HISTORY BOOKS
The Eyes of Love in
Doctor ZhivagobyNeil McKinnon
by
Neil McKinnon
2nd edition, revised and enriched
In this innovative essay about David Lean’s movie
(5 Oscars in 1965), the author focuses on the actors’ and actresses’ eyes and the way to light them onstage. Omar Sharif, Tom Courtenay, Sir Alec Guinness and… Mrs Julie Christie who embodies the memorable Lara.
An important book for all large-screen amateurs who worshipped this cinematographic adaptation of Boris Pasternak’s (Nobel Prize for literature) novel. One fantastic epic.
But… upon reflection we may ask ourselves: is this movie one about the Russian Revolution on which was grafted a romance? or is it a great love-story with the 1917 revolutionary background?
The answer will be yours, thanks to Yuri Zhivago’s eyes, or Pasha Antipov’s, or Lara Antipova’s. Without neglecting Komarovski’s.
Neil McKinnon graces us here with an elaborate study, as writes Anna Pasternak in a foreword:
“If you loved David Lean’s sweeping epic of
Doctor Zhivago, re-visit the emotive power with this original, moving and clever analysis of a masterpiece. Much more than a basic film-review, this deeply personal account is in service to Pasternak’s unforgettable love story and his immortal portrayal of his Lara.”
Doctor Zhivago, re-visit the emotive power with this original, moving and clever analysis of a masterpiece. Much more than a basic film-review, this deeply personal account is in service to Pasternak’s unforgettable love story and his immortal portrayal of his Lara.”
(Anna Pasternak, grand-niece of Boris Pasternak; Mrs Pasternak is the author of Lara: The Untold Love Story That Inspired Doctor Zhivago)
Wait no more, hesitate not, allow yourself to be carried away by the balalaika and its amorous whirl… and surrender to the charm, the eyes of Madame Julie Christie…
Released in October 2024
(A translation of McKinnon’s work is available in French section “Livres d’Histoire”, click on the language flag)
"Sheridan, Painter of his Time"
byAnnie Zwobada
by
Annie Zwobada
Book in English.
An essay about the famous Irish playwright, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, written in 1950 by a French student for her English Superior Study diploma.
The authoress, aged 22, here demonstrates her grand mastery of the language, mixing quotes and social context with great humour.
Sheridan was known for his acid critics of the ways and manners of his time: duels, gambling debts, cuckoldry, political ruthless ambition… all of it is presented in his plays (The Duenna, The School for Scandal, The Rivals, amongst others), whose characters derived from the “fine society” in the town of Bath.
Sheridan (1751-1816), politician with the Whigs (Tories’ predecessors), was also well-known for his exceptional oratory craft.
Annie Zwobada shall become an English professor and she will contribute to train future teachers in the Laboratoire de langues de l’Institut pédagogique national, in Paris. The present essay had remained in the family archives for more than 70 years.
This book will undoubtedly be of interest for candidates to the Bachelor degree in France (Licence ou Agrégation d’anglais) for Sheridan has often come up as subject (1950, 1963, 1980 and 1996) alongside the unescapable Thackeray, Woolf, Smollett, Shakespeare, Dickens, Shelley, Milton or Tennyson…
Released in February 2020
HAPPY BREXIT !!!ou bien FOLIE ?
parNicolas PRUDHOMME
par
Nicolas PRUDHOMME
Book in French
First and foremost: a tribute to The Queen.
The Scots are usually a joyous bunch but never in my life did I hear such silence in Edinburgh as the procession went from Holyrood to St Giles’ Cathedral on Sept. 12th. Impressive.
… … Yet, on June 19th, 2023, there’s quite a row in the House of Common!!! BoJo is under investigation and the Committee members didn’t mince their words: he IS guilty!!! of having lied, and lied and lied… to the whole country, and to the House. Exclusion is therefore the only thing the ex-P.M. deserves, for democracy’s sake.
Oh those English people…
Seen from over here (the Continent, I mean) they seem quite crazy. But don’t they say the same about the French??
We’re both best friends and best enemies.
In this original book, in French, we get a double presentation: on each spread the reader finds the Pros and Cons about Brexit. Arguments for or against, forwarded by the fierce Remainers or the even more passionate Leavers… And what about the Scots? fighting for their independence again! Now that BoJo has quit the stage, they will no doubt ask for another referendum.
An essay about the Brexit 5-year anniversary. Happy or Folly? Each episode in the book is (almost) independent so one may skip a few pages…
C’mon, dive in!!!
