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Adeleby Mary FlanaganISBN 0747533326 (0-7475-3332-6)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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Alias Olympia: A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model & Her Own Desireby Eunice LiptonISBN 0801486092 (0-8014-8609-2)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Allan Steinby Matthew StadlerISBN 0802136621 (0-8021-3662-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Baedeker's Parisby Fodor's, Baedeker EditorsISBN 0749519916 (0-7495-1991-6)
Softcover, Baedekers Guides
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The Bell Jarby Sylvia PlathISBN 0783819870 (0-7838-1987-0)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bell Jar'Book summary:Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman's mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman's descent into insanity. [via]
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Best Short Stories of Guy De Maupassantby Guy De MaupassantISBN 0804901619 (0-8049-0161-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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The Blessingby Nancy MitfordISBN 0786705213 (0-7867-0521-3)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Bodies of Art: French Literary Realism and the Artist's Modelby Marie LathersISBN 0803229410 (0-8032-2941-0)
Hardcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Artby Dan Franck, Cynthia LiebowISBN 0802139973 (0-8021-3997-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Call in the Nightby Susan HowatchISBN 0751533122 (0-7515-3312-2)
Softcover, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0804901171 (0-8049-0117-1)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
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Cat & Mouseby James PattersonISBN 0783883455 (0-7838-8345-5)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat & Mouse'Book summary:Alex Cross, the Porsche-driving doctor-detective-profiler-psychologist and single father of two must save his own life as well as the lives of his lover and family in a deadly game of Cat and Mouse. Cross meets up again with his old nemesis Gary Soneji, the ruthless, bloodthirsty megalomaniac from Along Came a Spider. Apparently, Soneji isn't too happy with Cross for putting him away and keeping him out of the violent crime loop for five years, so he's back with a bone to pick and a couple of fish to fry--or innocent bystanders to shoot, stab, or bludgeon. Soneji goes on a commuter killing spree in hopes of luring Cross down a bloody trail that ends at the good detective's own home. Cross is hot on the case and hot for Christine Johnson, his children's babe-a-licious principal who happens to be the widow of George Johnson, one of Soneji's victims. Never mind the coincidence; is Christine a bad-luck charm? Is there another killer? If so, is she or he in cahoots with Soneji? Once again, Patterson delivers a fast-paced, action-packed thriller that's sure to keep the pages flying. [via]
Children of the Albatrossby Anais NinISBN 0804000395 (0-8040-0039-5)
Softcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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College of Magicsby Caroline StevermerISBN 0765342456 (0-7653-4245-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'College of Magics'Book summary:Teenager Faris Nallaneen is the heir to the small northern dukedom of Galazon. Too young still to claim her title, her despotic Uncle Brinker has ruled in her place. Now he demands she be sent to Greenlaw College. For her benefit he insists. To keep me out of the way, more like it![via]
But Greenlaw is not just any school-as Faris and her new best friend Jane discover. At Greenlaw students major in . . . magic.
