Download or read book The Commercialization of the Holiday Season in Quebec 1885 1915 written by Jean-Philippe Warren and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most people believe that consumer Christmas is a recent creation. However, it was more than a century ago that the consumer spirit of Christmas blossomed. Few societies illustrate this spectacular development better than French Canada. Here, the new spirit of Christmas that came to prevail imposed itself through two battles. On the one hand, New Year’s Day, which had been the true focal point of the winter season in French Canadians’ culture, was supplanted by the Nativity. On the other hand, Baby Jesus was replaced by Santa Claus. In seeking to understand how Christian celebrations became at the turn of the twentieth century the commercial event par excellence for French Canadians, this book invites the reader to question the genesis of seemingly immemorial traditions.
Download or read book La fabuleuse histoire du P re No l written by Roland André and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dans la nuit du 24 au 25 décembre, chaque année, des milliers de petits enfants du monde entier s'endorment avec des rêves merveilleux. Pendant leur sommeil, un personnage magique fait le tour du monde sur son traîneau volant tiré par des rennes. Le Père Noël surgit de la nuit, venant déposer de nombreux cadeaux aux pieds des sapins ou près de la cheminée dans la maison familiale. Et pour effectuer un si long périple en si peu de temps, il faut beaucoup de magie ! Mais notre Père Noël n'a pas toujours existé sous sa forme actuelle. Sa très longue histoire remonte à la plus lointaine antiquité, lorsque l'on fêtait le passage du solstice d'hiver et le retour prochain du printemps, le renouveau de la nature. Déjà, en France, les Celtes, bien avant les Gaulois, décoraient à cette occasion leurs maisons de feuillages et de branchages. Plus tard, les Gallo-romains organisèrent des réjouissances en l'honneur de la déesse Strenia, dont le nom est parvenu jusqu'à nous sous la forme des étrennes. Puis l'église chrétienne remplaça le panthéon des divinités païennes par celui des saints. Parmi eux se trouvait un bien modeste serviteur de Dieu, un certain Nicolas, évêque de la ville de Myre, située en Asie Mineure dans l'actuelle Turquie. Le brave homme, sans doute bien malgré lui, acquit au fil du temps une célébrité mondiale qui dure encore aujourd'hui. Suivons ce fabuleux personnage aux quatre coins du monde !
Download or read book La fabuleuse histoire du P re Noe l written by Tony van Renterghem and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En douze chapitres, bien illustrés, les racines et traditions dont émerge ce personnage en Santa Claus ou en saint Nicolas. Etude sérieuse et agréable. [SDM].
Download or read book Canadian Children s Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Little Miss Somersault written by Roger Hargreaves and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-09-29 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They're back! Rediscover the zaniest characters you've ever met in this best-selling series which has sold millions worldwide. Bright and charming, with easily recognizable characters and a small take-along format, Mr. Men and Little Miss books are easy enough for young readers, witty enough for humor-prone adults, and highly collectible for one and all. Also check your local listings to view the Mr. Men & Little Miss TV show. Back to the Mr. Men & Little Miss microsite.
Download or read book The Wish Tree written by Kyo Maclear and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In winter Charles and his trusty toboggan set out to find the wish tree, and along the way he helps to make the wishes of his friends Squirrel, Fox, and Beaver come true.
Download or read book The International Film Index 1895 1990 Directors filmography and indexes written by Alan Goble and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Directors and Their Films written by Brooks Bushnell and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 1056 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive reference work available anywhere, ever, to (1) films and their directors, and (2) directors and their films. Part one is by director. Each entry lists films, years of release, alternate titles, and, when appropriate, the director's pseudonym. Part two is a listing of over 108,000 films (from A, directed by Jan Lenica, to Zyte, from Rene Leprince), giving a director for each.
Download or read book Crescendo of the Virtuoso written by Paul Metzner and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2024-07-26 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Age of Revolution, Paris came alive with wildly popular virtuoso performances. Whether the performers were musicians or chefs, chess players or detectives, these virtuosos transformed their technical skills into dramatic spectacles, presenting the marvelous and the outré for spellbound audiences. Who these characters were, how they attained their fame, and why Paris became the focal point of their activities is the subject of Paul Metzner's absorbing study. Covering the years 1775 to 1850, Metzner describes the careers of a handful of virtuosos: chess masters who played several games at once; a chef who sculpted hundreds of four-foot-tall architectural fantasies in sugar; the first police detective, whose memoirs inspired the invention of the detective story; a violinist who played whole pieces on a single string. He examines these virtuosos as a group in the context of the society that was then the capital of Western civilization. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1999.
