My Life in France

Reducere. Bursting with adventurous and humorous spirit, Julia Child captures post-war Paris with wonderful vividness and charm.

Reducere. When Julia Child arrived in Paris in 1948, a 'six-foot-two-inch, thirty-six-year-old, rather loud and unserious Californian, she spoke barely a few...

Reducere. In the early 1970s, Harry Mathews, then living in France, was commonly reputed to be a CIA agent--and so he decided to act the part. Part spellbind...

Reducere. The bestselling story of Julia's years in France--and the basis for Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams--in her own words. Although ...

Reducere. "I was not prone to drastic actions. I did not rush into the unknown. After fifteen years as a more or less effective lawyer, I approached decision...

For the first time in paperback, a powerful and raw glimpse behind the scenes of the Black Panther Party Making Revolution is Don Cox's revelatory,...

Following on from her hugely popular books, My Good Life in France and My Good Year in France, ex-pat Janine Marsh shares more heart-warming and en...

Reducere. DescriptionINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following the success of his #1 New York Times bestseller Make Your Bed, which has sold over one milli...

Julia Child entered the lives of millions of Americans with her bestselling cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking; her popular and long-run...

Janine Marsh recounts tales from a year in the rural idyll of France, revealing how an expat from London adapts to the changing seasons of the Fren...

Reducere. Now in paperback, a delightful collection of essays on the transformative power of reading In The Book That Changed My Life, our most admired write...

Reducere. First published in 1910, Frances C. Carrington's My Army Life and the Fort Phil Kearney Massacre recounted the author's adventures as an army wife ...

Reducere. From the bestselling illustrator of the Growing Hearts series comes a sweet and charming board book series about all the things we want to promise ...

Reducere. "Take my life, and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee. Take my moments and my days; Let them flow in ceaseless praise." Despite a lifetime battli...

Reducere. My War is a blunt, funny, idiosyncratic account of Andy Rooney's World War II. As a young, naive correspondent for The Stars and Stripes, Rooney fl...

Reducere. You Saved My Life tells the extraordinary true story of the charming Algerian con-man whose friendship with a disabled French aristocrat inspired t...

Reducere. This clever activity book is a fun-filled tool for kids to discover self-expression and awareness. It offers kids all sorts of information to nouri...

Reducere. 'I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that ...

Reducere. "My Grandfather's Gallery tells Paul Rosenberg's story in bits and pieces that construct a life and a legend through association . . . A detailed a...

For the first time in the English language, the beloved Spurs point guard opens up about his life and career in the NBA, on the international stage...

Alphonse Daudet's novels established him as the most successful writer in France by the end of the XIX century. Throughout his working life in Pari...

"Men like Benvenuto, unique in their profession, need not be subject to the law."--Pope Paul III on learning that Cellini had murdered a fellow art...

Celebrate friendship with this lyrical picture book that beautifully illustrates John Lennon and Paul McCartney's world-renowned words from "With a...

In 2012 Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider ever to win the Tour de France and the most decorated Olympian of all time. This is his stor...

Reducere. The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader. The author, having relocated his home from Pari...

DescriptionCelebrate friendship with this lyrical picture book that beautifully illustrates John Lennon and Paul McCartney's world-renowned words f...

When I look back over my long and tempestuous life, I can see that much of what happened to me--my triumphs and most of my misfortunes--was due to ...

Reducere. The 1969 film Ma Nuit chez Maud (My Night at Maud's) catapulted its shy academic film director, Eric Rohmer, born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer (1920-...

Description"Riveting...A true-life mix of James Bond, Lawrence of Arabia and 'Casablanca.'" -The Wall Street Journal The astonishing untold story o...

Reducere. SHOCKING SECRETS, LIFE-CHANGING TRUTHS AND ONE UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY . . .'One of my favourite authors' MARIAN KEYESThe stunning NUMBER ONE bestsel...

"I want to live now more than I ever did in my life but not from the selfish standpoint. This war has taught me many things and now I want to live ...

July 1918. Preparing to speak to an eager audience, 61-year-old Teddy Roosevelt receives the telegram that all parents of children who serve in war...

Reducere. The wayward life (1898-1979) of the voracious art collector and great female patron of world-famous artists.'Mrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have...

Reducere. At the age of seventeen in a last-minute twist of fate, Laura Bradbury is sent to Burgundy, France, for a year's exchange. She arrives knowing only...

Reducere. By the time of his death, Herve Guibert had become a singular literary voice on the impact of AIDS in France. He was prolific. His oeuvre contained...

Reducere. The real story of one of the rare men to pilot Concorde...From the first time Concorde took to the skies on 2 March 1969 until its final flight on ...

Reducere. On a pier in Marseille in 1942, with desperate refugees pressing to board one of the last ships to escape France before the Nazis choked off its po...

Reducere. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain that recounts the life of Joan of Arc. It is Twai...

Reducere. The Purple Palace & other Poems is the debut Poetry collection by Artist Shayna Klee. The semi-autobiographical book is divided into two parts and ...

Joseph Werlin's diary pages are full of remarkable observations of France, Germany, Russia, and America in 1928. Allowed into Moscow on a study vis...

Reducere. From the Newbery Honor and Schneider Award-winning author of The War that Saved My Life comes For Freedom, the thrilling true story of one of Franc...

Description"As gripping as it is hilarious." -- Vanity Fair "I devoured this novel . . . It just made my whole being vibrate and hum with the impos...

Reducere. Set during the chaotic years of World War II, The General's Women tells the story of the conflicted relationship between General Dwight Eisenhower ...

Reducere. Peter M. F. Sichel, a fourth-generation wine merchant, found the path he was destined to walk interrupted by the Nazis while growing up as a Jew in...

Reducere. Bronnie Ellis Stroud left Indianapolis for Bawku. There in the sahel, in the northeastern corner of the Gold Coast, now Ghana, and later along the ...

Reducere. A final novel from the beloved Irish writer, Nuala O'Faolain. Best Love, Rosie, she said, "...is the book of my years of commuting between the mela...

Reducere. ..".A treasure for those who seek to find Mary's presence, both in these astonishing appearances and in their daily lives." -- James Martin, author...

Reducere. In this new series on How to Handle My Emotions, join Charlotte and Elliot as they discover the virtues that make life better.Of all the emotions t...

Reducere. Pirani Ameena Begum Ora Ray Baker, author of these heart-moving poems, dedicated them to 'Daya', meaning 'Thou art my all'. They can be best apprec...

Reducere. "David Young's version of Petrarch will refresh our images of the West's crucial lyric poet. We are given a Petrarch in our own vernacular, with ec...

Funny, touching, and inspiring A book about really walking the Camino de Santiago Perhaps it was the onset of middle-age or just too much diet cola...

Reducere. In this long-awaited autobiography, the legendary Bill Elliott details his childhood in rural North Georgia, building cars from scratch, struggling...

DescriptionNATIONAL BESTSELLER A missing person, a grieving family, a curious clue: a half-finished manuscript set in Paris Once a week, I chase me...

This masterly volume comprises the best shorter fiction written by Just over the last 25 years. The working life, the war, politics, love affairs, ...