Eunice : the Kennedy who changed the world / by McNamara, Eileen

Table of Contents: “…From Camp Shriver to Special Olympics ; An American in Paris ; Maternal feminism ; Protecting the present, seeding the future -- Epilogue.…”

The fictions of Arthur Cravan : poetry, boxing and revolution / by Jones, Dafydd W.

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; On the genealogy of Arthur Cravan; Enter Colossus; To be an American in Paris; 'All words are lies': Maintenant, April 1912-July 1913; 'Life has no solution': Maintenant, November 1913-April 1915; The vision of struggling movement: Barcelona 1916; 'Pure affect': New York 1917; Being as being, and nothing more; Conclusion; Index…”
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The fictions of Arthur Cravan : poetry, boxing and revolution / by Jones, Dafydd W.

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; On the genealogy of Arthur Cravan; Enter Colossus; To be an American in Paris; 'All words are lies': Maintenant, April 1912-July 1913; 'Life has no solution': Maintenant, November 1913-April 1915; The vision of struggling movement: Barcelona 1916; 'Pure affect': New York 1917; Being as being, and nothing more; Conclusion; Index…”
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Transcendence : on self-determination and cosmopolitanism / by Aboulafia, Mitchell

Table of Contents: “…Don't fence me in : Rorty and Sartre -- On freedom and action : Dewey and Sartre -- A (neo) American in Paris : Bourdieu and Mead -- Mead on cosmopolitanism, sympathy, and war -- W.E.B. …”

Frères ennemis : the French in American literature, Americans in French literature / by Cloonan, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The creation of the American in Paris: the American -- The splendor and misery of the American scientist: L'Ève future -- The American woman and the invention of Paris: The Custom of the Country -- The expatriate idyll: The Sun Also Rises -- Truths and delusions: the Cold War in Les Mandarins -- Embracing American culture: Cherokee -- An American Excursion into French fiction: The Book of Illusions -- Rerouting: Ça n'existe pas l'Amérique -- L'Américaine in Paris: Le Divorce.…”

Frères ennemis : the French in American literature, Americans in French literature / by Cloonan, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The creation of the American in Paris: the American -- The splendor and misery of the American scientist: L'Ève future -- The American woman and the invention of Paris: The Custom of the Country -- The expatriate idyll: The Sun Also Rises -- Truths and delusions: the Cold War in Les Mandarins -- Embracing American culture: Cherokee -- An American Excursion into French fiction: The Book of Illusions -- Rerouting: Ça n'existe pas l'Amérique -- L'Américaine in Paris: Le Divorce.…”
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Transcendence : on self-determination and cosmopolitanism / by Aboulafia, Mitchell

Table of Contents: “…Don't fence me in: Rorty and Sartre -- On freedom and action: Dewey and Sartre -- A (neo) American in Paris: Bourdieu and Mead -- Mead on cosmopolitanism, sympathy, and war -- W.E.B. …”
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The great melodies.

Table of Contents: “…Track titles: An American In Paris -- The Man I Love -- Our Love Is Here To Stay -- Someone To Watch Over Me -- A Foggy Day -- Strike Up The Band -- They Can't Take That Away From Me -- Gershwin A Portrait -- Another Openin', Another Show -- I Love You Samantha -- Begin The Beguine -- I've Got You Under My Skin -- Let's Do It -- Love For Sale -- So In Love -- Anything Goes.…”
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When Paris sizzled : the 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and their friends / by McAuliffe, Mary, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Map of Paris, 1918-1929 -- Out of darkness (1918) -- Going forward (1918-1919) -- Versailles and victory (1919) -- Making way for the new (1919-1920) -- Les années folles (1920) -- Weddings, breakups, and other affairs (1921) -- The lost generation (1922) -- A death in Paris (1923) -- Americans in Paris (1924) -- You've come a long way from St. …”
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Paris 1900 : the "American school" at the Universal Exposition /

Table of Contents: “…Weisberg -- The legacy of the "American school" : 1901-1938 / Gail Stavitsky -- Appendix B : The annotated catalogue of American paintings, Paris Exposition of 1900 / Diane P. Fischer and Valerie Walker.…”

Eakins revealed : the secret life of an American artist / by Adams, Henry, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Life and art. An American in Paris -- All in the family -- Turning the stake -- The Gross clinic -- William Rush and his model -- A fine old row -- Naked in Arcadia -- Swimming -- Conversations with the dead -- Inflicting pain -- Part III. …”

