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Eyewitness Guide Paris  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES
Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. Featuring well chosen literary excerpts and a detailed synopsis of the city's attractions. (FRN02, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Paris
Paris to the Moon  •  Adam Gopnik
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 338 PAGES
Gopnik writes with candor and humor about Parisian ways in this charming collection of reflections on adapting to life abroad. The chapter on French medicine and the birth of the Gopniks' new baby alone is worth the price of this book. Other noteworthy essays cover Deux Magots and Le Flore (A Tale of Two Cafes) and cross-cultural encounters (Trouble at the Tower). (FRN208, $16.00)		   Paris to the Moon
Paris in Mind  •  Jennifer Lee
ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
With selections spanning 300 years, this wonderful anthology reflects America's long connection to Paris and the French. The 30 American writers tapped include Benjamin Franklin, Ernest Hemingway and David Sedaris. (FRN412, $15.00)		   Paris in Mind
Paris Map  •  Borch Maps
2011 •  MAP
A sturdy laminated map of the city center at a scale of 1:12,000 and all of Paris at a scale of 1:15,000. Two Sides. 20x26 inches. (FRN400, $8.95)		   Paris Map



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Blue Guide Paris  •  Delia Gray-Durant  •  Ian Robertson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Compact and authoritative, this eleventh edition of the art-focused guide includes plenty of color photographs and a section of practical information, in addition to the usual maps and detailed floor plans. (FRN145, $29.95)
 		  
French or Foe?  •  Polly Platt   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN  •  With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes. (FRN54, $16.95)
 		  
Frommer's Paris Day by Day  •  Frommer's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact yet remarkably thorough guide, ideal for a short visit, includes recommendations for everything from food to shopping. With a separate fold-out map of the city center and suggested itineraries for visits of one to three days. (FRN603, $12.99)
 		  
Hungry For Paris, The Ultimate Guide to the City's 102 Best Restaurants  •  Alexander Lobrano   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An American in Paris since 1986, European correspondent for Gourmet and editor of Zagat's Paris, Lobrano brings a journalist's savvy and a food lover's insight to this enchanting guide to 100 places to eat, enlivened by color photographs and charming essays on French food and dining. (FRN985, $17.00)
 		  
Lonely Planet French Phrasebook  •  Marie-Helene Girard  •  Anny Monet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)
 		  
Paris, The Collected Traveler  •  Barrie Kerper   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Barrie Kerper's mad bibliophile's guide to the sites, history, food and culture of Paris collects an astonishing range of excerpts, essays and writing on the City of Light, each annotated and with accompanying practical information. (FRN397, $19.00)
 		  
Parisian Chic, A Style Guide  •  Ines de la Fressange   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Icon of chic and quintessential Parisienne, Ines de la Fressange includes her favorite offbeat museums, shops, salons and spas, restaurants, cafes and hotels in this charming guide, jammed with photographs, drawings and hand-written lists. (FRN984, $29.95)
 		  
The Authentic Bistros of Paris  •  Francois Thomazeau  •  Sylvain Ageorges  •  Anna Moschovakis   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Take along this handy guide to 50 traditional eateries, many tucked away on hidden streets. With photographs, history and practical notes. (FRN576, $16.95)
 		  
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, A Pedestrian in Paris  •  John Baxter   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Australian critic and writer Baxter draws on his second career as a literary tour guide in his adopted city for this witty memoir, laced with terrific tales. (FRN979, $14.99)
 		  
The Food of France  •  Waverly Root   • FOOD  •  An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, the book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace) and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of Paris  •  Robert Coles   • HISTORY  •  A fast-moving, short survey of French history with a focus on Paris from its foundation, through the heady days of revolution and up to modern times. (FRN426, $14.95)
 		  
Eiffel's Tower  •  Jill Jonnes   • HISTORY  •  Jones captures the thrill of the modern in this sprightly tale of the tower, the 1889 World's fair that inspired it -- and the cast of characters who gathered in Paris for the ocassion, including Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the artists Gauguin, Van Gogh and Whistler. (FRN987, $16.00)
 		  
