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Relation fidèle de la bravade de M. le Mis de Curton à Riom-ès-Montagnes (aout 1687)Date de l’édition originale: 1909Sujet de l’ouvrage: Curton, Mis deAppartient à l’ensemble documentaire: Auvergn1 Le présent ouvrage s’inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la littérature Française mise en place avec la BNF.HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent…
Voted Top 100 in Books for Children. Peter and Wendy. J. M. Barrie. Illustrated by F. D. Bedford. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up or Peter and Wendy is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work, in the form of a 1904 play and a 1911 novel. Both versions tell the story of…
Study the tenets of Plato, the wrestling superstar from ancient Greece, learn the lessons of Nietzsche, the original übermensch, and meditate on the messages of Bodhidharma, a kung fu master. Laugh, learn, laugh some more, and ponder the messages of history’s great thinkers as Van Lente and Dunlavey deliver this comprehensive cartoon history from the…
A god and a fool walk into a bar… In Holy Fools and Funny Gods, philosopher and cartoonist Izar Lunacek explores the surprising intersections between religion and comedy. Many view religion as a monument to eternal truth. Comedy, on the other hand, is the eternal iconoclast. This conflict between jokers and the faithful frequently marks…
Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man…
What do Snapple theft, midnight formations, and dark sarcasm have in common? They’re all part of life on The Frontlines-a brutally funny, ink-stained chronicle of military absurdity drawn straight from 20 years in uniform. Created by a Navy rescue swimmer turned Army special operations pilot, The Frontlines is a graphic novel that weaponizes gallows humor…
Beautiful. Disturbing. Enlightening. Beginning in the 1920s, a man named Julius Streicher published a small weekly German newspaper called Der Stürmer. Its mission was straightforward: to warn the German people about the threats posed by foreign and domestic Jews. The dangers were very real, and Streicher’s stories gave a blunt and direct account of them….
Charles Robert Darwin, 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to the science of evolution. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestors and, in a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, introduced his scientific theory that…
Jeanne, la seule fille gâtée du baron et de la baronne Le Perthuis des Vauds, avait tout pour être heureuse. Les illusions, belles et puériles, d’une jeune femme qui vient de terminer ses études dans un couvent disparaissent lentement. Sa vie sera une succession d’épreuves et de déceptions, après avoir épousé un vicomte infidèle, égoïste…
The History of Her Future is a series of short stories detailing the later life of one of the most infamous names in the annals of American crime: Lizzie Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts. Each story moves inexorably back in time from the day of her death in 1927 to the brutal killings of her…
In 1810 the French bade good-bye to torture, including whipping and the rack. Beginning in 1832 those convicted of parricide no longer needed suffer the amputation of their right hand before being put to death. Death by guillotine, however, endured until 1977, despite the opposition of Victor Hugo, his son Charles, and many others to…
2023 Ray and Pat Browne Award for Best Edited Collection in Popular and American Culture One of the greatest untold stories about the globalization of the Western is the key role of comics. Few American cultural exports have been as successful globally as the Western, a phenomenon commonly attributed to the widespread circulation of fiction,…
“”Tales of Mystery and Imagination”” is a collection of short stories and poems written by the renowned American author, Edgar Allan Poe. The book was first published in 1839 and has since become a classic in the horror and Gothic literature genre. The collection includes some of Poe’s most famous works such as “”The Tell-Tale…
Una historia significativa para compartir con el mundo, del autor autobiográfico Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, y del artista/diseñador Gianfranco Fortunatti, llega una novela gráfica única. Una historia de la vida real sobre Chile y su gente. Una época oscura y sangrienta después del golpe militar de Pinochet de 1973, desde el punto de vista de un…
This book is a collection of the poetic works of Alexander Pope, one of the greatest English poets of the 18th century. Edited by Samuel Johnson, it includes Pope’s celebrated translations of Homer, as well as his own original poems. This edition also features a detailed biography of Pope’s life. A must-read for anyone interested…
This edition of Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy includes a detailed introduction and footnotes that help to contextualize the play and explain unfamiliar language and references. It also features critical essays on the play’s themes and characters, making it a valuable resource for both students and Shakespeare enthusiasts. This work has been selected by scholars as…
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