s loyalty to country over partisanship.

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