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A collection of French stories written by George Sand for her granddaughters.

Chronicles the life and career of painter Claude Monet, who is considered to be the founder of French Impressionism painting.

Presents a comprehensive biography of the life and works of Pablo Picasso, and chronicles his youth, life in Spain and France, his various artistic periods, and much more.

Beautiful Undine Spragg from Apex, Kansas, is a social climber. Her society career, marriages, divorces, and conquests are all part of her greed.

It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.

A novel about a group of French teenagers who help save refugees during World War II.

Describes how as a young artist, Claude Monet rejected a traditional life path while embracing initially unpopular new approaches to painting and seeing, launching the French Impressionism movement.

657 days ago Meg's British father left their home in France to fight the Nazis, leaving some codes in a jar for her to decipher, and Meg and her French mother moved to the Perche, a region in France near Normandy known for its forests; now Meg watches the German soldiers in town, and sometimes carries messages for the French resistance--but suddenly things have gotten much more dangerous: there is a wounded British officer hiding in her grandmother's barn, a family of German refugees who are trying to get to Spain, and the Nazis have arrived on the doorstop searching for the fugitives.

"Follow the journeys of Jacques Cartier as he explored the New World seaching for the Northwest Passage and claiming land for France"--Provided by publisher.

Describes the early life of sixteenth-century French navigator Jacques Cartier, discussing his explorations of the St. Lawrence River and surrounding lands in Canada, and providing information about life at sea on a galleon, and the St. Lawrence Iroquois.