Cultural Region/French
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Chanel and Her World: Friends, Fashion, and Fame
$75.00 Read moreThe best-selling, most abundantly illustrated biography available of fashion icon Coco Chanel, written by Edmonde Charles-Roux, her close friend and chosen official biographer. “A model pictorial biog… [more below]
- Author: Charles-Roux, Edmonde
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 09 2005
- ISBN10: 865651590
- Language: English
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On the Social Contract
$6.00 Add to cart“Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. This man believes that he is the master of others, and still he is more of a slave than they are. How did that transformation take place? I don’t k
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: February 13 2003
- ISBN10: 0486426920
- Language: English
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Tasting Paris: 100 Recipes to Eat Like a Local: A Cookbook
$30.00 Add to cartTasting Paris features new and classic French recipes and cooking techniques that will demistify the art of French cooking and transport your dinner guests to Paris. Whether you have experienced the c… [more below]
- Author: Dusoulier, Clotilde
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 20 2018
- ISBN10: 045149914X
- Language: English
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Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 2: A Cookbook
$40.00 Add to cartThe beloved sequel to the bestselling classic, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume II presents more fantastic step-by-step French recipes for home cooks.
Working from the principle that “mast- Series: Mastering the Art of French Cooking #2
- Author: Child, Julia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: September 12 1983
- ISBN10: 0394721772
- Language: English
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32 Yolks: From My Mother’s Table to Working the Line
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Hailed by Anthony Bourdain as “heartbreaking, horrifying, poignant, and inspiring,” 32 Yolks is the brave and affecting coming-of-age story about the making of a French che… [more below]
- Author: Ripert, Eric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 21 2017
- ISBN10: 0812983068
- Language: English
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Illuminations
$15.95 Add to cartThe modernist masterpiece that is Arthur Rimbaud’s Illuminations has been given new life with the publication of John Ashbery’s “dazzling” (The Economist) new translation, widely hailed as one of the … [more below]
- Author: Rimbaud, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0393341828
- Language: English
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Paris France
$15.95 Add to cartCelebrated for her innovative literary bravura, Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) settled into a bustling Paris at the turn of the twentieth century, never again to return to her native America. While in Par… [more below]
- Author: Stein, Gertrude
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 105
- Publish Date: June 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0871403749
- Language: English
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The Rose of Martinique: A Life of Napoleon’s Josephine
$17.00 Add to cartOne of the most remarkable women of the modern era, Josephine Bonaparte was born Rose de Tasher on her family’s sugar plantation in Martinique. She embodied all the characteristics of a true Creole-se… [more below]
- Author: Stuart, Andrea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: May 16 2005
- ISBN10: 0802142028
- Language: English
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French Country Cooking: Meals and Moments from a Village in the Vineyards: A Cookbook
$40.00 Add to cartA captivating journey through off-the-beaten-path French wine country with 100 simple yet exquisite recipes, 150 sumptuous photographs, and stories inspired by life in a small village.
“Francophiles,- Author: Thorisson, Mimi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 0553459589
- Language: English
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La Buvette: Recipes and Wine Notes from Paris
$24.99 Add to cartThe owner of a beloved Paris wine shop, bar, and caf shares the secrets of effortless French entertaining in this lushly photographed guide featuring 50 recipes for simple, grazing-style food.
“Camil- Author: Fourmont, Camille
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1984856693
- Language: English
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The French Revolution: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolours. Beginning in 1789, this period of extre… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Doyle, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198840071
- Language: English
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Modern French Pastry: Innovative Techniques, Tools and Design
$26.00 Read moreHone Your Skills with Instruction from a Master of P tisserie
The perfect p te choux, tart dough or meringue is combined with a unique modern twist that make these desserts unlike anything you’ve ev- Author: Wakerhauser, Cheryl
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 1624144373
- Language: English
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Institut Paul Bocuse Gastronomique: The Definitive Step-By-Step Guide to Culinary Excellence
$95.00 Add to cartLearn to cook like the professionals with this essential handbook from the renowned Institut Paul Bocuse
The perfect guide for professional chefs in training and aspiring amateurs, this fully illustra- Author: Institut Paul Bocuse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0600634175
- Language: English
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All Blood Runs Red: The Legendary Life of Eugene Bullard–Boxer, Pilot, Soldier, Spy
$21.99 Add to cartWinner of the Gold Medal for Memoir/Biography from the Military Writers Society of America
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice “A whale of a tale, told clearly and quickly. I read the entire- Author: Clavin, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 133501666X
- Language: English
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For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People, and Stories
$23.99 Add to cartAfter 40+ years of writing about Europe, Rick Steves has gathered 100 of his favorite memories together into one inspiring, award-winning collection: For the Love of Europe: My Favorite Places, People… [more below]
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1641711310
- Language: English
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Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
$46.99 Add to cartFrom New Yorker film critic Richard Brody, Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard presents a serious-minded and meticulously detailed . . . account of the lifelong artistic journey
- Author: Brody, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: June 23 2009
- ISBN10: 0805080155
- Language: English
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
$36.00 Add to cartA new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is… [more below]
- Author: Sedaris, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0316777722
- Language: English
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Sand and Steel: The D-Day Invasion and the Liberation of France
$40.99 Add to cartPeter Caddick-Adams’s account of the Allied invasion of France in June 1944 matches the monumental achievement of his book on the Battle of the Bulge, Snow and Steel, which Richard Overy has called th… [more below]
- Author: Caddick-Adams, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1072
- Publish Date: May 20 2019
- ISBN10: 0190601892
- Language: English
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After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
$25.00 Add to cartFrom Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and ref
- Author: Rappaport, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1250777208
- Language: English
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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret of French Cooking
$18.00 Add to cart“You can almost taste the food in Bill Buford’s Dirt, an engrossing, beautifully written memoir about his life as a cook in France.” —The Wall Street Journal
What does it take to master French cookin- Author: Buford, Bill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 30 2021
- ISBN10: 0307455807
- Language: English
