Paris in modern times

Paris in Modern Times

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Art Museum in Modern Times

Drawing on his unique experience at the helm of three major British art institutions, Charles Saumarez Smith traces how art museums across the world h

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The Gardener´s Year - Karel Čapek

<p>From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener s life. First published in Prague in 1929, The Gardener s Year combines a richly comic portrait of life in the garden, narrated month by month, with a series of delightful illustrations by the author...

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When I Lived In Modern Times

Stylish reissue of the Orange Prize-winning novel.

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Jews of Arab Lands in Modern Times

This book focuses on the forces, events, and personalities that over the past 150 years have shaped the Jewish communities of the Arab world, changing

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Alina Szapocznikow – Awkward Objects

Born in Kalisz, Poland, in 1926, Alina Szapocznikow studied in Prague and Paris, spent her life in France, and created an impressive number of sculptu

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Lacan in the End Times

This book explores themes around the Father, His absence in modern society, and the decline of mental health. The nature of this decline can be theori

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Iraqi in Paris

Assyrian Samuel Shimon, known as a relentless raconteur, a modern Odysseus, the Iraqi Don Quixote, dreams of becoming a Hollywood film-maker, but ends

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Clocks in This House All Tell Different Times

Summer 1923. The modern world. Orphaned Lucy Marsh climbs into the back of the old army truck and is whisked off to the woods, where the funny men liv

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In Memoriam: THE TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - Alice Winn

<p>It was only because Gaunt knew he might die, that he could be so reckless as to kiss him.In 1914, war feels far away to Henry Gaunt and Sidney Ellwood. They're too young to enlist, and anyway, Gaunt is fighting his own private battle - an all-consuming infatuation with the dreamy, poetic Ellwood - not having a clue that his best friend is in love with him, always...

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Christian Mission in the Modern World

How does mission look in an ever changing world? John Scott's updated book is a must have for sharing God in Modern times

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Thirty Days in Paris: The gorgeously escapist, romantic and uplifting new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author - Henry Veronica

Anotace: THE STUNNING AND ROMANTIC NEW NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR VERONICA HENRY - PRE-ORDER NOW!`Magical, romantic, fantastique` MILLY JOHNSON`A perfect Parisian fantasy every woman will love` KATIE FFORDE`Wow, wow, WOW. Her best and most perfect book yet. I adored every word. Sublime, as always` JILL MANSELL`The perfect weekend read. I was so captivated...

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Thirty Days in Paris: The gorgeously escapist, romantic and uplifting new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author - Veronica Henry

<p>THE STUNNING AND ROMANTIC NEW NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR VERONICA HENRY - PRE-ORDER NOW!'Magical, romantic, fantastique' MILLY JOHNSON'A perfect Parisian fantasy every woman will love' KATIE FFORDE'Wow, wow, WOW. Her best and most perfect book yet. I adored every word. Sublime, as always' JILL MANSELL'The perfect weekend read. I was so captivated ...

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Loveliest Chocolate Shop in Paris

The ever-popular novels of Sunday Times bestselling sensation, Jenny Colgan, are given a beautiful contemporary new look in this re-issue series.

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Icons of Modern Art

An exhibition catalog for a landmark show in Paris of Russian avant-garde, French Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Modern paintings acquired in

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Pious Pilgrims, Discerning Travellers, Curious Tourists: Changing Patterns of Travel to the Middle East from Medieval to Modern Times

This volume comprises a varied collection of seventeen papers presented at the biennial conference of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt

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Rules for Modern Life

A satirical masterclass in navigating the social niceties of modern life, by the "Financial Times" agony uncle. Covers correct footwear for shooting, how to look professional in a bath towel, the etiquette of doggy bags, and much more.

