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Hongrois d'origine, fils d'un violoniste éleveur de chevaux, Vic est l'enfant doué du jazz. Musicien, arrangeur, chef d'orchestre et compositeur, il a joué aux ctés de Miles Davis, d'Oscar Peterson, de Sammy Davis, de Michel Legrand. A accompagné Barbara, Eddie Constantine, Alys Robi, Véronique Sanson. La liste est longue. Figure célèbre du Festival de Jazz de Montréal, Vogel est une institution. Rebelle, rigoureux, flamboyant, il est le...
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Andrew Lang (1844-1912) was a prolific Scots man of letters, a poet, novelist, literary critic and contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. As a journalist, poet, critic and historian, he soon made a reputation as one of the ablest and most versatile writers of the day. Lang was one of the founders of the study of "Psychical Research," and his other writings on anthropology include The Book of Dreams...
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A collection of Beerbohm's essays from the 1890s written while he was still a student at Oxford. The book launched Beerbohm's career as an essayist. Replete with mock-scholarly footnotes and biographical information, The Works epitomizes Beerbohm's penchant for deflating pretentiousness with satiric imitation.
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ZIt would sweeten a man's temper at any time to read it, y wrote essayist Charles Lamb some years after this novel was first published in 1653. Of course, The Compleat Angler is much more than just a 17th century zhow-toy guide to catching and cooking fish. So disarming is Mr. Walton's quiet enthusiasm for the countryside and all the various delights that it contains that, even if you never have nor ever will pick up a fishing rod, you will benefit...
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The American West is a land that has inspired novelists since the early 1800s. Western fiction covers a vast geographic, cultural, and thematic landscape and includes the real cowboy narrative of Will James, the formula Westerns of Max Brand and Frank Gruber, the romantic novels of Zane Grey and Louis L'Amour, the Navajo mysteries of Tony Hillerman, the ethnic novels of Louise Erdrich, the contemporary novels of Edward Abbey, and the genuine literature...
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L'indexation consiste à identifier dans un document certains éléments significatifs qui serviront de clé pour retrouver ce document au sein d'une collection. Ces éléments comprennent le nom de l'auteur, le titre de l'ouvrage, le nom de l'éditeur, la date de publication et l'intitulé du sujet ...
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An Index forming a study guide to "The Collected Works of Eugene Halliday". Eugene Halliday (1911-1987) was an artist, writer and psychotherapist. Drawing on many traditions of human knowledge, the texts of world religions, mystical schools such as Qabalah, poetry, philosophy and theology (Blake, Milton, Nietzsche, Boehme) psychology (Jung) and modern science (Einstein) he related and interpreted all of these, making them comprehensible and accessible....
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This reference collection presents academic reviews of more than twelve-hundred contemporary Africa-related publications relevant for informed Christian reflection in and about Africa. The collection is based on the review journal BookNotes for Africa, a specialist resource dedicated to bringing to notice such publications, and furnishing them with a one-paragraph description and evaluation. Now assembled here for the first time is the entire collection...
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Updated Through 2021. David Baldacci has written dozens of books with numerous characaters in many different series So, if you're a fan of David Baldacci, this may be the book for you. Here you'll find a list of the David Baldacci novels presented in best reading order with series number and publishing dates. Each includes a short summary of the plot, so you can easily know whether you've read that story before. After the section with summaries,...
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Sports talk in America has evolved from small-time barroom banter into a major media smorgasbord that runs 24/7 on TV and radio. With hundreds of billions of dollars generated annually by pro and college teams in major markets nationwide, sports fans across the country are more dedicated than ever to their teams. And when it comes to sports talk-especially all-sports radio-it's all about entertainment, information, prognostication, analysis, rankings,...