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

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 Cartiers : the untold story of the family behind the jewelry empire
Brickell, Francesca Cartier
Paper Book
"A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark."--The Economist The captivating story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their...

739.2709 Cartier Brickell 2019

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

Paris from the ground up
McGregor, James H.
Paper Book
Paris is the most personal of cities. There is a Paris for the medievalist, and another for the modernist--a Paris for expatriates, philosophers, artists, romantics, and revolutionaries of every stripe. James H. S. McGregor brings these multiple perspectives into focus throughout this concise,...

914.436 M178

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. "" background-color:="">TheSunday Times (London) bestseller The fall of Paris to the Nazis...

944.361 Bishop 2024


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