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Benton, John F. (Editor) Self And Society in Medieval France: The Memoirs Of Abbot Guibert Of Nogent paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or990752. (filed under: France ) *
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Berest, Anne; Audrey Diwan , et al. How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits 2014 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Like New. Book #or1149841. ISBN #0385538650 / 9780385538657. (filed under: France ) *
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Bidault, Georges Resistance: The Political Autobiography of Georges Bidault Praeger 1965 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1153918. (filed under: France ) *
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Blond, Georges La Grande Armee 1995 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134500. ISBN #1854092529 / 9781854092526. (filed under: France ) *
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Blond, Georges La Grande Armee 1995 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134500. ISBN #1854092529 / 9781854092526. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This 'Tour de Force' of Napoleonic study is made available in the English language for the first time since its original French publication in 1979. The author is a respected historian, and this description of one of history's most famous fighting forces is amongst his finest works. From Boulogne and Austerlitz to Spain and Moscow, and the dramatic conclusion at Waterloo, the reader is taken through the career of Napoleon's Grande Armee in thorough, well researched detail. The result is an account that, for completeness and value to a diverse audience, ranks with the best of military literature. Students of the art of war, Napoleonic strategies and tactics, European history and military action will eagerly and this volume to their library, while they and wargamers, modellers and re-enactment groups will also benefit from the appendixes which include a chronology, maps, statistics on casualties, pay and structure and other features.
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Bocca, Geoffrey Bikini Beach;: The Wicked Riviera--as It Was And Is hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1125840. (filed under: France ) *
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Braudel, Fernand and translated by Sian Reynolds The Identity Of France Volume Two: People And Production HarperCollinsPublishers 1990 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141936. ISBN #0060162120 / 9780060162122. (filed under: France ) *
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Burningham, John John Burningham's France DK CHILDREN 1998 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1101103. ISBN #0789425572 / 9780789425577. (filed under: France ) *
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Burningham, John John Burningham's France DK CHILDREN 1998 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1101103. ISBN #0789425572 / 9780789425577. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary John Burningham b. 1936 is an English author and illustrator of children's books, especially picture books for young children. Burningham won the 1963 and 1970 Kate Greenaway Medals for British children's book illustration. The first was for his debut as illustrator and author , Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers, named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal 1955-2005 . His second Greenaway Medal winner, Mr. Gumpy's Outing 1970 , is his work most widely held in World Catalog participating libraries, and it also won the annual Boston Globe-Horn Book Award U.S. in the picture books category. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator, Burningham was one of five finalists in 2012 and in 2014 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. He was the U.K. national nominee in 1980 and 1986. Burningham has contributed to more than sixty other books including Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car by Ian Fleming. He has a house in the South of France and has captured the essence of France and England in his books. In this adult picture book. Burningham makes and selects images of the lifestyle of modern France with generous wit and satiric affection. "How can you expect any kind of agreement from Frenchmen in a country where there are 270 different kinds of cheese?" asks Charles de Gaulle. Pate de foie gras, an evenomh game of boules, the Moulin Rouge, the Cannes Film Festival, April in Paris, August anywhere else ..... in this brilliantly witty book, John Burningham celebrates the nation and culture that is France.
