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Harold and Lillian [Film] : a Hollywood love story / written and directed by Daniel Raim
Chronicles the lives and careers of Harold Michelson, a storyboard artist and production designer, and his wife Lillian, a film researcher, who eloped to Hollywood in 1947 and worked for six decades, their combined filmography totaling hundreds of movies for which their contributions went mostly uncredited.
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Edith Wharton [Film] : the sense of harmony / written and directed by Elizabeth Lennard
A definitive look at one of the greatest visionaries of the Gilded Age, a literary genius, cosmopolitan and activist, whose vivid portrayal of society still resonates today: Edith Wharton. This documentary portrait takes a sweeping look at the life and legacy of the literary master, and includes the only known film footage of Wharton in existence
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Nothing left unsaid : Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper / directed by Liz Garbus
Born into one of the wealthiest and best-known families in American history, Gloria Vanderbilt has lived in the public eye for more than 90 years, unapologetically pursuing love, family and career, experiencing extreme tragedy and tremendous success side by side...
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Tina Barney [Film] : social studies / directed by Jaci Judelson
Tina Barney has recorded her world for 25 years - American east coast old money society. This film follows Barney as inspiration at home waned, and she set out to photograph the same upper class milieu in Europe, in and out of grand apartments, country chateaux, hunts and parties populated by the eccentric wealthy....
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L'insomnie : roman / Tahar Ben Jelloun
“A Tanger, un scénariste commet des meurtres afin de soulager son insomnie. Sa mère est sa première victime. Il s'associe à un infirmier et sévit dans les hôpitaux auprès de malades condamnés. En tuant un ancien tortionnaire du régime d'Hassan II, ses crimes prennent de l'ampleur. Plus la victime est importante, plus il dort. Il ignore quel crime lui permettrait de vaincre enfin son insomnie. »
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David Lynch : someone is in my house / ed. by Stijn Huijts
David Lynch has always been in the spotlight as a filmmaker, directing some of the most iconic movies ever made, but as a visual artist, he is less widely known. Lynch delights in the physicality of painting and likes to stimulate all the senses in his work. This book brings together Lynch’s paintings, photography, drawings, sculpture and installation, and stills from his films....
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La bande dessinée contemporaine / Nicolas Labarre
« Partant du succès de la série Astérix, meilleure vente de bande dessinée, mais aussi de livres tous secteurs confondus en France, ce panorama du neuvième art aborde ses genres, ses formats ainsi que le lien qu'il entretient avec d'autres médias et ses caractéristiques formelles. Un retour sur son évolution au cours des cinquante dernières années éclaire le tournant qui se profile. » Electre
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Le tour de l'oie / Erri De Luca ; traduit de l'italien par Danièle Valin
“Un soir d'orage, un homme lit un conte pour enfant à son fils, dans la pénombre. Le narrateur rêve cette scène et un fils qui n'a jamais existé. Il imagine qu'il lui parle de sa vie, de son enfance napolitaine et, au fur et à mesure, la parole intime donne consistance à ce fils imaginaire.” Electre
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Half-blood blues / Esi Edugyan
Afro-Germans don't usually get a look-in when the narratives of Nazi Germany are told, yet the black presence in Germany goes back to at least the 18th century, and later waves of African immigrants produced German-born offspring who, by the interwar years, numbered several thousand.....
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Give me your hand / Megan Abbott
Kit Owens harbored only modest ambitions for herself when the mysterious Diane Fleming appeared in her high school chemistry class. But Diane's academic brilliance lit a fire in Kit, and the two developed an unlikely friendship. Until Diane shared a secret that changed everything between them .....
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Victorian radicals : from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts movement / Martin Ellis, Timothy Barringer, Victoria Osborne
Although the word Victorian connotes a kind of dry propriety, the artists working in the Victorian era were anything but. Starting with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and lasting through the dawn of the 20th century, the era's painters, writers, and designers challenged every prevailing belief about art and its purpose....
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Born to ice / Paul Nicklen
National Geographic photographer, acclaimed ocean conservationist, and TED Talks favorite, Paul Nicklen traces his extraordinary love affair with the polar regions in his most recent book, Born to Ice....
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Women of singular beauty : Chanel Haute Couture / by Cathleen Naundorf
Photographer Cathleen Naundorf gained exclusive access to Chanel s physical archives to handpick gowns and photograph them against theatrical backdrops of her own design. The result: a unique book of ethereal, cinematic photographs that capture the exquisiteness of their haute couture ensembles creations that entail thousands of hours of handwork, crafting, embellishing, finishing...
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La goûteuse d'Hitler : roman / Rosella Postorino ; trad. de l'italien par Dominique Vittoz
« Berlin, 1943. Rosa Sauer, farouche opposante au nazisme, vit chez ses beaux-parents à proximité du quartier général d'Hitler depuis que son époux s'est engagé dans l'armée. Le dictateur instaure un important système de contrôle de sa nourriture, persuadé que l'on cherche à l'empoisonner. Rosa accepte de se rendre au bunker afin de tester deux fois par jour ses repas. Prix Campiello 2018.”
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Pre-Raphaelite girl gang : fifty makers, shakers and heartbreakers from the Victorian era / Kirsty Stonell Walker ; illustrations by Kingsley Nebechi
An introduction to the remarkable women of the Pre-Raphaelite art movement which began in the second half of the nineteenth century and continued through the early part of the twentieth. From models to artists, these women all contributed something personal and incredible towards the most beautiful and imaginative art movement in the world.....
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Chanel : the Karl Lagerfeld campaigns / Patrick Mauriès ; photogr. by Karl Lagerfeld
Hommage à Lagerfeld décédé le 19/02/2019When Karl Lagerfeld was named at the helm of the fashion house in 1983, he set out to radically shake up and update its image – not only through bold collections but also, from 1987 onwards, by choosing to shoot the house’s campaigns himself, a move that was unprecedented for a fashion designer.....
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Beiersdorf : die Geschichte des Unternehmens hinter den Marken NIVEA, tesa, Hansaplast & Co / Alfred Reckendrees
“Alfred Reckendrees erzählt erstmals auf einer wissenschaftlichen Grundlage die Geschichte von Beiersdorf. Er rückt handelnde Menschen in den Mittelpunkt, die Herausforderungen und die Konflikte, denen sie begegneten....
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The future of capitalism : facing the new anxieties / Paul Collier
“Paul Collier is one of the world’s most influential development economists […]. In this personal, passionate and original book, he has taken on the discontent of contemporary high-income western countries. His target is the failures of contemporary capitalism.” FT
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Un certain climat
“Depuis plus de vingt ans, René Petillon fait le bonheur des lecteurs du Canard enchaîné et de ses Dossiers.
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Le Brexit dans toutes ses dimensions
Voici dix études sur les causes, les enjeux et les effets du Brexit. Il aborde successivement les dimensions historique, sociétale, politique, économique, juridique et écossaise de ce qui constitue peutêtre la première étape de la déconstruction (ou reconstruction) européenne.
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