Stein's most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written.
The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas |
The Autobiography of Alice B. ToklasStein's most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written. |
The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne MonnierIn 1920s Paris, Adrienne Monnier provided a focal point for the writers and artists drawn to the Left Bank. Her bookstore in the Rue de l’Odeon was aptly called La Maison des Amis des Livres. Monnier took a simple though sophisticated delight in ... |
Shakespeare and CompanySylvia Beach was intimately acquainted with the expatriate and visiting writers of the Lost Generation, a label that she never accepted. Like moths of great promise, they were drawn to her well-lighted bookstore and warm hearth on the Left Bank ... |
Paris on the Brink: The 1930s Paris of Jean Renoir, Salvador Dalí, Simone de ...Paris on the Brink vividly portrays the City of Light during the tumultuous 1930s, from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 to war and German Occupation. This was a dangerous and turbulent decade, during which workers flexed their economic muscle and ... |
Dawn of the Belle Epoque: The Paris of Monet, Zola, Bernhardt, Eiffel ...A humiliating military defeat by Bismarck's Germany, a brutal siege, and a bloody uprising—Paris in 1871 was a shambles, and the question loomed, "Could this extraordinary city even survive?" With the addition of an evocative new preface, Mary ... |
When Paris Sizzled: The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole ..."With rich illustrations and evocative narrative, McAuliffe portrays Paris during the fabulous 1920s, when art and architecture, music, literature, fashion, entertainment, transportation, and behavior all took dramatically new forms"--Provided by ... |
The Greater Journey: Americans in ParisMcCullough mixes famous and obscure names and delivers capsule biographies of everyone to produce a colorful parade of educated, Victorian-era American travelers and their life-changing experiences in Paris. |