Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas
John BaxterA witty cultural and culinary education, Immoveable Feast is the charming, funny, and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread—and didn't speak a word of French—unexpectedly ended up with the sacred duty of prepa...
The Last of the Wine: Paris During th...
John BaxterA preeminent writer on Paris, John Baxter brilliantly brings to life one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in the city's history.From 1914 through 1918 the terrifying sounds of World War I could be heard from inside the Fre...
Noted publicly for such films as Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and The Shining, among others, privately Stanley Kubrick lives in seclusion. Now biographer John Baxter breaks through the mystique to reveal...
The Most Beautiful Walk in the World:...
John BaxterThrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Paris in years. In this enchanting memoir, acclaimed author and long- ...