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• The Eater Guide to Paris

  Tramuta, Lindsey

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  A comprehensive food-lover's guidebook to Paris from Eater, the online authority on where to eat and why it matters.

• Rough Guides Walks & Tours. Paris

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  This compact, pocket-sized Paris travel guidebook is ideal for travellers on shorter trips, who want to make sure they experience the destination's highlights and really get a flavour of the place. It includes ready-made walking and driving…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Shortest History of France

  From Roman Gaul to Revolution and Cultural Radiance : a Global Story for Our Times

  Jones, Colin, 1947-

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  From Caesar's Gallic Wars and Frankish tribes to revolution, cultural ascendance, and civil unrest - a compact history of the world's most visited country.

• The French Ingredient

  a Memoir ; Making a Life in Paris One Lesson at a Time

  Bertch, Jane

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  In this inspiring, poignant, and delicious memoir, the founder of France's largest nonprofessional culinary institute traces her journey from the American midwest to Paris, and shares how, through painstaking work, she triumphed over French elitism.

• Impossible City

  Paris in the Twenty-first Century

  Kuper, Simon

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  When Simon Kuper left London for Paris in his early thirties, he wasn't planning to make a permanent move. Paris, however, had other plans. Kuper has grown middle-aged there, eaten the croissants, seen his American wife through life-threatening…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• French Blooms

  Floral Arrangements Inspired by Paris and Beyond

  Sigman, Sandra

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  As Sandra Sigman learned while living in Paris in her twenties, the French consider each floral arrangement a unique work of art filled with passion, movement, texture, and surprise. In French Blooms, Sigman shares the distinct design principles she…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Joie

  a Parisian's Guide to Celebrating the Good Life

  Aki, Ajiri

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  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 Art of Living Well

  Finding Joie De Vivre in the Everyday World

  Yandell, Cathy

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  This book takes a delightful look at French culture, from literature to cuisine to humor and more, showing how the French have captured that magic elixir known as joie de vivre. What is joie de vivre, and why is it a fundamentally French concept? In…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All Signs Point to Paris

  a Memoir of Love, Loss, and Destiny

  Sizlo, Natasha

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  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:…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Star Crossed

  a True Romeo and Juliet Story in Hitler's Paris

  Macadam, Heather Dune

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  Drawn from never-before-published family letters and other treasures, as well as archival sources and exclusive interviews, Star-Crossed offers us precious insight into the Holocaust and the lives French people bravely led under the Hitler regime.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• France

  An Adventure History

  Robb, Graham, 1958-

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  Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France takes readers on an endlessly entertaining journey through French history. Frequently hilarious, always surprising, Graham…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Paris on Air

  a Memoir

  Gee, Oliver

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  Australian Oliver Gee arrived in Paris to work as a journalist in 2015. Not long after, he became the volunteer host of a radio show about life in Paris. That side gig evolved into The Earful Tower podcast, one of the top travel podcasts on Earth!…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sweet France

  the 100 Best Recipes From the Greatest French Pastry Chefs

  Blanc, François

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  Journalist François Blanc's Sweet France is a collection of dessert recipes from the world's best French pastry chefs.

• My (part-time) Paris Life

  How Running Away Brought Me Home

  Anselmo, Lisa

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  Lisa Anselmo had a fast-paced, high-pressure career, and a controlling mother. After her mother passes away, Lisa takes time to heal and reflect, and decides that buying an apartment in Paris was the logical next step. But the apartment isn't…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The New Parisienne

  the Women & Ideas Shaping Paris

  Tramuta, Lindsey

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  In this follow-up to The New Paris, this book seeks to shatter the myth of the Parisienne: white, lithe, and ever fashionable. It features interviews and profiles on Parisian woman who are creators, activists, business owners, educators, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Duck Season

  Eating, Drinking, and Other Misadventures in Gascony--France's Last Best Place

  McAninch, David

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  Duck Season is a delightful, mouthwatering chronicle of the author's time in the tradition-bound corner of France: Gascony. There he herds sheep in the Pyrenees, harvests grapes, attends a pig slaughter, hunts for pigeons, distills Armagnac, and, of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Make a French Family

  a Memoir of Love, Food, and Faux Pas

  Vérant, Samantha

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  Floating on a cloud of newlywed bliss, Samantha couldn't wait to move to France to begin her life with her new husband, Jean-Luc, and his kids. But almost from the moment the plane touches down, Samantha realizes that there are a lot of things about…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When in French

  Love in a Second Language

  Collins, Lauren (Journalist)

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  When in French is a laugh-out-loud funny and surprising memoir about the lengths we go to for love, as well as an exploration across culture and history into how we learn languages. In learning French, the author must wrestle with the very nature of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lunch in Paris

  a Love Story, With Recipes

  Bard, Elizabeth

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  Lunch in Paris is a memoir about a young American woman caught up in two passionate love affairs -- one with her new beau, Gwendal, the other with French cuisine. Packing her bags for a new life in the world's most romantic city, Elizabeth is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Paris

  a Love Story

  Marton, Kati

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  In this remarkably honest and candid memoir, award-winning journalist and distinguished author Kati Marton narrates an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after loss. Paris is at the heart of this deeply moving account.