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Modern Iranian Philosophy

Offers a concise overview of developments in Iranian philosophy from ancient times to the seventeenth century. The text places Iranian philosophy with

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The Happy Couple: A sparkling story of modern love from the bestselling author of EXCITING TIMES - Dolan Naoise

Anotace: `A brilliant contemporary novel` Colm Toibin `I am fully in awe of Dolan`s talent` Douglas Stuart`I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it` Marian Keyes`Dazzling. Not a word is out of place` Katherine HeinyMeet Celine and Luke. To all intents and purposes, the happy couple.But Celine`s more interested in playing the piano, and Luke`s a serial cheater.And as the...

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The Happy Couple: A sparkling story of modern love from the bestselling author of EXCITING TIMES - Naoise Dolan

<p>'A brilliant contemporary novel' Colm Toibin 'I am fully in awe of Dolan's talent' Douglas Stuart'I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it' Marian Keyes'Dazzling. Not a word is out of place' Katherine HeinyMeet Celine and Luke. To all intents and purposes, the happy couple.But Celine's more interested in playing the piano, and Luke's a serial cheater.And as thei...

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Perilous Times: The Sunday Times Bestseller compared to ´Good Omens with Arthurian knights´ - Lee Thomas D.

Anotace: IN PERILOUS TIMES LIKE THESE, THE REALM DOESN`T JUST NEED A HERO.IT NEEDS A KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR.Sir Kay and his fellow knights awake from their mythical slumber whenever Britain has need of them; they fought at Agincourt and at the Somme. But in these perilous modern times, the realm is more divided than ever, a dragon has been seen for the first time in ce...

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What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times (The Sunday Times Bestseller) - Hyde Marina

Anotace: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNow includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers.Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era.`Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.`PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE`The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.`GARY LINEKER`It`s a scientific FACT: Marina Hyd...

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What Just Happened?!: Dispatches from Turbulent Times (The Sunday Times Bestseller) - Marina Hyde

<p>THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Now includes ELEVEN new columns and a whole THREE new prime ministers. Relive the delusional fever-dream of the modern era. 'Thank f*ck for Marina Hyde: the most lethal, vital, screamingly funny truth-teller of our time.' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'The most brilliantly funny columnist of our time.' GARY LINEKER 'It's a scientific FACT:...

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The Modern Fairies

'Elegant and decadent, vulgar and clever, enchanting and dark. The love child of Angela Carter and Anais Nin - the book I really really needed' SARAH PERRY, author of The Essex SerpentWhy don't they tell you it is the beautiful princess who becomes the evil queen; that they are just the same person at different points in their story?Versailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a...

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Paris Agent

Two otherwise ordinary women become female spies in WWII France in this sweeping historical suspense novel by New York Times bestselling author Kelly

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Paris Library

The instant New York Times bestseller, inspired by the true story of the librarians at the American Library in Paris who risked their lives during the

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Legendborn: The New York Times bestselling fantasy debut! (1398501875)

Kniha - autor Tracy Deonn, 512 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná SOME LEGACIES ARE MEANT TO BE BROKEN. An explosive fantasy debut that is taking TikTok by storm. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J. Maas and Cinderella is Dead! Filled with mystery and Southern Black Girl Magic, Tracy Deonn's New York Times bestselling Legendborn offe...

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How to Survive the Modern World

A guide to modern times that explores the challenges living in the 21st century can pose to our mental wellbeing.

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Little Paris Patisserie

â€Irresistible’ Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde In a cosy corner of Paris, a delicious little patisseri

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Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe

This lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in Early Modern times. The Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded a place

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Modern France: A Very Short Introduction

In this Very Short Introduction, Vanessa Schwartz argues that modern France, as both a world stage and a global crossroads, is an essential actor in the development of contemporary culture. Indeed, French is the only language other than English spoken on five continents, and more people still visit France than anywhere else in the world. French fashion continues to domina...

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Marcus Simaika

"The compelling life and times of a leading figure of modern Coptic Egyptian history"

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The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood - Bryson Bill

Anotace: From one of our most beloved and bestselling authors, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bryson grew up ...

