Paris on Air
Author Oliver Gee Back Cover “Join award-winning podcaster Oliver Gee on this laugh-out-loud journey through the streets of Paris. He tells of how five years in France have taught him how to order cheese, make a Parisian person smile, and convince anyone you can fake French (even if, like Oliver, you speak the language like…
The New Parisienne: The Women and Ideas Shaping Paris
Author Lindsey Tramuta Back Cover “In a follow-up to the popular The New Paris, Lindsey Tramuta explores the impact that the women of Paris have had on the rapidly evolving culture of their city. The New Parisienne focuses on one of the city’s most prominent features, its women. Lifting the veil on the mythologized Parisian woman—white,…
A Home for Unwanted Girls
Author Joanna Goodman Back Cover “In 1950s Quebec, the French and English tolerate each other with precarious civility—much like Maggie Hughes’s parents. Maggie’s English-speaking father has ambitions for his daughter that don’t include marriage to the poor French boy, Gabriel Phénix, on the neighboring farm. But Maggie’s heart is captured by Gabriel. When she becomes…
Le Tour de la France par Deux Enfants
Author G. Bruno/Augustine Fouillée Back Cover “Au lendemain de la guerre de 1870, deux enfants, André et Julien, parcourent la France. Sur les pas de ces deux jeunes Lorrains patriotes, le lecteur découvre la vie des métiers et les nouvelles techniques de la première révolution industrielle. Un témoignage extraordinaire sur une époque, à travers «…
One More Croissant for the Road
Author Felicity Cloake Back Cover “The nation’s ‘taster in chief’ cycles 3,500km across France in search of the definitive versions of classic French dishes.One of the chief pleasures of cycling, apart from the thrill of freedom it gives you, is stopping for lunch, so ravenous you inhale the bread basket before they’ve even had time…
The New Paris
Author Lindsey Tramuta Back Cover “The city long-adored for its medieval beauty, old-timey brasseries, and corner cafés has even more to offer today. In the last few years, a flood of new ideas and creative locals has infused a once-static, traditional city with a new open-minded sensibility and energy. Journalist Lindsey Tramuta offers detailed insight…
Giovanni’s Room
Author James Baldwin Back Cover “Baldwin’s haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional…
What the French
Author Oliver Magny Back Cover “In France, the simple act of eating bread is an exercise in creative problem solving and attempting to spell requires a degree of masochism. But that’s just how the French like it—and in WTF, Olivier Magny reveals the France only the French know. From the latest trends in baby names, to…
The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed
Author Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau Back Cover “Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow spent a decade traveling back and forth to Paris as well as living there. Yet one important lesson never seemed to sink in: how to communicate comfortably with the French, even when you speak their language. In The Bonjour Effect Jean-Benoît and Julie chronicle…
Flirting with French: How a Language Charmed Me, Seduced Me, and Nearly Broke My Heart
Author William Alexander Back Cover “William Alexander is more than a Francophile. He wants to be French. There’s one small obstacle though: he doesn’t speak la langue française. In Flirting with French, Alexander sets out to conquer the language he loves. But will it love him back? Alexander eats, breathes, and sleeps French (even conjugating in his dreams). He travels to…
Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass
Author Natalie MacLean: an accredited sommelier and Canadian journalist Back Cover ” Award-winning writer Natalie MacLean’s engaging wit, investigative curiosity, and sharp eye for the zany obsessiveness of wine lovers has made her online wine newsletter Nat Decants one of the most popular in North America. In Red, White, and Drunk all Over, her first…
Le Piano Oriental
Author Zeina Abirached Back Cover Cette bande dessinée est inspirée de la vie de son grand-père qui est inventeur d’un nouvel instrument de musique – le piano oriental! Il a créé un piano qui joue de la musique occidentale et orientale dans le Beyrouth des années 1960. La métaphore du piano est amusante et touchante…
The Margot Affair
Author Sanaë Lemoine Back Cover “Margot Louve is a secret: the child of a longstanding affair between an influential French politician with presidential ambitions and a prominent stage actress. This hidden family exists in stolen moments in a small Parisian apartment on the Left Bank. It is a house of cards taht Margot – fueled…
Bonjour Tristesse
Author Françoise Sagan Back Cover L’héroïne, Cécile, une adolescente de 17 ans, passe l’été dans une villa magnifique abord de la Méditerranée. Elle découvre l’amour, les baisers, et les rendez-vous avec un voisin en même temps que son père décide entre deux maîtresse. Ils s’amusent bien jusqu’à la tragédie qui les force à rendre compte…
Présentes – Ville, médias, politique… Quelle place pour les femmes ?
Author Lauren Bastide Back Cover “Être visibles. Marcher dans la rue sans peur. Exprimer haut et fort nos opinions. C’est ce que la société interdit aux femmes et aux minorités. Et c’est le programme de ce livre.Messieurs qui tenez les manettes, si vous voulez régler le problème, les chercheuses et militantes féministes ont fait le…
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