Better Reading French

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 classees Looking for love in the classifiedsL'amour eternel A letter from Juliette Drouet to Victor HugoLa vie romantique A letter from George Sand to Alfred de MussetL'amour au theatre Moliere'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 ApollinaireEcris-moiLes notes Sticky notes, to-do lists, e-mail, a love letter, a "Dear John" letter, postcards, and a wedding invitationEchanges 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 writingHaikus 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 litterature Dejeuner with ProustLes manieres de table Eating do's and don'ts in the 1800sLe lunch au Local Let's have lunch with the Quebecois!Des livres beaux a croquer Flaubert au chocolat, Balzac a la ChantillyEnivrez-vous An invitation from BaudelaireChante, chanteA 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 gregorien Centuries-old plainsongL'Olympia Resurrecting a musical theater in ParisLe Musee de la Musique A museum of musical instrumentsNous n'irons plus au bois A song based on a nineteenth-century poemPromene-moiLa France des musees Museums-old and newLe musee du quai Branly African, Asian, Oceanic, and American art by the SeineLes musees ruraux Bread, bees, and ostriches in the countrysideLes musees urbains Fabric and fashion in the cityLes maisons d'artistes The artist's spirit lives onLe Paris des jardins The green space of ParisEmmene-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 montgolfiere Up, up, and awayParis boheme A stroll through 1920s MontparnasseTheodore Monod A scientist and humanitarian whose passion was the desertAlexandra David-Neel Pages from an explorer's journalFemmes au-dela des mers Women, heritage, and networkingFais-moi explorerLecture numerique 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 pionniere du prix Nobel au Pantheon The first woman to join the nation's "great men"Medecins Sans Frontieres Relieving the world's sufferingAdolphe Sax The highs and lows of an inventor's lifeExplique-moi tous les symbolesLes symboles francais Maxims, the rooster, Marianne, and "La Marseillaise"Les drapeaux The flags of France and the European UnionL'Academie francaise Protecting the mother tongueLes discours Speech, speech! Victor Hugo deliversFais-moi decouvrir la litterature contemporaineHommage au monde francophone A tribute to the mother tongueLa theorie des nuages Cloud obsession, love, and survivalPondichery, a l'aurore From Stockholm to PondicheryAime Cesaire par sa fille Cesaire, fundamental manHaiti Kenbe La! Dreams of my Haitian grandmotherDany Laferriere We are human beings, all over the worldBoulevard des Mots-dits A carnival of wordsLa tourmente de la langue francaise Taming the French languageChant a l'Indien A poem by Khireddine MouradContinuing to readAnswer keyfootnotech10_fn01ch14_fn01ch39_fn01