Cultural Region/French
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Brutalist Paris: Post-War Brutalist Architecture in Paris and Environs
$32.00 Read moreBrutalist Paris is the first thoroughly researched English-language book about Brutalist architecture in and around Paris. Drawing on over five years of research, interviews and photography conducted … [more below]
- Series: Blue Crow Media Architecture Maps
- Author: Wilson, Robin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: July 15 2023
- ISBN10: 191201873X
- Language: English
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Mirror of Obedience: The Poems and Selected Prose of Simone Weil
$25.62 Add to cartSimone Weil (1909-1943) was one of the foremost French philosophers of the 20th century; a mystic, activist, and writer whose profound work continues to intrigue and inspire today.
Mirror of Obedience- Author: Panizza, Silvia Caprioglio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: August 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1350250686
- Language: English
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When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
$21.95 Read moreWinner of the Society for Military History’s Distinguished Book Award
“Deeply researched and forcefully written . . . deftly explains the confused politics and diplomacy that bedeviled the war against- Author: Neiberg, Michael S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0674293886
- Language: English
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History and Utopia
$17.99 Read more“Only a monster can allow himself the luxury of seeing things as they are,” writes E. M. Cioran, the Romanian-born philosopher who has rightly been compared to Samuel Beckett.
In History and Utopia, C- Author: Cioran, E. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: January 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1628724250
- Language: English
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A Table in Paris: The Cafés, Bistros, and Brasseries of the World’s Most Romantic City
$27.50 Read moreA visual exploration of the Paris dining scene, with stories, guides, and recommendations from everyday patrons and famous aficionados alike
Paris is a city like no other, beloved by travelers the wo- Author: Donohue, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1419747789
- Language: English
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The Larousse Book of Bread: Recipes to Make at Home
$39.95 Read moreStep-by-step home baking recipes from France’s foremost culinary resource, Larousse, and Parisian master baker Eric Kayser.
The Larousse Book of Bread features more than 80 home baking recipes for brea
- Author: Kayser, Éric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 20 2015
- ISBN10: 0714868876
- Language: English
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Marcel’s Masterpiece: How a Toilet Shaped the History of Art
$19.99 Read moreAn engaging, kid-friendly introduction to artist Marcel Duchamp and how he turned a toilet into a famous work of art.
This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way- Author: Mack, Jeff
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 23 2022
- ISBN10: 125077716X
- Language: English
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The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
$20.00 Add to cartWalking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign–Desforges Pianos–he enters, only t… [more below]
- Author: Carhart, Thad
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 12 2002
- ISBN10: 0375758623
- Language: English
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Sonia Delaunay: A Life of Color
$19.95 Add to cartAuthor Cara Manes and illustrator Fatinha Ramos explore the life of Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), painter and textile, theater, and fashion designer, who made enormous contributions to the development o… [more below]
- Author: Manes, Cara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: August 22 2017
- ISBN10: 1633450244
- Language: English
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Oxford Hachette French Dictionary 4e
$55.00 Read moreAcclaimed by language professionals the world over, the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary has long been the market leader. Using the statistical evidence provided by vast electronic databanks of langu… [more below]
- Author: Oxford University Press
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 2080
- Publish Date: July 23 2007
- ISBN10: 0198614225
- Language: English
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Isla and the Happily Ever After
$12.99 Add to cart“Stephanie Perkins’ characters fall in love the way we all want to, in real time and for good.”–Rainbow Rowell
“This adorable YA romance is half New York love story, half Parisian romance, and fully- Author: Perkins, Stephanie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 014242627X
- Language: English
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Anatole
$8.99 Read moreAnatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftovers, he is shocked He must provide for his beloved family–but he is determined to find a way to… [more below]
- Series: Anatole
- Author: Titus, Eve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 12 2010
- ISBN10: 0375855467
- Language: English
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Echoes
$8.99 Add to cartAgainst a vivid backdrop of history, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of love and war, acts of faith and acts of betrayal…and of three generations of women as they journey though years of los… [more below]
- Author: Steel, Danielle
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: September 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0440240786
- Language: English
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City Spies
$18.95 Read moreSara is only twelve years old and there is not a computer that she cannot hack. She’s even gotten into the web of New York’s juvenile justice system (with good reason), but now she’s in big trouble. T… [more below]
- Author: Ponti, James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 01 2024
- ISBN10: 8419004049
- Language: Spanish
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Second Star: And Other Reasons for Lingering
$18.00 Read moreA #1 bestseller in France, Second Star is an inspiring series of lyrical meditations on life’s smallest moments, from peeling a clementine, drinking a cold mojito, to washing your windows
A still life- Author: Delerm, Philippe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 164
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1953861547
- Language: English
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France’s War in Indochina: Volume 1: The Tiger Versus the Elephant, 1946-1949
$29.95 Read more“…a very interesting book with insights into how French forces dealt with Viet Minh tactics and strategies, anticipating almost the same problems faced by American forces in Vietnam nearly twenty ye… [more below]
- Series: Asia@War
- Author: Rookes, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 88
- Publish Date: July 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1804510149
- Language: English
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La Batarde
$18.95 Add to cartAn obsessive and revealing self-portrait of a remarkable woman humiliated by the circumstances of her birth and by her physical appearance, La B?arde relates Violette Leduc’s long search for her own i
- Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
- Author: Leduc, Violette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1628974575
- Language: English
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Yoga
$28.00 Read moreNamed a Best Book of 2022 by The Guardian
This is a book about yoga. Or at least, it was. Emmanuel Carr鑽e is a renowned writer. After decades of emotional upheaval, he has begun to live successfully- Author: Carrère, Emmanuel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0374604940
- Language: English
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Basketball Empire: France and the Making of a Global NBA and WNBA
$27.95 Read moreThe National Basketball Association (NBA), founded over 75 years ago, is staging a 21st century takeover. Watched in 215 countries and territories worldwide, and with nearly one in three players born
- Author: Krasnoff, Lindsay Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1350384178
- Language: English
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The Surgeon’s Mate
$15.95 Read moreJack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin are ordered home by dispatch vessel to bring the news of their latest victory to the government. But Maturin is a marked man for the havoc he has wrought in the French
- Series: Aubrey/Maturin Novels #7
- Author: O’Brian, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 17 1992
- ISBN10: 0393308200
- Language: English
