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50 Reasons to Hate the French, Or, Vive La Differenceby Alex Clark, Jules EdenISBN 0955346703 (0-9553467-0-3)
Hardcover, Quetzal
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Alastair Sawday's French Bed & Breakfastby Ann Cooke-YarboroughISBN 0952195453 (0-9521954-5-3)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Among the Hillsby Reginald FarrerISBN 0947752358 (0-947752-35-8)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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The Anatomy of Fascismby Robert O. PaxtonISBN 1400033918 (1-4000-3391-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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What is fascism? Many authors have proposed succinct but abstract definitions. Robert O. Paxton prefers to start with concrete historical experience. He focuses more on what fascists did than on what they said. Their first uniformed bands beat up enemies of the nation, such as communists and foreign immigrants, during the tense days after 1918 when the liberal democracies of Europe were struggling with the aftershocks of World War I. Fascist parties could not approach power, however, without the complicity of conservatives willing to sacrifice the rule of law for security.
Paxton makes clear the sequence of steps by which fascists and conservatives together formed regimes in Italy and Germany, and why fascists remained out of power elsewhere. Fascist regimes were strained alliances. While fascist parties had broad political leeway, conservatives preserved many social and economic privileges. Goals of forced national unity, purity, and expansion, accompanied by propaganda-driven public excitement, held the mixture together. War opened opportunities for fascist extremists to pursue these goals to the point of genocide. Paxton shows how these opportunities manifested themselves differently in France, in Britain, in the Low Countries, and in Eastern Europeand yet failed to achieve supreme power. He goes on to examine whether fascism can exist outside the specific early-twentieth-century European setting in which it emerged, and whether it can reappear today. This groundbreaking book, based on a lifetime of research, will have a lasting impact on our understanding of twentieth-century history. [via] 
Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatovaby Elaine FeinsteinISBN 1400033780 (1-4000-3378-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Arab-israeli Warsby Chaim Herzog, Shlomo GazitISBN 1400079632 (1-4000-7963-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arab-israeli Wars'Book summary:Now in its third edition, this classic study has been updated for the first time in more than twenty years.
Chaim Herzog, former President of Israel, was involved in every conflict involving Israel and its Arab neighbors from before the 1948 War of Independence. The Arab-Israeli Wars is Herzogs acclaimed history of Israels fight since 1947 to preserve her existence against repeated attacks. Revised after his death by friend and colleague General Shomo Gazit, this new edition also covers the events of the past twenty years, including the pullout from Lebanon, both intifadas, the first Gulf War, the Oslo Process, and beyond. Riveting, informative, and comprehensive, this authoritative account tells the story of Israels struggle to survive but gives a clear picture of the people and politics that continue to shape the destiny of this crucial region. [via]More editions of The Arab-israeli Wars:
Around and About Paris: New Horizons Haussman's Annexation the 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th &20th Arrondissementsby Thirza ValloisISBN 0952537826 (0-9525378-2-6)
Softcover, Iliad Books
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Around and About Paris: From the Guillotine to the Bastille Operaby Thirza ValloisISBN 0952537818 (0-9525378-1-8)
Softcover, Iliad Books
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The Art of Warfare in the Age of Marlboroughby David ChandlerISBN 0946771421 (0-946771-42-1)
Hardcover, Spellmount, Limited Publishers
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Art-Sites France: Contemporary Art & Architecture Handbookby Sidra StichISBN 0966771737 (0-9667717-3-7)
Softcover, Art-Sites Pr
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Auroraby Michel Leiris, Anna WarbyISBN 0947757252 (0-947757-25-2)
Hardcover, Atlas Press
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The Balthazar Cookbookby Keith McNally, Lee Hanson, Riad NasrISBN 1400046351 (1-4000-4635-1)
Hardcover, Clarkson Potter
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Bookclub-in-a-box Discusses the Novel the Mark of the Angelby Nancy HustonISBN 0973398434 (0-9733984-3-4)
Softcover, Atlasbooks Dist Serv
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Bugatti Queen: In Search of a French Racing Legendby Miranda SeymourISBN 1400061687 (1-4000-6168-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Cave Painters: Probing the Mysteries of the World's First Artistsby Gregory CurtisISBN 1400043484 (1-4000-4348-4)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Chic & Slim: How Those Chic French Women Eat All That Rich Food and Still Stay Slimby Anne BaroneISBN 0965894304 (0-9658943-0-4)
Hardcover, Nouvelles Editions
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Chocolate French : Recipes, Language, and Directions to Fran#0231;ais au Chocolatby A. K. Crump, Suzanne C. Toczyski, Bernard PoussinISBN 0976768216 (0-9767682-1-6)
Softcover, TCB-Cafe Publishing
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas PaineISBN 0977798208 (0-9777982-0-8)
