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Chapters: Marie Curie, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Guy de Maupassant, Pierre Curie, Maurice Ravel, Simone de Beauvoir, Jacques Prévert, Gustave Courbet, Georges Brassens, Émile Littré, John Vianney, Honoré Daumier, Philippe Séguin, Marcel Aymé, Georges Bernanos, Léo Ferré, Bernard Clavel. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 182. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Joseph-Maurice Ravel (March 7, 1875 December 28, 1937) was a French composer of Impressionist music known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects. Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire. Ravel's piano compositions, such as Jeux d'eau, Miroirs, Le tombeau de Couperin and Gaspard de la nuit, demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including Daphnis et Chloé and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, uses a variety of sound and instrumentation very effectively. Ravel is perhaps known best for his orchestral work, Boléro (1928), which he considered trivial and once described as "a piece for orchestra without music." According to SACEM, Ravel's estate earns more royalties than that of any other French musician. According to international copyright law, Ravel's works are public domain since January 1, 2008 in most countries. In France, due to anomalous copyright law extensions to account for the two world wars, they will not enter the public domain until 2015. Birthplace of Maurice Ravel in CiboureRavel was born in the Basque town of Ciboure, France, near Biarritz, close to the border with Spain, during 1875. His mother, Marie Delouart, was of Basque descent and grew up in Madrid, Spain, while his father, Joseph Ravel, was a Swiss invent...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=48068 ... Read more

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An irresistible collection of personal essays in which Michael Lee's characteristic humor and compassionate insight revolves around the experience of daily life in Cape Cod. Framed by broad-interest essays that travel far-afield and far abroad, the appropriate center of these appreciations is a seasonal round informed by place. But Lee's sense of place is not provincial. He always finds the extraordinary in the ordinary. Lee's achievement here in the short essay form is as remarkable as his achievement in short fiction with his debut collection, PARADISE DANCE (2002). ... Read more

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A treasury to savor a bit at a time, or all at once.
Marine Corps veteran and experienced journalist Michael Lee presents In an Elevator with Brigitte Bardot and Other Appreciations, a selection of essays interspersed with humor, memories, searing personal insights into daily life in Cape Cod. "Great poetry can be change-your-life stuff. Or sometimes it's just change your pants stuff. But then the next Bill Collins gets up there, living out loud and dragging poetry, kicking and screaming, onto the actuality of the blank page. Then you can't help but get excited about poetry." Each essay is only a few pages long, yet each strikes the heart of its topic with a deft flick of the wrist. A treasury to savor a bit at a time, or all at once.

Entertaining and Enlightening
Mike Lee's latest collection of essays can only be read with a smile on your face as his observations of life hit home all too clearly.He finds meaning through the humor in his life that applies to those of us far from the Cape or Key West, his home turf. Fun and funny, this book would be a great gift, especially for the men in you life, but be sure to read it yourself first because we can all use of good laugh.

Couldn't Stop Laughing
Michael Lee's book of essays is so hilarious I couldn't write a review funny enough to do it justice. Don't read it anywhere you can't loudly guffaw, snort, or wipe tears from your eyes. Lee's voice is original, his wit wicked, and his descriptive powers as large as his self described waistline. Whether he's writing about travel adventures to France or Key West, tourists invading his beloved Cape Cod, his exercise attempts, or his romantic adventures (realized or otherwise), you will connect with his writing andexperiences. Underlying the humor, Lee sneaks in some wise observations about life. Reading his collection felt like an evening hanging out with an entertaining new best friend and having a few beers while being totally seduced by the conversation. Pick up this book now and start chuckling!

Michael Lee Does itAgain!
With "In An Elevator With Bridgette Bardot," his hilarious new collection of essays, Mike Lee complements the sterling collection of short stories that delighted us in "Paradise Dance."

With Mr. Lee, we're treated to a close-up look at a guy who's not afraid of anything - outside of a few univited summer guests, revenge-seeking
ex-wives, or the occassional rigors of hiking the back woods of Wellfleet.

Michael tackles the etiquette of receiving a massage from a "large hairy man." But,instead of suffering in silence, he poses the question on every
red-blooded straight man's lips: "Do you mind if I leave my underpants on?" Lee reports the masseuse, "Looked at me as though he never intended to invade France."

"The Boys of Fall" celebrates the Sunday afternoon football game. Guys like Stinky and Psycho Al, circle a groaning coffee table, hemmed in by great bowls of buffalo wings, potato skins, and beer, to cheer for the Pats or whoever is beating the Jets. Here is male bonding at its finest - burping,farting and bumping chests while consuming vast quantities. What guy can't relate? What gal hasn't run for the hills at the sight of the first falling leaf?

For any poor soul who's embarked upon yet another excercise routine, Lee
offers, "With a Thong in My Heart" which grabs you by the love handles and
dips you over backward until you shriek for mercy.