But it's not all fun and games. When Faris makes an enemy of classmate Menary of Aravill, life could get downright . . . deadly.More editions of College of Magics:
The Communards of Paris, 1871by Stewart EdwardsISBN 0801491401 (0-8014-9140-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 0760723788 (0-7607-2378-8)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Courtesans: The Demi-Monde in Nineteenth-Century Franceby Joanna RichardsonISBN 0785818294 (0-7858-1829-4)
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Crushby Cecile De LA BaumeISBN 0802135951 (0-8021-3595-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Cubist Poets in Paris : An Anthologyby LeRoy C. BreunigISBN 0803212240 (0-8032-1224-0)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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Daytrips France: 45 One-Day Adventures by Rail, Bus, or Carby Earl SteinbickerISBN 0803893663 (0-8038-9366-3)
Softcover, Midpoint Trade Books Inc
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Daytrips in France: 40 One Day Adventures by Rail, Bus, or Carby Earl SteinbickerISBN 0803815867 (0-8038-1586-7)
Softcover, Hastings House
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Different Like Cocoby Elizabeth MatthewsISBN 0763625485 (0-7636-2548-5)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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Disarmed: The Story of the Venus De Miloby Gregory CurtisISBN 0756783682 (0-7567-8368-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Empire of Sleepby Henri-Frederic BlancISBN 0749399805 (0-7493-9980-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Fat and the Thinby Emile Zola, Ernest Alfred VizetellyISBN 0750904496 (0-7509-0449-6)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Fatal Purity: Robespierre And the French Revolutionby Ruth ScurrISBN 0805079874 (0-8050-7987-4)
Hardcover, Metropolitan Books
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Felix Explores Planet Earthby Constanza Droop, Annette Langen, Laura LindgrenISBN 0789203200 (0-7892-0320-0)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Felix Explores Planet Earth'Book summary:When Sophie accidentally sends her stuffed rabbit Felix on a balloon ride up into the sky, his adventures are just beginning! He hitches a ride on a space rocket, and from the moon he sees how beautiful our Earth is. Little does he know that soon he will be exploring all the blue, white, green, and yellow places he saw from so high up above. At each stop on his trip, he sends Sophie a letter: from the planetarium, the moon, the North Pole, a tropical island, a rain forest, and a desert.
Children with love opening the envelopes to read Felix's special letters as much as Sophie does, while they learn about the importance of protecting our beautiful world. But will this world-traveler rabbit ever make it back home? [via]
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Five Days in Parisby Danielle SteelISBN 0783801815 (0-7838-0181-5)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Frommer's 2005 Portable Parisby Danforth Prince, Darwin PorterISBN 0764573640 (0-7645-7364-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Frommer's 2006 Parisby Danforth Prince, Darwin PorterISBN 076459544X (0-7645-9544-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Frommer's Portable Paris 2004by Darwin Porter, Danforth PrinceISBN 0764539191 (0-7645-3919-1)
Softcover, Wiley & Sons Australia, Limited, John
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Frommers Paris from $90 a Dayby Haas MroueISBN 0764541250 (0-7645-4125-0)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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The Great Book of French Impressionismby Diane KelderISBN 0789206889 (0-7892-0688-9)
Hardcover, Abbeville Pr
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The Great Book of French Impressionism: Tiny Folioby Diane KelderISBN 0789204053 (0-7892-0405-3)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Hand to Mouth: A Chronicle of Early Failureby Paul AusterISBN 0805054898 (0-8050-5489-8)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneby J. K. RowlingISBN 0747532745 (0-7475-3274-5)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'Book summary:Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Cassette Travel Bag is a complete and unabridged reading by Stephen Fry on six cassettes, contained in a travel box. A CD travel bag is also available.
Just when it seems that there cannot possibly be another twist to the Harry Potter tale, Stephen Fry dons his haughtiest and naughtiest tones to bring Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to vibrant life on audio. Harry Potter has spent the first 10 years of his life at the mercy of the dreadful Dursleys--the aunt, uncle and fat, spoilt brat of a cousin who reluctantly gave him a home after the death of his mother and father. But on his 11th birthday Harry discovers that he is no ordinary boy, and despite the best efforts of his hideous relatives he escapes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his new life as a trainee wizard. And the rest, as they say, is history...
