Download or read book Madame Eiffel written by Alice Brière-Haquet and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2015 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming fictional story of why Gustave Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower accompanied by evocative illustrations.

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Download or read book Villa of Delirium written by Adrien Goetz and published by New Vessel Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Terrific."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes and Letters to Camondo "Makes you want to travel, do somersaults and stretches, drink champagne in evening dress, read, think ... Intoxicating."—Publishers Weekly Along the French Riviera in the early 1900s, an illustrious family in thrall to classical antiquity builds a fabulous villa—a replica of a Greek palace, complete with marble columns and frescoes depicting mythological gods. The Reinachs--related to other wealthy Jews like the Rothschilds and the Ephrussis—attempt to recreate a "pure beauty" lost in the 20th century. The narrator of this brilliant novel calls the imposing house an act of delirium, "proof that one could travel back in time, just like resetting a clock, and resist the outside world." The story of the villa and its glamorous inhabitants is recounted by the son of a servant from the nearby estate of Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Paris tower, and the two contrasting structures present opposite responses to modernity. The son is adopted by the Reinachs, initiated into the era of Socrates and instructed in classical Greek. He joins a family pilgrimage to Athens, falls in love with a married woman, and survives the Nazi confiscation of the house and deportation to death camps of Reinach grandchildren. This is a Greek epic for the modern era.

Download or read book Eiffel s Tower written by Jill Jonnes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the world-famous monument and the extraordinary world’s fair that introduced it, by the author of Conquering Gotham and Urban Forests In this first general history of the Eiffel Tower in English, Jill Jonnes-acclaimed author of Conquering Gotham-offers an eye- opening look not only at the construction of one of the modern world's most iconic structures, but also the epochal event that surrounded its arrival as a wonder of the world. In this marvelously entertaining portrait of Belle Époque France, fear and loathing over Eiffel's brash design share the spotlight with the celebrities that made the 1889 Exposition Universelle an event to remember-including Buffalo Bill and his sharpshooter Annie Oakley, Thomas Edison, and artists Whistler, Gauguin, and van Gogh. Eiffel's Tower is a richly textured portrait of an era at the dawn of modernity, reveling in the limitless promise of the future.

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Download or read book Paris written by Edward Rutherfurd and published by Doubleday Canada. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 942 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the grand master of the historical novel comes a dazzling epic portrait of Paris that leaps through centuries as it weaves the tales of families whose fates are forever entwined with the City of Lights. As he did so brilliantly in London: The Novel and New York: The Novel, Edward Rutherfurd brings to life the most magical city in the world: Paris. This breathtaking multigenerational saga takes readers on a journey through thousands of years of glorious Parisian history--from its founding under the Romans to the timeless love story of Abelard and Heloise against the backdrop of the building of Notre Dame; to the martyrdom of Joan of Arc during the Hundred Years War; to the dangerous manipulations of Cardinal Richelieu and the bloody religious conflicts between Catholics and Protestants; to the gilded glories of Versailles; to the horrors of the French Revolution and the conquests of Napoleon; to the beauty and optimism of the belle epoque when Impressionism swept the world; to the hotbed of cultural activity of the 1920s and '30s that included Picasso, Salvador Dali, Ernest Hemingway, and the writers of the Lost Generation; to the Nazi occupation and the incredible efforts of the French Resistance. Even more richly detailed, thrilling, and romantic then anything Rutherfurd has written before, Paris: The Novel illuminates thousands of years in the City of Lights through intimate and vivid tales of characters both fictional and true, and with them, the sights, scents, and tastes of Paris come to sumptuous life.

Download or read book The Switch written by Catherine Condie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-09-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on an exchange visit to Paris, a young teenager becomes an unexpected witness to a drugs raid. English exchange student Lily holds the key to a serious crime incident at the local Bar Tabac. Making her escape, she heads for the banks of the Seine. But now she's not sure why and from whom she is running . . .

Download or read book Mrs Hudson Goes to Paris written by Susan Knight and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Mrs Hudson's young nephew, Ralph, decides to go to Paris and become an artist, his mother is distraught. She enlists Mrs Hudson's assistance to try and persuade him to quit the fleshpots of that most debauched city and return home. In Paris, the sisters soon find themselves caught up in the whirling fin-de-siècle world of bohemians and anarchists, the world of Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge. They encounter the likes of Toulouse-Lautrec, along with the fabled can-can dancer La Goulue and her partner Valentin the Boneless, among many other colourful characters. But then the discovery of the mutilated body of a beautiful young artists’ model in the sinister catacombs of the city puts Ralph under suspicion of her murder… Mrs Hudson’s search for the true perpetrator stretches her deductive powers to the limit, and puts her own life in desperate peril. Another thrilling adventure for Sherlock Holmes’ landlady.

Download or read book Into the Moonlight written by G. S. Foster and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-11-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is dull for Paul Arnold. Living in a grey world, he goes through the motions without any enjoyment. He works at a small financial firm, where he has worked for a few years now, and he hates it. But colour begins to enter his world with the arrival of Sarah Waysmith. A high-flying fashion business owner, within the first moments of meeting, it’s clear she always gets what she wants – and what she wants is Paul. Throwing caution and a lifetime of boring habits to the wind, Paul embarks upon a steamy affair with Sarah, discovering that there are always new things to discover about each other. Although both are satisfied with the affair, when they meet a charming lesbian couple, events lead both down a path neither expected. The path to self-discovery, after all, is paved with delightful intentions…

Download or read book Hexagonie Part 1 written by Maria Rice-Jones and published by Brilliant Publications. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hexagonie, Part 1 is a unique scheme for introducing Key Stage 2 pupils to French. Language elements are introduced in a logical, easy-to-understand way, so that children quickly communicate with confidence. Language is broken down into chunks and presented to pupils in a methodical manner, enabling them feel that they can converse in French.

Download or read book The Modern Woman Revisited written by Whitney Chadwick and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the two world wars, Paris served as the setting for unparalleled freedom for expatriate as well as native-born French women, who enjoyed unprecedented access to education and opportunities to participate in public, artistic and intellectual life. Many of these women--including Colette, Tamara de Lempicka, Sonia Delaunay, Djuna Barnes, Augusta Savage, and Lee Miller--made lasting contributions to art and literature.

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Download or read book Les Trois Jardins Three Gardens written by Mireille Perrotte and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers and students of the French or English language, at beginning and advanced levels, will find a valuable learning tool in Three Gardens: Small Talk in the Garden, The Garden of Children and the Zoological Zoo. The 150 whimsical French poems that Mireille Perrotte has created and translated into English will amuse readers of all ages while they support the study of grammar, syntax, diction, vocabulary, and idiomatic expression. Les enseignants et tudiants de langue franaise ou anglaise, de niveaux dbutants ou avancs, trouveront une excellente mthode dapprentissage dans Les Trois Jardins : Badinage de Jardinage, Le Jardin dEnfants, le Jardin Zoologique. Les 150 charmants pomes crits et traduits en anglais par Mireille Perrotte amuseront petits et grands, tout en apprenant la grammaire, la syntaxe, la diction, le vocabulaire et lexpression idiomatique.