457 results for '"Pierre Collet'

This generously illustrated book catalogs Roger Ballen’s photographic work throughout his career and new installations created specifically for an exhibition at the Halle Saint Pierre, Paris.The...

An examination of self-representation in US culture. Drawing on studies of the history of the book, Pierre Bourdieu's sociology, and ethnic and gender revisionism, it focuses on the processes of...

La Libération a-t-elle été " trahie " - comme nombre de résistants l'ont déploré ? Le dynamisme de la France libre et des maquis n'a-t-il pas été gâché en 1944 et dans les années suivantes ? Les...

Through the captivating pages of this new graphic novel, discover the intertwined destinies of a father and son in search of truth through art.“Reality is always magical.” —Jean Renoir, 1957 Art is...

Proposing an open-ended systems approach to ecclesiology, with the goal of sustaining the relevance and--paradoxically--the permanence of the church, Bracken synthesizes the work of Pierre Teilhard...

Pierre Miquel évoque un Tour de France à travers cette France qui sortait du Front populaire pour entrer, deux ans plus tard, dans la seconde guerre mondiale. Cette année-là, couraient Gino Bartali,...

This 4-volume boxed set contains an alphabet book, a book of rhymes about each month, a counting book, and a cautionary tale all written and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Includes the titles...

In 1791, shortly after the United States won its independence, George Washington personally asked Pierre Charles L’Enfant—a young French artisan turned American revolutionary soldier who gained many...

Papers from the Symposium on Literary Style, Bellagio, Italy, 1969. Published by Oxford University Press, Twenty papers. 427 pages. International scholars. Includes Roland Barthes; JOSEPHINE MILES;...

Everything and Nothing collects the best of Borges' highly influential work--written in the 1930s and '40s--that foresaw the internet ("Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"), quantum mechanics ("The Garden of...

Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography...

People and Places is a delightful collection of 22 articles and reviews written by Richard Cobb over the past ten years. The selections-- many appearing here for the first time--include recollections...

People and Places includes essays on such eminent authors and historians as Georges Simenon, Pierre Loti, and Raymond Queneau, as well as warm recollections of Cobb's old University friends, Jack...

A delectable novel of a man's lifelong devotion to erotic exploration, The Arch of Desire is based very loosely on the life of the artist Pierre Molinier, admired by the surrealists and creator of a...

Une trentaine d'études d'historiens francophones et protestants montrent comment Henri IV a su tirer parti de la paix civile pour définir les règles d'une coexistence possible des communautés...

Après une carrière de banquier, Pierre de Longuemar a consacré vingt-cinq ans à l'histoire des banques et à la sauvegarde des archives bancaires, notamment au sein de la banque Paribas, puis du...

Visionary theologian and evolutionary theorist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect, and his great spiritual faith to building a philosophy that would...

This wide-ranging collection makes available to specialists and nonspecialists alike important critical work on the Odyssey produced during the last half century. The ten essays address five major...

The new novel from the award-winning author of The End of Vandalism is a wry and sophisticated heist drama. Set in the rugged region of the Midwest that gives the novel its title, The Driftless Area...

Born in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There...