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Camus

1972

Wind, sand, and stars

The author recounts his experiences as a mail pilot in the late 20s and early 30s in South America and Africa.
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Cyrano de Bergerac

a heroic comedy in five acts
A translation of the French drama set in seventeenth-century France telling of Cyrano de Bergerac's secret love for Roxane.

Cyrano de Bergerac

Presents the classic play about an unattractive swordsman who falls in love with a beautiful woman, but courts her fora handsome but slow-witted suitor. Contains a timeline of significant events, outline of themes and plots, explanatory notes, and critical analysis.
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The book I didn't want to write

2018
"Erwan Larher was enjoying a rock concert in Paris's Bataclan Theater on November 13, 2015, when the firing started. By the time it ended, 89 people were dead and more than 400 others--including Larher--had been wonded. In this . . . memoir, he reflects on what the gruesome terror attack meant"--Dust jacket.

Witness

lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom
2018
The author shares his experience being a student and teaching assistant to Elie Wiesel--activist, author, advisor, and Nobel laureate. Provides the lessons that the author learned from his teacher.

Night and related readings

2000
An autobiographical narrative, in which the author describes his experiences in Nazi concentration camps.

Night

Includes a brief biography of Elie Wiesel, thematic and structural analysis of Nuit, critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

Dictionary of modern French literature

from the age of reason through realism
1986

Who was Jules Verne?

2016
Looks at the life of nineteenth-century French novelist Jules Verne.

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