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These 4 items are available for $67, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFRN302)

Eyewitness Guide Dordogne & Southwest France  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES An outstanding guide to exploring Southwest France, featuring hundreds of color illustrations, local and regional maps and site diagrams. (FRN580, $25.00)
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)
The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France  •  W.S. Merwin LITERATURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES Three richly evocative stories of life in a Dordogne village by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Merwin, one of our finest living poets. Originally published in 1992, the book is steeped in history, food and personality. The author owns a house in Loubressac overlooking the Dordogne. (FRN11, $16.00)
Dordogne Map  •  IGN MAP • COMING IN AUGUST A French-produced map of the Dordogne aregion at a scale of 1:140,000. (FRN60, $9.95)

Rick Steves' French Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Rick Steves   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. It's peppered with humor and Rick Steves' insider insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (FRN366, $7.95)
Families of the Vine, Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France  •  Michael S. Sanders   • FOOD  •  A delightful, informative portrait of a venerable winemaking family in Southwest France and the stylish, savory wines of Clos Triguedina, by an American chef who lived in the region. (FRN479, $13.95)
A Traveller's History of France  •  Robert Cole   • HISTORY  •  A fast-moving survey of French history, from the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times. (FRN08, $14.95)
A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age  •  William Manchester   • HISTORY  •  In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings  •  Amy Kelly   • HISTORY  •  A spirited, meticulously researched chronicle that recreates the life and world of Eleanor of Aquitaine in 12th-century Europe. (FRN129, $22.50)
The French  •  Theodore Zeldin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  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)
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)
Lascaux: Movement, Space, and Time  •  Norbert Aujoulat   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A striking tour of the magnificent prehistoric cave of Lascaux, with 100 stunning full-page color photographs, maps and explanatory diagrams. (FRN232, $65.00)
The Cave Painters, Probing the Mysteries of the World's First Artists  •  Gregory Curtis   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • NEW  •  Curtis introduces the masterworks of cave art, the Paleolithic and paleoarchaeology in this tour of Altamira, Lascaux, Les Trois-Freres, Cosquer, Chauvet and other caves in France and Spain. (FRN620, $14.95)
The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral  •  Robert A. Scott   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France  •  Kermit Lynch   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A delightful, warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine into full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make wine are priceless. (FRN72, $18.00)
From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and its Restaurant  •  Michael S. Sanders   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Sanders captures the routines and traditions of life in a small village in this warmly observed account of a year in the kitchen of La Recreation in Les Argues (Cahors). (FRN478, $13.95)
Deadly Slipper, A Novel of Death in the Dordogne  •  Michelle Wan   • MYSTERY  •  What a pleasure. Wan crafts a suspenseful, elegant tale of food, romance and murder, out of a search for a long-lost woman. (FRN631, $13.95)
Timeline  •  Michael Crichton   • LITERATURE  •  Crichton's blockbuster fantasy, which combines time travel and adventures in Medieval France. The book is a fast-paced, remarkably well-researched introduction to 14th-century Dordogne and Perigord. (FRN135, $7.99)
Birds of Europe  •  Killian Mullarney  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Peter J. Grant   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)