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Affiche du document The Plains of Abraham — The Plains of Abraham
James Oliver Curwood
1h22min30
Roman historique
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110 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
Historical novel, set around 1750 America. A young boy's parents are killed in a Mohawk raid. He and a girl in a similar plight are adopted by the Seneca Indians. They have many adventures, and he ends up as a participant in the famous battle.

The Plains of Abraham
James Oliver Curwood
1h22min30
Roman historique
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110 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h22min.
Historical novel, set around 1750 America. A young boy's parents are killed in a Mohawk raid. He and a girl in a similar plight are adopted by the Seneca Indians. They have many adventures, and he ends up as a participant in the famous battle.

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Affiche du document The Robe — The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas
4h20min15
Roman historique
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347 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h20min.
At the height of his popularity, Lloyd C. Douglas was receiving an average of one hundred letters a week from fans. One of those fans, a department store clerk in Ohio named Hazel McCann, wrote to Douglas asking what he thought had happened to Christ's garments after the crucifixion. Douglas immediately began working on The Robe, sending each chapter to Hazel as he finished it. It is to her that Douglas dedicated this book. A Roman soldier wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene - a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity. Here is the fascinating story of this young Roman soldier, Marcellus, who was in charge at the crucifixion of Jesus. After he won Christ's robe in a game of dice on Calvary, he experienced a slow and overpowering change in his life. Through the pages of this great book, the reader sees how a pagan Roman was eventually converted to Christ.

The Robe
Lloyd C. Douglas
4h20min15
Roman historique
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347 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h20min.
At the height of his popularity, Lloyd C. Douglas was receiving an average of one hundred letters a week from fans. One of those fans, a department store clerk in Ohio named Hazel McCann, wrote to Douglas asking what he thought had happened to Christ's garments after the crucifixion. Douglas immediately began working on The Robe, sending each chapter to Hazel as he finished it. It is to her that Douglas dedicated this book. A Roman soldier wins Christ's robe as a gambling prize. He then sets forth on a quest to find the truth about the Nazarene - a quest that reaches to the very roots and heart of Christianity. Here is the fascinating story of this young Roman soldier, Marcellus, who was in charge at the crucifixion of Jesus. After he won Christ's robe in a game of dice on Calvary, he experienced a slow and overpowering change in his life. Through the pages of this great book, the reader sees how a pagan Roman was eventually converted to Christ.

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Affiche du document The Rancher's Revenge — The Rancher's Revenge
Max Brand
1h20min15
Roman historique
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107 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h20min.
The story of young, hard-working rancher John Saxon who suffers abuse from the mean-spirited Bob Witherell. Saxon gains skill as a gunsman and takes down Witherell in a duel... but was it a good idea? Witherell was no ordinary bully, he was also the brother of the notorious outlaw, The Solitaire, of national repute with a list of dead men long and crowded with important names.

The Rancher's Revenge
Max Brand
1h20min15
Roman historique
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107 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h20min.
The story of young, hard-working rancher John Saxon who suffers abuse from the mean-spirited Bob Witherell. Saxon gains skill as a gunsman and takes down Witherell in a duel... but was it a good idea? Witherell was no ordinary bully, he was also the brother of the notorious outlaw, The Solitaire, of national repute with a list of dead men long and crowded with important names.

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Affiche du document The Queen's Brooch — The Queen's Brooch
Henry Treece
1h05min15
Roman historique
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87 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h05min.
The son of a Roman Tribune, raised in Roman Britain, familiar with Celtic customs, and friendly to their people, chooses to follow his father as a warrior until barbarism and battle change his mind.

The Queen's Brooch
Henry Treece
1h05min15
Roman historique
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87 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h05min.
The son of a Roman Tribune, raised in Roman Britain, familiar with Celtic customs, and friendly to their people, chooses to follow his father as a warrior until barbarism and battle change his mind.

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Affiche du document The Proper Place — The Proper Place
O. Douglas
1h44min15
Romans et nouvelles
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139 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h44min.
The Proper Place is delightful reading and is Miss O. Douglas at her best. The story deals with the Rutherfurd family, who have to leave their beautiful country house and all their friends on Tweedside and settle in the littler Fife sea town of Kirkmeikle. Here, Lady Jane and the attractive, friendly Nicole rapidly make a niche for themselves until we feel it is indeed Kirkmeikle that is their "proper place." It is a joy to read of their endless ability to give happiness to all with whom they come in contact - inculding their readers. This book is as fresh and invigorating as the sea breezes of Fife.

