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Author: Bonginkosi Ndumiso Publisher: Bonginkosi Ndumiso ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
In the heart of Paris, a city renowned for its romance and history, unfolds a love story that transcends cultural boundaries and defies societal expectations. Emma, a vibrant American journalist, arrives in Paris for an assignment that promises adventure and discovery. Little does she know that her journey will lead her to Pierre, an enigmatic French archaeologist with a passion for uncovering the past. Their connection is instant, sparked by a shared love for history and a mutual curiosity about each other's worlds. As they explore the wonders of Paris together, their bond deepens, and they find themselves falling in love amidst the city's enchanting backdrop. However, their happiness is soon threatened by the clash of their cultures and the disapproval of their families. Emma and Pierre's relationship faces numerous challenges as they navigate the complexities of their cultural differences. Emma's family, concerned about the uncertainties of a cross-cultural relationship, urges her to reconsider her choices. Pierre's family, wary of Emma's foreign background, questions her commitment to their traditions. Despite these obstacles, Emma and Pierre are determined to fight for their love, promising to bridge the gap between their worlds. As their love story unfolds, secrets from Pierre's past surface, casting a shadow over their future. Emma begins to sense that Pierre is holding something back, and her trust in him wavers. A chance encounter reveals a piece of Pierre's past, leaving Emma reeling with shock and betrayal. The revelation creates a chasm between them, threatening to shatter their relationship. In their journey of forgiveness, Pierre grapples with the consequences of his past actions, seeking redemption and understanding. Emma, through open communication and a willingness to forgive, begins to understand the complexities of Pierre's past and the forces that shaped him. Together, they start to rebuild the trust that was broken, their love growing stronger with each step. Their families, witnessing their commitment and journey of redemption, begin to accept their relationship. Emma and Pierre face a pivotal decision: to stay together and build a life across cultures or to walk away from their love. They reaffirm their commitment to each other, recognizing the strength of their love and the power of their shared journey. As they build a future together, Emma and Pierre embrace their cultural differences and celebrate their shared values. Their home becomes a melting pot of traditions, a place where French and American customs blend harmoniously. They introduce their families to each other, fostering understanding and appreciation for their respective cultures. Their love story becomes a testament to the power of love to bridge cultural divides and heal past wounds. They work to create a bridge between their communities, fostering understanding and acceptance. Their story, once a personal journey of love and acceptance, transforms into a mission to promote peace and understanding, to build bridges between cultures and connect hearts across continents. Years later, as Emma and Pierre sit on their rooftop, gazing at the twinkling lights of Paris, they reflect on the journey that brought them together. They have faced challenges, overcome obstacles, and emerged stronger, their love a beacon of hope in a world that often feels divided. Their legacy, a legacy of love and understanding, continues to inspire generations to come, a reminder that even in a world divided, love and understanding can prevail.
Author: Bonginkosi Ndumiso Publisher: Bonginkosi Ndumiso ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
In the heart of Paris, a city renowned for its romance and history, unfolds a love story that transcends cultural boundaries and defies societal expectations. Emma, a vibrant American journalist, arrives in Paris for an assignment that promises adventure and discovery. Little does she know that her journey will lead her to Pierre, an enigmatic French archaeologist with a passion for uncovering the past. Their connection is instant, sparked by a shared love for history and a mutual curiosity about each other's worlds. As they explore the wonders of Paris together, their bond deepens, and they find themselves falling in love amidst the city's enchanting backdrop. However, their happiness is soon threatened by the clash of their cultures and the disapproval of their families. Emma and Pierre's relationship faces numerous challenges as they navigate the complexities of their cultural differences. Emma's family, concerned about the uncertainties of a cross-cultural relationship, urges her to reconsider her choices. Pierre's family, wary of Emma's foreign background, questions her commitment to their traditions. Despite these obstacles, Emma and Pierre are determined to fight for their love, promising to bridge the gap between their worlds. As their love story unfolds, secrets from Pierre's past surface, casting a shadow over their future. Emma begins to sense that Pierre is holding something back, and her trust in him wavers. A chance encounter reveals a piece of Pierre's past, leaving Emma reeling with shock and betrayal. The revelation creates a chasm between them, threatening to shatter their relationship. In their journey of forgiveness, Pierre grapples with the consequences of his past actions, seeking redemption and understanding. Emma, through open communication and a willingness to forgive, begins to understand the complexities of Pierre's past and the forces that shaped him. Together, they start to rebuild the trust that was broken, their love growing stronger with each step. Their families, witnessing their commitment and journey of redemption, begin to accept their relationship. Emma and Pierre face a pivotal decision: to stay together and build a life across cultures or to walk away from their love. They reaffirm their commitment to each other, recognizing the strength of their love and the power of their shared journey. As they build a future together, Emma and Pierre embrace their cultural differences and celebrate their shared values. Their home becomes a melting pot of traditions, a place where French and American customs blend harmoniously. They introduce their families to each other, fostering understanding and appreciation for their respective cultures. Their love story becomes a testament to the power of love to bridge cultural divides and heal past wounds. They work to create a bridge between their communities, fostering understanding and acceptance. Their story, once a personal journey of love and acceptance, transforms into a mission to promote peace and understanding, to build bridges between cultures and connect hearts across continents. Years later, as Emma and Pierre sit on their rooftop, gazing at the twinkling lights of Paris, they reflect on the journey that brought them together. They have faced challenges, overcome obstacles, and emerged stronger, their love a beacon of hope in a world that often feels divided. Their legacy, a legacy of love and understanding, continues to inspire generations to come, a reminder that even in a world divided, love and understanding can prevail.
