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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Mélancolie française Mélancolie française Éric Zemmour Si vous n'êtes romain, soyez digne de l'être ". Pendant quinze siècles, ce vers de Corneille a porté l'ambition française : être reconnue comme l'héritière de Rome, de son Etat, de sa langue, de sa m… OL15165315W
Postcards from France Postcards from France Megan McNeill Libby A high school junior living abroad takes readers on an insightful, witty, and poignant journey through her year in France--complete with triumphs, heartaches, and words of wisdom--and it's all true. OL16048978W
Contemporary France Contemporary France Helen Drake This book is an introduction to contemporary France, providing systematic coverage of culture, society, economy, and politics set in a historical and geographical context. A central theme is the rela… OL16659325W
How the French invented love How the French invented love Marilyn Yalom Acclaimed scholar Marilyn Yalom distills the central tenets of the Gallic gospel of love from her reading of the great French literary works, as well as from the people she has known and her own memo… OL17034305W
Wine drinking culture in France Wine drinking culture in France Marion Demossier Wine drinking culture in France has traditionally been a source of pride for the French and in an age of concerns about the dangers of 'binge-drinking', a major cause of jealousy for the British. Win… OL17826442W
L'indignation L'indignation Anne-Claude Ambroise-Rendu,Christian Delporte Cette histoire de l'indignation esquisse une chronologie des sujets suscitant ce sentiment qui s'offrent à une société donnée afin de mettre en lumière l'émergence de sensibilités nouvelles. Elle ana… OL18817887W
Les Lieux de mémoire Les Lieux de mémoire Pierre Nora "Les Lieux de memoire is perhaps one of the most profound historical documents on the history and culture of the French nation. Assembled by Pierre Nora during the Mitterand years, this multivolume s… OL19187396W
They eat horses, don't they? They eat horses, don't they? Piu Marie Eatwell "Eatwell reveals the truth behind forty-five myths about the French, from the infamous horsemeat banquets of the nineteenth century that inspired an irrepressible rumor, to breaking down our long-hel… OL19997320W
The French way The French way Ross Steele If you're traveling to or doing business in France and want to avoid any unfortunate misunderstandings, The French Way is the most up-to-date guide to French culture. Written by renowned French cultu… OL2972380W
The Jews and the Nation The Jews and the Nation Frederic Cople Jaher "This book is the first systematic comparison of the civic integration of Jews in the United States and France - specifically, from the two countries' revolutions through the American republic and th… OL3945276W
Almost French Almost French Sarah Turnbull A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor. Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed t… OL5801440W
La desordenada codicia de los bienes agenos La desordenada codicia de los bienes agenos García, Carlos xi, 215 p., [1] leaf of plates : 22 cm OL610669W
We'll Always Have Paris We'll Always Have Paris Harvey A. Levenstein For much of the twentieth century, Americans had a love/hate relationship with France. While many admired its beauty, culture, refinement, and famed joie de vivre, others thought of it as a dilapidat… OL8002791W