Authors:Alexis de Tocqueville,  FranCois Furet, Franco
Publisher: University Of Chicago Pre
Keywords: revolution, french, napoleon, notes, volume, regime, old
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $59.00
ISBN-10: 0226805336
ISBN-13: 9780226805337

One is sorely tempted to allow the marvelously lucid prose in Alan S. Kahan’s new translation of Alexis de Tocqueville’s study of the French Revolution speak for itself: "In 1789 the French made the greatest effort ever undertaken by any people to disassociate themselves from their past, and to put an abyss between what they had been and what they wished to become." But as Tocqueville found out when--with the hindsight of half a century--he examined the historical records, the revolution was really not so radical a turn of events. "True, it took the world by surprise, and yet it wa

Authors:Francois Rabelais,  J. M. Cohe,
Publisher: Penguin Classic
Keywords: gargantua, pantagruel, classics, histories
Number of Pages: 720
Published: 1955-06-30
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 014044047X
ISBN-13: 9780140440478

This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais’s own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the story into which they are woven.

Authors:Lucinda Guy,  FranCois Hall,
Publisher: Trafalgar Square Book
Keywords: crochet, learn, kids
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-10-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 157076395X
ISBN-13: 9781570763953

Children can quickly master basic crochet stitches with this cheery book that features simple language and clever animal cartoon characters. Excellent step-by-step instructions with photos take young beginners from crocheting chains to learning single and double crochet techniques—and then they are off to squares, circles, and half trebles. Projects along the way include a striped toy cat, a small stuffed bear, a cute bag, and a bunch of fabulous flowers. A section called When Things Go Wrong offers humorous advice about dropped stitches, sewing troubles, and other frustrations.

Authors:Robert S. Weddle,  François Lagarde,
Publisher: University of Texas Pre
Keywords: charles, prothro, texana, series, aigron, claude, salle, ship, aimable, trial, wrecking
Number of Pages: 146
Published: 2009-05-01
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 029271940X
ISBN-13: 9780292719408

When Robert Cavelier, sieur de La Salle, landed on the Texas coast in 1685, bent on founding a French colony, his enterprise was doomed to failure. Not only was he hundreds of miles from his intended landfall--the mouth of the Mississippi--but his supply ship, Aimable, was wrecked at the mouth of Matagorda Bay, leaving the colonists with scant provisions and little protection against local Indian tribes. In anger and disgust, he struck out at the ship’s captain, Claude Aigron, accusing him of wrecking the vessel purposely and maliciously.Captain Aigron and his crew escaped the doomed col

Authors:Martin Heidegger,  Andrew Mitchell, Francois R
Publisher: Indiana University Pre
Keywords: thought, continental, studies, seminars, four
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2003-11-20
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0253343631
ISBN-13: 9780253343635

In Four Seminars, Heidegger reviews the entire trajectory of his thought and offers unique perspectives on fundamental aspects of his work. First published in French in 1976, these seminars were translated into German with Heidegger’s approval and reissued in 1986 as part of his Gesamtausgabe, volume 15. Topics considered include the Greek understanding of presence, the ontological difference, the notion of system in German Idealism, the power of naming, the problem of technology, danger, and enowning. Heidegger’s engagements with his philosophical forebears -- Parmenides, Heraclit

Author: Pierre-Ambrois-Francois Choderlos de Laclos 
Publisher: Penguin Classic
Keywords: classics, penguin, dangereuses, liaisons, les
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 1961-11-30
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 0140441166
ISBN-13: 9780140441161

An epistolary novel chronicles the cruel seduction of a young girl by two ruthless, 18th-century aristocrats.

Author: Pierre-Ambrois-Francois Choderlos de Laclos 
Publisher: Penguin Classic
Keywords: classics, penguin, liaisons, dangerous
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2007-10-30
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0140449574
ISBN-13: 9780140449570

A new translation of one of the most notorious novels of all time Published just years before the French Revolution, Laclos’s great novel of moral and emotional depravity is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. Aristocrats and ex-lovers Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded lives. While Merteuil challenges Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, he is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. Eventually their human pawns respond, and