Author: Colin Jones
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440626995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the muse of nineteenth-century Impressionist painters, and much more. Jones’s masterful narrative is enhanced by numerous photographs and feature boxes—on the Bastille or Josephine Baker, for instance—that complete a colorful and comprehensive portrait of a place that has endured Vikings, Black Death, and the Nazis to emerge as the heart of a resurgent Europe. This is a thrilling companion for history buffs and backpack, or armchair, travelers alike.
Paris
Author: Colin Jones
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440626995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the muse of nineteenth-century Impressionist painters, and much more. Jones’s masterful narrative is enhanced by numerous photographs and feature boxes—on the Bastille or Josephine Baker, for instance—that complete a colorful and comprehensive portrait of a place that has endured Vikings, Black Death, and the Nazis to emerge as the heart of a resurgent Europe. This is a thrilling companion for history buffs and backpack, or armchair, travelers alike.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440626995
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the muse of nineteenth-century Impressionist painters, and much more. Jones’s masterful narrative is enhanced by numerous photographs and feature boxes—on the Bastille or Josephine Baker, for instance—that complete a colorful and comprehensive portrait of a place that has endured Vikings, Black Death, and the Nazis to emerge as the heart of a resurgent Europe. This is a thrilling companion for history buffs and backpack, or armchair, travelers alike.
Madame de Svign
Author: Frances Mossiker
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231061537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
This biography of Mme de Sevigne brings to life the world of seventeenth-century France, a mother and her daughter, a writer and her brilliant letters. The passion and the pathos of this correspondence brings us as close as we can come to the mind of a woman in the court of Louis XIV.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231061537
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
This biography of Mme de Sevigne brings to life the world of seventeenth-century France, a mother and her daughter, a writer and her brilliant letters. The passion and the pathos of this correspondence brings us as close as we can come to the mind of a woman in the court of Louis XIV.
Paris Escapades
Author: Peter Blake
Publisher: Enitharmon Press
ISBN: 9781907587153
Category : Collage, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Paris Escapades is a book of Paris collages by Sir Peter Blake. Blake features many familiar monuments in his Paris pictures but submerges them in extraordinary events that turn them into the stuff of dreams.
Publisher: Enitharmon Press
ISBN: 9781907587153
Category : Collage, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Paris Escapades is a book of Paris collages by Sir Peter Blake. Blake features many familiar monuments in his Paris pictures but submerges them in extraordinary events that turn them into the stuff of dreams.
The Living Age
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Languages : en
Pages : 842
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Languages : en
Pages : 842
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The Underworld of Paris
Author: Harry James Greenwall
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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Category : Paris (France)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Writing Paris
Author: Marcy E. Schwartz
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791441510
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Explores Paris as a desired and imagined place in Latin American postcolonial identity, uncovering the city's class, gender, political, and aesthetic resonances for Latin America
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791441510
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Explores Paris as a desired and imagined place in Latin American postcolonial identity, uncovering the city's class, gender, political, and aesthetic resonances for Latin America
Littell's Living Age
Author: Eliakim Littell
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Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Pages : 840
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The Paris Assignment
Author: Addison Fox
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460315812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
"I didn't hire you to be my bodyguard." It was obviously an inside job—and security expert Campbell Steele figured he'd have to get very close to his new client, CEO Abigail McBane, to uncover the traitor. But when an electronic blip led to a bullet, he had to move fast…. Suddenly the commitment-shy expert is posing as Abby's lover and jetting off to a conference in Paris. The city of lovers should be the perfect cover to trap the enemy. As the stakes keep rising, they soon realize it isn't just her company the traitor wants, but Abby herself. And Campbell isn't about to lose what he's claimed as his own….
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460315812
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
"I didn't hire you to be my bodyguard." It was obviously an inside job—and security expert Campbell Steele figured he'd have to get very close to his new client, CEO Abigail McBane, to uncover the traitor. But when an electronic blip led to a bullet, he had to move fast…. Suddenly the commitment-shy expert is posing as Abby's lover and jetting off to a conference in Paris. The city of lovers should be the perfect cover to trap the enemy. As the stakes keep rising, they soon realize it isn't just her company the traitor wants, but Abby herself. And Campbell isn't about to lose what he's claimed as his own….
Wildcatting
Author: Eloise Sterling Hirt
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438903006
Category : Oil well drilling
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Word from the Author In a world filled with so many unanswered questions, its hard to find answers for the many questions without proper gudiance. We are yet faced with the missing piece of the puzzle trying to make it fit, yet everyone is searching. Without proper prayer and study of the scriptures, our perspective becomes confused. I have been expired by the anointing of such a great God to write this book. About twenty years ago, I wrote my first fiction novel but never published it. Today, my life has changed as I have been moved by the anointing of God to write. I have sought the Lord diligently for his will and direction for my life. Sometimes what we will is not always God's will. We make promises and never commit to them. We lose battles but never seek the definition of why we lost the battle and were never able to overcome it. You have decision in life, and choices, and for the most part, we choose which decisions we will make. As a born again believer of the Apostolic persuasion, I have been taught down through the years, and to this day I believe that the Lord has a destiny for my life, and whatever he has destined, it will come to birth. I currently attend Greater Grace Apostolic Faith Church, I thank God for all the men and women of God whom have made positive deposit into my life. The God we serve is a covenant God. What we will is not always his will... My prayer is that as you read this book, that the spirit of God will make a new manifestation in your life. I hope the spirit of love will begin flourishing in your life, and that the Glory of God may be revealed, and that you will experience a revelation from the God that made the heaven and the earth, who is the creator of this marvelous creation. It is my belief that when you read this book, it will have an inner effect on you as you allow it to minister to your spiritual man, and that it will change your life.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1438903006
Category : Oil well drilling
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
A Word from the Author In a world filled with so many unanswered questions, its hard to find answers for the many questions without proper gudiance. We are yet faced with the missing piece of the puzzle trying to make it fit, yet everyone is searching. Without proper prayer and study of the scriptures, our perspective becomes confused. I have been expired by the anointing of such a great God to write this book. About twenty years ago, I wrote my first fiction novel but never published it. Today, my life has changed as I have been moved by the anointing of God to write. I have sought the Lord diligently for his will and direction for my life. Sometimes what we will is not always God's will. We make promises and never commit to them. We lose battles but never seek the definition of why we lost the battle and were never able to overcome it. You have decision in life, and choices, and for the most part, we choose which decisions we will make. As a born again believer of the Apostolic persuasion, I have been taught down through the years, and to this day I believe that the Lord has a destiny for my life, and whatever he has destined, it will come to birth. I currently attend Greater Grace Apostolic Faith Church, I thank God for all the men and women of God whom have made positive deposit into my life. The God we serve is a covenant God. What we will is not always his will... My prayer is that as you read this book, that the spirit of God will make a new manifestation in your life. I hope the spirit of love will begin flourishing in your life, and that the Glory of God may be revealed, and that you will experience a revelation from the God that made the heaven and the earth, who is the creator of this marvelous creation. It is my belief that when you read this book, it will have an inner effect on you as you allow it to minister to your spiritual man, and that it will change your life.
Somebody Else
Author: Charles Nicholl
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226580296
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this compelling biography, Charles Nicholl pieces together the shadowy story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer, and gunrunner in Africa.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226580296
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In this compelling biography, Charles Nicholl pieces together the shadowy story of Rimbaud's life as a trader, explorer, and gunrunner in Africa.