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PARIS TODAY: TOP SPOTS AND JE-NE-SAIS-QUOI Paris is known as one of the world’s most exciting capitals so there’s no point in boring you with clichés… Our guides are written by passionate journalists, used to going off the beaten track, to offer our readers the freshest air de Paris ever! {OÙ S’EMBRASSER À PARIS}
THE BEST PLACES TO KISS IN PARIS
Thierry Soufflard
{100 SORTIES COOL AVEC LES ENFANTS}
100 COOL OUTINGS WITH KIDS IN PARIS
Isabelle Calabre
Museums to discover history, the arts or sciences, lovely gardens to stroll through, swimming pools to relax in, and many other exciting places that will turn a trip to Paris into a family adventure. 11 x 17 cm Paperback, 128 pages. 120 photographs €9.90 Available in all languages 2
No more secrets! The best places to kiss in Paris shares tips on where to take your lover in the French capital. Relive great film smooches (remember Woody Allen in Tout le monde dit I love you or Amélie Poulain?), and discover perfect places to kiss in the most romantic restaurants, or mythical embraces like the Baiser de l’Hôtel de Ville photographed by Robert Doisneau… A wonderful read with 100 places to fit into a passionate trip to the world’s most romantic city. 11.1 x 17.5 cm Paperback, 112 pages 115 photographs €9.90 Available in all languages except English
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{PETITS ET GRANDS MUSÉES DE PARIS}
PARIS MUSEUMS FOR EVERY TASTE
Valérie Appert
Daydream in front of Monet’s water lilies at the Jeu de Paume or strange sarcophaguses in the Louvre… Meditate in front of Buddhas or voodoo dolls… Admire extraordinary planes and be dazzled by stars… Africa, art, cinema, Egypt, history, impressionism, Judaism, Middle Ages, music, sculpture, sport, theater. A perfect pocket guide for curious visitors. 100 museums. 11 x 17 cm Paperback, 128 pages. 140 photographs €9.90 Available in all languages except English
{PARIS, BARS ET RESTOS PLANQUÉS}
PARIS’ HIDDEN BARS AND RESTAURANTS
Antoine Besse
Enjoy a drink in an urban farmhouse, a speakeasy, a contemporary art gallery or a laundromat… Have lunch or dinner in a Swedish private club, a grocery store or the crypt of a church… Here is the vade mecum of Parisians looking for hot secret spots to experience the thrill of urban adventure. 100 hushhush addresses. 11 x 17 cm Paperback, 128 pages. 100 photographs €9.90 Available in all languages
{PARIS SANS GLUTEN}
GLUTEN-FREE PARIS
Soraya Aouidad
{PARIS YOGA}
BEST YOGA CLASSES AND TEACHERS IN PARIS
Anaïs Joseph and Sibylle Grandchamp
11 x 17 cm Paperback, 128 pages. 100 photographs €9.90 Available in all languages 3
{L’AUTRE PARIS}
HIP NEW PLACES IN PARIS
Nicolas Le Goff
{PARIS C’EST CHIC}
PARIS C’EST CHIC
Quitterie Pasquesoone, Élodie Rouge Drawings: Angeline Melin
This daring, cheeky and stylish guide gives the lowdown on real Parisian chic, with hot fashion and beauty tips, trendy restaurants, vintage shops, secret places and much more…200 addresses and more… 13 x 21 cm Paperback, 208 pages. 260 pictures & drawings €13.90 Available in all languages except English and Japanese
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New neighborhoods, contemporary architecture, community gardens, street art, coworking cafés, underground cultural venues: Paris is on the move. By proposing itineraries that begin where tourists usually stop, these ten walks invite urban explorers to stray from the norm and to broaden their horizons. Discover these districts where the heart of the city has never beaten so hard. 13 x 18 cm Paperback, 224 pages 530 photographs €12.90 Available in all languages
PARIS, HOME TO ARTISTIC AND LITERARY LEGENDS Over the centuries, writers and artists have woven the legend of the French capital, still today an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
{PROMENADES LITTÉRAIRES DANS PARIS}
STROLLS THROUGH LITERARY PARIS
Gilles Schlesser
