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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Panorama of Paris Panorama of Paris Louis-Sébastien Mercier This work offers English-language readers an introduction to one of the forgotten masterpieces of French literature, Louis-Sebastien Mercier's 12-volume "Le Tableau de Paris" (published from 1781 to … OL13757042W
Paris was ours Paris was ours Penelope Rowlands Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In… OL15571584W
Lessons from Madame Chic Lessons from Madame Chic Jennifer L. Scott This is a book that helps women to build a clothing wardrobe that is stylish and timeless. The premise is this: with good planning you only need 10 basic pieces of clothing on which you can base you… OL16637347W
Mastering the Art of French Eating Mastering the Art of French Eating Ann Mah When journalist Ann Mah’s diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gastronomic adventures à deu… OL16809765W
Paris, Paris Paris, Paris David Downie Presents a guide to the districts of Paris, describing the history, buildings, landscape, social customs, and people of the city in each section. OL17778693W
Breathless Breathless Nancy K. Miller "In the early 1960s, most middle-class American women in their twenties had their lives laid out for them: marriage, children, and life in the suburbs. Most, but not all. Breathless is the story of a… OL17896676W
Fictions of the city Fictions of the city Matthew Taunton "Many studies of fictions of city life take the flneur as the characteristic metropolitan type and streets and plazas as definitive urban spaces. Looking at novels and films set in London and Paris f… OL18649436W
Lunch in Paris Lunch in Paris Elizabeth Bard "Tells the story of falling in love with a Frenchman and moving to the world's most romantic city. Elizabeth Bard finds that learning to cook and building a new life have a lot in common."--Publisher… OL18706484W
L'appart L'appart David Lebovitz "A chef buys an apartment in Paris and endures the headaches and excitement of renovating his own corner of paradise in the City of Light"-- "Bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovit… OL19726352W
At home with Madame Chic At home with Madame Chic Jennifer L. Scott "Approach life at home the Madame Chic way: a beautiful, illustrated toolbox of tips and ideas for organizing, entertaining, and savoring a stylish life. When she arrived at Madame Chic's Parisian ap… OL19986263W
The only street in Paris The only street in Paris Elaine Sciolino The former Paris bureau chief for the New York Times invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs," Sciolino explains, as she makes readers hungry … OL20025090W
Return to Paris Return to Paris Colette Rossant 1947 and Paris is recovering from the war. Abandoned by her mother, lonely, frightened and terribly homesick, Colette finds solace in her love for French food, roasted lamb stuffed with garlic, sprin… OL21180792W
Living and Dining in Medieval Paris Living and Dining in Medieval Paris Nicole Crossley-Holland This work studies the 14th-century manuscript written by a knight in the entourage of the Duc de Berry, to his young bride, advising on all aspects of running a household. Medieval recipes and culina… OL2865879W
Lunch in Paris Lunch in Paris Elizabeth Bard In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly throug… OL4243327W
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
A moveable feast A moveable feast Ernest Hemingway A Moveable Feast is a 1964 memoir belles-lettres by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years as a struggling expat journalist and writer in Paris during the 1920s. It was published posthumous… OL63064W