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Dan Ge Performance: Masks and Music in Contemporary Cote D'Ivoire (African Expressive Culture) Daniel B. Reed
Indiana University Press, 2003
Ge, formerly translated as 'mask' or 'masquerade', appears among the Dan people of Cote d'Ivoire as a dancing and musical embodiment of their social ideals and religious beliefs. In "Dan Ge Performance", Daniel B. Reed sets out to discover what resides at the core of Ge. He finds that Ge is defined as part of a religious system, a form of entertainment, an industry, a political tool, an ...
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French III, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand French with Pimsleur Language Programs ... 2 reviews Pimsleur
Pimsleur, 2004
Still the best for beginners
+ The best Program to brush up your French
I have tried a lot of audio methods, and Pimsleur is still the best by far. It is more expensive than most other audio methods, but it really works and it is enjoyable. Perhaps if you learn a language with family and friends and share the material, you can share the cost and practice with others! ...
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Les Portes Tordues/The Twisted Doors: The Scariest Way in the World to Learn French! 16 reviews Kathie Dior
Dior Publishing, 2003
Very Well Crafted
+ Learning another language + The Twisted Door + Fun! + Simply oustanding!
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French Stories / Contes Français (A Dual-Language Book) 8 reviews
Dover Publications, 1990
Good book to brush up...
+ Excellent choice + The very good and the pretty bad--still would buy again + Good Stories, Good Presentation + compare French to English translation
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Schaum's Outline of French Grammar 16 reviews Mary Coffman Crocker
McGraw-Hill, 1999
Well Organized
+ A Great Source + A must have for serious or semi serious French students!! + Excellent book for learning French grammar
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SmartFrench Audio CDs Intermediate/Advanced 45 reviews Christian Aubert
SmartFrench, 2004
Excellent course for grown ups
+ This is a great product + Wonderful French method + Excellent way to tune your French + Amazing, efficient and fun
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501 French Verbs (501 Verb Series) 64 reviews Christopher Kendris, Theodore N. Kendris
Barron's Educational Series, 2003
Great for clarifying that what you speak is right!
+ The best language series of books. + Invest in your language studies with this easy to use book! + Back for my SECOND copy!
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Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec 16 reviews Taras Grescoe
Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2001
Outstanding Overview of Quebec
+ I really enjoyed reading this book! + Well written, funny, useful + Very Interesting Look at Quebec + Even Better Than Being There
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Harry Potter et la chambre des secrets 5 reviews J. K. Rowling
Editions Gallimard, 1999
Harry Potter 2
+ Great Learning Tool and Fun Too!! + A great French book + This book is AWESOME!
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Champs Elysees - Audio-CD 1 review
Champs Elysees Inc
Very high-quality product
Out of desperation to keep up with my French through a combination of listening and reading, I signed up to receive the Champs Elysees magazine with audio cd. The magazine is like a booklet with different sections - politics, theater, sports, etc. all written and spoken in French. Different ...
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Bien vu, bien dit: Intermediate French (McGraw-Hill World Languages) Ann Williams, Carmen Grace, ...
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2007
This innovative film-based program is designed to motivate and inspire intermediate French students. Based on the French film Le Chemin du retour, Bien vu, bien dit is a completely integrated program for intermediate French. . Each chapter of Bien vu, bien dit , the textbook, is correlated to an episode of the film. The textbook prepares students for the film-viewing experience through the ...
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Madame Brouette 2 reviews Rokhaya Niang, Aboubacar Sadikh Ba
TLA Releasing, 2005
Independent Woman Seeks Companion Who'll Love and Honor Her
+ A colorful thriller of a different world.
Rokhaya Niang beautifully stands out as Mati, "Madame Brouette", a Muslim raised divorcee with a young daughter. She sells her wares in a wheelbarrow while looking out for the women in her village. She isn't afraid to speak her mind. She helps her friend Ndaxt get out of her abusive marriage. They ...
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Une Si Longue Lettre 5 reviews Mariama Ba
Editions Alphee, 2002
breathtaking
+ one of the best african books ever + Genuine + Very interesting exposé of post-Colonial Africa
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Vocabulaire Progressif Du Francais Claire Miquel
Cle Intl, 2004
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Hide This French Book (Berlitz Hide This Book) 6 reviews Eve-Alice Roustang-Stoller
Berlitz Guides, 2004
Incroyable!
+ Do as it says + Hide this french book (berlitz hide this book) + Audio Files at Website Add Value + Le Mot Juste
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Masculin Feminin - Criterion Collection 12 reviews Jean-Pierre Léaud, Chantal Goya
Criterion, 2005
Children of Marx and Coca Cola !
+ Godard oddard, brilliant and more accessible + REGARDER! + Mashed Potatoes and the Revolution of the Earth around the Sun
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From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and Its Restaurant 23 reviews Michael S. Sanders
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
Tortuous sentences? The main panner must be an ADDS case....
+ Awesome + I Just Had to go After Reading the Book.
I just now finished reading the celebrated "foie gras" section; as a Francophilic reseller checking prices for this title, I noticed some of the reviews and got curious.
For all I know the large-scale editing could be better (or the book might be intended to stand as chapter-independent), but ...
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SmartFrench Audio CDs Beginner Level 87 reviews Christian Aubert
SmartFrench, 2004
The best foreign language method -- and I've tried a few
+ A Great Help to Me! + The best for learning French
SmartFrench and SmartSpanish at first glance may appear unorthodox. Their method is so different from the "standard" foreign language teaching techniques that most Americans are accustomed to, that some people may be put off because it's not what they expected. But if you have an open mind and ...
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Cache (Hidden) 108 reviews Daniel Auteuil, Juliette Binoche
Sony Pictures, 2006
Frustrating and fascinating
+ Subtly excellent + MICHAEL HANEKE, OPUS 9 + subtle and thought-provoking
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101 French Idioms 8 reviews Jean-Marie Cassagne, Luc Nisset
McGraw-Hill, 1995
Maintenant, je suis branché!
+ Great/Funny/Excellent Xmas Gift + entertaining and helpful + Thank heavens! + great addition to typical textbooks
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