Paris & Suburbs: Le Francilien Street Atlas from Blay-Foldex in a 618-page, A4, PVC bound format with the city of Paris plus 410 communes in the surrounding area of the Ile de France within the motorway ring of Le Francilien. Coverage

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Paris & Suburbs: Le Francilien Street Atlas from Blay-Foldex in a 625-page, A4, PVC bound format with the city of Paris plus 410 communes in the surrounding area of the Ile de France within the motorway ring of Le Francilien. Coverage

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About this series: The Art/ Shop/ Eat guides, from the makers of the popular Blue Guides, are compact city guides with a focus on museums, art galleries & cultural activities, as well as food, drink & entertainment. Each guide is divided into several district sections, & three city-wide sections covering entertainment, trip-planning & an art glossary. District sections each begin with high-scale street maps of the district. Museum & Gallery descriptions form the bulk of each district section, with very detailed entries for the area ...

A preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to life one of the most dramatic & fascinating periods in the city`s history. During World War I, the terrifying sounds of the nearby front could be heard from inside the French capital; Germany`s ” Paris Gun” & enemy aviators routinely bombarded the city. And yet in its darkest hour, the City of Light blazed more brightly than ever. Its taxis shuttled troops to the front; its great railway stations received reinforcements from across the world; its grand museums & cathedrals housed the wounded; & the Eiffel Tower hummed at all hours, relaying messages to & from the trenches. At night, Parisians lived with urgency & without inhibition, embracing the lush & the libertine. The rich hosted parties that depleted their wine cellars of the finest vintages. Artists such as Pablo Picasso achieved new creative heights. & the war brought a wave of foreigners to the city for the first time, including Ernest Hemingway & Baxter`s own grandfather, Archie, whose diaries he uses to reconstruct a soldier`s-eye view of the war years. Uncovering a thrilling chapter in Paris`s history, John Baxter`s revelatory new book shows how this extraordinary period was essential in forging the spirit of the city we love today. ...

Paris à pied, FFRP topo-guide Ref. No. VI75, with three routes across Paris, highlighted on extracts from a street plan of the city & with descriptions of buildings & other locations illustrated with numerous colour photos. The three routes not only link some of the French capital’s best loved sights but also take the visitors past or across some of the less well known locations such as the grounds of the La Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital. Descriptions, cross-referenced to points on the map extracts, are arranged into sections which can be easily accessed by metro or by bus, & metro stations are clearly marked on the extracts. Current edition of this title was published in May 2016. To see the list of other FFRP guides with day walks please click on the series link.ABOUT THE FFRP (Fédération française de la randonnée pédestre) TOPOGUIDES: published in a handy A5 paperback format, the guides are the best companions for hiking in France. In addition to their topo-guides to the long-distance GR routes FFRP also publish an extensive range of guides with local day walks. Each walk in presented on a colour extract from IGN`s 1:50, 000 or 1:25, 000 topographic survey mapping overprinted with the route, with important points cross-referenced to the accompanying text, in French only, placed on the adjoining page. For each walk the guides also indicate the degree of difficulty & provide information on length, time & change in altitude, waymarking signs, access by road & parking facilities. An “info practiques” section of the guide indicates where shops, restaurants & accommodation can be found. The guides are published on high quality paper & include descriptions of the most interesting aspects of the surrounding region: historical & cultural sites, local specialties, fauna & flora, etc, all illustrated with colour photos. ...

The Paris Bookplates from Mac & Ninny are fun stickers to label the books, cds & dvds you lend to family & friends, so that they can safely & surely find their way back to you. Sharing your taste in literature, music & film will be easier & a more enjoyable experience. We have all been there, feeling disappointed & wondering who borrowed our favourite book or dvd. From now on, with these bookplates, you can keep track of what you lend & to whom. The packaging contains 12 colourful badges measuring 7.5x 10.5 cm. Write your name & contact details on it & then stick it to the book, cd or film that you want to lend. in addition, the thick card wrapping doubles up as a library record sheet, where you can note who borrowed what & when. The Bookplates from Mac & Ninny are a wonderful idea for book lovers & anyone who likes sharing. Leave your name with fun, colourful & noticeable pictures to remind your friends or family the book is yours &, when they finished with it, you would like to have it back! ...

