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Author C.S. Forester is best known for naval battle scenes and compelling accounts about life in the British navy, but  his interests were eclectic and he wrote many captivating articles about  his personal challenges as well as anything and everything that tweaked his curiosity. In...

"Wright shrinks back from nothing."—The Village Voice "Wright belongs to a school of exactly one."—The New York Times Book Review "Wright has found a way to wed fragments of an iconic America to a luminously strange idiom, eerie as a tin whistle."—The...

Série Les Farfelus, épisode 2 "Péril au Fournil !" (chaque épisode est indépendant) Une série originale mêlant satire sociale et scènes de vaudeville, situations loufoques et dialogues truculents. Les personnages de la série Les Farfelus amusent, exaspèrent ou surprennent le lecteur...

John C. Calhoun was the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832. He was a strong defendant of slavery and of Southern values versus Northern threats. His beliefs and warnings heavily influenced the South's secession from the Union in 1860–1861. This is volume five out of six of his works, this one containing reports and letters (1811-1846).

On a remote mountainside 2,000 meters above sea level in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental, the rockshelter at La Calsada has yielded basic archaeological data for one of the least understood regions of prehistoric North America, the state of Nuevo León in northern Mexico. This comprehensive site report,...

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...

La conquête de la Gaule (58-51 av. J.-C.) racontée par Jules César. Cette conquête lui donnera la gloire militaire et une armée fidèle (avec laquelle il franchira le Rubicon en 49 et marchera sur Rome, ce qui déclenchera la guerre civile). César et Vercingétorix, Gergovie ou Alésia : voici...

La guerre des Gaules (Commentarii de bello Gallico ou plus simplement De Bello Gallico) est probablement l'ouvrage en latin le plus connu du grand public; il relate les guerres de Jules César dans les Gaules. Pour le rendre accessible au plus grand nombre, cette version est bilingue : une...

EXTRAIT: Préparatifs militaires des Romains et des Alexandrins 1 (1) La guerre d’Alexandrie ayant éclaté, César fait venir de Rhodes, de Syrie et de Cilicie toute sa flotte ; demande des archers aux Crétois, et des cavaliers à...

For more than 230 years, extraordinary men and women have represented the United States abroad with courage and dedication. Yet their accomplishments in promoting and protecting American interests remain little known to their compatriots. The Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training (ADST)...

A delightful fictional account of the small town César Aira grew up in—not so long ago A delightful fictional memoir about César Aira's small hometown. The narrator, born the same year and now living in the same great city (Buenos Aires) as César Aira, could be the author himself. Beginning...

Arthur C. Clarke est l’un des grands maîtres de la SF moderne. Chantre de la conquête de l’espace, il fut également prophète de l’ère des télécommunications universelles, explorateur des fonds sous-marins, humoriste et commentateur de l’aventure humaine dans un univers recelant encore...

Bite of the Grizzly is a short story written of fiction horror. It is about two friends who make plans to go to Montana on their first Elk hunt. Before they left Paul makes a marriage proposal to his life long friend Carrie and they confirm their feelings for each other with a first time of making...

In this short story the kids come to Grandpa and ask him if he had ever shot anyone. He not only says yes but shares the story of what happened to him and also shares the details of another accidental hunting accident.