From Montmartre to SaintGermain-des-Prés, from Passy to Montparnasse, the French capital shines with literary lights that illuminate each district: Balzac on the Boulevards, Proust in the Plaine Monceau, Celine on the Butte Montmartre and in the Passages… From one author to the other and from door to door, the walker will never stay alone for very long as this Paris inhabited by words is a moveable feast. 500 addresses. 13 x 18 cm Paperback, 288 pages 350 photographs €18.90 Available in all languages except English
{LE PARIS DE MARCEL PROUST}
REMEMBRANCE OF MARCEL PROUST’S PARIS
Henri Raczymow
The Paris of Marcel Proust is concentrated in the western part of the Right Bank, in the posh districts between Parc Monceau, the Faubourg Saint-Honoré, the Place de la Concorde, Auteuil, the Bois de Boulogne, and the Place de l’Etoile. This is where we meet most characters in his work. This brilliant and richly illustrated account will give all admirers of the greatest French writer from the last century a better grasp of his literary universe. 17.1 x 21 cm Paperback, 200 pages 180 photographs and paintings €25 Available in all languages except Dutch and Japanese 5
{PARIS IMPRESSIONNISTE}
IMPRESSIONIST PARIS
Françoise Ravelle
Monet painted smoke clouding the Gare Saint-Lazare, Renoir captured the Pont Neuf’s reflections in the Seine, Pissarro portrayed Avenue de l’Opéra from his hotel room, Manet immortalized waitresses in a café at Pigalle, Caillebotte depicted Haussmanian perspectives… Between its river and its tall skies, the French capital lacked neither nature nor textures—not to mention the city’s lively streets, workers, cafés and entertainment… {MONTMARTRE, LES LIEUX DE LÉGENDES}
MONTMARTRE, STROLLS THROUGH LEGENDARY PLACES Olivier Renault
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{MONTPARNASSE, LES LIEUX DE LÉGENDE}
MONTPARNASSE, STROLLS THROUGH LEGENDARY PLACES
Olivier Renault
From the cafés in the Nouvelle Athènes district where Manet, Degas, Pissarro, Seurat, Van Gogh and many others at the end of the 19th century used to meet and drink together, to the Moulin Rouge Ball that inspired Toulouse-Lautrec, the Lapin Agile Cabaret, or the Bateau-Lavoir where Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Montmartre enjoyed a genuine golden age. Street by street, this wonderfully illustrated book guides us on the footsteps of those who have woven the everlasting legend of Montmartre.
The Dome brasserie where Kiki de Montparnasse was introduced to the painter Kisling, La Closerie des Lilas loved by André Breton and his surrealist friends, Marie Vassilieff’s canteen where Picasso and Cocteau had lunch, renowned painting academies, or La Ruche, a hidden paradise where Soutine created masterworks… Montparnasse experienced a golden age for two or three decades. Street by street, this wonderfully illustrated book guides us on the footsteps of those who have woven the legend of Montparnasse.
14 x 21 cm Paperback, 240 pages. 160 photographs & documents €19.90 Available in all languages
14 x 21 cm Paperback, 208 pages 200 photographs & documents €19.90 Available in all languages
20 x 28 cm Paperback, 128 pages 100 illustrations €9.90 Available in all languages except English
{LES VINGT ARRONDISSEMENTS DE PARIS}
THE TWENTY ARRONDISSEMENTS OF PARIS
Léon-Paul Fargue
This literary panorama of Paris’ twenty arrondissements was published for the first time several years after Leon-Paul Fargue’s death (1947). This new edition, illustrated with old postcards, shows a Paris forever gone. Before us reemerge laundresses on the banks of the Seine, idlers on the Grands-Boulevards, students in the Quartier Latin, countesses from the Faubourg Saint-Germain, artists in the Nouvelles Athènes district, Communard rebels in Belleville… A delightful and poignant revival… 24 x 26 cm Paperback, 240 pages 420 photographs €19.90 Available in all languages
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LET’S WALK AROUND! Books for Paris aficionados, or detail-combing tourists who prefer exploring the urban landscape’s nooks and crannies over its better-known face.
