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Paris to the Moon
by Adam Gopnik
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Paris. The name alone conjures images of chestnut-lined boulevards, sidewalk cafés, breathtaking façades around every corner — in short, an exquisite romanticism that has captured the American imagination for as long as there have been Americans.... ( read more)
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A Year in Provence
by Peter Mayle
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A funny--and often hilarious--month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations of moving into an old French farmhouse in Provence and adapting to a very different way of life.... ( read more)
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The Return of Martin Guerre
by Natalie Davis
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The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity... ( read more)
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The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris
by Edmund White
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“One has the impression, reading The Flâneur, of having fallen into the hands of a highly distractible, somewhat eccentric poet and professor who is determined to show you a Paris you wouldn’t otherwise see…Edmund White tells such... ( read more)
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Almost French
by Sarah Turnbull
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A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor. Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed to last a week. Chance had brought Sarah and Frdric... ( read more)
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Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
by Donald Kladstrup
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-273).... ( read more)
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The Judgment of Paris
by Ross King
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With consummate skill, Ross King resurrects the rivalry between the French art establishment and the artists who gave birth to the Impressionist movement. Focusing on the decade between two famous exhibitions, the shocking Salon des Refusés in... ( read more)
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Eleanor of Aquitaine
by Alison Weir
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Renowned in her time for being the most beautiful woman in Europe, the wife of two kings and mother of three, Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the great heroines of the Middle Ages. At a time when women were regarded as little more than chattel, Eleanor... ( read more)
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The Oysters of Locmariaquer (P.S.)
by Eleanor Clark
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On the northwest coast of France, just around the corner from the English Channel, is the little town of Locmariaquer (pronounced "loc-maria-care"). The inhabitants of this town have a special relationship to the world, for it is their efforts that... ( read more)
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Joan of Arc (Penguin Lives Biographies)
by Mary Gordon
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With the passion and grace that mark her bestselling novels of women and faith, Mary Gordon contemplates one of history's earliest and most powerful female martyrs.... ( read more)
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Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France
by Peter Mayle
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In his most delightful foray into the wonders of Provençal life, Peter Mayle returns to France and puts behind him cholesterol worries, shopping by phone, California wines, and other concerns that plagued him after too much time away. In Encore... ( read more)
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Terrible Year the Paris Commune 1871
by Alistair Horne
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From the author of "The Price Of Glory: Verdun 1961" and "The Age Of Napoleon". A bestselling historian on a crucial episode in French history.... ( read more)
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The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris
by Edmund White
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Bloomsbury is proud to announce the first title in an occasional series in which some of the world's finest novelists reveal the secrets of the city they know best. These beautifully produced, pocket-sized books will provide exactly what is missing in... ( read more)
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Emilie Du Chatelet: Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
by Judith P Zinsser
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The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind
Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle... ( read more)
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Sara Midda's South of France: A Sketchbook
by Sara Midda
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From Sara Midda, whose first book evoked all the pleasures of an English garden, comes a wondrous sketchbook of a year's sojourn in the South of France. This is a very personal journal, crammed with images, notions and discoveries of the day-to-day. In... ( read more)
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Napoleon in Egypt
by Paul Strathern
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“Europe is a molehill….” Everything here is worn out…tiny Europe has not enough to offer. We must set off for the Orient; that is where all the greatest glory is to be achieved.” —Napoleon Napoleon’s invasion of... ( read more)
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The Serpent and the Moon: Two Rivals for the Love of a Renaissance King
by Princess Michael
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Set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance France, "The Serpent and the Moon" is a true story of love, war, intrigue, betrayal, and persecution. At its heart is one of the world's greatest love stories: the lifelong devotion of King Henri II of... ( read more)
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Paris in the Fifties
by Stanley Karnow
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This "New York Times" bestseller chronicles a beautiful and bygone era in the history of the world's most alluring city, from the vantage point of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was a part of it. 20 line drawings.... ( read more)
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Toujours Provence (Vintage Departures)
by Peter Mayle
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know—of finding gold... ( read more)
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Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile (Armchair Traveller)
by Johannes Willms
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St Helena is one of the most remote, and yet most famous, islands in the world-it was the final place of exile for Napoleon Bonaparte until his death in 1821. The island remains a place of mystery as a unique colonial survivor, with the island's... ( read more)
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