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The publisher says: Vacationing abroad with children is a unique experience and Around Paris with Kids helps to make it unforgettable. Local author Emily Emerson LeMoing has handpicked 68 fun and fabulous things to do around Paris with kids in tow. You'll look at old favorites in a new light, from: terrific ideas for family days, from museums to puppet shows; kid-friendly snack spots and restaurant suggestions included with each activity; themed directories let parents plan their days with kids' special interests in mind; insider tips help parents make the best use of their time while saving money and stress; Paris-specific flip art, trivia, and a chapter of games keep kids entertained en route and in line; all attractions include addresses, phone numbers, Web sites, admission prices, and age-appropriateness.

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Title: Around Paris with Kids: 68 Great Things to Do Together (3rd edition)
Publisher: Fodor's
Pub. date: April 1, 2008
Paperback; 160 pages
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 1400019192
ISBN-13: 978-1400019199

The publisher says: The Rough Guide to Paris provides accounts on the classic must-see sites like the Arc de Triomphe and the Louvre, as well as delving deeper and allowing you to discover the less clichéd and commercial side of the city, such as the atmospheric streets of the Marais. Packed with practical, perceptive reviews and hand-picked listings of bars, restaurants, accommodation and more; the authors' recommendations and expert local knowledge will inspire you to experience the best places to eat, stay and party whatever your budget. The guide provides all the info needed to explore every corner of Paris, with individual themed detailed sections, from how to keep the kids' entertained to making the most of the Gay and Lesbian side of Paris. Covering daytrips from the city there are sections on Disneyland Paris, the famous historical city of Versailles, beautiful Monet's Garden at Giverny and more.

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Title: The Rough Guide to Paris (11th edition)
Publisher: Rough Guides
Pub. date: Jan. 7, 2008
Authors: Ruth Blackmore, James McConnachie
Paperback; 439 pages
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 1843539926
ISBN-13: 978-1843539926

The publisher says: Five great features and benefits offered ONLY by The Unofficial Guide®: honest advice that allows you to feel safe and comfortable in the City of Light, despite the language barrier; insider tips on finding the most charming hotels; more than 60 restaurants reviewed and ranked; a complete guide to Paris's cultural and historic sights; all the details on how to enjoy Paris with your kids. Pocket-size guide to helping you plan the perfect trip. Includes more than 60 restaurants reviewed in detail, insider tips on finding hotels and the rooms with the best views, and more.

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Title: The Unofficial Guide to Paris (5th edition)
Publisher: Frommers / Wiley
Pub. date: Jan. 3, 2008
Hardcover; 480 pages
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0470138289
ISBN-13: 978-0470138281

The publisher says: The Michelin Guides series are well-known as the definitive hotel and restaurant guides for the most popular European destinations. Though in the native language, easy-to-read icons make the Michelin rating system universal. Selections are made by Michelin's anonymous professional inspectors and only recommended restaurants are included so you can trust all of the selections -- you don't have to wade through bad or mediocre listings in order to make your choice. The guides are organized by neighborhood for easy look-up and include restaurants for a variety of cuisines and budgets. Stars are awarded for exceptional cuisine and establishments are easy to locate on clearly marked maps.

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Title: Michelin Red Guide 2008 Paris: Restaurants & Hotels (2nd edition)
Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications
Pub. date: April 2008
Hardcover; 440 pages
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 2067130234
ISBN-13: 978-2067130234

The publisher says: The secret of dressing like a Parisian starts with les bonnes adresses: the coveted, seldom-shared addresses of the best shops. When author Rebecca Magniant moved to Paris five years ago, she made it her mission to find the best boutiques in the city -- and that she did. When some of her finds impressed her impossibly chic belle mere (mother-in-law), she knew she was on to something. She went on to found Paris's premiere shopping service, Chic Shopping Paris, and now reveals her prized list of boutiques whose offerings embody quintessential Parisian style. Even as the world seems to be getting smaller, with everything imaginable available on the Internet, there remain some things that can only be found where they are designed and made -- in France. Chic Shopping Paris contains the best, offering clothing, jewelry, lingerie, makeup, shoes, hats, art supplies, toys, stationery, and more -- more than 80 venues in all. So let the contents of Magniant's little black book inspire you to bring back a piece of Paris in your bag.

