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The Grande Bibliothèque's collection consists of some 4 million works, including 1.14 million books, 1.2 million other documents, and 1.66 million microfiches. The majority of the works are in French; about 30% are in English, and a dozen other languages are also represented. [3] The library has some 80 kilometres of shelf space.
David Joy is the author of the Edgar Award–nominated [1] novel Where All Light Tends to Go (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2015), [3] as well as the novels The Weight of This World (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2017), [4] The Line That Held Us (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2018), [5] and When These Mountains Burn (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2020). [6]
The Nouvelle Librairie nationale became Valois's property, renamed Librairie Valois, and briefly served as a publishing house for Le Faisceau authors and fascist theorists (1925–1928). By 1927, Valois distanced himself from fascism, pivoting the bookstore towards social and economic theory until its closure in 1932 during the Great Depression ...
The book lent its name to Jean Renoir's 1937 anti-war film La Grande Illusion. Though not specifically naming where the idea comes from, Mr Birling in An Inspector Calls written in 1945 but set in 1912, sets out his belief war will be impossible for similar reasons along with other incorrect prophesies like the Titanic being absolutely ...
Ernest Weber (1877 – 1945) was a French author and sports journalist, [1] who was one of the most important figures in the amateur beginnings of football in Paris, co-founding several historic clubs in the French capital in the 1890s, such as Club Français in 1892 and Red Star in 1897, the latter with Jules Rimet, the future president of FIFA. [2]
U.S. car manufacturers have depended on labor from Mexico and Canada for more than a century.
The La Grande Evening Observer was purchased by Frank Schiro and Fred Weybret on October 1, 1941. [8] The Grande Ronde Valley Publishing Company was soon established. At the time of the sale, the paper had less than 1,700 subscribers, which grew to more than 3,600 by 1949. [9] Schiro sold his ownership stake to Weybret on June 10, 1951.
However, a few hours later, Kris posted a photo of herself wearing the LA-based athletic apparel brand Alo Yoga. “Cozy days in my @alo,” she wrote, posing in her dark gray tracksuit and white ...