Extrait : "Ce jour-là, - le 29 septembre 1856, - vers trois heures de l'après-midi, l'Académie des sciences de Lyon était en séance et dormait unanimement."

"Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. This man believes that he is the master of others, and still he is more of a slave than they are. How did that transformation take place? I don't know. How may the restraints on man become legitimate? I do believe I can answer that question …"
Thus begins Rousseau's influential 1762 work, Du Contract Social. Arguing that all government is fundamentally flawed,

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Demonstrates how to adapt classic French dishes for convenient, high-flavor results, providing coverage of such favorites as crispy duck confit, bouillabaisse and ginger, and crm̈e brl︣ě.

Une édition de référence de La Curée d'Émile Zola, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Renée, dans ses satiétés, éprouva une singulière sensation de désirs inavouables, à voir ce paysage qu'elle ne reconnaissait plus, cette nature si artistement mondaine, et dont la grande nuit frissonnante faisait un bois sacré, une de ces clairières idéales au fond desquelles les anciens dieux cachaient leurs amours...

As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.

An introduction to the cooking of France, featuring basic recipes for everyday breakfast, lunch, and dinner dishes. Also includes typical menus and a brief description of the special features of a French table setting.

From the introduction by Michael Hamburger: "Baudelaire's prose poems were written at long intervals during the last twelve or thirteen years of his life. The prose poem was a medium much suited to his habits and character. Being pre-eminently a moralist, he needed a medium that enabled him to illustrate a moral insight as briefly and vividly as possible. Being an artist and sensualist, he needed a medium that was epigrammatic or aphoristic, but allowed...

LE LIVRE: La vie poème est une célébration de la parole poétique: quête de lumière, d'amour et de silence. Le poème cultive le champ des possibles. À la fois spectacle, chant et pain du jour, La vie poème est une invitation fête à habiter poétiquement le monde, à porter le poème dans sa voix, et dans sa vie au quotidien. C'est un chemin d'écriture, une musique de mots pour interpeller demain. « La poésie nous dicte noble conduite,...

Adapted by Alexandre Dumas from a script by Auguste Maquet, BATHILDA tells the story of a woman who's raped by Marcel, and becomes his lover for a time. After she leaves him and moves to Paris, she meets Deworde, her deceased spouse's nephew, and plans to marry him. But Marcel pursues her, determined that if he can't have her, no one else will either. He plays a cat-and-mouse game with Bathilda, Deworde, and his friend Guilaumin, until their final...