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by Kevin Birch
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
For the last 20 or so years, Kevin and his family have travelled extensively in France, from the northern tips of Brittany and Normandy to the southernmost Mediterranean coast, and from the French - German border along its eastern border to the windy Atlantic coast at its most westerly point.
Over...
Les Sauvages Américains
Representations of Native Americans in French and English Colonial Literature
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Algonquian and Iroquois natives of the American Northeast were described in great detail by colonial explorers who ventured into the region in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Beginning with the writings of John Smith and Samuel de Champlain, Gordon Sayre analyzes French and English accounts...
Action Grammaire! Fourth Edition
French Grammar for A Level
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2018
Exam board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
Level: A-level
Subject: French
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2017 (AS) Summer 2018 (A-level)
Make French grammar second nature with this trusted reference book containing over 300 activities - now completely revised in line with...
by Natalie Muñoz
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Disabusing Women in the Old French Fabliaux provides a much-needed reevaluation of the role of women in the fabliaux. Spanning the late twelfth and thirteenth centuries, the fabliaux are short, ribald tales written in verse by mostly anonymous male authors. Their varied portrayals of female characters...
Algerian Imprints
Ethical Space in the Work of Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Born and raised in French Algeria, Assia Djebar and Hélène Cixous represent in their literary works signs of conflict and enmity, drawing on discordant histories so as to reappraise the political on the very basis of dissensus.
In a rare comparison of these authors' writings, Algerian Imprints...
Outsiders
The Humanity and Inhumanity of Giants in Medieval French Prose Romance
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Giants are a ubiquitous feature of medieval romance. As remnants of a British prehistory prior to the civilization established, according to the Historium regum Britannie, by Brutus and his Trojan followers, giants are permanently at odds with the chivalric culture of the romance world. Whether they...
Optiques
The Science of the Eye and the Birth of Modern French Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Andrea Goulet takes the study of the novel into the realm of the visual by situating it in the context of nineteenth-century scientific and philosophical discourse about the nature of sight. She argues that French realism, detective fiction, science fiction, and literature of the fantastic from 1830...
My Paris Market Cookbook
A Culinary Tour of French Flavors and Seasonal Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Based on Emily Dilling’s popular blog, parispaysanne.com, My Paris Market Cookbook: A Culinary Tour of French Flavors and Seasonal Recipes takes readers on a tour of Paris’s growing artisanal and craft food scene. Visits to markets with local farmers, coffee roasters, and craft brewers in the...
Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World
Filiations Past and Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
Theory, Aesthetics, and Politics in the Francophone World: Filiations Past and Future offers a critical reflection on some of the leading figures of twentieth-century French and Francophone literature, cinema, and philosophy. Specialists re-evaluate the historical, political, and artistic legacies...
Without God
Michel Houellebecq and Materialist Horror
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Michel Houellebecq is France’s most famous and controversial living novelist. Since his first novel in 1994, Houellebecq’s work has been called pornographic, racist, sexist, Islamophobic, and vulgar. His caricature appeared on the cover of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on January 7,...
by Eileen Jones
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
This is an essential resource for the non-specialist who needs extra guidance and accessible material. It will ensure that children of all levels of ability have the opportunities to both enjoy and achieve in their language learning. It will support the teacher, whatever their level of linguistic competence...
La Vie Rustic
Recipes, Tips & Tales for a Sustainable Life in the French Style
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
James Beard Award winning author Georgeanne Brennan translates the tenets of a certain way of living—an approach to daily cooking that’s rooted firmly in the French tradition—for American home cooks everywhere. Featuring recipes driven by the seasons and the outdoors, paired with lovely lifestyle...
I Love to Go to Daycare J’adore aller à la crèche
English French Bilingual Collection
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
English French Bilingual Children's Book Perfect for kids studying English or French as their second language. Jimmy, the little bunny, is very upset and nervous. Tomorrow is his first day in daycare, but he just wants to stay at home with his mom. Join Jimmy to find out how his friendly teddy bear...
Understanding french poetry : Joachim Du Bellay
Analysis of the major poems of Joachim Du Bellay
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2018
Understanding french poetry : Analysis of the major poems of Joachim Du Bellay.