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An Impatient Life
A philosopher and activist, eager to live according to ideals forged in study and discussion, Daniel Bensad was a man deeply entrenched in both the French and the international left. Raised in a staunchly red neighbourhood of Toulouse, where his family owned a bistro, he grew to be France's leading Marxist public intellectual, much in demand on talk shows and in the press. A lyrical essayist and powerful public speaker, at his best expounding large ideas to crowds of students and workers, he was a founder member of the Ligue Communiste and thrived at the heart of a resurgent far left in the 1960s, which nurtured many of the leading figures of today's French establishment. The path from the joyous explosion of May 1968, through the painful experience of defeat in Latin America and the world-shaking collapse of the USSR, to the neoliberal world of today, dominated as it is by global finance, is narrated in An Impatient Life with Bensad's characteristic elegance of phrase and clarity of vision. His memoir relates a life of ideological and practical struggle, a never-resting endeavour to comprehend the workings of capitalism in the pursuit of revolution.
The French
This is a guide to France intended for the traveller who wants to get to know French people as individuals, for the negotiating businessman and for students who wishes to discover in-depth aspects of their lives. It looks at what makes up the national character of France.
Les rendez-vous de l'édition 2.
Dix-sept portraits et débats composent ce second volume des « Rendez-vous de l'édition » qui, à l'initiative de la Bibliothèque publique d'information - et avec le concours du Syndicat national de l'édition - ont eu lieu, d'octobre 1998 à juin 1999, au Centre Georges Pompidou. On rencontrera ici plusieurs figures marquantes de l'édition contemporaine, notamment dans les domaines de la littérature et des livres d'art. Mais l'intérêt de ce second volume, est aussi de donner la parole à d'autres acteurs du processus éditorial : auteurs et traducteurs tout d'abord, dans leur relation avec l'éditeur, responsables de promotion, diffuseurs et libraires ensuite. C'est ainsi l'ensemble de la chaîne du livre que couvrent ces deux volumes, en y soulignant la continuité d'un engagement fort, porté par une certaine idée du livre.
Gilbert
Coren's book is indispensable for helping readers better understand the private side of Chesterton.
Subject Catalog
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Gilbert and Sullivan
'A Gilbert is of no use without a Sullivan.' With these words, W.S. Gilbert summed up his reasons for persisting in his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan despite the combative nature of their relationship. In fact, Michael Ainger suggests in Gilbert and Sullivan the success of the pair's work is a direct result of their personality clash, as each partner challenged the other to produce his best work. After exhaustive research into the D'Oyly Carte collection of documents, Ainger offers the most detailed account to date of Gilbert and Sullivan's starkly different backgrounds and long working partnership. Having survived an impoverished and insecure childhood, Gilbert flourished as a financia...
National Union Catalog
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
