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Beaumarchais, sa vie, ses écrits et son temps est un ouvrage biographique écrit par l'homme de lettres français Louis de Loménie (1815 – 1878). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mise en page pour une...

Writing a book, a successful one, it´s the product of mixed feelings and extreme emotions that only a committed writer can understand and transform into magnetic stories. There are authors who consider the process of writing almost demoniac and others a Divine act… But only one thing is certain:...

A propos de l'auteur : Homme de lettres Canadien (journaliste), essayiste, propriétaire de journal et traducteur né en 1884 Courriériste parlementaire et rédacteur politique (1904-1908), puis directeur (1908-1910) du journal Le Canada. Correspondant du journal La Patrie...

 Tito Ortiz: Fan Resource Guide Jacob Christopher, born January 23, 1975, in Huntington Beach, California. The son of 2 drug-addicted moms and dads, he invested his youth in and out of adolescent hall after various run-ins with the law. "I was craving attention as a children,"...

本書は、近代日本画の先駆者 竹内栖鳳の作品22点を集めた作品集です。その画風は四条派（呉春を祖として松村景文らが発展させた日本画壇の一大派閥）を基礎としていますが、狩野派や西洋の写実画法なども取り入れた革新的なものでした。まるで今にも動き出しそうな動物たちは、その匂いまで描いていると言われた程に生き生きとしています。...

« En partant, un peu prestement, avant le dessert, le jeune journaliste lui souhaite bonne chance. L’adjoint sourit maladroitement, se lève pour lui serrer la main. Il n’y a pas d’incompréhension entre eux. Deux visions du monde. L’un n’aspire qu’à fuir cette ville, échapper à son...

This first-ever biography of American painter Grace Hartigan traces her rise from virtually self-taught painter to art-world fame, her plunge into obscurity after leaving New York to marry a scientist in Baltimore, and her constant efforts to reinvent her style and subject matter. Along the way, there...

  Miley Cyrus is a pop singer and actress. She is most famous for her role as the lead in Disney Channels' TV show Hannah Montana. She also gained fame as singer under the name Hannah Montana and, later, Miley Cyrus.   Miley's dad, Billy Ray Cyrus, is mostly famous...

As I was producing, composing and writing "The Broken Skyline" and "Early Works" series, based on my painting, I had memories and musings about my life and the process of painting and writing. I decided to combine all those notes and thoughts together to create my own story. The...

Teary, big-eyed orphans and a multitude of trashy knockoffs epitomized American kitsch art as they clogged thrift stores for decades.When Adam Parfrey tracked down Walter Keane-the credited artist of the weepy waifs, for a San Diego Reader cover story in 1992-he discovered some shocking facts....

"An engrossing saga, profusely illustrated and fully documented, the stuff that makes an intriguing feature film. I heartedly endorse it." - Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Director, The Frank Lloyd Wright Archives "One of the more uplifting accounts of European émigré life that I have...

Di origine pugliese, Pino Pascali sul finire degli anni Cinquanta si trasferisce a Roma, dove si afferma rapidamente come una delle personalità maggiormente dotate, capace di entrare nelle situazioni con una semplicità straordinaria. Con i suoi "Pezzi anatomici di donna" riesce a istituire...

Walter De Maria è una figura cardine all’incrocio tra Minimalismo, arte concettuale e Land art. Esordisce giovanissimo a San Francisco suonando la batteria in gruppi jazz, rock e d’avanguardia; quindi studia pittura e nel 1960 si trasferisce a New York, dove si dedica alla scultura. Nel corso...

In 1916, as World War I raged around them, a group of bohemians gathered at a small nightclub in Zurich, Switzerland for a series of bizarre performances. Three readers simultaneously recited a poem in three languages; a monocle-wearing teenager performed a spell from New Zealand; another young man...