The Proper Place
O. Douglas
1h44min15
Romans et nouvelles
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139 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h44min.
The Proper Place is delightful reading and is Miss O. Douglas at her best. The story deals with the Rutherfurd family, who have to leave their beautiful country house and all their friends on Tweedside and settle in the littler Fife sea town of Kirkmeikle. Here, Lady Jane and the attractive, friendly Nicole rapidly make a niche for themselves until we feel it is indeed Kirkmeikle that is their "proper place." It is a joy to read of their endless ability to give happiness to all with whom they come in contact - inculding their readers. This book is as fresh and invigorating as the sea breezes of Fife.

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Affiche du document The Silver Curlew — The Silver Curlew
Eleanor Farjeon
1h03min00
Contes et Légendes
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84 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h03min.
The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...

The Silver Curlew
Eleanor Farjeon
1h03min00
Contes et Légendes
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84 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h03min.
The Silver Curlew is one of Eleanor Farjeon's finest works, an intriguing re-telling of the classic story Rumpelstiltskin. Mother Codling lives with her children in a small, Norfolk windmill. One day, the Codlngs receive a surprise visit from the king of Norwich, who insists that eighteen-year-old Doll Codling must spin a certain amount of flax for him, or he will cut off her head. Doll, terrified of dying, makes a deal with a spindle-imp, in order to save herself and her family. The only clincher is, that he returns to the castle when Doll's daughter is born and insists that he take the newborn child as payment for his work. Doll, and her younger sister Poll, try desperately to keep the baby...

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Affiche du document Old Soldier Sahib — Old Soldier Sahib
Frank Richards
1h30min45
Roman historique
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121 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h31min.
Old Soldier Sahib is like every man's real, ideal army book -- and it is the story of the author's own experiences as a Royal Welch Fusilier in India and Burma at the dawn of the 20th century before the Great War. He tells graphically of barracks life and the life of a recruit in England in the early 1900's, of Indian service, of the military men and routine and the round of events, amusing and dramatic and romantic in the British army. Recounts with rare and brutal honesty the everyday life of a common soldier in the Indian Empire.

Old Soldier Sahib
Frank Richards
1h30min45
Roman historique
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121 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h31min.
Old Soldier Sahib is like every man's real, ideal army book -- and it is the story of the author's own experiences as a Royal Welch Fusilier in India and Burma at the dawn of the 20th century before the Great War. He tells graphically of barracks life and the life of a recruit in England in the early 1900's, of Indian service, of the military men and routine and the round of events, amusing and dramatic and romantic in the British army. Recounts with rare and brutal honesty the everyday life of a common soldier in the Indian Empire.

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Affiche du document The Best of C. M. Kornbluth — The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
C.M. Kornbluth
2h00min00
SF et fantasy
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160 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h00min.
The Silly Season, The Marching Morons, and The Mindworn are just three of the acknowledged science fiction classics included in this masterful collection of nineteen tales all displaying the author's very best work! A must-have for all lovers of excellent old-style sci-fi.

The Best of C. M. Kornbluth
C.M. Kornbluth
2h00min00
SF et fantasy
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160 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h00min.
The Silly Season, The Marching Morons, and The Mindworn are just three of the acknowledged science fiction classics included in this masterful collection of nineteen tales all displaying the author's very best work! A must-have for all lovers of excellent old-style sci-fi.

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Affiche du document The Bedford Row Mystery — The Bedford Row Mystery
J. S. Fletcher
1h26min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
Henry Marchmont is a prosperous and respectable solicitor with an uneventful past. However, one night he is found murdered in his London home. The scanty clues seem to poin to a mysterious Mr Landale, who has met the solicitor on the very day of his death, for the first time in twenty-five years. But the detective and young Richard Marchmont soon discover that there is a triangle of financial intrigue to unravel before the truth can be learned, and that not one suspicious character, but several, have been lurking near Mr Marchmont's home at the hour of the crime! Slowly the police start to wring startling and incriminating confessions from a cold-hearted assistant clerk, from another lawyer, from a woman, and from a millionaire recluse, until amazing facts eventually emerge...

The Bedford Row Mystery
J. S. Fletcher
1h26min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
Henry Marchmont is a prosperous and respectable solicitor with an uneventful past. However, one night he is found murdered in his London home. The scanty clues seem to poin to a mysterious Mr Landale, who has met the solicitor on the very day of his death, for the first time in twenty-five years. But the detective and young Richard Marchmont soon discover that there is a triangle of financial intrigue to unravel before the truth can be learned, and that not one suspicious character, but several, have been lurking near Mr Marchmont's home at the hour of the crime! Slowly the police start to wring startling and incriminating confessions from a cold-hearted assistant clerk, from another lawyer, from a woman, and from a millionaire recluse, until amazing facts eventually emerge...

