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Jess needs a fresh start. She's broke and alone, and she's just left her job under less than ideal circumstances. Her half-brother Ben didn't sound thrilled when she asked if she could crash with him for a bit, but he didn't say no, and surely everything will look better from Paris. Only when she shows up, to find a very nice apartment, (could Ben really have afforded this?) he's not there. The longer Ben stays missing, the more Jess starts to dig...
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"When Jack Morgan stops by Private's Paris office, he envisions a quick hello during an otherwise relaxing trip filled with fine food and sightseeing. But Jack is quickly pressed into duty after a call from his client Sherman Wilkerson, asking Jack to track down his young granddaughter who is on the run from a brutal drug dealer. Before Jack can locate her, several members of France's cultural elite are found dead--murdered in stunning, symbolic fashion....
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"Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris. She's never even been on a romantic weekend away -- to anywhere -- before. Traveling abroad isn't really her thing. But when Nell's boyfriend fails to show up for their mini-vacation, she has the opportunity to prove everyone -- including herself -- wrong. Alone in Paris, Nell finds a version of herself she never knew existed: independent and intrepid. Could this turn out to be the most adventurous...
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Me Talk Pretty One Day contains far more than just the funniest collection of autobiographical essays - it quite well registers as a manifesto about language itself. Wherever there's a straight line, you can be sure that Sedaris lurks beneath the text, making it jagged with laughter; and just where the fault lines fall, he sits mischievously perched at the epicenter of it all.
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2013.
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he story of a Parisian family that starts in Roman times, then sweeps along from the building of Notre Dame to the Hundred Years' War, the glories of Versailles, the Revolution, the Belle Epoque, the remarkable Twenties, and, finally, World War II.
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Monsieur Perdu calls himself a literary apothecary. From his floating bookstore in a barge on the Seine, he prescribes novels for the hardships of life. Using his intuitive feel for the exact book a reader needs, Perdu mends broken hearts and souls. The only person he can't seem to heal through literature is himself; he's still haunted by heartbreak after his great love disappeared. She left him with only a letter, which he has never opened.
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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,...
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2023.
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"A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes. Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag. Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. "Dr. Liz," Laurie's mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, we’re back in Paris for more Spring/Summer 2015 collections. It’s all about the textures at the Vionnet show, drawing inspiration from Piero Manzon’s work to create an empowering collection of beauty and femininity. Sexy without being sexual is the name of the game at Guy Laroche, with designer Marcel Marongiu playing up easy-to-wear pieces with futuristic embroideries. At Jean-Charles de Castelbajac,...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, it’s a journey through the Himalayan Mountains at Prabal Gurung. Ruffles, feathers and sky-high stilettos, from his recently launched footwear collection, are required for Gurung’s embellished trek through Spring / Summer 2015! Public School designers, Dao-Yi Chow and Max Osborne, capture the energy of New York - transforming the city’s chaos into beautifully precise looks for both men and women. Celebrating...
11) The red balloon
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Doubleday
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[1957]
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IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A young boy finds a red balloon with a mind of its own floating across the skies of Paris.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 27
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After eighteen years as a political prisoner in the Bastille, the aging Doctor Manette is finally released and reunited with his daughter in England. There the lives of two very different men, Charles Darnay, an exiled French aristocrat, and Sydney Carton, a disreputable but brilliant English lawyer, become enmeshed through their love for Lucie Manette. From the tranquil roads of London, they are drawn against their will to the vengeful, bloodstained...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, we are delighted by Parisian innovations. Carven drew bright inspirations from bold graphic and Japanese sensibilities. Dive into the deep blue with designer Elie Saab for Spring/Summer 2015 as he shows a stunning collection at Paris Fashion Week! Inspired by a Kazimir Malevich exhibition at the Tate in London, Albert Kreimler took the idea of the square to new fashionable places for Akris! Plus, Sharon Wauchob...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, the New York shows continue to captivate. For Francisco Costa, in the navy, takes on new meaning for his Calvin Klein Collection. With a predominately dark blue palette, Spring 2015 is about long, lean and real world looks. Michael Herz, the new artist director at Diane von Furstenberg, calls to mind a 1950s Brigitte Bardot on the French Riviera with his runway debut for the iconic label. The DVF woman will...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, Creative Director, Yoshiyuki Miyamae, was inspired by “windscapes” - how the wind creates ripples in sand dunes and waves in the sea - for his Spring/Summer 2015 collection for Issey Miyake. Sporty style meets fluid romance at Viktor & Rolf for Spring 2015. With a nod to the Eiffel Tower, designer Martin Grant showed an elegant and lady-like collection with navy and gold as staples. Anthony Vaccarello...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, take one more trip down the runway at London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2015! Fyodor Golan express digital romanticism on their Technicolor and tech-savvy Spring 2015 runway, rife with 90s rave references, neon, and hyper-realistic prints. Orla Kiely channels flower power for Spring 2015, looking to the films Le Bonheur by Agnes Varda and Daisies by Vera Chytilova to inspire her floral motifs. Plus, Bora...
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Kanopy Streaming
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2015.
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English
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In this issue of Videofashion Collections, Chloe romanticizes the bohemian spirit with an innocent sweetness and exotic details. At Nina Ricci, designer Peter Copping gets creative with the “make do and mend” attitude in a modern-yet-referential collection. Andrew GN charms the crowd with a happy collection, taking great inspiration from his Asian roots, the work of Claude Monet and the Memphis Design Movement in a maximalist approach.
18) Paris match
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Stone Barrington novels volume 31
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English
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"Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns, and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on both sides of the pond. An old enemy is still in hot pursuit, and this time he might have a powerful local resource on his side: a gentleman with his own ax to grind against Stone. And back in the...
19) Eiffel Tower
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2007
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IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Disquisition on the history and properties of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.
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Cotton Malone novels volume 5
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English
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Former Justice Department operative Cotton Malone isn't looking for trouble when it comes knocking at his Copenhagen bookshop. But narrowly surviving a ferocious firefight convinces him to follow his unexpected new ally--an American Secret Service agent--and help him stop the Paris Club, a cabal of multimillionaires bent on manipulating the global economy. Only by matching wits with a terrorist-for-hire, foiling a catastrophic attack, and plunging...
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