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Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love from a Year in Paris

Ann Mah · Pamela Dorman Books
Format: Hardcover

The memoir of a young diplomat’s wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris—one dish at a timeWhen journalist Ann Mah’s diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting...

Not the Met: Exploring the Smaller Museums of Manhattan

Janel Halpern · Pelican Publishing
Format: Paperback

Peek into some of New York City's other museums. Travel to museums and experience exhibits through the authors' eyes with this informative vignettes. Readers will enjoy having a profile of the city's art community in the palms of their hands. Eighty-one museums are featured...

Frommer's Italy 2012

Darwin Porter · Frommers; 7 edition
Format: Paperback

Full-color throughoutFree full-color, foldout mapCompletely updated every yearInsider advice on avoiding the crowds as you explore some of Italy's greatest gems, from the Uffizi in Florence to the Vatican Museum in Rome, and from the ruins at Pompeii to Venice's St. Mark's basilica....

Only in Spain: A Foot-Stomping, Firecracker of a Memoir about Food, Flamenco, and Falling in Love

Nellie Bennett · Sourcebooks
Format: Print book

Why dont you...run away with the gypsies?Ten-hour shifts in a high-end department store and catering to snooty customers...Nellie Bennetts life wasnt supposed to turn out this way. But maybe all she needs to do is infuse a little passion into her routine—through flamenco dance lessons,...

Uganda Be Kidding Me

Chelsea Handler · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Wherever Chelsea Handler travels, one thing is certain: she always ends up in the land of the ridiculous. Now, in this uproarious collection, she sneaks her sharp wit through airport security and delivers her most absurd and hilarious stories ever. On safari in Africa, it's anyone's...

Savage Harvest: A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art

Carl Hoffman · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover

The mysterious disappearance of Michael Rockefeller in New Guinea in 1961 has kept the world and his powerful, influential family guessing for years. Now, Carl Hoffman uncovers startling new evidence that finally tells the full, astonishing story.Despite exhaustive searches, no trace of Rockefeller...

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