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A guide to the history behind the world of Harry Potter--just in time for the last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II) Harry Potter lives in a world that is both magical and historical. Hogwarts pupils ride an old-fashioned steam train to school, notes are taken on parchment with quill pens, and Muggle legends come to life in the form of werewolves, witches, and magical spells. This book is the first to explore the real history in which Harry's world is rooted. Did you know that bezoars and mandrakes were fashionable luxury items for centuries? Find out how Europeans first developed the potions, spells, and charms taught at Hogwarts, from Avada Kedavra to love ...
Volumul de față reunește portretele sclipitoare ale celor mai ilustre favorite. Apropiate puterii, exercitându‐și influența adesea într‐o manieră clandestină, ele alcătuiesc un galant cortegiu de femei cărora importanți bărbați de stat le datorează mult. Ce este o favorită? Cuvântul, neîndoielnic originar din italiană, se referă la o femeie care „se bucură de favorurile" unei persoane de rang foarte înalt. Spre deosebire de o amantă, favorita nu se mulţumește să fie obiectul unei pasiuni amoroase, fie aceasta efemeră ori durabilă. Ea are putere, exercită influenţă politică, economică sau artistică; obţine rezultate, fericite sau dezastruoase. Fie că ...
‘Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review _________________________________________________________________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and self-assurance, and even their insistence that they are exceptional. But how did France become the country it is today, and what really sets it apart? Journalist and historian Peter Watson sets out to answer these questions in The French Mind, a dazzling history of France that takes us from the seventeenth century to the present day through the nation’s most influential thinkers. He opens the doors to the Renaissance salons that were a breeding...
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L'auteur de Les Larmes de cristal et de Ervamoïra fait revivre la famille Maïa Fragoso dans un empire qui allait de Timor au Cap Vert. « Copyright Electre »
Fake News dévoilées. En 1886 et 1887, Lew Vanderpoole entreprit de vendre aux éditeurs américains de prétendues traductions de manuscrits de George Sand, dont il se disait le parent et l'héritier. L'escroquerie fut bientôt découverte et Vanderpoole, vilipendé par la presse, tâta même de la prison. Un de ses écrits connut cependant un destin particulier : peu après la mort de Louis II de Bavière, Vanderpoole publia un article dans lequel il évoquait une prétendue audience que lui aurait accordée le monarque. Un éditeur allemand le traduisit en 1887. Depuis des historiens et des écrivains allemands et français le reproduisent sans interroger son authenticité. Mais voilà, Vanderpoole ne vint jamais en France et ne mit pas les pieds en Allemagne. Ce livre raconte l'histoire d'un des plus grands pirates littéraires de la fin du 19ème siècle.
Dans la continuité des tomes I et II, consacrés respectivement à des exercices de base et des exercices d’approfondissement, ce Tome III achève l’ouvrage en abordant certains problèmes avancés d’acoustique.