The Knight, the Lady and the Priest (Pocket)
avGeorges Duby, Barbara (TRN) Bray, Georges Duby
ISBN: 9780226167688 - UTGIVEN: 1994-01This ambitious study sets out to discover what marriage meant in the daily lives of the nobles of the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries. Through entertaining anecdotes, family dramas, and striking quotations, Duby succeeds in bringing his subjects to life, making us feel as if we understand the[...]
The Dawn of Universal History (Pocket)
avRaymond Aron, Barbara (TRN) Bray, Yair (EDT) Reiner
ISBN: 9780465004089 - UTGIVEN: 2003-08In this collection of newly translated essays, philosopher and sociologist Raymond Aron chronicles the twentieth century with the authority of an active participant. Combining objectivity with incisive questioning, Aron's reading of movements and people reminds us of what was really at stake. Whethe[...]
The Man Who Planted Trees (Inbunden)
avJean Giono, Barbara (TRN) Bray, Jean Giono
ISBN: 9781846558184 - UTGIVEN: 2015-07This is a beautiful gift edition of this classic fable about one man's quest to create a forest, with a new introduction by Richard Mabey. In 1910, while hiking through the wild lavender in a wind-swept, desolate valley in Provence, a man comes across a shepherd called Elzeard Bouffier. Staying with[...]
