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  Something to Declare

  Julian Barnes

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  Anyone who loves France (or just feels strongly about it), or has succumbed to the spell of Julian Barnes’s previous books, will be enraptured by this collection of essays on the country and its culture.Barnes’s appreciation extends from France’s vanishing peasantry to its hyperliterate pop singers, from the gleeful iconoclasm of nouvelle vague cinema to the orgy of drugs and suffering that is the Tour de France. Above all, Barnes is anunparalleled connoisseur of French writing and writers. Here are the prolific and priapic Simenon, Baudelaire, Sand and Sartre, and several dazzling excursions on the prickly genius of Flaubert. Lively yet discriminating in its enthusiasm,seemingly infinite in its range of reference, and written in prose as stylish as haute couture, Something to Declare is an unadulterated joy.

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  Das Reich - 2nd SS Panzer...

  Philip Vickers

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  Follow the infamous 2nd SS Panzer Division on its march through Southwest France to the Massacre at Oradour with this illustrated battlefield guide. The 2nd SS Das Reich Division Das Reich committed was an elite division known for its ruthlessness. Stationed in the French village of Montauban, near Toulouse, when the Allies invaded Normandy in 1944. When ordered to rush North, they ran into a series of French Resistance, SAS, and SOE delaying actions. The Division responded with vicious reprisals that culminated in the Massacre at Oradour. Illustrated with maps and photographs, this battlefield guide offers in-depth historical context for these events. Bringing to life the heroism and tragedy, the author presents the British, French, and German viewpoints.

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  Deathly Ill - An Adventure into...

  M. Allan Daly

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  Planning an international trip?You don’t have to risk having your vacation ruined from food poisoning. 
  Who has your back when it comes to food safety at your final destination? 
  (a) Hotels and restaurants 
  (b) Tour operators 
  (c) Local health departments 
  (d) None of the above 
  If you guessed (d), you’re right! 
  Deathly Ill is a true adventure about M. Allan Daly's quest to make food safer for 
  travelers visiting Latin America and beyond. The jaw-dropping and sometimes 
  gut wrenching stories, from some of the top restaurants in the world, include 
  information that people in the travel industry would never share; nevertheless, 
  these stories had to be told. 
  Travelers can take charge of their own food safety and demand that it be a top 
  priority because the ravages of foodborne illness can destroy vacations at best and 
  lead to a hospital stay or death at worst. 
  You now have a food safety travel advocate. Allan is focused on the health and 
  safety of travelers. 
  Included in the book are loads of tips for gluten-free and food allergy travelers, 
  along with vital questions to ask prior to booking an international tour. M. Allan 
  Daly has the answers to help you and your family stay safer on your next 
  vacation.

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  Camino de la Luna -...

  Pearl Howie

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  What divides us?What sets us against each other?What stops us from being able to come home to our true selves?I had found truth in Thailand, discovered another wall inside me and freed another part of my soul.There were things to be done, journeys to be taken, strangers to meet, mistakes and regrets to put right and only some of them were mine.  But my mistakes alone were enough to change everything.I had started in Spain, this Camino de la Luna, though it started long before and will not end until I die, but where next?  Would I finally cross the equator to the Southern Hemisphere, to Africa and could I ever heal the new wounds in my relationships, could I find reconciliation, or as they call it in South Africa, Ubuntu?  Would I ever find peace...  Would I ever put down my rucksack?Camino de la Luna is a seven book series (which had to be split into ten for the audiobooks):"Camino de la Luna - Take What You Need" (parts 1, 2 and 3)"Camino de la Luna - Unconditional Love""Camino de la Luna - Forgiveness""Camino de la Luna - Compassion and Self-Compassion""Camino de la Luna - Courage""Camino de la Luna - Truth""Camino de la Luna - Reconciliation" (parts 1 and 2)with a prequel "Japan Is Very Wonderful" and related book "free Feeling Real Emotions Everyday"“Thank you so much for including me… your writing is so inspirational.  Very emotional reading your journey as if it wasn’t for you I would never ever have explored as much as I have…  and…  continued to help others as you have done.  Keep being amazing Pearl, you are one of a kind...”  Selina Wedderburn

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  Lost Restaurants of Detroit

  Paul Vachon

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  Through stories and recipes nearly lost to time, author Paul Vachon explores the history of the Motor City's fine dining, ethnic eateries and everything in between. Grab a cup of coffee - he's got stories to share.While some restaurants come and go with little fanfare, others are dearly missed and never forgotten. In 1962, patrons of the Caucus Club were among the first to hear the voice of an eighteen-year-old Barbra Streisand. Before Stouffer's launched a frozen food empire, it was better known for its restaurants with two popular locations in Detroit. The Machus Red Fox was the last place former Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa was seen alive.

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  Cycling in the Alps

  C. L. Freeston

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  A guide to cycling in the European Alps in the days before surfaced roads and automobile tourism. As the author explains, the spectacular views are well worth the effort of pushing your bicycle up the passes and perfectly safe as long as your cycle is equipped with brakes.  Summary by Phil Benson

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