Softcover, Big Fish Pub Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:"These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history. [via]
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The Courts of Loveby Jean PlaidyISBN 1400082501 (1-4000-8250-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Cuisine of the Sun: Classical French Cooking from Nice and Provenceby Mireille JohnstonISBN 0964360047 (0-9643600-4-7)
Hardcover, Jessicas Biscuit
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Dangerous De-Liaisons: What's Really Behind the War Between France and the U.Sby Walter Wells, Jean-Marie Colombani, Luc Jacob-DuvernetISBN 0974607851 (0-9746078-5-1)
Softcover, Melville Pub House
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Dastgah: Diary of a Headtripby Mark MordueISBN 0971691568 (0-9716915-6-8)
Softcover, Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts
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Deadly Slipper: A Novel Of Death in the Dordogneby MICHELLE WANISBN 1400079527 (1-4000-7952-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Degas Sculptures: Catalogue Raisonne of the Bronzesby Joseph S. Czestochowski, Anne PingeotISBN 0971640807 (0-9716408-0-7)
Hardcover, Intl Arts
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The Diary of a Chambermaidby Octave Mirbeau, Douglas JarmanISBN 0946626820 (0-946626-82-0)
Softcover, Dedalus Ltd
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Elizabeth David Classics: Mediterranean Food, French Country Cooking, Summer Cookingby Elizabeth DavidISBN 0964360063 (0-9643600-6-3)
Hardcover, Jessicas Biscuit
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Enchantmentsby Linda FerriISBN 1400033527 (1-4000-3352-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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European Menu Translatorby Whitney H. Galbraith, Anne T. GalbraithISBN 0967959144 (0-9679591-4-4)
Softcover, Beagle Bay Inc
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Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupinby Maurice Le BlancISBN 1406500011 (1-4065-0001-1)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Fodor's 2003 Franceby Fodor'sISBN 1400010446 (1-4000-1044-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fodor's 2005 Franceby Fodor'sISBN 1400014115 (1-4000-1411-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Foreign Correspondent: A Novelby Alan FurstISBN 1400060192 (1-4000-6019-2)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel'Book summary:From Alan Furst, whom The New York Times calls Americas preeminent spy novelist, comes an epic story of romantic love, love of country, and love of freedomthe story of a secret war fought in elegant hotel bars and first-class railway cars, in the mountains of Spain and the backstreets of Berlin. It is an inspiring, thrilling saga of everyday people forced by their hearts passion to fight in the war against tyranny.
By 1938, hundreds of Italian intellectuals, lawyers and journalists, university professors and scientists had escaped Mussolinis fascist government and taken refuge in Paris. There, amid the struggles of émigré life, they founded an Italian resistance, with an underground press that smuggled news and encouragement back to Italy. Fighting fascism with typewriters, they produced 512 clandestine newspapers. The Foreign Correspondent is their story.
Paris, a winter night in 1938: a murder/suicide at a discreet lovers hotel. But this is no romantic tragedit is the work of the OVRA, Mussolinis fascist secret police, and is meant to eliminate the editor of Liberazione, a clandestine émigré newspaper. Carlo Weisz, who has fled from Trieste and secured a job as a foreign correspondent with the Reuters bureau, becomes the new editor.
Weisz is, at that moment, in Spain, reporting on the last campaign of the Spanish civil war. But as soon as he returns to Paris, he is pursued by the French Sûreté, by agents of the OVRA, and by officers of the British Secret Intelligence Service. In the desperate politics of Europe on the edge of war, a foreign correspondent is a pawn, worth surveillance, or blackmail, or murder.
The Foreign Correspondent is the story of Carlo Weisz and a handful of antifascists: the army officer known as Colonel Ferrara, who fights for a lost cause in Spain; Arturo Salamone, the shrewd leader of a resistance group in Paris; and Christa von Schirren, the woman who becomes the love of Weiszs life, herself involved in a doomed resistance underground in Berlin.
The Foreign Correspondent is Alan Furst at his absolute besttaut and powerful, enigmatic and romantic, with sharp, seductive writing that takes the reader through darkness and intrigue to a spectacular denouement. [via]More editions of The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel:
Foreign Wordsby Vassilis Alexakis, Alyson WatersISBN 0975444417 (0-9754444-1-7)
Softcover, Autumn Hill Books
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The Fortune of the Rougonsby Emile Zola, Ernest Alfred VizetellyISBN 1406500089 (1-4065-0008-9)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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Frankensteinby Deanna McFadden, Jamel AkibISBN 140272666X (1-4027-2666-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:[via]Mary Shelleys tragic story of a scientist who created a monster is perhaps even more compelling and meaningful today than when it was written nearly two centuries ago. From the bits and pieces of dead bodies, and the power of electricity, the brilliant Victor Frankenstein fashions a new form of lifeonly to discover, too late, the irreparable damage he has caused.
