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Paris to the Moon Historiography (Books) Combining the glitter and excitementNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The finest book on France in recent years.Alain de Botton, The New York Times Book Review In 1995, Adam Gopnik, his wife, and their infant son left the familiar comforts and hassles of New York City for the urbane glamour of Paris. In the grand tradition of Stein, Hemingway, Baldwin, and Liebling, Gopnik set out to enjoy the storied existence of an American in Pariswalks down the paths of the Tuileries, philosophical