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Dictionary of French Tools & Materials
A Bilingual Sourcebook for Home-Owners in France
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The Biographics series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the worlds greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of them in vivid snapshots. The result is a quickfire journey through truths and trivia that is the most entertaining way to follow in the footsteps of the men and women whose lives have most influenced our own.Many people know that Claude Monet was a founder of French impressionism, a master of landscapes who painted Impression, Sunrise and Water Lilies. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he created the ponds featuring those water lilies and painted 250 oils of them; that his work Water Lily Pond sold for $80.4 million; that his Cliffs Near Dieppe was stolen not once but twice; and that he was almost blind when he painted some of his most famous work. Biographic Monet presents and instant impression of his life, work and fame, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the artist behind the pictures.
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Many people know that Sir Winston Churchill (1874- 1965) was a British statesman and prime minister, a speechmaker who led Britain through the dark days of the Second World War.What, perhaps, they don t know is that he came under enemy fire over 50 times; took 36 bottles of wine, 18 of scotch and 6 of vintage brandy to the Boer War; painted over 600 works of art and won the Nobel Prize for Literature; and developed his taste for Havana cigars while working as a war correspondent in the Cuban War of Independence.Biographic: Churchill presents the finest hours of his life and work, with various facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the man behind the politics.Chapters include:LifeWorldWorkLegacyThe Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject and uses infographics to convey them in vivid snapshots.