As Harry battles against the evils thrown in his path, Stephen Fry injects the proceedings with a wry, dry and extremely contagious humour that perfectly suits the tale, wringing out the best in Harry and his cohorts as they get to grips with their new lives at the sharp end of Hogwarts. Fry's innate upper-class drone is perfectly suited to the telling of this most magical tale, cracking into the high-pitched squawking of Hermione the swat, or the gentle tones of the firm but fair Dumbledore, or the evil sniping of slimey Snape at precisely the right moments.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fine story and much has been written about its success, but until you have heard Fry's cracking reading of this most magical of stories then you simply haven't lived. As with any audio book, this one is perfect for car journeys and an ideal way of introducing reluctant readers to the magic that is Harry Potter. (Ages 9 and over) --Susan Harrison
Running time: 8 hrs 25 mins [via]
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Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone: ISBN 0747545723 (0-7475-4572-3)
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0786222727 (0-7862-2272-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Just when it seems that there cannot possibly be another twist to the Harry Potter tale, Stephen Fry dons his haughtiest and naughtiest tones to bring Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to vibrant life on audio. Harry Potter has spent the first 10 years of his life at the mercy of the dreadful Dursleys--the aunt, uncle and fat, spoilt brat of a cousin who reluctantly gave him a home after the death of his mother and father. But on his 11th birthday Harry discovers that he is no ordinary boy, and despite the best efforts of his hideous relatives he escapes to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to begin his new life as a trainee wizard. And the rest, as they say, is history...
As Harry battles against the evils thrown in his path, Stephen Fry injects the proceedings with a wry, dry and extremely contagious humour that perfectly suits the tale, wringing out the best in Harry and his cohorts as they get to grips with their new lives at the sharp end of Hogwarts. Fry's innate upper-class drone is perfectly suited to the telling of this most magical tale, cracking into the high-pitched squawking of Hermione the swat, or the gentle tones of the firm but fair Dumbledore, or the evil sniping of slimey Snape at precisely the right moments.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fine story and much has been written about its success, but until you have heard Fry's cracking reading of this most magical of stories then you simply haven't lived. As with any audio book, this one is perfect for car journeys and an ideal way of introducing reluctant readers to the magic that is Harry Potter. (Ages 9 and over) --Susan Harrison
Running time: 8 hrs 25 mins [via]
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Homer's Iliadby Harold BloomISBN 0791082407 (0-7910-8240-7)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer's The Iliad'Book summary:In his introduction Harold Bloom states that, together with the Bible, the Iliad "represents the foundation of Western literature, thought, and spirituality." The piece is the focus of this title in our Bloom's Notes series. Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on the work, this text includes a structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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In the Absence of Menby Frank Wynne, Philippe BessonISBN 0786711612 (0-7867-1161-2)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Absence of Men'Book summary:Like Michael Cunninghams homage to Virginia Woolf in The Hours and Jean Rhyss to Charlotte Bronte in The Wide Sargasso Sea, Philippe Bessons extravagantly praised first novel pays tribute to Marcel Proust. It also dares to introduce an asthmatic middle-aged Proust into its masterfully manipulated plot and invents a series of deeply felt letters written by him to the novels young protagonist, Vincent de lEtoile. In the summer of 1916, the emotionally precocious Vincent, who is the same age as the century, awakens to the possibilities of both erotic and platonic love. In the course of one weekat literary salons, at the Ritz, in cork-lined roomsVincent launches an intense friendship with the celebrated Proust, while at his parents house in Paris he embarks on a sensual journey with Arthur Vales, the soldier son of a family servant, on leave from the front. Unknowingly, Vincent is also beginning a passage into a manhood that will be haunted by the secret he uncovers behind the love he bears for a doomed French infantryman and a famous middle-aged Jewish writer.[via]More editions of In the Absence of Men:
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James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0791045668 (0-7910-4566-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:James Joyce envisioned A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as an autobiographical look at the epiphanies of his life. This text compiles some of the most noteworthy critical examinations of the novel. Subjects covered include language as structure in the novel, the motif of hands, Joyce as a symbolist, and more.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby Harold BloomISBN 0791045706 (0-7910-4570-6)
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Jean-christophe: Dawn, Morning, Youth, Revoltby Romain Rolland, Louis AuchinclossISBN 0786703075 (0-7867-0307-5)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Kalahari Typing School For Menby R. A. McCall Smith, Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0748663274 (0-7486-6327-4)
Softcover, Polygon
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Lempriere's Dictionaryby Lawrence NorfolkISBN 0802139876 (0-8021-3987-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Lonesome Travelerby Jack KerouacISBN 0802130747 (0-8021-3074-7)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Manetby Linda BoltonISBN 0785816410 (0-7858-1641-0)
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Manet by Himselfby Juliet Wilson-Bareau, Juliet Wilson BareauISBN 0785804293 (0-7858-0429-3)
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Marianne in Chains: Everyday Life in the French Heartland Under the German Occupationby Robert GildeaISBN 0805071687 (0-8050-7168-7)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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In France, the German occupation is called simply the dark years. There were only the good French who resisted and the bad French who collaborated. Marianne in Chains, a broad and provocative history, uncovers a rather different story, one in which the truth is more complex and humane.