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Affiche du document Storm Music — Storm Music
Dornford Yates
2h30min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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200 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h30min.
Set in Austria, Spencer witnesses the burial of a liveried servant, murdered after an attempt to seize some gold in transit. Spencer identifies Lady Helena as the owner of the livery, warns her of murder, becomes her lover. Discovers the target is gold bullion in the cellar of her home, the castle at Yorick. Action is then the various attempts to steal the hidden bullion, the final elimination of the gang, and the reconciliation of the by then estranged lovers.

Storm Music
Dornford Yates
2h30min00
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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200 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h30min.
Set in Austria, Spencer witnesses the burial of a liveried servant, murdered after an attempt to seize some gold in transit. Spencer identifies Lady Helena as the owner of the livery, warns her of murder, becomes her lover. Discovers the target is gold bullion in the cellar of her home, the castle at Yorick. Action is then the various attempts to steal the hidden bullion, the final elimination of the gang, and the reconciliation of the by then estranged lovers.

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Affiche du document Stories from the Bible — Stories from the Bible
Walter De La Mare
1h58min30
Religions et spiritualité
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158 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h58min.
A collection of major Bible stories of the Old Testament, delightfully re-told in modern English, from the Garden of Eden to David and Goliath! Although geared towards the young, this book is a delight for all ages...

Stories from the Bible
Walter De La Mare
1h58min30
Religions et spiritualité
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158 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h58min.
A collection of major Bible stories of the Old Testament, delightfully re-told in modern English, from the Garden of Eden to David and Goliath! Although geared towards the young, this book is a delight for all ages...

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Affiche du document Mutiny on the Bounty — Mutiny on the Bounty
William Bligh
26min15
Histoire
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35 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 26min.
William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator eventually rising in rank to Vice Admiral. During his command of the "Bounty" in 1789, a notorious mutiny occurred. William Bligh and eighteen of his loyal seamen were expelled from the "Bounty" onto a small boat and began the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to protection in Timor. The mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, sailed off with the "Bounty" in other pursuits. "Mutiny on the Bounty" is a collection of early detailed documents of the voyage of the "Bounty". Largely in part to the effort of Bligh to maintain an accurate log before, during, and after the actual mutiny, even the Bounty's crew list is well chronicled. Bligh returned to Britain and reported the mutiny to the Admiralty two years and two and a half months after leaving England.

Mutiny on the Bounty
William Bligh
26min15
Histoire
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35 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 26min.
William Bligh (1754-1817) was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator eventually rising in rank to Vice Admiral. During his command of the "Bounty" in 1789, a notorious mutiny occurred. William Bligh and eighteen of his loyal seamen were expelled from the "Bounty" onto a small boat and began the greatest open-boat voyage in history, sailing some 4,000 miles to protection in Timor. The mutineers, led by Fletcher Christian, sailed off with the "Bounty" in other pursuits. "Mutiny on the Bounty" is a collection of early detailed documents of the voyage of the "Bounty". Largely in part to the effort of Bligh to maintain an accurate log before, during, and after the actual mutiny, even the Bounty's crew list is well chronicled. Bligh returned to Britain and reported the mutiny to the Admiralty two years and two and a half months after leaving England.

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Affiche du document Over To Candleford — Over To Candleford
Flora Thompson
53min15
Roman historique
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71 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 53min.
Here we see an older Laura still growing up in Lark Rise, but branching out into the wider world and visiting her urbanite cousins in the small country town of Candleford, and contrasting her country life with theirs.

Over To Candleford
Flora Thompson
53min15
Roman historique
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71 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 53min.
Here we see an older Laura still growing up in Lark Rise, but branching out into the wider world and visiting her urbanite cousins in the small country town of Candleford, and contrasting her country life with theirs.

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Affiche du document Savrola — Savrola
Winston S. Churchill
1h11min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
A fast-paced thriller written near the end of Queen Victoria’s reign when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire, it subtly reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill, decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. Savrola shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author’s mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to, during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania.

Savrola
Winston S. Churchill
1h11min15
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
A fast-paced thriller written near the end of Queen Victoria’s reign when Great Britain ruled a worldwide empire, it subtly reveals the political awareness and personal views of a young Churchill, decades before he would become one of the most important figures of the twentieth century. Savrola shows that it is possible to obtain penetrating insights into an author’s mind from their fiction as well as from their biography. The story concerns the events leading up to, during and after a revolution in the fictional European country of Laurania.

