Amazing People Of Paris

Author : Charles Margerison
Publisher : Amazing People Club
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781921752377

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Amazing People of Paris by Charles Margerison Pdf

Have you ever wondered how the Eiffel Tower was built? Or, what it would have been like to wander the streets of Montmartre a hundred years ago and meet people like Edith Piaf and the famous painters? As you walk around the City of Light, you are travelling in the footsteps of amazing people including Napoleon Bonaparte, Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Toulouse-Lautrec and Gustave Eiffel. In different ways, all of these amazing characters made major contributions, making the city of Paris what it is today. A city tour unlike any other, Amazing People of Paris takes you on a fascinating journey with these icons of one of the world's most visited cities. You will meet those who contributed to the music, the art, the architecture, the politics and other vital aspects of the city's life. Come face to face with those who developed the Arc de Triomphe, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, the Tuilleries Gardens and other great places. Walk around the city with the stories of the people who created the sites we love to visit. What is a BioView®? Your tour of the people and places of Paris comes alive through BioViews®. A BioView® is a short biographical story, similar to an interview. These unique stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

Author : Penelope Rowlands
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781616200367

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Paris Was Ours by Penelope Rowlands Pdf

Thirty-two writers share their observations and revelations about the world's most seductive city. "Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there." —National Geographic Traveler Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the writers describe how they were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to write, to cook, to find love, to study, to raise children, to escape, or to live the way it’s done in French movies; they came from the United States, Canada, and England; from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba; and—a few—from other parts of France. And they stayed, not as tourists, but for a long time; some are still living there. They were outsiders who became insiders, who here share their observations and revelations. Some are well-known writers: Diane Johnson, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, and Edmund White. Others may be lesser known but are no less passionate on the subject. Together, their reflections add up to an unusually perceptive and multifaceted portrait of a city that is entrancing, at times exasperating, but always fascinating. They remind us that Paris belongs to everyone it has touched, and to each in a different way.

Author : Charles Margerison
Publisher : Amazing People Club
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781922002877

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Amazing Explorers - Volume 2 - A Short eBook by Charles Margerison Pdf

The geography of our amazing world has come about through the contributions of many. The Amazing People Club invites you into the adventurous and inspirational lives of five amazing explorers, whose voyages around the earth have contributed to civilization as we know it today. Take to the skies with Amy Johnson as she explored new boundaries in aviation, setting world records along the way. Trek the wilderness lands west of the Mississippi with Meriwether Lewis on the historical Lewis and Clark Expedition which lasted 28 months. Join David Livingstone, Marco Polo and Jacques Cartier as they explored new worlds and paved the way for modern settlements. Their tenacious spirits combined with their sense of exploratory adventure have had a major impact on our modern world Each story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

Author : Daniel Roche
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1987-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0520060318

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The People of Paris by Daniel Roche Pdf

In his collective portrait of the common people, Roche offers a rich and fascinating description of their lives—their housing, food, dress, financial dealings, literature, domestic life, and leisure time. Roche’s highly readable style and use of contemporary quotations enliven the reader’s view of eighteenth-century Paris and Parisians.

Author : Charles Margerison
Publisher : Amazing People Club
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781922002778

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Meet Helen Keller - An eStory by Charles Margerison Pdf

Being able to see and hear are gifts that many of us take for granted. In this inspirational title from The Amazing People Club, you will get to hear the amazing Helen Keller story. Follow her journey from early childhood where frustration, confusion and anger were part of her everyday life. Discover what made her go on to become the first deaf and blind person to earn her degree. Her motivations and fighting spirit led her to proceed to travel the world to educate people on politics and women's rights. Despite disabilities, she succeeded in many ways, making major contributions to our world. Her story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

Author : Charles Margerison
Publisher : Amazing People Club
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781922002785

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Meet Confucius - An eStory by Charles Margerison Pdf

Words of wisdom beginning with "Confucius says" are heard on almost a daily basis. Few people know where this originated. Therefore, The Amazing People Club are proud to invite you to 'Meet Confucius', born in 500BC in China. So, what did Confucius actually say? He was a forward thinker and one of the most influential philosopher's in the world. A seeker of peace, he believed that if people co-operated with each other and society, this would end fighting and bring peace and stability. Be inspired by this passionate philosophical leader, whose teachings are as alive today as they were centuries ago. His story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.

