Fans of Paris, as well as those who only dream of visiting this magical city, will delight in rediscovering its streets, buildings, bridges, cafes and gardens through the eyes of the photographers Tina and Horst Herzig. Already well established in the fields of travel and journalistic photography, the Herzigs pictures draw attention to the marvellous clash of old and new in Paris: its architecture, its people, and its history. These wonderfully refreshing glimpses of Paris render the city more beautiful, varied, and delightful than our fondest memories, or our wildest dreams
"Paris is still this monstrous miracle, this collection of movements, machines and thoughts that arouse nothing but amazement, the city of a hundred thousand novels, the head of the world.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Edward Rutherfurd, the grand master of the historical novel, comes a dazzling epic about the magnificent city of Paris.
In the eighteenth century, Laurence Sterne explores the temptations of the French capital in a teasing study of foreign mores and Restif de la Bretonne provides an eye-witness account of the Revolution.
"In this delectable sequel to The Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux, a chef on the rise fuels her passion for cooking while enduring the hardest challenge she's ever faced: She's lost her sense of taste.
Charming, haunting, and triumphant, Paris by the Book follows one woman's journey as she writes her own story, exploring the power of family and the magic that hides within the pages of a book.
Just as the city has served as inspiration to generations of artists, this book will stir readers to make.
Bored by his rural life in the savannah, a lion seeks excitement and opportunity in the City of Light, where he is surprised that even his roaring does not cause a stir while visiting Montmartre, the Eiffel Tower and the busy underground ...
As I mentioned on this page, the word brasserie means “brewery” and refers to beer taverns set up by the Alsatian diaspora who fled to Paris after Alsace was annexed by Germany in 1870. Up until the twentieth century, ...
Legendary photographer Elliott Erwitt captures the enchantments of Paris -- both the intimate details of daily life and the grand vistas -- with an eye that's witty, detached, and anti-romantic.
Timeless in content, Paris in Bloom is a book for Paris lovers to savor again and again, one to keep on the nightstand to conjure fond memories of their first visit and inspire dreams of the next.