20 results for 'arminio fete'

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism -- now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their...

Explains the rules a kid must follow to survive the perilous world of the lunchroom.

Alien lunch ladies attack in the third book in this #1 New York Times bestselling series by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man!George and Harold have played a trick or two on nearly...

In this exclusive authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, when a mock murder game staged for charity threatens to turn into the real thing, the intrepid Hercule Poirot is called in. Now with a...

"Vincent van Gogh's story is one of the most ironic in art history. Today, he is celebrated the world one over as one of the most important painters of all time, recognized with sell-out shows, feted...

Trace the epic story of New York through hundreds of atmospheric photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day. This remarkable collection, now available in a popular edition, pays...

"Toute voix neuve éclate dans un temps gouverné par des modes de penser et de sentir, par des habitudes, par des formes elles-mêmes tyrannisées par une idéologie, et elle est condamnée à être en...

The first book-length presentation of Roger Chartier's work in English, this volume provides a vivid example of the new directions of cultural history in France. These essays probe the impact of...

Thomas Mann arrived in Princeton in 1938, in exile from Nazi Germany, and feted in his new country as “the greatest living man of letters.” This beautiful new book from literary critic Stanley...

Yan Lianke--"China's most feted and most banned author" (Financial Times)--is a master of imaginative satire, and his prize-winning works have been published around the world to the highest honors...

Product Description Chaque alerte fait la une : Chine-Vietnam ? Bataille des socialismes ? Israël ? Troisième guerre mondiale ? 25% du budget des Etats "civilisés", qui en discute ? Nous sommes...

Quelle image a-t-on des Spartiates, sinon celle de professionnels de la guerre, capables de vaincre les Atheniens a l'issue de la guerre du Peloponnese, en 404 avant J.-C. ? En fait, cette perception...

Before "Fred and Ginger," there was "Fred and Adele," a show-business partnership and cultural sensation like no other. In our celebrity-saturated era, it's hard to comprehend what a genuine...

Paintings by such celebrated eighteenth-century artists as Watteau, Boucher, Chardin, Fragonard, Greuze, and Boilly have long been admired for their charming and intimate subjects--fêtes galantes,...

Les historiens de métier n'ont jamais eu le monopole de l'écriture de l'histoire. Le passé appartient à tous et les appropriations qui en sont faites ont chacune leur légitimité, qu'il s'agisse des...

Sacred rituals from all over Asia appear for the first time in book formAn intense look at an Asia hiding in plain sightMagnificent color photography by highly acclaimed photographerBackground...

Accouchement sous X, fète du Travail, cantine d'entreprise, sport au baccalauréat, création des comités d'établissement devenus comités d'entreprise, médecine du travail, certificat prénuptial,...

C’est dans les Halles centrales de Paris récemment construites par Baltard que Zola situe le troisième épisode des Rougon-Macquart. Après « la course aux millions » décrite dans La curée, ce sera la...

When Michael Holroyd's multivolume life of Bernard Shaw was published, it was hailed as a masterpiece, and William Golding predicted that it would take its place "among the great biographies." Now...

The visionary achievements of Isabella (Isabel) Caroline Somerset (Lady Henry Somerset), like the temperance cause she led, have undeservedly faded into obscurity. By her contemporaries she was feted...