Paris from the Ground Up  •  James H. S. McGregor   • HISTORY  •  A wonderfully erudite, in-depth guide to the architecture, monuments and history of Paris. With 105 color and 30 black-and-white photographs and 10 maps. (FRN796, $29.95)
 		  
Paris, I Love You but You're Bringing Me Down  •  Rosecrans Baldwin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN APRIL  •  A take on living in Paris by a young American novelist. (FRA01, $26.00)
 		  
Paris, The Biography of a City  •  Colin Jones   • HISTORY  •  Jones writes with obvious affection in this entertaining, ambitious history of Paris, its architecture, culture and politics, from the late Stone Age to Jacques Chirac. (FRN502, $18.00)
 		  
Parisians, An Adventure History of Paris  •  Graham Robb   • HISTORY  •  Beginning at the dawn of the French Revolution and continuing, in its own charming, haphazard way to the present, Robb's paean to the City of Light (he's clearly in love) takes in the history of Paris through the stories of Marie Antoinette, Sartre and Simon Beauvoir, Napoleon, Zola, Proust and others, renowned and heretofore unknown. (FRN888, $17.95)
 		  
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong  •  Jean-Benoit Nadeau  •  Julie Barlow   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This lively, astute examination by two Canadian journalists tackles the contradictions and complexities of the French character, paying particular attention to the question of why the French resist globalization. (FRN755, $16.95)
 		  
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France  •  Ina Caro   • HISTORY • BEST SELLER  •  Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history. (FRN03, $17.00)
 		  
Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)
 		  
The Judgment of Paris, The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism  •  Ross King   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  King's lovingly researched and lucid cultural history of French art and society in the 1860s places the impressionists at the center of a revolution in philosophy and taste. (FRN575, $17.00)
 		  
A Moveable Feast  •  Ernest Hemingway   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A treasure for anyone interested in Parisian cafe society and its luminaries circa 1925. Hemingway includes sharp portraits of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Maddox Ford and others who idled on their way to greatness. (FRN26, $15.00)
 		  
Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris  •  A.J. Liebling   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  Liebling captures with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine. (FRN32, $15.00)
 		  
Paris to the Past, Traveling Through French History by Train  •  Ina Caro   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The infectiously enthusiastic Ina Caro, biographer husband Bob in tow, charts 25 day trips from Paris in this marvelously conceived history and guide. From the splendor of Chartres, wonders of Sainte-Chapelle and elegant Place de la Concorde, Caro enchants. (FRN953, $27.95)
 		  
Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light  •  David Downie   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Downie's irreverent ode to his adopted home takes the form of 31 short sketches on the history, people and places of Paris. (FRN522, $15.00)
 		  
Renoir, My Father  •  Jean Renoir   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Originally published in 1958, the great filmmaker's portrait of his father remains the standard biography of the Impressionist master -- personable, informative and affectionate. With 12 color plates. (ART10, $18.95)
 		  
The Secret Life of the Seine  •  Mort Rosenblum   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  After losing his Paris apartment, Rosenblum, a born storyteller, takes to a houseboat moored on the Seine. The result is this entertaining tour of the places and people he encounters during his explorations along the river. (FRN48, $17.50)
 		  
Murder in the Latin Quarter  •  Cara Black   • MYSTERY  •  The ninth installment in Black's series featuring "adorably punkish" detective Aimee Leduc, who gets around on a pink Vespa. This time, Aimee's investigations lead her through the old university district of Paris -- its colorful streets, schools, museums, cafes and bookstores providing a vivid backdrop to the suspense. (FRN772, $14.00)
 		  
Paris Stories  •  Mavis Gallant  •  Michael Ondaatje   • LITERATURE  •  All written in Paris (where Gallant has long lived), these magnificent stories take place from the Left Bank to the French Riviera, postwar Germany and Franco-era Spain. If you haven't read her work (many of the stories originally appeared in the New Yorker), you are in for a treat. Gallant is one of the great 20th century short story writers. (FRN373, $15.95)
 		  
The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris  •  Edmund White   • LITERATURE  •  The gifted novelist reveals his favorite haunts in this glittering portrait of Paris and its pleasures, taking in neighborhoods, bookshops and boutiques, monuments and palaces, eateries and, naturally, the history behind it all. (FRN259, $12.99)
 		  
 
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