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The Life And Times Of The Thunderbolt Kid: Travels Through my Childhood - Bill Bryson

<p>From one of our most beloved and bestselling authors, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950s.Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold. Like millions of his generation, Bryson grew up w...

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When Things Don´t Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times - Sunim Haemin

Anotace: From the internationally bestselling author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down***What if moments of great difficulty are, in fact, opportunities for growth and self-discovery? What if they can serve as stepping stones to greater things in life?Modern life doesn`t always go our way. Loss, rejection, uncertainty and loneliness are unavoidable parts ...

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When Things Don´t Go Your Way: Zen Wisdom for Difficult Times - Haemin Sunim

<p>From the internationally bestselling author of The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down***What if moments of great difficulty are, in fact, opportunities for growth and self-discovery? What if they can serve as stepping stones to greater things in life?Modern life doesn't always go our way. Loss, rejection, uncertainty and loneliness are unavoidable parts o...

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Things I Wish I Told My Mother: The instant New York Times bestseller - Patterson Susan

Anotace: Liz and Laurie are mother and daughter, but they couldn't be more different. Laurie is a free spirit whose creative career is about to reach new heights. Her mother Liz is a world-renowned doctor, and everything in her life has always been just so. But when Laurie gets an unexpected call, she decides to take her mother away on a trip to Paris and Norway. ...

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The London Seance Society: The New York Times Bestseller - Sarah Penner

<p>May mercy be upon the man who finds himself the enemy of a vengeful medium…</p> <p>1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D’Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who kill...

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The Survivor: A Sunday Times Thriller of the Month - Conway Simon

Anotace: Jude Lyon of MI6 has narrowly foiled the traitor Fowle`s plot to level London, but the public are demanding answers.Answers the government doesn`t have. As the country reels, a new populist political figure carves a stratospheric trajectory - but is he all he seems? In Moscow the President is furious. The world now knows the destructive power of the programme ...

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The Survivor: A Sunday Times Thriller of the Month - Simon Conway

<p>Jude Lyon of MI6 has narrowly foiled the traitor Fowle's plot to level London, but the public are demanding answers.Answers the government doesn't have. As the country reels, a new populist political figure carves a stratospheric trajectory - but is he all he seems? In Moscow the President is furious. The world now knows the destructive power of the programme h...

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All the Light We Cannot See (Collins Modern Classics) - Doerr Anthony

Anotace: Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Open your eyes, and see what you can with them before they close forever For Marie-Laure, blind since ...

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All the Light We Cannot See (Collins Modern Classics) - Anthony Doerr

<p>Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure for generations to come. Open your eyes, and see what you can with them before they close forever For Marie-Laure, blind si...

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Little Paris Patisserie HarperCollins Publishers

â€Irresistible’ Sunday Times bestseller Katie Fforde In a cosy corner of Paris, a delicious little patisserie is just waiting to be discovered. And romance might just be on the menu…...

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Literary Landscapes Paris - Sandrine Voillet

<p>From Voltaire to Verlaine and from Hugo to Hemingway, these are the Paris locations that have influenced modern literature.</p> <p>The book is an elegant photographic stroll around the bookshops, famous literary restaurants and storied streets of Europe’s favourite tourist destination.</p> <p>Literary Landscapes: Paris takes this major Eur...

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Paris. The Shaping of the French Capital

Through various stages in history from the Roman to the Medieval, to the Renaissance and the Early Modern and Modern, the book shows how political pow

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Light Over Liskeard: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Captain Corelli´s Mandolin - Bernieres Louis de

<p>Sometimes we must look to the past to survive the future.A novel about what really matters in life from the bestselling author of Captain Corelli's MandolinQ wants a simpler and safer life. His work as a quantum cryptographer for the government has led him to believe a crisis is imminent for civilisation and he's looking for somewhere to ride out what's ahead.He ...

