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111 places in Paris that you shouldn't miss, Sybil Canac, Renée Grimaud, Katia Thomas

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111 places in Paris that you shouldn't miss
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111 places in Paris that you shouldn't miss
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Sybil Canac, Renée Grimaud, Katia Thomas
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  • 111 places in Paris that you should not miss
  • One hundred and eleven places in Paris that you shouldn't miss
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  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
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"You think you know Paris inside out? Then let yourself be surprised by this book! Written by three true connoisseurs, it tells you the secrets of the city. Curiosities, secret gardens, unknown museums, arts centers or very special hotels--with this book you discover Paris off the beaten path, its hidden treasures, its legends, its stories."--Amazon.com
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Canac, Sybil
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Translated from the French by Hadley Suter
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non fiction
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  • Grimaud, Renée
  • Thomas, Katia
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111 places
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  • Paris (France)
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  • France
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111 places in Paris that you shouldn't miss, Sybil Canac, Renée Grimaud, Katia Thomas
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Contents
  • 14
  • 74
  • 34
  • Dejean Market: Africa goes to the market
  • 76
  • 35
  • Delaville Café: An atmosphere of "tolerance"
  • 78
  • 36
  • Doubméa-Paris Factory: Paris has its prince
  • 80
  • 4
  • 37
  • L'Élysée Montmartre: The show must go on
  • 82
  • 38
  • Émil'Or: A secret atelier
  • 84
  • 39
  • Ennery Museum: Chimeras from the Far East
  • 86
  • 40
  • AntiCafé Beaubourg: Here's to spending time together
  • Ermitage House: A Parisian folie in the Regency style
  • 88
  • 41
  • Evi Evane: The best taramasalata in Paris
  • 90
  • 42
  • Ferrandi Paris: Not your ordinary student restaurant
  • 92
  • 43
  • Fountain of the Fellah: A souvenir from Napoleonic Egypt
  • 16
  • 94
  • 44
  • Foujita at the Japan House: Hidden treasures
  • 96
  • 45
  • Galerie Vuitton: The treasure chests
  • 98
  • 46
  • Les Grands Moulins de Pantin: Untouched industrial heritage
  • 100
  • 5
  • 47
  • La Grisette de 1830: Glory to the working girl
  • 102
  • 48
  • Halle Pajol: A unique eco-neighborhood
  • 104
  • 49
  • Hennebique Building: A concrete system
  • 106
  • 50
  • Arcade Street: The temple of old-school video games
  • Hôtel Chopin: A hotel hi a passageway
  • 108
  • 51
  • Hôtel des Grandes Écoles: The countryside in a hotel
  • 110
  • 52
  • Hôtel Païva: The splendor of a courtesan
  • 112
  • 53
  • Hôtel Saint-James Paris: The first airfield in Paris
  • 18
  • 114
  • 54
  • Indochinese Buddhist Temple: A home for the gods
  • 116
  • 55
  • La Java: A legendary ballroom
  • 118
  • 56
  • Jérome Seydoux-Pathé Foundation: An atrium with a backstory
  • 120
  • 6
  • 57
  • Jim Morrison's Building: Tracking down an idol
  • 122
  • 58
  • Kara: A magical movie theater
  • 124
  • 59
  • Lady Barber of Paris: Making men look better
  • 126
  • 60
  • Armenian Cafeteria: Armenian soul food
