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  • Mutinous Women

    How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast

    by Joan DeJean ...
    The secret history of the rebellious Frenchwomen who were exiled to colonial Louisiana and found power in the Mississippi ValleyIn 1719, a ship named La Mutine (the mutinous woman), sailed from the French port of Le Havre, bound for the Mississippi. It was loaded with urgently needed goods for the fledgling French colony, but its principal commodity was a new kind of export: women.Falsely accused ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • How Paris Became Paris

    The Invention of the Modern City

    by Joan DeJean ...
    "This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."-- New YorkerAt the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still emerging from its medieval past. But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Queen's Embroiderer

    A True Story of Paris, Lovers, Swindlers, and the First Stock Market Crisis

    by Joan DeJean ...
    From the author of How Paris Became Paris, a sweeping history of high finance, the origins of high fashion, and a pair of star-crossed lovers in 18th-century France.Paris, 1719. The stock market is surging and the world's first millionaires are buying everything in sight. Against this backdrop, two families, the Magoulets and the Chevrots, rose to prominence only to plummet in the first stock ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Age of Comfort

    When Paris Discovered Casual--and the Modern Home Began

    by Joan DeJean ...
    Today, it is difficult to imagine a living room without a sofa. When the first sofas on record were delivered in seventeenth-century France, the result was a radical reinvention of interior space. Symptomatic of a new age of casualness and comfort, the sofa ushered in an era known as the golden age of conversation; as the first piece of furniture designed for two, it was also considered an ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The Essence of Style

    How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour

    by Joan DeJean ...
    What makes fashionistas willing to pay a small fortune for a particular designer accessory -- a luxe handbag, for example? Why is it that people all over the world share the conviction that a special occasion only becomes really special when a champagne cork pops -- and even more special when that cork comes from a bottle of Dom Pérignon? Why are diamonds the status symbol gemstone, instantly ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    How Paris Became Paris

    The Invention of the Modern City

    by Joan DeJean ...
    Narrated by Patricia Rodriguez ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 11 min

    Bloomsbury presents How Paris Became Paris by Joan DeJean, read by Patricia Rodriguez**"This lively history charts the growth of Paris from a city of crowded alleyways and irregular buildings into a modern marvel."--**New YorkerAt the beginning of the seventeenth century, Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space. Like other European cities, it was still ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

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  • The Diamond Eye

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    Don’t miss the thrilling new novel from Kate Quinn, The Briar Club!New York Times BestsellerThe bestselling author of The Rose Code returns with an unforgettable work of WWII historical fiction about a quiet bookworm who becomes history’s deadliest female sniper. Based on a true story.In 1937 in the snowbound city of Kyiv, wry and bookish history student Mila Pavlichenko organizes her life... ... Read more

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