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Affiche du document Poems of Childhood — Poems of Childhood
James Whitcomb Riley
57min00
Poésie
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76 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 57min.
Good value in an excellent selection of Riley favorites. Great introduction to his work, with the raggedy man and little Orphant Annie and the hired girl all properly introduced, the Riley gallery of poems here is set - a generous lot.

Poems of Childhood
James Whitcomb Riley
57min00
Poésie
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76 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 57min.
Good value in an excellent selection of Riley favorites. Great introduction to his work, with the raggedy man and little Orphant Annie and the hired girl all properly introduced, the Riley gallery of poems here is set - a generous lot.

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Affiche du document Possible Worlds and Other Essays — Possible Worlds and Other Essays
J. B. S. Haldane
1h29min15
Essais
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119 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h29min.
The essays in the first part of this book deal mainly with matters of fact. Those which follow are more speculative. Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.

Possible Worlds and Other Essays
J. B. S. Haldane
1h29min15
Essais
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119 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h29min.
The essays in the first part of this book deal mainly with matters of fact. Those which follow are more speculative. Haldane advanced genetics, population biology and evolutionary theory. This volume emphasizes important developments in natural sciences in the early-20th century. It describes Haldane's views on society, art, religion and economy as seen through the eyes of a politically alert major scientist.

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Affiche du document Old Herbaceous — Old Herbaceous
Reginald Arkell
52min30
Jardinage
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70 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
Delightful descriptions and characterizations enliven this tale of an old-time gardener in an English countryside garden and his love of plants. With tender mentoring and the luck of winning a prize at the flower show, young Herbert becomes what he had dreamed of. This is the amusing story of an awkward orphan child with one leg a bit longer than the other who rises from unremarkable school-boy days spent picking wild-flowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener "Old Herbaceous," the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard. Old Herbaceous traces his journey from young help to head gardener and although things have changed, the world had started with a garden (in Eden) after all, and things that old don't disappear so easily! Sprinkled with many nuggets of gardening wisdom, this is THE classic novel of the garden and the gardener, a witty and comical portrait, with a main character as unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves.

Old Herbaceous
Reginald Arkell
52min30
Jardinage
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70 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 52min.
Delightful descriptions and characterizations enliven this tale of an old-time gardener in an English countryside garden and his love of plants. With tender mentoring and the luck of winning a prize at the flower show, young Herbert becomes what he had dreamed of. This is the amusing story of an awkward orphan child with one leg a bit longer than the other who rises from unremarkable school-boy days spent picking wild-flowers and dodging angry farmers to become the legendary head gardener "Old Herbaceous," the most esteemed flower-show judge in the county and a famed horticultural wizard. Old Herbaceous traces his journey from young help to head gardener and although things have changed, the world had started with a garden (in Eden) after all, and things that old don't disappear so easily! Sprinkled with many nuggets of gardening wisdom, this is THE classic novel of the garden and the gardener, a witty and comical portrait, with a main character as unforgettable as P. G. Wodehouse’s immortal butler, Jeeves.

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Affiche du document Not For Export — Not For Export
Manning Coles
1h19min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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106 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
Tommy Hambledon, a British secret agent, investigates a case that includes stolen jewels, secret airplane plans, gangsters, and international assassins!

Not For Export
Manning Coles
1h19min30
Romans policiers, polars, thrillers
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106 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
Tommy Hambledon, a British secret agent, investigates a case that includes stolen jewels, secret airplane plans, gangsters, and international assassins!

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Affiche du document Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline — Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline
Constant Lambert
1h26min15
Musique
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
A brilliant analysis of the music of the twenties and thirties, also discusses the music of composers like Stravinsky, Satie, Gershwin, and considers the contributions of jazz and other pop music of the time with classical music.

Music Ho!: A Study of Music in Decline
Constant Lambert
1h26min15
Musique
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115 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h26min.
A brilliant analysis of the music of the twenties and thirties, also discusses the music of composers like Stravinsky, Satie, Gershwin, and considers the contributions of jazz and other pop music of the time with classical music.

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Affiche du document Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866) — Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
H. G. Wells
4h12min45
Biographies
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337 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h13min.
Today, H. G. Wells is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as “The Time Machine” (1895), “The Invisible Man” (1897), and “The War of the Worlds” (1898). Here, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, eventual literary success, and predictions of the future. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, this autobiography will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells.

Experiment in Autobiography - Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866)
H. G. Wells
4h12min45
Biographies
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337 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h13min.
Today, H. G. Wells is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as “The Time Machine” (1895), “The Invisible Man” (1897), and “The War of the Worlds” (1898). Here, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, eventual literary success, and predictions of the future. A fascinating and unique look into the life and mind of this seminal author, this autobiography will appeal to all who have read and loved the works of H. G. Wells.

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