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"In 1935, ten-year-old Alex Maki of Bainbridge Island, Washington, is horrified to discover that his new pen pal, Charlie L?vy of Paris, France, is a girl, but in spite of his initial reluctance, their letters continue over the years and they fight for their friendship even as Charlie endures the Nazi occupation and Alex leaves his family in an internment camp and joins the Army"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at all 3,022 paintings housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris, with full annotations. Art historians Anja Grebe and Vincent Pomar?de discuss four hundred paintings and the key attributes of the work.

"Explore the Louvre's history, unique features, and of course, artwork. Use your shape-partitioning skills as you discover why the Louvre is such a masterpiece!"--Provided by the publisher.

Juliette Pitau, the daughter of a master gem-cutter, hopes to avoid execution by telling the court clerk--who is also her paramour--the story of how King Louis XIV's magnificent blue diamond was stolen.

"A first-person narrative about one young man's involvement in France's worst terrorist attack"--Amazon.

"Focusing on the manners, customs, and "moeurs" of the dining scene, the author takes the reader from the opulence of a dinner at the Rothschilds through every social stratum down to the laborer eating on the streets. He surveys the restaurants of the previous generation and his own--from the most elegant to the lowest dive--along with the eating habits of the bourgeoisie, the importance and variety of banquets, the institutional meal, and even the plight of "people who do not dine"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the German occupation of Paris from 1940-44, Hitler's vow to destroy the city rather than lose it to the Allies intact, the heroism of the Resistance and General de Gaulle, and the city's liberation.

"A nonfiction book exploring the history, cultural significance, and meaning of the Notre Dame cathedral, based on a 9,000 word essay that the author wrote"--Provided by publisher.

"Kate Rees, the young American markswoman, has been recruited by British intelligence to drop into Paris on the dangerous business of trying to assassinate the Fuhrer. A country girl from rural Oregon--a grieving widow with no spy training but a vendetta and a lot of gumption--now has the state of the entire war in her hands. When the hit goes badly wrong, Kate is on the run for her life--all the time wrestling with the suspicion that the whole operation was a set-up"--Provided by publisher.

France, 1914. Aurelie becomes trapped on the wrong side of the front with her father, Comte Sigismund de Courcelles. When the Germans move into their family's ancestral estate, Aurelie discovers she knows the German Major's aide de camp, Maximilian Von Sternburg. Betrayal will shatter them both. France, 1942. Raised by her American grandmother in the Hotel Ritz, Marguerite 'Daisy' Villon remains in Paris with her daughter and husband, a Nazi collaborator, after France falls to Hitler.