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Author
Language
English
Description
"When the Nazis march into Paris, an American woman uses her bookstore to aid the resistance, while a businessman chooses to sell his products to Germany--and send vital information home to the US. Can they work together for the higher good, or will it cost them everything they love?"--
As the Nazis march toward Paris in 1940, American ballerina Lucie Girard buys her favorite English-language bookstore to allow the Jewish owners to escape. She struggles...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Language
English
Description
When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris
Once a week, I chase men who are not my husband. . . . When eccentric novelist Robert Eady abruptly vanishes, he leaves behind his wife, Leah, their daughters, and, hidden in an unexpected spot, plane tickets to Paris. Hoping to uncover clues--and her husband--Leah sets off for France with...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Description
"When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the most prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It's where some of the most important literary friendships of the twentieth...
Author
Series
Little Paris volume Book 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When bookshop owner Sarah Smith is offered the opportunity for a job exchange with her Parisian friend Sophie, saying yes is a no-brainer--after all, what kind of romantic would turn down six months in Paris? Sarah is sure she's in for the experience of a lifetime--days spent surrounded by literature in a gorgeous bookshop, and the chance to watch snow fall over the Eiffel Tower. Plus, now she can meet up with her journalist boyfriend, Ridge, when...
Author
Series
Pages and Co volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
284 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Tilly Pages joins Oskar and his family on a Christmas trip to Paris, she and her friend bookwander into the land of fairy tales, where someone--or something--is causing chaos.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Living through WWII working in a Paris bookstore with her young daughter, Vivi, and fighting for her life, Charlotte is no victim, she is a survivor. But can she survive the next chapter of her life? Alternating between wartime Paris and 1950s New York publishing, Paris Never Leaves You is an extraordinary story of resilience, love, and impossible choices, exploring how survival never comes without a cost. The war is over, but the past is never past."...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
"When bookish young American Sylvia Beach opens Shakespeare and Company on a quiet street in Paris in 1919, she has no idea that she and her new bookstore will change the course of literature itself. Shakespeare and Company is more than a bookstore and lending library: Many of the most prominent writers of the Lost Generation, like Ernest Hemingway, consider it a second home. It's where some of the most important literary friendships of the twentieth...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
416 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A mysterious death, unusual car accident, and anonymous threats have one thing in common-- the victims are all members of the Good Novel bookstore's secret selection committee. Set in Paris, this tale combines mystery, romance, and French theology and literature.
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
VOX Books edition.
Physical Desc
1 audio-enabled book (1 volume (unpaged)) : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Cousin Julien has summoned Dakota Crumb to Paris to solve a mystery. A book of lost treasures has been hidden somewhere in the City of Light. Who better than Dakota to find it?"--