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Download or read book The Death of Stalin written by Fabien Nury and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The graphic novel which inspired the hotly tipped and highly controversial new movie directed by Armando Iannucci, due in theatres in March, and starring a host of high profile actors, including Michael Palin, Steve Buscemi and Jason Isaacs. Fear, corruption and treachery abound in this political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin's death in the Soviet Union in 1953. When the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, has a stroke - the political gears begin to turn, plunging the super-state into darkness, uncertainty and near civil war. The struggle for supreme power will determine the fate of the nation and of the world. And it all really happened.
Download or read book The Nutcracker written by Susan Jeffers and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times–bestselling artist and Caldecott Honor winner Susan Jeffers has created a Nutcracker as only she can—with lavish illustrations, magnificent detail, and enchanting holiday scenes on every page. This is The Nutcracker as you’ve never seen it before! Join Marie, Fritz, and the intriguing Nutcracker himself on a magical Christmas Eve adventure. Behold the frightful Mouse King, the elegant Sugar Plum fairies, and the entire Land of Sweets in this dazzling, gorgeously illustrated holiday classic. With spare text based on the story in the ballet, this book offers a front-row seat to the enthralling tale that is a perennial favorite of adults and children alike. And for Susan Jeffers fans looking for extra content, an author’s note is included at the end of the book, in which she explains what inspired her to turn this holiday tradition into a show-stopping picture book.
Download or read book My Wounded Island written by Jacques Pasquet and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's an invisible creature in the waves around Sarichef. It is altering the lives of the Iñupiat people who call the island home. A young girl and her family are forced to move to the center of the island for refuge from the rising sea level. Soon the entire village will have to relocate to the mainland. Heartbroken, the young girl and her grandfather worry: what else will be lost when they are forced to abandon their homes and their community? Addressing the topic of climate refugees, My Wounded Island is based on the challenges faced by the Iñupiat people who live on the small islands north of the Bering Strait near the Arctic Circle.
Download or read book La v ritable histoire du P re No l written by Marie-Anne Boucher and published by Gautier Languereau. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voici, enfin racontée, la véritable histoire du Père Noël. Tout a commencé le jour où les 1250 souriceaux, curieux de découvrir le secret du Père Noël, guettèrent son arrivée par la cheminée. Quand ils virent débarquer Grand-Pâ Souris, couvert de suie, ils ouvrirent bien grand leurs oreilles pour écouter la fabuleuse histoire de la distribution des cadeaux de Noël.
Download or read book Bibliographie Des Arts Du Spectacle written by Alain Chevalier and published by P.I.E-Peter Lang S.A., Editions Scientifiques Internationales. This book was released on 2000 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Par son caractère exhaustif, cette bibliographie offre au praticien, au simple amateur, aussi bien qu'au chercheur spécialisé, la possibilité d'embrasser d'un coup d'oeil la quasi-totalité des ouvrages en français, concernant les spectacles, parus entre 1985 et 1995. This comprehensive bibliography of the performing arts lists almost 8000 French-language books, published between 1985 and 1995, and is a welcome work of reference for anyone interested in the subject.
Download or read book Twilight written by Stephenie Meyer and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-07-18 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall in love with the addictive, suspenseful love story between a teenage girl and a vampire with the book that sparked a "literary phenomenon" and redefined romance for a generation (New York Times). Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Isabella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Isabella, the person Edward holds most dear. The lovers find themselves balanced precariously on the point of a knife -- between desire and danger. Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite. It's here! #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with the highly anticipated companion, Midnight Sun: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire's point of view. "People do not want to just read Meyer's books; they want to climb inside them and live there." -- Time "A literary phenomenon." -- The New York Times
Download or read book Practice Make Perfect French Vocabulary written by Eliane Kurbegov and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-09-02 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the words and phrases necessary for handling everyday situations Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary helps you develop your vocabulary by providing practice in word-building and encouraging you to analyze new words for an ever-increasing vocabulary. Each chapter of this comprehensive book focuses on a theme, such as family or travel, so you can build your language skills in a systematic manner. As you lay the foundation for an increasing vocabulary, you are able to perfect your new words with plenty of exercises and gain the confidence to communicate well in French. Practice Makes Perfect: French Vocabulary offers you: More than 120 exercises Concise grammatical explanations A new chapter on contemporary vocabulary An answer key to gauge your comprehension With help from this book, you can easily speak or write in French about: Different occupations and jobs * French holidays and traditions * Taking the train * Growing your own garden * Where it hurts on your body * Your house * Your family and friends * What you studied in school * Your favorite TV show * Your family's background . . . and much more!
