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Jean Bloch
Rousseauism and Education in Eighteenth-century France (Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment 1995)
This volume examines the evolving reputation of Rousseau as an authority on education in France from the publication of Emile in 1762 to the fall of the Jacobins in 1794. It takes as its focus the centrality of the debate over private and public education. The author argues that what unites Rouss...
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Olivier Rolin
Paper Tiger
Their generation was anything but lost, at least in the beginning. Filled with fiery ambition and idealistic to a fault, they found their voice in the Paris of 1968 and were intent on exposing the powers of repression and the demons of Western capitalism (and what, really, was the difference?)—by ...
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Stéphane Carlier
Clara Reads Proust
'An elegant and quietly lyrical charting of a life changed by books'  Irish Times A tender and witty coming-of-age story about the power of literature to inspire new beginnings, peppered with a cast of quirky characters and a unique heroine.  Clara is a hairdresser at Cindy Coiffure, a sleepy Fren...
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Lynn Picknett
The Sion Revelation: The Truth About the Guardians of Christ's Sacred Bloodline
An essential notion in the #1 New York Times bestseller The Da Vinci Code is the existence of an age-old French society, the Priory of Sion, whose task it is to protect Christ's sacred bloodline. In The Sion Revelation, Picknett and Prince reveal the story of the Priory, taking readers on a h...
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Simon Firth
Bond in France
In 1953, it is in France that James Bond was introduced to the world. Ian Fleming's inaugural book, Casino Royale, saw James Bond in a fictionalised northern coastal town called Royale-les-Eaux. Fleming would ensure his hero would return to France in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Goldfinger, From...
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Gene Wilder
What Is This Thing Called Love?: Stories
For a romantic, it's life's ultimate question: What is This Thing Called Love? Actor and novelist Gene Wilder explores twelve possible answers in this emotionally involving book about different kinds of love: star-crossed, intense, needy, eternal, unrequited and even comical. With delicacy of feelin...
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Philippe Pozzo di Borgo
A Second Wind: A Memoir
Now a major motion picture— The Upside— starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart, and Nicole Kidman. Discover the moving and heartfelt #1 international bestseller and inspiration for the film The Upside about an aristocratic Frenchman who is paralyzed in an accident and has to adjust to his ne...
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Greg Walters
The Gargoyles of Notre Dame
History meets Fantasy in Revolutionary France! Paris, 1789. The soaring spires of Notre Dame conceal more than prayer and piety. Within the cathedral lies the secret of the gargoyles, mystical creatures bound by ancient magic to the aristocracy. For centuries, these stone sentinels have ensured th...
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SUNKTA
SUNKTA Military Smart Watch for Men(Answer/Dial Calls),100 Sports Modes, 5ATM Waterproof,1.39''HD Touchscreen Fitness Watch,with Heart Rate/SpO2 for
【Military Grade Standard & 5ATM Waterproof】This military smart watch for men is made of special composite materials and a metal shell, making it rugged and durable. Njord gear smart watch has passed various tests for durability, including drilling, crushing, exposure to hot steam, salt spray, an...
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Joseph W.M. Bebo
Family Legends - The Charbonneau Letter
This story is about one of my ancestors who was on the Lewis and Clark expedition. Toussaint Charbonneau was an old French trapper who had recently won an Indian girl named Sacagawea in a game of chance. She was pregnant with their first child. This is the story of their adventure together with the ...
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Alain Finkielkraut
The Imaginary Jew (Texts and Contexts)
The Holocaust changed what it means to be a Jew, for Jew and non-Jew alike. Much of the discussion about this new meaning is a storm of contradictions. In The Imaginary Jew , Alain Finkielkraut describes with passion and acuity his own passage through that storm. Finkielkraut decodes the shifts in...
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Elaine P. Miller
The Vegetative Soul: From Philosophy of Nature to Subjectivity in the Feminine (Contemporary Contin Philosophy)
Rethinks the soul in plant-like terms rather than animal, drawing from nineteenth-century philosophy of nature. The Vegetative Soul demonstrates that one significant resource for the postmodern critique of subjectivity can be found in German Idealism and Romanticism, specifically in the philosophy...
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Gaito Gazdanov
The Buddha's Return (Pushkin Collection)
A noir mystery by the acclaimed modernist Russian master, set in the Paris underworld. “An excellent novel by any standard, …especially remarkable for joining the philosophical underpinnings of the Russians with the intrigue of a French thriller.” — Publishers Weekly , Starred Review A m...
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Anthony Pagden
Peoples and Empires: A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece tothe Present (Modern Library Chronicles)
Written by one of the world’s foremost historians of human migration, Peoples and Empires is the story of the great European empires—the Roman, the Spanish, the French, the British—and their colonies, and the back-and-forth between “us” and “them,” culture and nature, civilization an...
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Patricia Mink Rath
The Why of the Buy: Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing - Bundle Book + Studio Access Card
Even as the fashion industry changes rapidly with new technologies, styles and trendsetters, one thing remains constant: the customer is key. But with more competition than ever before, how do fashion brands reach elusive customers and even more crucially, establish loyalty? This thoroughly updated ...
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Douglas J. Penick
Winter Light: On Late Life's Radiance
In the contemporary West, the elderly are regarded as somehow “other,” no longer who they used to be, no longer full members of the worlds they once inhabited. Being old is seen as a medical management issue. But old age is not a defective version of what preceded it; it is — like childhood, a...
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Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (Paraclete Essentials)
The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence is a timeless spiritual classic that has inspired millions for centuries. First published after the author's death in 1691, this beloved devotional reveals the simple yet profound secret to experiencing God in everyday life—not just in pra...
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Lindsay Eagar
The Patron Thief of Bread
“Imbued with real suspense and a gorgeous warmth. . . . An utterly enchanting exploration of family in its many forms.” — Booklist (starred review) Fished from the river as an infant and raised by a band of street urchins who call themselves the Crowns, eight-year-old Duck keeps her head d...
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Georges Didi-Huberman
The Surviving Image: Phantoms of Time and Time of Phantoms: Aby Warburg's History of Art
The Surviving Image , originally published in French in 2002, is the result of Georges Didi-Huberman’s extensive research into the life and work of foundational art historian Aby Warburg. Warburg envisioned an art history that engaged with anthropology, psychoanalysis, and philosophy in order to u...
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Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Murder in the Bistro (The Maggie Newberry Mystery Series)
Is there a connection between the cat found napping in the flour barrel of the newest bistro and the dead American chef in the meat freezer? When it comes to Maggie Newberry and the cranky villagers of St-Buvard, how could there not be? Once more back in Provence, Maggie finds her hands full with vi...
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