In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal / by Hyland, William G., Jr., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…James Callender : "human nature in a hideous form" -- Misleading DNA -- Sally Hemings and Randolph Jefferson : "the unknown brother" -- "An American in Paris" -- Timing and conception -- Carr brothers and other male Jeffersons -- Jefferson's declining health -- The scholars commission and the character issue -- Madison Hemings : gossip and hearsay -- Jefferson on trial -- Secret rooms and other Hollywood fantasies -- The Monticello report : a "rush to judgment" -- The Charlottesville connection : true believers -- The "Sally" books -- Jefferson under siege : "presentism" -- Final argument : an innocent man.…”

Gershwin greatest hits. by Gershwin, George, 1898-1937

Table of Contents: “…Strike up the band (the Boston Pops Orchestra ; John Williams, conductor) -- Rhapsody in blue (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra ; André Previn, piano & conductor) -- Selections from Girl Crazy (the Boston Pops Orchestra ; John Williams, conductor) -- A symphonic picture of Porgy and Bess (Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor) -- Three preludes for piano solo (Werner Haas, piano) -- Lullaby for string orchestra (the Cleveland Orchestra ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor) -- An American in Paris (Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra ; Zubin Mehta, conductor).…”
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A little solitaire : John Frankenheimer and American film /

Table of Contents: “…; The Train; Action and Abstraction in Ronin; Politics; Late Frankenheimer/Political Frankenheimer; John Frankenheimer's"War on Terror"; The Burning Season; Pictures and Prizes; Families; Crashing In; Walking the Linewith the Fille Fatale; Live TV, Filmed Theater, and the New Hollywood; Ashes, Ashes; Secrets; An American in Paris; Shot from the Sky; Frankenheimer and theScience Fiction/Horror Film; The Fixer.…”
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Eakins revealed : the secret life of an American artist / by Adams, Henry, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Life and art. An American in Paris -- All in the family -- Turning the stake -- The Gross clinic -- William Rush and his model -- A fine old row -- Naked in Arcadia -- Swimming -- Conversations with the dead -- Inflicting pain -- Part III. …”
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John Ashbery and American poetry / by Herd, David

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: John Ashbery's sense of occasion -- Two scenes: the early poetry and its backgrounds -- The art of life: collaboration and the New York School -- An American in Paris: The Tennis Court Oath and the poetics of exile -- Forms of action: experiment and declaration in Rivers and Mountains and The Double Dream of Spring -- From poetry to prose: the sceptical tradition of Three Poems -- John Ashbery in conversation: the communicative value of Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror and Houseboat Days -- John Ashbery and friends: the poet and his communities in Shadow Train and A Wave -- 'And later, after the twister': the sense of an ending in recent Ashbery.…”
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Morality, identity and narrative in the fiction of Richard Ford / by Duffy, Brian, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction; chapter 1 the sportswriter i: fleeing the past; chapter 2 the sportswriter ii: impermanence and the present; chapter 3 independence day i: from unity to fragmentation; chapter 4 independence day ii: laissez-faire and isolation; chapter 5 the lay of the land i: america divided; chapter 6 the lay of the land ii: the return of the past; chapter 7 "the womanizer" identity and the good; chapter 8 "occidentals" americans in paris; chapter 9 amultitude of sins acts and consequences; chapter 10 "calling" the narrative cure; chapter 11 "reunion" time and narrative.…”
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Orchestral excerpts, trumpet

Table of Contents: “…Prelude / Wagner -- La mer / Debussy -- Symphony no. 2 / Schumann -- Symphony no. 3 : (Posthorn) / Mahler -- Capriccio espagnol / Rimsky-Korsakov -- American in Paris / Gershwin -- Magnificat / Bach.…”

The Black Count : glory, revolution, betrayal, and the real Count of Monte Cristo / by Reiss, Tom

Table of Contents: “…Prologue, part 1 : February 26, 1806 -- Prologue, part 2 : January 25, 2007 -- The sugar factory -- The Black Code -- Norman Conquest -- "No one is a slave in France" -- Americans in Paris -- Black Count in the City of Light -- A queen's dragoon -- Summers of revolution -- "Regeneration by blood" -- "The black heart also beats for liberty" -- "Mr. …”

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