The Mistral

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Damiani Limited
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Photography
ISBN : 8862086180

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Rachel Cobb: Mistral by Anonim Pdf

Mistral is a portrait of Provence seen through its legendary wind. Photographer Rachel Cobb illustrates the effects of this relentless wind that funnels down the Rhône Valley, periodically gusting to 120 km per hour--hurricane strength on the Beaufort wind force scale. The region has, accordingly, adjusted to accommodate the mistral's impact. Some houses are built the traditional way, with few or no windows on the windward side and the main entrance on the sheltered side. Heavy stones hold down terra-cotta roof tiles. Rows of trees lining fields create windbreaks to shield crops. Cobb spent years chasing this capricious wind, challenging herself to photograph the invisible. As she became sensitive to its rhythms and effects, Cobb realized the mistral was not just a weather phenomenon; it was an integral part of the fabric of Provençal life. It was everywhere, yet always unseen. Mistral captures this invisible force of nature through its effects: a leaf caught in flight, a bride tangled in her veil, spider webs oriented to withstand the wind and grapes lashed by powerful gusts ("You can taste the wine better when the mistral blows," a Châteauneuf-du-Pape winemaker says). Writers have also tried their hand at conjuring this ungraspable phenomenon. Excerpts from writings by Paul Auster, Lawrence Durrell, Jean Giono and Frédéric Mistral are included in this volume, a luminous evocation of nature's unseen power.

Author : Robert P. Desjardins
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595441716

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The Mistral by Robert P. Desjardins Pdf

In 2002, a neo-fascist party nearly seized control of the French government in an electoral shocker. The Mistral was conceived to expose the roots of that movement, which still exists today. Noel Marquis, a beautiful young woman, is aided by Jean Francois, a former boyfriend; Father Routhier, a Catholic priest in the historic tradition of Cardinal Richelieu; and Lieutenant Flanagan, a retired detective in tracing her father's mysterious life through three decades and across two continents. But Noel becomes the target of a fascist killer when she unearths the conspiracy to murder her uncle and the attempted assassination of her father, Marius Marquis. With Noel's support, Marius can finally understand a thirty-year-old plot-the by-product of a political malignancy that caused his wife's death-and start on a journey that will transform his life. From Algeria, the south of France, the United States, and Canada, The Mistral is a thrilling story of mystery, love, and international political conspiracy on both sides of the Atlantic.

Author : Judith Krantz
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307803498

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Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz Pdf

They were three generations of magnificent red-haired beauties born to scandal, bred to success, bound to a single extraordinary man—Julien Mistral, the painter, the genius, the lover whose passions had seared them all. Maggy: Flamboyant mistress of Mistral’s youth, the toast of Paris in the‘20s. Her luminous flesh was immortalized in the paintings that made Mistral legendary. Teddy: Maggy’s daughter, the incomparable cover girl who lived fast and left as her legacy Mistral’s dazzling love child. Fauve: Mistral's daughter, the headstrong, fearless glory girl whose one dark secret drove her to rule the world of high fashion and to risk everything in a feverish search for love. From the ‘20s Paris of Chanel, Colette, Picasso and Matisse to New York’s sizzling new modeling agencies of the ‘50s, to the model ward of the‘70s, Mistral's Daughter captures the explosive glamour of life at the top of the worlds of art and high fashion. Judith Krantz has given us a glittering international tale as spellbinding as her other celebrated bestsellers, Scruples, Princess Daisy, I'll Take Manhattan, Till We Meet Again, Scruples Two, Dazzle, and Lovers.

Author : Frédéric Mistral
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547364498

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Memoirs of Mistral by Frédéric Mistral Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Memoirs of Mistral" by Frédéric Mistral. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Velma García-Gorena
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780826359575

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Gabriela Mistral's Letters to Doris Dana by Velma García-Gorena Pdf

The Nobel Prize–winning poet Gabriela Mistral is celebrated by her native Chile as the “mother of the nation” even though she spent most of her life in Mexico, Europe, and the United States. Throughout the Spanish-speaking world and especially in Chile, Mistral was characterized as a sad, traditionally Catholic spinster. Yet her voluminous correspondence with Doris Dana, long believed to be her secretary, reveals that the two women were lovers from 1948 until Mistral’s death in 1957. These letters, published in Spanish in 2010 and now translated for the first time into English, provide insight into her work as a poet and illuminate her perspectives on politics, especially war and human rights. The correspondence also sheds light on the poet’s personal life and corrects the long-standing misperceptions of her as a lonely, single, heterosexual woman.

