Cultural Region/French
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The Passions of the Soul and Other Late Philosophical Writings
$17.95 Add to cart‘Those most capable of being moved by passion are those capable of tasting the most sweetness in this life.’
Descartes is most often thought of as introducing a total separation of mind and body. But- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Descartes, Rene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0199684138
- Language: English
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The Most Beautiful Walk in the World: A Pedestrian in Paris
$16.99 Add to cart“Splendid… Reading The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is the next best thing to a Paris vacation.” –Boston Globe
“Anyone who loves Paris and loves to walk will feel this book was written just for t
- Author: Baxter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 24 2011
- ISBN10: 0061998540
- Language: English
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The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville
$35.00 Add to cartA definitive biography of the French aristocrat who became one of democracy’s greatest champions
In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he- Author: Zunz, Olivier
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0691173974
- Language: English
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All Gall Is Divided: The Aphorisms of a Legendary Iconoclast
$17.99 Read more“An antidote to a world gone mad for bedside affirmation”–Washington Post.
E. M. Cioran has been called the last worthy disciple of Nietzsche and “a sort of final philosopher of the Western world” wh- Author: Cioran, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 1948924234
- Language: English
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Miguel Mañara
$23.75 Add to cartMiguel Mañara, written 1912, is undoubtedly Milosz’s best known work. It is the story of the original Don Juan, who ended his days in a monastery following a disordered life. It is a play in six
- Author: Milosz, Oscar Vladislas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 25 2016
- ISBN10: 1941457037
- Language: English
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Audrey Hepburn in Paris
$40.00 Add to cartIntroduction by Luca Dotti and Foreword by Giambattista Valli
A gorgeous, sophisticated celebration of Audrey Hepburn’s lifelong connection to the City of Light, featuring all the places in Paris she l
- Author: Friedlander, Meghan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0063135523
- Language: English
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Living the Château Dream
$28.00 Read moreTHE FOLLOW-UP TO THE MASSIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, A YEAR AT THE CHATEAU!
In January 2015 Dick and Angel Strawbridge embarked on the journey of a lifetime when they swapped their cosy two-bedroom- Author: Strawbridge, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1399620266
- Language: English
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Five Plays: Antigone, Eurydice, the Ermine, the Rehearsal, Romeo and Jeannette
$25.99 Add to cartThe great French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-87) wrote both “pink” bittersweet comedies and “black” tragic dramas. Jean Anouilh Five Plays—the finest English-language anthology of his works—crackl
- Series: Five Plays #1
- Author: Anouilh, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 28 1990
- ISBN10: 0374522294
- Language: English
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
$18.00 Add to cartThrough the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard’s pupil, through the suffering … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Abelard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0140448993
- Language: English
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Tales from the Heart: True Stories from My Childhood
$21.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2018 New Academy Prize in Literature
In this collection of autobiographical essays, Maryse Cond vividly evokes the relationships and events that gave her childhood meaning: discovering- Author: Conde, Maryse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: January 01 2004
- ISBN10: 1569473471
- Language: English
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30 French Short Stories for Complete Beginners: Improve your reading and listening skills in French
$14.90 Add to cartThis collection of 30 very short stories is a fun and painless way to learn high-frequency French vocabulary and give you a good grasp of French grammar structures naturally. At only 300 words in leng
- Author: French, Talk in
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: December 07 2022
- ISBN10: 9798888319949
- Language: English
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Eleven Madison Park: The Next Chapter, Revised and Unlimited Edition: [A Cookbook]
$75.00 Add to cartFrom one of the world’s top dining destinations, New York’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant Eleven Madison Park, comes an updated single-volume collection of more than 80 recipes, stories, food phot… [more below]
- Author: Humm, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0399580654
- Language: English
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How to Drink French Fluently: A Guide to Joie de Vivre with St-Germain Cocktails [A Cocktail Recipe Book]
$19.99 Read moreA cocktail book celebrating French conviviality with recipes featuring St-Germain liqueur.
Bring an effortless French sensibility to any occasion with the transporting flavor of St-Germain, the capti- Author: Lazor, Drew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 06 2017
- ISBN10: 0399580298
- Language: English
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The Treaty of Versailles: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartSigned on June 28, 1919 between Germany and the principal Allied powers, the Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I. Problematic from the very beginning, even its contemporaries saw the treat… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0190644982
- Language: English
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The Happy Cookbook: A Celebration of the Food That Makes America Smile
$29.99 Read moreThe Happy Cookbook is a beautiful, full-color collection of recipes and stories that celebrate comfort and inspire happiness all year round from Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy and his wife, Kathy.
Stev
- Series: The Happy Cookbook
- Author: Doocy, Steve
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 02 2018
- ISBN10: 0062838946
- Language: English
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Jacques and His Master
$16.99 Add to cartA deliciously witty and entertaining “variation” on Diderot’s novel Jacques le Fatalist, written for Milan Kundera’s “private pleasure” in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
When
- Author: Kundera, Milan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: June 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0062219073
- Language: English
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Café Society: Time Suspended, the Cafés & Bistros of Paris
$49.95 Add to cartThe Parisian café is an integral part of the city’s daily life no matter the weather, the time of day or year, the mood or neighborhood. It is the spirit of the café, the dance of the wait… [more below]
- Author: Osburn, Joanie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1954081774
- Language: English
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The Fall of Robespierre: 24 Hours in Revolutionary Paris
$42.99 Add to cartThe day of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At 12.00 midnight, Maximilien Robespierre, the most prominent member… [more below]
- Author: Jones, Colin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198715951
- Language: English
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Plat Du Jour: French Dinners Made Easy
$30.00 Add to cartDiscover the pleasures of cooking–and eating–with this French approach to everyday meals. Featured on bistro menus and dinner tables throughout France, the plat du jour is the centerpiece of a two-c… [more below]
- Author: Loomis, Susan Herrmann
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1682684504
- Language: English
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We, the Ordinary People of the Streets
$31.99 Add to cartWe, the Ordinary People of the Streets comprises the powerful reflections by Madeleine Delbr麝 (1904-1964), an award-winning poet, writer, and Catholic layperson whose conviction and insight led her … [more below]
- Author: Delbrêl, Madeleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0802846963
- Language: English
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