Released in July 2021 (2020 edition, revised)
Preface by Alain Courbet, English teacher
La Porte aux crocodiles
by
Jean DELAUDE
(book in French)
Jean DELAUDE
(book in French)
These texts, never published before, are a most useful historical complement to The Zone of Interest
(by Jonathan Glazer), movie which was rewarded by the Grand Prix at Cannes Festival.
They are definitely a must-read.
(more info? see the French part of our website, “Livres d’Histoire” tag, click on the flag…)
At the beginning, it looks like a book about a careless youngster in the ending 1920s. Jean Delaude summarizes his Parisian childhood with supreme verve and invents words of his own. He is the friend, the “brother” of Henri Crolla (famous guitarist who will accompany Yves Montand), he is in close contact with Jacques Prévert, he sings opera arias, plays the piano, meets Jean Amadou (a well-known French humorist)… and is up to not much good.
But it’s the second part of the account that strikes hard: Jean Delaude becomes a member of the French Résistance in Paris. Betrayed, he is arrested by the Gestapo and is submitted to torture at the sinister rue des Saussaies, as well as in the Cherche-Midi prison. Lastly, he is dumped into the sadly-named «Convoi des tatoués» (Convoy of the Tattooed) that left Compiègne on April 27th, 1944. Destination Auschwitz-Birkenau. There, ripped of his identity, he becomes reference 185688. Another guy meant to die… Then he is assigned to the Tod Kommando, a job in Hell for this 24-year-old man.
Miraculously, Delaude survives a bullet in the neck, avoids being hanged, lives on through the “Death Marches”… he is freed in 1945, and finds himself being accused – wrongly – to be a “collaborator”!
After the war, Jean Delaude shall become a magician of exceptional talent, performing numerous tricks of great difficulty.
This work contains BOTH versions written by the author before his demise in 1998. It is a book of souvenirs as much as a book of philosophy, for Jean Delaude will be a disciple of Gurdjieff and will pass on his lessons.
Delaude’s early life will influence his future choices. A terrifying account – yet sumptuous with hope – so that the younger generations understand what “to resist” really means.
Released in August 2022
Mourir pour Kiev
la ligne Rouge
parNicolas PRUDHOMME
par
Nicolas PRUDHOMME
Livre publié au profit des réfugiés ukrainiens.
80% des bénéfices seront reversés à Fondemos, qui œuvre au côté de l'ONG « Aide médicale d'Ukraine »
Ne doutant décidément de rien… Vladimir Poutine a décidé d'envahir l'Ukraine, souhaitant s'assurer le contrôle total du pays. Hélas pour notre dictateur du Kremlin, rien ne se passe comme prévu… et il est forcé de reculer à Kiev grâce à la ténacité du président Zelensky et au courage des civils et militaires ukrainiens.
Ces derniers viennent d'infliger un mauvais coup aux Russes en coulant leur navire amiral «Moskva» en mer Noire. Le président Poutine poursuit néanmoins son projet de «Novorussia» à l'Est, au Donbass. Et les familles sont tiraillées des deux côtés de la frontière… Comment garder le contact sans se couper en deux ?
Sans parler du risque de l'emploi d'une arme nucléaire «tactique» qui n'est pas à prendre à la légère dans cette ambiance d'hystérie anti-ukrainienne de la part de Vladimir…
Toutes et tous, soyez solidaires en vous procurant ce livre qui fait une analyse des perspectives après 45 jours de conflit armé
Paru en avril 2022
La version ebook
en PDF est à prix réduit
(5,00 € au lieu de 7,80 €) et sans aucun frais de port.
Vous aussi, participez à aider l'Ukraine !! Elle est notre voisine… et ce qui lui arrive pourrait tout autant survenir chez nous.
mon Père, déporté àRAWA-RUSKA
parDanièle Frison
par
Danièle Frison
Évadé récidiviste, André Frison est envoyé en camp disciplinaire en 1942. Vers l'Est.
Le camp de Rawa-Ruska n'offrait qu'un seul robinet d'eau courante pour la totalité des prisonniers. Les sévices et punitions y étaient habituels.
Grâce à une riche documentation historique, Danièle Frison nous fait revivre l'épopée de son père. Après les nombreuses démarches de son épouse et l'établissement d'un (faux…) «Certificat de Vie», André Frison sera enfin libéré en 1943.
Le livre fait une bonne place aux Associations du souvenir où les ex-prisonniers pouvaient se retrouver lors des commémorations ; il rappelle la chanson (Dans l'c..) de ceux qui furent des fortes-têtes jusqu'au bout.