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French Bed & Breakfastby Alastair SawdayISBN 0952195488 (0-9521954-8-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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French or Foe?: Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in Franceby Polly PlattISBN 0964668408 (0-9646684-0-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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George Washington's Worldby Joanna Foster, Genevieve FosterISBN 096438034X (0-9643803-4-X)
Softcover, Legion Pub Corp
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The period measured by the life of George Washington 1732 to 1799 was one of revolution and change in many parts of the world as Enlightenment thinking took hold in the minds of men. When George was a young man, Benjamin Franklin was the most well-known American, Louis XV was on the throne of France, and George II was king of England. Father Junipero Serra had just arrived in Mexico to work with the Panes Indians. Mozart and Bach were writing their immortal music and Voltaire warred with his pen against Ignorance, Injustice and Superstition. The young nobleman Lafayette watched the feisty American colonies with fascinated interest as they stood up to Mother England when she sought to tax them unfairly. James Cook was sent by the Royal Society of London to Tahiti where their team of astronomers might observe a total eclipse of the sun and thereby accurately measure the distance between the earth and the sun. These are just a few of the wonderful narratives explored by Foster in her Newbery Honor Book of 1940. Prolifically illustrated with intriguing line drawings and detailed timelines, Foster's telling of the life story of George Washington does justice to the man it celebrates. [via]
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Goodnight Moonby Margaret Wise Brown, Clement HurdISBN 0962929875 (0-9629298-7-5)
Softcover, Finney Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goodnight Moon'Book summary:This bilingual edition is part of the Hmong Translation Initiative coordinated by Motheread.Fatheread MN, a curriculum-based family literacy program of the Minnesota Humanities Commission (MHC). The purpose of this project is to help Hmong families develop literacy skills in their first language as well as in English. Because of the Moob Ntsuab (Green Mong) and Hmoob Dawb (White Hmong) dialects are different, the translation committee has translated the English text into both. The Hmong text is featured next to the English, and the books original artwork is maintained. [via]
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Guide to Impressionist Paris: Nine Walking Tours to the Impressionist Painting Sites in Parisby Patty LurieISBN 0965402754 (0-9654027-5-4)
Softcover, Robson Pr
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 1404308199 (1-4043-0819-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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I Spit on Your Gravesby Boris VianISBN 096623460X (0-9662346-0-X)
Softcover, Tamtam Books
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The Innocents Abroadby Mark TwainISBN 140430990X (1-4043-0990-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocents Abroad'Book summary:Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXXII. WE were at sea now, for a very long voyage -- we were to pass through the entire length of the Levant; through the entire length of the Mediterranean proper, also, and then cross the full width of the Atlantic -- a voyage of several weeks. We naturally settled down into a very slow, stay-at-home manner of life, and resolved to be quiet, exemplary people, and roam no more for twenty or thirty days. No more, at least, than from stem to stern of the ship. It was a very comfortable prospect, though, for we were tired and needed a long rest. We were all lazy and satisfied, now, as the meager entries in my note-book (that sure index, to me, of my condition) prove. What a stupid thing a notebook gets to be at sea, any way. Please observe the style: '" Sunday--Services, as usual, at four bells. Services at night, also. No cards. "Monday--Beautiful day, but rained hard. The cattle purchased at Alexandria for beef ought to be shingled. Or else fattened. The water stands in deep puddles in the depressions forward of their after shoulders. Also here and there all over their backs. It is well they are not cows-- it would soak in and ruin the milk. The poor devil eagle* from Syria * Afterwards presented to the Central Park. looks miserable and droopy in the rain perched on the forward capstan. He appears to have his own opinion of a sea voyage, and if it were put into language and the language solidified, it would probably essentially dam the widest river in the world. "Tuesday--Somewhere in the neighborhood of the island of Malta. Can not stop there. Cholera. Weather very stormy. Many passengers seasick and invisible. "Wednesday--Weather still very savage. Storm blew two land birds to sea, and they came on board. A hawk was blown off, also. He circled round and round the shi... [via]
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Internationalists in France During the Second World Warby Pierre LanneretISBN 0948984309 (0-948984-30-9)
Softcover, Phoenix Pr
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Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchaseby Charles CeramiISBN 1402202407 (1-4022-0240-7)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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For two years before the Louisiana Purchase, the nine principal players in the deal watched France and the United States approach the brink of war over the most coveted spot on the planet: a bustling port known as New Orleans. And until the breakthrough moment when a deal was secured, the men who steered their countries through the tense and often beguiling negotiations knew only that the futures of both nations were being questioned, and that the answer was uncertain.
