THE STUDENT PILOT KNEW HE HADN'T PERFORMED WELL, and back on the ground he waited for a chewing out by his flight instructor. Instead, the exasperated instructor marched him over to another officer on ...

Long before "Under the Tuscan Sun," Peter Mayle took us on a journey to an unknown world. Mayle sold his London advertising agency and purchased a villa in Provence. Since his first detailed account ...

Ellen Sussman set her new novel, "French Lessons," in gorgeous Paris. Her protagonists are three Americans, all young, sexy and searching. The story unfolds in one day. Midway through the novel, which ...

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