Central Skagit Library District

Inspirée par la perspicacité et l'engagement de Brassens, la version 2.0 de son œuvre aborde des sujets universels tout en préservant l'esprit original de ses chansons. Cette mise à jour exige une compréhension approfondie des enjeux actuels, notamment la montée des populistes, les crises sociales, l'immigration, les conflits internationaux et la politique française. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Jean Michel Zurletti privilégie la réflexion et...

Dreaming with Animals is the first children's biography of celebrated sculptor and Brookgreen Gardens cofounder Anna Hyatt Huntington. Her remarkable life serves as an inspiration not only because of the greatness of her art but also because of her courage and perseverance. L. Kerr Dunn highlights how Anna overcame society's expectations of women and survived a life-threatening illness to become a prolific sculptor and an important benefactor of art...

After several years documenting the rise of China, award-winning Indian journalist Pallavi Aiyar moved to Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union, to discover a Europe plagued by a financial crisis, and unsure of its place in a world where new Asian challengers are eroding its old and comfortable certainties. With a lively mix of memoir, reportage and analysis, Aiyar takes the reader on a romp across the continent, meeting workaholic Indian...

Originally, the medieval bestiary, or book of animals, set out to establish safe distinctions-between them and us-but Ted Hughes's poetry works always in a contrary direction: showing what man and beast have in common, the reservoir from which we all draw. In A Ted Hughes Bestiary, Alice Oswald's selection is arranged chronologically, with an eye to different books and styles, but equally to those poems that embody animals rather than just describe...

Du menuisier Adam Billaut au boucher Joseph Ponthus, du dentiste Marmont au docteur Camuset, du cordonnier Magu au géologue Cochon de Lapparent, nombreux sont les poètes qui ont évoqué leur profession dans leurs vers. Certains en ont fait des ouvrages didactiques, comme les enseignants de géographie, d'histoire ou de grammaire, d'autres de simples moments de plaisir partagé, comme le pharmacien Pascalon. Leurs œuvres sont tantt ambitieuses,...

Charles Pierre Baudelaire was born on April 9 1821 in Paris to an amateur artist mother and professional father. His father died when Charles was 6 but his mother remarried shortly after to Lieutenant Colonel Jacques Aupick who later became a prominent ambassador. Consequently Charles received a good education and was encouraged to enter the legal profession by both parents but instead wanted to pursue the life of the writer and had already developed...

What is the nature of courage, how and when should it be recognized, and how has our appreciation of it changed? These are among the questions Granville Allen Mawer seeks to answer in this absorbing study of the history of the Victoria Cross, the highest award in the British honors system for gallantry in the presence of the enemy. His is the first analytical account of the institution of the Victoria Cross, and it is a fascinating study of the ethics...

Petit vent frais fait suite au premier recueil de l'auteure "quatre vents". Celle-ci poursuit sa balade sur la pointe des pieds, à travers les émotions saisonnières, avec toute la légèreté nécessaire pour saisir quelques haïkus sur son passage, à la man

The second poetry collection from the Robert Louis Stevenson Fellow and author of Play With Me-with illustrations by Scott Hutchison. From festive nights in Grez-sur-Loing, France, to sizzling summers stretched out in the Edinburgh Meadows, Michael Pedersen's unique brand of poetry captures a debauchery and a disputation of characters. It is narrated with an intense honesty and a love of language that is playful, powerful and penetrative. He vividly...

Embark on a delectable journey through the vibrant flavors of Portugal with Doce Portugal: A Celebration of Portuguese Desserts. From the sun-kissed shores of Lisbon to the charming streets of Porto, this cookbook invites you to indulge in the rich culinary heritage of Portugal's sweet traditions. Discover the secrets behind beloved classics like Pastéis de Nata and Bolo de Bolacha, and explore tantalizing creations such as Lampreia de Ovos and Cornucópias....