Jean Baptiste: 320 books

This excerpt from Le Grand d'Aussy's classic work on the history of French private life explores the history of beer, cider and spirits in France from the Gauls to Le Grand's own time (the late eighteenth century). The history of beer since the Egyptians to its slow growth to popularity in France...

Le Grand d'Aussy traces French bread history from the first Tameliers and Fourniers to the Boulangers whose bread evolved from a simple boule to the pains mollet of the seventeenth century and the long breads which already began to replace round breads in the eighteenth century. Along the way he looks...

A mechanical horse... A mountain flowing with rose-water... A lake with a boat in full sail.. These were a few of the details of the complex entertainments presented with elegant Medieval meals. Meanwhile, table decoration, which began with abundant flowers and piles of fruit, evolved into complex...

During his stay in the West Indies as a Dominican missionary, pere Labat was able to observe buccaneers and their ships. His adventures in this turbulent period are varied, but it is in the descriptions of the lives of the different races that the value of his memoirs resides.

The Misanthrope * The Doctor in Spite of Himself * The Miser * The Would-Be Gentleman * The Mischievous Machinations of Scapin * The Learned Women * The Imaginary Invalid “The comedy,” Molière once quipped, “is excellent, and they who deride it deserve to be derided.” Written...

• Wilbur’s translations of Molière considered to be the finest available • Countless productions throughout the world • Wilbur is considered to be one of America’s most esteemed poets • Previous winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry

• Wilbur’s translations of Molière considered to be the finest available • Countless productions throughout the world • Wilbur is considered to be one of America’s most esteemed poets • Previous winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for Poetry

Molière, undoubtedly one of the greatest writers of comedy in the history of theatre, won enormous success for The School for Wives (L’Ecole des Femmes) in Paris in 1662; yet this highly popular play, satirising ridiculous male attitudes to women, aroused as much hostility as critical acclaim....

This book is a tutorial written with a step-by-step approach to help you implement an optimum clustering solution in Apache Karaf Cellar quickly and efficiently. If you are new to Karaf and want to install and manage multiple Karaf instances by farming or clustering, then this book is for you. If you...

¿Necesitas hablar vasco para ascender en tu trabajo? ¿Quieres mejorar la atención a clientes y proveedores de Euskadi o Navarra? ¿Te vas de vacaciones a un maravilloso pueblo de la zona y quieres integrarte entre tus vecinos? ¿Te fascina aprender idiomas? Sea cual sea tu interés, esta práctica...

Green eggs were popular once, and long before Dr. Seuss, in France. Poached eggs were served with orange juice and spices. Easter eggs inspired not egg hunts, but loud, raucous processions. Cheese might be eaten with sugar and even cinnamon. Brie and Parmesan cheese were popular long before modern...

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Il était aussi près que possible  ; mais ce qu’était cet objet, elle ne pouvait le dire. Il semblait être arrêté près d’un chêne vieux et immense. COLERIDGE.  Ainsi commence le manuscrit de mistress Baliol  :   ...

Riche bourgeois, M. Jourdain ne rêve que d'une chose : devenir gentilhomme. Et quels ne sont pas ses efforts pour y parvenir ! Cours de danse, de chant, d'armes et de philosophie : tout est bon pour acquérir les manières d'un noble. Hélas ! L'élève multiplie les maladresses et les balourdises....