Cultural Region/French
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A History of France
$24.00 Add to cartJohn Julius Norwich–called a “true master of narrative history” by Simon Sebag Montefiore–returns with the book he has spent his distinguished career wanting to write, A History of France: a portrai… [more below]
- Author: Norwich, John Julius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 04 2019
- ISBN10: 0802147771
- Language: English
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The Coming of the French Revolution
$23.95 Add to cartThe classic book that restored the voices of ordinary people to our understanding of the French Revolution
The Coming of the French Revolution remains essential reading for anyone interested in the or- Series: Princeton Classics #19
- Author: Lefebvre, Georges
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0691168466
- Language: English
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War on the Run: The Epic Story of Robert Rogers and the Conquest of America’s First Frontier
$20.00 Add to cartOften hailed as the godfather of today’s elite special forces, Robert Rogers trained and led an unorthodox unit of green provincials, raw woodsmen, farmers, and Indian scouts on “impossible” missions … [more below]
- Author: Ross, John F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 26 2011
- ISBN10: 0553384570
- Language: English
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France
$56.00 Read moreIn a tour de force, Colin Jones gives a gripping, superbly and intelligently illustrated account of the political, social and cultural history of France, placing an innovatory emphasis on the impact o… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Illustrated Histories
- Author: Jones, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 28 1999
- ISBN10: 0521669928
- Language: English
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Mastering the Art of French Eating: From Paris Bistros to Farmhouse Kitchens, Lessons in Food and Love
$17.00 Add to cartThe memoir of a young diplomat’s wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris–one dish at a time
When journalist Ann Mah’s diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is ov- Author: Mah, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125923
- Language: English
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The Hotel on Place Vendome: Life, Death, and Betrayal at the Hotel Ritz in Paris
$18.99 Add to cartSet against the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of World War II, The H tel on Place Vend me is the captivating history of Paris’s world-famous H tel Ritz–a breathtaking tale of glamour, opulence, and
- Author: Mazzeo, Tilar J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 24 2015
- ISBN10: 0061791040
- Language: English
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Barns of the St Croix Valley: An Architect’s Sketchbook
$24.95 Add to cartIllustrated with 200 barn sketches, diagrams, and maps, this book takes you on a journey through the St Croix River Valley.
It grounds you in the geography, geology and biology of the region and intro
- Author: Lammers, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1954081677
- Language: English
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Paris on the Brink: The 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador DalÃ, Simone de Beauvoir, André Gide, Sylvia Beach, Léon Blum, and Their Frie
$29.93 Read moreParis on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s. The decade was marked by violence at home and the rise of Hitler abroad, even as glamour prevailed in fashion and Sur… [more below]
- Author: McAuliffe, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: September 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1538121794
- Language: English
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How to Cook French Cuisine: 50 Traditional Recipes
$19.95 Add to cartYou never forget your first tartiflette. Likewise, moules marinire is sure to leave an impression. How to Cook French Cuisine collects these and forty-eight other classic recipes of arguably the world… [more below]
- Author: Soucail, Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: July 15 2017
- ISBN10: 1584236655
- Language: English
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Napoleon
$28.00 Add to cartFrom Alan Forrest, a preeminent British scholar, comes an exceedingly readable account of the man and his legend
On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Na- Author: Forrest, Alan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 03 2013
- ISBN10: 1250038359
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Best Road Trips France
$27.99 Read moreDiscover the freedom of the open road with Lonely Planet’s France’s Best Road Trips. This trusted travel companion features 38 amazing drives, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures. See Britanny’s s
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Waby, Tasmin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1838697810
- Language: English
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Cyrano de Bergerac
$13.00 Add to cartPoet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem – he has a nose of stupendous size … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rostand, Edmond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 014044968X
- Language: English
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When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
$29.93 Read moreWhen Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, when Parisians emerged from the horrors of war to find that a new world greeted them–one in which art and architecture… [more below]
- Author: McAuliffe, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: February 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1538121808
- Language: English
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Moon Paris Walks: See the City Like a Local
$14.99 Add to cartStroll along cobblestone alleys and grand boulevards, discover chic restaurants and trendy shops, and bask in la vie Parisienne like a local: on foot!
- Walk through the city’s coolest neighborhoods like
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Moon Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9798886470222
- Language: English
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The Portal of the Mystery of Hope
$21.99 Add to cartThe first critical edition of Peguy’s poetry to appear in English, this volume offers a comprehensive theology ordered around the often-neglected second theological virtue, which is incarnated in his … [more below]
- Series: Ressourcement: Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought
- Author: Peguy, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 15 2005
- ISBN10: 0802808999
- Language: English
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Reveries of the Solitary Walker
$12.95 Add to cartRousseau’s last great work, Reveries of the Solitary Walker is part reminiscence, part meditation, as the philosopher tries to come to terms with his isolation and to find happiness in solitude and na… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0199563276
- Language: English
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The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit: A Jewish Family’s Exodus from Old Cairo to the New World
$16.99 Add to cart“Poignant . . . deeply personal . . . an indelible history of the largely forgotten Jews of Egypt . . . ”
–Miami Herald
In vivid and graceful prose, Lucette Lagnado re-creates the majesty an
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Lagnado, Lucette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 006082218X
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Eat France
$17.99 Read moreFor everybody excited about exploring the cuisine and food and wine culture of France, this book is the perfect primer. It introduces the key regions of France and the specialities of each, covering t
- Series: Lonely Planet Food
- Author: Food, Lonely Planet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1838695176
- Language: English
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de Lempicka
$23.33 Add to cartTamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) lived art in the fast lane. With an appetite for glamour and fame as much as Left Bank bohemianism, she fled her native Russia after the Bolshevik revolution and set abo
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Néret, Gilles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: December 09 2016
- ISBN10: 3836532271
- Language: English
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Gauguin
$23.33 Add to cartPaul Gauguin (1848-1903) was not cut out for finance. Nor did he last particularly long in the French Navy, or as a tarpaulin salesman in Copenhagen who did not speak Danish. He began painting in his
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Walther, Ingo F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 27 2017
- ISBN10: 3836532239
- Language: English
