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 Sunday, 20 July 2008
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Europe
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Paris

Periodicals

Le Monde

Popular with professionals and intellectuals, this is a substantial and respected daily paper.

International Herald Tribune

An international English language paper based in Paris with good coverage of French news.

Pariscope

This weekly paper contains a 'Time Out' supplement with English-language entertainment listings.

Le Figaro

A conservative daily paper aimed at professionals.

Le Figaro

Centre-right; aimed at professionals, businesspeople and the bourgeoisie.

Le Monde

Centre-left; very popular with businesspeople, professionals and intellectuals.

Le Parisien

Centre; middle-class, easy to read if your French is basic.

France Soir

Right; working- and middle-class.

Libération

Left; popular with students and intellectuals.

L'Humanité

Communist; working-class.

Paris Match

A gossipy, picture-heavy boulevard-style weekly seemingly devoted to the royal family in Monaco.

Radio stations

Radio France Internationale
738 AM

You can pick up an hour of English news on this station at 15:00 daily.

Voice of America
1197 AM

The voice of the US government, this station services the American ex-pat community.

BBC World Service
648 AM

This station broadcasts a mixture of the BBC World Service and BBC for Europe.

Books

Is Paris Burning?
by Larry Collins & Dominique Lapierre

A modern history focusing on Paris' 1944 liberation from the Nazis.

The Fall of Paris
by Alistair Horne

This history deals with the Commune of 1870-71.

Down and Out in Paris and London
by George Orwell

An account of Orwell's ramblings in the two cities during the late 1920s.

A Moveable Feast
by Ernest Hemingway

The famous novelist's account of bohemian life in Paris between the wars.

France Today
by John Ardagh

A rich description of the politics, people and peculiarities that make up modern France.

Cross Channel
by Julian Barnes

A modern insight into things Gallic.

The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir

The paradigm of French feminism.

The Outsider
by Camus

A classic that sets the standard for existentialist angst.

Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu (Remembrance of Things Past)
by Marcel Proust

This seven-volume masterpiece dominated the literary scene in the early 20th century.

Walking Paris
by Gilles Desmons

A step-by-step guide to the city of lights.

The Food Lover's Guide to Paris
by Patricia Wells

The essential guide for foodies.

DVD

DVD Region: Zone 2: Europe, Japan, South Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East

Five-day Weather Forecast:

Paris, FR

20 Jul 2008

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21 Jul 2008

Partly. Cloudy.
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22 Jul 2008

Sunny
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23 Jul 2008

Sunny
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24 Jul 2008

Mostly. Sunny
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