Sappho (Daudet Alphonse)(Paperback)

Sappho (Daudet Alphonse)(Paperback)

Passionate, calculating, only sometimes honourable but always honest, Fanny Legrand is one of the great female characters in literature. Nothing could be more shocking to Jean Gaussin, a serious young student from the provinces, than the moral swamp his mistress has been living in before they met

In the Land of Pain (Daudet Alphonse)(Paperback / softback)

Alphonse Daudet was a highly popular nineteenth-century French novelist, whose work radiated humour and good

ELI - F - Poussins 4 - Tartarin de Tarascon - readers + CD - Alphonse Daudet

Lettres de Mon Moulin (Daudet Alphonse)(Paperback)

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally

Lectures graduées N2 A2: Tartarin de Tarascon + audio - Alphonse Daudet

In the town of Tarascon, in the South of France, Tartarin is a hero. He’s a great hunter, much admired by the townspeople. But hunting bores Tartarin, and he dreams of adventures in far-off lands. One day, he decides to go lion hunting in Africa… and so begin his fun adventures!DOSSIERSAlphonse

Complete Poems and Fragments (Sappho)(Paperback / softback)

The Love Songs of Sappho (Sappho)(Paperback)

Called the 'Tenth Muse' by the ancients, Greece's greatest female lyric poet Sappho (ca. 610-580 b.c.e.) spent the majority of her life on the famed island of Lesbos. Passionate and breathtaking, Sappho's poems survive only in fragments following religious conspiracies to silence her. Sappho penned

Sappho Is Burning (DuBois Page)(Paperback)

To know all we know about Sappho is to know little. Her poetry, dating from the seventh century B.C.E., comes to us in fragments, her biography as speculation. How is it then, Page duBois asks, that this poet has come to signify so much? Sappho Is Burning offers a new reading of this archaic

The Complete Poems of Sappho (Barnstone Willis)(Paperback)

Sappho's thrilling lyric verse has been unremittingly popular for more than 2,600 years--certainly a record for poetry of any kind--and love for her art only increases as time goes on. Though her extant work consists only of a collection of fragments and a handful of complete poems, her mystique

The Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha (Mucha Alphonse)(Paperback)

To the general public, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is perhaps best known for his posters of Sarah Bernhardt and magnificent decorative panels such as 'The Seasons' -- works that continue to grow in popularity and value as the resurgence of interest in Art Nouveau increases. Among graphic

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Sappho)(Paperback)

In this 'gorgeous translation' (The New York Times), one of our most fearless and original poets provides a tantalizing window onto the genius of a woman whose lyric power spans millennia. Of the nine books of lyrics the ancient Greek poet Sappho is said to have composed, only one poem has survived

The Cambridge Companion to Sappho (Finglass P. J.)(Paperback)

No ancient poet has a wider following today than Sappho; her status as the most famous woman poet from Greco-Roman antiquity, and as one of the most prominent lesbian voices in history, has ensured a continuing fascination with her work down the centuries. The Cambridge Companion to Sappho provides

Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Sappho)(Paperback)

More or less 150 years after Homer's Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of what is present Turkey. Little remains today of her writings, which are said to have filled nine papyrus rolls in the great library at Alexandria some 500 years after her death. The surviving

The Glories of Mary (Liguori Alphonsus)(Paperback)

The Glories of Mary, widely regarded as Saint Alphonsus Liguori's finest masterpiece, has for two and a half centuries stood as one of the Catholic Church's greatest expressions of devotion to the Blessed Virgin. Written as a defense of Our Lady at a time when Jansenistic writers were ridiculing

Moral Theology vol. 1: Law, Vice, & Virtue (Liguori St Alphonsus)(Paperback)

Zoo of the New - A Book of Exceptional Poems from Sappho to Paul Muldoon(Paperback / softback)

Alphonse Mucha(Pevná vazba)

Now available in a new edition, this gorgeous volume surveys the entire breadth of Alphonse Mucha's work--from illustration and decorative arts to his photography and the historical paintings that were his life's passion. Alphonse Mucha is known largely for having originated Art Nouveau, when his

Creative Haven Art Nouveau Designs Coloring Book (Mucha Alphonse Maria)(Paperback)

This lush gallery of sensuous Art Nouveau designs spotlights the works of Alphonse Mucha. More than 30 full-page portraits to color depict strikingly beautiful women amid fantastic backdrops of stars, floral swirls, and exotic ornaments. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy

Antigonick (Carson Anne)(Paperback)

Anne Carson has published translations of the ancient Greek poets Sappho, Simonides, Aiskhylos, Sophokles and Euripides. Antigonick is her seminal work. Sophokles' luminous and disturbing tragedy is here given an entirely fresh language and presentation. This paperback edition includes a new

The Imperative (Lingis Alphonso)(Paperback)

'. . . a more compelling reading of Kant than any I have ever seen.' --David Farrell KrellIn this provocative book, Alphonso Lingis argues that not only our thought is governed by an imperative, as Kant had maintained, but, rather, our sensual, sensing, perceiving, and emotional life is continually

Louis-Alphonse Poitevin: 1819-1882 - Blau Daniel

The first book on the man who made it possible to print photographs in books.  Louis Alphonse Poitevin (1819–1882) was an outstanding inventor, chemist, engineer, scientist, artist, and photographer. This book looks into the life of this famous pioneer of photography for the first time. For more

A Leap of Faith (Ashley Trisha)(Paperback)

Sappho Jones stopped counting birthdays when she reached 30 but, even with her hazy grip on mathematics, she realizes that she's on the slippery slope to the big four-oh! With the thought suddenly lodged in her mind that she's a mere cat's whisker away from becoming a single eccentric female living

The Lesbian Lyre: Reclaiming Sappho for the 21st Century (Duban Jeffrey M.)(Pevná vazba)

Hailed by Plato as the 'Tenth Muse' of ancient Greek poetry, Sappho is inarguably antiquity's greatest lyric poet. Born over 2,600 years ago on the Greek island of Lesbos, and writing amorously of women and men alike, she is the namesake lesbian. What's left of her writing, and what we know of her,

The Beekeeper's Handbook (Sammataro Diana)(Paperback)

Diana Sammataro and Alphonse Avitabile have created the best single-volume guide to the hobby and profession of beekeeping. The Beekeeper's Handbook provides step-by-step instructions for setting up an apiary, handling bees, and working throughout the season to maintain a healthy colony and a