In the Presence of Evil, Bayard Tania

Автор: Bayard Pierre
Название: How to Talk about Books You Haven`t Read
ISBN: 1596914696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596914698
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS)
Цена: 12230.00 T
Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: The runaway French bestseller hailed by the "New York Times" as "a survivor's guide to life in the chattering classes." If civilized people are expected to have read all important works of literature, and thousands more books are published every year, what are we supposed to do in those awkward social situations in which we're forced to talk about books we haven't read? In this delightfully witty, provocative book, a huge hit in France that has drawn attention from critics around the world, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that it's actually more important to know a book's role in our collective library than its details. Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, and even the movie "Groundhog Day," he describes the many varieties of "non-reading" and the horribly sticky social situations that might confront us, and then offers his advice on what to do. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, "How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read" is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them. It's the book that readers everywhere will be talking about--and despite themselves, reading--this holiday season.

Автор: Bayard Louis
Название: Roosevelt`s Beast
ISBN: 0805090703 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780805090703
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS)
Цена: 16550.00 T
Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.

Автор: Bayard Tania
Название: In the Presence of Evil: A French Medieval Mystery
ISBN: 0727887882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780727887887
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 32180.00 T
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Описание: Introducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in 14th Century France

Paris, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone fears the king's attacks of unreason and they believe the charlatans who claim they can cure him with vile potions. But when a mysterious book of magic leaves a trail of real murdered bodies in its wake, Christine has more than black magic to worry about.

Then one of the king's favourites, Hugues de Precy, is found murdered and his wife Alix de Clairy is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?

Автор: Bayard Tania
Название: In the Presence of Evil: A French Medieval Mystery
ISBN: 1684570220 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684570225
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 32180.00 T
Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Introducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in fourteenth-century France Paris, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone fears the king's attacks of unreason and they believe the charlatans who claim they can cure him with vile potions. But when a mysterious book of magic leaves a trail of real murdered bodies in its wake, Christine has more than black magic to worry about. Then one of the king's favorites, Hugues de Precy, is found murdered and his wife Alix de Clairy is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?

Автор: Bayard, Tania
Название: In the presence of evil
ISBN: 1847519113 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847519115
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 16010.00 T
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Описание: Introducing scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan in the first of an intriguing new historical mystery series set in 14th Century France

Paris, 1393. Recent widow Christine de Pizan became a scribe to support her family, but when she is called to the palace to work, she dreads going. There, everyone fears the king's attacks of unreason and they believe the charlatans who claim they can cure him with vile potions. But when a mysterious book of magic leaves a trail of real murdered bodies in its wake, Christine has more than black magic to worry about.

Then one of the king's favourites, Hugues de Pr cy, is found murdered and his wife Alix de Clairy is blamed. Can Christine prove Alix's innocence and save her from being burned at the stake?

Автор: Louis Bayard
Название: The Pale Blue Eye
ISBN: 0719567033 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719567032
Издательство: Hodder
Цена: 18210.00 T
Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 'April 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I'll be dead.' So begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include code-breaking, riot control and the 'gloveless interrogation'. A young cadet has been found hanged at a military academy on the shores of the Hudson River.

Before his body could be buried, however, it was stolen and his heart brutally carved out. Fearing a scandal, the top brass at West Point have summoned Landor to help catch the culprit, and keep his discoveries away from prying eyes. As Landor embarks on a thrilling adventure to solve the case, he uncovers a series of dark secrets and finds unlikely assistance in the form of a mischievous young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe.THE PALE BLUE EYE is a brilliantly atmospheric historical mystery, full of drama and unexpected twists.

From the events of one seemingly ordinary afternoon, Louis Bayard conjures a tale as haunting as it is entertaining.

Автор: Stockton, Tara Stockton, Bayard
Название: Flawed patriot
ISBN: 1574889915 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781574889918
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 22030.00 T
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Описание: William K. Harvey was the CIA`s most daring and successful field operator during the tense, early days of the Cold War. Extremely intelligent, a dedicated martini drinker, coarse in manner and appearance, both loved and hated, he was larger than life.

Автор: Bayard de Volo Lorraine
Название: Women and the Cuban Insurrection
ISBN: 1316630846 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316630846
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Цена: 25350.00 T
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Описание: By documenting the centrality of women rebels and Castro`s hearts and minds campaign, this book shatters the Cuban War story`s mythology of an insurrection waged and won by bearded guerrillas alone. Rebels used gender as a tactic to protect themselves, attack enemy morale, and attract public support.