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Free Download Fighting for the French Foreign Legion: Americans who joined the First World War in 1914
by Nils Elmark
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1399069152 | 272 Pages | True ePUB | 3.63 MB

Free Download Caroline Williams, "Contemporary French Philosophy: Modernity and the Persistence of the Subject (Continuum Collection)"
English | 2005 | pages: 265 | ISBN: 0826479227 | PDF | 4,6 mb
"Caroline Williams marks what is distinctive about 20th Century French philosophy’s interrogation of the subject and demonstrates its historical continuity in a lucid, balanced and utterly convincing way."

Free Download Paul N. Balchin, "Paris: The Shaping of the French Capital A Political Perspective"
English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032432543 | PDF | pages: 405 | 182.8 mb
This book offers a new perspective on French architecture, describing the impact of political history on the architectural development of Paris. Through various stages in history from the Roman to the Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern and Modern, Paris: The Shaping of the French Capital shows how the immense political power of monarchs, the aristocracy and church determined the pace and volume of building in Paris and the extent of town planning. Whereas many other great cities owe their historic importance to trade, and to local government (the City of London being a supreme example), these attributes were largely absent in Paris (throughout most of its history it didn’t even have a mayor). Arguably, because of this, gradually over the centuries the French capital emerged as one of the world’s most beautiful cities, and now is a metropolis with a population in excess of 2 million.

Free Download A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front (Intoxicating Histories) by Adam D. Zientek
English | February 13, 2024 | ISBN: 0228019923, 0228019931 | True EPUB/PDF | 288 pages | 7.6/18.7 MB
Beginning in the fall of 1914, every French soldier on the Western Front received a daily ration of wine from the army. At first it was a modest quarter litre, but by 1917 it had increased to the equivalent of a full bottle each day. The wine ration was intended to sustain morale in the trenches, making the men more willing to endure suffering and boredom. The army also supplied soldiers with doses of distilled alcohol just before attacks to increase their ferocity and fearlessness. This strategic distribution of alcohol was a defining feature of French soldiers’ experiences of the war and amounted to an experimental policy of intoxicating soldiers for military ends.

Free Download John D. Clarke, "French Eagles, Soviet Heroes: The Normandie-Niemen Squadrons on the Eastern Front"
English | ISBN: 0750940743 | 2005 | 288 pages | PDF | 1425 KB
In 1942, General de Gaulle agreed to send French pilots to fight alongside the Red Air Force against the Germans on the Eastern Front. On 1 September 1942, the Groupe de Chasse III or 3rd Fighter Group ‘Normandie’ was created, equipped with Yak-3 fighter aircraft. On 5 April 1943, pilots Preziosi and Durand shared the unit’s first ‘kill’. Over the next two years, the group became the most highly decorated fighter unit ever to fly for France, and the second highest scoring fighter air group of the Soviet Air Force. Such was their notoriety that in May 1943 an order was signed by the German General Keitel stating that all ‘Normandie’ pilots were to be shot if captured. The ‘Normandie’ Group took an active part in the air support of the epic Battle of Kursk and in 1944 Stalin added ‘Niemen’ to their title in recognition of the help they rendered to the Soviet Army in crossing this river. The first of the Western Allies to capture and occupy German territory, ‘Normandie-Niemen’ clashed with the crack German fighter group JG51 Molders in the air battle over Konigsberg in March 1945. By the war’s end the Group had racked up an impressive 273 confirmed victories and another 36 probables.

Free Download William Shakespeare, "Macbeth (Webster’s French Thesaurus Edition)"
English | 2006 | pages: 138 | ISBN: 0497257017 | PDF | 1,0 mb
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running French thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of Macbeth. This edition would be useful if you would like to

Free Download Learn to Speak French Deluxe 12.0.0.21 | 752 Mb
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Free Download Jack London, "White Fang (Webster’s French Thesaurus Edition)"
English | 2006 | pages: 246 | ISBN: 0497256290 | PDF | 2,0 mb
This edition is written in English. However, there is a running French thesaurus at the bottom of each page for the more difficult English words highlighted in the text. There are many editions of White Fang.

Free Download Germany’s French Allies 1941-45 by Massimiliano Afiero, Ramiro Bujeiro
English | June 18, 2024 | ISBN: 1472862988 | 48 pages | PDF | 11 Mb
A fully illustrated study of the Wehrmacht’s French volunteer units and their actions on the Eastern Front and in North Africa during World War II.

Free Download Returns of the French Freud:: Freud, Lacan, and Beyond By Todd Dufresne (editor)
1997 | 252 Pages | ISBN: 0415915252 | EPUB | 1 MB
Creating a snapshot of current thinking about psychoanalysis, this lively collection examines the legacy of Freud and Lacan. Through provocative and penetrating arguments, the contributors take psychoanalysis to task for 0ts dark view of human nature, theoretical sorcery, devaluation of femininity, self-referentiality, discipleship, negativity, ignorance of history and more. The essays also examine the complex relationships between Freudian and Lacanian theory and philosophy, feminism, anthropology, communications theory, deconstruction, Foucauldian genealogy and medical history. The outstanding list of contributors includes Paul Roazen, Francois Roustang, John Forrester, Rodolphe Gasche, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and Jacques Derrida.