Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50, Paperback - Agnes Poirier

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The phenomenon of Paris between 1940 and 1950 playing host to many of the artists, writers and intellectuals who influence us today is the subject ...

The creation, history and near destruction of Notre-Dame - and the reconstruction controversyIllustrations: 8-page colour plate section

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Reducere. Wine insiders called André Tchelistcheff the "winemaker's winemaker, " the "wine doctor, " and simply "maestro." After Prohibition brought Napa Val...

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A book about the rise of English nationalism and the impending breakup of the United Kingdom.

A book about the rise of English nationalism and the impending breakup of the United Kingdom.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Gavin EslerNumber of...

Publisher: Rutgers University PressAuthor(s): Blair DavisIllustration(s): 15 photographsNumber of pages: 280Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 153 x...

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Reducere. The book is an affirmation of education and an espousal of cooperative democracy as a way of life for the new Africa. It contains as well a report ...

Reducere. The book is an affirmation of education and an espousal of cooperative democracy as a way of life for the new Africa. It contains as well a report ...

An updated edition of Big Whiskey, the definitive guide to the American Whiskey Trail. This updated edition of the definitive guide to the American...

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DescriptionEver since Deng Xiaoping effectively de-radicalized China in the 1980s, there have been many debates about which path China would follow...

Anglo-American relations, the so-called 'Special Relationship', reached a new era with the rise of New Labour and the New Democrats in the late-198...

Reducere. Much of the confusion about a central event in United States history begins with the name: the Civil War. In reality, the Civil War was not merely ...

Glorious Reinvention looks at Johan Cruyff's call for change at Ajax, the peaceful takeover as former players took up high positions at the club an...

The Justice League Dark team is called into action by Wonder Woman in hopes of finding Pandora's Box, which may hold the only answers to save an ai...

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Rebirth at 50: in the End, it was not The End a moving, raw and inspiring memoir that you will not be able to put down If you, or someone close to ...

In 1956, the era of tail-finned cars and nineteen-cents-a-gallon gasoline, the Missouri Pacific Railroad emerged on the corporate scene as a privat...

First detailed account in English of this vital period of the Battle of Verdun.

Reducere. Never afraid to take on tough cases or tackle difficult issues, here in From Freedom to Slavery Gerry Spence comes at us uncensored, with his passi...

Ancient linear fortifications on the Lower Danube. Proceedings of the national colloquium “ancient linear fortifications on the left bank of the Lower

Despite great progress around the world in getting more kids into schools, too many leave without even the most basic skills. This title argues tha...

DescriptionA confession fifty years in the making puts everyone's favorite Paris d t ctive tr s chic, Aim e Leduc, on a collision course with the "...

An arresting account of the birth of SOF through the prism of the Iran Hostage Rescue attempt by a direct observer.

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Reducere. The spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied Paris On June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a silent and nearly deserted Paris. Eight da...

Reducere. "Simply put, Harry Mathias has done it again. "The Death & Rebirth of Cinema" solidifies Mathias's standing as THE great translator of film-to-digi...

Reducere. The critically acclaimed, indispensible illustrated monograph on Agnes Martin, published to accompany the major retrospective exhibition organized ...

Reducere. Essays, journalism and essays by the brilliant, indispensable George Orwell from 1940 to 1943. Even many decades after his death, the more we read ...

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Agnes Varda is a prolific film director, photographer, and artist whose cinematic career spans more than six decades. Today she is best known as th...

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Contributor(s): Author: Pernille RippHow do we inspire students to love reading and discovery? In Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engag...

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The Art of Holy Week and Easter is full of Sister Wendy Beckett's insightful meditations on thirty of the world's greatest pieces of Christian art ...

Reducere. The Art and Science of Compassion, A Primer offers a succinct, all-in-one introduction to the full gamut of compassion, from the evolutional, biolo...