Born a slave in 1847, but raised as a free man by the Reverend William King, David has rebelled against his emancipator and his predestined future in the church. He's taken up residence in the...
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Auteur: Robertson, RaySommaire:Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction
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Auteur: Worthen, JohnnySommaire:
Eleanor survives, it is what she does. But at what cost' After learning her past and seeing the terrible and tragic history of her kind, Eleanor must conclude she is toxic, a cause of pain and...
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Auteur: Hughes, ThomasSommaire:
Born in a slum in 1813 Scotland, David Livingstone spent his youth working twelve-hour days in a cotton factory, until a pamphlet inspired him to become a missionary. His accomplishments there are...
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Auteur: Abbott, John S. C.Sommaire:
A biography of the American frontiersman David (Davy) Crockett.
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Auteur: Shardlow, TomSommaire:
Across North America in 2007-2009, communities will celebrate the David Thompson Bicentennials. For 34 years the great explorer, surveyor, and fur trader travelled across the continent, finding...
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Auteur: Dickens, CharlesSommaire:
David Copperfield traces the eponymous hero from misery in the Salem House Academy and drudgery in his stepfather's business, to his escape to Dover and an eccentric aunt where he transforms his...
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Auteur: Wicomb, ZoëSommaire:
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Auteur: MacLeod, ElizabethSommaire:
As a young boy, David Suzuki loved spending time in the glorious British Columbia outdoors with his father. The racist policies against Japanese Canadians during World War II put an abrupt end to...
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Auteur: Suzuki, DavidSommaire:
David Suzuki’s autobiography limns a life dedicated to making the world a better place. The book expands on the early years covered in Metamorphosis and continues to the present, when, at age 70,...
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Auteur: Labrecque, EllenSommaire:
Whenever a young David Beckham was asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he'd always answer with the same response: I want to be a footballer. This English native got his wish when he...
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Auteur: Murphy, BrendaSommaire:
Understanding David Mamet analyzes the broad range of David Mamet's plays and places them in the context of his career as a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction prose as well as drama. Over...
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Auteur: Gurevich, MargaretSommaire:
Find out how this English singer-songwriter and actor who constantly reinvented his look and sound became one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century in this new book from the #...
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Auteur: Berthoumieu, MarieSommaire:
"Si je ne suis pas moi, qui le sera ?" Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) est né et mort à Concord, un village du Massachusetts. Fils d'un modeste artisan, il poursuivit ses études...
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Auteur: Beckham, DavidSommaire:
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Auteur: Grant, AndrewSommaire:
Set up for a murder by the NYPD, Royal Navy intelligence operative David Trevellyan must act alone to clear his name. With no idea who's a friend and who's a foe, he penetrates deep into a huge...
Genre: Action and adventure fiction