  • Léon the Lamppost: A streetlight from the past
  • 128
  • 61
  • Liberté Ménilmontant: The boulangerie that shows everything
  • 130
  • 62
  • Lisch Station: A lost station
  • 132
  • 63
  • Little India: Amid saris and cardamom
  • 20
  • 134
  • 64
  • Le Louxor: An Egyptian cinema
  • 136
  • 65
  • Les Magasins Crespin-Dufayel: The glory days of commerce
  • 138
  • 66
  • Le Magic Mirror: A magical marvel
  • 140
  • 1
  • 7
  • 67
  • Maison Plisson: Gourmet groceries
  • 142
  • 68
  • Maison Souquet: A brothel-turned-hotel
  • 144
  • 69
  • Le Manoir de Paris: For nerves of steel
  • 146
  • 70
  • Arts et Métiers Station: A dream bubble
  • La Manufacture 111: The beat of the city
  • 148
  • 71
  • Marais Dance Center: From stagecoaches to dance classes
  • 150
  • 72
  • Marché sur l'eau: A market on a boat for the eco-minded
  • 152
  • 73
  • Marie Bashkirtseff's Grave: In honor of a short life
  • 22
  • 154
  • 74
  • Maubuée Fountain: The oldest fountain in Paris
  • 156
  • 75
  • Momboye Dance Center: African rhythms
  • 158
  • 76
  • Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse: A pilgrimage to Paris
  • 160
  • 8
  • 77
  • Notre-Dame-du-Travail: The faith of the working class
  • 162
  • 78
  • L'Oasis d'Aboukir: The plant man strikes again
  • 164
  • 79
  • Owls: Rise above
  • 166
  • 80
  • Baguett's Café: A no-frills coffee shop
  • Paris-Gobelins Station: A station disappears
  • 168
  • 81
  • Passage de la Sorcière: The witch is in prison!
  • 170
  • 82
  • Passerelle d'Aubervilliers: Paris towards the millennium!
  • 172
  • 83
  • Passerelle Debilly: The crime scene
  • 24
  • 174
  • 84
  • Passy Reservoir: To the water of Paris
  • 176
  • 85
  • Peach Walls of Montreuil: Where the peaches are just peachy
  • 178
  • 86
  • Le Père Magloire: Cemetery prankster
  • 180
  • 9
  • 87
  • Le Pharamond Restaurant: Tripes à la mode de Caen
  • 182
  • 88
  • Les Piaules: For backpackers in the know
  • 184
  • 89
  • Pierre Emmanuel Garden: Nature in all its liberty
  • 186
  • 90
  • Le Balcon Restaurant: Paris in all of its (phil)harmony
  • Pontoise Pool: An almost-midnight swim
  • 188
  • 91
  • Public Baths: Showers for all at this bastion of public hygiene
  • 190
  • 92
  • La REcyclerie: An urban farmhouse
  • 192
  • 93
  • La Route du Tibet: The only Tibetan bookstore in Paris
  • 26
  • 194
  • 94
  • Rue des Immeubles Industriels: Hot water on every floor!
  • 196
  • 95
  • Rue Pavée Synagogue: An art-nouveau challenge, taken on by Guimard
  • 198
  • 96
  • Rue Réaumur: An ode to iron and glass
  • 200
  • 10
  • 97
  • Saint-Martin-des-Champs: The birth of the Gothic style, in Paris
  • 202
  • 98
  • Saint-Séraphin-de-Sarov Orthodox Church: The smallest church in Paris
  • 204
  • 99
  • Le Salon du Panthéon: Catherine Deneuve, decorator extraordinaire
  • 206
  • 100
  • Adzak Museum-Workshop: The home of an illusion artist
  • Le Bar à Bulles: Daydream in peace
  • Sèvres Door: Sandstone in full force
  • 208
  • 101
  • Skyline Bar and Lounge: Cocktails with a view
  • 210
  • 102
  • Solar Hôtel: The world is organic
  • 212
  • 103
  • Sorbonne Astronomy Tour: Stargazing in the city
  • 28
  • 214
  • 104
  • Le Spa "Dans le Noir?": A spa in the dark
  • 216
  • 105
  • Square de la Roquette: The doors of the penitentiary
  • 218
  • 106
  • Street Art of Montreuil: An open-air art gallery
  • 220
  • 11
  • 107
  • Suresnes Vineyards: The little white wine of the west
  • 222
  • 108
  • Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery: The artsy suburbs
  • 224
  • 109
  • Tiki Lounge: Half-man, half-god
  • 226
  • 110
  • Baton Rouge: Just like on the bayou...
