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From the award-winning author of A Wizard's Guide To Defensive Baking...
Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times and the future is no longer certain. While trying to help her family, Rosa discovers a strange magical box protected by a painted crow. But when she finds a way to open the box, she accidentally
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Extrait : "APRES LE DELUGE - Aussitt que l'idée du Déluge se fut rassise, Un lièvre s'arrêta dans les sainfoins et les clochettes mouvantes, et dit sa prière à l'arc-en-ciel, à travers la toile de l'araignée. Oh ! les pierres précieuses qui se cachaient, - les fleurs qui regardaient déjà."
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Three years after the release of his smash hit holiday album Noel, singer-songwriter Josh Groban returns with a brand new studio album. Produced by the legendary Rick Rubin, Illuminations sees Groban grow as an artist while venturing into some new sonic territory. Includes the single Hidden Away, which Groban co-wrote along with the majority of the songs on this CD.
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In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover - and in some cases even make and unmake - the various uncharted parts of existence. In "Hypothetical Lizard," two concubines in a brothel of fantastical specialists fall in love with tragic ramifications. In "Not Even Legend," a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of...
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Essays and reflections from one of the twentieth century's most original cultural critics, with an introduction by Hannah Arendt. Walter Benjamin was an icon of criticism, renowned for his insight on art, literature, and philosophy. This volume includes his views on Kafka, with whom he felt a close personal affinity; his studies on Baudelaire and Proust; and his essays on Leskov and Brecht's epic theater. Illuminations also includes his penetrating...
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This uncompleted suite of poems by French poet Arthur Rimbaud was first published serially in the Paris literary review magazine "La Vogue." The magazine published part of "Illuminations" from May to June 1886. Paul Verlaine, Rimbaud's lover, suggested the publication of these poems, written between 1873 and 1875, in book form. All forty-two of the poems generally considered as part of "Illuminations" are collected together here in this edition. Of...
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Illuminations features topics of nature, religion, and memories. Joseph Shenk Hertzlers insights into and perspective on everyday occurrences are a clear statement of his beliefs and faith. Joseph's deep religious and spiritual convictions of his Mennonite heritage and pacifism radiate from his poetry. Many of his poems contain imagery that highlights his love of gardening and passion for birds. Poetry summoned Joseph to write. His eloquence in combining...
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When Siri de Calendri's brother dies, his will sends her from Venice and the medieval illuminating workshop she loves to the faraway county of Poitou. Siri becomes the ward of her brother's friend, Triston de Brielle, but she does not intend to stay that way. She is determined to find employment as an illuminator in this strange land-until Triston unexpectedly snatches her heart away with a kiss.
Triston is a man of quiet honor and courage, but the...
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Members of a rock group hiking in the Himalaya discover an ancient manuscript which gives them clues on how to compose songs to unlock within themselves the spirits of certain beasts. When they sing the songs they realize to their horror that they cannot control the spirits.
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Through poetry, essays, and a short story, the contributing writers of Illuminations share their struggles, fears, and doubts and relay their underlying faith and hope they have in their walk with God. Compiled by LaTonja Brown, this anthology contains works by members of the Pentecostal Covenant Church in Seattle, Washington, with the youngest writer being ten years old. The works tone, mood, and emotion move up and down between despair and hope,...
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
Les Illuminations furent publiées en octobre 1886 par les éditions de La Vogue, après publication dans la revue du même nom, de mai à juin 1886.
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur Illuminations d'Arthur Rimbaud
Chaque fiche de lecture présente une œuvre clé de la littérature ou de la pensée. Cette présentation est couplée...
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