When she discovered by chance the identity of her biological parents, Prevaux began a passionate research into the story of their young love. The two become involved in the French Resistance, where they bravely rose to the cause. This volume explores their personalities and the events that led to their capture and assassination.
Taking for its subject those critical surfaces that transform a space into a room with personality and style, this book includes guidance on choosing an overall plan, and illustrates how to mix and match a variety of patterns and materials to create different themes.
This work is the result of the author's research as she discovered that her parents were Jacques and Lotka, key figures in the Resistance in the South of France during World War II. The book recounts her investigation as well as the interesting lives of her heroic parents.
Painting Your House Inside and Out explores today's range of paint and special effects products and offers instructions for choosing, mixing, and using them for a variety of home-decorating purposes. Here is practical advice on everything from preparing surfaces, choosing colors and equipment, and understanding paint properties to mastering ...
This surprising and deceptively simple story of how a young boy is transformed by a seemingly ordinary gift is paired with drawings by master illustrator Blake that perfectly capture the magical spirit of the story. Full color.
Using delicate prose and intense imagery, this translation explores the relationship and struggle of the human body and its inner being. Completely paralyzed by Lou Gehrig's disease, Magali is imprisoned in her own body, able to communicate only by blinking her eyes. Feeling mentally free but physically trapped, she reflects on her past and ...
Home is more than a simple shelter; home is a sanctuary. "Sophisticated Surfaces" illustrates how to enhance simple shelters by applying paint imaginatively to create aesthetically-pleasing home environments. Rooted in traditions that date back to the Italian Renaissance in 17th-century Europe, decorative artists use contemporary tools and ...
This Therapist Guide outlines a 30-session cognitive-behavioural treatment for bipolar depression. It provides session-by-session instructions for helping clients decrease and prevent relapse. Bipolar disorder is extremely hard to manage and this program will help clients better prepare themselves for dealing with problems and high-risk situations ...
The desire to understand Egyptian mythology is often, irrespective of religious preference, part of a search for the source of our spirituality and for the light that has been throwing a particular glow on humankind's ambitions and metaphysical speculations for thousands of years. So to enter the pantheon of ancient Egypt is to try and understand ...
The stunning photos in this folio-sized book trace this majestic river through both geography and history. Stretching from the Ethiopian highlands to the Mediterranean Sea, these photos document the 4,200-mile journey the river travels, from the powerful currents of the Great Lakes region to the serenity of the fertile Nile delta.
In this exciting streetwise adventure, a group of children on an inner-city council estate encounter a computer in which the characters of a new game come to life. These "golems" eventually help the children combat the evil owner of a multinational corporation, who, bent on world domination, is using the game to send subliminal messages. The ...
Home is more than a simple shelter, home is a sanctuary. Sophisticated Surfaces illustrates how to enhance simple shelters by imaginatively applying paint. Rooted in traditions that date to the Italian Renaissance in 17th-century Europe and before, decorative artists use modern contemporary tools and materials to interpret age-old techniques -- ...
Winner of the Governor General's Award for fiction in 1997, the work of Quebec writer Aude is now available to English readers for the first time. In this novella comprised of carefully observed short fictions, readers encounter diverse voices--the survivor of a prison camp, a runaway teenager--reacting to loss, death, and the possiblilities of ...
In this exciting streetwise adventure, a group of children on an inner-city council estate encounter a computer in which the characters of a new game come to life. These "golems" eventually help the children combat the evil owner of a multinational corporation, who, bent on world domination, is using the game to send subliminal messages. The story ...
The Pharaohs... Who has not dreamt at the mere mention of this word that embodies such mystery and magic? Who has not held their breath at the sight of the golden mask of Tutankhamun? Who does not know the names of Ramesses, Tuthmosis, or Akenaten...? The message of wisdom and harmony, spirituality and beauty from the past, remains aas true today ...
The greatest archeological discovery of all time was made on November 27, 1922 when a team of British scientists unearthed the tomb of the pharaoh, Tutankhamun. Within, they found an incredible array of jewels, artworks, furniture, and artifacts that had lain undisturbed since antiquity. Here is the story of the boy-king who was found encased in a ...
The desire to understand Egyptian mythology is often, irrespective of religious preference, part of a search for the source of our spirituality and for the light that has been throwing a particular glow on humankind's ambitions and metaphysical speculations for thousands of years. So to enter the pantheon of ancient Egypt is to try and understand ...
This beautiful four-color encyclopedia features illustrations of 50 Egyptian gods and a full explanation of the role that each played in the theology of ancient Egypt. Each god is shown in the four media in which the ancient Egyptians represented them: statuary, paintings, hieroglyphics, and sacred symbols. Many of the featured photographs are ...
In this exciting streetwise adventure, a group of children on an inner-city council estate encounter a computer in which the characters of a new game come to life. These "golems" eventually help the children combat the evil owner of a multinational corporation, who, bent on world domination, is using the game to send subliminal messages. The ...
The word Pharaoh originally meant "the great house" or "palace of the King". Gradually it came to represent the king himself. This full-color, illustrated history of the Pharaoh explores three thousand years of ancient Egyptian civilization, including information about their gods and religious rituals; their tombs, temples, and treasures; the role ...
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