Mission to Civilize: The French Way

ROSENBLUM, Mort

History

Harcourt

An editor for the International Herald Tribune, Rosenblum offers an insider's account of how journalism's dedicated professionals get their stories despite natural disasters, revolutions, closed borders, government censorship, and technical difficulties

Coups and Earthquakes: Reporting the World for America

Harper&Row

Coups and Earthquakes

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Harpercollins

Characterizes the French way of seeing the world and probes the effects of France's age-old ability to fashion itself as a civilizing force

Europe

A foreign correspondent and a distinguished scientist discuss the history, politics, environment, economy, and social conditions of Africa

Squandering Eden: Africa at the Edge

Williamson, Doug

Africa

The Secret of the Seine is a rich and quirky travelogue that guides its reader through the history and the heart of France. Mort Rosenblum, world-weary foreign correspondent, takes us aboard his 54-foot launch made of Burmese teak and brass, tied up alongside the barges in the center of Paris. He introduces us to the characters who share his life along the river, ranging from eccentric movie stars and reclusive novelists to the barge families still trying to earn a living moving freight through the canals of Europe. He then hauls in the bow line for an unforgettable tour of the river itself from its source to its mouth. Along the way his focus shifts from the art of navigation to the art of wooden boats to the art of Monet. But above all, The Secret Life of the Seine is about pleasure, a love story between man and boat and the river they live on, a discourse on the sensual beauty of France and the art of living well.

The Secret Life Of The Seine

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Da Capo Press

An unforgettable boat tour of the Seine begins in Paris, where we meet the eccentric characters, famous and otherwise, who live along the river in the city, and then continues from the river's source to its mouth.

Travel

Travel Writing

Mort Rosenblum, a celebrated foreign correspondent, invites us aboard his fifty-four-foot launch tied up in the center of Paris and introduces us to the characters who share his life along the river, ranging from eccentric movie stars and reclusive novelists to barge families just scraping by. He then hauls in the bow line for an unforgettable tour of the river itself from its source to its mouth. The Secret Life of the Seine is a love story between man and boat and the river that they live on, a discourse on the sensual beauty of France and the art of living well. In the tradition of A Year in Provence, Under the Tuscan Sun, and Paris to the Moon, here is what Garry Trudeau called "a moveable feast [with] a top speed of five knots—fast enough for fun, languid enough for dreaming. Take a trip you'll never take: This is what books are for."

The Secret Life of the Seine

Americas

Da Capo

Cave Blindness Like Plato's cave-dwellers who only saw inaccurate reflections of reality on the wall, America has been blinded to dangerous realities inside and outside our borders, argues award-winning journalist Mort Rosenblum. Our ignorance is not just deplorable, it is literally killing us--and others. Rosenblum--who has reported from more than one hundred countries, many of which he has outlived--explains how we all can and must learn more about what's really happening in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, in matters of war, peace, business, the environment, and education. This cri de coeur by one of our planet's most eloquent journalists is a must-read for anyone concerned about what they don't see in the newspaper or on TV. It offers both insight and practical ways for Americans to get out of the cave and see what's really going on around us.

Escaping Plato's Cave: How America's Blindness to the Rest of the World Threatens Our Survival

St.Martin's Press

Mission to Civilize The French Way

Anchor

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