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Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
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A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris
Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . .
When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris.
Hoping to uncover clues—and her husband—Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their...
A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris
Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . .
When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris.
Hoping to uncover clues—and her husband—Leah sets off for France with her girls. Upon their...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st Picador ed.
Language
English
Description
A self-described Francophile from when he was little, Rosecrans Baldwin always dreamed of living in Paris-drinking le café, eating les croissants, walking in les jardins-so when an opportunity presented itself to work for an advertising agency in Paris, he couldn't turn it down. Despite the fact that he had no experience in advertising. And despite the fact that he barely spoke French. After an unimaginable amount of red tape and bureaucracy, Rosecrans...
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Documents how the author fell in love and discovered the excellence of French cuisine during a life-changing lunch in Paris, recounting her decision to leave her fast-paced New York life to build a life abroad.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It all begin with this question: how much money does it take to quit your job? Despite having achieved her career goals in LA, Janice Macleod was on the verge of burnout, and she had to find an escape. So she created savings plan to buy herself two years of freedom in Europe.
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
A special audio presentation of unabridged selections personally chosen by David McCullough. The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring-and until now, untold-story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work. Most had never left home, never experienced a different culture. None had any...
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about the Paris Catacombs. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher.
Long ago, the cemeteries of Paris were overflowing with dead bodies. The solution? Dig up the bones and move them to quarries beneath the city. Now the dark tunnels are artfully lined with bones and skulls, but visitors notice more than the décor....
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - "On Friday night you stole the life of an exceptional person, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate."
On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris’s wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending a rock concert at the Bataclan Theater in Paris, in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Three days later, Leiris wrote an open letter...
On November 13, 2015, Antoine Leiris’s wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, was killed by terrorists while attending a rock concert at the Bataclan Theater in Paris, in the deadliest attack on France since World War II. Three days later, Leiris wrote an open letter...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When Myriam, a French-Moroccan lawyer, decides to return to work after having children, she and her husband look for the perfect nanny for their two young children. They never dreamed they would find Louise: a quiet, polite, devoted woman who sings to the children, cleans the family's chic apartment in Paris's upscale tenth arrondissement, stays late without complaint, and hosts enviable kiddie parties. But as the couple and the nanny become more...
11) A moveable feast
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Language
English
Description
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. It is his classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, filled with irreverent portraits of other expatriate luminaries such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Gertrude Stein; tender memories of his first wife, Hadley; and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft. It is a literary feast, brilliantly evoking the exuberant mood of Paris...
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Language
English
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The leafy Avenue de Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies, murderous secret police, amoral informers, and Vichy collaborators. Physician Sumner Jackson, who lived with his wife and young son Phillip at number 11, found himself drawn into the Liberation network of the French resistance. Number 84 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo, run by the most effective spy hunter...
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
An unforgettably romantic novel that spans four Christmases (1914-1918), Last Christmas in Paris explores the ruins of war, the strength of love, and the enduring hope of the Christmas season.
New York Times bestselling author Hazel Gaynor has joined with Heather Webb to create this unforgettably romantic novel of the Great War.
August 1914. England is at war. As Evie Elliott watches her brother, Will,
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Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"From Martin Dugard, the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Killing series with Bill O'Reilly, comes the spellbinding story of the Allied liberation of Paris from the grip of the Nazis during World War II"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Louis XVI Hotel on the rue Boissy d'Anglas just off the Faubourg St. Honore in Paris had been closed for renovations for four years. The street it was on was particularly appropriate, open only to foot traffic. It was guarded by a policeman, who would open the barrier for a car to pass carrying an important person, or guests of the exclusive hotel. Smaller than the grand 'palaces', the five-star hotels of Paris, it was a favorite among those...
Author
Language
English
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Description
A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant hip-hop slang to his bewildered father. And no one hones a finer fury in response to such modern annoyances as restaurant meals presented in ludicrous towers...
17) 2 days in Paris
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
French photographer Marion and American interior designer Jack are attempting to rekindle their relationship with romance by taking a vacation in Europe. Their trip to Venice did not really work out. They have higher hopes for Paris. But the combination of Marion's overbearing non-English speaking parents, Marion's flirtatious ex-boyfriends, and Jack's obsession with photographing every famous Parisian tombstone and his conviction that French condoms...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
©2012
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Maya, in Paris with her family for a year, lands in the middle of the mysterious La Societé's quest for immortality when the magical Cabinet of Earths chooses her as its next Keeper, promising to restore her mother's health. Includes historical notes.
20) The Paris key
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An emotionally evocative novel of an American woman in Paris set on navigating her family's secret past and unlocking her own future"--
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