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Jan Abraham Meijn Van Spanbroek

En 1764, Wilem Gerrit Dedel vient d'être nommé ambassadeur des Provinces unies en Turquie et organise son voyage pour rejoindre Constantinople. C'est ce périple entre Utrecht et la capitale de l'empire ottoman que décrit l'auteur de ce manuscrit. C'est aussi un guide touristique avant l'heure, témoignage vivant et coloré, qu'a laissé Meijn van Spanbroek, ce jeune commerçant "gentilhomme d'ambassade".

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Kate Cann

After months of planning a summer vacation in Spain with her friends Yaz and Ruth, Laura finds the "perfect getaway" marred by the presence of Ruth's obnoxious boyfriend who insists on sticking to the well-beaten tourist track.

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John Taylor Gatto

"A Different Kind of Teacher brings together sixteen key essays and talks produced by Gatto between 1990 and 1999. Part One: Schoolrooms Speak Bluntly, includes three pieces written while he was still an active classroom teacher, and a short article written by one of his students, offering a glimpse at how Gatto translated his ideas about true education into the school setting." "Part Two: Analyzing the System includes seven pieces written in the period after Gatto's resignation from public school teaching. They represent a critique of American schooling, filled with insights gleaned from three decades in the classroom combined with years of research into the history and philosophy of Western education." "Part Three: The Search for Meaning, describes some of the results of Gatto's search for the purposes and goals of education and life. Although this section comes last in the book, the effort it records comes first in any serious exploration of what and how we teach our children." "In A Different Kind of Teacher, John Gatto opens readers' eyes to what the American system of education really is, what it ought to be, and what steps can be taken to reach that goal."--Jacket.

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Peter Ulf Møller and Natasha Okhotina Lind

"Eighteenth-century Danish explorer Vitus Bering led expeditions to the Russian Far East and Alaska under the patronage of Peter the Great, and his wife Anna Christina accompanied him on his expedition to Okhotsk in 1739. The sixteen letters that they wrote over the following year make up the core of this volume, which features facing-page translations from the original German. The documents offer an intimate look into eighteenth-century customs, as well as the explorer's family life and daily routine. Also featured is an inventory of goods that Anna Christina brought back to Moscow after Bering's death in 1742, revealing key insights into the types of goods available in Russia at the time."--BOOK JACKET.