Author : Peter Hervé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : CHI:22695156

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The New Picture of Paris, from the Latest Observations ... by Peter Hervé Pdf

Author : Max Simon Nordau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019845536

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Paris Sketches by Max Simon Nordau Pdf

Author : David Lebovitz
Publisher : Crown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780767932127

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The Sweet Life in Paris by David Lebovitz Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Paris Kitchen and L'Appart, a deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights, cheese, chocolate, and other confections. Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city and after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he finally moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his worldly belongings into three suitcases, he arrived, hopes high, at his new apartment in the lively Bastille neighborhood. But he soon discovered it's a different world en France. From learning the ironclad rules of social conduct to the mysteries of men's footwear, from shopkeepers who work so hard not to sell you anything to the etiquette of working the right way around the cheese plate, here is David's story of how he came to fall in love with—and even understand—this glorious, yet sometimes maddening, city. When did he realize he had morphed into un vrai parisien? It might have been when he found himself considering a purchase of men's dress socks with cartoon characters on them. Or perhaps the time he went to a bank with 135 euros in hand to make a 134-euro payment, was told the bank had no change that day, and thought it was completely normal. Or when he found himself dressing up to take out the garbage because he had come to accept that in Paris appearances and image mean everything. Once you stop laughing, the more than fifty original recipes, for dishes both savory and sweet, such as Pork Loin with Brown Sugar–Bourbon Glaze, Braised Turkey in Beaujolais Nouveau with Prunes, Bacon and Bleu Cheese Cake, Chocolate-Coconut Marshmallows, Chocolate Spice Bread, Lemon-Glazed Madeleines, and Mocha–Crème Fraîche Cake, will have you running to the kitchen for your own taste of Parisian living.

Author : Esther Rashkin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780791477977

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Unspeakable Secrets and the Psychoanalysis of Culture by Esther Rashkin Pdf

Explores the radical political potential of close reading to make the case for a new and invigorated psychoanalytic cultural studies.

Author : Sue Watson
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780751564563

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We'll Always Have Paris by Sue Watson Pdf

'fizzes with warmth, humour and tenderness, from the first page to the last. . . I adored it' Cathy Bramley, author of Appleby Farm Does first love deserve a second chance? When she was almost seventeen, Rosie Draper locked eyes with a charismatic student called Peter during their first week at art college, changing the course of her life forever. Now, on the cusp of sixty-five and recently widowed, Rosie is slowly coming to terms with a new future. And after a chance encounter with Peter, forty-seven years later, they both begin to wonder 'what if' . . . Told with warmth, wit and humour, We'll Always Have Paris is a charming, moving and uplifting novel about two people; the choices they make, the lives they lead and the love they share.

Author : Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0530059282

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Paris and Her People Under the Third Republic by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : George Lillie Craik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : CHI:096015912

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The Pictorial History of England: Being a History of the People by George Lillie Craik Pdf

Author : Jaime Fernandez
Publisher : Page Publishing, Inc
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646284665

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The Fascinating World of Aviation by Jaime Fernandez Pdf

This is an entertainment book with real facts and history concerning about these aluminum birds with big wings we see every day in the sky. After doing many surveys and talking to people in airports worldwide, I found out that people do not have much knowledge about the fascinating world of aviation. I felt that I had to tell them with simple words, a little bit of my personal traveling experience, and with all my research done with books of different languages like Portuguese, Italian, Spanish, and English. I will tell facts and history of the airplanes. We all take flight in some point of our life. Buying a ticket, first thing is to check the price and compare it with all the different airlines to get the best bargain. Timeframe, documents and visas if you are going out of the country. Check the weather, clothes to wear, seat in the plane (window or corridor), etc. Do you know what manufacturer is the airplane you are going to be when you are 35,000 feet in the air? How the huge plane with more than 300,000 lb. of weight can stay in the air? How safe are they? The difference between one and another. This book will answer these questions and many more about aviation. My book The Fascinating World of Aviation describe in an enjoyable way with the following five chapters: 1. History of Aviation 2. What Is an Airplane and How Safe Is It? 3. What is an Airport? 4. The Boeing Company and Their Airplane 737 Max 8 5. Tips and Suggestions for Passengers

Author : Danielle Steel
Publisher : Dell
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307566454

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Five Days in Paris by Danielle Steel Pdf

In Danielle Steel’s beloved #1 New York Times bestselling novel, two strangers meet unexpectedly and fall in love in the City of Light. As president of a major pharmaceutical empire, Peter Haskell has everything: power, position, and a family that means everything to him. Compromise has been key in Peter Haskell’s life, and integrity is the base on which he lives. Olivia Thatcher is the wife of a famous senator. She has given to her husband’s ambition and career until her soul is bone-dry. She is trapped in a web of duty and obligation, married to a man she once loved and no longer even knows. Accidentally, they meet in Paris. Their totally different lives converge for one magical moment in the Place Vendôme, as Olivia carefully, silently, steps out of her life and walks away. Peter follows her, and in a café in Montmartre, their hearts are laid bare. Peter, once so certain of his path, is suddenly faced with a professional future in jeopardy. Olivia is no longer sure of anything except that she can’t go on anymore. Five days in Paris is all they have. They go back to their separate lives, but nothing is the same. Everything they believe is put on the line, until they each realize they must stand fast against compromise and face life’s challenges head-on. Danielle Steel’s classic novel is about honor and commitment, love and integrity—and the strength to find hope again. Five Days in Paris will change your life forever. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Danielle Steel's Hotel Vendome.