Colette Au Pays Des Maures
Colette Au Pays Des Maures

Author: Mohammed Essaadi

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012-10

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 1477234829

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Colette s'ennuyait à mourir dans sa maison de De Panne, perdue sur les côtes de la Flandre Occidentale. Elle ne supportait plus la couleur du ciel gris, la monotonie des plages ni celle de son ménage. Luttant contre une maladie pernicieuse, son échappatoire fut les rencontres sur les réseaux sociaux. Parmi les nombreux correspondants, un personnage capta son attention après quelques échanges d'emails. Malgré l'opposition de son mari, elle céda à l'invitation de cet inconnu qui réveilla en elle l'envie de traverser l'écran de son ordinateur pour venir le rejoindre sur un autre continent. Une aventure qui allait dépasser tragiquement son imagination.

South of France
South of France

Author: Dana Facaros

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13:

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Discover the unspoilt beauty of France's most legendary regions as well as the more famous hot-spots. From the glamour of St. Tropez to the tranquil hills of Provence, this guide explores the whole area with wit, insight, and passion.

Women Writing on the French Riviera
Women Writing on the French Riviera

Author: Rosemary Lancaster

Publisher: Brill

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 9789004428751

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"Destination for artists and convalescents, playground of the rich, site of foreign allure, the French Riviera has long attracted visitors to its shores. Ranging through the late nineteenth century, the Belle Epoque, the 'roaring twenties', and the emancipatory post-war years, Rosemary Lancaster highlights the contributions of nine remarkable women to the cultural identity of the Riviera in its seminal rise to fame. Embracing an array of genres, she gives new focus to feminine writings never previously brought together, nor as richly critically explored. Fiction, memoir, diary, letters, even cookbooks and choreographies provide compelling evidence of the innovativeness of women who seized the challenges and opportunities of their travels in a century of radical social and artistic change"--

The Oxford Book of Nature Writing
The Oxford Book of Nature Writing

Author: Richard Mabey

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Mabey has brought together a sampler of some of the greatest writings on nature ever penned. This collection contains passages from Aristotle and Aesop, as well as excerpts from the great Romantic writers William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge. Writings by Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau and George Audubon are also featured.

French Riviera Green Guide
French Riviera Green Guide

Author:

Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9782061335031

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Discusses the sights, attractions and activities of the French Riviera.

Exploring Provence
Exploring Provence

Author: Nick Hanna

Publisher: Fodor's

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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- A lively, graphic, full-color guidebook to Provence, with information on pre-Roman times, rural architecture, folk traditions, and the landscape. - Color photography and archival and other illustrations throughout; zingy captions. - Intelligent, opinionated writing by Nick Hanna. - Solid travel reportage on every region punctuated by lively sidebars covering artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cezanne and regional specialties including olives, herbs, cheeses, and wines. - What to see and do, plus walking and driving tours to Roman ampitheaters and baths and medieval villages, castles, and churches. - Special rating system identifying not-to-be-missed sights. - To-the-point reviews of dining and lodging. - Key planning information. - Detailed maps and plans. - Comprehensive destination/topic index.

Plague and Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean World
Plague and Empire in the Early Modern Mediterranean World

Author: Nükhet Varlik

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-07-22

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1107013380

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This is the first systematic scholarly study of the Ottoman experience of plague during the Black Death pandemic and the centuries that followed. Using a wealth of archival and narrative sources, including medical treatises, hagiographies, and travelers' accounts, as well as recent scientific research, Nükhet Varlik demonstrates how plague interacted with the environmental, social, and political structures of the Ottoman Empire from the late medieval through the early modern era. The book argues that the empire's growth transformed the epidemiological patterns of plague by bringing diverse ecological zones into interaction and by intensifying the mobilities of exchange among both human and non-human agents. Varlik maintains that persistent plagues elicited new forms of cultural imagination and expression, as well as a new body of knowledge about the disease. In turn, this new consciousness sharpened the Ottoman administrative response to the plague, while contributing to the makings of an early modern state.

Historical Dictionary of Niger
Historical Dictionary of Niger

Author: Abdourahmane Idrissa

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 589

ISBN-13: 0810860945

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Sitting on the cusp between Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa, Niger is in many ways a remarkable place, blending in the harsh Sahelian environment a great diversity of cultures and lifestyles to make up a poor but resilient nation. The country was established in the early 20th century in what used to be the busy crossroad of exchanges between the kingdoms and empires of West Africa and the Arab-Islamic world. The resulting melting pot is a blend of Western Sudanic cultures, manifest in particular in its food, music, and dance, as well as in the enduring rituals and practices of animist religions, along with a good deal of Arab culture imported through the Islamic religion and a dash of French culture. The fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Niger covers the history of the peoples of the Republic of Niger from medieval times to the present. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries covering elements of pre-colonial and colonial history, recent politics, cinema, literature, religion, economics, and finance. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Niger.