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New York Times Bestseller
Finalist for the 2024 Kirkus Prize
Longlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize
As Seen on CBS Saturday Morning • A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • One of the Ten Best Books of 2024, according to the Washington Post and AARP • A Time Must-Read Book of 2024 • One of NPR's "Books We Love" for 2024 • An Economist, The New Yorker, and Kirkus Reviews Best
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In the summer of 1754, deep in the wilderness of western Pennsylvania, a very young George Washington suffered his first military defeat, and a centuries-old feud between Great Britain and France was rekindled. The war that followed would be fought across virgin territories, from Nova Scotia to the forks of the Ohio River, and it would ultimately decide the fate of the entire North American continent-not just for Great Britain and France but also...
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Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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A comprehensive guide to French cooking techniques and recipes that provides tips and information on kitchen tools and terms, ingredients, and wines; and covers soups, sauces, eggs, entrees, fish, poultry, meat, vegetables, cold dishes, and desserts. Includes an introduction by Julia Child.
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Two hundred years ago, only the most reckless or eccentric Europeans had dared to traverse the unmapped territory of the modern-day Middle East. But in 1798, more than 150 French engineers, artists, doctors, and scientists-even a poet and a musicologist-traveled to the Nile Valley under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte and his invading army. Hazarding hunger, hardship, uncertainty, and disease, Napoleon's "savants" risked their lives in pursuit of...
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Enthuse Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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Fleeing from religious persecution in Germany, the Leininger family builds a homestead in Pennsylvania; only to find themselves caught in the French and Indian War. When daughters Barbara and Regina are kidnapped by the Delaware, the tribe takes them to Ohio. Will their faith in God and devotion to each other sustain them in the harsh wilderness? Based on a true story.
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When Elizabeth Bard, a New Yorker raised on Twizzlers and instant mac and cheese, fell for a handsome Frenchman and moved to Paris, she discovered a whole new world of culinary delights. First in Paris, then in a tiny village in Provence, Elizabeth explored the markets, incorporating new ingredients and rituals into her everyday meals and routines. After 15 years of cooking in her own French kitchen, making French friends--and observing her slim and...
11) The Misanthrope
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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known popularly by his stage name Molière, is regarded as one of the masters of French comedic drama. When Molière began acting in Paris there were two well-established theatrical companies, those of the Hôtel de Bourgogne and the Marais. Joining these theatrical companies would have been impossible for a new member of the acting profession like Molière and thus he performed with traveling troupes of actors in the French...
12) A calendar of the warrants for land in Kentucky, granted for service in the French and Indian War
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Genealogical Pub. Co
Pub. Date
1967
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English
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English
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From award-winning chef Gabriel Kreuther, the definitive cookbook on rustic French cooking from Alsace
Gabriel Kreuther is the cookbook fans of the James Beard Award-winning chef have long been waiting for. From one of the most respected chefs in the United States, this cookbook showcases the recipes inspired by Kreuther's French-Swiss-German training and refined global style, one that embraces the spirits of both Alsace, his homeland, and of New...
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Historic highways of America volume 3
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The A. H. Clark Company
Pub. Date
1903
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English