Paris

Item #: UE4992
Price: $25.00
Ernest Hemingway was just twenty years old when he met and fell in love with Hadley Richardson, a bright, kind-hearted woman from St. Louis who was eight years his senior. Their subsequent marriage (Hemingway's first of four) forms the heart of this insightful novel, narrated by Hadley and set primarily in the shabby-chic artists' arrondissements of post-World War I Paris. There, the Hemingways hobnob with Gertrude Stein, Alice Toklas, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Ernest is in his literary element, gathering the material that will eventually become his breakout novel, The Sun Also Rises. But for Hadley, the life of a writer's wife is anything but glamorous. Deeply in love, she must grapple with the harsh realities of poverty, alcohol abuse, and Ernest's perpetually wandering eye. Frank and absorbing, The Paris Wife offers an intimate acquaintance with one of America's greatest writers, lifting the curtain of history to reveal the tragic casualties of literary genius.

Item #: UE6262
Price: $235.00
Unreservedly luxurious, these two giant (11"x17") tomes take the serious historian, art lover, or traveler on a culturally rich, visually driven tour through time--just choose a setting: Paris or Rome! From antiquity to modern times, the history of each city is explored in words as well as glorious images--reproductions of classic works both contemporaneously ancient and from latter days. Weighing in at about thirteen pounds each, The History of Paris in Painting and The History of Rome in Painting are destined to be reveled in and treasured for years to come.

Item #: UE0022
Price: $14.95
Bring beauty and pizzazz to even the most mundane jottings via our lovely sticky notes from Cavallini & Co. Each handsomely packaged tin comes with 480 decorative peel-and-stick flags in a variety of handy sizes--2"x2¼", ¾"x2¼", and 1¾"x1½"--for marking important passages or recipes and brightening up business and/or personal correspondence. For people so swank even their office supplies are stylish, these elegant sticky notes make the perfect present.

Item #: UD8462
Price: $12.95
If you're planning a trip to Berlin, London, New York, or Paris, here's your perfect traveling companion! These handy-dandy journals pack detailed city and transportation maps, street indices, visitor information, and 130 ruled and blank pages into a compact, 6"x4" little book, perfect for slipping into a pocket or purse while you're out and about. ( e bright red covers make them easy to spot in the recesses of your bag.) Embellished with Susy Pilgrim Waters's colorfully cheerful city-specific artwork on the endpapers, our Cool City Notes help jet-setters navigate these cosmopolitan cities--and keep track of their thoughts and observations--in style.

Item #: UE4982
Price: $15.95
Warning: You may feel an uncontrollable urge to move to Paris after reading this book! While these thirty-two mini memoirs of writers who relocated to Paris include vivid descriptions of destitute living circumstances, disastrous cultural misunderstandings, and periods of crippling melancholy, the seductive nature of the City of Light sparkles through each and every essay. Francophiles will devour these humorous, insightful, and very personal reflections on Parisian living from David Sedaris, Diane Johnson, Véronique Vienne, Joe Queenan, and many more celebrated authors.

Item #: UE8542
Price: $22.95
Associated Press correspondent Paul Chutkow and his wife were living in India when a scraggly stray mutt with a gentle soul and a frisky disposition charmed her way into their hearts. Zelda--a name she earned by being "a wild and crazy girl…with a devilish sense of humor"--quickly became a part of the family, moving with them to France, Italy, and California's Napa Valley. All along her unlikely odyssey, Zelda delighted new friends with her sweet and adventurous spirit, and taught her pal Paul the "beautiful lessons" he warmly shares in Zelda, Queen of Paris.