Argot and Slang
Argot and Slang

Author: Barrère Albert

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016666329

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Rajasthan Style
Rajasthan Style

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781614284659

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"This photographic opus expresses the sublime beauty of the people, nature, and places of this legendary region of India. From palaces to singular creative interiors, this promenade through the myriad colors and traditional handicrafts of Rajasthan captures the idealized Western dream of the Orient" -- Publisher's description.

Street French Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus
Street French Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus

Author: David Burke

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 1997-10-13

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780471168065

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If a French native told you that the new movie is a "turnip" (un navet), should you go see it? Or if a passerby calls you a "sausage" (une andouille), should you respond by saying thank you? The answer to both questions is an indisputable, "No!" But how would a nonnative speaker know this? Thanks to David Burke's newest book, there's no need "to hit your biscuit" (se frapper le biscuit; "to worry") any longer! The Street French Slang Dictionary & Thesaurus offers English equivalents and usage tips for over one thousand French terms, including slang words, idioms, proverbs, colloquialisms, and vulgarities. It also offers an extensive thesaurus featuring over one thousand French slang synonyms for common English words and phrases -- all destined to make you feel like an insider in no time.

The Art of Glass
The Art of Glass

Author: Victor Arwas

Publisher: Papadakis Publisher

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 1901092003

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-- Published to coincide with a major exhibition. -- Examines in depth the historical background of each designer and firm, their styles and techniques. This introduction to the most innovative period of goth century glass-making was published to coincide with The Art of Glass - Art Nouveau to Art Deco exhibition at the Sunderland Museum and Art Gallery. The fascinating history of art glass in this Period begins in the 1880's with the precursors to Art Nouveau, follows the creations of Galle, Daum and Muller Freres. It continues with the development of opalescent, frosted and clear molded glass -- especially Lalique, Art Deco, functionalism, Orrefors and English and Scottish glass. But it is above all the glass itself, beautifully reproduced in full color, that brings to life one of the most exciting and creative periods in the history of art glass.

The Daguerreotype
The Daguerreotype

Author: Dominique de Font-Réaulx

Publisher: 5Continents

Published: 2008-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788874394661

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Illustrates the development and rapid spread of Louis Daguerre's photographic invention in France by a variety of daguerreotypes drawn from the collection of the Musee d'Orsay.