Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier – Thad Carhart

Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier – Thad Carhart

Walking his two young children to school every morning, Thad Carhart passes an unassuming little storefront in his Paris neighborhood. Intrigued by its simple sign—Desforges Pianos—he enters, only to have his way barred by the shop’s imperious owner. Unable to stifle his curiosity, he finally lands the proper introduction, and a world previously hidden is…

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris – David McCullough

The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris – David McCullough

The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring story of adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in America; Charles Sumner, who enrolled at the Sorbonne because of a burning desire to…