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Roman Blood
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171/401 pages
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child
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208/557 pages
Avant-gardes du XXe siècle: arts & littérature, 1905-1930
Caesar's Commentaries: On the Gallic War and On the Civil War
Les bûchers de Bocanegra
The Songs of the Kings
Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories: Volumes I and II
The Hobbit
The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas
I really fell in love with Stein writings with this book. I had read Three lives before and liked it on an intellectual level but didn't love it. The autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is more accessible and a wonderful journey and view into the lives, loves and entourage of the Stein-Toklas. How Gertrude and Alice set up home in Paris, held court with painters, writers, poets and along the way collected essential pieces of art of the modern era. Picasso, Matisse, Braque... you name the artist, he or she made at least one visit to Alice and Gertrude's home. It's a wonderful introduction to the time and places of Paris in the early 20th century, it combines a few of my favourite things : history, art, modern art and literature. What's not to love.
