Cultural Region/French
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Happening
$14.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
“Happening recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed — and world ominously narrowed — in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1609809483
- Language: English
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Simple Passion
$12.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
A New York Times Notable Book In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming p- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 67
- Publish Date: August 5, 2003
- ISBN10: 1583225749
- Language: English
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Madeline’s Rescue
$9.99 Add to cartWinner of the Caldecott Medal
“In an old house in Paris
that was covered with vines
lived twelve little girls
in two straight lines
the smallest one was Madeline.” Nothing frightens Madeline–not ti- Series: Madeline
- Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: May 1, 2000
- ISBN10: 0140566511
- Language: English
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Essential Pépin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food [With DVD]
$50.00 Add to cartFor the first time ever, the legendary chef collects and updates the best recipes from his six-decade career. With a searchable DVD demonstrating every technique a cook will ever need.
In his more tha- Author: Pépin, Jacques
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: October 18 2011
- ISBN10: 0547232799
- Language: English
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Bitter Sweet: A Wartime Journal and Heirloom Recipes from Occupied France
$35.00 Add to cartI’d never come across another suitcase quite like it. But what was the tattered black leather valise doing there, hidden behind a crocheted comforter on the top shelf of my late mother’s closet? The t… [more below]
- Author: Morse, Kitty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 238
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0578361647
- Language: English
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An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris
$14.95 Add to cart“Take it with you to any cafe in any city, and Perec will be both your drinking partner and your tour guide, drawing your attention to each little detail coming and going.” -Ian Klaus, CityLab
One over
- Author: Perec, Georges
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 30 2010
- ISBN10: 984115528
- Language: English
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Travels in the Americas: Notes and Impressions of a New World
$22.50 Read moreAlbert Camus’s lively journals from his eventful visits to the United States and South America in the 1940s, available again in a new translation.
In March 1946, the young Albert Camus crossed from L- Series: The France Chicago Collection
- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 10 2023
- ISBN10: 022669495X
- Language: English
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The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
$22.00 Add to cartThe #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America thr… [more below]
- Author: McCullough, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: May 15, 2012
- ISBN10: 1416571779
- Language: English
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A Season in Hell & the Drunken Boat
$14.95 Add to cartNew Directions is pleased to announce the relaunch of the long-celebrated bilingual edition of Rimbaud’s A Season In Hell & The Drunken Boat — a personal poem of damnation as well as a plea to be rel… [more below]
- Series: New Directions Paperbook #1211
- Author: Rimbaud, Arthur
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: October 05 2011
- ISBN10: 0811219488
- Language: English
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Standing Heavy
$16.95 Add to cartWinner of the 2023 Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize – Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize – One of The Walrus‘ Best Fall Books of 2023
A funny, fast-paced, and poignant take on Franco-
- Series: Biblioasis International Translation #42
- Author: Gauz’
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 3, 2023
- ISBN10: 1771966009
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Paris
$24.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Paris is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Admire masterpieces in the
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 1838691987
- Language: English
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La Bête Humaine
$12.95 Add to cartLa B?te humaine (1890), the seventeenth novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola’s most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion, and possession, it is also a comp… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Zola, ?mile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 25 2009
- ISBN10: 0199538662
- Language: English
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Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
$35.00 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty… [more below]
- Author: Duncan, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: August 24 2021
- ISBN10: 154173033X
- Language: English
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The Devils of Loudun
$18.99 Add to cart“HUXLEY’S MASTERPIECE AND PERHAPS THE MOST ENJOYABLE BOOK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY EVER WRITTEN. .” — Washington Post Book World
Aldous Huxley’s “brilliant” (Los Angeles Times) and gripping account of one o
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Huxley, Aldous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 28, 2009
- ISBN10: 0061724912
- Language: English
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A Tale of Two Cities
$6.95 Add to cartWith his sublime parting words, “It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done…” Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place i… [more below]
- Author: Dickens, Charles
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 1, 1989
- ISBN10: 0553211765
- Language: English
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Mythologies: The Complete Edition, in a New Translation
$18.00 Add to cart“No denunciation without its proper instrument of close analysis,” Roland Barthes wrote in his preface to Mythologies. There is no more proper instrument of analysis of our contemporary myths than thi
- Author: Barthes, Roland
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12, 2013
- ISBN10: 0809071940
- Language: English
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D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
$23.99 Add to cartStephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.
D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of the- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: June 1, 1995
- ISBN10: 068480137X
- Language: English
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Paris
$21.99 Read moreWhether you want to view the ever-changing street art on Rue Dé§oyezor, venture to opulent Versailles or learn to cook from the masters at La Cuisine, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you exp
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 0241619297
- Language: English
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DK Eyewitness France
$0.00 Read moreWhether you want to visit fairytale châteaux, stroll amid rolling fields of blossoming lavender or learn what makes a noble vintage, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 024161970X
- Language: English
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Down and Out in Paris and London
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the author of 1984, the classic semi-autobiographical story about the adventures of a penniless British writer in two cities.
Down and Out in Paris and London follows the journey of a writer amon
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 15, 1972
- ISBN10: 015626224X
- Language: English
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