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Title: Chic Shopping Paris
Publisher: Little Bookroom
Pub. date: May 6, 2008
Author: Rebecca Perry Magniant
Paperback; 144 pages
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 189214557X
ISBN-13: 978-1892145574

The publisher says: Nothing can make a trip to Paris more enjoyable and rewarding than a great dining experience -- but you have to know what to order! This handy guide helps readers navigate French menus while also steering people to great Parisian restaurants, bistros, cafes, wine shops, food markets and the like. The bulk of the book is the most comprehensive menu reader available, translating thousands of French words into English. There are also sections on restaurant etiquette, a pronunciation guide, English-to-French phrases and words, Parisian neighborhoods from a dining perspective and descriptions of the many different kinds of food and eating establishments in Paris.

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Title: Eating & Drinking in Paris
Publisher: Open Road
Pub. date: July 1, 2008
Authors: Andy Herbach, Michael Dillon
Paperback; 128 pages
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1593601115
ISBN-13: 978-1593601119

The publisher says: Bloomsbury is proud to announce the first title in an occasional series in which some of the world's finest novelists reveal the secrets of the city they know best. These beautifully produced, pocket-sized books will provide exactly what is missing in ordinary travel guides: insights and imagination that lead the reader into those parts of a city no other guide can reach. A flaneur is a stroller, a loiterer, someone who ambles through a city without apparent purpose but is secretly attuned to the history of the place and in covert search of adventure, esthetic or erotic. Edmund White, who lived in Paris for 16 years, takes us into parts of the city virtually unknown to visitors and indeed to many Parisians. Entering the Marais evokes the history of Jews in France, just as a visit to the Haynes Grill recalls the presence -- festive, troubled -- of black Americans in Paris for a century and a half. Gays, Decadents, even Royalists past and present are all subjected to the flaneur's scrutiny. The Flaneur is opinionated, personal, subjective. As White conducts us through the bookshops and boutiques, past the monuments and palaces, filling us in on the gossip and background of each site, he allows us to see through the blank walls and past the proud edifices and to glimpse the inner, human drama. Along the way he recounts everything from the latest debates among French law-makers to the juicy details of Colette's life in the Palais Royal, even summoning up the hothouse atmosphere of Gustave Moreau's atelier.

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Title: The Flaneur: A Stroll Through the Paradoxes of Paris
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Pub. date: April 29, 2008
Author: Edmund White
Paperback; 224 pages
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1582342121
ISBN-13: 978-1582342122

The publisher says: With a new design and unbeatable price, DK raises the bar on travel guides with its new Top 10 Travel Guide series. Whether on business or vacation, take the work out of planning any trip with DK's Top 10 Travel Guides. Building on the success of the Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK has created a new series that makes finding the best every destination has to offer even easier than before. Whether searching for the finest cuisine or cheapest places to eat, the most luxurious hotels or best deals on places to stay, the coolest family destination or hottest nightspot, the Top 10 format allows travelers to use the insights of experts to make the most of their vacation. Accompanied by a companion website, readers can share their experiences and vote for their own personal Top 10s.

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Title: Top 10 Paris
Publisher: DK Publishing
Pub. date: Jan. 21, 2008
Paperback: 192 pages
List price: $12.00
ISBN-10: 0756632552
ISBN-13: 978-0756632557

OF all the ways tourists can be accosted for money, disposable bracelets are fairly innocent. Back when I was in school they were called friendship bracelets--coloured cotton thread, twisted into a bracelet of artistic knots and braids. Friends made them for one another, girlfriends for boyfriends and vice versa.

At the base of Montmartre, below the Sacre Coeur, tourists meet an onslaught of young African men, each of them with a run of threads in their hand. They call the good luck charm goulougoulou, and depending on who's trying to sell you one, this "old African custom" comes from Senegal, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, or Burkina Faso. Before I agree to be tied up in cotton thread (which comes from Africa, I'm assured, so that I am contributing to the welfare of the cotton farmers), I want to know exactly what kind of voodoo I'm signing up for. Apparently, it's some sort of commitment to happiness, or a positive outlook, or just a basic good luck charm. There is a magical correlation between how much I offer for the bracelet and how much luck I end up getting. Not convinced, I move on, but not five steps further, I run into another African who stops me and starts twisting the bracelet on to my wrist. He explains that this is an ancient African tradition from Kenya, called hakuna matata. "You know, from the Lion King", he tells me. "It means no worries . . ."  read more »

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