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Автор: Louis Bayard
Название: The school of night
ISBN: 1848542194 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781848542198
Издательство: Little Brown
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Описание: This literary thriller with an historical twist will appeal to readers of The Da Vinci Code and The Shadow of the Wind

Автор: Bayard Pierre
Название: How to Talk about Books You Haven`t Read
ISBN: 1596914696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781596914698
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
Цена: 12230.00 T
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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, Pierre
Название: How to talk about books you haven`t read
ISBN: 1862079862 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781862079861
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Описание: Contends that in the age of infinite publication, the truly cultivated person is not the one who has read a book, but the one who understands the book`s place in our culture. This book examines the many kinds of `non-reading` (forgotten books, unknown books, books discussed by others, books we`ve skimmed briefly).

Автор: Bayard Tania
Название: In the Presence of Evil: A French Medieval Mystery
ISBN: 0727887882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780727887887
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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 Louis
Название: Courting Mr. Lincoln
ISBN: 1684571669 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781684571666
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 36770.00 T
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Описание: When Mary Todd meets Abraham Lincoln in Springfield in the winter of 1840, he is on no one's shortlist to be president. Rough and reticent, he's a country lawyer lacking money and manners, living above a dry goods shop, but with a gift for oratory. Mary, a quick, self-possessed debutante with a tireless interest in debates and elections, at first finds him an enigma. �I can only hope,� she tells his roommate, the handsome, charming Joshua Speed, �that his waters being so very still, they also run deep.� It's not long, though, before she sees the Lincoln that Speed knows: a man who, despite his awkwardness, is amiable and profound, with a gentle wit to match his genius and a respect for her keen political mind. But as her relationship with Lincoln deepens, she must confront his inseparable friendship with Speed, who has taught his roommate how to dance, dress, and navigate the polite society of Springfield. Told in the alternating voices of Mary Todd and Joshua Speed, and rich with historical detail, Courting Mr. Lincoln creates a sympathetic and complex portrait of Mary unlike any that has come before; a moving portrayal of the deep and very real connection between the two men; and most of all, an evocation of the unformed man who would grow into one of the nation's most beloved presidents.

Автор: Quincy Morgan Bayard
Название: Nature in Middle High German lyrics
ISBN: 9353709946 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789353709945
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Описание: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.