Author: Michael Saint James Publisher: ISBN: 9781928595502 Category : Languages : en Pages : 280
Book Description
Bridges of Paris is a large-format photography book with over 350 original images which casts new illumination on the City of Light. The 37 bridges over the Seine River emerge as beautiful, historic destinations rather than unnoticed thoroughfares. The book features stunning portraits of each bridge as well as intimate riverside moments. Once you've experienced this river tour, you will never see Paris the same way again.
Author: Ruby Boukabou Publisher: White Owl ISBN: 1526779986 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 430
Book Description
Discover the architectural history behind Paris’s iconic building, famous landmarks, and charming neighborhoods with this handy visual guidebook. As you stroll the streets of Paris, this informative volume will help you unlock the secrets of the city’s beguiling beauty. Covering the major landmarks as well as dozens of lesser-known architectural gems, The Architecture Lover’s Guide to Paris puts essential history and fascinating details at your fingertips. Whether you are a Paris regular or visiting for the first time, this guide will help you understand how the city acquired its unique design palette. It also offers self-guided walking tours and suggestions of some of the best hotels, restaurants, cafés, churches, parks and more. You’ll discover ancient Roman baths, 17th century mansions, Art Deco theaters, and contemporary cultural complexes. You’ll also find out where to kick back, cocktail or mock-tail in hand, with a panoramic view over the capital. Written by Ruby Boukabou, author of The Art Lover’s Guide to Paris, this book is the perfect companion for anybody intrigued by the City of Light.
Author: Mavis Gallant Publisher: Open Road Media ISBN: 1497685087 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 161
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A New York Times Best Book of the Year: Short stories centered around a French Canadian family that relocates to Paris in the years before WWII. One of the greatest strengths of Mavis Gallant’s writing is her ability to distill a character’s emotions into a simple moment—a lingering glance or an unuttered word. Her flair for detail is everywhere in evidence in Across the Bridge, studies of Montreal and Paris over the last century. The primary focus of this story collection is the Carettes, a family of French Canadians who relocate to Paris before World War II. The two daughters, Marie and Berthe, could not be more different: Marie is traditional and quiet while Berthe is strong willed and open minded. But as they grow together, the two learn how much they truly have in common. Accompanying these stories of the Carettes are tales of growth and isolation at home and abroad, including one of a rebellious French-speaking Canadian girl growing up in the Anglophone area of the city. Another entry is focused on an anthropologist who, on a trip to a small country, finds a group of people who speak a language no one has ever heard before. Unfortunately, when he announces his discovery, no one believes him. Gallant writes “elegant, witty tales of place and person” and cannily observes small domestic moments as her characters create and destroy the illusions in their lives (Library Journal).
Author: Joan DeJean Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 162040768X Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
Documents the century-long transformation of Paris from a medieval center to the modern city that is recognized today, revealing how the Parisian urban model was actually invented in the 1700s when period leaders tore down fortifications, created public parks and constructed streets and bridges. 25,000 first printing.
