A Story Between Jest and Earnest is a 1935 science fiction novel by the British author Olaf Stapledon. The novel explores the theme of the Übermensch (superman) in the character of John...
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Auteur: Slade, ArthurSommaire:At the age of nine, John Diefenbaker announced, "I'm going to be prime minister when I grow up." He never lost sight of his goal. Diefenbaker was prime minister of Canada from 1957-...
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Auteur: Ferguson, Trevor, Steenhout, IvanSommaire:Lorsque nous rencontrons Onyx John Cameron pour la première fois, il est confortablement installé sur la côte du Maine avec sa sensuelle maîtresse Oréo. Mais cet idyllique tableau s’altère à...
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Auteur: Mosley, WalterSommaire:
At twelve years old, Cornelius secretly takes over his father's job at a silent film theater in New York's East Village. After his father dies and his mother disappears, Cornelius sets...
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Auteur: Evans, GarySommaire:John Grierson, founder of both the British documentary film movement and the National Film Board of Canada, was one of the twentieth century’s most influential personalities in film culture. He...
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Auteur: O'Hagan, HowardSommaire:The awesome terrain of the Rocky Mountains is the setting for this extraordinary novel about a heroic man who boldly defies destiny. Tay John, a messianic halfbreed, is fated to lead his people to...
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Auteur: Schofield, AnakanaSommaire:Martin John sits beside you on the train. Can he see that look on your face? He needs to see that look in your eyes, the surprise of his touch upon your leg, and your repugnance. Despite his work'...
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Auteur: TROLLOPE, AnthonySommaire:
After a rather dissolute youth and having been disowned by his father, John Caldigate sets sail for Australia with his friend Dick Shand hoping to make his fortune in the goldfields in New South...
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Auteur: Magee, DavidSommaire:
While other American businesses are crumbling under low-cost foreign competition, John Deere Company thrives by maintaining such ideas as building the best product, being open for change and...
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Auteur: Olson, James StuartSommaire:Biography and John Wayne. Chapters: God, Lincoln, and the Golden Gate -- He's just been playing himself all these years -- Scholarship boy -- Driven by a Ford -- Poverty row --...
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Auteur: Stahr, WalterSommaire:
From the award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of Seward and Stanton, here is the critically acclaimed and definitive biography of John Jay: a major Founding Father, a true national...
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Auteur: Whitehead, ColsonSommaire:
E-journalist J. Sutter travels to West Virginia for the first John Henry Days celebration.
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Auteur: Hamilton, Alice JaneSommaire:This creative nonfiction biography of the celebrated Arctic explorer Dr. John Rae begins in 1854 when, on a mapping expedition to the Boothia Peninsula, Rae discovers the missing link in the...
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Auteur: Wilson, John W.Sommaire:
The Great Depression continues to sweep across the land where the Brazos and Navasota rivers meet, taking with it the hope of many poor black farmers. One of these farmers, young Cleveland Webster...
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Auteur: ADAMS, TimSommaire:Full of smart observation and observed digression.