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The God Beneath the Sea
Published in Hardcover by Random House (Merchandising) (April, 1971)
Authors: Leon Garfield, Edward Blishen, and Zevi Blum
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Really good stories!
This book have many of the greatest stories gathered from old Grece, storise about Olympien. the text floats straight al the time, even not so good readers can really get stuck of this book as for good readers. This book's perfect for everyones reading.From the first page to the last.


The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century
Published in Hardcover by University of Chicago Press (Trd) (December, 1998)
Author: Tony Judt
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Tears to my eyes
Perhaps this review isn't justified (I have only read the section on Camus), but this book is a marvel. Tony Judt has created perhaps the most endearing written portrait of Albert Camus I have ever read. If you are interested in the artist's life, please do yourself a favor and read this book (then read Olivier Todd's full biography). Albert is presented here in a most proper fashion: ambiguous but dignified, somewhere between Pascal and Nietzsche. (Much like the characters in his works, no?) FYI: Judt has written a forward for the new translation of "The Plague" - due out soon, I hope. To summarize: Thanks, Tony.

Monumental figures as human beings.
Though this book is not intended to offer three character sketches per se, it has done more to bring these great twentieth-century Frenchmen to life for me than any other work I've read. Judt is able to bring some continuity to the idea of intellectual integrity by not only describing what each of these men stood for but also what they stood against. Yes, they all stood against Communism (with a big C), but each of them stood against elements of political and intellectual fashion in defense of their own convictions as well. Blum stood against malice. Camus, against moral relativity. And Aron, against intellectual ignorance and conformity. Together they did more to defend the human condition from political and intellectual tyranny than all other twentieth century French intellectuals. This is a powerful look at how the temptations of intellectual and political affiliation need not take the place of rigor and conviction. And, to be honest, it's lucid presentation of each character nearly brought this one to tears. Deserves to be read by a general audience, or anyone who continues to be mystified by these great French figures.

I'm not raring the book, but the prof.
The author of this book is my prof. at NYU and he is simply amazing. He is the best history prof. I've ever had, and words can't describe how intelligent this man is. I'm enrolled in his course titled "History of Europe since 1945" and I must say that the prof. is a walking encyclopedia, and really knows everything there is to know about Europe. I haven't had the chance to read any of his books yet, but I will look them up at the NYU library soon.. I have so much reading for his class I don't think I'll be able to do any leisure reading for the rest of the semester, but I'll pick up one of his books this winter break.


Anti-Semitism in France: A Political History from Leon Blum to the Present (Studies in Social Discontinuity)
Published in Hardcover by Blackwell Publishers (May, 1992)
Authors: Pierre Birnbaum and Miriam Kochan
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Blum
Published in Unknown Binding by Flammarion ()
Author: Alain Greilsammer
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Discours politiques
Published in Unknown Binding by Impr. nationale âeditions ()
Author: Léon Blum
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The Expositor's Bible Commentary
Published in Hardcover by BMH Books (December, 1986)
Authors: Leon Morris, Donald W. Burdick, and Edwin A. Blum
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French Socialism and Popular Front (Occasional Paper Series, No 17)
Published in Paperback by Cornell Univ Pr (June, 1989)
Author: Leon Blum
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L'Ecole Normale et la Politique: De Jaures a Leon Blum (Sciences Humaines et Philosophie)
Published in Paperback by Routledge (01 June, 1971)
Author: Hubert Bourgin
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La France, peut-elle en finir avec le socialisme?
Published in Unknown Binding by Editions Odilon Media ()
Author: Jacques Paternot
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Le Parti socialiste et l'immigration : le gouvernement Léon Blum, la main-d'oeuvre immigrée et les réfugiés politiques (1920-1940) : russes, géorgiens, arméniens, italiens, espagnols, allemands, sarrois, autrichiens, allemands des Sudètes
Published in Unknown Binding by Anthropos ()
Author: Marcel Livian
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