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Mavis Gallant is an undisputed master of the short story whose peerless prose captures the range of human experience while evoking time and place with unequaled skill. This new selection of Gallant's stories, edited by best-selling author Michael Ondaatje, gathers the best of her many stories set in Paris, where Gallant has long lived. Here she writes of expatriates and locals, exile and homecoming, and of the illusions of youth and age, offering a kaleidoscopic impression of the world within a world that is Paris.

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"A fiery explosion in the dark of night shatters one of the laboratory buildings in Paris's esteemed Pasteur Institute. Among the dead is Emile Chambord, one of the leaders in the global race to create a molecular - or DNA - computer. Unfortunately, Professor Chambord kept the details of this work secret, and his notes were apparently destroyed in either the bomb blast or the raging fire that followed." "The scientific community does not expect a workable DNA computer to be developed for years. But suddenly U.S. fighter jets disappear from radar screens for five full minutes, and there's no explanation. Utilities across the Western states cease functioning, and all telecommunications abruptly stop, with devastating consequences. This is not the work of a clever hacker, although Washington, worried about a panic, assures the public it is. Only the enormous power and speed of a DNA computer could have caused such havoc." Under the cover of visiting his friend Marty Zellerbach, who was severely injured when the Pasteur lab was destroyed, Covert-One agent Jon Smith flies to Paris to search for the connection between the Pasteur explosion and the forces now wielding the computer. Following the trail that leads him across two continents, Smith uncovers a web of deception that threatens to wreak havoc and forever reshape the world.

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About Patricia Wells and The Food Lover's Guide to Paris.

An intrepid culinary explorer and leading authority on French cuisine, Patricia Wells can be counted on to ferret out wonderful unknown gems and to offer the most thorough and reliable information on the famous gastronomic destinations. She's the author of several award-winning cookbooks that explore the cooking of France from haute cuisine to simple bistro food to home cooking Provencal style, but for anyone who longs to experience the food of France at its source, her two guide books, The Food Lover's Guide to France and The Food Lover's Guide to Paris, are indispensible.

Wells has just released the fully revised and updated fourth edition of The Food Lover's Guide to Paris, for which she revisited the more than 450 restaurants, bistros, cafes, markets, and specialty food shopslisted.She dropped those that had declined in quality since her last visit and added more than 100 wonderful new places. To her amazement, Wells testified, "prices were actually lower in many places than they were at the time of the last update in 1993." Still included - and more essential than ever - are the detailed French/English food glossary and the indices of restaurants organized by price range and by special features like outdoor seating or service on Sunday. Also unchanged is Wells's ability to bring the reader into the the heart of this food lover's paradise through her wonderful anecdotes, historical notes, and insider's advice. The book contains several dozen recipes, but look for more in a forthcoming book that Wells expects to publish next fall, a Paris cookbook that will offer what she calls "a modern history of Parisian cooking" with recipes that have been gathered at the markets, inspired by special dishes at food shops, learned in chef's kitchens, and collected over Wells's 25 years as a Parisian.

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For more than ten years, Suzy Gershman has been leading savvy shoppers to the world's best finds. Now Born to Shop Paris is easier to use and packed with more up-to-date listings than ever before.

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This guidebook describes one hundred select restaurants and gourmet shops that have delighted Parisians themselves for more than a century, places where the vanished world of 19th-century Paris - and all its romance, history, and beauty - still exists. Crossing these thresholds, the discriminating diner and shopper can step into a gilded Belle Epoque setting favored by Degas, a vintage confectioner that supplied bonbons to Monet, a shaded cafe terrace frequented by Zola. With this guidebook in hand, Hemingway fans can sit at Brasserie Lipp and order the exact meal he described in A Moveable Feast - all items are still on the menu today. From tiny patisseries, cozy bistros and rustic wine bars barely known outside the quarter to bustling brasseries, elegant tea salons, and world famous cafes, The Historic Restaurants of Paris is an indispensible guide to classic cuisine served in settings of startling beauty. Text includes charming anecdotes relating to each restaurant's history and celebrated former patrons.

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Gourmet's food editors travel to Paris to taste, learn, and be inspired to create recipes for this edition's Cuisines of the World section. But first they offer three menus once served in the Parisian homes of expatriates Picasso, Brancusi, and Man Ray during the 1900s. The focus then shifts to Paris at the turn of the twenty-first century, with a cutting-edge Gourmet menu and dozens of new recipes. The Menu Collection offers several additional choices: an Intimate Valentine's Day Dinner, a Springtime Dinner in County Cork, and an Open-House Vegetarian Feast, among others. This newest collection features 32 menus, more than 350 recipes, and 100 page of full-color photographs.

