French Culture

Behind the Wheel French Level 1 covers beginning to intermediate level French, providing a flexible, solid and universal foundation in speaking, understanding, and creatively expressing yourself in French. The program features an English speaking instructor to guide you through the lessons and a...

At the tender age of eight, chimney sweep Tom Appleby is convicted of stealing and sentenced to deportation to Botany Bay. As he sails out with the First Fleet, Tom sadly realises that he will never set foot on English ground again. Luckily, not long after Tom’s arrival in the colony, the fair and kind Sergeant Stanley decides to take on Tom as a servant. Together, Tom, Sergeant Stanley and his son, Rob, build a house, set up an orchard and a vegetable garden for themselves - and thrive, unlike many others in the new colony.

A unique, inside look at American childhood through the conversations between Highlights magazine and its young readers and a call to grown-ups to make time to actively listen to the children in their lives. Every year, tens of thousands of children write to Highlights magazine, sharing their...

The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, ushered in the French Revolution. Within four years, the king was executed and a revolutionary tribunal was established to judge "enemies of the people." The property of nobles was seized and "enemies" tried and sent to the guillotine. Harry Sandwith, a companion of a French family, wins their confidence and becomes the protector of the three daughters. After the girls are condemned to death in the coffin-ships, Harry saves the girls and the gets them safely to England.

For the exhausted, the hurting, and the faithful, The After Party helps reframe our political identity away from the “what” of political positions and toward the “how” being centered on Jesus. This paradigm-shifting book complements The After Party Project--a six-part, video-based...

150+ Affirmations de guérison pour les femmes de couleur de Kennedy Allen est un guide puissant et bienveillant conçu pour les femmes de couleur souhaitant nourrir l’amour de soi, la résilience et la confiance intérieure. En s’appuyant sur la pleine conscience, ce livre offre des affirmations ancrées dans la réalité, la culture et l’expérience vécue. Chaque chapitre introduit un thème spécifique—carrière, relations, bien-être, communauté—et propose des affirmations inspirantes accompagnées de citations de figures telles qu’Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, Winona LaDuke et bell hooks.

In France, the simple act of eating bread is an exercise in creative problem solving, and attempting to spell requires a degree of masochism. But that's just how the French like it - and in WTF?!, Olivier Magny reveals the France only the French know. From the latest trends in baby names to the religiously observed division of church and state, prepare yourself for an insider's look at French culture that is surprising, insightful, and chock full of bons mots.

Un voyage à couper le souffle à travers les lieux les plus extraordinaires de la Terre — où chaque créature a une maison. De la toundra glacée de l’Arctique à la chaleur douce de la forêt tropicale, ce livre embarque les jeunes lecteurs pour une aventure captivante à travers les habitats variés de notre planète. Chaque page magnifiquement illustrée révèle comment les animaux s’adaptent, survivent et s’épanouissent dans les milieux qu’ils appellent « chez eux » — du désert et de la montagne aux récifs coralliens et aux zones humides.

Embarquez pour une aventure inspirante avec Voyage à travers les merveilles de la Terre, un livre magnifiquement illustré qui vous emmène dans un voyage vers certains des endroits les plus époustouflants et emblématiques de notre planète. Des sommets imposants de l'Himalaya aux récifs coralliens vibrants de la Grande Barrière de Corail, et des merveilles anciennes de Petra aux plages sereines des Maldives, ce livre met en valeur l'incroyable diversité et beauté de notre monde.

NAMED AN ESSENTIAL READ OF THE YEAR BY THE New Yorker In his fourth book of poems, award-winning poet Garrett Hongo sees coastlines and waters, skylines and ancestral lines for what they inspire and teach. In a surpassingly beautiful collection of poems, with his characteristic long-lined...

One of the giants of Hindi literature, Jainendra introduced the ‘psychological’ in Hindi fiction. Questions of love, marriage and relationships occupy much of Jainendra’s works, taking them into the realm of the internal and the intimate. In The Resignation, Jainendra tells the story of...

Lyon, 1896. Blanche est l'épouse modèle d'un soyeux de renom. En dépit de son amour pour ses enfants, elle étouffe parmi ces bourgeois corsetés. Jusqu'à ce que son regard croise celui de Salim, un négociant fortuné de Damas. Elle abandonne tout pour la promesse inespérée du bonheur. Les routes de la soie deviennent celles de la passion et de l'exil. Tandis que sa fille grandit en la croyant morte, Blanche s'invente une nouvelle vie au Levant.

"A decidedly skewed, hilarious collection of life reflections and colorful storytelling." — Kirkus Reviews An endlessly entertaining collection of wayward autobiographical tales about a search for a richer life thwarted at every turn by beagles, bureaucrats, and ill-advised love affairs The...

The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of Congo from Brazzaville to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noir. It was completed in 1934, when Equatorial Africa was a French colony, and it...

This audiobook details the rise and fall of New France, describing the role of the Seven Years’ War, Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Louisiana Purchase. Though French colonization ended more than 200 years ago, it left behind a distinct French flair and unique Creole culture that lives on in Louisiana today.

There is renewed interest in socialism in the US and the UK, particularly among young people. Who are these new socialists? Why now? In The Socialist Awakening author John B. Judis, who brilliantly explained the rise of populism and nationalism in his two most recent books, The Populist...

This “charming . . . short account of ordinary goings-on in a French café” explores love, work, loneliness, and aging as it follows the daily life of a middle-aged Parisian bartender (Lemony Snicket) Pierre is a veteran bartender in a café in the outskirts of Paris. He observes his...

Love and hope often arrive in the strangest places and in the strangest ways. During his tour of duty in Iraq, LtCol Jay Kopelman of the U.S. Marines endured the emotional stress common for those involved in bloody battles for freedom. Although the rules forbid pets, Kopelman and his comrades...

An authoritative and witty guide to modern table manners for all occasions by one of the world's most acclaimed chefs and restaurateurs Table Manners is an entertaining and practical guide to manners for everyone and every occasion. Whether you are a guest at a potluck or the host of a dinner...

Rome, une ville éternelle, une société ingénieuse formée d'ethnies disparates sous la protection des dieux. Une petite bourgade aménagée sur une colline entourée de marécages qui en un millénaire a bâti un Empire de 5 millions de kilomètres carrés d'espace, sillonné de 90 000 kilomètres de routes. Rome, c'est la guerre incessante, mais aussi la joie et l'art de vivre hérités de la civilisation étrusque ; la littérature et la poésie inspirées de la culture grecque.