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By Jean-Jacques Salgon

Ma vie à Saint-Domingue raconte une histoire, des histoires. D’abord celle de Toussaint Louverture, génial stratège et héros de los angeles révolte des esclaves dans l’ancienne colonie française de Saint-Domingue, aujourd’hui République d’Haïti, et que Napoléon healthy déporter et emprisonner au fortress de Joux où il mourut de froid et de maladie le 7 avril 1802.Celle aussi de ses enfants, Isaac et Placide, qui furent un temps les hôtes de los angeles France (qui les accueillit comme élèves dans son establishment Nationale des Colonies) avant d’y revenir, six ans plus tard, contraints et forcés, assignés à résidence, au second de l’arrestation de leur père. Celle de Déguénou, le père de Toussaint, capturé en Afrique et vendu comme esclave. Celle d’Aimé-Benjamin Fleuriau parti de los angeles Rochelle et devenu planteur à los angeles Croix-des-Bouquets, près de Port-au-Prince.À tous ces destins et d’autres encore se mêlent les propres souvenirs de l’auteur dans un système de réminiscences qui entrent en résonance avec l’histoire qu’il s’efforce de mettre au jour afin, nous dit-il, de se los angeles réapproprier, comme si on l’en avait préalablement privé. vehicle si – dans les circonstances dramatiques qui continuent de frapper Haïti – le projecteur a été soudain braqué sur ce can pay, son histoire et les liens particuliers qui l’unirent jadis à los angeles France sont encore trop méconnus. De ce manque ressenti est donc né un petit livre qui n’est en rien celui d’un historien mais plutôt celui d’un voyageur curieux qui aurait provisoirement choisi d’explorer le temps plutôt que l’espace.

By Diane Hammond

Hannah the elephant is flourishing in her new domestic, peacemaker Truman Levy is the hot director of the Max L. Biedelman Zoo, and existence in Bladenham, Washington, has eventually settled down . . . or has it? From his eccentric aunt Ivy, Truman learns of the plight of a desperately in poor health, captive killer whale named Friday.

Reluctantly Truman is of the same opinion to offer the orca a brand new home—and a brand new hire on life—at the zoo. yet no longer everyone believes in his captivity. quickly the Max L. Biedelman Zoo is embroiled in a whale-size controversy and Friday's destiny is up for grabs.

Like The artwork of Racing within the Rain and Water for Elephants, Friday's Harbor superbly illuminates the exact bond among animals and people.