Paris Insights - An Anthology
Author: Tom Reeves
Publisher: Discover Paris!
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 0981529208
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The Paris Review Book for Planes, Trains, Elevators, and Waiting Rooms
Author: The Paris Review
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2004-07
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780312422400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis ingeniously useful compendium--organized to suit whatever time that the reader has available at that moment--offers reading material to fill those gray, in-between moments in life with beauty, wonder, insight, and emotion.
Paris Was Ours
Author: Penelope Rowlands
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2011-02-08
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1616200367
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThirty-two writers share their observations and revelations about the world's most seductive city. "Whether you have lived in Paris or not, this captivating collection will transport you there." —National Geographic Traveler Paris is “the world capital of memory and desire,” concludes one of the writers in this intimate and insightful collection of memoirs of the city. Living in Paris changed these writers forever. In thirty-two personal essays—more than half of which are here published for the first time—the writers describe how they were seduced by Paris and then began to see things differently. They came to write, to cook, to find love, to study, to raise children, to escape, or to live the way it’s done in French movies; they came from the United States, Canada, and England; from Iran, Iraq, and Cuba; and—a few—from other parts of France. And they stayed, not as tourists, but for a long time; some are still living there. They were outsiders who became insiders, who here share their observations and revelations. Some are well-known writers: Diane Johnson, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman, Joe Queenan, and Edmund White. Others may be lesser known but are no less passionate on the subject. Together, their reflections add up to an unusually perceptive and multifaceted portrait of a city that is entrancing, at times exasperating, but always fascinating. They remind us that Paris belongs to everyone it has touched, and to each in a different way.
Daddy
Author: Emma Cline
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2021-06-29
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0812988043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the bestselling author of The Girls comes a “brilliant” (The New York Times) story collection exploring the dark corners of human experience. “Daddy’s ten masterful, provocative stories confirm that Cline is a staggering talent.”—Esquire NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY An absentee father collects his son from boarding school after a shocking act of violence. A nanny to a celebrity family hides out in Laurel Canyon in the aftermath of a tabloid scandal. A young woman sells her underwear to strangers. A notorious guest arrives at a placid, not-quite rehab in the Southwest. In ten remarkable stories, Emma Cline portrays moments when the ordinary is disturbed, when daily life buckles, revealing the perversity and violence pulsing under the surface. She explores characters navigating the edge, the limits of themselves and those around them: power dynamics in families, in relationships, the distance between their true and false selves. They want connection, but what they provoke is often closer to self-sabotage. What are the costs of one’s choices? Of the moments when we act, or fail to act? These complexities are at the heart of Daddy, Emma Cline’s sharp-eyed illumination of the contrary impulses that animate our inner lives.
The Paris Review Book
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Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2003-05-03
Total Pages: 930
ISBN-13: 0312422385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo commemorate the 50th anniversary of the venerable "Paris Review" comes a unique anthology based on the themes of modern life.
Black Girl Unlimited
Author: Echo Brown
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Published: 2020-01-14
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1250309867
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA William C. Morris Award Finalist "Brown has written a guidebook of survival and wonder."—The New York Times "Just brilliant."—Kirkus Reviews Heavily autobiographical and infused with magical realism, Black Girl Unlimited fearlessly explores the intersections of poverty, sexual violence, depression, racism, and sexism—all through the arc of a transcendent coming-of-age story for fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together and Ibi Zoboi's American Street. Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic . . . everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you. Echo soon realizes there is pain flowing through everyone around her, and a black veil of depression threatens to undo everything she’s worked for. Christy Ottaviano Books
Insight Guides: Paris City Guide
Author: Insight Guides
Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Published: 2014-02-16
Total Pages: 655
ISBN-13: 1780056990
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsight City Guide Paris is a full-colour, comprehensive travel guide to one of the world's favourite cities.Paris has so much to offer that it's impossible to see everything; Insight City Guide Paris helps you prioritise with its Best Of Paris feature highlighting the blockbuster attractions and its Editor's Choice recommendations for where and when to enjoy the best food and cafes, festivals and shopping. The many Features on culture and history give you a real understanding of the city and its people, covering topics such as architecture, caf life, Paris at the Movies, Paris After Dark, as well as the cabaret scene, and there are lavish Photo Features on iconic sights such as the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe. The Places chapters cover every neighbourhood, from the ancient Ile de la Cit to the maze of narrow streets around Montmartre and ultra-modern La Dfense, while the Trips out of Town chapter suggests interesting day trips within easy reach of the city. Detailed, full-colour maps throughout the book help you navigate the city with confidence, and the Travels Tips at the end offer selective, independent reviews of hotels and restaurants to guide you to the best and most authentic establishments.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
Author: George Saunders
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Published: 2016-04-26
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 0812987683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince its publication in 1996, George Saunders’s debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world. With a new introduction by Joshua Ferris and a new author’s note by Saunders himself, this edition is essential reading for those seeking to discover or revisit a virtuosic, disturbingly prescient voice. Praise for George Saunders and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline “It’s no exaggeration to say that short story master George Saunders helped change the trajectory of American fiction.”—The Wall Street Journal “Saunders’s satiric vision of America is dark and demented; it’s also ferocious and very funny.”—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times “George Saunders is a writer of arresting brilliance and originality, with a sure sense of his material and apparently inexhaustible resources of voice. [CivilWarLand in Bad Decline] is scary, hilarious, and unforgettable.”—Tobias Wolff “Saunders makes the all-but-impossible look effortless.”—Jonathan Franzen “Not since Twain has America produced a satirist this funny.”—Zadie Smith “An astoundingly tuned voice—graceful, dark, authentic, and funny—telling just the kinds of stories we need to get us through these times.”—Thomas Pynchon
Insight Guides City Guide Paris (Travel Guide eBook)
Author: Insight Guides
Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
Published: 2016-05-03
Total Pages: 509
ISBN-13: 1786710358
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsight City Guide Paris is a full-colour, comprehensive travel guide to one of the world's favourite cities. Paris has so much to offer that it's impossible to see everything; Insight City Guide Paris helps you prioritise with its Best Of Paris feature highlighting the blockbuster attractions and its Editor's Choice recommendationsfor where and when to enjoy the bestfood and cafes, festivals and shopping. The many Features on culture and history give you a real understanding of the city and its people, covering topics such as architecture, caf life, Paris at the Movies, Paris After Dark,as well as the cabaret scene, and thereare lavish Photo Features on iconic sights such as the Centre Pompidou, the Louvre and the Arc deTriomphe. The Places chapters cover every neighbourhood,from the ancient Ile de la Cit to themaze of narrow streets around Montmartre and ultra-modern La Dfense, while the Trips out of Town chapter suggests interesting day trips within easy reach of the city. Detailed, full-colour maps throughout the bookhelp you navigate the city with confidence, and the Travels Tips at the end offer selective, independent reviews of hotels and restaurants to guide you to the best and most authentic establishments. About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure. 'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine
Sorbonne Confidential
Author: Laurel Zuckerman
Publisher: Summertime Publications Inc
Published: 2010-06-16
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13:
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