  • Vampires and Monsters Museum: I wasn't scared, I swear!
  • 228
  • 111
  • ZZZen Nap Bar: Bubbles of well-being
  • 230
  • 30
  • 12
  • Belushi's Canal: Rock 'n' roll urinals
  • 32
  • 13
  • Belvedere of Willy Ronis: When art rises up
  • 10
  • 34
  • 14
  • Bigot Building: Façades of glazed ceramic
  • 36
  • 15
  • Bois Dormoy: A communal garden
  • 38
  • 16
  • Butte Bergeyre: The village up on a perch
  • 40
  • 2
  • 17
  • Butte du Chapeau-Rouge Park: A call to peace
  • 42
  • 18
  • Café A: For the uber-hip
  • 44
  • 19
  • Café des Chats: The stress-relieving coffee break
  • 46
  • 20
  • Animal Cemetery: A pet cemetery for the dearly departed
  • Canal House: The bright life
  • 48
  • 21
  • Chapal Factory: A new skin for a former rabbit fur factory
  • 50
  • 22
  • Château Rothschild: The poetry of ruins
  • 52
  • 23
  • Chemin des Vignes: Issy, the place to be
  • 12
  • 54
  • 24
  • Chemin du Montparnasse: Chasing after les Années Folles
  • 56
  • 25
  • Chen Zhen Fountain: Water's symbolic path
  • 58
  • 26
  • Chocolate Museum: The history of hot chocolate
  • 60
  • 3
  • 27
  • Ciné 13 Theater: A nice family history
  • 62
  • 28
  • Cité du Cinéma: Hollywood-sur-Seine
  • 64
  • 29
  • Le Clown Bar: Life's a three-ring circus
  • 66
  • 30
  • Anis Gras Cultural Center: A liqueur with history
  • Les Combattants de la Nueve Garden: In honor of Spanish heroes
  • 68
  • 31
  • Cour des Bourgiugnons: The glory days of carpentry
  • 70
  • 32
  • Coudurier Weapons Rooms: A décor worthy of d'Artagnan the musketeer
  • 72
  • 33
  • Curiosity Cabinet: For the nature-curious
Control code
966563729
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
230 pages
Isbn
9783740801595
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps
System control number
(OCoLC)966563729
Label
111 places in Paris that you shouldn't miss, Sybil Canac, Renée Grimaud, Katia Thomas
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • 14
  • 74
  • 34
  • Dejean Market: Africa goes to the market
  • 76
  • 35
  • Delaville Café: An atmosphere of "tolerance"
  • 78
  • 36
  • Doubméa-Paris Factory: Paris has its prince
  • 80
  • 4
  • 37
  • L'Élysée Montmartre: The show must go on
  • 82
  • 38
  • Émil'Or: A secret atelier
  • 84
  • 39
  • Ennery Museum: Chimeras from the Far East
  • 86
  • 40
  • AntiCafé Beaubourg: Here's to spending time together
  • Ermitage House: A Parisian folie in the Regency style
  • 88
  • 41
  • Evi Evane: The best taramasalata in Paris
  • 90
  • 42
  • Ferrandi Paris: Not your ordinary student restaurant
  • 92
  • 43
  • Fountain of the Fellah: A souvenir from Napoleonic Egypt
  • 16
  • 94
  • 44
  • Foujita at the Japan House: Hidden treasures
  • 96
  • 45
  • Galerie Vuitton: The treasure chests
  • 98
  • 46
  • Les Grands Moulins de Pantin: Untouched industrial heritage
  • 100
  • 5
  • 47
  • La Grisette de 1830: Glory to the working girl
  • 102
  • 48
  • Halle Pajol: A unique eco-neighborhood
  • 104
  • 49
  • Hennebique Building: A concrete system
  • 106
  • 50
  • Arcade Street: The temple of old-school video games