Drawing on previously unseen archives, firsthand interviews, diaries, and eyewitness accounts, Robert Gildea reveals everyday life in the heart of occupied France. He describes the pressing imperatives of work, food, transportation, and family obligations that led to unavoidable compromise and negotiation with the army of occupation. In the process, he sheds light on such subjects as forced labor, the role of the Catholic Church, the horizontal collaboration between French women and German soldiers, and, most surprisingly, the ambivalent attitude of ordinary people toward the Resistance.
A great work of reconstruction, Marianne in Chains provides a clear view, unobscured by romance or polemics, of the painful ambiguities of living under tyranny.More editions of Marianne in Chains: Everyday Life in the French Heartland Under the German Occupation:
Monetby Claude Monet, Paola RapelliISBN 078944142X (0-7894-4142-X)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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Moneyby Emile ZolaISBN 0750900202 (0-7509-0020-2)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Morality For Beautiful Girlsby R. A. McCall Smith, Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0748662979 (0-7486-6297-9)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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Ninety-Threeby Victor Hugo, Frank Lee BenedictISBN 0786705906 (0-7867-0590-6)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ninety-Three'Book summary:With a cast spanning the doomed aristocracy and the suffering peasantry and including the warring revolu tionary leaders Marat, Danton and Robespierre, Hugo brings t o life the year 1793 - the year of the guillotine ' [via]
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The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Mealsby Michael PollanISBN 078628952X (0-7862-8952-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Winner of the James Beard Award
Author of #1 New York Times Bestsellers In Defense of Food and Food Rules
Today, buffeted by one food fad after another, America is suffering from what can only be described as a national eating disorder. Will it be fast food tonight, or something organic? Or perhaps something we grew ourselves? The question of what to have for dinner has confronted us since man discovered fire. But as Michael Pollan explains in this revolutionary book, how we answer it now, as the dawn of the twenty-first century, may determine our survival as a species. Packed with profound surprises, The Omnivore's Dilemma is changing the way Americans thing about the politics, perils, and pleasures of eating.
Coming from The Penguin Press in 2013, Michael Pollans newest book Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation--the story of our most trusted food experts culinary education
"Thoughtful, engrossing ... You're not likely to get a better explanation of exactly where your food comes from."
-The New York Times Book Review
"An eater's manifesto ... [Pollan's] cause is just, his thinking is clear, and his writing is compelling. Be careful of your dinner!"
-The Washington Post
"Outstanding... a wide-ranging invitation to think through the moral ramifications of our eating habits."
--The New Yorker
"If you ever thought 'what's for dinner' was a simple question, you'll change your mind after reading Pollan's searing indictment of today's food industry-and his glimpse of some inspiring alternatives.... I just loved this book so much I didn't want it to end."
-The Seattle Times
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On Loveby Alain De BottonISBN 0802142400 (0-8021-4240-0)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Our Lady of the Flowersby Jean Paul Sartre, Jean GenetISBN 0802130135 (0-8021-3013-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Overhead in a Balloonby Mavis GallantISBN 0771596871 (0-7715-9687-1)
Hardcover, Macmillan of Canada
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Pardonable Liesby Jacqueline WinspearISBN 0805078975 (0-8050-7897-5)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pardonable Lies'Book summary:[via]In the third novel of this bestselling series, London investigator Maisie Dobbs faces grave danger as she returns to the site of her most painful WWI memories to resolve the mystery of a pilots death
Agatha Christies Miss Marple. Sue Graftons Kinsey Millhone. Alexander McCall Smiths Precious Ramotswe. Every once in a while, a detective bursts on the scene who captures readers heartsand imaginationsand doesnt let go. And so it was with Jacqueline Winspears Maisie Dobbs, who made her debut just two years ago in the eponymously titled first book of the series, and is already on her way to becoming a household name.
