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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
Paradoxalement, Georges Braque n'est pas un livre sur le peintre, comme le souligne Liliane Meffre, biographe de l'historien de l'art allemand Carl Einstein (1885-1940), spécialiste de ses écrits et directrice de cette publication (traduction de Jean-Loup Korzilius, coll. Diptyque, éd. La Part de l'œil, Bruxelles, 2003). Il s'agit d'abord d'une théorie puissante de la relation...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2015" "One of The Independent's Best Books of 2014" "One of South China Morning Post's Best Books of 2014" "One of The Globe and Mail 75 Book Ideas for Christmas 2014" Jack Zipes is the translator of The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Bantam), the editor of The Great Fairy Tale Tradition (Norton), and the author of Grimm Legacies (Princeton). He is professor emeritus of German and comparative...
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This collection from Doerthe Huth is filled with mindful observations and encouraging thoughts. The poems provide a wide range of themes about nature, words, mindfulness, good wishes, and our roots. They are accompanied by essays about personal experiences and some lyrical images. Reading and writing poetry can be a helpful resource to activate the imagination and liberate the soul. Whether it's a moment of sadness, injustice, or happiness, they all...
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Extrait : "MILLER : Femme, écoute bien ceci... Je te le dis, et je te le répète, la chose devient sérieuse : on commence à jaser par la ville de ma fille et du baron... Le bruit des visites du jeune homme dans ma maison arrivera jusqu'aux oreilles de son père, le président... et, crois-moi, il vaut mieux prier le jeune gentilhomme de cesser ses visites."
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Décryptez La Métamorphose de Franz Kafka avec l'analyse du PetitLitteraire.fr!
Que faut-il retenir de La Métamorphose, la nouvelle allégorique incontournable de la littérature? Retrouvez tout ce que vous devez savoir sur cette œuvre dans une analyse complète et détaillée.
Vous trouverez notamment dans cette fiche:
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• Une présentation des personnages principaux tels que Gregor Samsa et Grete Samsa
• Une analyse...
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Aux origines du plaisir
POUR UN PUBLIC AVERTI. Dans Choses vécues, Léopold von Sacher-Masoch livre son autobiographie et met en exergue les épisodes érotiques marquants de sa jeunesse: ses fessées pour voyeurisme, la domination de sa tante sur son oncle, ses premiers amours, ses émois devant les actrices du théâtre. Outre le retour aux origines de ses fétichismes , l'auteur dépeint le royaume prusse guerrier de l'époque.
Les confessions...
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The English / German Phrasebook is designed to be used by the English speaker to learn the basics of the German language or for a German speaker to learn the basics of English.
This is not your typical tourist phrasebook. It contains over 75 categories of terms in German and English with over 4,000 terms, phrases and sample sentences. Also included is a guide to the Gernam alphabet and pronunciation.
If you are intending to learn any new language,...
408) I Love Winter
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English German Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kids learning English or German as their second language.
Winter is a fun and beautiful season to play in the snow, but Jimmy the little bunny was not prepared for the cold weather. Once he learns how to keep himself warm, he can finally enjoy spending time outside with his family.
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Want to Teach Your Kids the Names of Body Parts in German?Wonder How They're Pronounced?Enhance your learning experience with our complimentary audio recordings. Follow the link in the book to not only read but also listen and familiarize yourself with authentic German pronunciation.Delight in learning German with our vivid picture book!Key Features of the Book: German Names for Body Parts.Vibrant Illustrations of Each Body Part.English Translations.English...
410) Allies
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It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this...
411) Animal instinct
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"Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Simon Garfunkel, are recently retired police officers turned private investigators. Along with fellow former cop Laurie Collins and her investigating partner, Marcus, they call themselves the K Team, in honor of Simon. The K Team's latest case--a recent unsolved murder--gives Corey a chance to solve 'the one that got away'. Corey knew the murder victim from his time on the force, when he...
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"During the critical summer months of 1943, Noor Inayat Khan was the only wireless operator transmitting secret messages from Nazi-occupied France to the Special Operations Executive in England. She was a most unlikely spy: as the daughter of an Indian mystic, raised in a household devoted to peaceful reflection on the outskirts of Paris, Khan did not seem destined for wartime heroism. Yet, faced with the evils of Nazism, she could not look away....
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[2022]
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"In this gripping narrative, Ben Macintyre tackles one of the most famous prison stories in history and makes it utterly his own. During World War II, the German army used the towering Colditz Castle to hold the most defiant Allied prisoners. For four years, these prisoners of the castle tested its walls and its guards with ingenious escape attempts that would become legend. But as Macintyre shows, the story of Colditz was about much more than escape....
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One of Eater National's Most Anticipated Cookbooks of 2014
One of Tasting Table's Best Upcoming Cookbooks
In Das Cookbook, chef and restauranteur Hans Röckenwagner draws on more than thirty years of experience cooking and baking in Los Angeles, Germany, and Switzerland. This modern German-Californian cookbook features sections on bread-making (including pretzel bread!), holiday treats, and bar snacks, along with the most popular recipes from his...
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Already in the nineteenth century, German-language writers were contending with the challenge of imagining and accounting for a planet whose volatility bore little resemblance to the images of the Earth then in circulation. The Geological Unconscious traces the withdrawal of the lithosphere as a reliable setting, unobtrusive backdrop, and stable point of reference for literature written well before the current climate breakdown.
Through a series...
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
Le nom d'Alfred Döblin (1878-1957) évoque spontanément son roman Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), dont il faut saluer la nouvelle traduction fort réussie qu'en donne Olivier Le Lay (Gallimard, Paris, 2009). Tout comme il convient de saluer l'heureuse initiative des éditions Agone qui viennent...
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur...
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Want to Teach Your Kids Words for Communication in German?Wonder How They're Pronounced?Enhance your learning experience with our complimentary audio recordings. Follow the link in the book to not only read but also listen and familiarize yourself with authentic German pronunciation.Delight in learning German with our vivid picture book!Key Features of the Book: German Words for Communication.Vibrant Illustrations of Each Communication Word.English...
419) Walter Benjamin. Le désir d'authenticité de Marino Pulliero: Les Fiches de Lecture d'Universalis
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
En 1932, Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), relatant dans Chronique berlinoise ses souvenirs d'enfance et d'adolescence, considère les années qu'il a vécues avant 1914, sous le règne de Guillaume II, comme un «âge d'or». Le bien-être dans lequel s'étaient ancrés ses parents, qui appartenaient ...
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur...
420) Contes de la famille
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Extrait: "Il cheminait donc à cheval, son lourd portemanteau solidement attaché derrière la selle. Vers l'heure du dîner, il fit halte dans une ville, et lorsqu'il voulut se remettre en route, le valet d'écurie, qui lui amena son cheval, lui dit: - Monsieur ne sait pas sans doute qu'il manque un clou au fer gauche de derrière son cheval."
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