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5) In 1940 Camdus moved to Paris and met Francine Faure, a pianist and a mathematician. The two fell in love and gotthen married that same year. The couple had twins in 1945, Francine would also be part of the Manhattan Project...
While I might not be the greatest Jane Austen devotee (a Janeite as I learned), I do appreciate her talent and I do love history and books about books. This book could easily be categorized under “History” in any bookstore, the artwork is varied, chronological and the text explains the pictures in the historical context in which they are presented....
The author sets the stage early, Lt. Col. Quentin Margont, the pragmatist protagonist, sees the world in black and white, the political weasel Talleyrand who only sees shades of grey and dances political circles Napoleon’s brother, Joseph, whose ego gets in the way of him seeing reality....
It was marvelous to see how the idea of science-fiction have evolved over the decades, from winged moon creatures to worlds feel with natural wonders or space colonies. In each era, the artists have taken whatever knowledge was available at the time and expanded on it to create a vivid futuristic guess of what lies just around the corner....
At first Frankenstein was published anonymously (1818) to scathing reviews (“a tissue of horrible and disgusting absurdity”). A play in 1823 made the story popular and the book appeared in print again (1831), but with significant changes including crediting Mary Shelley with the authorship....
t’s amazing to read about the history of the Talmud paralleled that of the Jewish people. During the pogroms and ages which anti-Semitism was a societal and politically accepted, those who seek to destroy the Jews tried also to destroy the Talmud, mainly because they didn’t understand what it was about (ridiculously bringing about the blood-libel scenarios over and over)....
About: Escape from Sobibor by Richard Rashke is a non-fiction book which details the biggest escape from a Nazi concentration camp in Poland during World War II. The book was first published in 1982 and won acclaim world wide. 416 pages Publisher: University of Illinois Press Language: English ISBN-10: 0252064798 My ratÂing for Escape from Sobibor — 5 Buy this book from in paper or elecÂtronic format* More RecÂomÂmended...
Moss Hart (24 October, 1904 – 20 December, 1961) was an American theater directory, playwright and TV personality. Moss Hart was born in New York City to Jewish Immigrants. The Moss family lived in The Bronx. Hart was attached to his Aunt Kate who piqued his interest in theater. Hart got his directorial start in amateur theaters and summer resorts. Once in a Lifetime, a comedy about the arrival of sound in Hollywood, was Hart’s firs...
I love bookish decorations, but who doesn’t. Last weekend we went to a local farm for apple picking and Halloween festivities when I encountered in their “hall of overpriced stuff” these beautiful decorations. These books are, of course, just props but the do make a nice statement and give the house a more sophisticated look, in a ghoulish sort of way. Disclaimer: I buy Halloween decorations on or around November 1, ...
We’ve received a total of $7.33 in repayments on October 17, 2014! Click here to donate yourself That’s great, glad to see our money is making such a difference around the world. One more payback and we’d be able to re-loan the balanance to another deserving person. We still have almost $80 in outstanding loans, which are getting repaid back a little a time....