A deathbed plea from his wife leads Sir Cecil Lawton to seek the aid of Maisie Dobbs, psychologist and investigator. As Maisie soon learns, Agnes Lawton never accepted that her aviator son was killed in the Great War, a torment that led her not only to the edge of madness but to the doors of those who practice the dark arts and commune with the spirit world.
In accepting the assignment, Maisie finds her spiritual strength tested, as well as her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche. The mission also brings her together once again with her college friend Priscilla Evernden, who served in France and who lost three brothers to the warone of whom, it turns out, had an intriguing connection to the missing Ralph Lawton.
Following on the heels of the triumphant Birds of a Feather, Pardonable Lies is the most compelling installment yet in the chronicles of Maisie Dobbs, a heroine to cherish (Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review).
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ParisISBN 0792274296 (0-7922-7429-6)
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Parisby Alice Bialestowski, Ginette SainderichinISBN 0789303795 (0-7893-0379-5)
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Paris Notebooks: Essays & Reviewsby Mavis GallantISBN 0771596103 (0-7715-9610-3)
Hardcover, Macmillan of Canada
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The Parisian Woman's Guide to Styleby Virginie Morana, Veronique Morana, Philippe SebirotISBN 0789303728 (0-7893-0372-8)
Softcover, Universe Publishing
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Piano Lessons: Music, Love, & True Adventuresby Noah AdamsISBN 0783819854 (0-7838-1985-4)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Picasso and Printmaking in Paris: National Touring Exhibitionsby Roger Malbert, Jessica White, Susan Ferleger BradesISBN 0756756154 (0-7567-5615-4)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund Burke, J. C. D. ClarkISBN 0804742057 (0-8047-4205-7)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'Book summary:The French Revolution is a defining moment in world history, and usually it has been first approached by English-speaking readers through the picture painted of it by Edmund Burke. Reflections on the Revolution in France is a classic work in a range of fields from history through political science to literature, and securely holds its place among the canon of "great books." Yet its meaning is still contested and often misunderstood, equally by those who wish to admire or to denigrate Burke for his present-day relevance. This edition aims to locate Burke once again in his contemporary political and intellectual setting. Alone among recent versions, it reprints the text of the first edition of the Reflections, and shows how Burke amended it as his knowledge of the Revolution deepened. It is certain to become the standard edition for scholars and students alike.[via]
The editor's Introduction is much more extensive than that of any previous edition. It situates the Reflections in Burke's life and the development of his ideas, the history of English political thought, the debate about the French Revolution, and the debate the book itself inspired. But the Introduction is more than a compendium of information; it is a thoughtful, coherent interpretation of Burke and his book. The editor's notes are also fuller than those of any previous edition, glossing many literary and biblical allusions missed by previous editors. He also supplies an extended note on the text, a biographical guide, and a bibliography, helpfully presented in discursive form.More editions of Reflections on the Revolution in France:
Rendez-Vous With Franceby Jill ButlerISBN 0762722118 (0-7627-2211-8)
Softcover, Globe Pequot Pr
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Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of Memoryby Ian HackingISBN 0756752892 (0-7567-5289-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Robert Doisneau : A Photographer's Lifeby Peter HamiltonISBN 0789200201 (0-7892-0020-1)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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Rue Ordener, Rue Labatby Sarah KofmanISBN 0803277806 (0-8032-7780-6)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rue Ordener, Rue Labat'Book summary:Rue Ordener, Rue Labat is a moving memoir by the distinguished French philosopher Sarah Kofman. It opens with the horrifying moment in July 1942 when the authors father, the rabbi of a small synagogue, was dragged by police from the family home on Rue Ordener in Paris, then transported to Auschwitz the place, writes Kofman, where no eternal rest would or could ever be granted. It ends in the mid-1950s, when Kofman enrolled at the Sorbonne.[via]The book is as eloquent as it is forthright. Kofman recalls her father and family in the years before the war, then turns to the terrors and confusions of her own childhood in Paris during the German occupation. Not long after her fathers disappearance, Kofman and her mother took refuge in the apartment of a Christian woman on Rue Labat, where they remained until the Liberation. This bold woman, whom Kofman called Mémé, undoubtedly saved the young girl and her mother from the death camps. But Kofmans close attachment to Mémé also resulted in a rupture between mother and child that was never to be fully healed.
