Ten Days at Christmas

Literature & Fiction

G.B. Stern

Contemporary

ISIS Publishing

Ten Days of Christmas

Isis Publishing Ltd

The Matriarch (Virago Modern Classics)

Sports & Outdoors

Little, Brown Book Group Limited

<p>Limited Edition, Printed in America with Eco-Friendly Ink on FSC Certified Paper. Bound in fine cloth over board with a silk screened cover illustration by Hsinping Pan. G.B. Stern (1890-1973) was an author, playwright, and a critic whose literary circle included Noel Coward and Rebecca West. Her prose is brilliant, irresistible, hilarious and triumphal as she recounts her 1926 tour of the vineyards of France with her husband Johnny, and her friends Rosemary and Humphrey. Together they journey from Provence to the Rhône, across the Massif Central to Bordeaux, then up to the Loire Valley and across to Burgundy, finally completing a full circle in Avignon. They drink lavishly, eat voraciously, and with the requisite courteousness but an utterly addicting eye for the quirks and foibles of their hosts, they visit several of the greatest wineries of France (Chapoutier, Lafite-Rothschild, Margaux, Yquem, Romanée-Conti). Stern does not shy away from the occasional rant, and the one in which she addresses men's sexism in regards to women and wine, is magnificent. Bouquet is "a triumphal tour," read the New York Times book review of July 10, 1927, "and Mrs. Stern has set it down with that happy sense of humor, that perfect eye for the ridiculous and that instinctive understanding of French character that lifts 'Bouquet' very far from the usual dry book about wine..."</p>

Bouquet

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Beverages & Wine

Good Dirt

<p>A wonderfully gossipy novel that whisks readers through the glamorous worlds of turn-of-the-century Vienna, Paris, and London. The Rakonitz family – rich, cosmopolitan, and Jewish – is ruled over by the indomitable will of the matriarch, Anastasia. From her exotically furnished house in west London, Anastasia holds court over her children, grandchildren, and vast extended family. For someone must resolve the quarrels, celebrate the births, deaths, engagements, bankruptcies, artistic triumphs, and explain the only way to prepare a delicious Crme Dten. With the dawning of the twentieth century, a series of scandals and financial catastrophes strike the Rakonitzes, threatening the family ties and calling into question the legacy that binds them together.</p>

The Matriarch

Literary

Daunt Books

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