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1) French leave
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Siblings Simon, Garance, and Lola flee a dull family wedding to visit brother Vincent, who is working as a guide at a chateau in the heart of the charming Tours countryside. For a few hours, they forget about the many demands of adulthood and lose themselves in a day of laughter, teasing, and memories
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Fair Warning is acclaimed novelist Robert Olen Butler's enthralling glimpse into a Manhattan auction house that caters to the shopping pheromones of the rich and powerful. At age forty, the company's charismatic star employee, Amy Dickerson, is capable of selling a Renoir painting of a pudgy nude for twice its value. Her customers are intoxicated by the objects they covet. And sometimes, such as when the dark and mysterious Trevor locks eyes with...
3) Total chaos
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This first installment in the legendary "Marseilles Trilogy" sees Fabio Montale turning his back on a police force marred by corruption and racism and taking the fight against the mafia into his own hands. Jean-Claude Izzo achieved astoundingly rapid success with his "Marseilles Trilogy". He died in Marseilles in 2000 at the age of 55
4) Carousel
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A kept woman's murder leads detectives St-Cyr and Kohler to the upper crust of occupied Paris It is December 1942, and the Parisian Gestapo agents pass their days by executing dissidents and plotting the destruction of the Resistance. Homicide detectives Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler, meanwhile, must make do solving the gritty crimes with which the Nazi elite do not bother. Just hours after they learn that St-Cyr's wife and child have died,...
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"The Allied invasion of Europe was the most anticipated event of WWII. In this powerful graphic history, Wayne Vansant tells the intricate story of the planning and execution of Operation Overlord from the perspective of both the Allied and Axis forces"--Provided by publisher.
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Cet ouvrage parle en 16 chapitres de l'Histoire contemporaine, c'est-à-dire essentiellement du vingtième siècle, avec quelques rares échappées vers le vingt-et-unième. La moitié environ concerne l'Histoire de France, le reste l'Histoire mondiale. J'écris "environ" puisque l'Histoire de France peut évidemment recouper l'Histoire mondiale.L'ensemble fait approximativement 584 Ko. Chacun de ces textes fut publié dans les années deux mille...
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A practical guide to Paris for the tourist interested in exploring the dark and macabre side of the City of Light. This book highlights places connected with the more gruesome aspects of French history from the 16th century to just after the French Revolution. Visits to prison sites, museums, cemeteries, and places of torture and execution are interspersed with stories of notorious criminals and notable historical figures. Discover where to see a...
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Nadie mejor que François Dosse para asumir semejante reto: escribir una narrativa, panorámica y sistemática, de la aventura histórica y creativa de los intelectuales franceses en su momento de hegemonía mundial.
El primer volumen—de 1944 a 1968—abarca los años de Sartre y Beauvoir y sus refutaciones, las relaciones contrastadas con el comunismo, la conmoción de 1956, la Guerra de Argelia, los inicios del Tercermundismo, la irrupción del...
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Amidst the tumult of the Algerian War, "8th January 1961: Shifting Sands" delves into a pivotal moment in history when the fate of Algeria hung in the balance. This comprehensive narrative chronicles the lead-up to and aftermath of the historic referendum on self-determination held on January 8th, 1961.Within these pages, the book unveils the intricate web of events, exploring the roots of the conflict within the colonial legacy, the emergence of...
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If not for the events of 1759, the entire history of the world would have been different. Called the "Year of Victories," 1759 was the fourth year of the Seven Years, or the French-and-Indian War and defeat of the French paved the way for the global hegemony of the English language. Guiding us through England's conquests (and often extremely narrow victories), Frank McLynn (Wagons West) brilliantly interweaves primary sources, ranging from material...
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A wise and funny novel about the kind of love that extends beyond boundaries - within this world and into the next. Raised in the Tennessee hills in the 1950s by a widower father, Jude grows into a young woman who finds her soul mate in her new neighbor Molly. But when age and social convention intervene, she must find a new person to entrust with her heart. Venturing north to pursue all that '60s New York has to offer, Jude finds comfort in her childhood...
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Already provoking debate and garnering significant attention in France and within the wine world, Vino Business is a surprising and eye-opening book about the dark side of French wine, by acclaimed investigative journalist Isabelle Saporta. While Bordeaux has been a bastion of winemaking tradition and excellence for centuries, in recent decades the industry has changed dramatically under the influence of large-scale international investors. French...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was the wife of two kings, Louis VII of France and Henry II Plantagenet of England, and the mother of two others, Richard the Lionhearted and John Lackland. In her eventful, often stormy life, she not only influenced the course of events in the twelfth century but also encouraged remarkable advances in the literary and fine arts. In this book, experts in five disciplines-history, art history, music, French and English literature-evaluate...
14) The lie
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"Cornwall, 1920. Daniel Branwell has survived the First World War and returned to the small fishing town where he was born. Behind him are the trenches and the most intense relationship of his life. As he works on the land, struggling to make a living in the aftermath of war, he is drawn deeper and deeper into the traumas of the past and memories of his dearest friend and his first love. As the drama unfolds, Daniel is haunted by the terrible, unforeseen...
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Unlock the secrets of Paris's charm with this handy visual guidebook. Learn the history of the city's most famous landmarks, grasp their fascinating details and discover dozens of lesser-known architectural gems. Whether you are a Paris regular or visiting for the first time, this guide will help you understand how the city acquired its unique and beautiful design palette and recommend ways to experience it more fully with self-guided walking tours...
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With one bounced check, Nancy Brook's world collapsed around her. She was charged with a felony and thrown in jail even though her husband had pilfered money out of their business account. Eventually, the charges were dismissed, but her marriage and business were over. A decade later at age forty-three, Nancy thrived as a bank vice president and single parent. Still, she couldn't get her dating act together. After seven break-ups in seven years, she...
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This vividly written account of the epic four-year campaign is "particularly worth reading [for] aspects of the Great War rarely discussed in other texts" -Roads to the Great War
The annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918, the largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict. During 1914 and 1915 though, amid the dense forest, French and Italian...
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The flag of France is one of the six flags that have flown over Texas, but all that many people know about the French presence in Texas is the ill-fated explorer Cavelier de La Salle, fabled pirate Jean Laffite, or Cajun music and food. Yet the French have made lasting contributions to Texas history and culture that deserve to be widely known and appreciated. In this book, François Lagarde and thirteen other experts present original articles that...
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Le 16 mai 1958 en Algérie, on assista à d'étonnantes scènes de fraternisation entre Européens et Musulmans. Jusqu'à quel point peut-on y croire? Le 3 juillet 1958, après 128 ans de colonisation, les Musulmans algériens reçurent la citoyenneté française pleine et entière. N'est-ce pas le même Président de la République qui la leur retira le 3 juillet 1962 ?Le 21 mai 1981 fut élu un Président de la République qui promettait aux étrangers...
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¿Cómo nació la idea de socialismo? No fue una iluminación momentánea ni el producto inspirado de un solo pensador, sino un lento proceso que involucró a dos o tres generaciones de luchadores, filósofos, reformadores y militantes, que culminaron en la síntesis elaborada por Marx y Engels en las vísperas de la revolución de 1848. Este libro intenta dar cuenta de cómo ese conjunto de nociones nacieron como una crítica del régimen instaurado...
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