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Murder in Lascaux

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Author : Betsy Draine
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299284239
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Murder in Lascaux written by Betsy Draine and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cave of Lascaux may be closed to the public, but five scholars a day are allowed inside, and Nora Barnes has finagled an appointment. True, she may have fudged a bit in her letter to the authorities, but she does teach art history, and she isn’t about to miss her chance to see the world’s most famous prehistoric paintings. Nora and her high-spirited husband, Toby, are visiting the Dordogne, in the southern French region of the Aquitaine. Aware that the Dordogne’s renown for cave art is matched only by its reputation for delicious cuisine, the couple has also signed up for a cooking class at a nearby château, but they soon find that more than food is on their minds. During their tour of the cave, another visitor is murdered. When the local inspector pegs Nora and Toby as suspects, they embark on a mission to solve the crime, tracing strange links between a Cro-Magnon symbol and a thirteenth-century religious cult. As they match wits with the crusty inspector, Nora finds herself immersed in the notebooks of a forgotten artist who once lived in the château. In sifting through the artist’s papers and uncovering old secrets, she begins to piece together the motives for the murder. But has she cooked up more trouble than she can handle? Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Reviewers

The Body in Bodega Bay

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Author : Betsy Draine
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 0299297934
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Body in Bodega Bay written by Betsy Draine and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life in Bodega Bay on the rugged, foggy coast of northern California has been pretty quiet since Alfred Hitchcock filmed The Birds there. But antiques dealer Toby Sandler learns that his new business partner Charlie has been found dead on an abandoned boat in the harbor. When the local sheriff discovers that Charlie’s newly acquired Hitchcock artifacts and a painting of an angel are missing, he enlists Toby and his wife, Nora Barnes, an art historian, in the investigation. Local tales about Hitchcock’s famous film, and some digging into the region’s past as a Russian outpost, provide Toby and Nora with clues to the existence of a lost masterpiece. Convinced that this forgotten work may hold the key to the murder, Nora and Toby set out to find it. When Nora’s trouble-prone sister Angie arrives, events take a surprising turn, leading to the uncanny realm of angel reading and putting Nora and her family in danger. As Nora and Toby investigate matters both criminal and otherworldly, Nora realizes that some mysteries in life may be too deep to solve.

The Caves of Perigord

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Author : Martin Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743227689
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book The Caves of Perigord written by Martin Walker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-04-10 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a brilliant and ambitious thriller that combines elements of Jean Auel’s The Clan of the Cave Bear and Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth into a riveting, multifaceted tale of love, art, courage, and war, Martin Walker brings to life the creation of an extraordinary work of prehistoric cave art and the struggle to possess it in our own time. Martin Walker’s richly interwoven novel opens with the arrival of a mysterious package for a young American woman working in a London auction house. Brought by a British officer, it contains a 17,000-year-old fragment of a cave painting left to him by his father, a former World War II hero. The fragment, significant and stunning in itself, is also the key to the existence of an un-known cave that may be more important in the history of art and human creation than the world-famous one at Lascaux. It triggers a storm of publicity and commands the attention of the French authorities all the way up to the President of the Republic, who seems to know more about the painting's origins than anyone else... As the young American woman, the British officer, and a French government art historian explore the ancient province of Périgord to determine the painting’s origins, their search serves as backdrop for three compelling stories. There is the tale of the British officer’s father who lands in Nazi-occupied France in 1944 to organize the Resistance, culminating in a series of battles to prevent the SS Das Reich Panzer Division from reaching the Normandy beaches in time to repel the D-Day invasion, which leads to an account of the subsequent discovery—and cover-up—of the lost cave and its paintings. And there is also the moving story of the young artist who painted them, the woman he loved, and the ancient culture that produced the first recognizable human art but required the sacrifice of its own creators. Filled with vivid, historically accurate details and imaginative re-creations of prehistoric life, The Caves of Périgord blends a complex plot and richly diverse characters into a seamless narrative of romance, tragedy, and heroism from past to present.

Cave Beneath the Sea

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Author : Jean Clottes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Cave Beneath the Sea written by Jean Clottes and published by . This book was released on 1996-03-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An underwater cave containing Paleolithic paintings and engravings of animals, complex geomatric signs, stenciled human hands and innumerable finger tracing.

