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1) France
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Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Most people have heard of Paris, France, but there is so much more to this large, lovely European country! From the Eiffel Tower to the shores of the Mediterranean, the most amazing parts of France are highlighted in this colorful book. A kid narrator embarks on a road trip and brings readers along to see the art, history, and geography of France. Accessible main text supports elementary social studies curricula as well as global cultural studies,...
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English
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"Part memoir, part travelogue, part love letter to the people who live and work on a magical 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, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. 'I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs,' Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood's rich history and vibrant lives. While many...
9) French milk
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A lighthearted travelogue--rendered in the form of a graphic novel--about a mother and daughter's life-changing six-week trip to Paris is comprised of the graphic artist daughter's illustrations of the sights and scenes they visited while each was facing a milestone birthday.
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Exploring a culture filled with arcane laws, historical incidents, and bizarre paradoxes, Piu Eatwell's follow up to her award-winning and critically acclaimed myth-buster They Eat Horses, Don't They is a delightful exploration of France's quirky, literary, and culinary heritage. From absinthe and catacombs to former French soccer player Zinedine Zidane, Eatwell leaves no stone unturned, taking readers off the beaten path to explore the kind of...
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English
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"Propulsive, touching, and darkly funny, All Signs Point to Paris is the story of one woman's search for a second chance at love. A surprising astrology reading sends Natasha Sizlo -- divorced, broke, freshly heartbroken, and reeling from her father's death -- on an unexpected but magical journey to France, in pursuit of a man born on a particular date in a particular place: November 2, 1968 in Paris." -- From Amazon.com summary.
"Propulsive, touching,...
13) The other Paris
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
"A vivid investigation into the seamy underside of nineteenth and twentieth century Paris"--
"A trip through Paris as it will never be again--dark and dank and poor and slapdash and truly bohemian Paris, the City of Light. The city of the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, of soft cheese and fresh baguettes. Or so tourist brochures would have you believe. In The Other Paris, Luc Sante reveals the city's hidden past, its seamy underside--one populated by...
Author
Publisher
Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A joyful, aspirational, and approachable guide to embracing life the Parisian way, from American expat and founder of the French lifestyle brand Madame de la Maison. The French are known for their joie de vivre-celebrating the little things in life-a philosophy Ajiri Aki has embraced over the past ten years of living in Paris. Nigerian American Aki fell in love with Paris on her first brief visit there (only a single day) while in college. With a...
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