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Un an après La Gloire de mon père, Marcel Pagnol pensait conclure ses Souvenirs d'enfance avec ce Château de ma mère (1958), deuxième volet de ce qu il considérait comme un diptyque, s'achevant sur la scène célèbre du féroce gardien effrayant la timide Augustine. Le petit Marcel., après la tendresse familiale, a découvert l'amitié avec le merveilleux Lili., sans doute le plus attachant de ses personnages. Le livre se clôt sur un épilogue mélancolique., poignante élégie au temps qui a passé. Pagnol y fait vibrer les cordes d'une gravité à laquelle il a rarement habitué ses lecteurs.
« Hé ! l'ami !
Je vis un garçon de mon âge qui me regardait sévèrement. Il ne faut pas toucher les pièges des autres. dit-il. Un piège, c'est sacré ! - Je n'allais pas le prendre, dis-je. Je voulais voir l'oiseau.
II s'approcha: c 'était un petit paysan. Il était, brun, avec un fin visage provençal, des yeux noirs et de longs cils de fille. »
Two volumes of Colette's most beloved works, with a new Introduction by Judith Thurman.
Chéri, together with The Last of Chéri, is a classic story of a love affair between a very young man and a charming older woman. The amour between Fred Peloux, the beautiful gigolo known as Chéri, and the courtesan Léa de Lonval tenderly depicts the devotion that stems from desire, and is an honest account of the most human preoccupations of youth and middle age. With compassionate insight Colette paints a full-length double portrait using an impressionistic style all her own.
A lively introduction for children to written Chinese, Chineasy(R) for Children makes learning Chinese fun and simple. The book features playful illustrations by Noma Bar that relate each character's shape to its meaning, alongside games and activities to make learning interactive.
Introductory spreads explain how Chinese is written in pictograms--characters form building blocks for other words and sentences. Subsequent spreads feature lively scenes that help children to recognize over 100 Chinese characters. The book is organized by themes such as numbers, family, animals, and food, each section covering vocabulary within that topic. Stories about the development of characters and customs provide the perfect introduction to Chinese culture, while games and activities allow children to put into practice what they have learned. The book also features a picture library of characters for avid linguists to memorize as well as guidance on Mandarin pronunciation.
Choctaw Language and Culture combines a beginning language and grammar text with a selection of essays on Choctaw history, language, and culture from prehistoric times to the present.
In part one of the book, Chahta Anumpa, Marcia Haag, a linguist, and Henry Willis, a native speaker and Choctaw instructor, present the Choctaw language. Each chapter begins with a conversation or a Choctaw story. Designed for classroom use and to preserve the rich heritage of the Choctaw language, the lessons introduce new words, explain sentence construction and correct usage, and provide exercises in grammar and composition.
Part two, Kaniohmichi-hosh Okchayat Il-asha (The Way We Live), contains essays on Choctaw history and culture written especially for this volume by leading scholars in anthropology, history, linguistics, archaeology, and Native American studies. Beginning with The Ancient Ones, the chapters describe Choctaw prehistory, daily life before contact, ritual and religion, trade, removal to Indian Territory, schools, newspapers, and contemporary life.
They find the boy by the swimming pool, dolls floating on its surface.
Inside the house, his teacher lies dead.
But he claims to remember nothing...
June 2010. In the middle of a World Cup match, Martin Servaz receives a call from a long-lost lover. A few miles away in the town of Marsac, Classics professor Claire Diemar has been brutally murdered.
As if that weren't disturbing enough, Servaz receives a cryptic e-mail indicating that Julian Hirtmann, the most twisted of all serial killers, is back...and hitting a little too close to home. With death and chaos surrounding the small university town in Southern France where he was once a student and where his daughter is now enrolled, Servaz must act quickly.
With the help of detectives Irene Ziegler and Esperandieu, Servaz will have to uncover a world of betrayal and depravity to connect the dots between these gruesome murders that keep re-opening wounds from his past. After the success of The Frozen Dead, Bernard Minier plunges readers once again into a perfectly constructed, dark and oppressive atmosphere, driven foreward by a gripping plot, pushing the limits of the genre.
Clic, clac, muu.
Cliquiti, clac, muu. Pero los problemas del granjero Brown DE VERDAD comienzan cuando sus vacas le empiezan a enviar notas... ¡Ven a divertirte mientras un puñado de vacas letradas pone patas arriba el establo del granjero Brown!
A revised and updated seventh edition of the popular English-French dictionary, featuring more than 200,000 entries and translations as well as a comprehensive grammar section packed with helpful examples--the ultimate language reference for students, travelers, and business professionals.
Up to the minute, the Collins French Concise Dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of today's language in a practical, user-friendly format. Inside you'll find more than 95,000 references and upwards of 135,000 translations, including the latest business, media, and French cultural terms, and the most complete guide to grammar available in a French dictionary.
Comprehensive yet clear, modern, and easy to navigate, Collins French Concise Dictionary, 7th Edition contains all the information you'll need to write a paper, read a book, or tell a story.
