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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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

The last baron : the Paris kidnapping that brought down an empire
Sancton, Thomas
Paper Book
Beginning in 1896, the first Baron Empain built both the Paris Metro and an empire from France to Belgian to Egypt that his grandson, Edouard (aka Wado) would inherit, diversify, and expand in the 1960s and 70s. But by 1978, the world had turned against industry and wealth, with high-profile...

362.8297 Sancton 2022

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

L'appart : the delights and disasters of making my Paris home
Lebovitz, David
Paper Book
Bestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-Pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one's life. Includes...

641.5092 Lebovitz 2017

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 art of French pastry
Pfeiffer, Jacquy.
Paper Book
JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER * Experience the magic of French baking and elevate your pastry skills to new heights with this invaluable guide from the award-winning pastry chef and co-founder of the renowned French Pastry School. What does it take to perfect a...

641.865 P476 2013

Louvre :
Archimbaud, Nicholas d'
Paper Book
This exploration of the famous French museum offers a behind-the-scenes look at the Louvre, along with a review of its diverse art collections that range from the 13th century to the present day. It also contains archival plans, documents, and esseays on the museum's history.

708.4361 Archimbaud 1998

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

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

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

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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