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  • The Most Beautiful Walk in the World

    A Pedestrian in Paris

    par John Baxter ...
    Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat in Paris provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of the city in years.In this enchanting Paris memoir, acclaimed author and long-time resident John Baxter remembers his yearlong experience of giving "literary walking tours" through the city. Baxter sets off with unsuspecting tourists in tow on the ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • French Riviera and Its Artists

    Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d'Azur

    par John Baxter ...
    Get swept up in the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera as author and filmmaker John Baxter takes readers on a whirlwind tour through the star-studded cultural history of the Côte d'Azur that's sure to delight travelers, Francophiles, and culture lovers alike.Readers will discover the dramatic lives of the legendary artists, writers, actors, and politicians who frequented the world's most ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Year in Paris

    Season by Season in the City of Light

    par John Baxter ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES "SUMMER READING" PICK!From the incomparable John Baxter, award-winning author of the bestselling The Most Beautiful Walk in the World, a sumptuous and definitive portrait of Paris through the seasons, highlighting the unique tastes, sights, and changing personality of the city in spring, summer, fall, and winter.When the common people of France revolted in 1789, one of the first ... En savoir plus

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  • The Perfect Meal

    In Search of the Lost Tastes of France

    par John Baxter ...
    John Baxter's The Perfect Meal is part grand tour of France, part history of French cuisine, taking readers on a journey to discover and savor some of the world's great cultural achievements before they disappear completely.Some of the most revered and complex elements of French cuisine are in danger of disappearing as old ways of agriculture, butchering, and cooking fade and are forgotten. In ... En savoir plus

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  • Chronicles of Old Paris

    Exploring the Historic City of Light

    par John Baxter ...
    Collections series Chronicles Series
    Discover one of the world's most fascinating and beautiful cities through 30 dramatic true stories spanning the rich history of Paris. John Baxter takes readers through 2,000 years of French history with tales of the kings, queens, saints, and sinners who shaped the city. Essays explore the major historic events from the martyrdom of Saint Denis near today's Abbesses Métro station to the epic ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Paris on Foot

    John Baxter's Insider Guide

    par John Baxter ...
    Paris is a city made for walkers. One can cross is on foot from Montmartre to Montparnasse in half a day – but why would you want to, when there are so many intriguing distractions, from cafes, restaurants and boutiques to museums, galleries, and sites associated with twenty centuries of history? In Paris on Foot, prize-winning travel author John Baxter, a thirty-five-year resident in the city, ... En savoir plus

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  • Paris at the End of the World

    The City of Light During the Great War, 1914-1918

    par John Baxter ...
    A preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to life one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in the city’s history.From 1914 through 1918 the terrifying sounds of World War I could be heard from inside the French capital. For four years, Paris lived under constant threat of destruction. And yet in its darkest hour, the City of Light blazed more brightly than ever. It’s ... En savoir plus

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  • Eating Eternity

    Food, Art and Literature in France

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    "Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour," wrote Talleyrand. That Napoleon's most gifted advisor should speak so highly of eating says much about the importance of food in French culture. From the crumbs of a madeleine dipped in tisane that inspired Marcel Proust to the vast produce market where Emile Zola set one of his finest novels, the French have ... En savoir plus

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  • Five Nights in Paris

    After Dark in the City of Light

    par John Baxter ...
    An irresistible nighttime tour of Paris, past and present, by the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the WorldEvery guidebook to Paris is crammed with sites to see during the day, but visitors are often cast adrift once the sun sets and the Louvre, Notre Dame, and other tourist attractions shut their doors. Sadly for those who have retreated into their hotel rooms, it's only when ... En savoir plus

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  • The Golden Moments of Paris

    A Guide to the Paris of the 1920s

    par John Baxter ...
    In The Golden Moments of Paris, John Baxter uncovers fascinating true stories about the characters that gave Paris its "character" in the years between World War I and World War II. Explore one of the world's most beautiful and loved cities in 26 fact-filled, humorous, and dramatic stories about the famed Années Folles—the Crazy Years—at the turn of the 20th century in Paris. Learn about Gertrude ... En savoir plus

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  • De Niro

    A Biography

    par John Baxter ...
    The life of Hollywood’s number one movie actor, the elusive Robert De Niro, who shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, written by the leading film critic and biographer of Spielberg, Kubrick, Woody Allen and George Lucas.Robert De Niro is the pre-eminent Hollywood character performer of our time: film portraits like the young Don Vito Corleone in THE GODFATHER II, Jake La Motta in RAGING ... En savoir plus

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  • Saint-Germain-des-Pres

    Paris's Rebel Quarter

    par John Baxter ...
    Collections Livre 1 - Great Parisian Neighborhoods
    From the bestselling author of The Most Beautiful Walk in the World comes this first book in an exciting new series of narrative “biographies” of Paris’s great neighborhoods, beginning with Saint-Germain-des-Pres—the city’s “rebel quarter,” for centuries a center of artistic, intellectual, and revolutionary activity and home to some of Paris’s most iconic cafes and shops.For many years, Saint ... En savoir plus

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