Jefferson's Great Gamble is an extraordinary work that redefines one of the most important and overlooked events in American history. Charles A. Cerami reveals the untold thrusts and parries of the Louisiana Purchase, an event that was not just a land sale, but thirty months of high drama, blandishment, posturing and secret maneuvers by some of the most powerful and crafty men of their time. Utilizing original correspondence and firsthand accounts, Cerami paints a vivid and engrossing narrative enriched by the words of the men whose talents and weaknesses kept the negotiations alive during the most unsure moments.
When Thomas Jefferson took office as president of the United States in 1801, Louisiana was at the front of his mind. Jefferson knew that the future of the country hinged on its right to navigate the Mississippi River and have access to New Orleans. His hopes for maintaining this right were almost completely dashed when it was discovered that Napoleon had secretly forced Spain to give the Louisiana Territory to France, and that he had troops on the way to take possession of New Orleans.
Jefferson's only hope to stop the takeover lay in a great gamble: convincing Napoleon that the United States was willing to go to war over the port city. Jefferson knew that war might fracture the new country, which at the time had roughly one thousand men in its army. He was therefore faced with not only convincing Napoleon that the United States was ready to fight, but bluffing him into thinking that it could win that battle.
To execute his plan, Jefferson turned to his brilliant but troubled foreign-relations team. James Madison, the wily secretary of state, devised with Jefferson a disinformation strategy that was remarkable for its ingenuity and effectiveness. Robert Livingston, the American envoy to France, struggled to negotiate with French officials while being disdained and ignored by Jefferson and Madison, his political rivals. And as the final negotiations approached, James Monroe found himself sailing to Paris with the key to how the United States would execute the endgame.
Napoleon was bombarded by contradicting opinions from his two closest advisors. François de Barbé-Marbois, the impeccably honest finance minister, pushed toward a sale to raise money for a war with England. Charles-Maurice de Tallyrand-Périgord, Napoleon's witty and corrupt chief advisor, pushed him to hold on to the colony, a position he believed held long-term benefits for France, if not for Napoleon.
To read Jefferson's Great Gamble is to experience the tense days and nights leading to a decision that changed the face of the world. From the early American infighting to the heated French negotiations to the battle needed years later to secure the purchase, this new history is a story of dedicated men, each driven by love of country, who created an event that Robert Livingston called "the noblest work of our lives." [via]More editions of Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase:
Julia's Kitchen Wisdomby Julia ChildISBN 1375430939 (1-375-43093-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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L' Armee Francaise: An Illustrated History of the French Army 1790-1885by Edouard Detaille, Maureen C. ReinertsenISBN 0963255800 (0-9632558-0-0)
Hardcover, Howell Press
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Last Love Poems of Paul Eluardby Paul Eluard, Marilyn KalletISBN 0976844931 (0-9768449-3-1)
Softcover, Black Widow Pr
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Les Diaboliques: (the She Devils)by Barbey D'AurevillyISBN 0946626138 (0-946626-13-8)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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Letters of St. Therese of Lisieux: General Correspondence, 1877-1890by John ClarkeISBN 0960087699 (0-9600876-9-9)
Softcover, Ics Pubns
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The Long Hot Summer: A French Heat Wave and a Marriage Meltdownby Mary MoodyISBN 1405036702 (1-4050-3670-2)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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Lutzon & Bautzen Napoleons Spring Campaignby George NafzigerISBN 0962665568 (0-9626655-6-8)
Hardcover, Emperors Headquarters
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Marie Antoinette and Her Sonby Louise MuhlbachISBN 1404370145 (1-4043-7014-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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Memnoch the Devilby Anne RiceISBN 096319254X (0-9631925-4-X)
Hardcover, B E Trice Pub
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Memoirs of Casanovaby Jacques CasanovaISBN 140432061X (1-4043-2061-X)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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The Moral Consequences of Economic Growthby Benjamin M. FriedmanISBN 1400095719 (1-4000-9571-9)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Mr. Standfastby John BuchanISBN 1404319824 (1-4043-1982-4)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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Napoleon and Austerlitz: An Unprecedentedly Detailed Combat Study of Napoleon's Epic Ulm-Austerlitz Campaigns of 1805by Scotty BowdenISBN 0962665576 (0-9626655-7-6)
Hardcover, Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
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Nelson & Napoleonby Margarette LincolnISBN 0948065591 (0-948065-59-1)
Hardcover, Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc
