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Résumé: Based on the true story of Jacques Coeur, The Dream Maker is the story of a Steve Jobs of the Middle Ages. Coeur was the King of France’s visionary First Banker who, with his tours of the Far East, his public criticism of the Crusades, and his efforts to develop trade and an operable financial system, contributed to bringing France out of darkness and toward the Renaissance and modernity. An adventure novel, a novel of ideas, and a moving love story. After a brilliant career as a trader, Jacques Coeur was summoned to the court of Charles VII and appointed Master of the Mint in 1436. He rose to become the King of France's visionary First Banker who, with his tours of the Far East, his opposition to the crusades, and his efforts to develop trade, brought France out of the darkness toward the Renaissance and modernity. At the height of his success, his ill-considered infatuation with Agnès Sorel, King Charles VII's favorite mistress, precipitated Coeur's fall from grace.

Résumé: Faisant voler en éclats les stéréotypes attachés aux Amérindiens du nord, " féroces guerriers " pour les uns, " êtres pacifiques attachés à leur terre " pour les autres, terres indiennes décrypte l'histoire des " Américains d'origine ", lui restituant son caractère essentiel et constitutif de la nation américaine. L' " American Experience ", l'émission historique la plus regardée et la plus respectée aux Etats-Unis, a permis une coopération exceptionnelle entre conseillers, historiens et réalisateurs. Ils ont réussi à retracer en 5 épisodes les épreuves endurées par ces populations, l'esprit de résistance manifesté de 1621 à l'époque contemporaine, du Mayflower à l'American Indian Movement des années 70.

Résumé: Rudyard Kipling stupisce ancora una volta i suoi lettori con cinque racconti ambientati nel mondo animale. Come mai gli elefanti hanno un naso così lungo, e perché i leopardi hanno le macchie? A quale scopo i canguri saltellano in giro per l’Australia? Personaggi indimenticabili, come il giovane e astuto marinaio che riesce addirittura a ingannare una balena…

Résumé: Fully updated for 2009, and with a brand-new, user-friendly design, this edition is full of exciting new features to help learners become fluent in English, including cutting-edge software to build vocabulary faster. The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English provides the ultimate active learning tool - and is now available in a format to suit everyone. Whether in print, on DVD-ROM, online or via a PDA or mobile phone, you can access the best language support whenever and wherever you want - simply no other learners' dictionary compares.

Résumé: Dietro le quinte dell'album The Joshua Tree.