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Book of Night: #1 Sunday Times bestselling adult fantasy from the author of The Cruel Prince - Holly Black

<p>'Dark, strange, thick with mystery and twists Book of Night is everything delicious and frightening I've come to expect from Holly Black.' Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House'Black is a master at world-building.' The New York Times Book Review_______________________________________________________________________#1 New York Times bestsel...

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The Justice of Kings: the Sunday Times bestseller (Book One of the Empire of the Wolf) - Swan Richard

Anotace: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`A stunning piece of modern fantasy writing` RJ Barker`Utterly compelling, thoroughly engrossing and written with such skilful assurance I could barely put it down` Nicholas EamesNO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAWThe Empire of the Wolf simmers with unrest. Rebels, heretics and powerful patricians all challenge the power of the imperial th...

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The Justice of Kings: the Sunday Times bestseller (Book One of the Empire of the Wolf) - Richard Swan

<p>THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'A stunning piece of modern fantasy writing' RJ Barker'Utterly compelling, thoroughly engrossing and written with such skilful assurance I could barely put it down' Nicholas EamesNO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAWThe Empire of the Wolf simmers with unrest. Rebels, heretics and powerful patricians all challenge the power of the imperial thr...

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Censorship in Japan

This book explores censorship, particularly film and video censorship, in Japan in modern times. It shows how most censorship has been the film and vi

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Coin Finds in Britain

Provides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they migh

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Napoleon in Egypt

Napoleon's invasion of Egypt in 1798 was the first attack on a Middle Eastern country by a Western power in modern times. He was just twenty-eight whe

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The Beasts of Paris - Penney Stef

Anotace: In Paris 1870, three wandering souls find themselves in a city set to descend into war.`Exquisite, relevant and immersive` ANNA MAZZOLA`Hypnotically readable . . . Stef Penney is a mesmerising storyteller` AMANDA CRAIGAnne is a former patient from a women`s asylum trying to carve out a new life for herself in a world that doesn`t understand her. Newcomer Lawrenc...

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The Paris Apartment: A Novel (0063227924)

Kniha - autor Lucy Foley, 320 stran, anglicky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá From the New York Times bestselling author of The Guest List comes a new locked room mystery, set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide… Jess needs a fresh start. She’s broke and alone, and she’s just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-b...

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HR ROBO SAPIENS: Decoding Artificial Intelligence for Modern Recruitment and HR Marketing - José Kadlec

In this revolutionary guide, José Kadlec, co-founder of the 415th fastest-growing company in Europe as recognized by the Financial Times, former ethical hacker...

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Hard Times Create Strong Men: Why the World Craves Leadership and How You Can Step Up to Fill the Need - Stefan Aarnio

<p>What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Throughout history, being a man has meant different things. Maybe being a man was about being a good hunter, or a good soldier, a good businessman or maybe good with women. Hard Times Creates Strong Men examines what it means to be a man in the modern world relative to money, sex, religion and politics. This book...

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Roman Law in European History

Peter Stein explains in a lucid, concise volume how Roman law has influenced European legal and political thought right up to modern times. Unparallel

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In Spite Of The Gods

* The bestselling book on modern India by the ex-South Asia correspondent for the Financial Times, reissued with new material

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Silver in the Bone

From the No.1 New York Times bestselling author of Lore and The Darkest Minds trilogy comes this stunning series opener inspired by Arthurian legend and fuelled by love, revenge and pure adrenaline - cementing Alexandra Bracken's status as one of the top fantasy authors writing today.Tamsin Lark didn't ask to be a Hollower. As a mortal with no magical talent, she was neve...

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HR ROBO SAPIENS: Decoding Artificial Intelligence for Modern Recruitment and HR Marketing - José Kadlec

Anotace: In this revolutionary guide, José Kadlec, co-founder of the 415th fastest-growing company in Europe as recognized by the Financial Times, former ethical hacker, and recruiting nerd, unveils his step-by-step approach to transforming you into an HR professional adept at harnessing the power of artificial intelligence. Whether you`re a recruiter, HR marketer, talen...

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