July in the Library: PARIS!
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In honor of the XXXII Olympic Games in Paris, the July Library display will feature books related to Paris and its rich history. Among them:
The Seine : the river that made Paris by Sciolion
The Seine has history dating back to the Vikings and Romans. It will be used for the Olympics’s Opening Ceremony’s Parade of Athletes arriving by boat. The Olympics Marathon Swimming will start from its Pont Alexandre III Bridge, one of the most popular of its 37 bridges.
The fascinating and little-known story of the Louvre, from its inception as a humble fortress to its transformation into the palatial residence of the kings of France and then into the world’s greatest art museum.
With Parisian men away with the war, a true life story of the women of Paris left behind where they would come face to face with the German conquerors on a daily basis, as waitresses, shop assistants, or wives and mothers.
Midnight in Europe : a novel by Alan Furst
A taut, suspenseful, romantic, and richly rendered novel of spies and secret operatives in Paris and New York, in Warsaw and Odessa, on the eve of World War II.
The games by James Patterson
The Olympic Games could be the setting for the worst atrocities the world has ever seen. A novel in which Private’s Jack Morgan must hunt down a killer before the Olympic games begin in Rio.
The Other side of the Mountain by E.G. Vallens
True story of Jill Kinmont trying for the 1956 US. Olympic Ski Team, who crashed, was paralyzed from the shoulders down, and her incredible inspiring victory.
Thanks to: Jan Hines, Debbie Adler, Anne Newins, Ken and Grady Kase
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