"Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode."
Added by: eliker bahij | Karma: 250.44 | Other | 22 January 2011
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New Arabian Cuisine
The book New Arabian Cuisine was sure to be a ground-breaking project: launched at the end of 2006, the book represents an attempt to offer a completely new 'bridge' across cultures - a culinary one. The book hopes to inspire a whole generation of chefs to come up with innovative new ways of preparing and presenting traditional Arabian dishes, and of combining local flavors and textures in new ways, using a subtle European touch. It aims at linking "two worlds of enjoyment that have, as yet, remained almost entirely untouched by each other," ...
Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe's stories rank as some of the greatest horror ever written--and that's before the likes of Iggy Pop, Diamanda Galás, Abel Ferrara, and Christopher Walken (chilling, as he reads from "The Raven") got their hands--er, voices--on Poe's words. This two-disc compilation is a success if only for treating Poe's texts in the right manner, with subtle backing music and sounds and restrained, ominous performances from the readers.
The Complete Guide to the Interpretation of Horoscopes
Precise, comprehensive, and richly detailed, The Astrologer's Handbook moves far beyond the common 11 sun signs" to the important planetary aspects -- trines, squares, oppositions, conjunctions, and sextiles -- discussing their impact on the human personality and exploring their subtle but firm influence on all our lives.
Although undertaken originally to meet the demands of professional astrologers, The Astrologer's Handbook is, happily, a book that serves every reader.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 6 September 2010
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The School of Possibilities
This import explores themes of education, family, freedom, and rebellion through an innovative and entertaining narrative. Labeled an impossible child because of his skateboarding and other impulsive behaviors, 12-year-old Storm is sent to the School of Possibilities, where desperate children learn obedience. The boy soon experiences bizarre methods of discipline that include an assigned best friend who is clearly an enemy and a variety of subtle and overt humiliations from school staff and model students.
