France
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Paris: A Short History
$24.95 Add to cartOnce described as “that metropolis of dress and debauchery” by the Scottish poet David Mallet, Paris has always had a reputation for a peculiar joie de vivre, from art to architecture, cookery to cout
- Series: Short History #4
- Author: Black, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 0500027080
- Language: English
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Life in a Medieval City
$18.99 Add to cart“Some particular books I found useful for A Game of Thrones and its sequels deserve mention… Life in a Medieval Castle and Life in a Medieval City, both by Joseph and Frances Gies.” –George R.R. Ma
- Series: Medieval Life
- Author: Gies, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0062415182
- Language: English
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A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962
$22.95 Read moreThe Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It brought down six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, returned de Gaulle to power, and came close to provoking a civil war on F… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Horne, Alistair
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 10 2006
- ISBN10: 1590172183
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Provence & the Cote d’Azur (Travel Guide with Free Ebook)
$24.99 Read moreThis practical travel guide to Provence & the C?e d’Azur features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-trac
- Series: Rough Guides Main
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1839058021
- Language: English
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Hudson in Provence
$17.95 Read moreBook 2 of 3: A Paris Chien Adventure Series
“A charming story with stunning artwork that will leave you dreaming of your own pastry-filed French escapade!”
Modern DogHudson is back and thirsting for n
- Series: Paris-Chien Adventure
- Author: Mancuso, Jackie Clark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 15 2015
- ISBN10: 0988605848
- Language: English
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Soldier Dogs: Victory at Normandy
$9.99 Read moreFans of the bestselling Max and Scout dog stories will love the fourth book in the Soldier Dog series, which takes readers to the beaches of Normandy and the most famous battle of World War II: D-Day.
- Series: Soldier Dogs #4
- Author: Sutter, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 07 2019
- ISBN10: 0062844091
- Language: English
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Les Misérables: A Graphic Novel
$8.99 Add to cartVictor Hugo’s classic tale of crime and justice comes to life in this graphic retelling for kids. Escaped convict Jean Valjean vows to change his ways and becomes a kind and respected man. But with th… [more below]
- Series: Classic Fiction
- Author: Saracino, Luciano
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: January 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496561163
- Language: English
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The Met Claude Monet: He Saw the World in Brilliant Light
$14.99 Add to cartSee how iconic artists like Claude Monet were influenced by their environments in this beautiful series produced in collaboration with The Met.
See the world through Claude Monet’s’ eyes and be inspir- Series: What the Artist Saw
- Author: Guglielmo, Amy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: July 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0744054702
- Language: English
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Quien Fue Marie Curie?
$12.95 Add to cartBorn in Warsaw, Poland, on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There sh… [more below]
- Series: Quien Fue? / Who Was?
- Author: Stine, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: January 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1631134248
- Language: Spanish
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Tiny Travelers France Treasure Quest
$12.99 Add to cartInspire children to fall in love with the world they live in with Tiny Travelers!
“A+ educational content….Wonderful… to share with young kids — to broaden their horizons and discover new places- Series: Tiny Travelers
- Author: Wolfe Pereira, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 1945635347
- Language: English
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E Is for Eiffel Tower: A France Alphabet
$17.95 Read moreFrom its achievements in architecture (Chartres Cathedral), science (Louis Pasteur), and literature (Marcel Proust), the country of France has had a profound impact on the world. E is for Eiffel Tower… [more below]
- Series: Discover the World
- Author: Wilbur, Helen L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 12 2010
- ISBN10: 158536505X
- Language: English
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The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became France’s Most Daring Anti-Nazi Commando
$19.99 Add to cartIn the tradition of Agent Zigzag comes this breathtaking biography, as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the very best spy thrillers, which illuminates an unsung hero of the French Resistance du
- Author: Kix, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0062322532
- Language: English
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The Vanished Collection
$17.95 Add to cart“Engrossing … The book reads like a detective story.”–The Washington Post
It all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn’t seen for years, were the names of the maste
- Author: Baer de Perignon, Pauline
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1939931983
- Language: English
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Learn French: A Comprehensive Guide to Learning French for Beginners, Including Grammar and 2500 French Words in Context
$22.97 Add to cartIf you’re looking to learn French fast without having to go through boring textbooks, then keep reading…
- French: Learn French for Beginners: A Simple Guide that Will Help You on Your Language Learn
- Author: Learning, Simple Language
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 358
- Publish Date: January 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1647482712
- Language: English
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The Rough Guide to Languedoc & Roussillon (Travel Guide with Free Ebook)
$25.99 Add to cartThis practical travel guide to Languedoc & Roussillon features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track t
- Series: Rough Guides
- Author: Guides, Rough
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1789195721
- Language: English
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Fire Mission!: The Siege at Mortain, Normandy, August 1944
$17.95 Add to cartIn August 1944, a few hundred men defended a hill near Mortain, France, against a massive German counterattack. For most of the six days and nights of fighting, the Americans were cut off from supply … [more below]
- Author: Weiss, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: July 01 2002
- ISBN10: 1572493135
- Language: English
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The War: A Memoir
$22.67 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of The Lover, Marguerite Duras’s haunting memoir of suffering and survival in a time when Europe was torn asunder
Written in 1944 and first published in 1985, Duras’s rivet
- Author: Duras, Marguerite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 01 1994
- ISBN10: 1565842219
- Language: English
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Twilight of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Picasso, Stravinsky, Proust, Renault, Marie Curie, Gertrude Stein, and Their Friends through the Great Wa
$37.43 Add to cartMcAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all was not w… [more below]
- Author: McAuliffe, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 1442276134
- Language: English
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The Hundred Years War, Volume 4: Cursed Kings
$89.95 Add to cartJonathan Sumption’s Cursed Kings is the eagerly anticipated fourth volume in what Allan Massie has called “one of the great historical works of our time.”
Cursed Kings tells the story of the destructi- Series: Middle Ages
- Author: Sumption, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0812223888
- Language: English
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Alfred Dreyfus: The Man at the Center of the Affair
$26.00 Add to cartAn insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents
On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus’s cries of innoc- Series: Jewish Lives
- Author: Samuels, Maurice
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0300254008
- Language: English
