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For centuries, France has long been the world’s greatest wine-producing country. Its wines are the global gold standard, prized by collectors, and its winemaking regions each offer unique tasting experiences, from the spice of Bordeaux to the berry notes of the Loire Valley. Although grape variety,...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index The narrative is highly interesting as exhibiting the state of some of the West India Islands two hundred and fifty years ago, many of them being then uninhabited by Europeans; and of...

In the first half of nineteenth century France was characterized by extraordinary regional and linguistic diversity but the state increasingly became a central force in the lives of its citizens. One way that it did so was through its police force, which, as John Merriman details in this work, developed...

Kathleen A. Turitto is in her late sixties when she tries something new: taking French classes at Palomar College in San Marcos, California. Under the guidance of Professor Ray Adams, she learns to read and even understand conversational French. She is feeling confident when she sees a notice on a...

Exam Board: AQA Level: AS/A-level Subject: History First Teaching: September 2015 First Exam: June 2016 Target success in AQA AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation activities and exam-style questions...

Un grand tour dans le nord, découvrir en un peu plus d'une semaine l’histoire liée à de grandes villes et se laisser charmer par les côtes normandes et les villages typiques de l’Alsace. Effectuez une promenade sur le dos d’un pachyderme mécanique géant à Nantes. Laissez-vous séduire...

Lac Léman - Route Vins d’Alsace est un circuit de 8 jours idéal pour les amateurs de lieux de plaisance et de tourisme de villégiature ainsi que pour les voyageurs désireux de bien boire et bien manger tout en découvrant le raffinement et les charmes de l’Alsace. Il s’agit aussi d’un...

Proletarian Nights, previously published in English as Nights of Labor and one of Rancière’s most important works, dramatically reinterprets the Revolution of 1830, contending that workers were not rebelling against specific hardships and conditions but against the unyielding predetermination of...

In the summer of 1804, the eagle was chosen as the symbol of the French Army by Napoleon himself. The Emperor's sculptor, Chaudet, made the original model, and from this were cast bronze copies in the workshop of Thomire, which would be proudly borne into battle by many a French regiment. This fascinating...

Selling for a lower price than any similar guidebook, and deliberately limited to a short 256 pages, this EasyGuide is an exercise in creating easily-absorbed travel information. It emphasizes the authentic experiences in each destination:the most important attractions, the classic method of approaching...

Leach describes his exploits with the 95th Rifles, including the expedition to Denmark, the battles of Rolica, Vimiero, Busaco, Salamanca, Vitoria, and the Nivelle, culminating in the battle of Waterloo, where he was posted to the sand-pit next to the crucial position of La Haye Sainte. He also recounts...

Le Napoléon de Jacques Bainville fut publié chez Arthème Fayard en 1931.  Né à Vincennes en 1879, Bainville grandit dans une famille de la moyenne bourgeoisie républicaine. A 18 ans, il voyage longuement en Allemagne et en Autriche, pays dont il aime...

From Omaha Beach on D-Day and the French Resistance to the tragedy of Huertgen Forest and the Liberation of Paris, this is the story of Ernest Hemingway's adventures in journalism during World War II. In the spring of 1944, Hemingway traveled to London and then to France to cover World War...