At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation in scientific and industrial...
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Author:Merrett, Robert JamesSummary: -
Author:Ennis, Frances, Wakeham, BobSummary:History has told us in unambiguous terms that the statistics from July 1, 1916, were grim and shocking. Most Newfoundlanders and Labradorians can recite the facts on cue: 801 men went “over the top” at Beaumont-Hamel, France; all but...
- Author:Meltzer, BradSummary:
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize, physicist and chemist Marie Curie is the 19th hero in the New York Times bestselling book biography series about heroes. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our...
- Author:Cadieux, MarieSummary:
Martin est un adolescent normal vivant à Dieppe. Mais la guerre fait rage et son pays, la France, est occupé par les Nazis. La cohabitation est difficile et les conditions de vie, précaires. Logé chez Madame Agnès, une vieille dame...
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Author:Kacer, KathySummary:The remarkable true story of a young girl named Edith and the French village of Moissac that helped her and many other children during the Holocaust. The town's mayor and citizens concealed the presence of hundreds of Jewish children...
- Author:Duncan, MikeSummary:
From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times bestselling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he...
- Author:LaFevers, RobinSummary:
À 17 ans, Ismae échappe à la brutalité d’un mariage arrangé et trouve refuge dans le couvent de Saint-Mortain, où les religieuses vénèrent encore les anciens dieux. Elle y apprend que le dieu de la Mort lui-même lui a accordé de...
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Author:Zola, ÉmileSummary:Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railway worker, is a clever but uneducated young man with a dangerous temper. Forced to take a back-breaking job at Le Voreux mine when he cannot get other work, he discovers that his fellow miners are ill...
- Author:Baraton, AlainSummary:
For gardening aficionados and Francophiles, a love letter to the Versailles Palace and grounds, from the man who knows them best. In Alain Baraton's Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its...
- Author:Moore, TimSummary:
A grueling cycling event featuring some of the world's greatest athletes, the Tour de France was clearly not meant for the likes of Moore. Pedaling off weeks before the actual race begins, Moore nonetheless tackles the course with what...
- Author:Ozick, CynthiaSummary:
Ozick crafts a retelling of Henry James' The ambassadors--using its plot, yet infusing the novel with an all new place, time, and meaning. It's 1952, and middle-aged Bea Nightingale reluctantly agrees to fly to Paris to help convince...
- Author:Groot, TracySummary:
A retelling of the Old Testament tale of Rahab the harlot that takes place in Nazi-occupied France. After American fighter pilot Tom Jaeger is shot down and harbored by the French Resistance, he figures prominently in a plan to...
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Author:Chevallier, GabrielSummary:In 1915, Jean Dartemont heads off to the Great War, an eager conscript. Soon, however, the vaunted "war to end all wars" is just an unimaginable, unceasing slaughter. Wounded, Jean returns from the front to discover a world where no one...
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Author:Carmichael, JodiSummary:While on a family vacation, three cousins discover their Great-Grandad's memories and hidden messages throughout the streets of Paris.
- Author:Meublat, Sarah, Gaboury, LouiseSummary:
Le guide Ulysse Explorez Nice et la Côte d'Azur est l'outil idéal pour planifier un voyage et tirer le maximum d'un séjour sur la Côte d'Azur, cette célèbre portion des Alpes maritimes et du littoral méditerranéen français. Tout en...
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Author:de Rochmondet, G.M., Léger, BenoitSummary:En 1830, Madame G.M. de Rochmondet publie à compte d'auteur les Études sur la traduction de l'anglais, un ouvrage qui se distingue des ouvrages antérieurs sur la question de la traduction de l'anglais vers le français....
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Author:Hasni, Abdelkrim, Lebeaume, JoëlSummary:Au cours de la dernière décennie, l'nseignement scolaire au Québec et en France a été profondément renouvelé et reconfiguré par des actions publiques en matière d'éducation et par les missions affectées à l'enseignement...
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Author:Rips, Paul-HenriSummary:The son of an Antwerp diamond merchant, Paul-Henri Rips was ten when the Nazis invaded Belgium and ended his “golden childhood” forever. Guided by his father’s admonition to “Sei a mensch” (Be a decent person), Rips managed to hold onto...
- Author:May, PeterSummary:
What happened to Jacques Gaillard? The brilliant teacher at the École Nationale d'Administration, who trained some of France's best and brightest as future prime ministers and presidents, vanished ten years ago, presumably from Paris....
- Author:Orwell, GeorgeSummary:
The first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is an account of living on the breadline in Paris and the...
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