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Word travelers volume 3
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English
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"It's finally time for the class trip! Every year, Ms. Cassatt brings her class to the city art musuem, and best friends Eddie and MJ . . . have been looking forward to this all year. . . This year they'll magically travel to Paris, France, where they'll visit the famous modern art musuem, the Pompidou Center, only to discover that an art thief has returned"--Back cover.
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English
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It's the summer of 1959 and the Palace of Versailles is hosting an event that will make history. It is an exclusive dusk-to-dawn ball in which a select group of American and French debutantes will be presented to international society and royalty. Four young women, all with something to prove, receive what some see as the invitation of a lifetime. Amelia Alexander, who hopes to eventually attend law school, hesitates to participate in what she sees...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Paris, 1938. Two women meet: Mielle, a shy pacifist and shunned Mennonite who struggles to fit in with the elite cohort of foreign correspondents stationed around the city; the other, Jane, a brash, legendary American journalist, who is soon to become a fascist propagandist. When World War II makes landfall in the City of Lights, Mielle falls under Jane’s spell, growing ever more intoxicated by her glamour, self-possession, and reckless confidence....
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When tragedy forces Delphine Auber, an aspiring writer on the cusp of adulthood, from her home in postwar Paris, she seizes the opportunity to embark on the journey she's long dreamed of: finding the father she has never known. But her quest--spanning from Paris to New York's Harlem, to Havana and Key West--is complicated by the fact that she believes him to be famed luminary Ernest Hemingway, a man just as elusive as he is iconic. She desperately...
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Salamandra
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
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"Entre estatuas de Buda y Confucio y abundantes dosis de opio, grandes titulares políticos y bulos de folletín, Pierre Lemaitre traza, a través de las peripecias y secretos de los Pelletier, una magnífica saga tejida de suspense, ironía, revelaciones y retratos del Beirut, el Saigón y el París de la época, en la que no faltan historias de amor, escándalos, corrupción institucional y más de un asesinato." --
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English
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"Meet the Williamson sisters, Britain’s most treasured World War II veterans. Now in their late nineties, Josephine and Penny are in huge demand, popping up at commemorative events and history festivals all over the country. Despite their age, they’re still in great form—perfectly put together, sprightly and sparky, and always in search of their next “excitement.” This time it’s a trip to Paris to receive the Légion d’honneur for their...
7) Tenderloin
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Publisher
Restless Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Pim is a delicate youth—stringy, solemn, and prone to bouts of unexplained weeping. When he enrolls in trade school as an apprentice butcher, his mentors have low expectations, but his lanky body conceals a peculiar flame: a passionate devotion to animals. In an industry that strives to distance the chopping block from the dinner plate, his ardor might seem like a handicap, but Pim rises through the knife-wielding ranks with a barely-tethered zeal....
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English
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"When her estranged mother dies, Stella is left with an unusual inheritance: a one-way plane ticket and a note reading "Go to Paris." But Stella is hardly cut out for adventure; a childhood trauma, and her mother's negligent parenting style, have kept her strictly confined to her comfort zone, even in adulthood. When her boss encourages her to time off, Stella resigns herself to honor her mother's wishes, even if a spontaneous trip to Paris is the...
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English
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"Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc has been framed for the murder of her daughter's father--now she's on the lam, and must find the real killer to clear her name in this thrilling 21st installment of Cara Black's New York Times bestselling mystery series. Aimée Leduc's ex Melac, her daughter's father, has been hounding her for weeks, pressuring her to move little Chloe to Brittany, threatening to take her to court for custody--all but stalking...
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"For weeks after the sinking of the Titanic, Yorick spots his own name among the list of those lost at sea. As an apprentice librarian for the White Star Line, his job was to curate the ship's second-class library. But just as he was about to board to tend to his library throughout the passage, a superior takes his place, leaving Yorick stranded at the dock. The Titanic was not Yorick's first brush with death, but as with every near-miss he manages...
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Expat Zoe Barlow has settled well into her artist's life among the Lost Generation in 1920s Paris. When a too-tipsy guest at her weekly poker game breaks Zoe's favorite clock, she's off to a Montparnasse flea market to bargain with the vendor Laurette for a replacement. What Zoe didn't bargain for was the lost Chagall painting that's been used like a rag to wrap her purchases! Eager to learn whether Laurette has more Chagalls lying about like trash,...
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Publisher
HQ Digital
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"January 1939: When Katja Heinz secures a job as a typist at Doctor Viktor's clinic, she doesn't expect to be copying top secret medical records from a notebook. At the end of the first world war, Doctor Viktor treated soldiers for psychological disorders. One of the patients was none other than Adolf Hitler. . . The notes in his possession declare Hitler unfit for office - a secret that could destroy the Führer's reputation, and change the course...
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