Decamerone

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Mark Peters

"This three part novel roams the wildernesses of Manitoba and Minnesota during the 1960s. Young Archie, having grown up without a father, stumbles through his teenage years and is given direction by his unusual Uncle Emil. One-eyed Emil, having survived an explosion, near death in the recapture of the Philippines, and the recent loss of his wife, has not lost his sense of humor. While on their canoe journey to an unnamed Manitoba lake, the building of Emil's cabin, and Emil's hike through the Boundary Waters while Archie is in Vietnam, Emil occasionally sidetracks onto tales he has only recently made up. His encounter with Elvis, the true story of Moses, the extinction of the dinosaurs; nothing is off limits for Emil: "While I was reading I got to thinking about what it would have been like if the stories had been about real animals instead of toy ones. You know, Pooh as a grizzly, eight foot tall, three inch claws and teeth like razors. I don't think his little pig buddy would have lasted very long ... ""--Amazon.com

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James M. Saslow

*Pictures and Passions* is a sweeping panorama of art by, for, or about gays and lesbians across the world and across time, from Europe and North America to China and Australia, from the Stone Age to the Stonewall riot and beyond. This book breaks down the walls of prejudice and silence that have long imprisoned a visual heritage rich in beauty, passion, and humor.Through prehistoric and classical times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Stonewall, and today, James M. Saslow explores the flowering of lesbian and gay art and experience. Included here are non-Western cultures (Asia and Islam), hostile as well as positive images, traditional media such as painting and sculpture, and modern commercial and mass media such as magazines and photography.

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Elizabeth Peters

Vicky Bliss, a brain with a body like a centerfold, often has a tough time getting people to take her seriously. But when it comes to medieval history, this blonde beauty knows her stuff —and she's a master at solving mysteries that would turn the art world upside down.Vicky gasped at the sight of the exquisite gold pendant her boss at Munich's National Museum held in his hand. The Charlemagne talisman replica, along with a note in hieroglyphs, was found sewn into the suit pocket of an unidentified man found dead in an alley.Vicky vows to find the master craftsman who created it. It's a daring chase that takes her all the way to Rome and through the dusty antique centers and moonlit streets of the most romantic city in the world. But soon she's trapped in a treacherous game of intrigue that could cost her life —or her heart...

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texte, Émilie Rivard

Louis adorait se rendre chez son grand-père pour qu'il lui raconte toutes sortes d'histoires farfelues. Mais maintenant, c'est à lui de faire des prouesses d'imagination pour redonner le sourire au vieil homme qui est privé de sa mémoire. Sa "méchante" maladie l'empêche de se souvenir et l'isole. Il va même jusqu'à oublier qui est Louis, ce qui chagrine bien sûr son petit-fils, qui en profite cependant pour prendre le rôle d'un joyeux lutin qui aura tôt fait de les faire sourire tous les deux. [SDM]. Un récit réaliste, plus doux qu'amer, mais qui n'élude pas la tristesse que provoque la maladie d'Alzheimer sur la famille du vieil homme. De rigolotes aquarelles rebondies allègent toutefois cette thématique difficile dont on aborde le rapport des enfants et le malade avec, peut-être, un soupçon d'idéalisme. [SDM].