Ric: 1687 books

Extrait : "Il n'existe dans l'histoire de l'Angleterre aucun fait maritime dont l'importance puisse être comparée à la destruction de la flotte espagnole envoyée, en 1588, par Philippe II, pour conquérir le royaume d'Elisabeth. Jamais nos voisins d'outre-mer ne coururent un plus grand danger et...

The Ultimate Guide to French Films Are you interested in watching French movies but have no idea where to start? This big list of French movie recommendations will point you to the right way. Whether you are a French learner, a Francophile, or a movie enthusiast, discover new French films you can...

" Je suis devenu ministre par surprise. C'est sans doute vrai puisque je l'ai entendu dire un peu partout. Enfin, j'ai essayé de faire de mon mieux et j'ai quand même tenu trois ans. Avec le recul, ce qui m'a plu aussi dans cette aventure c'est d'avoir osé sauter dans la cage aux lions de...

By the time Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and Michael Clarke entered the studio to begin work on this album, they were basically falling apart at the seams. "Ladyfriend", a song written by Crosby, had just failed miserably as a chart single despite the fact that he lobbied...

In 1971, Canada became the first country to adopt an official policy of multiculturalism. Performing the Intercultural City explores how Toronto—a representative global city in this multicultural country—stages diversity through its many intercultural theater companies and troupes. The book begins...

La confiance de mes concitoyens m’a revêtu du titre de législateur. Ce titre, je l’aurais certes décliné, si je l’avais compris comme faisait Rousseau. « Celui qui ose entreprendre d’instituer un peuple, dit-il, doit se sentir en état de changer, pour...

I Dismember Mama ... Snuff ... Night of a Thousand Cats ... these and many more like-titled examples of cinematic dementia delighted dozens in the grindhouse movie theaters of the sixties, seventies, and eighties. Now, for the second time ever, For One Week Only reveals the incredible truth behind the...

This book examines the creation of the Antients Grand Lodge and traces the influence of Ireland and the London Irish, especially that of Laurence Dermott, the Antients’ Grand Secretary, in the development of freemasonry in the second half of the 18th century. It demonstrates the relative accessibility...

Chopin’s piano works are of such uniformly high quality that they are all absolutely essential in the repertoire of any aspiring pianist. The Preludes and Etudes are exquisitely beautiful examples of his genius. Numbering 52 pieces in all, they are reproduced here from the authoritative Mikuli edition...

In a house on a suburban street in Nagasaki, meteorologist Shimura Kobo lives quietly on his own. Or so he believes. Food begins to go missing. Perturbed by this threat to His orderly life, Shimura sets up a webcam to monitor his home. But though eager to identify his intruder, is Shimura really prepared...

En febrero de 1933, en el Reichstag tuvo lugar una reunión secreta, que no estaba en el orden del día, en la que los industriales alemanes —entre los que se contaban los dueños de Opel, Krupp, Siemens, IG Farben, Bayer, Telefunken, Agfa y Varta— donaron ingentes cantidades a Hitler para conseguir...

The story of Vietnam veteran Allan ‘Aldy’ Aldenhoven, born in Darwin, his mother was of “The Stolen Generation” and his father a descendant of German settlers. Grew up in Adelaide, and was conscripted to fight in the Vietnam War. He was with the 7 RAR where his fighting spirit was legendary....

There is no archive or museum of human movement, no place where choreographies can be collected and conserved in pristine form. The central consequence of this is the incapacity of philosophy and aesthetics to think of dance as a positive and empirical art. In the eyes of philosophers, dance refers...

Arrested for snorting cocaine off a car bonnet, award-winning author and quintessential dilettante Frederic Beigbeder reflects on his troubled childhood, while spending a night in the cells. In his most autobiographical book to date, the author of the award-winning ‘Windows on the World’ recounts...