This slender volume is distinguished by the authors clear prose, the carefully recounted horrors of her childhood, and the uncommon poise that came to her only with the passage of many years.
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby Emmuska OrczyISBN 0755111184 (0-7551-1118-4)
Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel'Book summary:The French nobility are living in terror; one by one they are sent to the guillotine. Revenge at last for the years of callousness and cruelty suffered by the people of France. There is no escape; the city walls of Paris are guarded day and night. And yet a few achieve the impossible, disappearing without a trace in Paris, only to re-emerge in the safety of England. Rumours abound of a group of young English gentleman of unparalleled daring. Under their anonymous leader they save scores of aristocrats from terrible deaths. And each time a note is put mockingly into the hands of the merciless tribunal chairman, Citoyen Tinville. On it is the stamp of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Tinville will do or pay anything to see the Englishmen dead but they seem to evade capture with almost devilish ease. But with the cunning and ruthless spy master, Chauvelin, on his trail, the Scarlet Pimpernel must make no slip for he has everything to lose. [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernel: The New Musical Adventureby Frank Wildhorn, Nan KnightonISBN 0769258476 (0-7692-5847-6)
Softcover, Alfred Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Pimpernel: The New Musical Adventure'Book summary:The songs are: Believe Into the Fire Falcon in the Dive When I Look at You The Scarlet Pimpernel Where's the Girl? The Creation of Man The Riddle They Seek Him Here Only Love She Was There Storybook You Are My Home. [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 0804900280 (0-8049-0028-0)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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The Sexual Life of Catherine M.by Catherine Millet, Adriana HunterISBN 0802139868 (0-8021-3986-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sexual Life of Catherine M.'Book summary:A publishing sensation upon its original publication in France, Catherine Millets The Sexual Life of Catherine M is one of the most sexually explicit books ever written by a woman. Ostensibly a semi-autobiographical account of the sexual life of the author, the editor of an influential Parisian art magazine, the book is a frank and detailed account of Millets development from an awkward, guilt-ridden Catholic teenager to sophisticated Parisian intellectual and enthusiastic member of the singles bars, orgies and public sex spaces of Paris.
The book has no sequential narrative. Instead, it offers a frank and extremely graphic celebration of the pursuit and gratification of sex. Millet praises the virtues of anonymous sex, admitting that "I can account for forty-nine men whose sexual organs have penetrated mine and to whom I can attribute a name or, at least, in a few cases, an identity. But I cannot put a number on those that blur into anonymity". Nevertheless, she proceeds to offer page after page of exhausting descriptions of sexual couplings in groups in houses, car parks, offices, toilets, museums--the list and the permutations are endless, as are Millets descriptions of her own sexual organs and her ability to perform oral sex. Millet wants to celebrate the personal freedom and physical pleasure that casual, anonymous sex offers a woman, but this is never fully explored beyond her assertion that "the certainty that I could have sexual relations in any situation with any willing party" was "the lungfuls of fresh air you inhale as you walk to the end of the pier". Much of the books language is equally prosaic. Ultimately, this is a book about sexual fantasy, but as Millet herself admits, "sexual fantasies are far too personal for them ever really to be shared". Millet is too busy describing the literal nuts and bolts, the grunts and bumps of (resolutely heterosexual) sex to produce eroticism on a par with her obvious models, Pauline Reages Story of O and Georges Batailles Story of the Eye, which leaves The Sexual Life of Catherine M feeling rather naughty, but strangely dated.--Jerry Brotton [via]
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Sister Brother: Gertrude and Leo Steinby Brenda WineappleISBN 0801858070 (0-8018-5807-0)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Someplace to Be Flyingby Charles De LintISBN 076530757X (0-7653-0757-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Someplace to Be Flying'Book summary:Nobody does urban fantasy better than Charles de Lint. He has a gift for creating engaging, fully realized characters, totally believable dialogue, and a feeling that magic is just around the corner.