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Harriet Welty Rochefort writes from the wise perspective of one who has spent more than twenty years living among the French. From a small town in Iowa to the City of Light, Harriet has done what so many dream of one day doing - she picked up and moved to France.. "In French Toast, she shares her hard-earned wisdom and does as much as one woman can to demystify the French. She makes sense of their ever-so-French thoughts on food, money, sex, love, marriage, manners, schools, style, and much more. She investigates such delicate matters as how to eat asparagus, how to approach Parisian women, how to speak to merchants, how to drive, and, most important, how to make a seven-course meal in a silk blouse without an apron! Harriet's first-person account offers both a helpful reality check and a lot of very funny moments.

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The Barnes & Noble Review

On leave from her job as a TV reporter, Aussie journalist Sarah Turnbull was freelancing in Bucharest when she met Frederic, a charming French lawyer with impeccable manners and dreamy eyes. Acting on mutual attraction, he invited her to visit him in Paris, and she accepted. Four months later, she returned to stay. Almost French is her delightful account of how this chance encounter led to true love and a new life in the City of Light.

Turnbull's sprightly spin on the expat experience includes vivid descriptions of her head-on collisions with Gallic culture. She learns the hard way that French is a language fraught with subtle nuances, perilous pitfalls, and potentially mortifying double entendres. Her first cocktail party is an unmitigated disaster, as all her friendly overtures are met with cold disapproval. Considered too forward, too emancipated, too blokey for Parisian tastes, she despairs of ever fitting in. But bolstered by Frederic's loving support, she and Paris begin to grow on each other. She changes careers, learns the language, makes friends, moves to a bustling inner-city quartier, and gains some insight into the centuries-old traditions that underlie French society.

Filled with colorful anecdotes and predictably rhapsodic descriptions, this deceptively breezy little memoir sheds unexpected light on the paradoxical quirks of French character that have contributed (perhaps unfairly?) to the country's famously negative public image. For Turnbull, falling in love with Frederic was as easy as un, deux, troix. Falling in love with France took a bit more time. Anne Markowski

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William Klein always dreamed of living in Paris, like Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, and other like-minded artists and writers. In 1948, stationed by the United States Army in Paris, he stayed--and fled his family and America to become a painter. He quickly found another family and recognition for his talent. Today, one is tempted, like critic Anthony Lane, to say that he is "the American in Paris." PARIS + KLEIN gathers together hundreds of photographs shot by Klein from the time he first picked up a camera in the 1960s until he put it down, momentarily, to put together this book. In his signature color and black-and-white compositions, jostled to the brim with more information than a single camera lens was ever expected to take in, we find: men in the street, celebrities, demonstrations, fashion, the police, politics, races, the metro, soccer, death. . .The whole life of a capital seen through the lively, acidic, melancholic, humorous, irnoical, and moving eyes of William Klein.

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US Bookstores Welcome Harley, the Parisian-American Dog

Claire K. Connelly's first children's book, Harley, has just been published.

Harley is an elitist dog, whose own claim to fame is the fact that he travels to France several times a year, in his own "condo" (read: pet carrier).

On his most recent trip to Paris, Harley takes his readers on his very own tour of the French capital, and on a trip down the River Seine. He also admits to secretly desiring to be a gargoyle at Notre Dame Cathedral.

Harley keeps a journal of French words, and prides himself on his exquisite taste in foods and clothing. But watch what he winds up wearing!

A nice reading for children aged 8 to 77.

Publisher: 1st Books Library http://www.1stbooks.com

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For this smart, cheerful little book, Fodor's parent-experts have hand-picked 68 terrific things to do around Paris with a child in tow from Luxembourg Gardens to The Waxworks Museum. Written by parents who live in Paris, this book is smart about what kids like and about what parents need. It includes all the details for planning (addresses, phone numbers, admission prices, and age-appropriateness); "Hey Kids!" info boxes filled with fun facts; ideas for places to grab a bite to eat nearby; and a cool "Games" section that will keep everyone happily occupied while waiting in line.

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Moms can remember a favorite from their childhood (and even introduce it to their own children) with Eloise and Eloise: The Absolutely Essential Edition. With over two million copies sold, Kay Thompson's irresistible tale of an irrepressible young girl loose in the Plaza Hotel arrives in a brand-new reprint edition, a reprint with a complete 16-page "Eloise Scrapbook," and also a just-released edition of Eloise in Paris, unavailable for thirty-five years. Now back in print and beautifully produced, these new titles ensure Eloise will make her mark on another generation of readers.