Laminated & waterproof tourist map for visitors to Paris, combining a plan of the city within the Boulevard Périphérique with an enlargement for the centre & a map of the environs showing connections to both international airports & Versailles. The main plan of the city at 1:15, 000 is divided between the two sides of the map, with an inset extending it to La Défense. The plan indicates various places of interest, selected hotels, metro stations with line numbers, one way streets, etc. The central part, from the Invalides & Grand Palais to Notre Dame & the Pompidou Centre & from Gare St-Lazare to top end of the Luxemboug Gardens, is shown in greater detail at 1:12, 000. A road map of the city’s environs at 1:130, 000 extends out to both Charles de Gaulle & Orly airports & o Versailles. Both plans & the map are indexed, with lists of streets/localities, parks, public buildings, places of interest, etc. Top 30 sights in the city & the region are prominently marked. Also included is a diagram of the metro/RER network, a small administrative map of France showing its regions & departments, plus information on the city’s climate. ...

` Velib` is a contraction of `velo` (bike) & `liberte` (freedom). It`s the perfect way to discover the city! Paris now has a fabulous network of bike paths & this book gives seven itineraries throughout the city for safe, fun & healthy visiting. It has maps, addresses for shopping & eating, practical information & sites to visit. There is even an interactive feature using QR codes for news & activities on the blog ` Velib & Me`. Since it was launched in 2007 Velib has become one of the most-used means of transport in Paris, with over 120, 000 daily trips. It`s a fantastic & oh-so-Parisian way to see the city: along the Seine & its monuments, off the beaten track in Batignolles & Montmartre, or along the `green track` to the authentic Aligre market. Visit the city by bike with complete confidence & at your own pace thanks to this invaluable guide. ...

' Not only travelers but Parisians will have the Paris Metro explained by perusing this book in ways they never have before. An absolutely essential guide to really knowing Paris.' observes Robert Cole, author of A Traveller's History of Paris. What was the original name of the Place de la Concorde? Why was the Tuileries palace so called & when was it destroyed? Who built the Palais Royal? Find the answers to these questions & many others in this fascinating new book, which gives you the history behind the names of all the Metro stations in Paris. Arnold Delaney's text is full of illuminating insights into hidden corners of the history of the world's most elegant city. Take Le Kremlin
- Bicetre, an intriguing example of how, over many centuries, names evolve & become corrupted.. .known for its Bicetre Hospital, parts of which date back to the seventeenth century. The town's website explains that the Kremlin portion of the name is due to the fact that after Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812 a hospice for his soldiers was set up in the town & the local pub was called Le Sergent du Kremlin. Bicetre came about because at the end of the thirteenth century Jean de Pontoise the Bishop of Winchester owned land here. The locals had difficulty pronouncing Winchester which became Vincestre & evolved to become Bicetre. The text is complemented by colour photography especially commissioned for the book, which takes a slightly idiosyncratic look at the city as well as giving a taste of the quintessential design & feel of the Metro system.
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Acclaimed author Noel Riley Fitch, abetted by noted artist Rick Tulka, serves the dish on Select, the famous Montparnasse cafe that for nearly nine decades has been so vital to Paris & its intellectual denizens: from Hemingway, Beauvoir, Picasso, James Baldwin, & George Plimpton to the writers & artists who continue to work quietly there in the back room or heatedly debate every topic imaginable into the night. The artists have their work on the walls; the novelists include the cafe setting in their fiction. The quiet & drama of the Select world illustrates the centrality of cafes -- particularly this one -- to Parisian social, cultural, & intellectual life. Blending pithy profiles & witty drawings of clientele & staff, the book is organized around a history of the cafe, its daily & seasonal rhythms, particular colorful patrons, & even its typical cafe/brasserie food (including a few recipes). ...