  • Hôtel Chopin: A hotel hi a passageway
  • 108
  • 51
  • Hôtel des Grandes Écoles: The countryside in a hotel
  • 110
  • 52
  • Hôtel Païva: The splendor of a courtesan
  • 112
  • 53
  • Hôtel Saint-James Paris: The first airfield in Paris
  • 18
  • 114
  • 54
  • Indochinese Buddhist Temple: A home for the gods
  • 116
  • 55
  • La Java: A legendary ballroom
  • 118
  • 56
  • Jérome Seydoux-Pathé Foundation: An atrium with a backstory
  • 120
  • 6
  • 57
  • Jim Morrison's Building: Tracking down an idol
  • 122
  • 58
  • Kara: A magical movie theater
  • 124
  • 59
  • Lady Barber of Paris: Making men look better
  • 126
  • 60
  • Armenian Cafeteria: Armenian soul food
  • Léon the Lamppost: A streetlight from the past
  • 128
  • 61
  • Liberté Ménilmontant: The boulangerie that shows everything
  • 130
  • 62
  • Lisch Station: A lost station
  • 132
  • 63
  • Little India: Amid saris and cardamom
  • 20
  • 134
  • 64
  • Le Louxor: An Egyptian cinema
  • 136
  • 65
  • Les Magasins Crespin-Dufayel: The glory days of commerce
  • 138
  • 66
  • Le Magic Mirror: A magical marvel
  • 140
  • 1
  • 7
  • 67
  • Maison Plisson: Gourmet groceries
  • 142
  • 68
  • Maison Souquet: A brothel-turned-hotel
  • 144
  • 69
  • Le Manoir de Paris: For nerves of steel
  • 146
  • 70
  • Arts et Métiers Station: A dream bubble
  • La Manufacture 111: The beat of the city
  • 148
  • 71
  • Marais Dance Center: From stagecoaches to dance classes
  • 150
  • 72
  • Marché sur l'eau: A market on a boat for the eco-minded
  • 152
  • 73
  • Marie Bashkirtseff's Grave: In honor of a short life
  • 22
  • 154
  • 74
  • Maubuée Fountain: The oldest fountain in Paris
  • 156
  • 75
  • Momboye Dance Center: African rhythms
  • 158
  • 76
  • Notre-Dame de la Médaille Miraculeuse: A pilgrimage to Paris
  • 160
  • 8
  • 77
  • Notre-Dame-du-Travail: The faith of the working class
  • 162
  • 78
  • L'Oasis d'Aboukir: The plant man strikes again
  • 164
  • 79
  • Owls: Rise above
  • 166
  • 80
  • Baguett's Café: A no-frills coffee shop
  • Paris-Gobelins Station: A station disappears
  • 168
  • 81
  • Passage de la Sorcière: The witch is in prison!
  • 170
  • 82
  • Passerelle d'Aubervilliers: Paris towards the millennium!
  • 172
  • 83
  • Passerelle Debilly: The crime scene
  • 24
  • 174
  • 84
  • Passy Reservoir: To the water of Paris
  • 176
  • 85
  • Peach Walls of Montreuil: Where the peaches are just peachy
  • 178
  • 86
  • Le Père Magloire: Cemetery prankster
  • 180
  • 9
  • 87
  • Le Pharamond Restaurant: Tripes à la mode de Caen
  • 182
  • 88
  • Les Piaules: For backpackers in the know
  • 184
  • 89
  • Pierre Emmanuel Garden: Nature in all its liberty
  • 186
  • 90
  • Le Balcon Restaurant: Paris in all of its (phil)harmony
  • Pontoise Pool: An almost-midnight swim
  • 188
  • 91
  • Public Baths: Showers for all at this bastion of public hygiene
  • 190
  • 92
  • La REcyclerie: An urban farmhouse
  • 192
  • 93
  • La Route du Tibet: The only Tibetan bookstore in Paris
  • 26
  • 194
  • 94
  • Rue des Immeubles Industriels: Hot water on every floor!