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Carlyle, Thomas The French Revolution The Modern Library hardcover. Previous owner written name present. Dustjacket is chipped.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1158421. (filed under: France ) *
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Chapman, Guy Dreyfus Trials Academy Chicago Pub 1980 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136080. ISBN #0586081569 / 9780586081563. (filed under: France ) *
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Chapman, Guy Dreyfus Trials Academy Chicago Pub 1980 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136080. ISBN #0586081569 / 9780586081563. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Legal systems like to think of themselves as impartial and fair, dispensing the objective morality of Justice. But, from time to time, a court of law can be as political, prejudiced, and biased as any other arm of the State. The classic instance is the story of the trials of Alfred Dreyfus. In December 1894 a French military tribunal found Alfred Dreyfus guilty of high treason. Dreyfus was a Jew; the War Office was determined that at all costs the honour and good name of the Army must be upheld; and both left and right in the French Parliament used the convulsions of the case for what they believed to be their own advantage. The original verdict affected the Army, the Church, the Judiciary, and the State over the following 12 years. Even now the case provokes arguments of fierce intensity. Guy Chapman's classic exposition of the long drawn-out trials has been out of print for many years and this present thorough revision incorporates the findings of recent scholarship; it is compellingly readable and unapproachably authoritative. The questions still remain how far were the Dreyfus Trials the product of a conscious conspiracy, how far an unconscious conspiracy of silence, and how far did 'justice' prevail? Guy Chapman 1889-1972 was born in London and educated at Oxford where he trained to be a lawyer. When war was declared he joined the Royal Fusiliers and served on the Western Front, surviving a mustard gas attack. Chapman also served in World War II. Following the First World War, he worked as an editor for several publishing houses where he met his wife, writer Storm Jameson before becoming Professor of Modern History, University of Leeds, 1945-53, and later a visiting Professor, University of Pittsburgh, 1948-9. Having trained as a lawyer, Chapman's chief literary works from the 1930s onwards analyzed French political system and modern French history, and his time in war.
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Collins, Lauren When in French: Love in a Second Language 2016 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1149779. ISBN #1594206449 / 9781594206443. (filed under: France ) *
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Daley, Robert Portraits Of France 1991 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082268. ISBN #0316171859 / 9780316171854. (filed under: France ) *
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Daley, Robert Portraits Of France 1991 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1082268. ISBN #0316171859 / 9780316171854. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Publishers Weekly Freely mixing travelogue, history and offhand cultural commentary, Daley's serendipitous journey appraises France's soul. Whether he is expressing consternation at Avignon's immense Palace of the Popes, monument to medieval extravagance, or tracking the legend of bike racer Jacques Anquetil, Daley has a knack for the telling detail, the unusual observation. A few of these 19 vignettes delve into little-known events, like the building of French concentration camps in the Pyrenees during WW II. Among the indelible portraits we find those of French soldier- politican-aristocrat Lafayette, Grace Kelly, Scottish novelist Tobias Smollett inventor of the fabulous Riviera'' mystique and De Gaulle, an obscure brigadier general in 1940 worried mainly about his wife and retarded daughter. Other pieces deal with Lourdes, Bordeaux, a perfume factory in Grasse, Jules Massenet writing operas in Paris and the Sansons family, which operated the guillotine through six generations. Library Journal Popular writer Daley whips up a delightful blend of history and anecdote mixed with a little travelog to provide an intimate, refreshing look at France. Each chapter draws a revealing portrait of a place. As much as possible, I have based my descriptions on scars that can still be seen today,'' Daley writes, "scars on the national body, each one dating from some accident in its past.'' All of the familiar cities Paris, Nice, Bordeaux are here, but not sites like the Eiffel Tower and Versailles. Daley's anecdotes are fascinating. He writes about Charles Deville Wells, the man who broke the Bank of Monte Carlo,'' and a renegade cop who ran a Paris gestapo. Recommended for those who enjoy a richer form of travel writing and seek a deeper appreciation of France.
