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Chanterelle: The Story and Recipes of a Restaurant Classic
David Waltuck, Andrew Friedman

Taunton, 2008

Chef David Waltuck calls Chanterelle "a fantasy of a restaurant, dreamed up by a little, food-loving kid, that somehow, magically, came true." For over 28 years and from two different New York City locations, Chanterelle has broken the boundaries of French cooking, winning over such fans as Gael Greene, Richard Avedon, Keith Haring, and Malcolm Forbes along the way. Now, co-owner and co-founder Waltuck invites you into his bustling kitchen with ...

French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure

383 reviews
Mireille Guiliano

Knopf, 2004

Easier than you think
My mother recommended this book to me. I'm an extremely busy law student who had zero time to cooking or eat healthy. The first month of law school I gained ten pounds and panicked. I ordered this book online, read it in a weekend, and was thrilled. I've lost the weight I gained moving here, plus a few more pounds. Yes, the weight loss is slow, but it's not deprivation at all! It doesn't take ...

Cassell's French & English Dictionary

6 reviews

Cassell's, 1986

C'est Magnifique
This French-English dictionary is a must have. Great translations for everyone in a French class anywhere. Au Revoir!

Short Stories in French: New Penguin Parallel Text

3 reviews

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2001

Challenging Prose - Nicely Edited - Worth the Effort
This collection of twelve stories by contemporary French and Quebec authors is challenging for the beginning and maybe even intermediate level student of French. However, Penguin has done an excellent job of matching the English translation on the facing pages, so it is easy to follow the stories in the two languages line by line. Coward's short introduction to the stories is smart and places the ...

Living Language® French: 2009 Day-to-Day Calendar
LLC Andrews McMeel Publishing

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008

This Living Language calendar makes learning another language easy and fun. Each page of this calendar contains a simple French word or phrase accompanied by the English translation and a phonetic pronunciation guide for key words. Scattered throughout the calendars are cultural theme pages related to the language. This calendar is ideal for beginners as well as those who want to refresh their skills. * An audio CD of basic phrases and ...

Nausea

90 reviews
Jean-Paul Sartre

New Directions, 2007

The poetry of obsessive uselessness
Sartre's "Nausea" is a gripping, twitchy little novella confirming the ways one person of unpleasant station can make them self sick , nervous, an odious presence by lingering long on the ambivalent shrug .No one else could write a better tale of an intensely self-aware intellectual whose physical discomforts translate into a changed worldview. Not a lot of laughs, but Sartre does insert his ...

The Complete Keller: The French Laundry Cookbook & Bouchon

16 reviews
Thomas Keller

Artisan, 2006

YMD
Fabulous set of cookbooks, can't wait to try each recipe. This is not a book for the cook just starting out, but if you are a true "foodie" and don't mind putting in a lot of effort for an amazing outcome, this is the set for you.

A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish

42 reviews
John Butt, Carmen Benjamin

McGraw-Hill, 2004

Emerged from the pack as my favorite
Even as a beginner in spanish, studying mostly at home with books and digital files (Learning Spanish Like Crazy and Rocket Spanish) and occasional visits to a local spanish tutor -- I have found this book to be my best source for grammar clarification. I purchased about 5 grammar books. My other favorites were actually workbooks rather than reference sources -- likely to diminish in ...

The Tasha Tudor Cookbook: Recipes and Reminiscences from Corgi Cottage

14 reviews
Tasha Tudor

Little, Brown and Company, 1993

Tasha Tudor's World -- a birdseye view!
Anything by Tasha Tudor is a work of art! Her illustrations, and down to earth practicality, is revealed -- upclose -- in this delightful book! This is the kind of book you can give a little girl of any age -- even 99!

Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl

76 reviews
Debra Ollivier

St. Martin's Griffin, 2004

Fun little gem...don't take it too seriously...
Entre Nous begins by the author describing the first French girl that she was in contact with. She dressed well, was intelligent, had style, was sensual, and she felt comfortable in her own body. She didn't really gossip, and she kept her secrets until she knew her for many years. The author goes on to tell you how to cook, shop, play, work, and love: like a French girl. There are many tips ...

