Cultural Region/French
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Unreconciled: Poems 1991-2013; A Bilingual Edition
$23.99 Add to cartSelected poems from the critically acclaimed author of Submission and The Elementary Particles
A shimmering selection of poems chosen from four collections of one of France’s most exciting authors, Un- Author: Houellebecq, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: July 16 2019
- ISBN10: 0374538077
- Language: English
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The Conquest of Morocco: A History
$29.00 Add to cartThe Conquest of Morocco tells the story of France’s last great colonial adventure. At the turn of the twentieth century, Morocco was a nation yet to emerge from the Middle Ages, ruled by local warlord
- Author: Porch, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 370
- Publish Date: May 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0374128804
- Language: English
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Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon’s Grande Armée
$32.99 Add to cartThis authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon’s most powerful weapon–the Grande Armée which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines ev
- Author: Elting, John R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: March 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0306807572
- Language: English
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Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East
$22.99 Add to cartIn this vivid and timely history, Juan Cole tells the story of Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt. Revealing the young general’s reasons for leading the expedition against Egypt in 1798 and showcasing his f… [more below]
- Author: Cole, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0230606032
- Language: English
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The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
$24.99 Add to cartA comprehensive biography of the late designer, Karl Lagerfeld, and his infamous rivalry with Yves Saint Laurent.
In the 1970s, Paris fashion exploded like a champagne bottle left out in the sun. Ami- Author: Drake, Alicia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 09 2010
- ISBN10: 0316001856
- Language: English
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White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery, and Vengeance in Colonial America
$19.99 Add to cart“A fast-moving tale of courage, cruelty, hardship, and savagery.”–Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In North America’s first major conflict, known today as the French and Indian War, France and England–both i- Author: Brumwell, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0306814730
- Language: English
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Pierrot Lunaire: Rondels Bergamasques
$14.00 Add to cartPierrot Lunaire: Rondels Bergamasques is an 1884 cycle of poems by Belgian author Albert Giraud that revolves around the character of Pierrot and the universe of the Commedia dell’arte. Initially rece
- Author: Giraud, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: May 14 2020
- ISBN10: 9083062600
- Language: English
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French Women Don’t Get Facelifts: The Secret of Aging with Style & Attitude
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of the bestselling French Women Don’t Get Fat shares the secrets and strategies of aging with attitude, joy, and no surgery.
With her signature blend of wit, no-nonsense advice, and storyt- Author: Guiliano, Mireille
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1455524107
- Language: English
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Bakewise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking with Over 200 Magnificent Recipes
$45.00 Add to cartThe James Beard Award-winning, bestselling author of CookWise and KitchenWise delivers a lively and fascinating guide to better baking through food science.
Follow kitchen sleuth Shirley Corriher as s- Author: Corriher, Shirley O.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 28 2008
- ISBN10: 1416560785
- Language: English
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Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic
$30.00 Read moreA French-Algerian journalist, born and brought up in a neglected Paris suburb, offers unique insight into crisis-ridden France from a very different perspective to the establishment elites
France, t- Author: Ramdani, Nabila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 1541703251
- Language: English
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The Mapmaker’s Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
$21.99 Add to cartIn the early years of the 18th century, a band of French scientists set off on a daring, decade-long expedition to South America in a race to measure the precise shape of the earth. Like Lewis and Cla… [more below]
- Author: Whitaker, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0465057942
- Language: English
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The Story of French
$32.00 Add to cartWhy does everything sound better if it’s said in French? That fascination is at the heart of The Story of French, the first history of one of the most beautiful languages in the world that was, at on
- Author: Nadeau, Jean-Benoit
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 08 2008
- ISBN10: 0312341849
- Language: English
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Dust to Dust: A Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartTim O’Brien meets Annie Dillard in this remarkable memoir by debut author Benjamin Busch. Much more than a war memoir, Dust to Dust brilliantly explores the passage through a lifetime–a moving medita
- Author: Busch, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 19 2013
- ISBN10: 0062014854
- Language: English
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French Grammar for Intermediate Level: The most complete textbook and workbook for French learners
$18.90 Add to cartLearn and master intermediate-level French grammar painlessly with straightforward step-by-step lessons and a built-in grammar workbook.
Inside “French Grammar for Intermediate Level” you’ll find:
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- Author: Bibard, Frederic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: December 10 2021
- ISBN10: 1684892767
- Language: English
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Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
$30.00 Read moreIn freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the lik
- Author: Braude, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1324006013
- Language: English
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In Love with Paris: Recipes & Stories from the Most Romantic City in the World
$27.99 Add to cartFall in love with Paris, the food, the stories, and the city’s most romantic spots. A celebration of one of the world’s most beautiful cities, In Love with Paris is an irresistible combination of mout… [more below]
- Author: Weber, Anne-Katrin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 14 2021
- ISBN10: 1784884723
- Language: English
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Power
$38.23 Add to cartPart of the definitive collection of Michel Foucault’s articles, interviews, and seminars, this volume lays out the philosopher’s influential thinking on the machinations of power in society
“A rare op
- Series: Essential Works of Foucault, 1954-1984 (Paperback) #03
- Author: Foucault, Michel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 08 2001
- ISBN10: 1565847091
- Language: English
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Saint-Exupery: A Biography
$36.99 Add to cartFrom a master biographer, the life story of the daring French aviator who became one of the twentieth century’s most beloved authors
Antoine de Saint-Exup?y disappeared at age forty-four during a reco- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 07 2006
- ISBN10: 0805079130
- Language: English
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The Instant of My Death /Demeure: Fiction and Testimony
$22.00 Add to cartThis volume records a remarkable encounter in critical and philosophical thinking: a meeting of two of the great pioneers in contemporary thought, Maurice Blanchot and Jacques Derrida, who are also bo
- Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
- Author: Blanchot, Maurice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0804733260
- Language: English
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Eleven Madison Park: The Cookbook
$75.00 Add to cartEleven Madison Park is one of New York City’s preeminent fine-dining establishments, where Chef Daniel Humm marries the latest culinary techniques with classical technique.
Under Chef Humm’s leadershi- Author: Humm, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2011
- ISBN10: 0316098515
- Language: English
