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[2012], c2005
Language
English
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I will live as I choose is a motto that sums up the spirit of licentious 1920s Paris among native Parisians, emigres from across Europe, and American expatriates alike. During Les Annees Folles-The Crazy Years-Paris pulsated with energy, eccentricity, and uninhibited expression in sex, art, music, and literature. In this program, authors Amanda Vaill (Everybody Was So Young), Tyler Stovall (Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light), Julie...
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2010.
Language
English
Description
In That Paris Year, five smart, adventurous young women arrive on the banks of the Seine in 1962 for their junior year abroad. What they get is an education of a different sort. As they move from the grueling demands of the Sorbonne by day to late nights of discovery in smoky cafes, the young Americans discover a mythical country shaped not only by the upheavals of history, but by the great French writers of the 20th Century, a place where seduction...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], c2005
Language
English
Description
During the economic depression that struck Europe and North America in the years before World War II, Shanghai-a place whose name "evoked a sense of the exotic, of danger and depravity"-experienced a boom. This program charts the history of "The Paris of Asia," where every vice was available and eagerly consumed by residents of Shanghai's International Settlement, French Concession, and Chinese districts alike. Larger-than-life figures-Emily Hahn,...
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Forever a girl obsessed with all things French, sweet freak Amy Thomas landed a gig as rich as the purest dark chocolate: leave Manhattan for Paris to write ad copy for Louis Vuitton... But does falling in love with one city mean turning your back on another? As much as Amy adored Paris, there was part of her that felt like a humble chocolate chip cookie in a sea of pristine macarons. PARIS, MY SWEET explores how the search for happiness can be as...
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