Author : Janine Marsh
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2017-05-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1782437339
Ten years ago, Janine Marsh decided to leave her corporate life behind to fix up a run-down barn in northern France. This is the true story of her rollercoaster ride.
Author : Janine Marsh
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1789290481
In this follow up to My Good Life in France, Janine Marsh tells of the delights and dramas of getting to grips with rural life in northern France.
Author : Julia Child
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 23,79 MB
Release : 2006-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307264726
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Julia's story of her transformative years in France in her own words is "captivating ... her marvelously distinctive voice is present on every page.” (San Francisco Chronicle). Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, Julia Child was not always a master chef. Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, who was to work for the USIS, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever with her newfound passion for cooking and teaching. Julia’s unforgettable story—struggles with the head of the Cordon Bleu, rejections from publishers to whom she sent her now-famous cookbook, a wonderful, nearly fifty-year long marriage that took the Childs across the globe—unfolds with the spirit so key to Julia’s success as a chef and a writer, brilliantly capturing one of America’s most endearing personalities.
Author : Lorraine Turnbull
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 12,61 MB
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781916389090
If you are looking to buy a house in France, whether it's a cottage, smallholding or chateau then this book, now in its second edition is the one for you. This practical and up-to-date book will lead you through the many questions you may have including: * Finding & Securing the RIGHT property * Owning animals or setting up a smallholding in France * Settling into French life* * Starting a rural business. Benefit from Lorraine Turnbull's own experience and read the case studies from real people who have moved to live the Good Life in various areas of France. Lorraine is an award-winning smallholder & writer who relocated to rural France in 2017.
Author : Carol Drinkwater
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 31,87 MB
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1504078713
“A lovely balance of memoir, travelogue and olive-growing how-to . . . Some of her adventures are quite funny.” —Publishers Weekly In this memoir, the author of The Olive Farm returns to the ten-acre property for which she and her fiancé scraped together their savings to buy—just back from their wedding on a tiny Polynesian island, loaded down with luggage and a large hand-painted didgeridoo. As Carol and Michel settle in as husband and wife, they experience the glamor of southern France at dinner parties in the company of aristocrats and at the world-renowned Cannes film festival, as well as the dirt-caked, sun-baked life of farmers—especially after their gardener heads to Algiers to arrange his youngest son’s wedding. For Carol, though, what matters most is that her longtime dream of motherhood finally promises to come true—and over the course of The Olive Season, she shares the story of her hopes and fears as she anticipates another kind of growth and nurturing. Alternately entertaining and emotionally poignant, this memoir is a rich portrait of love, longing, and the constant uncertainties of the cycle of life.
Author : Christopher Peterson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 26,21 MB
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199916357
Reveals small but significant actions people can take to lead happier lives, offering reflections on such topics as family, relationships, work, school, sports, emotions, and experiences.
Author : Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 34,86 MB
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0525566155
A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life. Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically? This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) and classical Western philosophies (such as Aristotelianism and Stoicism), to the four major religions, as well as contemporary philosophies (such as existentialism and effective altruism), each contributor offers a lively, personal account of how they find meaning in the practice of their chosen philosophical tradition. Together, the pieces in How to Live a Good Life provide not only a beginner's guide to choosing a life philosophy but also a timely portrait of what it means to live an examined life in the twenty-first century. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
Author : Janine Marsh
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2022-04-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1789293855
The latest dispatch from ex-pat Janine Marsh introduces readers to some new faces and funny stories, as she continues her life in this special part of northern France.
Author : Mireille Guiliano
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 11,18 MB
Release : 2004-12-28
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1400044804
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that launched a French Revolution about how to approach healthy living: the ultimate non-diet book—now with more recipes. “The perfect book.... A blueprint for building a healthy attitude toward food and exercise"—San Francisco Chronicle French women don’t get fat, even though they enjoy bread and pastry, wine, and regular three-course meals. Unlocking the simple secrets of this “French paradox”—how they enjoy food while staying slim and healthy—Mireille Guiliano gives us a charming, inspiring take on health and eating for our times. For anyone who has slipped out of her Zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a positive way to stay trim, a culture’s most precious secrets recast for the twenty-first century. A life of wine, bread—even chocolate—without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?
Author : Mark Greenside
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1510731113
WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux-pas–filled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK, slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns: What does he cook for a French person? Who has the right-of-way when entering or exiting a roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking ticket? And most dauntingly of all, when can he touch the tomatoes? Despite the two decades that have passed since Greenside’s snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life, the quirks of French living still manage to confound him. Continuing the journey begun in his 2009 memoir about beginning life in France, (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living details Greenside’s daily adventures in his adopted French home, where the simplest tasks are never straightforward but always end in a great story. Through some hits and lots of misses, he learns the rules of engagement, how he gets what he needs—which is not necessarily what he thinks he wants—and how to be grateful and thankful when (especially when) he fails, which is more often than he can believe. Introducing the English-speaking world to the region of Brittany in the tradition of Peter Mayle’s homage to Provence, Mark Greenside’s first book, I’ll Never Be French, continues to be among the bestselling books about the region today. Experienced Francophiles and armchair travelers alike will delight in this new chapter exploring the practical and philosophical questions of French life, vividly brought to life by Greenside’s humor and affection for his community.