Defeat:: Napoleon's Russian Campaign (New York Review Books Classics)
Philippe-Paul De Segur

NYRB Classics, 2008

In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. He was about to undertake the most daring of all his many campaigns: the invasion of Russia. Meeting only sporadic opposition and defeating it easily along the way, the huge army moved forward, advancing ineluctably on Moscow through the long hot days of summer. On September 14, Napoleon entered the Russian ...

Linnea in Monet's Garden

18 reviews
Cristina Bjork

R & S Books, 1987

B e a u t i f u l
Linnea, a young Swedish girl has developed quite a friendship with the elderly Mr. Bloom, her upstairs neighbor. Mr. Bloom is a retired gardener who is the proud owner of a lovely book about the great French artist, Claude Monet. After hours and hours of studying Monet and his life, the pair begin the ultimate adventure: a trip to Paris, and where it all began! Linnea and Mr. Bloom visit the ...

The New France: A Complete Guide to Contemporary French Wine (Mitchell Beazley Wine Guides)

8 reviews
Andrew Jefford

MITCH, 2007

PUTS ASIDE ANY STUFFY NOTION OF FRENCH WINE
A great read and reference as to what is going on in French Wine today. Covers all the regions and introduces the reader to the regional personalities and the best producers. You gotta add this one to your wine library.

The Matchlock Gun

35 reviews
Walter D. Edmonds

Putnam Juvenile, 1998

History
I havent researched as to whether or not The Matchlock Gun is a challenged book because it might not be PC, but putting that aside for a moment, this is was one of my all time favorite books as a kid. I still remember our teacher reading a little bit of it each day....and not being able to wait for the next day to hear more. Its part of historical fact that Native American tribes were allied ...

Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen

195 reviews
Julie Powell

Little, Brown and Company, 2005

Hilariously yummy!
Oh. My. God. This was easily one of THE best books I have ever read! Who knew that hidden among the writings on food books was a gem of this caliber and magnificence. Julie Powell was like many failed actresses who had moved to New York before her...stuck in a dead end job. She was unhappy in her secretarial work for some government agency as are many people who labor at such menial ...

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

14 reviews
Edgar Leoni

Dover Publications, 2000

More Substance With Less Speculation
Edgar Leoni does a fine job with this book. Rather than engaging in superfluous speculation and spiritualization, Leoni simply translates the quatrains directly from French/Latin into English, and then compares the predicted events with possible matches to history. For predictions which haven't yet occurred, he gives an intelligent, straight-forward conclusion on its meaning, and does not ...

French Silk

42 reviews
Sandra Brown

Grand Central Publishing, 1993

kept me guessing
I can honestly say that the book kept me guessing and the villain came as a surprise. I suspected anyone but... The writing sizzles with heat. I would read anything from this author.

New Paris Interiors

3 reviews

Taschen, 2008

Excellent showcase of Paris interiors
This book is an excellent viewbook if you want to get a taste of contemporary Paris interiors. It has very modern, a bit more classic and very chic interiors as well. The photos are all full page and very well made, high quality. A fun book to flip through and get inspiration from!

Flexible French: Strategic Explanations & Surprise Weapons for Dynamic Players

1 review
Viktor Moskalenko

New in Chess, 2008

Great book for the Francophile
Having purchased and thoroughly enjoyed the author's earlier book on the Budapest Gambit I eagerly anticipated Moskalenko's work on the French. This book has the same engaging literary style with the addition of many games from the author's own practice (some as current as 2008). This is not a repetoire book along the lines of "see variation A4b1" but Moskalenko does a very good job of offering ...

Almost French: Love And A New Life In Paris

75 reviews
Sarah Turnbull, 2004

very real
Our family lived in France from 1992-1995. Though it has been a few years now, all the memories of trying to adjust, fit in, make sense of France and the French, came flowing back through my mind as I read Sarah's book. Very well written, easy and enjoyable to read, she nails the frustrations, the puzzlements, and the occasional delights of living in this special European country.

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