Author: Paul Jankowski
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801439599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Jankowski recounts Stavisky's notorious schemes and untimely demise, the deadly riot that rocked Paris in its wake, the fall of successive governments including that of Edouard Daladier, and the spectacular trial of many of the swindler's accomplices. "Much against his will, Sacha Stavisky," the author observes, "ignited an explosion that briefly engulfed the entire system of government.""--BOOK JACKET.
Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
Author: Ann Blades
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When six of her seven kids are swallowed by a wicked wolf, Old Mother Goat devises a way to rescue them.
Publisher: Groundwood Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
When six of her seven kids are swallowed by a wicked wolf, Old Mother Goat devises a way to rescue them.
Stavisky
Author: Paul Jankowski
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801439599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Jankowski recounts Stavisky's notorious schemes and untimely demise, the deadly riot that rocked Paris in its wake, the fall of successive governments including that of Edouard Daladier, and the spectacular trial of many of the swindler's accomplices. "Much against his will, Sacha Stavisky," the author observes, "ignited an explosion that briefly engulfed the entire system of government.""--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801439599
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
"Jankowski recounts Stavisky's notorious schemes and untimely demise, the deadly riot that rocked Paris in its wake, the fall of successive governments including that of Edouard Daladier, and the spectacular trial of many of the swindler's accomplices. "Much against his will, Sacha Stavisky," the author observes, "ignited an explosion that briefly engulfed the entire system of government.""--BOOK JACKET.
Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)
Author: Alphonse Daudet
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Le Petit Chose (1868), translated into English as Little Good-For-Nothing and Little What's-His-Name (1898, Jane Minot Sedgwick), is an autobiographical memoir by French author Alphonse Daudet. The novel recounts Daudet's early years from childhood, through boarding school, and finally to Paris and his first successes as an author. It was Daudet's first published, though not first written, work.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Le Petit Chose (1868), translated into English as Little Good-For-Nothing and Little What's-His-Name (1898, Jane Minot Sedgwick), is an autobiographical memoir by French author Alphonse Daudet. The novel recounts Daudet's early years from childhood, through boarding school, and finally to Paris and his first successes as an author. It was Daudet's first published, though not first written, work.
Illustrated Animal Stories
Author: Lesley Sims
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794522353
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mischievous monkeys, sly foxes and a magic goose...This lively collection contains ten traditional tales to amuse and delight.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794522353
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Mischievous monkeys, sly foxes and a magic goose...This lively collection contains ten traditional tales to amuse and delight.
The Hollow Years
Author: Eugen Weber
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393314793
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Competitive intellectual preening grew more vapid, competitive political aspersions more scurrilous. The general public grumbled, tightened belts, struck, rioted, and, when all else failed, rounded on immigrants: "unwanted strangers, intruders, parasites, speaking in strange accents and cooking with strange smells."
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393314793
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Competitive intellectual preening grew more vapid, competitive political aspersions more scurrilous. The general public grumbled, tightened belts, struck, rioted, and, when all else failed, rounded on immigrants: "unwanted strangers, intruders, parasites, speaking in strange accents and cooking with strange smells."
Journal of American Folklore
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
Les Livres de L'année
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Little Vampire Goes to School
Author:
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780689857171
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A lonely little vampire, yearning for a friend, gets permission from the other monsters to go to school and makes the acquaintance of a boy who does not believe that vampires are real.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 9780689857171
Category : Caricatures and cartoons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A lonely little vampire, yearning for a friend, gets permission from the other monsters to go to school and makes the acquaintance of a boy who does not believe that vampires are real.
Histoire Des Livres Populaires, Ou, de la Littérature Du Colportage, Depuis L'origine de L'imprimerie Jusqu'à L'établissement de la Commission D'examen Des Livres Du Colportage--30 Novembre 1852
Author: Charles Nisard
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Almanacs
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Marie Marvingt, Fiancee of Danger
Author: Rosalie Maggio
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476634076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bomber pilot in history, fought in World War I disguised as a man, took part in the Resistance of World War II, was the first to survive crossing the English Channel in a balloon, worked all her life as a journalist, spent years in North Africa and invented metal skis. Her life story was so unusually rich in exploits and accomplishments that some dismissed it as a hoax. This biography explores the life of "the most incredible woman since Joan of Arc" and investigates the reasons she has been forgotten. Known as the "fiancee of danger," she was the model for the silent film series The Perils of Pauline.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476634076
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Marie Marvingt (1875-1963) set the world's first women's aviation records, won the only gold medal for outstanding performance in all sports, invented the airplane ambulance, was the first female bomber pilot in history, fought in World War I disguised as a man, took part in the Resistance of World War II, was the first to survive crossing the English Channel in a balloon, worked all her life as a journalist, spent years in North Africa and invented metal skis. Her life story was so unusually rich in exploits and accomplishments that some dismissed it as a hoax. This biography explores the life of "the most incredible woman since Joan of Arc" and investigates the reasons she has been forgotten. Known as the "fiancee of danger," she was the model for the silent film series The Perils of Pauline.