  • 196
  • 95
  • Rue Pavée Synagogue: An art-nouveau challenge, taken on by Guimard
  • 198
  • 96
  • Rue Réaumur: An ode to iron and glass
  • 200
  • 10
  • 97
  • Saint-Martin-des-Champs: The birth of the Gothic style, in Paris
  • 202
  • 98
  • Saint-Séraphin-de-Sarov Orthodox Church: The smallest church in Paris
  • 204
  • 99
  • Le Salon du Panthéon: Catherine Deneuve, decorator extraordinaire
  • 206
  • 100
  • Adzak Museum-Workshop: The home of an illusion artist
  • Le Bar à Bulles: Daydream in peace
  • Sèvres Door: Sandstone in full force
  • 208
  • 101
  • Skyline Bar and Lounge: Cocktails with a view
  • 210
  • 102
  • Solar Hôtel: The world is organic
  • 212
  • 103
  • Sorbonne Astronomy Tour: Stargazing in the city
  • 28
  • 214
  • 104
  • Le Spa "Dans le Noir?": A spa in the dark
  • 216
  • 105
  • Square de la Roquette: The doors of the penitentiary
  • 218
  • 106
  • Street Art of Montreuil: An open-air art gallery
  • 220
  • 11
  • 107
  • Suresnes Vineyards: The little white wine of the west
  • 222
  • 108
  • Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery: The artsy suburbs
  • 224
  • 109
  • Tiki Lounge: Half-man, half-god
  • 226
  • 110
  • Baton Rouge: Just like on the bayou...
  • Vampires and Monsters Museum: I wasn't scared, I swear!
  • 228
  • 111
  • ZZZen Nap Bar: Bubbles of well-being
  • 230
  • 30
  • 12
  • Belushi's Canal: Rock 'n' roll urinals
  • 32
  • 13
  • Belvedere of Willy Ronis: When art rises up
  • 10
  • 34
  • 14
  • Bigot Building: Façades of glazed ceramic
  • 36
  • 15
  • Bois Dormoy: A communal garden
  • 38
  • 16
  • Butte Bergeyre: The village up on a perch
  • 40
  • 2
  • 17
  • Butte du Chapeau-Rouge Park: A call to peace
  • 42
  • 18
  • Café A: For the uber-hip
  • 44
  • 19
  • Café des Chats: The stress-relieving coffee break
  • 46
  • 20
  • Animal Cemetery: A pet cemetery for the dearly departed
  • Canal House: The bright life
  • 48
  • 21
  • Chapal Factory: A new skin for a former rabbit fur factory
  • 50
  • 22
  • Château Rothschild: The poetry of ruins
  • 52
  • 23
  • Chemin des Vignes: Issy, the place to be
  • 12
  • 54
  • 24
  • Chemin du Montparnasse: Chasing after les Années Folles
  • 56
  • 25
  • Chen Zhen Fountain: Water's symbolic path
  • 58
  • 26
  • Chocolate Museum: The history of hot chocolate
  • 60
  • 3
  • 27
  • Ciné 13 Theater: A nice family history
  • 62
  • 28
  • Cité du Cinéma: Hollywood-sur-Seine
  • 64
  • 29
  • Le Clown Bar: Life's a three-ring circus
  • 66
  • 30
  • Anis Gras Cultural Center: A liqueur with history
  • Les Combattants de la Nueve Garden: In honor of Spanish heroes
  • 68
  • 31
  • Cour des Bourgiugnons: The glory days of carpentry
  • 70
  • 32
  • Coudurier Weapons Rooms: A décor worthy of d'Artagnan the musketeer
  • 72
  • 33
  • Curiosity Cabinet: For the nature-curious
Control code
966563729
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
230 pages
Isbn
9783740801595
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 655
Other physical details
color illustrations, color maps
System control number
(OCoLC)966563729

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