Author : Martin C. Taylor
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786491148

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Gabriela Mistral's Struggle with God and Man by Martin C. Taylor Pdf

Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) rose from poverty in the foothills of the Andes to become the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1945. This volume provides both a detailed biography of the author and a careful analysis of her writing. Chronicling the personal, psychological, and social currents of Mistral's life and times, it addresses such topics as her finances, illness, and sexuality. Literary analysis considers the sacred and secular influences on Mistral's oevre, including Catholicism, the Hebraic tradition, Theosophy, and Buddhism. By recounting Mistral's intelligence and perseverance in overcoming her life's obstacles to reach the pinnacle of her field, this book establishes her as a model for Chileans and for humanity.

Author : Gregory O'Brien,Jenny Bornholdt
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 0864735057

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The Colour of Distance by Gregory O'Brien,Jenny Bornholdt Pdf

Includes memoirs, stories, and poems written in France by some of New Zealand's greatest writers - Janet Frame, Allen Curnow, James K Baxter and others. This anthology also represents the imaginative engagement of the French writers - including Blaise Cendrars, rugby writer Denis Lalanne, and Charles Juliet - who, in turn, visited New Zealand.

Author : Adolphe Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Botany
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102812997

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The Garden of Hyères by Adolphe Smith Pdf

Author : Lu Heikell
Publisher : Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781786792235

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Corsica by Lu Heikell Pdf

Do you only have a week to spare? For those of us who are time poor but who want to seize the moment, either on our own boat or on a charter, it’s reassuring to know that there are plenty of cruising hubs from where we can enjoy some of the best of the region in only a few days. Imray Pocket Pilots are a new series of affordable PDF books, companions to the Yachting Monthly series A Week Afloat. They visit some ideal destinations and suggest a one week itinerary, and include expanded sailing directions for cruising each area based on printed Imray pilot books. Familiar Imray chartlets cover marina detail and approaches, and photos add both information and colour to the downloads. This Imray Pocket Pilot covers Corsica and is based on Rod and Lu Heikell’s Mediterranean France and Corsica pilot guide. It includes a week long itinerary out of It follows a one week trip out of Ajaccio, down the coast to Bonifacio and back, with suggestions for further cruising. A growing list of Imray Pocket Pilots will include: Seven Mediterranean titles by Lucinda Heikell including Corsica, The South of France and The Ionian, Greece. The west coast of Scotland by Norman Kean (Clyde Cruising Club) Southwest Ireland by Norman Kean (Irish Cruising Club) Galicia by Norman Kean (Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation) Morbihan and La Rochelle, Atlantic France by Nick Chavasse (Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation) The Stockholm Archipelago by Nigel Wollen (Royal Cruising Club Pilotage Foundation)

Author : United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 774 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : France
ISBN : STANFORD:36105026306709

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Weather and Climate as Related to Military Operations in France by United States. Army Air Forces. Weather Division Pdf

Author : Charles Alfred Downer
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547334262

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Frédéric Mistral by Charles Alfred Downer Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Frédéric Mistral" (Poet and Leader in Provence) by Charles Alfred Downer. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101064462060

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Atalanta by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eleanor Coombe
Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780734412591

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The Golden Flower by Eleanor Coombe Pdf

Something or someone is causing the land on Faraway Island to be spoiled. Trees are being cut down and the Diamond River is dirty, making Ziel, the Asrai River Fairy Princess, very sick. Can the golden flowers of the Mistral trees help save the land?

Author : Henry Holt
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781460250181

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Around the World in Six Years by Henry Holt Pdf

At the age of 67, Henry Holt struck off on a sailing adventure that would become a six-year voyage unlike any other way of seeing the world. The people he met and the challenges he faced along the way – from bureaucratic headaches at ports, to truly frightening weather events, to isolation from his friends and family while relying on their help from afar – only strengthened his commitment to the journey. Around the World in Six Years is an account of sailing lessons and life lessons in equal measure. Dramatic, funny, and heartfelt, it is an account of an ordinary man on an extraordinary trip, and will inspire the aspiring adventurer in every reader.

Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1941
Category : Pilot guides
ISBN : UCSD:31822033789512

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Sailing Directions for the Mediterranean by United States. Hydrographic Office Pdf