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PostHeaderIcon Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.

Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.Time Was Soft There: A Paris Sojourn at Shakespeare & Co.
Wandering through Paris's Left Bank one day, poor and unemployed, Canadian reporter Jeremy Mercer ducked into a little bookstore called Shakespeare & Co. Mercer bought a book, and the staff invited him up for tea. Within weeks, he was living above the store, working for the proprietor, George Whitman, patron saint... More

PostHeaderIcon Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and IndonesiaEat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
The celebrated author of The Last American Man creates an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure and spiritual devotion. Unabridged CDs - 13 CDs, 15 hours... More

PostHeaderIcon Prince Borghese’s Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge

Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor ChallengePrince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Two women who scarcely know each other, but with a common love of exotic landscape, vintage wheels, and high adventure (one a well-heeled Pacific Heights motorcycle enthusiast, the other a Santa Cruz-based automotive journalist, car fanatic, and mother of two small children) join forces to tackle an arduous endurance rally, driving a classic car over ten thousand miles of rough and... More

PostHeaderIcon The Cat Who Went to Paris

The Cat Who Went to ParisThe Cat Who Went to Paris
"Norton is clearly a charmer, and Gethers tells his story with contagious affection....Will warm the heart of any confirmed cat-lover."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDBefore Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. Peter... More

PostHeaderIcon The Cat Who Went To Paris

The Cat Who Went To ParisThe Cat Who Went To Paris
"Norton is clearly a charmer, and Gethers tells his story with contagious affection....Will warm the heart of any confirmed cat-lover."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDBefore Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. Peter opened his heart to the Scottish... More

PostHeaderIcon The Cat Who Went to Paris

The Cat Who Went to ParisThe Cat Who Went to Paris
"Norton is clearly a charmer, and Gethers tells his story with contagious affection....Will warm the heart of any confirmed cat-lover."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDBefore Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. Peter opened his heart to... More

PostHeaderIcon The Cat Who Went to Paris

THE CAT WHO WENT TO PARISTHE CAT WHO WENT TO PARIS
THE CAT WHO WENT TO PARIS Customer Rating: (54 Reviews) 6 used Offers available from $5.00 * as of Monday March 15, 2010 12:15:00, America/Denver Product information Author: Peter Gethers Manufacturer: Publisher: Corgi Category: Book Publication Date: January 1, 1992 Format: Import Number Of Pages: 224 ISBN: 0552138371 Dewey Number: 818.5403 Amazon ASIN: Similar Products R... More

PostHeaderIcon We Won’t Budge: An African Exile in the World

We Won't Budge: An African Exile in the WorldWe Won't Budge: An African Exile in the World
Thirty years after leaving his native Mali, Manthia Diawara has a home in New York City, and more than a few acclaimed publications to his name. Still, he cannot shake the memories of his birth country-or of his first place of self-imposed exile: the heady streets of 1960s Paris. In this bittersweet memoir, Diawara recounts a year spent looking at how the... More

PostHeaderIcon Cher Pierre: Le Francais et les Francais–A Guide to Paris, Its People, and Their Language

Cher Pierre: Le Francais et les Francais--A Guide to Paris, Its People, and Their LanguageCher Pierre: Le Francais et les Francais--A Guide to Paris, Its People, and Their Language
Cher Pierre: Le Français et les Français, French and the French/A Guide to Paris, Its People, and Their Language consists of a series of letters that M. Robert Gardner wrote to his son, Peter, while visiting Paris one fall. In this memoir, Gardner chronicles his cultural and linguistic adventures on the streets of Paris, providing advice on learning to converse en français by... More

PostHeaderIcon Almost French: Love And A New Life In Paris

Almost French: Love And A New Life In ParisAlmost French: Love And A New Life In Paris
The charming true story of a spirited young woman who finds adventure--and the love of her life--in Paris. "This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan..." A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with... More

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