 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Persephone Classics) by Winifred Watson
Buy new: $12.96 / Used from: $5.30 If you enjoyed the movie the book is different enough to make it worthwhile. Lots of fun!
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 | Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Widescreen & Full Screen Edition)
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $1.98 The quintessential champagne movie
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 | Easy Virtue
Buy new: $23.49 / Used from: $6.80 A great British comedy of manners and culture clash, in this case a sophisticated, modern American who marries into a traditional English country home.
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 | Her Royal Spyness (A Royal Spyness Mystery) by Rhys Bowen
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.99 The first in a series, this charming mystery is about a minor royal who decides to make it on her own in preWW2 England with only her common sense, an old school friend who likes to party and a cheeky grandfather from Essex. There are cocktail parties, teas with the Queen, and a dead body in the bathtub.
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 | A Royal Pain (A Royal Spyness Mystery) by Rhys Bowen
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.10 |
 | Royal Flush (Royal Spyness Mysteries, No. 3) by Rhys Bowen
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $1.99 |
 | Luncheon of the Boating Party by Susan Vreeland
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $1.70 This is an enjoyable romp around Paris with Renoir. I fell in love with the painting all over again as the book got me to focus on the details. Definitely go see it in the Phillips Collection in DC. It's as if one could step into the painting and join in the fun
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 | Cold Comfort Farm (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Stella Gibbons
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.05 The classic you never got to read in school because it is far too much fun! Check out the movie adaptation too.
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 | Cold Comfort Farm
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $6.71 A spectacular film version of CCF
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 | Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons
Buy new: $13.09 / Used from: $7.06 Not at all similar to Cold Comfort Farm, except for its uniqueness and great story telling.
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 | A Rather Lovely Inheritance (PENNY NICHOLS) by C.A. Belmond
Buy new: $11.01 / Used from: $0.01 Also a series, these books follow Penny as she inherits a huge apartment in London, and a garage in Antibes that contains a vintage car and possibly a large hidden fortune. It has a bit of an old fashioned feel but that makes it a pleasure to visit and live the good life for a few hours.
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 | A Rather Curious Engagement (PENNY NICHOLS) by C.A. Belmond
Buy new: $11.90 / Used from: $0.01 The next Rather book, this time we get a vintage yacht, a villa in Antibes, a trip to Lake Como and Corsica, and a (bronze antique) lion hunt. Can't wait for the next that comes out in Feb '10.
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 | To Catch a Thief - The Centennial Collection (1955) (2pc)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $12.71 La Cote d'Azur, Grace Kelly, diamonds galore, Cary Grant, and an Austin-Healey. The Centennial version has been remastered and is worth it even if you already have the other editions
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 | The Secret Adversary: A Tommy and Tuppence Mystery! by Agatha Christie
Buy new: $14.95 This introduces Agatha Cristie's crime fighting pair Tommy and Tuppence, a couple with the best dynamic of any fictional or real life couple I know. Their series is unique in that they age in real time as AC wrote them. They are a lot of fun and involve spy thrillers and jewelry thieves. The movies are great too.
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 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime - Tommy & Tuppence, Set 1
Buy new: $37.49 / Used from: $19.98 These may be getting a bit old, but as the setting is in the 1920s with gorgeous costumes and the casting is spot on, it hardly matters. Cocktail parties, flapper dresses, and some clever mysteries abound. There are 2 volumes. For a French twist check out Mon Petit Doigt M'a Dit and Le Crime est Notre Affaire, the french versions of Tommy and Tuppence
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 | How to Steal a Million
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $4.93 Paris, art forgery, a Venus, Peter O'Toole's blue eyes, the Ritz bar, and Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy
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 | The Lady Vanishes
Buy new: $3.95 / Used from: $0.99 A Hitchcock thriller with style
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![Lady Vanishes [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Finland ]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4141M5VY36L._SL75_.jpg) | Lady Vanishes [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Finland ]
Buy used from: $25.99 A remake with even more flair- the leading lady is a much married madcap heiress still wearing her evening gown from the night before with only a fur coat for luggage. Great fun.
Please (re)release on DVD!!
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![Travels With My Aunt [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FFQJB1GXL._SL75_.jpg) | Travels With My Aunt [VHS]
Buy used from: $8.68 Maggie Smith is the crazy, full of life aunt you wish you had to travel around Europe with and get you into trouble!
Please release on DVD!! (Check out your video rental store)
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 | The Seven Year Itch
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.93 My fav Marilyn Monroe movie
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 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes -and- But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes: The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady by Anita Loos
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $4.50 Anita Loos wrote this diary of a blonde bombshell living the high life in the 1920s as a social commentary. Highly entertaining with lots of wise nuggets, such as "a kiss on the hand may feel very good but a diamond bracelet lasts forever" ;)
The Monroe movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is very different but equally entertaining.
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 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $6.15 The famous Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend is performed here. I love how innocent MM's movies seem today, even if the themes they explore are not. it's a great combo
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 | The Bombshell Manual of Style by Laren Stover
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $0.14 Makes me smile every time
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 | Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $0.01 The story is a bit traditional chick lit but the use of Dariaux's Guide to Elegance throughout makes it a lot of fun.
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 | The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $0.01 OK, this series leans towards the romantic section with its flowery spies set in the Napoleon era, but its modern leading lady as historical investigator and well drawn characters make it an addictive series.
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 | Silk Stockings
Buy new: $14.49 / Used from: $9.75 A Fred Astaire movie that I actually like because it's a musical, rather than in spite of it. Definitely worth a shot.
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