I double-dare you to run out and buy several copies before they're all gone.(Rumor has it Miss Bardot ordered 3!) The only way you're going to have more fun is if you find yourself trapped in an elevator with Michael himself. And what are the odds of that happening?

Belly Laughs
Mike Lee's latest book is a collection of newpaper columns he has written and they are as funny as hell. They made me laugh out loud. Underlying Mr. Lee's humor is a keen preception of his own and others' foibles but told in a non-judgmental way. He laughs with people and not at them. Other columns show Mr. Lee's love of traditions, nature and particularly Cape Cod. Bring on more, Mr. Lee. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Brigitte Bardot, Koo Stark, Kylie Minogue, Olivia Newton-John, Greta Garbo, Sandra Day O'connor, Adamari López, Jennifer Jones, Sheryl Crow, Nancy Reagan, Melissa Etheridge, Marcia Wallace, Peter Criss, Cynthia Nixon, Marianne Faithfull, Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper, Shirley Temple, Carly Simon, Carly Fiorina, Gloria Steinem, Dianne Primavera, Christine Gregoire, Jane Hamsher, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Marsha Hunt, Anastacia, Janet Napolitano, Christina Applegate, Betty Ford, Jean Simmons, Nancy Brinker, Suzanne Somers, Jaclyn Smith, Meredith Baxter, Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala, Desirée Rogers, Minnie Pearl, Ruby Dee, Edward Brooke, Kate Jackson, Cokie Roberts, Lynn Redgrave, Lili Chookasian, Rita Reys, Edie Falco, Agnes Chan, Diahann Carroll, Laura Ingraham, Gloria Stuart, Suzyn Waldman, Rue Mcclanahan, Susan Kadis, Carol Bartz, Linda Ellerbee, Julie Harris, Marilyn Lloyd, Donna Deegan, Ann Jillian, Sondra Locke, Amanda Mealing, Jean M. Doerge, Kitten Natividad, Sheila Hancock, Sarah Susanka, Trisha Goddard, Raelene Boyle, Peggy Fleming, Diana Dill, Eileen Brennan, Ruth Handler, Rita Fan, Betsy Rawls, Alexandra Bastedo, Richard Roundtree, Jill Eikenberry, Bárbara Mori, Wenche Foss, Shelley Morrison, Nellie Connally, Phyllis Newman, Sarah Dougher, Hoda Kotb, Patrícia Pillar, Star Weiss, Happy Rockefeller, Taryn Power, Anna Belle Clement O'brien, Julianne Buescher, Claire Rayner, Annie Haslam, Masumi Miyazaki, Ruth Ann Swenson, Corinne Wood, Kaye Ballard, Hala Moddelmog, Simone de Oliveira, Kelly Corrigan, Maeve Kinkead, Allyce Beasley, Satu Hassi, Lyn Swinburne, Diana Moran, Margaret Foster, Heidi Heitkamp, Jocelyn Newman, Jami Bernard, Laila Morse, Sandy Mccain Morgan, Nancy Priddy, Annie Wells, Claire Shulman, Betty Degeneres, Lydia Clarke, Vanessa Echols, Calypso Rose, Betty Rolli... ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on October 16, 2009. The length of the article is 1292 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Brigitte vuelve el mito Bardot: primera gran exposiciôn sobre la actriz en Paris.
Author: Eva Reuss
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 16, 2009
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Issue: 1264Page: 54(4)

