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Me Talk Pretty One Day
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D Sedaris
David Sedaris, author of NAKED, continues his humorous exploration of himself, focusing on his humorous attempts to learn French after moving to Paris; his topics include restaurants, his quirky dislikes, his career dreams, and the habits of his increasingly eccentric family.
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Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
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Steven Pressfield
Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie. Nearly 2,500 years ago, in 480BC, at a bleak pass in a far-flung corner of eastern Greece, three hundred Spartan warriors faced the army of Xerxes of Persia, a massive force rumoured to be over a million strong. Their orders were simple: to delay the enemy for as ...
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Spanish for Dummies
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Susana Wald, Jean Antonin Billard, Juergen Lorenz (Editor)
This guide should help the reader to start speaking Spanish quickly and easily. It includes practical lessons, cultural facts and references, with a dictionary and common verb lists.
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No Exit and Three Other Plays
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Jean-Paul Sartre
4 plays about an existential portrayal of Hell, the reworking of the Electra-Orestes story, the conflict of a young intellectual torn between theory and conflict and an arresting attack on American racism.
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The Ultimate Spanish Review and Practice: Mastering Spanish Grammar for Confident Communication
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Ronni L Gordon
A good grasp of grammar enables the foreign-language learner to build skill and confidence in communication. Here's the "ultimate," painless way for intermediate and advanced learners to brush up on the rules. Each grammatical concept is explained and then illustrated with lively sentence examples; extensive exercises offer practice at applying ...
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Citizen Soldiers: The U S Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany June 7, 1944-May 7, 1945
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Professor Stephen E Ambrose (Introduction by)
An oral history of the last European campaigns of the Second World War, from the landings at Normandy to the final surrender of the Axis powers. Ambrose, who has already chronicled the Second World War in UNDAUNTED COURAGE and D_DAY, concentrates on the experiences of the ordinary soldier in the ranks, and makes use of hundreds of interviews ...
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The surgeon's mate
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Patrick O'Brian
In the seventh volume in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, Stephen Maturin is hunted through the high seas as his intelligence activities in America become known to the French. Jack Aubrey is also hunted by an amorous woman with whom he had a brief liaison. And the elusive Diana Villiers at last agrees to marry Stephen.
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Count of Monte Cristo
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Alexandre Dumas
The classic novel of Edmond Dantès and his revenge against the men who caused him to be imprisoned unjustly.
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Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe
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Bill Bryson
From Scandinavia to Turkey, Bryson retraces his youthful, solo backpacking expedition that eventually landed him in England for 20 years. His experience lends wit to this slightly ethnocentric tour of greater Europe.
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The Count of Monte Cristo: Abridged
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Alexandre Dumas, Lowell Bair (Abridged by)
The classic novel of Edmond Dantès and his revenge against the men who caused him to be imprisoned unjustly.
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The garden of Eden
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Ernest Hemingway
Set on the Cote d'Azur in the 1920's, this is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same woman.
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Rick Steves' Paris
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Rick Steves
Home to magnificent art museums, romance, and some of the world's most revered food, Paris is most often at the top of anyone's "must see" list. Learn to navigate the city on the Paris Metro; view the numerous masterpieces in the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay; or take a self-guided walking tour of the sights along the Champs-Elysees. With Rick Steves' ...
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Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France
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Peter Mayle
Mayle and his wife return to Provence after a brief absence. This is the novelist's third installment of essays on the joys of living in the south of France.
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Abriendo Paso Gramatica
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Jose M Diaz
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Imitation of Christ
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Thomas A Kempis
This 15th-century meditation on the spiritual life influenced Thomas More, St. Ignatius Loyola, Thomas Merton, Pope John Paul I, and many others. A classic text of Western religious ideals.
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Rick Steves' Europe
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Rick Steves
Experienced travel writer Rick Steves points to the creme de la creme of European travel, covering the Continent's highlights and surprises. Every restaurant and lodging listed has been recently inspected by the author or his staff, and Steves has selected the best three or four activities, castles, resorts, and sights in each area. 100 maps.
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Rick Steves' Spain
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Rick Steves
Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best way to see Barcelona, the Basque Region, Madrid, Segovia, Toledo, Salamanca, Andalucia, Sevilla, Arcos, Jerez, Granada, The Costa del Sol, Tarifa, Gibraltar, and Morocco? "With Rick Steves' Spain 2006", travelers can experience the best of everything Spain has to offer, including tapas-hopping and ...
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Lonely Planet Spain
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Damien Simonis
This title presents off the beaten track locations and doors into local culture including expanded coverage of Northern Spain. It includes themed colour highlights to cater to readers' interests and introduce them to new areas of Spain. All authors are Spain-based and experts in their respective areas of hiking, surfing and more. This work ...
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Name of the Rose
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Umberto Eco
Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.
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Schaum's Outline of French Grammar
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Mary E Coffman Crocker
The fourth edition of "French Grammar" will provide a systematic review of French grammar, with clear and concise explanations, accompanied by numerous exercises that will allow students to work on their own, for both initial learning and review. The book is designed for the student of elementary or intermediate French.
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Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945
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Tony Judt
In this magnificent, unprecedented history of postwar Europe, esteemed historian Tony Judt covers 34 countries across 60 years in a single integrated narrative, using a great deal of material from newly available sources.
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Rick Steve's Europe Through the Back Door
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Rick Steves
Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door 2009 is the definitive guidebook for an affordable and unforgettable trip to Europe. Covering all the essentials and morefrom packing to transportation to foreign currencyRick's tips allow travelers to become "temporary Europeans," saving them time and money along the way. Rick also includes his personal ...
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While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam Is Destroying the West from Within
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Bruce Bawer
The author of "A Place at the Table" warns that Europe can no longer ignore the clash of civilizations raging on its own territory and around the world. Failure to recognize the problems and react quickly, he predicts, will lead to a virulent right-wing nationalism of a kind not seen since the 1930s.
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The Seville communion
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Arturo Pérez-Reverte
When Our Lady of the Tears, a Baroque church in Seville, is threatened with destruction by a group of real estate developers, Rome sends Father Lorenzo Quart to monitor the situation.
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Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home
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Julia Child (Introduction by), Jacques Pepin (Introduction by), Christopher Hirsheimer (Photographer)
Julia Child and Jacques Pépin get together and cook, with educational and entertaining results, bringing modern techniques and shortcuts to traditional French recipes, including Savory-Stuffed Roast Chicken, Chateaubriand, Julia's Lemon-Oil Dressing, Jacques's Salmon Fillet, Sabayon with Strawberries, and Pôt de Crème.
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