Synopses & Reviews
From the team who brought you andlt;Iandgt;The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmoreandlt;/Iandgt; comes an alphabet tale extraordinaire!andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;iandgt;Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbersand#8230;andlt;/iandgt;andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Life wasand#8230;fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Veryand#8230;numberly. But our five jaunty heroes werenand#8217;t willing to accept that this was all there could be. They knew there had to be more.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. Removing a piece here. Adding a piece there. At first, it was awful. But the five kept at it, and soon it wasand#8230;artful! One letter after another emerged, until there were twenty-six. Twenty-six lettersand#8212;and they were beautiful. All colorful, shiny, and new. Exactly what our heroes didnand#8217;t even know they were missing.andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;And when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happenand#8230;Pizza! Jelly beans! Color! Books!andlt;BRandgt; andlt;BRandgt;Based on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbotand#8217;s Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray.
Synopsis
'est pour ob ir aux ordres du directeur de ma vie que j'ai crit l'histoire de l'abb de Ranc . Mon premier ouvrage a t fait Londres en 1797, mon dernier Paris en 1844. Entre ces deux dates, il n'y a pas moins de quarante-sept ans, trois fois l'espace que Tacite appelle une longue partie de la vie humaine. Le temps s'est coul , j'ai vu mourir Louis XVI et Bonaparte; c'est une d rision que de vivre apr s cela. Que fais-je dans le monde ? Autrefois je barbouillai du papier avec mes filles, Atala, Blanca, Cymodoc e, chim res qui ont t chercher ailleurs la jeunesse. On remarque des traits ind cis dans le tableau du D luge, dernier travail du Poussin: ces d fauts du temps embellissent le chef d'oeuvre du grand peintre; mais on ne m'excusera pas, je ne suis pas Poussin, je n'habite point au bord du Tibre, et j'ai un mauvais soleil.
Synopsis
Vie de Ranc / par M. le Vte de Chateaubriand
Date de l' dition originale: 1844
Le pr sent ouvrage s'inscrit dans une politique de conservation patrimoniale des ouvrages de la litt rature Fran aise mise en place avec la BNF.
HACHETTE LIVRE et la BNF proposent ainsi un catalogue de titres indisponibles, la BNF ayant num ris ces oeuvres et HACHETTE LIVRE les imprimant la demande.
Certains de ces ouvrages refl tent des courants de pens e caract ristiques de leur poque, mais qui seraient aujourd'hui jug s condamnables.
Ils n'en appartiennent pas moins l'histoire des id es en France et sont susceptibles de pr senter un int r t scientifique ou historique.
Le sens de notre d marche ditoriale consiste ainsi permettre l'acc s ces oeuvres sans pour autant que nous en cautionnions en aucune fa on le contenu.
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About the Author
William Joyce does a lot of stuffandmdash;films, apps, Olympic curlingandmdash;but childrenandrsquo;s books are his true bailiwick (andlt;iandgt;Billyandrsquo;s Boogerandlt;/iandgt;;andlt;iandgt; The Numberlysandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;The Man in the Moonandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare Kingandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;A Bean, A Stalk, and a Boy Named Jackandlt;/iandgt;; and the #1 andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling andlt;iandgt;The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmoreandlt;/iandgt;, which is also an Academy Awardandndash;winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.William Joyce does a lot of stuffandmdash;films, apps, Olympic curlingandmdash;but childrenandrsquo;s books are his true bailiwick (andlt;iandgt;Billyandrsquo;s Boogerandlt;/iandgt;;andlt;iandgt; The Numberlysandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;The Man in the Moonandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;Nicholas St. North and the Battle of the Nightmare Kingandlt;/iandgt;; andlt;iandgt;A Bean, A Stalk, and a Boy Named Jackandlt;/iandgt;; and the #1 andlt;iandgt;New York Timesandlt;/iandgt; bestselling andlt;iandgt;The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmoreandlt;/iandgt;, which is also an Academy Awardandndash;winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in Shreveport, Louisiana.Christina Ellis is an illustrator, telling fantastic stories through her characters and their worlds. Christina joined the legion of Moonbots after studying illustration at Ringling College of Art and Design. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana, and andlt;Iandgt;The Numberlysandlt;/Iandgt; is her picture book debut.