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Fur Nation traces the interwoven relationships between sexuality, national identity, and colonialism. She shows how, in postcolonial Canada, the nation is sexualized around female reproduction and fur, which is both a crucial factor in economic development, and a powerful symbol through which the nation itself is conceived and commodified. ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Paul Painlevé, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, Brigitte Bardot, Jean-Louis Borloo, Jacques Mauclair, Charles-Philippe D'orléans, Mc Jean Gab'1, Henri Rollan, Valérie Valère, Serge July, Vercors, Éric Métayer, Olivier Assayas, Jean-Paul Farré, Yvonne Baseden, Stéphane Pocrain, Jean-Claude Dassier, Jean-Pierre Gallo, Christian Braut, Henri Perrot, Pierre Charon, Maurice Nilès, Lucien-René Duchesne, Yves Lecoq, Ary Abittan, Marianne Valandré, André Mahé, Philippe Brongniart, Jacques Paul Bonjean, Michel Roquejeoffre, Achille Ouvré, Marc Mazza, Édouard Léonard, Jean Bruller. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Brigitte Bardot, née Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot le 28 septembre 1934 à Paris, est une actrice de cinéma et chanteuse française, une militante de la cause animale, ainsi que la fondatrice et présidente de la fondation qui porte son nom. Figure féminine des années 1950 et 1960, elle fut une star mondiale, l'égérie et la muse des plus grands artistes de l'époque. Emblème de l'émancipation des femmes et de la liberté sexuelle, elle passa de la femme enfant à la femme fatale, libre et provocatrice, ingénue et impudique, dans une société conservatrice en matières de mœurs. Elle tourna avec les plus grands réalisateurs incarnant dans ses personnages la légèreté et la sensualité, et devint rapidement un sex-symbol. Avec à son actif 48 films et plus de 80 chansons en 21 ans de carrière, Brigitte Bardot, tout aussi connue sous les initiales de « BB », est une des artistes françaises les plus célèbres. Elle mit un terme à sa carrière d'actrice en 1973 pour se consacrer à la défense des animaux. Ses actions en leur faveur sont appréciées mais néanmoins parfois controversées. Elle fut cond...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Brigitte Bardot, Irène Joliot-Curie, Alain Badiou, Louise Michel, Michael Löwy, Benny Lévy, Samira Bellil, Louis Auguste Blanqui, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, Boris Souvarine, Corinne Lepage, Renaud Séchan, Sihem Habchi, Paul Langevin, Fadela Amara, Jean-Pierre Jougla, Nathalie Lemel, Christian de Boisredon, Robert Ménard, Didier Lestrade, Julien Coupat, Jean-Marie Abgrall, Jocelyne Jocya, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Mona Vasquez, Michel Potay, Anny Duperey, Christian Lujan, Gisèle Halimi, France Bloch-Sérazin, Bruno Julliard, Solange Fernex, Gustave Massiah, Marie Huot. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 155. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Alain Badiou ·) (born 17 January 1937 in Rabat, Morocco) is a prominent French philosopher, formerly chair of philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure (ENS). Along with Giorgio Agamben and Slavoj iek, Badiou is a prominent figure in an anti-postmodern strand of continental philosophy. Badiou seeks to recover the concepts of being, truth and the subject in a way that, he claims, is neither postmodern nor simply a repetition of modernity. Politically, Badiou is committed to the far left, and to the Marxist tradition. Badiou was a student at Louis Le Grand and then the LEcole Normale Supérieure (1957-1961). He taught at the lycée in Reims from 1963 and published a couple of novels, before moving to the University of Paris VIII (Vincennes/Saint Denis) in 1969. Badiou was politically active very early on, and was one of the founding members of the Unified Socialist Party (PSU). The PSU was particularly active in the struggle for the decolonization of Algeria. He wrote his first novel, Almagestes, in 1964. In 1967 he joined a study group organized by Louis Althusser and grew increasingly influenced by Jacques Lacan and became a member of the ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=713688 ... Read more

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Der Erwerb des Buches enthält gleichzeitig die kostenlose Mitgliedschaft im Buchklub des Verlags zum Ausprobieren - dort können Sie von über einer Million Bücher ohne weitere Kosten auswählen. Das Buch besteht aus Wikipedia-Artikeln: Hans Wollschläger, Brigitte Bardot, Paul Watson, Martin Balluch, Helmut F. Kaplan, Mabel Collins, Dian Fossey, Hanna Rheinz, Jim Cronin, Erwin Kessler, Michael Aufhauser, Tom Regan, Albert Knapp, Jürgen Gerlach, Ludwig Ankenbrand, Alexander Florstedt, Franz Paul Gruber, Timothy Treadwell, Rollo Gebhard, Edith Klinger, Christian Adam Dann, Claudine André, Antoine F. Goetschel, Christa Blanke, Hanno Würbel, Sina Walden, Lacey Conner, Alex Pacheco, Marianne Thieme, Jörg Luy, Ingrid Newkirk, Stefan Bernhard Eck, Jean-Claude Wolf, Gesa Kluth, Willie Smits, Bernhard Vock, Eisenhart von Loeper, Matto Barfuss, Wolfgang Apel, Emilio Nessi, Simon King, Carl Kraemer, Arnold Müller, Ignaz Perner, Betty Leslie-Melville, Karen Davis, Tierschutzberater, Andreas Grasmüller, Ingeborg Livaditis,. Online finden Sie die kostenlose Aktualisierung der Bücher. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Hans Wollschläger (* 17. März 1935 in Minden; † 19. Mai 2007 in Bamberg) war ein deutscher Schriftsteller, Übersetzer und Literaturkritiker, der vor allem durch seine Übersetzung von James Joyces Roman Ulysses sowie seine Karl-May-Biografie bekannt geworden ist. Wollschlägers opus magnum mit handschriftlicher Widmung Wollschläger wurde 1935 in eine Pastorenfamilie geboren. Er wuchs in Herford, Essen und Bonn auf. 1955 legte er am humanistischen Friedrichs-Gymnasium 1955 das Abitur ab. Anschließend begann er an der Nordwestdeutschen Musikakademie (heute Hochschule für Musik) in Detmold ein Musikstudium (Orgel und Kontrapunkt) und arbeitete ab 1957 als Lektor im Karl-May-Verlag, Bamberg. An der Musikakademie hatte Wollschläger Kompositionsunterricht bei Wolfgang Fortner und privaten Dirigierunterricht bei Hermann Scherchen. Seit damals besc...http://booksllc.net/?l=de&id=18104 ... Read more