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Paris Through the Ages

Arthur Gillette, our Architecture & History editor, commented a series of several district maps published by Parisian publishing house Media Cartes. Arthur's long experience as a UNESCO expert will come handy when you stroll in the city: pick up any one of his 9 commented maps, and take a walk with him in the footsteps of history to read Paris as it should be.

A must-have if you want to know more on your own about many remarkable Parisian monuments and places.

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From the Publisher

Introducing The Writer and the City, an occasional series in which some of the world's finest novelists reveal the secrets of the city they know best. Beautifully produced, pocket-sized books will provide exactly what is missing in ordinary travel guides.

A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through a city without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the place and in covert search of adventure, aesthetic or erotic. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for sixteen years, wanders through the streets and avenues and along the quays, into parts of Paris virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians. Entering the Marais evokes the history of Jews in France, a visit to the Haynes Grill recalls the presence-festive, troubled-of black Americans in Paris for a century and a half. Gays, Decadents, even Royalists past and present are all subjected to the flaneur's scrutiny.

The Flaneur visits bookshops and boutiques, monuments and palaces, providing gossip and background to each site, looking through the blank walls past the proud edifices to glimpse the inner, human drama. Along the way he recounts everything from the latest debates among French law-makers to the juicy details of Colette's life in the Palais Royal, even summoning up the hothouse atmosphere of Gustave Moreau's atelier.

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Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel guidebooks-and they're still the best. Since 1993, the Eyewitness brand has established itself as one of the industry leaders, with sales of more than 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Featuring more than 70 worldwide destinations, new titles are being added to the best-selling Eyewitness Travel Guides series each year. In 2003, to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK is re-launching the entire series, fully updated, and with a brand-new look.

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No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this completely up-to-date guide our experts who live in Paris give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Fodor's Paris 2003 shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.

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From B&N Editors

Frommer's guidebooks are packed with the essentials: maps, expert advice, and recommendations for the top places to eat, sleep, shop, and simply relax. Frommer's guides offer more hotel listings than most other series and also include an excellent opening chapter that highlights the best of each destination -- those absolute don't-miss experiences that will make your trip something special. Art, music, fine dining, and much more are covered in detail, with all costs, directions, and other vital information included.

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From The Critics

Library Journal
Here's the ideal book to help shopaholics max out their credit cards in high Parisian style. Clemente, professional shopper and author of The Riches of France (LJ 8/97), takes the reader on a geographic shopping tour of the city, stopping only for lunch, afternoon tea, or a leisurely spa treatment. Although Clemente includes a section on bargains and markets, the majority of shops described are expensive and chic, and many of their names (Chanel, Lacroix, Lanvin, Dior) are known around the world. Each shop and its products (fashion, chocolates, porcelain, antiques) are described in tempting detail, and Clemente includes address, phone number, opening hours, web site, and price range for most. She also recommends a number of hotels, mostly expensive and steeped in luxury, and offers useful information on shipping purchases home and reclaiming sales tax. This well-written but specialized book should be used to supplement more traditional travel guides to Paris, not to replace them. For public libraries. (Maps and index not seen.) Linda M. Kaufmann, Freel Lib., Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts, North Adams Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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Rick Steves doesn't just list where to travel in Europe, he leads travelers through the "Back Door," and reveals how to give every journey an extra, more authentic dimension. He shows travelers how to delve into European culture, make friends with the locals, and experience each region's natural wonders - economically and hassle free. Rick Steves' Paris 2003 includes the best sights and activities, friendly places to eat and sleep - heavy on character, light on the budget, suggested day plans and itineraries mixing famous sights with little-known discoveries, shopping and entertainment secrets, and special tips for exploring with kids. You'll also find details on day trips and self-guided city walks along the Champs-Elysees and through the Marais, and museum tours as well.

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For fifty years, the paris review has published writing and interviews from the world's most brilliant authors. Here to commemorate its golden anniversary is a breathtakingly diverse and illuminating anthology, with the greatest writers of the last half-century writing on the greatest subjects. It is a unique collection of stories, poetry, thoughts, and observations on the themes of modern life both great and trivial, as well as a compendium of timeless insights into how and why we embark on the processes of creativity and critical thinking. Like the masterful work of the writers included, the book inspires a dizzying range of thought and emotion, holding a mirror to the world we live in and to the reader's own hopes, dreams, fears, and joy.

