Shaped by emperors, architects & artists, Paris is a city of splendour, elegance, & romance; cosmopolitan & colourful, its streets pulse with life. This sumptuously illustrated book celebrates its glory on the Grands Boulevards & Champs Elysees, & captures its cultural heartbeat in the artists` quarter of Montmartre & the Quartier Latin on the Left Bank. To discover Paris is also to experience the finer things in life. The Paris Book dips into superb museums & galleries; visits opulent theatres, grand restaurants & bohemian cafes; browses the city`s flea markets, bookshops & chic boutiques; & cruises along the Seine. As Hemingway said, Paris is ”a moveable feast”. ...

An elegant, atmospheric literary puzzle thriller that will delight equally fans of crime fiction & literary thrillers Introducing! the Twelve Detectives. The greatest sleuths in the world, gathered together for the first time at the 1889 World`s Fair in Paris. See! the wonderful new work of engineering genius by Mr Gustave Eiffel! Marvel at Buffalo Bill`s world-famous Wild West show! Witness the savage tribes of France`s colonies gathered here for the first time! But Beware! a killer is at large who will test the genius of the Twelve to their limits. Secret societies, strange puzzles & seemingly impossible crimes await within these pages! The Paris Enigma. A classic mystery with a modern solution. ...

In The Paris Gourmet, Trish Deseine serves up a definitive guide to French cuisine, divulging her secrets on all aspects of Gallic food & entertaining. Her extensive black book of foodie addresses in Paris & online is an essential resource for stocking your kitchen with indispensible cooking utensils & table trimmings, procuring the best ingredients, or dining at her most treasured restaurants. Her practical advice covers everything from selecting produce at the market to a sampling of her favorite French recipes. Trish distills tips gleaned over two decades of living in France into lists of rules on all aspects of enjoying food & entertaining tips from hosting a great cocktail party to being the perfect guest. A glossary of French cookery terms completes this handsome book that features a leatherette binding & ribbon page marker. Trish has become one of Frances most celebrated food writers thanks to her unpretentious approach to food. This accessible book provides all the information you need to delight in French culinary traditions in the style of Patricia Wells` seminal Food Lovers Guide to Paris & to host like a true Parisienne. ...

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love & happiness, until she meets Ernest Hemingway. After a whirlwind courtship & wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they soon fall in with a circle of lively & volatile expatriates, including F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald & Ezra Pound. Ernest & Hadley are thrust into a life of artistic ambition, hard liquor & spur-of-the-moment dashes to Pamplona, the Riviera & the Swiss Alps. But Jazz Age Paris does not lend itself to family life & fidelity. As Hadley struggles with jealousy & self-doubt, Ernest's ferocious literary endeavours begin to bear fruit, & the couple faces the ultimate crisis of their marriage
- a deception that will lead to the unravelling of everything they made for themselves in Paris, their 'great good place'.
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Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love & happiness, until she meets Ernest Hemingway. After a whirlwind courtship & wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they soon fall in with a circle of lively & volatile expatriates, including F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald & Ezra Pound. Ernest & Hadley are thrust into a life of artistic ambition, hard liquor & spur-of-the-moment dashes to Pamplona, the Riviera & the Swiss Alps. But Jazz Age Paris does not lend itself to family life & fidelity. As Hadley struggles with jealousy & self-doubt, Ernest`s ferocious literary endeavours begin to bear fruit, & the couple faces the ultimate crisis of their marriage
- a deception that will lead to the unravelling of everything they made for themselves in Paris, their `great good place`.
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Imogen Robertson`s break-out novel
- a deep, dark & opulent tale of Belle Epoque Paris, & the secrets & dangers hidden beneath
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An atlas old English PARISHES for the general user, local historians & genealogists. Using desktop publishing & high capacity memory personal computers the 19th Century Ordnance Survey 6-Inch County series maps have been traced over at 16.8mm (0.6619 inch) to 1 mile with readable text, combined with information from tithe maps & other sources. This is seven-year, solo, labour of love project by T.C.H. Cockin contains all 39 counties of Engl&, with consideration to the possibility panels can make wall charts or fold-outs for separate publication. ...

Follow the cheeky parrot Tico Tango, as he creates chaos throughout the rainforest stealing fruits from all the other forest dwellers. But parrot Tico Tango learns his lesson, when greed finally gets the better of him, & he takes on more than he can carry! ...

This work is revised & updated to include the story of the New Acropolis Museum, the controversies that have surrounded it, & whether it makes a difference to the ` Elgin Marble debate`. As so often with the Parthenon, there are all kinds of surprises. The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world`s most famous images. Its `looted` Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? In a revised & updated edition, Mary Beard, award winning writer, reviewer & leading Cambridge classicist, tells the history & explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness of ancient Athens. ...

A radical new interpretation of the meaning & purposes of one of the world`s most iconic buildings. For more than two millennia, the Parthenon has been revered as the symbol of Western culture & its highest ideals. It was understood to honour the city-state`s patron deity, Athena, & its sculptures to depict a civic celebration in the birthplace of democracy. But through a close reading of a lost play by Euripides, Joan Connelly has developed a theory that has sparked fierce controversy. Here she explains that our most basic sense of the Parthenon & the culture that built it may have been crucially mistaken. Re-creating the ancient structure, & using a breathtaking range of textual & visual evidence, she uncovers a monument glorifying human sacrifice set in a world of cult ritual quite alien to our understanding of the word ` Athenian`. ...