Bruno, Chief of Police

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Author : Martin Walker
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307271463
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Bruno, Chief of Police written by Martin Walker and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment in the delightful, internationally acclaimed series featuring Chief of Police Bruno. Meet Benoît Courrèges, aka Bruno, a policeman in a small village in the South of France. He’s a former soldier who has embraced the pleasures and slow rhythms of country life. He has a gun but never wears it; he has the power to arrest but never uses it. But then the murder of an elderly North African who fought in the French army changes all that. Now Bruno must balance his beloved routines—living in his restored shepherd’s cottage, shopping at the local market, drinking wine, strolling the countryside—with a politically delicate investigation. He’s paired with a young policewoman from Paris and the two suspect anti-immigrant militants. As they learn more about the dead man’s past, Bruno’s suspicions turn toward a more complex motive. "Enjoyable.... Martin Walker plots with the same finesse with which Bruno can whip up a truffle omelette, and both have a clear appreciation for a life tied to the land." —The Christian Science Monitor "A nice literary pairing with the slow-food movement.... [It is] lovely...to linger at the table." —Entertainment Weekly "A wonderfully crafted novel as satisfying as a French pastry but with none of the guilt or calories." —Tuscon Citizen's Journal

Murder In Dordogne

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Author : William S Shepard
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059535081X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Murder In Dordogne written by William S Shepard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diplomat Robbie Cutler and his bride Sylvie have spent an adventurous honeymoon in the scenic Dordogne region of France. The scenery and good food were expected--the murders were not! They discover the Chateau de Rastignac, the French White House, and its secrets. It was in this historic chateau that the French owners tried to hide priceless paintings from the Nazis during World War Two. But the paintings disappeared, and have not been seen since that time. The Cutler honeymoon is abruptly interrupted by the discovery of a murder victim, a young woman who served with the French Resistance. Solving the mystery of her death--and the possible fate of the missing paintings--takes some sleuthing through Resistance history. History ends when a vicious killer tries to murder the newlyweds. Then it is a race against time, before the killer strikes once again.

Culture Crash

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Author : Scott Timberg
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300195885
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Culture Crash written by Scott Timberg and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that United States' creative class is fighting for survival and explains why this should matter to all Americans.

The Dead of Achill Island

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Author : Betsy Draine
Publisher : Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler M
ISBN 13 : 9780299323806
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (238 download)

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Download or read book The Dead of Achill Island written by Betsy Draine and published by Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler M. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth novel in the Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler Mystery series. When a family reunion in West Ireland turns deadly, art historian Nora and her husband, Toby, are on the case. Once her mother becomes a suspect, Nora is faced with an agonizing choice: protect the family or pursue the truth, wherever it leads?

The Devil's Cave

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Author : Martin Walker
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 038534953X
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Cave written by Martin Walker and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another delightful installment in the internationally acclaimed series: It's spring in St. Denis. The village choir is preparing for its Easter concert, the wildflowers are blooming, and among the lazy whorls of the river a dead woman is found floating in a boat. This means another case for Bruno, the town’s cherished chief of police. With the discovery of sinister markings and black candles near the body, it seems to Bruno that the occult might be involved. And as questions mount—most notably about a troubling real estate proposal in the region and the sudden reappearance of an elderly countess—Bruno and his colleagues are drawn ever closer to a climactic showdown in the Gouffre de Colombac: the place locals call the Devil’s Cave.

Animots

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Author : Matthew Senior
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300206658
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Animots written by Matthew Senior and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest volume of Yale French Studies addresses French-inspired theoretical and philosophical concerns centered on animals and animality. Contributors from France, the United Kingdom, and North America discuss animal-related topics in the French philosophical and literary tradition, offering a wide range of perspectives on animals, ethics, and the future of animal studies. Essays question the reducibility of animal lives to rights discourse on the one hand and scientific empiricisms on the other, and examine whether and how the advent of the posthuman will affect the standing and the future of the nonhuman animal.

Death on a Starry Night

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Author : Betsy Draine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780299307301
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Death on a Starry Night written by Betsy Draine and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This romp through French art, fine wine, romance, and murder is the third novel in the Nora Barnes and Toby Sandler mystery series, as these artful sleuths investigate the mysterious death of Vincent van Gogh.

