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I'm mostly here to enjoy myself : one woman's pursuit of pleasure in Paris / by MacNicol, Glynnis,1974-author.;: "An intimate, insightful, powerful, and endlessly pleasurable memoir of an intensely lived experience whose meaning and insight expands far beyond the personal narrative"--; Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; MacNicol, Glynnis, 1974-; Americans; Pleasure.; Women authors, American;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The crypt thief : a Hugo Marston novel / by Pryor, Mark,1967-;: Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Père-Lachaise (Cemetery : Paris, France); Americans; Grave robbing; Murder;; © 2013., Seventh Street Books,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Priscilla : the hidden life of an Englishwoman in wartime France / by Shakespeare, Nicholas,1957-;: Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-423).When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents belonging to his late aunt, Priscilla, he was completely unaware of where this discovery would take him and what he would learn about her hidden past. The glamorous, mysterious figure he remembered from his childhood was very different from the morally ambiguous young woman who emerged from the trove of love letters, photographs, and journals, surrounded by suitors and living the dangerous existence of a British woman in a country controlled by the enemy. He had heard rumors that Priscilla had fought in the Resistance, but the truth turned out to be far more complicated. As he investigated his aunt's life, dark secrets emerged, and Nicholas discovered the answers to the questions over which he'd been puzzling: What caused the breakdown of Priscilla's marriage to a French aristocrat? Why had she been interned in a prisoner-of-war camp, and how had she escaped? And who was the "Otto" with whom she was having a relationship as Paris was liberated? Piecing together fragments of one woman's remarkable and tragic life, Priscilla is at once a stunning story of detection, a loving portrait of a flawed woman trying to survive in terrible times, and a spellbinding slice of history.; Subjects: Mais, Priscilla, 1916-1982; Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-; Women; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The boy with the star tattoo : a novel / by Carner, Talia,author.;: "1942: As the Vichy government hunts for Jews across France, Claudette Pelletier, a young and talented seamstress and lover of romance novels, falls in love with a Jewish man who seeks shelter at the château where she works. Their whirlwind and desperate romance before he must flee leaves her pregnant and terrified. When the Nazis invade the Free Zone shortly after the birth of her child, the disabled Claudette is forced to make a heartbreaking choice and escapes to Spain, leaving her baby in the care of his nursemaid. By the time Claudette is able to return years later, her son has disappeared. Unbeknown to his anguished mother, the boy has been rescued by a Youth Aliyah agent searching for Jewish orphans. 1968: When Israeli naval officer Daniel Yarden recruits Sharon Bloomenthal for a secret naval operation in Cherbourg, France, he can't imagine that he is the target of the agenda of the twenty-year-old grieving the recent loss of her fiancé in a drowned submarine. Sharon suspects that Danny's past in Youth Aliyah may reflect that of her mysterious late mother and she sets out to track her boss's extraordinary journey as an orphan in a quaint French village all the way to Israel. As Danny focuses on the future of his people and on executing a daring, crucial operation under France's radar, he is unaware that the obsessed Sharon follows the breadcrumbs of clues across the country to find her answers. But she is wholly unprepared for the dilemma she must face upon solving the puzzle"--; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Jews; Orphans;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Failure in high command : the Canadian Army and the Normandy campaign / by English, John A.(John Alan);: Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-337) and index.; Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army; World War, 1939-1945;; © 1995, c1991., Golden Dog Press,; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
Complications : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.;: Known for its luxurious accommodations and bespoke service, the Hotel Louis XVI has been the most lauded boutique hotel in all of Paris for decades, attracting an international clientele of the rich and famous. Now, after four years of renovations and the death of its legendary and beloved manager, it is set to reopen its doors at last. An esteemed group of loyal returning guests is set to descend upon the hotel, joined by a number of new faces who have managed to secure coveted bookings in the wake of last-minute cancellations. Awaiting them all is the Louis XVI's new manager, Olivier Bateau, an anxious man whose lack of experience leaves him unprepared. He and his level-headed assistant manager, Yvonne Philippe, both strive to continue the hotel's tradition of excellence. But they quickly realize that anything can happen at any moment, and on one cool September evening, everything does. A successful art consultant arrives at the hotel for the first time since her brutal divorce, and is surprised to find new love--if she is willing to risk her heart again. A new guest contemplates ending his life, and saves a life instead. A couple finds their once-in-a-lifetime trip interrupted by a tragic medical emergency, leaving the idyllic future they've long waited for hanging in the balance. And one of the hotel's most high-profile guests, a French politician and assumed presidential candidate, holds a mysterious meeting in his suite that will threaten his life and legacy. Rocked by the events of this one fateful night, guests and staff alike brace themselves for the aftershock, as it quickly becomes apparent that more dramas and misfortunes are still in store. Danielle Steel tells an unforgettable story about a famed hotel, where a few complications quickly escalate into a matter of life and death, changing the lives of everyone who passes through its doors.; Subjects: Hotels; Hotel management; Life change events; Man-woman relationships;; Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4; unAPI
Mirror of our sorrows / by Lemaitre, Pierre,author.; Wynne, Frank,translator.;: In this final entry of the 'Paris Between-the-Wars' trilogy set in 1940, Louise Belmont runs naked down the boulevard du Montparnasse. To understand the traumatic scene she has just witnessed, she will have to plunge headlong into the madness of the Phoney War, as France, seized by the panic of a new European conflict, descends into chaos.; Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI
The liberation of Paris : how Eisenhower, de Gaulle, and von Choltitz saved the City of Light / by Smith, Jean Edward,author.;: Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index."The liberation of Paris tells the dramatic story of the Allied decision in World War II to divert from the strategic plan in order to save the City of Light from chaos and assist de Gaulle's efforts to become France's new leader even as the German general in charge of the occupation defied his orders to destroy the city as the Allies closed in"--; Subjects: World War, 1939-1945;; Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1; unAPI

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