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The Tour De France, 1903-2003

A Century of Sporting Structures, Meanings and Values

Edited by Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare ...

Series series Sport in the Global Society
This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative ... Read more

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This book analyses the Tour de France over its long history both as France's most prestigious and famous sporting event and as a European and, increasingly, a world cycling competition. This study provides interdisciplinary and varied perspectives on the sporting, cultural, social, economic and political significance of the Tour within and outside France, giving a comprehensive and authoritative
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France and the 1998 World Cup

The National Impact of a World Sporting Event

Edited by Hugh Dauncey, Geoff Hare ...

Series series Sport in the Global Society
The contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political, cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup. It is set within the sporting context of the history and organization of French football and the French tradition of using major sporting events to focus world attention. ... Read more

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The contributions here cover the major socio-economic, political, cultural and sporting dimensions of the 1998 World Cup. It is set within the sporting context of the history and organization of French football and the French tradition of using major sporting events to focus world attention.
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong

by Jean-Benoit Nadeau ...

The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the Americans. They work 35-hour weeks and take seven weeks' paid holiday each year, yet they are the world's fourth-biggest economic power.So how do they do it? From a distance modern France looks like a riddle. It is both rigidly authoritarian, yet incredibly ... Read more

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The French drink, smoke and eat more fat than anyone in the world, yet they live longer and have fewer heart problems than the English and the Americans. They work 35-hour weeks and take seven weeks' paid holiday each year, yet they are the world's fourth-biggest economic power.So how do they do it? From a distance modern France looks like a riddle. It is both rigidly authoritarian, yet incredibly
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The Bonjour Effect

The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed

by Julie Barlow, Jean-Benoit Nadeau ...

Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters. ... Read more

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Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle the lessons they learned after they returned to France to live, for a year, with their twin daughters.
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The History of Canada Series: The Best Place To Be

Expo '67 And Its Time

by John Lownsbrough ...

Series series History of Canada
A pivotal event in Canada’s history For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced. Expo 67 crystallized the buoyant mood and newfound sense of confidence many felt during Canada's centennial. It becomes clearer, though, as its ... Read more

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A pivotal event in Canada’s history For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced. Expo 67 crystallized the buoyant mood and newfound sense of confidence many felt during Canada's centennial. It becomes clearer, though, as its
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Paris Reborn

Napoléon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Quest to Build a Modern City

by Stephane Kirkland ...

A "wide-ranging and readable history" of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern history ( The New Yorker ).Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, 19th-century Paris, France was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks, ... Read more

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A "wide-ranging and readable history" of Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and one of the greatest transformations of a major city in modern history ( The New Yorker ).Traditionally known as a dirty, congested, and dangerous city, 19th-century Paris, France was transformed in an extraordinary period from 1848 to 1870, when the government launched a huge campaign to build streets, squares, parks,
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Legacy

How French Canadians Shaped North America

Edited by Andre Pratte, Jonathan Kay ...

A ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and thinkers -- Margaret Atwood, Lucien Bouchard, Dr. Samantha Nutt, Ken Dryden, etc. -- tells the story of the extraordinary legacy of the French contribution to our very way of life.In 1913, schoolgirls found a heavy metal plaque peeking out of the soil in St-Pierre, ... Read more

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A ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and thinkers -- Margaret Atwood, Lucien Bouchard, Dr. Samantha Nutt, Ken Dryden, etc. -- tells the story of the extraordinary legacy of the French contribution to our very way of life.In 1913, schoolgirls found a heavy metal plaque peeking out of the soil in St-Pierre,
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Montreal Book of Everything

by Jim Hynes ...

Series series Book of Everything
From early Catholic missions to Sin City and the Big O, Cirque du Soleil and the Habs to profiles of Mordecai Richler, Jean Drapeau, the Bronfman dynasty, and Maurice “Mom” Boucher, no book on Montreal is as comprehensive and as fun. ... Read more

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From early Catholic missions to Sin City and the Big O, Cirque du Soleil and the Habs to profiles of Mordecai Richler, Jean Drapeau, the Bronfman dynasty, and Maurice “Mom” Boucher, no book on Montreal is as comprehensive and as fun.
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Paris Dreams, Paris Memories

The City and Its Mystique

by Charles Rearick ...

"A rich and entertaining history of the French capital's predominant myths and 'image-making' from the nineteenth century to the present." —Roxanne Panchasi, H-France ReviewHow did Paris become the world favorite it is today? Charles Rearick argues that we can best understand Paris as several cities in one, each with its own history and its own imaginary shaped by dream and memory. Paris has long ... Read more

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"A rich and entertaining history of the French capital's predominant myths and 'image-making' from the nineteenth century to the present." —Roxanne Panchasi, H-France ReviewHow did Paris become the world favorite it is today? Charles Rearick argues that we can best understand Paris as several cities in one, each with its own history and its own imaginary shaped by dream and memory. Paris has long
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Au Contraire!

Figuring Out the French

by Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron ...

"I find Au Contraire! delightfully validating - a great piece of work." - Nancy Bragard, Franco-American interculturalist, trainer and coachThe French are famously enigmatic: fiercely independent yet deeply romantic,conservative yet avant-garde, rational yet emotional. What is it, exactly, that makes the French so . . . French?Written for anyone interacting with the French-tourists, businesspeople ... Read more

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"I find Au Contraire! delightfully validating - a great piece of work." - Nancy Bragard, Franco-American interculturalist, trainer and coachThe French are famously enigmatic: fiercely independent yet deeply romantic,conservative yet avant-garde, rational yet emotional. What is it, exactly, that makes the French so . . . French?Written for anyone interacting with the French-tourists, businesspeople
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René Lévesque

Charismatic Leader

by Marguerite Paulin ...

Translated by Jonathan Kaplansky ...

Series Book 12 - Quest Biography
René Lévesque entered provincial politics in 1960 when Jean Lesage persuaded him to join his Liberal dream team. In 1968 he founded the Parti Québécois (PQ). Under the PQ banner, Lévesque served as premier from 1976 to 1985. ... Read more

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René Lévesque entered provincial politics in 1960 when Jean Lesage persuaded him to join his Liberal dream team. In 1968 he founded the Parti Québécois (PQ). Under the PQ banner, Lévesque served as premier from 1976 to 1985.
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Soccer Empire

The World Cup and the Future of France

by Laurent Dubois ...

When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an assault on an Italian player. In Soccer Empire, Laurent Dubois illuminates the connections between empire and sport by ... Read more

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When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an assault on an Italian player. In Soccer Empire, Laurent Dubois illuminates the connections between empire and sport by
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