Hogtied in the Hexagon? comprehend France part 1 of 3

Hogtied in the Hexagon? comprehend France Part 1 Our choice of 15 Books to help you better comprehend France. First of all what is "hogtied"? To hogtie is an Americanism that goes back to about 1890 literally meaning to tie an animal, in particular a hog, with all four feet together. Figuratively the phrase means to thwart or hamper. So below is the beginning of our list of 15 books that'll help you feel less bewildered and more comprehend France. What is the Hexagon? The Hexagon is a nickname for France! (due to the mainland's nearly hexagonal shape) Part 2 of this article Part 3 of this article Dictionnaire amoureux de l’Histoire de France Max Gallo Max the historian works the alphabet from A to Z with entries ranging from Alésia to Jean Zay, touching along the way on Bernard de Clairvaux, Dreyfus, François Ier, Gambetta, Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz, Henri IV, les intellectuels, la laïcité, le maquis, Saint Louis and Verdun. When Monsieur Gallo says he lov…
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  • 26 septembre 2026
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What I read this summer

What I read this summer was about another summer. What’s a summer? A few months. How can just a few months change the world? When it’s 1945 and war is finally declared over the four months of summer that follow are intense and important, like no other summer. Summer of Freedom, How 1945 Changed the World by Oliver Hilmes (The Other Press) is a combining and weaving together of letters, agendas and diaries by several different personalities as well as ordinary people. Hilmes begins by looking at how they were spending their day on May 8, 1945 the day the war in Europe was declared finished. The Russians wait until May 9th when Stalin fired a thousand cannon shots to usher in a new era where the world was free again… or was it? The book goes on to follow through the summer these same people and events all across Europe, as occupiers and occupied, the victors and the vanquished try to sort things out and get the world back to cooperative functioning. The people, soldi…
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  • 20 septembre 2026
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French literature quiz: 13 extracts

French literature quiz: 13 extracts Identify the French authors of the following 13 French literature extracts. This quiz was first published on page 13 of FUSAC 513 in 2013 - and today is September 13 - hence our theme of 13!

Try this mneomic device (un moyen mnémotechnique) to remember the names of 6 important French authors from the 17th century:

La Corneille, perché sur la Racine de Bruyère, Boileau de La Fontaine, Molière. 

Score : 0 – 3 pas terrible /  4 – 6 read on ! - better yet attend Felix Libris Master class next spring /  7 – 10 impressionnant ! / 11 – 13 prix littéraire for you! Extra point : Which author is not French ? Answers on the bottom of page. q 1 - Ah ! Mon Dieu, Madame, que je suis affligée ! Que je suis malheureuse ! Qui me consolera dans mes peines ? Qui me conseillera dans l’embarras où je me trouve ? Ce M. de Val­mont... et Danceny! Non, l’idée de Danceny me met au désesp…
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  • 13 septembre 2026
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Quirky booksellers

Quirky booksellers You’ve probably already heard of Shaun Bythell, the famous Scottish bookseller, author of The Diary of a Bookseller and you’re surely familiar with the names and stories of George Whitman and Sylvia Beach from the famous Shakespeare& Co. in Paris. Let’s have a look at some other eccentrics who have built legendary bookstores around their own passions and interests and who have marked the bookselling business in their own way. We can start with David Ishii, owner of a bookstore in Pioneer Square, Seattle, who died in 2012. He was a fixture in the neighborhood, and his bookstore became a meeting place for writers, his friends, fly fishing amateurs and opera lovers, a public as diverse as David’s interests. He started out by working for The Seattle Times and the Seattle Magazine and when the magazine folded, he rented a space in Pioneer Square- this was his first used books bookstore. He had extensive collections in fly fishing literature, Asian Am…
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  • 6 septembre 2026
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