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Author : Julien Fouin
Release : 2001
Genre : Cooking
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 815/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Lonely Planet Paris 2001 by : Julien Fouin
Download or read book Lonely Planet Paris 2001 written by Julien Fouin. This book was released on 2001. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eating guide offers over 350 places to eat and drink to suit every budget. Each restaurant is rated for its vegetarian offerings, and there is information on the best bars to go to.
Author : Adam Gopnik
Release : 2011-09-29
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 431/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Paris to the Moon by : Adam Gopnik
Download or read book Paris to the Moon written by Adam Gopnik. This book was released on 2011-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1995, Adam Gopnik and his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York for the urbane glamour of Paris. Charmed by the beauties of the city, Gopnik set out to experience for himself the spirit and romance that has so captivated American writers throughout the Twentieth century. In the grand tradition of Stein and Hemingway, Gopnik planned to walk the paths of the Tuilleries, to enjoy philosophical discussion in cafes in short, to lead the fabled life of an American in Paris. Of course, as readers of Gopnik's beloved 'Paris Journals' in the New Yorker know, there was also the matter of raising a child and carrying on with everyday, not so fabled life. Evenings with French intellectuals precede middle-of-the night baby feedings; afternoons are filled with trips to the Musee d'Orsay and pinball games; weekday leftovers are eaten while three star chefs debate a 'culinary crisis'. With singular wit and insight, Gopnik manages to weave the magical with the mundane in a wholly delightful book.
Author : A. Potofsky
Release : 2009-10-29
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 285/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Constructing Paris in the Age of Revolution by : A. Potofsky
Download or read book Constructing Paris in the Age of Revolution written by A. Potofsky. This book was released on 2009-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the social and political history of workers and entrepreneurs engaged in constructing the French capital from 1763-1815, this book argues that Paris construction was a core sector in which 'archaic' and 'innovative' practices were symbiotically used by guilds, the state, and enterprises to launch the commercial revolution in France.
Author : Mary McAuliffe
Release : 2023-05-15
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 344/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Paris by : Mary McAuliffe
Download or read book Paris written by Mary McAuliffe. This book was released on 2023-05-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow in the footsteps of history to discover the hidden places, extraordinary people, and captivating stories of Paris. Paris: Secret Gardens, Hidden Places, and Stories of the City of Light, Mary McAuliffe’s multilayered exploration of Paris, weaves a narrative that takes the reader into secret and hidden places, even in the midst of the most well-known Paris destinations. McAuliffe’s hidden places can be small but are always revealing, whether a bas-relief on an ignored corner of Notre-Dame or an overlooked courtyard inside an ancient and busy hospital. She takes the reader below the streets and sidewalks of Paris to discover ancient aqueducts and a lost river, and she prompts the reader to notice overlooked treasures in the most trafficked of museums. Always, McAuliffe’s focus is on people and their stories. Evil queens, designing noblemen, bold chevaliers, and desperate lovers mingle with Resistance fighters and obsessed artists rising out of abject poverty into unexpected fame and fortune, adding to the tidal wave of creativity that is the lifeblood of the City of Light. One person, place, and story lead to another, each linked by a common thread within the layered richness of Paris’s past. The story of Paris is not a chronology but an exploration of the many layers of this remarkable city throughout the ages.
Author : Allan Mitchell
Release : 2010-05
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 862/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Nazi Paris by : Allan Mitchell
Download or read book Nazi Paris written by Allan Mitchell. This book was released on 2010-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basing his extensive research into hitherto unexploited archival documentation on both sides of the Rhine, Allan Mitchell has uncovered the inner workings of the German military regime from the Wehrmacht’s triumphal entry into Paris in June 1940 to its ignominious withdrawal in August 1944. Although mindful of the French experience and the fundamental issue of collaboration, the author concentrates on the complex problems of occupying a foreign territory after a surprisingly swift conquest. By exploring in detail such topics as the regulation of public comportment, economic policy, forced labor, culture and propaganda, police activity, persecution and deportation of Jews, assassinations, executions, and torture, this study supersedes earlier attempts to investigate the German domination and exploitation of wartime France. In doing so, these findings provide an invaluable complement to the work of scholars who have viewed those dark years exclusively or mainly from the French perspective.
