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• Joan DeJean’s “How Paris Became Paris” signed-copy – free book giveaway to subscribers!

  03 Mar 2014

  Subscribers, signed-copies of How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City by acclaimed author Joan DeJean. Free book…

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• Cara Black’s PI Aimée Leduc is thrust into “Murder in Pigalle” (excerpt, part two)

  27 Feb 2014

  (Part one) Murder in Pigalle by Cara Black (March 4, 2014 release by Soho Press); excerpt from Soho Press (13 minute…

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• Cara Black’s PI Aimée Leduc can’t say no to “Murder in Pigalle” (excerpt, part one)

  24 Feb 2014

  (Part two) Murder in Pigalle by Cara Black (March 4, 2014 release by Soho Press); excerpt from Soho Press (13 minute…

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• Cara Black’s “Murder in Pigalle” – free book giveaway to subscribers!

  20 Feb 2014

  Subscribers, signed-copies of Murder in Pigalle by New York Times bestseller Cara Black. Free book giveaway to two subscribers ends March…

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• Readers’ Choice – 70 books about Paris: “The Elegance of the Hedgehog”

  23 Jan 2014

  By Melissa Larson Numerous philosophical references, a suicidal twelve-year-old girl, and an autodidact disguised as an uneducated concierge: these terms…

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• French Impressions: Dr. Alan T. Marty on the dark history of the City of Light

  25 Jun 2013

  Alan T Marty, MD, author and retired cardiac surgeon, was born in 1942 in Chicago and educated at MIT and…

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• French Impressions: Harriet Welty Rochefort’s “Joie de Vivre” comes when you least expect it (part two)

  18 Jun 2013

  (Part one) Harriet Welty Rochefort‘s latest book, Joie de Vivre: Secrets of Wining, Dining, and Romancing Like the French, investigates the…

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• French Impressions: Harriet Welty Rochefort’s “Joie de Vivre” taking pleasure in the small things (part one)

  11 Jun 2013

  (Part two) Harriet Welty Rochefort grew up in Shenandoah, Iowa. She is an author, freelance journalist, speaker, former professor of…

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• French Impressions: Jackie Clark Mancuso’s ex-pat canine becomes a Parisian, or Paris-Chien!

  04 Jun 2013

  Jackie Clark Mancuso is an artist from Los Angeles. Her experiences living in Paris inspired her to write and illustrate…

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• French Impressions: Isabelle Thomas and spirit of French fashion and personal style

  21 May 2013

  (French) Isabelle Thomas is a personal stylist and personal shopper. She helps people who want to present a good image…

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