Alive in Shape and Color

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Author : Lawrence Block
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 168177609X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book Alive in Shape and Color written by Lawrence Block and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-12-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his brilliant follow-up to In Sunlight or In Shadow, Lawrence Block has gathered together the best talent from popular fiction to produce an anthology as inventive as it is alluring, including Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, David Morrell, and Jeffery Deaver. Even before Lawrence Block could rest on his laurels from In Sunlight or In Shadow, a question arose. What would he do for an encore? Any number of artists have produced evocative work, paintings that could trigger a literary response. But none came to mind who could equal Hopper in turning out canvas after canvas. If no single artist could take Hopper’s place, how about a full palette of them? Suppose each author was invited to select a painting from the whole panoply of visual art—From the cave drawings at Lascaux to a contemporary abstract canvas on which the paint has barely dried. And what a dazzling response! Joyce Carol Oates picked Le Beaux Jours by Balthus. Warren Moore chose Salvador Dali’s The Pharmacist of Ampurdam Seeking Absolutely Nothing. Michael Connelly, who sent Harry Bosch to Chicago for a close look at Nighthawks, has a go at The Garden of Earthly Delights by Harry’s namesake Hieronymous Bosch. S. J. Rozan finds a story in Hokusai’s The Great Wave, while Jeffery Deaver’s "A Significant Find” draws its inspiration from—yes—those prehistoric cave drawings at Lascaux. And Kristine Kathryn Rusch moves from painting to sculpture and selects Rodin. In artists ranging from Art Frahm and Norman Rockwell to René Magritte and Clifford Still, the impressive concept goes on to include Thomas Pluck, Sarah Weinman, David Morrell, Craig Ferguson, Joe R. Lansdale, Jill D. Block, Justin Scott, Jonathan Santlofer, Gail Levin, Nicholas Christopher, and Lee Child, with each story accompanied in color by the work of art that inspired it.

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 2

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Author : Edward Gorman
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765301017
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories: 2 written by Edward Gorman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-10-25 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories" returns with the second volume in this annual series collecting the very best of the year's mystery and crime fiction from all around the world.

The Coldest Case

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Author : Martin Walker
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525656685
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book The Coldest Case written by Martin Walker and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anonymous skull, an unsolved murder, sinister rumors from the Cold War era of espionage—Bruno's investigation into a long-standing cold case finds him caught between an enigmatic winegrower and a menacing Communist organization from the past. After attending an exhibit on the facial reconstruction of ancient skulls, Bruno wonders if this technology might provide an invaluable clue to a thirty-year-old cold case. But learning the identity of the murder victim is only the beginning. The investigation quickly turns thorny and leads Bruno to a reclusive vintner, Henri Bazaine, whose education at a vocational school in a formerly Communist region has raised some eyebrows. An inquiry into the defunct school turns up shadowy reports of possible connections and funding from the Stasi, the repressive police agency of the former East Germany. The scrutiny on Henri intensifies once Bruno discovers that he was declared dead thirty years ago and has been living under an assumed name ever since. The strange case is further complicated as Parisian bureaucrats get involved, hinting that essential diplomatic relations might be at stake. And to make matters even worse, the Dordogne is suffering from an intense summer drought that is sparking fires across the region. But as always, Bruno will keep a cool head through it all--and, bien sûr, takes time to enjoy a sumptuous Périgordian meal!

Stonekiller

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Author : J. Robert Janes
Publisher : Overamstel Uitgevers
ISBN 13 : 9049985122
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (499 download)

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Download or read book Stonekiller written by J. Robert Janes and published by Overamstel Uitgevers. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman is found butchered not far from an archaeological site In the woods of the Dordogne, farmers and their pigs hunt the forest floor for truffles. It is June 1942, and one such farmer has found something unusual: the postmaster’s wife, murdered and left to rot beneath the trees. By the time police inspectors Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler arrive from Paris, she has been dead four days, and the flies have begun to feast. As Kohler combs the area, finding a picnic basket, two bottles of Champagne, and a collection of poisonous mushrooms, St-Cyr turns the body on its back. The woman has been mutilated, hacked to pieces by a blunt ax. She died steps from the famous Lascaux caves, an invaluable archaeological site that has attracted the Führer’s attention. The SS is about to descend on the area, a film crew in tow, confounding the investigation as they swarm like the flies on the postmaster’s wife.

France in the World

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Author : Patrick Boucheron
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1590519418
Total Pages : 993 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book France in the World written by Patrick Boucheron and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dynamic collection presents a new way of writing national and global histories while developing our understanding of France in the world through short, provocative essays that range from prehistoric frescoes to Coco Chanel to the terrorist attacks of 2015. Bringing together an impressive group of established and up-and-coming historians, this bestselling history conceives of France not as a fixed, rooted entity, but instead as a place and an idea in flux, moving beyond all borders and frontiers, shaped by exchanges and mixtures. Presented in chronological order from 34,000 BC to 2015, each chapter covers a significant year from its own particular angle--the marriage of a Viking leader to a Carolingian princess proposed by Charles the Fat in 882, the Persian embassy's reception at the court of Louis XIV in 1715, the Chilean coup d'état against President Salvador Allende in 1973 that mobilized a generation of French left-wing activists. France in the World combines the intellectual rigor of an academic work with the liveliness and readability of popular history. With a brand-new preface aimed at an international audience, this English-language edition will be an essential resource for Francophiles and scholars alike.

The Cradle of Humanity

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Author : Georges Bataille
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cradle of Humanity written by Georges Bataille and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2005-07-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness, community, and potential.