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For anyone who loves Paris and the mysterious allure of old houses, this charming and informative memoir is perfect reading. In a knowledgeable, conversational style that conveys (and makes contagious) Karmel's love of his subject, A Corner in the Marais traces the architectural and social development of the City of Lights from its origins as a Roman settlement, through major redevelopments brought about by Henri IV and Baron Haussmann, to the present renovation of old neighborhoods. It begins with Alex Karmel and his French wife realizing a longstanding dream: buying an apartment in the Marais, Paris's celebrated historic district, the site of some of its oldest and most picturesque buildings. It soon becomes clear that their new home, which has witnessed six centuries of French life, offers a fresh and lively vantage point from which to view the city's history, revealing information that will surprise even the most confirmed Francophile. The book concludes with a "walking tour" of the Marais, in which the principal buildings are discussed with brisk authority. Karmel never loses sight of the fascinating human details -- whether royal feuding, commercial advantage, or family chicanery -- that have played their role in shaping Paris as we now know it. Illustrated throughout with photographs and period engravings, A Corner in the Marais is ideal reading for anyone who loves exploring the hidden byways of vieux Paris and experiencing history from a very personal viewpoint.

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From The Critics

Library Journal
Kaplan's Paris guide is as quaint as the title: it has wonderful color illustrations that make perusing a joy, and it is written in an easy-to-read style that will make readers wish they were in Paris, if they don't already. The charming presentation masks in-depth data on 30 Parisian museums, including up-to-date, accurate information such as hours and telephone numbers and a useful map. A good choice for most large travel collections.-Jennifer L.S. Moldwin, Detroit Inst. of Arts Lib.

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This guidebook pairs some of the most beloved masterpieces with the exact location where they were painted, from the balcony of the Louvre where Monet literally and figueratively turned his back on the establishment, to the intersection where Caillebotte painted his haunting street scene.

Carefully organized itineraries also included the painters' birthplaces, studios, apartments, and grave sites. An entertaining and informative text combining art history, Paris history, and anecdotes about the painters complements the full-color reproductions, 19th-century photographs, and maps.

Dining recommendations for cafes and restaurants that date from the Impressionist era round out the tours.....

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From The Critics

Francine Prose
At that moment, as revelatory as the opening of a shutter, a century faded away, Paris revealed its true face, and I comprehended some new truth about the endurance of art and the unique relation of city to cityscape. This altered focus, this sharpened awareness of time and history, this immersion in the surroundings, is why people take walking tours, with their surprises and rewards. -- Atlantic Monthly

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Francine Prose
"Paris is a moveable feast," Ernest Hemingway famously wrote, and in this captivating anthology, American writers share their pleasures, obsessions, and quibbles with the great city and its denizens. Mark Twain celebrates the unbridled energy of the Can-Can. Sylvia Beach recalls the excitement of opening Shakespeare & Company on the Rue Dupuytren. David Sedaris praises Parisians for keeping quiet at the movies. These are just a few of the writers assembled here, and each selection is as surprising and rewarding as the next. Including essays, book excerpts, letters, articles, and journal entries, this seductive collection captures the long and passionate relationship Americans have had with Paris. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, Paris in Mind is sure to be a fascinating voyage for literary travelers. Jennifer Allen * Deborah Baldwin * James Baldwin * Dave Barry * Sylvia Beach * Saul Bellow * Bricktop * Art Buchwald * T. S. Eliot * M.F.K. Fisher * Janet Flanner * Benjamin Franklin * Ernest Hemingway *Langston Hughes * Thomas Jefferson * Stanley Karnow * Patric Kuh * A. J. Liebling * Anais Nin * Grant Rosenberg * David Sedaris * Irwin Shaw *Gertrude Stein * Mark Twain * Edith Wharton * E. B. White

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Any French guide can teach you to say J'ai faim! ("I'm starving!"), but only Wicked Frenchgives you the je ne sais quoi to hold your own with the natives-argue like a vrai existentialist, cultivate an attitude.

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Preface
Do you remember when you were learning French at school and looked in vain through your dictionary for all the dirty words? Have you thought you had a reasonable command of the language, then seen a French film or gone to France only to find that you could barely understand a word? You were, of course, never taught real French by your boring teachers, who failed to give you the necessary tools of communication while stuffing the subjunctive imperfect down your throat. French argot (slang) is not just the dirty words (though, have no fear, you will find them here); it is an immensely rich language with its own words for very ordinary things, words that are in constant use. Here, then, is not an exhaustive or scholarly dictionary of argot (that would be ten times thicker) but a guide to survival in understanding everyday French as it is really spoken.

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Here the inimitable Genevieve makes further fabulous forays into French argot, and comes up with an enormous range of colorful idioms, essential for anyone who wants to speak the language as it is really spoken. As an additional treat, she also instructs in the correct use of impassioned Gallic gestures, those silent but expressive signals so beloved of the French motorist and shopkeeper. And, most important, she reveals how the French language, both spoken and visual, is a key to the spirit and character of the people who use it. With infectious humor, she exposes the Idiosyncratic attitudes that have produced so great a wealth of vivid expressions.

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