Figure également le témoignage – glaçant – du commandant de ce Stalag 325 lors de son procès, avant sa condamnation à mort.
Paru en mai 2021
On parle du livre dans la revue La Charte (Fédération nationale André Maginot)
After being held up at the printing factory,
Bernard Binette
&
Nicolas Prudhomme’s
the Dictionary is at last here and all passionate people about traditional photography ought to buy it fast.
Hey! there’s not only Canon and Nikon, or Kodak and Agfa…
… in these 400 pages, you’ll discover strange devices, bygone film brands, noteworthy techniques and tons of other references thoroughly detailed by two advertising-studio professionals. The film formats range from 18x24mm up to 8"x10" … a large choice as with Ektachrome, Vericolor, Agfapan, Polaroids, Duratrans or Record-Rapid & Ilfobrom, to name but a few.
More than 800 words in the index, over 270 brands quoted… and a load of anecdotes.
All terms and descriptions – often exhaustive – are translated into English.
The book is, of course, bilingual.
Released in March 2021
Souvenirs de Roumanie(1923-1932)parJean Prudhomme
Régions « exotiques » de Caracal et de Ploesti. Quel changement pour cet homme originaire de Picardie qui venait de combattre durant la Première Guerre mondiale !! Curieux de tout et photographe amateur, il consignera patiemment ses souvenirs soixante années plus tard, une fois la retraite venue. Ses observations couvrent les transports, les habitudes alimentaires, l'attitude de ses élèves comme celle de ses collègues.
L'ouvrage, qui regorge de descriptions ironiques, est agrémenté de photos en N&B de l'auteur nous montrant les autochtones en costumes traditionnels et leurs coutumes disparues.
Le livre est préfacé par Nicolas Prudhomme, petit-fils de l'auteur.
Voyagez dans le passé, partez vite pour les Carpates et les Portes de Fer !!!
Paru en juillet 2017
Nantes sous laPeste verteparAnnie Zwobada
Roman historique & graphique, ce livre comprend une première partie de 36 pages – dessins réalisées par la lycéenne en 1945 pour un concours de la Croix-Rouge sur le thème «Racontez la guerre». La vie au quotidien est ainsi croquée d'un coup de crayon rapide et toujours drôle malgré les situations terribles d'il y a plus de soixante-dix ans en compagnie des «vert-de-gris».
En complément figure un cahier-photos. Des notes et explications ont également été rédigées par le fils de l'auteure, afin de replacer le récit dans la perspective de l'époque et offrir moult informations sur Nantes, ses occupés et ses Cinquante otages.
L'original de ce carnet, ouvrage splendide qui reçut une Mention nationale après la Guerre, a été offert par Mme Zwobada au musée de l'Ordre de la Libération à Paris.
(Nantes est une ville qui porte le titre de «Compagnon de la Libération», titre attribué par le général de Gaulle).
Un livre à recommander aux élèves par leurs professeurs d'Histoire concernant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Paru en
août 2018
Pourquoi le Brexit ?
to EXIST !!! (again)
parNicolas Prudhomme
par
Nicolas Prudhomme
(book in French)
No need to use the Tunnel, just sail across. C’mon, all aboard the Brexitannia!
This analysis offers a double point of view: that of a continental guy versus the one of islanders. But versus doesn’t always mean “against”, for France and Scotland are very very close – to the great displeasure of English people…
Released in October 2017
Transmit?
We speak here mostly about family souvenirs. Sometimes, there are secrets which one wishes not to reveal but in writing. For words chosen with care make things easier to learn…
Whether crazy adventures or accounts about daily life of a bygone past, these books offer a new vision to younger generations from their grandparents’ times.
In general, printing is rather low: between 15 and 100 copies, number of pages between 50 and 150 (this no limitation) and the circulation is restricted to private circles.
In order to enhance the text and bring “breathing space” to your pages, it is often a good idea to enrich them with photographs, historical documents, illustrations… (Beware, though: all these should be in High-Res’. Otherwise, the result would be mediocre; if you are not certain about their quality, give us a ring or send us an email with the Contact page.)
Low-quantity printing changes nothing about all possibilities of format, finishing, page layout. Ask us, we’ll show you concrete examples.
Most of these works being intended for limited diffusion and not for sale, many families do not wish to show the public the final result, which explains that we do not present on this website all books that we have designed.
Hesitate not to send your manuscripts,
or simple drafts.
coming up in 2023 :
Douinot l’Africain
A man in love with Africa, which he crossed about 40 times during the 70s-80s, without GPS or cellphone… but only thanks to a Tuareg guide who followed the stars or recognized a particular dune…
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