Table of Contents
PrefaceHow to use this bookEmbrasse-moiLes petits mots d’amour A game of love, Valentine’s Day cards, and proverbs about loveL’horoscope Horoscopes—Western and ChineseLes petites annonces classées Looking for love in the classifiedsL’amour éternel A letter from Juliette Drouet to Victor HugoLa vie romantique A letter from George Sand to Alfred de MussetL’amour au théâtre Molière’s pursuit of the perfect expression of loveL’amour et les chats Chateaubriand’s love of catsL’amour et le chocolat For the love of chocolateL’adieu A farewell poem by ApollinaireÉcris-moiLes notes Sticky notes, to-do lists, e-mail, a love letter, a “Dear John” letter, postcards, and a wedding invitationÉchanges entre voisins Correspondence—neighborly and not so neighborlyCorrespondance administrative A letter to city hallLettre de cachet An official requestLettres historiques Letters from the battlefieldRunes The magic of writingHaïkus Poetry in three linesNourris-moiLa panoplie du chef A chef’s stock-in-tradeRecettes Three recipes, beginning with dessertLes critiques culinaires A guide to Parisian restaurantsCuisine et littérature Déjeuner with ProustLes manières de table Eating do’s and don’ts in the 1800sLe lunch au Local Let’s have lunch with the Québécois!Des livres beaux à croquer Flaubert au chocolat, Balzac à la ChantillyEnivrez-vous An invitation from BaudelaireChante, chanteÀ la claire fontaine A seventeenth-century soldier’s lamentLe temps des cerises Politics and love in a nineteenth-century songLes roses blanches Lyrical white roses for mamanCarmen Romance in Bizet’s operaLe chant grégorien Centuries-old plainsongL’Olympia Resurrecting a musical theater in ParisLe Musée de la Musique A museum of musical instrumentsNous n’irons plus au bois A song based on a nineteenth-century poemPromène-moiLa France des musées Museums—old and newLe musée du quai Branly African, Asian, Oceanic, and American art by the SeineLes musées ruraux Bread, bees, and ostriches in the countrysideLes musées urbains Fabric and fashion in the cityLes maisons d’artistes The artist’s spirit lives onLe Paris des jardins The green space of ParisEmmène-moi au bout du mondeUn voyage d’affaires Doing business in VeniceL’Orient-Express A history of the train of myth and mystiqueUn tour en montgolfière Up, up, and awayParis bohème A stroll through 1920s MontparnasseThéodore Monod A scientist and humanitarian whose passion was the desertAlexandra David-Néel Pages from an explorer’s journalFemmes au-delà des mers Women, heritage, and networkingFais-moi explorerLecture numérique Young, avid digital readersLes inventions Hot-air balloons, garbage cans, and BrailleL’euro Technology in your pocketLes vitraux Craftsmanship in the restoration of stained glassMarie Curie, une pionnière du prix Nobel au Panthéon The first woman to join the nation’s “great men”Médecins Sans Frontières Relieving the world’s sufferingAdolphe Sax The highs and lows of an inventor’s lifeExplique-moi tous les symbolesLes symboles français Maxims, the rooster, Marianne, and “La Marseillaise”Les drapeaux The flags of France and the European UnionL’Académie française Protecting the mother tongueLes discours Speech, speech! Victor Hugo deliversFais-moi découvrir la littérature contemporaineHommage au monde francophone A tribute to the mother tongueLa théorie des nuages Cloud obsession, love, and survivalPondichéry, à l’aurore From Stockholm to PondichéryAimé Césaire par sa fille Césaire, fundamental manHaïti Kenbe La! Dreams of my Haitian grandmotherDany Laferrière We are human beings, all over the worldBoulevard des Mots-dits A carnival of wordsLa tourmente de la langue française Taming the French languageChant à l’Indien A poem by Khireddine MouradContinuing to readAnswer keyfootnotech10_fn01ch14_fn01ch39_fn01
