This is the fifth and final book in the Adventures of Olivier and Joaquin series of childrens stories. The boys go to Canada for the first time in more than twelve years to celebrate Canadas 150th anniversary in 2017, marking an adventure that has them explore the countrys biggest cities and breathtaking countryside. Now begins each of their stories as they grow into increasingly independent teenagers, and soon, young men.
The fourth book in the Olivier & Joaquin series, Navigating the River of Time, sees the two brothers travel back in time, where ancestors help them through the pivotal 1746 Battle of Rocourt in Europe, Mexicos Cinco de Mayo and Battle of Puebla in 1862, and the final days of World War II, before working the family farm in the Midwest of North America immediately after that war and helping their grandmother build a school in Asia.
Magno the Magnificent has never known life outside of quarantine, but that doesn’t stop him from enjoying every second! This is the whimsical story of a charming, mischievous, and playful English bulldog and his human family. Magno the Magnificent charges forward into the world with all the gusto he can muster. Naturally curious, our wrinkly four-legged friend exudes contagious optimism and joie-de-vivre irresistible to anyone he encounters. Peppered with prose and verse, recipes and rap, and pictures and illustrations, Magno the Magnificent: Musings on Humanity in Times of Crisis will put a smile on your face at the turn of every page.
Between 1750 and his death in 1781, the Marquis de Marigny?brother of Madame de Pompadour, courtier to Louis XV, and one of eighteenth-century France's important patrons of art and architecture?amassed a collection that was broad in scope, progressive in taste, and exceptional in quality and provenance. This book offers a transcription of the exhaustive inventory of Marigny's estate together with an essay in which Alden R. Gordon not only sketches Marigny's life and times but also re-creates the interiors and grounds where the paintings, statues, books, household goods, and other property listed in the inventory were displayed and used. Also included are plans of Marigny's last four residences; lists of heirs, paintings, and auction sales; transcriptions of shipping manifests and sales catalogs; indexes; and a glossary.
Despite a burgeoning interest in transatlantic and regional studies, the long-standing cultural connections between francophone communities on both sides of the Atlantic have received little critical attention. Transatlantic Passages presents essays, interviews, and images that address the often-neglected cultural commerce integral to understanding historical and contemporary identities in Quebec and francophone Europe.
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