Author: Elaine Sciolino Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393609367 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 304
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A vibrant, enchanting tour of the Seine from longtime New York Times foreign correspondent and best-selling author Elaine Sciolino. Elaine Sciolino came to Paris as a young foreign correspondent and was seduced by a river. In The Seine, she tells the story of that river from its source on a remote plateau of Burgundy to the wide estuary where its waters meet the sea, and the cities, tributaries, islands, ports, and bridges in between. Sciolino explores the Seine through its rich history and lively characters: a bargewoman, a riverbank bookseller, a houseboat dweller, a famous cinematographer known for capturing the river’s light. She discovers the story of Sequana—the Gallo-Roman healing goddess who gave the Seine its name—and follows the river through Paris, where it determined the city’s destiny and now snakes through all aspects of daily life. She patrols with river police, rows with a restorer of antique boats, sips champagne at a vineyard along the river, and even dares to go for a swim. She finds the Seine in art, literature, music, and movies from Renoir and Les Misérables to Puccini and La La Land. Along the way, she reveals how the river that created Paris has touched her own life. A powerful afterword tells the dramatic story of how water from the depths of the Seine saved Notre-Dame from destruction during the devastating fire in April 2019. A “storyteller at heart” (June Sawyers, Chicago Tribune) with a “sumptuous eye for detail” (Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph), Sciolino braids memoir, travelogue, and history through the Seine’s winding route. The Seine offers a love letter to Paris and the most romantic river in the world, and invites readers to explore its magic for themselves.
Author: Julie Orringer Publisher: Knopf ISBN: 1400041163 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 625
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A historical novel set in 1937 Europe tells the story of three Hungarian Jewish brothers bound by history and love, of a marriage tested by disaster, of a Jewish family's struggle against annihilation by the Nazis and of the dangerous power of art in the time of war.
Author: Eda Kranakis Publisher: MIT Press ISBN: 9780262112178 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 482
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A historical look at styles of technological research and design. If it is true, as Tocqueville suggested, that social and class systems shape technology, research, and knowledge, then the effects should be visible both at the individual level and at the level of technical institutions and local environments. That is the central issue addressed in Constructing a Bridge, a tale of two cultures that investigates how national traditions shape technological communities and their institutions and become embedded in everyday engineering practice. Eda Kranakis first examines these issues in the work of two suspension bridge designers of the early nineteenth century: the American inventor James Finley and the French engineer Claude-Louis-Marie-Henri Navier. Finley--who was oriented toward the needs of rural, frontier communities--designed a bridge that could be easily reproduced and constructed by carpenters and blacksmiths. Navier--whose professional training and career reflected a tradition of monumental architecture and had linked him closely to the Parisian scientific community--designed an elegant, costly, and technically sophisticated structure to be built in an elite district of Paris. Charting the careers of these two technologists and tracing the stories of their bridges, Kranakis reveals how local environments can shape design goals, research practices, and design-to-construction processes. Kranakis then offers a broader look at the technological communities and institutions of nineteenth-century France and America and at their ties to technological practice. She shows how conditions that led to Finley's and Navier's distinct designs also fostered different systems of technical education as well as distinct ideologies and traditions of engineering research.The result of this two-tiered, comparative approach is a reorientation of a historiographic tradition initiated by Tocqueville (and explored more recently by Eugene Ferguson, John Kasson, and others) toward a finer-grained analysis of institutional and local environments as mediators between national traditions and individual styles of technological research and design.
Author: Simone Schwarz-Bart Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 1590176804 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 273
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This is an intoxicating tale of love and wonder, mothers and daughters, spiritual values and the grim legacy of slavery on the French Antillean island of Guadeloupe. Here long-suffering Telumee tells her life story and tells us about the proud line of Lougandor women she continues to draw strength from. Time flows unevenly during the long hot blue days as the madness of the island swirls around the villages, and Telumee, raised in the shelter of wide skirts, must learn how to navigate the adversities of a peasant community, the ecstasies of love, and domestic realities while arriving at her own precious happiness. In the words of Toussine, the wise, tender grandmother who raises her, “Behind one pain there is another. Sorrow is a wave without end. But the horse mustn’t ride you, you must ride it.” A masterpiece of Caribbean literature, The Bridge of Beyond relates the triumph of a generous and hopeful spirit, while offering a gorgeously lush, imaginative depiction of the flora, landscape, and customs of Guadeloupe. Simone Schwarz-Bart’s incantatory prose, interwoven with Creole proverbs and lore, appears here in a remarkable translation by Barbara Bray.
Author: Bonginkosi Ndumiso
Author: Bonginkosi Ndumiso
Author: Michael Saint James
Author: Ruby Boukabou
Author: Mavis Gallant
Author: Hart Crane
Author: Joan DeJean
Author: Elaine Sciolino
Author: Julie Orringer
Author: Eda Kranakis
Author: Simone Schwarz-Bart