The great-niece of the author of The Little Prince introduces a selection of Saint Exupéry's letters, diaries, and journals, as well as samples from his published writings, that offer an illuminating account of his life, artistry, fascination with the sky and desert, and more.

A chronicle of the Mediterranean by the late historian ranges from the early geology of the region through the rise and fall of the great ancient civilizations--the Phoenicians, Etruscans, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and Mesopotamians--that survived and thrived to transform world history and culture. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This volume compiles original manuscripts of more than 100 famous French writers from the 13th to the 20th centuries - Rene Descartes, Charles Baudelaire, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marcel Proust, Honore de Balzac, Colette, Guy de Maupassant and Gustave Flaubert among them...read more

Product Description: Beautiful illustrated letters and other early creative endeavors of such famous and varied people as Michelangelo, Mozart, Jane Austen, and Picasso fill the pages of this extraordinary and lovely-to-look-at volume. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Presents the correspondence between French authors and artists (view table of contents)