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The Angel of the Left Bank: The Secrets of Delacroix's Parisian Masterpiece
by Jean-paul Kauffmann  Publisher Comments In this mesmerizing examination of Delacroix's crowning masterwork, "Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, and of Saint-Sulpice, the grand church that houses it, Jean-Paul Kauffmann reveals the city of Paris in an entirely new way. <P>With the same...
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The Twilight Years: Paris in the 1930s
by William Wieser Publisher Comments For the artists and expatriates, the aristocrats and arrivistes, Paris in the 1930s lost none of its magical allure, as this lavishly illustrated chronicle of a fascinating decade in the city's cultural history shows. At salons, galleries, palaces, and...
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Henry James Goes to Paris
by Peter Brooks Publisher Comments Henry James's reputation as The Master is so familiar that it's hard to imagine he was ever someone on whom some things really were lost. This is the story of the year--1875 to 1876--when the young novelist moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols...
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Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet
by Ruth Reichl Publisher Comments For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to "Gourmet," At once unique and universal, these essays by Joseph Wechsberg, Naomi Barry, and Diane Johnson, among others, present tantalizing glimpses of culinary life in the...
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Paris: The Secret History
by Andrew Hussey Publisher Comments If Adam Gopnik's Paris to the Moon described daily life in contemporary Paris, this book describes daily life in Paris throughout its history: a history of the city from the point of view of the Parisians themselves. Paris captures everyone's...
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Paris in Mind
by Jennifer Lee Publisher Comments “Paris is a moveable feast,” Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, and in this captivating anthology, American writers share their pleasures, obsessions, and quibbles with the great city and its denizens. Mark Twain celebrates the unbridled energy...
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Paris: The Biography of a City
by Colin Jones Publisher Comments From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin...
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Paris Traditions
by Kelley Synopsis A beloved city is celebrated in a volume that confirms on every page why Paris has been embraced for centuries as the world's most beautiful and romantic metropolis....
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Into a Paris Quartier: Reine Margot's Chapel and Other Haunts of St.-Germain (National Geographic Directions)
by Diane Johnson Publisher Comments As a child, Diane Johnson was entranced by "The Three Musketeers," dashing 17th-century residents of the famous romantic quartier called St.-Germain-des-Pres. Now, the paperback edition of her delightful book will take even more Americans to the richly...
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Paris, Paris:: Journey Into the City of Light
by David Downie Publisher Comments Like all great cities and yet unlike any other Paris is alive and fluttering, it changes with the light, buffeted by Seine-basin breezes. This place called Paris is at once the imaginary land of literature and film, a distant view through shifting, misty...
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Paris (Flying High)
by Philippe Guignard Synopsis Ah, Paris! Poets rhapsodize about it, painters have immortalized it, and millions of travelers flock to it every year. The sight of the soaring silhouette of the Eiffel Tower never ceases to thrill, and the gothic splendor of Notre Dame never fails to...
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Through Parisian Eyes: Reflections on Contemporary French Arts and Culture
by Melinda Camb Porter Publisher Comments Melinda Camber Porter has interviewed the most prominent Parisian cultural figures of the ’70s and ’80s. The dominant trends in French artistic and political thought emerge vividly from an array of portraits and dialogues. As a whole, Through...
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Paris: Photographs from a Time That Was
by David Travis Publisher Comments - Art Institute of Chicago (August 13 - November 6, 2005) - Distributed for the Art Institute of...
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The Ruins of Paris
by Jacques Reda Publisher Comments From Belleville to Passy, from Montmartre to La-Butte-aux-Cailles, from Antony to Saint-Ouen – Jacques Réda is a traveler in his own city of Paris. In the tradition of Baudelaire and Rimbaud, he is a nervous, rather unleisurely flâneur,...
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Seven Ages of Paris
by Alistair Horne Publisher Comments In this luminous portrait of Paris, celebrated historian Alistair Horne gives us the history, culture, disasters, and triumphs of one of the world’s truly great cities. Horne makes plain that while Paris may be many things, it is never boring. From...
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Paris (Timeless Places)
by Judith Ma Pasternak Publisher Comments It's the City of Light, the capital of romance, the cultural center of the Western world: that's beautiful Paris, a metropolis of intellect, sensuality, and historical legacy. Every one of the more than 100 magnificent images in this homage captures...
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A French Affair: The Paris Beat, 1965-1998
by Mary Blume Publisher Comments America and France have always had a special relationship. In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the two have enjoyed a love affair of sorts, with all the love/hate dynamics that suggests. From Benjamin Franklin charming Louis XVI to...
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Inside a Paris Quartier (National Geographic Directions)
by Diane Johnson Publisher Comments Paris has always held a special appeal for Americans -- its cosmopolitan culture, its great boulevards, the majestic sweep of its history. But what really makes Paris irresistible is a deeply personal connection that's not found in any guidebook but...
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The First Time I Saw Paris
by Peter Miller Synopsis A sumptuous visual indulgence, these 150 images taken by a distinguished photographer memorably capture the life and the people of Paris in the fifties....
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Historic Restaurants of Paris
by Ellen Williams Publisher Comments A guide to century-old cafes, bistros and gourmet food shops....
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