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Night+Day Parisby Alison CullifordISBN 0976601389 (0-9766013-8-9)
Softcover, Greenline Pubns
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Noel For Jeanne-marieby Francoise SeignoboscISBN 0974059951 (0-9740599-5-1)
Hardcover, Omnibus Pub
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Nothing Seriousby Justine Levy, Charlotte MandellISBN 0976140772 (0-9761407-7-2)
Softcover, Melville House Publishing
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The Old Wives' Taleby Arnold BennettISBN 1404384189 (1-4043-8418-9)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Other People's Moneyby Emile GaboriauISBN 1404323147 (1-4043-2314-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Paris's Bestby Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. StaffISBN 1400013569 (1-4000-1356-9)
Softcover, Fodor's Travel Publications
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Paris, Paris: A Journey into the City of Lightby David DownieISBN 0976925109 (0-9769251-0-9)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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The Peninsular War: A New Historyby Charles EsdaileISBN 1403962316 (1-4039-6231-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 1404341447 (1-4043-4144-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Pierre Et Jeanby Guy De Maupassant, Christina TumminelloISBN 0977716147 (0-9777161-4-7)
Softcover, Chatterley Pr Intl
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Pierrot Mon Amiby Raymond QueneauISBN 0947757155 (0-947757-15-5)
Hardcover, Atlas
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Postproductionby Nicolas BourriaudISBN 0971119309 (0-9711193-0-9)
Softcover, Ram Pubns & Dist
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Prehistoric Artby Susie HodgeISBN 1403487782 (1-4034-8778-2)
Softcover, Heinemann/Raintree
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The Queen's Secretby Jean PlaidyISBN 1400082528 (1-4000-8252-8)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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Rashi's Daughters: Book 1 Johevedby Maggie AntonISBN 0976305054 (0-9763050-5-4)
Softcover, Banot Pr
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The Razor's Edgeby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 1400034205 (1-4000-3420-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Rescuing Da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazis Stole Europe's Great Art-America and Her Allies Recovered Itby Robert M. Edsel, Lynn H. Nicholas, Edmund P. PillsburyISBN 0977434907 (0-9774349-0-7)
Hardcover, Laurel Pub Llc Dallas
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The Roads To Modernity: The British, French, And American Enlightenmentsby Gertrude HimmelfarbISBN 1400077222 (1-4000-7722-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Robinson Crusoeby Deanna McFadden, Jamel AkibISBN 1402726643 (1-4027-2664-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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A Saint, More or Lessby Henry A. GrunwaldISBN 1400061490 (1-4000-6149-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Salammboby Gustave FlaubertISBN 1404329552 (1-4043-2955-2)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Sangre De Cristo: A Novel of Science and Faithby Martin HewlettISBN 0963979000 (0-9639790-0-0)
Softcover, Spirit Rider Pr
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Sapphoby Alphonse DaudetISBN 0948166126 (0-948166-12-6)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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The Serpent of Starsby Jody Gladding, Jean GionoISBN 097286928X (0-9728692-8-X)
Softcover, Archipelago Books
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Shadowmenby Randy Lofficier, Jean Marc LofficierISBN 0974071137 (0-9740711-3-7)
Softcover, Black Coat Pr
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A Simple Heartby Gustave Flaubert, Charlotte MandellISBN 0974607886 (0-9746078-8-6)
Softcover, Melville Pub House
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Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789 - 1804: A Brief History With Documentsby Laurent Dubois, John D. GarrigusISBN 1403971579 (1-4039-7157-9)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Song of the White Swanby Aleta BoudreauxISBN 0965970167 (0-9659701-6-7)
Softcover, Laughing Owl Pub Inc
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St. Therese of Lisieux: Her Last Conversationsby John ClarkeISBN 096008763X (0-9600876-3-X)
Softcover, Ics Pubns
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Suzanneby Elaine Todd KorenISBN 0967235529 (0-9672355-2-9)
Softcover, Maverick Books
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This Side of Paradiseby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 1404333517 (1-4043-3351-7)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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The Time Of The Uprootedby Elie Wiesel, David HapgoodISBN 1400041724 (1-4000-4172-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Wandering Jewby Eugene SueISBN 1404340742 (1-4043-4074-2)
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Wellington's Army 1809-1814by Charles William Chadwick OmanISBN 0947898417 (0-947898-41-7)
Hardcover, Greenhill Books
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Ana Frank: Diario de una Adolescenteby Anne FrankISBN 1400002672 (1-4000-0267-2)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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