Edmond: 665 books

Book cover of Honoré de Balzac
by Théophile Gautier, Edmond Hédouin
Language: French
Release Date: January 8, 2015

BnF collection ebooks - "Vers 1983, nous habitions deux petites chambres dans l'impasse du Doyenné, à la place à peu près qu'occupe aujourd'hui le pavillon Mollien. Quoique situé au centre de Paris, en face des Tuileries, à deux pas du Louvre, l'endroit était désert et sauvage, et il fallait certes de la persistance pour nous y découvrir."
Book cover of Hokusai
by Edmond de Goncourt
Language: French
Release Date: May 10, 2014

À travers ses peintures élégantes et ses estampes sur bois sublimes, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) est devenu l’un des artistes japonais les plus reconnu au monde. D’un style simple, mettant en scène des courtisanes et des acteurs célèbres, Hokusai a transformé l’art ukiyo-e en un style...
Book cover of Hokusai
by Edmond de Goncourt
Language: French
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Katsushika Hokusai est sans doute l’artiste japonais le plus connu en Occident, et ce, depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle. Reflet de l’expression artistique d’une civilisation isolée, les œuvres de Hokusai, qui furent parmi les premières en provenance du Japon à émerger en Europe, influencèrent...
Book cover of Germaine
by About Edmond
Language: French
Release Date: December 5, 2012

Le 1er janvier 1853, les domestiques de l'hotel de Sanglié à Paris voient la duchesse Mlle Germaine, malade et dont le père est ruiné, aller vendre sa bague au mont-de-piété. Mme de Chermidy lui fait épouser Don Diego pour l'argent. Ils vont en Italie où Germaine se refait une santé. Ils...
Book cover of Hokusai
by Edmond de Goncourt
Language: French
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Katsushika Hokusai est sans doute l’artiste japonais le plus connu en Occident, et ce, depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle. Reflet de l’expression artistique d’une civilisation isolée, les œuvres de Hokusai, qui furent parmi les premières en provenance du Japon à émerger en Europe, influencèrent...
Book cover of Zone of the Marvellous

Zone of the Marvellous

In Search of the Antipodes

by Martin Edmond
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

Imaginative and cerebral, this volume recounts the fantastic history of the antipodes—namely Australia and New Zealand—from the Western perspective over the course of the past five millennia. Tracing the fiction underlying the fact in the tales of, among others, Marco Polo, John Mandeville, and...
Book cover of The Seafood Capital of the World: Biloxi's Maritime History
by Edmond Boudreaux
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2011

Predating even colonial America, Biloxi was established for its welcoming gulf shore both a home for traders and a beacon for explorers of the mainland. Geography made Biloxi a historic maritime hub of trade and travel; the seafood industry made it a vibrant, thriving community. Thanks to the efforts...
Book cover of Hokusai
by Edmond de Goncourt
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014

Through his elegant brush paintings and masterful woodblocks, Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) became one of Japan’s most internationally-renowned artists. A master of Ukiyo-e art, he single-handedly transformed the art form from a simple style focused on courtesans and famous actors into a grander...
Book cover of Hokusai
by Edmond de Goncourt
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014

Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world. Reflecting the artistic expression of an isolated civilisation, the works of Hokusai - one of the first Japanese artists to emerge in Europe -...
Book cover of Masturbation as a Means of Achieving Sexual Health
by Edmond J Coleman, Walter O Bockting
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013

Finally-a thorough and unbiased examination of the psychological and sociological aspects of masturbation This book shows that masturbation is a critical component in the development of sexual health, explores the power-both negative and positive-of the act, and outlines viable ideas for future...
Book cover of RAT: A Cop's Secret Weapon
by Edmond Gagnon
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2013

Police informants exist in a netherworld that very few people dare venture into. They reach out from the darkness to the police, shedding light on the worst of criminals. Their anonymity is crucial to their success and survival. "Rat" tells how one cop used his arsenal of police informants as secret...
Book cover of Creating a College

Creating a College

State of the College 1976-1993

by Edmond L. Volpe
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2003

Creating a College is a collection of President Volpes annual addresses on the state of the College of Staten Island. They constitute a history of the early years of the College, which was established in 1976 by the merger of an upper division institution, Richmond College and Staten Island Community...
Book cover of Bibliocollège - Odyssée, Homère
by Monique Edmond-Bonetto, Marie-Laure Bouchand, Homère
Language: French
Release Date: April 1, 2014

Ulysse, héros grec de la guerre de Troie, celui dont la ruse a permis de mettre fin à un siège de dix ans, voudrait regagner son île d'Ithaque, où l'attendent sa femme Pénélope et son fils Télémaque. Mais les dieux ne l'entendent pas ainsi. Sur le chemin du retour, il doit affronter le Cyclope,...
Book cover of The King of the Mountains
by Edmond About
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013

Researcher Hermann Schultz sets off on a voyage to Greece with the aim of collecting botanical and natural specimens. Once he arrives, however, he finds that his field work will be rather more complicated than he bargained for. The mountain range where he intended to carry out his study is controlled by a shadowy league of thieves and bandits. Will Schultz be able to escape their clutches?
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