Cultural Region/French
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A Time for Trumpets: The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge
$24.99 Add to cartOn December 16, 1944, the vanguard of three German armies, totaling half a million men, attacked U.S. forces in the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxembourg, achieveing what had been considered impos
- Author: MacDonald, Charles B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: March 19 1997
- ISBN10: 0688151574
- Language: English
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A Short Bright Flash: Augustin Fresnel and the Birth of the Modern Lighthouse
$15.95 Read moreAugustin Fresnel (1788-1827) shocked the scientific elite with his unique understanding of the physics of light. The lens he invented was a brilliant feat of engineering that made lighthouses blaze ma… [more below]
- Author: Levitt, Theresa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 12 2015
- ISBN10: 0393350894
- Language: English
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The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France
$27.00 Add to cartWhen Carol Drinkwater and her fiancé, Michel, are given the opportunity to purchase ten acres of an abandoned olive farm in the South of France, they find the region’s splendor impossible to res… [more below]
- Author: Drinkwater, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2002
- ISBN10: 0142001309
- Language: English
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The Song of Roland
$14.00 Add to cartOn 15 August 778, Charlemagne’s army was returning from a successful expedition against Saracen Spain when its rearguard was ambushed in a remote Pyrenean pass. Out of this skirmish arose a stirring t… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: December 30 1957
- ISBN10: 0140440755
- Language: English
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The Sacred Conspiracy: The Internal Papers of the Secret Society of Acéphale and Lectures to the College of Sociology
$45.00 Add to cartGeorges Bataille’s secret society, long the stuff of legend, is now revealed in its texts, meditations, rules and prohibitions
This book recounts what must be one of the most unusual intellectual jour
- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 24 2018
- ISBN10: 1900565951
- Language: English
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Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel, Debussy, Clemenceau, and Their Friends
$34.43 Add to cartParis in 1871 was a shambles following military defeat, siege, and a bloody uprising, and the question loomed, could this extraordinary city even survive? By 1900, the Belle Epoque was in full flower,… [more below]
- Author: McAuliffe, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: March 16 2014
- ISBN10: 1442209283
- Language: English
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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 Read more“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 Read moreNEW 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
