Résultats pour "A" dans Moderne

Jules Verne retrace, avec l’allant d’un conteur et la rigueur d’un historien, l’épopée authentique des explorateurs du XIXe siècle. À partir de récits, cartes et documents originaux, il fait revivre itinéraires et découvertes, des rives nilotiques à la mer Rouge, du port de Djeddah aux pistes de Nubie. Portraits, scènes et croquis — 51 dessins de Léon Benett, 57 fac-similés et cartes — ancrent ce voyage dans le réel.

Critical Social Justice or wokeism is a relatively new phenomena that has dominated the recent culture wars since the antiracism movement intensified in the wake of George Floyd's death.

From the wooden “walking machines” of the 1800s to today’s electric torque rockets, the motorcycle has traveled a long, dangerous, brilliant road. This book tells the entire story. From Pedals to Pistons is the definitive history of how the humble bicycle evolved into one of the most iconic machines ever created. Blending gripping storytelling with rich historical detail, Kevin L. Whitworth traces the full 200-year saga of two-wheeled innovation—the inventors, the rebels, the racers, the engineers, and the cultures shaped in their wake.

Un instantané sonore du 27 avril 1844: ce numéro de L’Illustration, Journal universel, déroule l’histoire de la semaine, un Courrier de Paris vif, et le troisième article du Salon. On y croise la Chambre valaque, un portrait de lord Abinger, et des paysages — étangs près de Saint‑Mitre, arcade de Hunes aux Cévennes, vue générale de Nazareth en Galilée. Les figures du temps s’y révèlent: le baron Pasquier et le comte de Rambuteau, saisis par Horace Vernet et Henry Scheffer, ainsi que Valentin de La Pelouze par Uzanne.

The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV, ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in 17th-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis' accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women.

Imagine a time when Europe lay shrouded in tyranny—cities crumbled, millions displaced, and freedom silenced under Nazi rule. Yet from 1944 to 1945, a decisive series of Allied campaigns shattered the iron grip of oppression. The Final Push: How Europe Was Liberated! tells the story of that transformative moment—when ordinary people and extraordinary leaders joined across continents to bring an end to Hitler’s tyranny and restore freedom to a broken world.

The Third Reich is rising. The creeping madness in the heart of Germany will soon stain the entire world. This is the chilling account of one family as they flee for their lives. Written by a second generation Holocaust survivor, this compelling, heart-wrenching story will touch every emotion.

“Goodbye my children! When you leave, don't look back…” With these last words from their mother, two little girls, Marguerite and her older sister, will begin a long wandering that will last two years. Equipped with a new identity, they must cut themselves off from everything that...

Separated by vast gulfs of political, cultural, and philosophical divergence, the three chief Allied nations of World War II - the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain - attempted to formulate a joint policy through a series of three conferences during and immediately after the conflict. The second meeting, named the Yalta Conference after its Black Sea venue, occurred in February 1945 and was both the most well-known and most influential of them all.