EMI - Historical 1

〓 Un festin de mots, une bataille d'idéaux – Plongez au cœur du Paris du XIXe siècle ! Au cœur animé des Halles, le légendaire marché parisien, Émile Zola tisse une magistrale histoire d'ambition, ……続きを見る

"The Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway is a timeless novella that encapsulates the indomitable spirit of human endurance and resilience in the face of nature's challenges. Set in the Gulf Str……続きを見る

En la Venecia de 1715, el abandono de una niña ante el portalón del Ospedale della Pietà, un orfanato en el que imparte lecciones de música un joven violinista y compositor llamado Antonio Vivaldi, ……続きを見る

In F. E. Mills Young's provocative novel, "The Bigamist," readers are plunged into a labyrinth of human relationships marked by moral ambiguity and emotional turmoil. Young employs a realistic narra……続きを見る

**OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD** WINNER OF THE ORANGE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION THE INTERNATIONAL SENSATION A SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Captivating' DONNA TARTT 'I loved it' J K ROWL……続きを見る

The international Number One bestseller from the author of The Song of Achilles, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Woman. Witch. Myth. Mortal. Outcast. Lover. Destroyer. Survivor. CIRCE.……続きを見る

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The remarkable story of men and women thrown together in circumstances beyond their control during World War IIーa heartrending "portrait of a small French town under seige, ……続きを見る

The gripping novel Tess of the Storm Country was a very popular bestseller that inspired no fewer than four film versions. The story centers on Tess Skinner, a beautiful but impoverished young woman……続きを見る

A narrative is presented that dwells on the life of miners during the Industrial revolution of France. The book gives the view of the revolution from outside. It explains not only the hideous living……続きを見る

Le Ventre de Paris (1873) is the third novel in Emile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart. It is set in and around Les Halles, the enormous, busy central marketplace of 19th Century Pari……続きを見る

The bible of prairie life was once the almanac.----Limestone County Almanac is a beautifully honed collection of loosely related stories about the people of Mount Nebo, a farm town in southern Illin……続きを見る

Amidst the turmoil and tumult of the French Revolution, a mysterious fate befell a young boy, the true nature of which has been lost to history. In The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin, author Emilia Par……続きを見る

A companion volume to Simplicissimus: the story of young girl named Courage, caught up in the turmoil of the Thirty Years' War, who survives, even prospers, by the use of her native cunning and s……続きを見る

A fantastic historical novel set around the famous Battle of Waterloo by French author duo Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian. 続きを見る

The second part of the captivating Sangreal trilogy from the author of ‘Prospero’s Children.’ Lately, Nathan Ward’s dreams have been transporting him to a desolate city, whose people have fled, save……続きを見る

L'Assommoir is a novel of alcoholism and dissipation set in Paris in the late nineteenth century. It is the seventh volume of Émile Zola's twenty-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series, and was published……続きを見る

'Vivid and entertaining ... this is history as it plays upon the emotions. Empires crumble, hearts are broken' THE TIMES From the bestselling author of Red Azalea comes the much-anticipated sequel t……続きを見る

Émile François Zola ( 2 April 1840 29 September 1902) is one of the greatest writers of the 19th century, and one of Frances best known citizens. In his life, Zola was the most important exemplar o……続きを見る

In the Paris evening papers of Tuesday, February 28, 1866, under the head of _Local Items_, the following announcement appeared: "A daring robbery, committed against one of our most eminent bankers,……続きを見る

On Thursday, the 6th of March, 1862, two days after Shrove Tuesday, five women belonging to the village of La Jonchere presented themselves at the police station at Bougival. They stated that for tw……続きを見る

Conservative and working-class, Jean Macquart is an experienced, middle-aged soldier in the French army, who has endured deep personal loss. When he first meets the wealthy and mercurial Maurice Lev……続きを見る

On Thursday, the 9th of July, 186-, Jean Bertaud and his son, well known at Orcival as living by poaching and marauding, rose at three o'clock in the morning, just at daybreak, to go fishing. Taking……続きを見る

‘A heartwarming read.’ Closer Grieving widow, Kay Partridge and her daughter Evie, unable to face the oncoming Christmas festivities, move into a cottage at majestic Wintergill Farm in the Yorkshire……続きを見る

Donato was just another orphan in Venice before he joined a commedia d'ell arte troupe.  He soon becomes the best Harlequin the city has ever seen. On stage, he is dazzling but after the perfo……続きを見る

Small Lives (Vies minuscules), Pierre Michon’s first novel, won the Prix France Culture. Michon explains that he wrote it "to save my own skin. I felt in my body that my life was turning around. Thi……続きを見る

La Conquête de Plassans est un roman d’Émile Zola publié en 1874, le quatrième de la série Les Rougon-Macquart. L’action se situe à Plassans, le berceau des Rougon-Macquart, petite ville que Zola a ……続きを見る

Nana tells the story of the rise of Nana Coupeau from a street prostitute to a high class cocotte (courtesan) during the final years of the Second French Empire. Through her performance in La blonde……続きを見る

STORM COUNTRY SERIES BY GRACE MILLER WHITE A girl from the dregs of society, loves a young Cornell University student, and it works startling changes in her life and the lives of those about her. Th……続きを見る

The Heart of Liberty, a New York Times bestselling novel by Thomas Fleming, has been hailed as "The Gone with the Wind of the American Revolution." Told from the perspective of James, "Jemmy" Kemble……続きを見る

Emily Post was born in Baltimore, Maryland on October 27, 1872 and died September 25, 1960.  In between, she, apparently had excellent manners.  A recent Internet search for her name turn……続きを見る