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Marcel Proust
Pleasures and Days: A New Translation
Pleasures and Days , originally titled Les Plaisirs et les Jours and published in 1896, is a beautifully crafted collection of stories, essays, and prose poems that reveal Marcel Proust’s early literary talent and the themes he would explore throughout his life’s work. In this collection, Proust...
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Marcel Proust
Pleasures and Days: A New Translation
Pleasures and Days , originally titled Les Plaisirs et les Jours and published in 1896, is a beautifully crafted collection of stories, essays, and prose poems that reveal Marcel Proust’s early literary talent and the themes he would explore throughout his life’s work. In this collection, Proust...
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Mai Pham
Pleasures of the Vietnamese Table: Recipes and Reminiscences from Vietnam's Best Market Kitchens, Street Cafes, and Home Cooks
A land of vibrant cultures and vivid contrasts, Vietnam is also home to some of the most delicious and intriguing food in the world. While its cooking traditions have been influenced by those of China, France, and even India, Vietnam has created a cuisine with a spirit and a flavor all its own. Chef...
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Christina Hardyment
Pleasures of the Garden: A Literary Anthology
This collection of classic garden writing presents the garden as place of solace in our busy world, a retreat for lovers, and even an earthly paradise. Bringing together a wide range of voices from across the centuries and around the globe―from Pliny in first-century Italy to Robert Louis Stevenso...
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Sybille Bedford
Pleasures and Landscapes
Sybille Bedford once wrote that travel writing is inseparable from the writer's tastes, idiosyncrasies, and general temperament--it is what happens to him when he is confronted with a column, a bird, a sage, a cheat, a riot; wine, fruit, dirt; the delay in the dirt, the failing airplane. Pleasures a...
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Bob Fancher
Pleasures of Small Motions: Mastering The Mental Game Of Pocket Billiards
A psychotherapist and pool columnist breaks new ground by applying good science to the mental game of billiards and gives invaluable insight on competitive play. "Nothing better. . . has ever been done on pool's mental game.' --George Fels, Billiards Digest Everyone who plays pool knows that it is...
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Morten L. Kringelbach
Pleasures of the Brain (Series in Affective Science)
Pleasure is fundamental to well-being and the quality of life, but until recently, was barely explored by science. Current research on pleasure has brought about ground-breaking developments on several fronts, and new data on pleasure and the brain have begun to converge from many disparate fields. ...
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Paul N Moyer PhD
Pleasures and Bliss, Hassles and Storms: Process Psychology
The basic premise is that emotions are as logical as reason and just as important to a healthy life. From the first breath, every baby experiences pleasures or pains and quickly learns to recognize what leads to either. Thus, the child learns to avoid pain before it happens and to expect what please...
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Marti Shane
Pleasures of the Pride (Promise Lake)
Enemies to lovers – fast-paced – high-stakes – secret romance. Alexis suspects she has a sister, Sam, when she settles her father’s estate. It breaks her heart that he might have cheated on her mother and lied to her. Her attempt to discover why Sam’s mother was deeded the property leads...
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Compton Reeves
Pleasures and Pastimes in Later Medieval England
A study of Medieval leisure activities. This book looks at how people from all classes of medieval society enjoyed themselves when not about their daily chores. Used Book in Good Condition...
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Marcel Proust
Pleasures and Days and "Memory" / Les Plaisirs et les Jours et "Souvenir" Short Stories by Marcel Proust: A Dual-Language Book (Dover Dual Language
Set amid the salon society of fin-de-siècle Paris, these captivating tales offer satirical and moving depictions of metropolitan life. Proust's stunning debut chronicles the lives, loves, manners, and motivations of a fascinating cast of characters. These philosophical reflections, brief narratives...
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Anton Diabelli
Pleasures of Youth: Six Sonatinas on Five Notes, Op. 163 (Kalmus Edition)
Expertly arranged Piano Sonatinas by Anton Diabelli from the Kalmus Edition series. These Intermediate / Advanced Sonatinas are from the Classical and Romantic eras....
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Burton Anderson
Pleasures of the Italian Table: Italy's Celebrated Foods And the Artisans Who Make Them
The author profiles Italians who continue to follow traditional methods of raising and refining foods despite the regulations favouring mass production which have lowered culinary standards across Europe. Join the author on his quests, from the edge of the Alps to the far reaches of Sicily, tracking...
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Kim Waller
Pleasures of Tea: Recipes & Rituals
Celebrate the delights of this nectar of the gods. More than 35 recipes for tea-related confections and parties help you plan special and fun occasions--including a wedding shower tea, Christmas tea, and tea party for children. Find out about pretty teacups and pots; about the business of tea (from ...
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Edward Giobbi
Pleasures Of The Good Earth (Knopf Cooks American)
More than two hundred recipes celebrate the joys of growing and cooking one's own food, offering tips on gardening, foraging for wild foods, making wine, curing meats, and putting up vegetables for winter The unifying theme of this latest volume in Knopf's impressive series is the idea of eating off...
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John Swain
Pleasures of the Torture Chamber
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Anton Diabelli
Pleasures of Youth (6 Sonatinas on 5 Notes), Op. 163
(Piano Duet). One Piano, Four Hands....
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Susannah Seton
Simple Pleasures of the Kitchen: Recipes, Crafts and Comforts from the Heart (Simple Pleasures Series)
The kitchen really is the heart of the home. It's the first place family and friends gather, not only to prepare and eat food, but to chat, sip tea, snack on home-baked cookies, unwind after a tough day, and reconnect with loved ones. The latest in the Simple Pleasures series of books, Simple Pleas...
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Alan Jacobs
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
In recent years, cultural commentators have sounded the alarm about the dire state of reading in America. Americans are not reading enough, they say, or reading the right books, in the right way. In this book, Alan Jacobs argues that, contrary to the doomsayers, reading is alive and well in America...
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Peter Hook
Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division
In Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division , Peter Hook, bassist for the legendary, groundbreaking band Joy Division, takes readers backstage with the group that helped define the sound of a generation and influenced artists such as U2, Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Unlike other books ab...
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