Modern French Culture

It is an era that redefined history. As the 1790s began, a fragile America teetered on the brink of oblivion, Russia towered as a vast imperial power, and France plunged into revolution. But in contrast to the way conventional histories tell it, none of these remarkable events occurred in...

Vietnam: From Battlefield to Billion-Dollar Economy How did a nation ravaged by centuries of foreign rule and divided by a brutal war become one of the world’s fastest-growing economic powerhouses and a top US trade partner? For generations, Vietnam stood as a symbol of conflict, a Cold War flashpoint, a nation defined by occupation, division, and the devastating legacy of the Vietnam War. Today, it’s a story of triumphant transformation, a one-party communist state driving global capitalism. This book takes you on a journey through Vietnam’s tumultuous past to answer the central ...

A riveting story of a powerful Chinese family's fall from grace Enter the world of an elite Chinese couple: a life of luxury, wealth, and around-the-clock service, which includes their trusted nanny, Yu Ling. Slipping in and out of the shadows, meticulous in her care of their only son, she has...

Êtes-vous passionné par l’histoire et la cuisine ? Recettes Médiévales vous invite à un véritable voyage culinaire au cœur du Moyen Âge, en redécouvrant les saveurs et les traditions de la cuisine médiévale, adaptées pour la cuisine moderne. Ce livre de cuisine médiévale vous propose: Recettes historiques: plats authentiques inspirés du Moyen Âge, revisités avec des ingrédients et techniques actuels pour être faciles à réaliser. Histoire et culture: chaque recette est accompagnée d’anecdotes et d’explications fascinantes sur la gastronomie médiévale, pour mieux...

Brought to you by Penguin. **Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2024* On a...

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2025 In Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Written originally in Kannada, these portraits of family and community tensions testify to Mushtaq’s years as a...

When a young man is given the chance to rewrite his future, he doesn't realize the price he will pay for giving up his past... Casablanca's stinking alleys are the only home that nineteen-year-old Youssef El-Mekki has ever known. Raised by his mother in a one-room home, he dreams of escape -...

« Une histoire de la musique » de Bob Kowalski est une œuvre captivante qui nous invite à parcourir, avec une richesse de détails, le fascinant parcours de la musique à travers les siècles. Sans se limiter à un simple catalogue de dates et de noms, l'auteur construit un récit qui entrelace les aspects techniques, culturels et philosophiques qui ont façonné la trajectoire musicale humaine. Kowalski démontre une profonde connaissance tant de l'évolution des instruments que des transformations des pratiques musicales. Il nous transporte depuis les origines rituelles et ...

He kills without motive. He vanishes without trace. And he wears a tuxedo to every crime. In 1911, the world met a new kind of villain: Fantômas. Master of disguise. Genius of terror. A phantom whose crimes made Sherlock Holmes look like an amateur—and whose shadow still darkens every masked killer, supervillain, and antihero today. In Fantômas: The Phantom Lord of Crime and the Birth of the Modern Villain, explore how this pulp fiction menace became the template for an entire century of evil. From his origin in French penny dreadfuls to his resurrection by Surrealist poets, from silent...

Dionne Brand, author of the Griffin Poetry Prize-winning collection Ossuaries, returns with a startlingly original work about the act of writing itself. On a lonely wharf a clerk in an ink blue coat inspects bales and bales of paper that hold a poet's accumulated left-hand pages—the unwritten...

An authoritative and witty guide to modern table manners for all occasions by one of the world's most acclaimed chefs and restaurateurs Table Manners is an entertaining and practical guide to manners for everyone and every occasion. Whether you are a guest at a potluck or the host of a dinner...

« Une histoire de l'Art », de Bob Kowalski, est une œuvre qui invite le lecteur à embarquer pour un voyage passionnant sur les chemins de la créativité humaine. Avec un récit qui allie érudition et accessibilité, Kowalski dresse un panorama complet de l'évolution artistique, des manifestations primitives jusqu'aux tendances contemporaines. L'auteur commence son parcours en explorant les premières expressions artistiques – les peintures rupestres et les symboles ancestraux – et nous guide progressivement à travers les grands mouvements qui ont marqué l'histoire de l'art. Il ...

Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, widely known as NTR, was not merely a film star who strayed into politics and captured power in Andhra Pradesh. The actor-politician redefined the political culture in the state and scripted a new political idiom.His rather dramatic entry into politics, the profound...

In northern India, an eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression after the death of her husband, and then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention – including striking up a friendship with a transgender person – confuses her bohemian...