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Daley, Robert Portraits Of France 1995 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076120. ISBN #0316171816 / 9780316171816. (filed under: France ) *
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Daley, Robert Portraits Of France 1995 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1076120. ISBN #0316171816 / 9780316171816. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Publishers Weekly Freely mixing travelogue, history and offhand cultural commentary, Daley's serendipitous journey appraises France's soul. Whether he is expressing consternation at Avignon's immense Palace of the Popes, monument to medieval extravagance, or tracking the legend of bike racer Jacques Anquetil, Daley has a knack for the telling detail, the unusual observation. A few of these 19 vignettes delve into little-known events, like the building of French concentration camps in the Pyrenees during WW II. Among the indelible portraits we find those of French soldier- politican-aristocrat Lafayette, Grace Kelly, Scottish novelist Tobias Smollett inventor of the fabulous Riviera'' mystique and De Gaulle, an obscure brigadier general in 1940 worried mainly about his wife and retarded daughter. Other pieces deal with Lourdes, Bordeaux, a perfume factory in Grasse, Jules Massenet writing operas in Paris and the Sansons family, which operated the guillotine through six generations. Library Journal Popular writer Daley whips up a delightful blend of history and anecdote mixed with a little travelog to provide an intimate, refreshing look at France. Each chapter draws a revealing portrait of a place. As much as possible, I have based my descriptions on scars that can still be seen today,'' Daley writes, "scars on the national body, each one dating from some accident in its past.'' All of the familiar cities Paris, Nice, Bordeaux are here, but not sites like the Eiffel Tower and Versailles. Daley's anecdotes are fascinating. He writes about Charles Deville Wells, the man who broke the Bank of Monte Carlo,'' and a renegade cop who ran a Paris gestapo. Recommended for those who enjoy a richer form of travel writing and seek a deeper appreciation of France.
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De Beaumont, Charles D'Eon and translated and edited by Roland A. Champagne, Nina Ekstein, and Gary Kates The Maiden of Tonnerre: The Vicissitudes of the Chevalier and the Chevalier d'Eon The Johns Hopkins University Press 2001 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1156982. ISBN #0801866871 / 9780801866876. (filed under: France ) *
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Druckerman, Pamela Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers The Wisdom Of French Parenting 2012 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136724. ISBN #1594203334 / 9781594203336. (filed under: France ) *
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Druckerman, Pamela Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers The Wisdom Of French Parenting 2012 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136724. ISBN #1594203334 / 9781594203336. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play. Motherhood itself is a whole different experience in France. There's no role model, as there is in America, for the harried new mom with no life of her own. French mothers assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service of their children and that there's no need to feel guilty about this. They have an easy, calm authority with their kids that Druckerman can only envy. Of course, French parenting wouldn't be worth talking about if it produced robotic, joyless children. In fact, French kids are just as boisterous, curious, and creative as Americans. They're just far better behaved and more in command of themselves. While some American toddlers are getting Mandarin tutors and preliteracy training, French kids are- by design-toddling around and discovering the world at their own pace. With a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman-a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal -sets out to learn the secrets to raising a society of good little sleepers, gourmet eaters, and reasonably relaxed parents. She discovers that French parents are extremely strict about some things and strikingly permissive about others. And she realizes that to be a different kind of parent, you don't just need a different parenting philosophy. You need a very different view of what a child actually is. While finding her own firm non , Druckerman discovers that children-including her own-are capable of feats she'd never imagined.
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Dutton, Ralph; Holden, Lord Land Of France hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1056199. (filed under: France ) *
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Elliott, Grace Dalrymple Journal Of My Life During The French Revolution hardcover. some wear to slipcase. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088856. (filed under: France ) *
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Erickson, Carolly Josephine: A Life of the Empress St Martins Press 1999 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1148609. ISBN #0312200013 / 9780312200015. (keywords: JOSEPHINE CONSORT NAPOLEON I 1763) (filed under: France ) *
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Erickson, Carolly To The Scaffold: The Life Of Marie Antoinette 1991 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136227. ISBN #0688073018 / 9780688073015. (filed under: France ) *
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Erickson, Carolly To The Scaffold: The Life Of Marie Antoinette 1991 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1136227. ISBN #0688073018 / 9780688073015. (filed under: France ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary One of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette represents the extravagance and the decadence of pre-Revolution France. Yet there was an innocence about Antoinette, thrust as a child into the chillingly formal French court. Married to the maladroit, ill-mannered Dauphin, Antoinette found pleasure in costly entertainments and garments. She spent lavishly while her overtaxed and increasingly hostile subjects blamed her for France's plight. In time Antoinette matured into a courageous Queen, and when their enemies finally closed in, Antoinette followed her inept husband to the guillotine in one last act of bravery. In To the Scaffold , Carolly Erickson provides an estimation of a lost Queen that is psychologically acute, richly detailed, and deeply moving.
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