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Jacques Schiffrin changed the face of publishing in the twentieth century. As the founder of Les Éditions de la Pléiade in Paris and cofounder of Pantheon Books in New York, he helped define a lasting canon of Western literature while also promoting new authors who shaped transatlantic intellectual life. In this first biography of Schiffrin, Amos Reichman tells the poignant story of a remarkable publisher and his dramatic travails across two continents.
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre el mariscal Pétain, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Descubrir el misterio que rodea a Pétain, que gana la batalla de Verdún gracias a sus tácticas militares innovadoras, pero que firma un armisticio con Hitler que conduce al régimen de Vichy
• Conocer todos los acontecimientos mayores en Francia,...
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•Features dozens of detailed interviews with directors, producers, F/X pros, and more
•Horror movies get better distribution deals-so they're great for independent filmmakers
•Entertaining and informative, packed with insightful and sometimes hilarious anecdotes.
Everyone who's ever longed to make their very own horror movie needs a copy of Splatter Flicks, a comprehensive guide that shows aspiring filmmakers exactly how today's most successful...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur le scandale du Watergate en moins d'une heure !
Dans la nuit du 17 juin 1972, à Washington, cinq personnes s'introduisent dans l'immeuble du Watergate, siège du Parti démocrate. Ce qui n'aurait pu être qu'un simple cambriolage s'avère d'emblée plus complexe qu'il n'y paraît : les suspects sont loin d'avoir le profil de cambrioleurs, ressemblant davantage à des agents secrets. L'un d'eux, colonel...
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This provocative reassessment of Frida Kahlo's art and legacy presents a feminist analysis of the myths surrounding her.
In the late 1970's, Frida Kahlo achieved cult heroine status. Her images were splashed across billboards, magazine ads, and postcards, fashion designers copied the so-called "Frida" look in hairstyles and dress, and "Fridamania" even extended to T-shirts, jewelry, and nail polish. Margaret A. Lindauer argues that this mass market...
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"Hammerin" Hank Greenberg was coming off a stellar season where he'd hit 40 home runs and 184 RBIs, becoming only the thirteenth player to ever hit 40 or more homers (and one of only four players to have 40 or more home runs and 175 or more RBIs in a season). Even with his success at the plate, neither Greenberg nor the rest of the world could have expected what was about to happen in 1938.
From his first day in the big leagues, the New York-born...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Watergate scandal in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Watergate scandal. What started out as an apparently ordinary break-in at the DNC headquarters soon turned into a full-blown scandal that would change the face of American politics forever. It led to the discovery of corruption and embezzlement on the part of...
6108) How to Lose a Country
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She heard reasonable people in Britain say it the night of the Brexit vote. She heard reasonable people in Turkey say it as Erdoğan rigged elections, rebuilt the economy around cronyism, and labelled his opposition as terrorists. How to Lose a Country is an impassioned plea, a warning to the world that populism and nationalism don't march fully-formed into government; they creep. Award winning author and journalist Ece Temelkuran, identifies the...
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Explore the history of the artists who contributed to the Gateway City's jazz scene and the world of music.
In the early twentieth century, St. Louis was a hotbed for ragtime and blues, both roots of jazz music. In 1914, Jelly Roll Morton brought his music to the area. In 1919, Louis Armstrong came to town to play on the "floating conservatories" that plied the Mississippi. Miles Davis, the most famous of the city's jazz natives, changed the course...
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Celebrate Black Historical Figures Who Changed History
Embrace Black girl magic and learn about the Black historical figures who made their impact on society as we know it. Female, Gifted and Black, the follow-up to The Book of Awesome Black Women, celebrates the power of the women in black history who shaped and revolutionized the past.
Learn about amazing women in Black history. Whether you learned about these women in school or not, these Black...
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"• Four months pregnant, Vera Wohlauf, wife of a serving SS officer, took sadistic pleasure in rounding up victims for Treblinka.• Like creatures from a Grimms' fairytale, female members of a Nazi 'welfare' organization scoured the towns and villages of Poland and Slovenia, luring blond children out of hiding with bread and sweets. They were abducted to be raised as Germans by 'Aryan' families who told them their parents were dead.•...
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The passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 on September 11, 2001 have earned their rightful place among the pantheon of American heroes. Flight 93 provides a riveting narrative based on interviews, oral histories, transcripts, recordings, personal tours of the crash site, and voluminous trial evidence made public only in recent years. There also is plenty of chilling new detail for readers who think they know the story of the flight. Utilizing research...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of John F. Kennedy in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of John F. Kennedy. At a time when the Cold War was in full swing and the threat of Communism loomed dangerously over the Western world, a man full of youth and energy and the promise of renew al was elected to the White House. Kennedy's presidency would see the start of the...
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Who was Winston Churchill? Even fifty years after his death, he is one of the most iconic figures in British history. As a young man he was a maverick journalist; his many positions in politics before 1940 marked him as a courageous but foolhardy man.
Yet it is Churchill's record in war, which has recently been questioned, that confirms his genius as a military commander and national leader-someone who understood the dangers of Nazi Germany before...
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Découvrez enfin tout ce qu'il faut savoir sur Saddam Hussein en moins d'une heure !
Arrivé au faîte du pouvoir malgré ses origines précaires, Saddam Hussein mène l'Irak d'une main de fer pendant une vingtaine d'années. S'il reçoit au début de son règne l'appui du monde occidental afin de mettre un terme à la révolution islamique d'Iran, l'homme fort du Moyen-Orient verra très vite ses alliés se retourner contre lui. C'est que le raïs...
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From the Bestselling Author and Television Producer of MASTERS OF SEX, a True Story of Espionage and Mobsters, Based on the Never-Before-Released JFK Files, and Optioned by Warner Bros.
Mafia Spies is the definitive account of America's most remarkable espionage plots ever-with CIA agents, mob hitmen, "kompromat" sex, presidential indiscretion, and James Bond-like killing devices together in a top-secret mystery full of surprise twists and deadly...
6117) A Paris Life, a Baltimore Treasure: The Remarkable Lives of George A. Lucas and His Art Collection
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In 1857, young Baltimorean George A. Lucas arrived in Paris, where he established an extensive personal network of celebrated artists and art dealers, becoming the quintessential French connection for American collectors. The most remarkable thing about Lucas was not the art that he acquired for his clients but the massive collection of 18,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, and etchings, as well as 1,500 books, journals, and other sources about...
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Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para saber más sobre Sadam Husein, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar tiempo.
En tan solo 50 minutos usted podrá:
• Analizar la vida de Sadam Husein, desde que nace en el seno de una familia pobre hasta su ascenso al poder y su muerte, pasando por su trayectoria en el Partido Baaz y por su activo papel en este, participando en diversos complots para derrocar a líderes...
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In the late 1950s, Random House editor Jason Epstein would talk jazz with Ralph Ellison or chat with Andy Warhol while pouring drinks in his office. By the 1970s, editors were poring over profit-and-loss statements. The electronics company RCA bought Random House in 1965, and then other large corporations purchased other formerly independent publishers. As multinational conglomerates consolidated the industry, the business of literature-and literature...
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Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Saddam Hussein in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the rise and fall of Saddam Hussein. Following a series of bloody coups, Saddam Hussein came to power in Iraq in 1979 and quickly established an authoritarian dictatorship that endured for over twenty years. His leadership was characterised by a series of wars, including...
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