{CURIOSITÉS DE PARIS}
CURIOSITIES OF PARIS
Dominique Lesbros
Lavishly illustrated, this fact-packed treasury leads the reader on a scavenger hunt through the streets of Paris, pointing out overlooked architectural details. Organized by subject— fountains and wells; centuriesold shop signs; vestiges of wars and ancient Egypt; hotels of legend; equestrian Paris; romantic ruins; unusual tombs, passageways; religious relics; mosaics; and more— this delightful guide deepens the reader’s knowledge and
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appreciation of Paris through the centuries. An essential addition to the library of the armchair traveler and flâneur alike. 17 x 21 cm Paperback, 240 pages 850 photographs €22 Available in all languages except English and Japanese
{PARIS SANS PAROLES}
WORDLESS PARIS
Sylvain Ageorges
16 x 11.5 cm Paperback, 240 pages 1200 photographs €9,90 Available in all languages except Japanese
{PARIS AU CALME}
QUIET CORNERS OF PARIS
Jean-Christophe Napias Photographs: Christophe Lefébure
{PARIS SECRET ET INSOLITE}
UNEXPLORED PARIS
Rodolphe Trouilleux Photographs: Jacques Lebar
A Palladian pavilion, an eighteenth-century tower, two rats nibbling a hole in the wall, a chocolatier-pharmacist, a carved medieval sign, a gothic parchment, a pagoda, a moving gateway, telescopic street lights, a tortured chevalier, a surrealist sundial, bas-reliefs in honor of Louis XIV, an old reading hall, a mysterious caryatid, a bastion in a garden, nineteenth-century greenhouses, stalactites in a grotto… 230 Paris surprises, rare finds, and odd treasures…
More than eighty of the loveliest, most tranquil, and sometimes hidden places in Paris; a square in the 15th arrondissement where pétanque players gather in a sublimely relaxing provincial atmosphere… And also outof-view villas, winding lanes, little-known nineteenthcentury passages, serene gardens, and cobblestone courtyards… 15 x 15 cm Paperback, 168 pages 150 photographs €12 Available in all languages except English
14 x 21 cm Paperback, 272 pages 290 photographs €19 Available in all languages except English
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STATELY SPLENDORS AND VINTAGE WONDERS
Paris has many must-sees… Some are not so easy to discover, many will stay in hearts forever.
{VERSAILLES PRIVÉ}
VERSAILLES IN PRIVATE
Nicolas Jacquet
Hidden doors, secret passages, private studies, libraries and apartments… the palace holds concealed quarters in which French kings and queens once sought refuge, far from court stuffiness. This intimate Versailles stands alongside the official Versailles. Shutting away the traces of regal memories, these doors now open specially for us. 14 x 21 cm Paperback, 224 pages 230 photographs & documents €19.90 Available in all languages except English
{PALAIS DE PARIS}
PARIS PALACES
Arnaud Chicurel
From the Palais de l’Elysée presidential residence to ministries, from embassies to large institutions, Parisian places of power are also historical places, since they shelter the most sumptuous interior decors of the capital. Mostly built in the 17th and 18th centuries, these exceptional residences illustrate the splendor of “French taste” in its Golden Age… This book pushes doors rarely opened, revealing a remarkable secret heritage.
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24 x 26 cm Paperback, 160 pages 160 photographs €19.90 Available in all languages
PARIS AND ITS GREATEST MONUMENTS IN 3D
Suzanne de Villars
From Notre-Dame to the Eiffel Tower, passing by the quays of the Seine, the Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, OpéraGarnier, Sacré-Coeur, and more, this book offers an overview of Paris and the neighborhoods making up its soul. In this panorama, Paris’s major monuments take on their full depth, revealed in 3D for the first time.