Someplace to Be Flying is set in Newford, a town familiar to readers of de Lint. (He set two prior novels (Memory and Dream and Trader) and two anthologies (Dreams Underfoot and The Ivory and the Horn) in Newford.) One late night, as Hank drives his gypsy cab, his reliable though perilous city is transformed. He encounters the mythical "animal people," and the experience leaves him--and the reader--questioning accepted reality.
"Hank just wanted away from here. He'd sampled some hallucinogens when he was a kid and the feeling he had now was a lot like coming down from an acid high. Everything slightly askew, illogical things that somehow made sense, everything too sharp and clear when you looked at it but fading fast in your peripheral vision, blurred, like it didn't really exist." Fans of Emma Bull and Terri Windling (as both an editor and an author) will enjoy de Lint. He can make you believe "as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Nona Vero [via]
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St. Thomas Aquinasby G. K. ChestertonISBN 0755100255 (0-7551-0025-5)
Hardcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated
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Suzy Gershman's Born To Shop France: The Ultimate Guide for Travelers Who Love to Shopby Suzy GershmanISBN 0764556916 (0-7645-5691-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Tears of the Giraffeby R. A. McCall Smith, Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0748662731 (0-7486-6273-1)
Softcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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That Summer in Parisby Callaghan MorleyISBN 0771592701 (0-7715-9270-1)
Softcover, Macmillan of Canada
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Treasures of the Louvreby Michel LaclotteISBN 0789204061 (0-7892-0406-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasures of the Louvre'Book summary:This volume offers a grand tour of one of the world's greatest museums, featuring masterpieces dating from ancient civilizations to the 19th century. Two hundred years ago, the doors of hte Louvre opened to the public for the very first time. The palace of the French Kings had been transformed into a museum that today stretches over an enormous area right in the heart of Paris. The royal collections first assembled by Francis I in the 16th century were later transferred to the Louvre palace, and this prestigious core was further enriched with artistic treasures during the Revolutionary period. The collections have been growing ever since, and today are divided into seven departments. Oriental Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities and Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities illustrate the art and culture of the ancient Near East, Middle East and Mediterranean countries. The other four so-called "modern" departments - painting, sculpture, decorative arts and drawing - span Western art from the height of the Middle Ages to the mid-19th century. With over 400 superb reproductions, this comprehensive guide book highlights the extraordinary range of artistic traditions that have gradually found their place in the Louvre. [via]
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Under the Roofs of Parisby Henry MillerISBN 0802131832 (0-8021-3183-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Unofficial Guide to Parisby David ApplefieldISBN 0764595385 (0-7645-9538-5)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Vive La Parisby Esme Raji CodellISBN 0786851244 (0-7868-5124-4)
Hardcover, Disney Pr
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Centuryby Thomas L. FriedmanISBN 078627722X (0-7862-7722-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The groundbreaking new book by Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman is a timely and essential update on globalization, its successes and discontents, powerfully illuminated by one of our most respected journalists. [via]
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World of the Paris Cafe: Sociability Among the French Working Class, 1789-1914by W. Scott HaineISBN 0801860709 (0-8018-6070-9)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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