Ooh La La! Celebrate France

Celebrate everything French with these books as well as recognizing Bastille day on July 14.

Updated June 9, 2025
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Les Parisiennes : how the women of Paris lived, loved, and died under Nazi occupation
Sebba, Anne
Paper Book
"Anne Sebba has the nearly miraculous gift of combining the vivid intimacy of the lives of women during The Occupation with the history of the time. This is a remarkable book." --Edmund de Waal, New York Times bestselling author of The Hare with the Amber Eyes ...

305.4094 Se21 2016

Hero of two worlds : the Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Duncan, Mike
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A #1 ABA INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the "immensely compelling" (The New York...

355.0092 Lafayette Duncan 2021

Modern bistro : home cooking inspired by French classics
Paper Book
Why eat out? Bring home the bistro and make your table the delicious place everyone wants to linger, with more than 150 classic and modern dishes to share. Bistro cooking is intimate and inviting, rustic yet casually elegant. America's Test Kitchen brings you recipes that will...

641.5 Modern 2022

Bruno's cookbook : recipes and traditions from a French country kitchen
Walker, Martin
Paper Book
From the author of the internationally best-selling "Bruno, Chief of Police" series, comes a sumptuous French cookbook that immerses readers in the delectable countryside cuisine of Bruno's beloved Périgord region, featuring favorite meals from Roasted Tomato Tapenade and Tarragon Chicken to...

641.5944 Walker 2023

The Louvre : all the paintings
Lessing, Erich.
Paper Book
Immerse yourself in the wonder and dazzling display of the 3,000 paintings in the permanent collection of the Louvre in this this elegant paperback edition of the New York Times bestselling book The Louvre: All the Paintings.   The Louvre is the most...

708.4361 Louvre 2011

Notre-Dame : a short history of the meaning of cathedrals
Follett, Ken
Paper Book
"The wonderful cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the greatest achievements of European civilization, was on fire. The sight dazed and disturbed us profoundly. I was on the edge of tears. Something priceless was dying in front of our eyes. The feeling was bewildering, as if the earth was...

726.64 Follett 2019

The new French look
Li, Lauren
Paper Book
Discover what makes amodern French interior andhow to achieve it inyour own home. Trends comes and go, but French interiors, old or new, never go out of style. The new French look is spirited and fresh, layered but never fussy, effortless yet always chic. It confidently uses elements...

747.0944 Li 2024

French country cottage Christmas
Allison, Courtney (Blogger)
Paper Book
Christmas decorating maven Courtney Allison shows how to create a cosy and aspirational French country Christmas style wherever you are. Celebrate the season in cosy French Country Cottage style with luscious photography and a plethora of inspiration and ideas for trees in themes from...

747.93 Allison 2023

Monet : the restless vision
Wullschla?ger, Jackie
Paper Book
A groundbreaking look at the life and art of one of the most influential, modern painters of the late nineteenth century and founder of the Impressionist movement "Wullschläger emerges with a strikingly different picture of the artist. Passionate, prickly, edgy and unstable, her...

759.4 Monet Wullschlager 2024

The novel of the century : the extraordinary adventure of Les Misérables
Bellos, David
Paper Book
Putting a century of scholarship on one of the world's most enduring popular novels into accessible, narrative form, this new approach to a classic of world literature is written for a wide general readership. Packed full of information about the book's origins and later career on stage and screen,...

843.7 Hugo Bellos 2017

The rough guide to France
Cook, Samantha
Paper Book
This practical travel guide to France features detailed factual travel tips and points-of-interest structured lists of all iconic must-see sights as well as some off-the-beaten-track treasures. Our itinerary suggestions and expert author picks of things to see and do will make it a perfect...

914.4 Rouch 2023

Rick Steves best of France
Steves, Rick
Paper Book
Hit France's can't-miss art, sights, and bites in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of France! Inside you'll find: Strategic advice from Rick Steves on what's worth your time and money Short itineraries covering the best of Paris, Normandy,...

914.4 Steves 2023

The art of resistance : my four years in the French underground : a memoir
Rosenberg, Justus
Paper Book
"Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground." --USA Today An American Library in Paris Book Award "Coups de Coeur" Selection The Art of Resistance is unlike any World War...

940.5318 Rosenberg, Justus Rosenberg 202

The lost paratroopers of Normandy : a story of resistance, courage, and solidarity in a French village
Rabe, Stephen G.
Paper Book
The fateful days and weeks surrounding 6 June 1944 have been extensively documented in histories of the Second World War, but less attention has been paid to the tremendous impact of these events on the populations nearby. The Lost Paratroopers of Normandy tells the inspiring yet heartbreaking story...

940.5449 Rabe 2023

France : an adventure history
Robb, Graham
Paper Book
A wholly original history of France, filled with a lifetime's knowledge and passion--by the author of the New York Times bestseller Parisians. Beginning with the Roman army's first recorded encounter with the Gauls and ending in the era of Emmanuel Macron, France...

944 Robb 2022

Saving Mona Lisa : the battle to protect the Louvre and its treasures from the Nazis
Chanel, Gerri
Paper Book
In August 1939, curators at the Louvre nestled the world's most famous painting into a special red velvet-lined case and spirited her away to the Loire Valley. So began the biggest evacuation of art and antiquities in history. As the Germans neared Paris in 1940, the French raced to move the...

944.0816 Chanel 2018

Paris 1944 : occupation, resistance, liberation
Bishop, Patrick
Paper Book
A moving, dramatic social history of the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the most inspiring and momentous events of the twentieth century. The Sunday Times (London) bestseller The fall of Paris to the Nazis on June 14th, 1940, was one of the darkest...

944.361 Bishop 2024

The revolutionary temper : Paris, 1748-1789
Darnton, Robert
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the 2024 American Library in Paris Book Award A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A groundbreaking account of the coming of the French Revolution from a historian of worldwide acclaim. When a Parisian crowd stormed the...

944.361 Darnton 2023


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