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1	The Drinking Den more books like this by Emile Zola, Robin Buss (Translator) add to wishlist Set in the taverns of Paris, this is perhaps the first classical tragedy of working-class people living in the slums of a city. "The Drinking Den" (1877) is part of the "Rougon-Macquart" series, a naturalistic history of two branches of a family traced through several generations. Zola's work was influenced by contemporary theories of heredity and ... see all copies from $7.34! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
2	French Film Noir more books like this by Robin Buss add to wishlist From the seething internal aftermath of the German Occupation to the stylish radicalism of the New Wave and the slick post-modern fantasies of today, French directors such as Melville, Becker, Godard, Truffaut, and Chabrol have adapted American crime movie conventions to create their own cinema of good and evil. Fully illustrated with stills from ... see all copies from $5.40! new only from $12.93! \| first editions \| SVS
3	On Suicide more books like this by Emile Durkheim, Robin Buss (Translator), Prof. Richard Sennett (Introduction by) add to wishlist Emile Durkheim's "On Suicide" (1897) was a groundbreaking book in the field of sociology. Traditionally, suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension. He believed that if anything can explain how individuals relate to society, then it is suicide: Why does it ... see all copies from $10.50! new only from $10.50! \| SVS
4	The Art of Cinema more books like this by Jean Cocteau, Robin Buss (Translator), Claude Gauteur (Illustrator) add to wishlist For more than thirty years, poet, writer and artist Jean Cocteau maintained a lasting and passionate affair with the moving image. To him, film was a visionary, dream-like form, a glimpse of the phantoms that haunted the poet throughout his life. see all copies from $7.60! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Assommoir, L' (the DRAM Shop): 4 more books like this by Emile Zola, Robin Buss (Introduction by) add to wishlist This title is part of the "Les Rougon-Macquart" series which tells about two branches of a French family traced through several generations. The behaviour of the two families is shown to be conditioned by environment and inherited characteristics, chiefly drunkenness and mental instability. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.99! \| first editions
6	Modern times : selected non-fiction more books like this by Jean-Paul Sartre, Robin Buss, Geoffrey Wall add to wishlist "Modern Times" brings together an extraordinary collection of Sartrean gems, many of which have never been translated into English before. From writings on food and sex to a mini portrait of his great friend and rival, Albert Camus, the volume contains an amazing sweep of thematically organised writing. Amidst the grander set pieces on communism ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $21.03!
7	What news of the war? more books like this by Robert Bober, Robin Buss add to wishlist Paris 1945-46. The war has finished and life has settled back into a semblance of normality, not least in Monsieur Albert's dressmaker's shop. Life appears to go on as normal here, but the pressers and machinists are survivors of the camps and for them life can never again be "normal". see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99!
8	Cover Girls and Supermodels: 1945-1965 more books like this by Jean-Noel Liaut, Robin Buss (Translator) add to wishlist In this glorious world of catwalks, glossy magazines, cameras and couturiers, who were the [women] behind the smiles and poses? These cameo biographies reveal a world of incredible elegance and beauty. [biography][culture] see all copies from $1.99! new only from $91.81!
9	Cocteau: Les Enfants Terribles more books like this by Robin Buss add to wishlist see all copies from $16.44! new only from $25.94!
10	The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) more books like this by Henri Alain-Fournier, Robin Buss (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by) add to wishlist When Meaulnes first arrives at the local school in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring and charisma. But when Meaulnes disappears for several days, and returns with tales of a strange party at a mysterious house and a beautiful girl hidden within it, he has been changed forever. In his restless search for his Lost Estate and ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
11	The Women's War more books like this by Alexandre Dumas, Robin Buss (Translator) add to wishlist The Baron des Canolles is a man torn apart by the civil war that dominates mid-seventeenth century France. For while the naive Gascon soldier cares little for the politics behind the battles, he is torn apart by a deep passion for two powerful women on opposing sides of the war: Nanon de Lartigues, a keen supporter of the Queen Regent Anne of ... see all copies from $4.20! new only from $9.20! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Italian films more books like this by Robin Buss add to wishlist This book is a combination of references of over 200 films, with reviews, technical and cast credits, and follows themes in Italian cinema, seeing how they cope with both the international film market and the desire of film-makers to give an authentic picture of Italian life. The author looks at the ways Italian themes have been approached on the ... see all copies from $3.04! first editions
13	The French through their films more books like this by Robin Buss add to wishlist First of a series of books on the film-making achievements of European countries. In the first part of the book the author shows how cinema, at various times, has depicted French society. With reference to the classics of French cinema (and many less well known examples) he relates films to the mood of the time when they were made. He examines the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.15! \| first editions
14	Vigny: Chatterton more books like this by Robin Buss add to wishlist see all copies from $14.89! new only from $25.94! \| first editions
15 view cover	Under Fire by Henri Barbusse; Robin Buss add to wishlist This book presents a graphic account of the First World War from the perspective of the French trenches. It powerfully evokes the mundane degradations of trench life as well as the drama and trauma of military action, showing how ordinary men responded to one of the greatest horrors mankind has inflicted upon itself. see all copies from $13.25! new only from $27.60!
16	Wary partners: the Soviet Union and Arab socialism. more books like this by Robin Buss add to wishlist see all copies from $40.50!

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