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Paris to the Moon

Paris to the Moon more books like this

by Adam Gopnik (Read by)

Much of this memoir concerning Gopnik's five-year experience as an American in Paris was printed as the New Yorker column "Paris Journal," where it was the recipient of a 1998 George Polk Award and a 1997 National Magazine Award. With wit and insight, Gopnik relates the joys and difficulties of relocating his young American family to the romantic ...

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Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology

Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology more books like this

by Adam Gopnik (Editor)

This selection of 70 writers on Paris ranges from Thomas Jefferson and Ralph Waldo Emerson to M. F. K. Fisher and James Thurber to Jack Kerouac and Dawn Powell. It also includes such unexpected delights as Cole Porter's song lyrics, the memoirs of jazzman Sidney Bechet, and Diana Vreeland on the subject of Chanel.

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Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York

Through the Children's Gate: A Home in New York more books like this

by Adam Gopnik (Read by)

Following Gopnik's bestselling "Paris to the Moon" and set in New York, "Through the Children's Gate" is at once a celebration of a newly fragile city and a poignant study of a family trying to find its way, and joy, within it.

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The King in the Window

The King in the Window more books like this

by Adam Gopnik

Eleven-year-old American Oliver Parker's dreary, depressing Paris winter is transformed when he embarks on a startling, unexpected adventure that lands him in the midst of exciting conflict and drama. Friendless and lonely, Oliver is struggling through the rigors of a strict French school when everything changes on the evening of Epiphany. Looking ...

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The Necklace and Other Tales

The Necklace and Other Tales more books like this

by Guy de Maupassant, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by)

From wicked and hilarious stories of the underside of Paris to bittersweet fables that puncture social pretension, de Maupassant's short works remain, for many, the best ever written. Gathered here, in an exhilarating new translation, are Maupassant's most famous and important tales.

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The Wrong Side of Paris

The Wrong Side of Paris more books like this

by Honore de Balzac, Jordan Stump (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by)

The Wrong Side of Paris, the final novel in Balzac’s The Human Comedy, is the compelling story of Godefroid, an abject failure at thirty, who seeks refuge from materialism by moving into a monastery-like lodging house in the shadows of Notre-Dame. Presided over by Madame de La Chanterie, a noblewoman with a tragic past, the house is ...

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High and Low: Modern Art and Popular Culture

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by Kirk Varnedoe, Adam Gopnik

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Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames

Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames more books like this

by W. H. Bailey, Adam Gopnik (Foreword by)

The choice of a frame affects the way we view a work of art multiple ways, even when we are not aware of it. In this stimulating and truly original book, W.H. Bailey, an artist, designer, and frame consultant, shows how the frame is a vital part of viewing pictures and integral to their presentation. He shatters preconceived notions of borders and ...

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Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective

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by Steven A Nash, Adam Gopnik

American painter Wayne Theibaud is best known for his 1960s images of people eating cakes and other desserts. For this collection, curator Steven A. Nash of the Fine Arts Museum in San Francisco has selected 160 illustrations, most in color, while New Yorker magazine art critic Adam Gopnick provides an introduction.

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Here and There

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by Helen Levitt (Photographer), Adam Gopnik (Foreword by)

The recently discovered photographs featured in HERE AND THERE represent Levitt's own favorite images selected from her immense private collection. Shot over seven decades, HERE AND THERE reveals Levitt's acute sense of how cosmetically street life has changed--and how substantially it has remained the same.

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Modern Art and Popular Culture: Readings in High & Low more books like this

by Kirk Varnedoe (Editor), Adam Gopnik (Editor)

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Parisians more books like this

by Adam Gopnik, Peter Turnley (Photographer)

Paris and Parisians are seen through the lens of an expatriate American photojournalist.

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Paris: City of Light more books like this

by Mimmo Jodice (Photographer), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by)

45 photographs of the city of Paris with reflections by writers such as Balzac, Apollinaire, Joyce, Colette, and Henry James. The photographs in this book were commissioned by the city of Paris for an exhibition at the Musee Mairie de Paris.

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Lacombe: Cinema/Theatre more books like this

by David Mamet (Foreword by), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by), Brigitte Lacombe

Always black and white, naturally lit, and stripped of make-up and costumes, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe's iconic celebrity portraits reveal the generation of film and theater stars that has emerged since the 70s. See Spielberg looking boyish; Kevin Kline embarassed and self-conscious; Leonardo di Caprio watching hawkishly; John Malkovich ...

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City Art: New York's Percent for Art Program more books like this

by Eleanor Heartney, Adam Gopnik (Illustrator)

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Lacombe: Cinema/Theater more books like this

by Janet Johnson (Editor), Brigitte Lacombe (Photographer), Adam Gopnik

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The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) more books like this

by Henri Alain-Fournier, Robin Buss (Translator), Adam Gopnik (Introduction by)

When Meaulnes first arrives in Sologne, everyone is captivated by his good looks, daring, and charisma. But when he attends a strange party at a mysterious house with a beautiful girl hidden within it, he is changed forever.

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De Paris a La Lune [Signed]

by Adam Gopnik

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Voila Careme more books like this

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Elliott Erwitt's New York more books like this

by Adam Gopnik, Elliott Erwitt (Photographer)

Elliott Erwitt's glimpses of New York City are sometimes gritty, sometimes elegant, yet always true to life. His monochromatic tribute to the Big Apple contains all the shadings of this vital metropolis. Capturing the true diversity that makes this city great, this selection of images spans Erwitt's career, including many previously unseen works ...

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Walking the High Line more books like this

by Joel Sternfeld (Photographer), Adam Gopnik, Professor John R Stilgoe

Sometimes like a river of grass, sometimes like the wheat fields of the Canadian prairies, the High Line is a unique ruin that simultaneously permits contemplation of nature and the city. Since March 2000, photographer Joel Sternfeld has been documenting the abandoned elevated railway line which runs for 1.5 miles along the West Side of New York ...

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