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A year in Paris... since
World War II, countless American students
have been lured by that vision—and been
transformed by their sojourn in the City of
Light. Dreaming in French tells three
stories of that experience, and how it
changed the lives of three extraordinary
American women.
All three women would go on to become icons,
key figures in American cultural,
intellectual, and political life, but when
they embarked for France, they were young,
little-known, uncertain about their future,
and drawn to the culture, sophistication,
and drama that only Paris could offer. Yet
their backgrounds...
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An inspiring story of resilience and the power of optimism--the true
story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor,
and the pianist who was the subject of an inspiring You Tube video that
moved millions of viewers.
At nearly 108 years old, the pianist Alice Herz-Sommer is the world's oldest
Holocaust survivor. An eyewitness to the entire last century and the first
decade of this one, she has seen it all, surviving the Theresienstadt
concentration camp, attending the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem, and
along the way coming into contact with some of the most fascinating
historical figures of our time. As a child in Prague, she spent weekends...
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"Without the writing of books, there is no history, there is no
concept of humanity. And if anyone wants to try to enclose in a
small space…the history of the human spirit and to make it his own,
he can only do this in the form of a collection of books."
--Hermann Hesse, The Magic of Books
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Nonfiction coming in 2012
January:
A SIMPLE
ACT OF GRATITUDE (originally published as 365 Thank Yous)
by John Kralik, paperback.
February:
A CENTURY OF WISDOM:
Lessons from the Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, The World’s Oldest
Living Holocaust Survivor by Caroline Stoessinger.
March:
DREAMING IN FRENCH: The Paris Years of Jacqueline
Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis by Alice Kaplan.
July: THE
ORCHARD by Theresa Weir, paperback.
September:
SMART
PARENTING, SMARTER KIDS by David Walsh, paperback.
November/December: MR. OWITA’S GUIDE TO GARDENING by
Carol Wall, FIRST INTERNATIONAL BANK OF BOB by Bob Harris |
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