Assim como muitos de nós, David Lebovitz sonhava viver em Paris desde sua primeira visita à cidade nos anos 80. Finalmente, depois de quase duas décadas de carreira como chefe confeiteiro e autor de livros de gastronomia, incluindo 12 anos no aclamado Chez Panisse de Alice Waters, ele se mudou para a Cidade Luz para começar uma nova vida. Com apenas três malas ele chegou, com grandes expectativas, ao seu novo apartamento no animado bairro da Bastilha. Mas logo ele descobriu que o mundo "en...

"A top-notch walking tour of Paris . . . Readers visiting the city are advised to take it with them to discover countless new experiences." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)A unique combination of memoir, history, and travelogue, this is author David Downie's irreverent quest to uncover why Paris is the world's most romantic city, and has been for over 150 years.Abounding in secluded, atmospheric parks, art...

Swapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-├ëlys├®es to the old Montmartre haunts of the doomed painter Modigliani, the tombs of P├¿re-Lachaise cemetery, the luxuriant alleys of the Luxembourg Gardens, and the aristocratic ├Äle Saint-Louis ...

Grupo Editorial Audiolibro Present París en el siglo XX by Julio Verne: La novela perdida de Verne

“Beautifully written and refreshingly original . . . makes us see [Paris] in a different light.”—San Francisco Chronicle Book ReviewSwapping his native San Francisco for the City of Light, travel writer David Downie arrived in Paris in 1986 on a one-way ticket, his head full of romantic notions. Curiosity and the legs of a cross-country runner propelled him daily from an unheated, seventh-floor walk-up garret near the Champs-Elysées to the old Mon...

"Skillfully combines culinary history with reports from . . . the city's most tasteful arrondissements. . . . [blends] the past with the present in gorgeous style" — The New York TimesIn his trademark witty and informative style, David Downie embarks on a quest to discover "What is it about the history of Paris that has made it a food lover's paradise?" Long before Marie Antoinette said, "Let them eat cake!" (actually, it was brioche), the Romans of Paris d...

The scientific and social history surrounding the 1880 incident of a foul odor in Paris and the development of public health culture that followed.Late in the summer of 1880, a wave of odors enveloped large portions of Paris. As the stench lingered, outraged residents feared that the foul air would breed an epidemic. Fifteen years later—when the City of Light was in the grips of another Great Stink—the public conversation about health and disease had changed dramati...

From the New York Times bestselling author of My Paris Kitchen and L'Appart, a deliciously funny, offbeat, and irreverent look at the city of lights, cheese, chocolate, and other confections.Like so many others, David Lebovitz dreamed about living in Paris ever since he first visited the city and after a nearly two-decade career as a pastry chef and cookbook author, he finally moved to Paris to start a new life. Having crammed all his wor...

Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises, David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk across France to the Pyrenees. Starting on the Rue Saint-Jacques then trekking 750 miles south to Roncesvalles, Spain, their eccentric route takes 72 days on Roman roads and pilgrimage paths—an 1,100-year-old network of trails leading to the sanctuary of Saint James the Greater. It is best known as El Camino de Santiago de Compostela—"The Way" for short. The object of any pilgrimage is ...

The gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris.As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head of the Brigade Criminelle, was tasked with tracking down the elusive murderer in a twilight world of Gestapo, gangsters, resistance fighters, pimps, prostitutes, spies, and other shadowy figures of the Parisian underworld. But while trying to solv...

50 Salsa Stories documents David Paris' journey from being the worst student in dance class to closing shows with the best salsa dancers in the world. David Paris became a featured performer on the worldwide salsa circuit, was a finalist on America’s Got Talent, was a seven-time Dance champion, a teacher to tens of thousands of students, and a coach to hundreds of salsa performers. 50 Salsa Stories honors the vital culture of passionate dancers, legendary teachers, and spectacular performe...

París ha sido una de las ciudades más influyentes del mundo, pero durante los días del Segundo Imperio constituyó el prototipo de la modernidad tal como ésta ha sido codificada canónicamente. Durante el periodo que transcurre entre las revoluciones fallidas de 1848 y 1871, experimentó una transformación realmente impresionante. El barón Haussmann orquestó la remodelación física de la ciudad, reemplazando su trazado medieval por los grandes bulevares que dominan su fisonomía hasta el día de...