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Angels of Paris: An Architectural Tour Through the History of Paris by Rosemary Flannery
(Author, Photographer) - Angels of Paris features beautiful photographs taken from dawn to dusk, in all seasons, accompanied by text explaining the story behind the creation of each angel and of the location in which it is found. Organized chronologically, the book delves into the artistic trends and historic movements the angels reflect and the stories of the artists who created them and of those who commissioned them. Readers will learn about Paris’s history, buildings, and monuments through the abundant, beautiful, and surprising depictions of angels from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century
Grey Cats by Adam Biles
Writer, translator and journalist based in Paris, Adam Biles' short stories, poetry and translations have been published in 3:AM Magazine, Vestoj, Her Royal Majesty andChimera, as well as being displayed in the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. As Paris correspondent and contributing editor for Ling, Biles wrote on subjects as diverse as taxidermy; carousels; street art; Henry Miller, Brassai & psychogeography; and the vile but intoxicating stench of the Seine. His journalistic research and my life in Paris – as well as the serendipitous eruption, in 2010, of Eyjafjallajokul – helped inspire the novel GREY CATS which, in June 2011, was selected as a runner-up in the inaugural Paris Literary Prize, and will be published in autumn 2012 by 3:AM Press
Loire Valley Sketchbook by Jean-Paul Pigeat (Author) and Fabrice Moireau (Illustrator)
The Marcel Network: How One French Couple Saved 527 Children from the Holocaust by Frederick Coleman
- Fred Coleman’s long career as a foreign correspondent included five years as Newsweek’s bureau chief in Paris and eight years as the magazine’s bureau chief in Moscow. Coleman and his wife, Nadine, live in Paris.
Paris Sketchbook by Mary Kelly and Fabrice Moireau
Literary Cafés of Paris by Noel Riley Fitch
- Noël Riley Fitch is a biographer and historian of expatriate intellectuals in Paris in the first half of the 20th century. (Literary Cafes of Paris, Walks in Hemingway’s Paris, Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation, Anaïs: The Erotic Life of Anaïs Nin, Julia Child - Appetite for Life: the Biography of Julia Child, The Ernest Hemingway book.
Paris: An Inspiring Tour of the City’s Creative Heart by Janelle McCulloch
- Janelle McCulloch is a journalist specializing in design, architecture, travel, and style. She has written for publications around the world, including Vogue Living, Elle, and Home Beautiful. She divides her time between Melbourne and Europe.
The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle
- Peter Mayle is the author of twelve previous books, six of them novels. A recipient of the Légion d’Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he has been living in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for twenty years.
Paris Bon Appetit: Shops, Bistros, Restaurants by Pierre Rival and Christian Sarramon
Provence: Lasting Impressions by Joel Meyerowitz and Maggie Barrett
Cooper's Promise by Timothy Jay Smith
- Timothy Jay Smith is a novelist and screenwriter who has won numerous awards, including the Paris Prize for Fiction, the Stanley Drama Award, and Grand Prize in several international competitions for his screenplay adaptation of COOPER'S PROMISE (Owl Canyon Press, 2012). He is the founder of Kosmos Films and the executive producer of a web- based comedy series. Tim and his partner split their time between Paris, Greece, and Miami Beach.
UQ11: Dawn's Improbability by Jean Lamore
- Writing in both English and French, Jean Lamore is the author of works in fiction and essays on the intersection of culture, politics and science, and edits the cultural magazine Mamba. His works include Tideworks, L’Homme-Feu, The Kite, Poison Ivy,Sunstorm, and Diario del Polisario. AKA is his first book published in English
Treasure of Saint Lazare by John Pearce
- John Pearce first became interested in the Nazis' looted art when working as a journalist in Washington and Europe, covering economic affairs for The Associated Press and the International Herald Tribune. Now and then he'd find a story about long-lost art and he kept files that turned out to be useful in developing the plot of Treasure of Saint-Lazare.
The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
- From Tatiana de Rosnay, the New York Times bestselling author of Sarah’s Key and A Secret Kept, comes The House I Loved, an absorbing new novel about one woman’s resistance during an époque that shook Paris to its very core
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New interviews with Paris writers
Interview with Guillaume Serina, author of Obama, face aux 9 plaies de l’Amérique
Richard Grant, author of God's Middle Finger: Into the Lawless Heart of the Sierra Madre, talks with Dominique Godrèche,
Janet Hulstrand, educator, author talks with journalist Pamela Leavy on teaching, coaching and the writer's craft
Stephen Clarke on French history, Paris bookshops and Paul West's debt to DSK
Graphic designer Lydia D'moch on creating an original book cover
