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Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
Roger Williams
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 272 PAGES
This superb guide, another entry in the excellent Eyewitness series, features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of attractions in both Provence and the Riviera. Handsome, comprehensive and convenient, this is the guide to carry.
(FRN18, $22.50)
French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
Polly Platt
CULTURAL PORTRAIT 2003 PAPER 292 PAGES
With humor, directness and great insight, this little book explains the French and how to get along with them. Whatever your thoughts about cultural stereotypes, her suggestion for how to get out of sticky situations is perfect: "Excusez-moi de vous deranger." It also works! An expanded third edition, which now includes the French romance with cell phones and a short chapter with recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95)
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
Ina Caro
HISTORY 1996 PAPER 339 PAGES
Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history.
(FRN03, $17.00)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye
Pascal Bonafoux
ART & ARCHITECTURE 1992 PAPER 175 PAGES
FAVORITE
From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and "dazzling Provence," this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the golden light of the south of France. With hundreds of color and archival photographs. A volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series.
(FRN29, $12.95)
Vaucluse Map
IGN
MAP
A French-made recreational map of the Vaucluse region of Provence at a very nice scale of 1:100,000.
(FRN357, $12.95)
Luberon, Parc Naturel Regional Map
IGN
A detailed topographic map of Luberon regional park in Provence at a scale of 1:60,000.
(FRN442, $14.95)
Discovering Wine Country, South of France
Jonathan Healey
GUIDEBOOK
This handy guide, featuring 100 color photographs and 12 maps, includes suggested wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers.
(FRN500, $19.95)
The Food of France
Waverly Root
FOOD
A classic and aromatic survey of French food, beautifully written. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970's, this book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace), and Oil (the south).
(FRN17, $17.95)
The French
Theodore Zeldin
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
A stimulating and very entertaining social history in the guise of a "how-to" book. Zeldin considers, for example, such imponderables as when to laugh at a joke, how to be friends with a peasant, and how to eat properly.
(FRN31, $17.00)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence
Michael Jacobs
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
The life and landscapes of 34 small towns and villages in Provence. With an excellent introduction on the history and pleasures of the place and hundreds of color illustrations, this oversize book is an informative, stunning keepsake.
(FRN28, $40.00)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information.
(MED07, $12.95)
A Year in Provence
Peter Mayle
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The original best-selling tale of settling down in Provence, told with warmth and a great deal of humor. It offers a wonderful inside look at the charms and quirks of the people and the countryside in the south of France.
(FRN19, $13.00)
French Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of France
Richard Goodman
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Another story of a foreigner transplanted to the south of France. This captivating tale, set near Avignon, is noteworthy for Goodman's willingness to work, passion for horticulture and his frank portrait of his neighbors.
(FRN417, $13.00)
My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle
Marcel Pagnol
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Best known as a filmmaker, Pagnol evokes his childhood in Provence and Marseilles fifty years ago. These memoirs sparkle with delight in the people, landscapes and daily life of southern France.
(FRN178, $28.00)
The Magic of Provence, Pleasures of Southern France
Yvone Lenard
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The adventures and misadventures of a French woman and her American husband who leave L.A. for a home in the Luberon mountains.
(FRN449, $14.00)
Village in the Vaucluse
Laurence Wylie
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A loving portrait of rural Provence and its inhabitants by a sociologist who lived in Roussillon just after WWII. It was a different world then, a traditional village with two telephones and a single cafe.
(FRN225, $22.00)
Travelers' Tales Provence
Tara Austen Weaver
James O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY
A sampling of true tales by a cast of writers, journalists and travelers, including Peter Mayle, Lawrence Durrell, Kermit Lynch and Alain de Botton.
(FRN410, $16.95)
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