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"Paris, 1940. German tanks rumble through the streets of Paris, forcing frightened citizens to flee. But not everyone has the luxury to leave. Camille Lacroix, a chambermaid at the world-famous Hôtel Ritz, must stay to support her family back home in Brittany. Desperate to earn money, Camille also acts as a lady's maid for longtime guest Vivian Miller, a glamorous American widow--and a Nazi sympathizer. Despite her distrust of the woman, Camille...
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Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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"As the floodwaters rise, Paris needs a hero...Frederic and his friends will have to battle an escaped zoo animal and fight off pickpockets and looters. But as the danger escalates, can he find justice for his father and discover what courage really means?" -- Page [4] cover.
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Forever
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"Kate arrives in Paris hoping to find inspiration. Instead she finds Rylan. In a swirl of stolen kisses and hot, tangled sheets, Kate is quickly swept away by the sexy stranger, longing to surrender to his expert touch. With Rylan, nothing is forbidden-except the truth. An American ex-pat worth millions, Rylan never flaunts his fortune. Rather, he guards his identity from everyone, especially women. No strings, no commitments, no complications. But...
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Bookouture
Pub. Date
[2024].
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English
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She took him in when no one else would. She didn’t expect to fall in love…London 1939. As war casts a dark shadow in his homeland Germany, journalist Sebastien wanders the grey fog-filled streets. His heart breaks as he remembers his hurried goodbye to his mother and sister. But even if everyone in London looks at him with suspicion in their eyes, he knows he made the right choice. It was the only way to keep his family safe from the Nazis hunting...
Publisher
Madman Films
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Français
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There is an air of hope and change throughout ParisElection night, 1981. Socialist Franois Mitterrand has been declared president and there are hopeful celebrations across Paris. But it is not a happy night for Elisabeth (Gainsbourg, Melancholia), whose marriage has come to an unexpected end. She must find the means to support herself and two teenaged children. When she lucks upon a job on her favourite talkback radio show, she meets Talulah, a charismatic...
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Dutton
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Was the world's wealthiest woman--Liliane Bettencourt--heir to an estimated thirty-six-billion-dollar L'Oreal fortune, the victim of a con man? Or were her own family the real villains? This riveting narrative tells the real-life, shocking story behind the cause celebre that has captivated both France and the world. Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman and the eleventh wealthiest person on the planet, as of 2016. But at ninety-four, she's...
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Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
Français
Description
D'Artagnan arrives in Paris trying to find his attackers after being left for dead, which leads him to a real war where the future of France is at stake. He aligns himself with Athos, Porthos and Aramis, three musketeers of the King.
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Auschwitz twins volume 2
Publisher
[Roberta Kagan]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As the Nazi shadow of death falls across Europe, one man's wickedness looms out of the darkness - Mengele, the Angel of Death. When the Aizenberg family is forced into the crowded Warsaw ghetto, they must share a small apartment with a secular Jewish family. This living arrangement will be a test for young Shoshana Aizenberg as she enters adulthood. Meanwhile, fast-rising doctor Ernst saves a man's life on the Russian front. For his heroism, Ernst...
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Bookouture
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Paris 1945. Sylvia creeps into the beautiful house on a tree-lined street, the headquarters of cold-hearted German soldiers. She trails her fingers along the gilded furniture and sees the light dance off the glittering chandeliers. On the top floor, she finds the dates inscribed by beaten prisoners. The last message Phyllis will ever send her. Three years earlier, nineteen-year-old Phyllis was Sylvia's youngest recruit, young enough to be her daughter....
11) The Mona Lisa vanishes: a legendary painter, a shocking heist, and the birth of a global celebrity
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Publisher
Random House Studio
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world--and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all"--Provided by the publisher.