MONUMENTS OF PARIS
22 x 28 cm Paperback, 144 pages 400 photographs 3D glasses included €9.90 Available in all languages except English
Arnaud Chicurel and Pascal Ducept
From Notre-Dame to the Quai Branly Museum, the monuments of Paris bear witness to all the eras the city has known and are so many landmarks for avid urban walkers. Taking to the heights, Arnaud Chicurel and Pascal Ducept provide a new perspective on these palaces, towers, arches, and prestigious squares. By seeking out unusual angles and exceptional lighting, they show us a whole new side of the City of Light we thought we knew so well. 19.5 x 22.5 cm Hardcover, 160 pages 100 photographs €19 Available in all languages except English
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{PARIS BOUTIQUES D’ANTAN ET DE TOUJOURS}
PARIS’ OLD FAVORITE BOUTIQUES
Barbara Kamir Photographs: Christian Sarramon
Patisseries and sweet shops, lingerie boutiques, cobblers, cutlery, umbrella and cane stores… these remarkably charming institutions have managed to save their souls, original décor and shiny counters. They now give character to our streets, and transmit long-lasting traditional savoir-faire that makes them unique. A wonderful voyage into Parisian treasures. 20 x 28 cm Paperback, 144 pages 260 photographs €14.90 Available in all languages except English
{PARIS RESTAURANTS D’ANTAN ET DE TOUJOURS}
PARIS’ OLD FAVORITE RESTAURANTS
Barbara Kamir Photographs: Christian Sarramon
When today’s diners walk through the doors of historic Parisian restaurants, they sense that they join a long line of predecessors: the market workers at Les Halles, the livestock dealers at the La Villette abattoirs, the ladies of ill repute on the boulevards, the erudite writers of the Enlightenment… and more. The shadows of these longgone figures still lurk in the splendid décors on which time has no hold. 20 x 28 cm Paperback, 144 pages 240 photographs €14.90 Available in all languages except English
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PARIS WITH KIDS
Because Paris is fun for curious kids from all around the world!
{PARIS Y ES-TU ?}
PARIS HIDE AND SEEK
Drawings: Masumi
Theo’s little dog Potchi is a terrible tease: he keeps running away and getting lost in Paris! Please help Theo find his mischievous little pet. Be ready for an expedition that will take you all over the city – north, south, east, and west! Follow Theo from the Louvre Museum to the Gare SaintLazare with side trips to the Champs-Élysées and the zoo at the Jardin des Plantes. For readers with sharp eyes. 28 x 28 cm Hardcover, 60 pages 26 drawings €15 Available in all languages except English
{ACCROCHE-TOI JEANNOT!}
JEANNOT THE DREAMER
Sylvie Rouch Drawings: Masumi
Jeannot would like to go to the Eiffel Tower. But while he can see the monument from everywhere, getting close to it is another matter. To reach his goal, the little boy will have to travel through Paris by using every type of transport imaginable… What a fantastic trip! 20 x 20 cm Hardcover, 48 pages 26 drawings €11 Available in all languages 13
{DÉCOUVRIR PARIS EST UN JEU D’ENFANT}
DISCOVERING PARIS IS A CHILD’S PLAY
Isabelle Calabre
Which is the oldest comic strip on view in Paris? Why is the Sacré-Cœur still white? What is the most Russian bridge in the capital? Are there ghosts in the subway? These questions are among the hundreds that come with answers—sometimes amazing, sometimes amusing—in this marvelous illustrated book. Monuments, gardens, museums, streets… there are a thousand things to see in Paris and so much to learn. 16.5 x 24 cm Paperback, 104 pages 250 photographs €12 Available in all languages
{PARIS CACHE-CACHE}
PARIS CACHE-CACHE
Lise Herzog
Any little history buffs up for some fun? They’ll need to work a bit too in order to visit Paris during the time of the Romans, the Middle Ages or the Revolution. Curious young explorers will have to keep their eyes peeled to pick out their little guides in disguise, hidden among a host of other figures. Will they be able to unmask them? 28 x 28 cm Hardcover, 64 pages 26 drawings €14.90 Available in all languages
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