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These 4 items are available for $65, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFRN254)

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, $23.00)
Travelers' Tales Provence  •  Tara Austen Weaver  •  James O'Reilly ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 262 PAGES A sampling of true tales, 8-14 pages each, by a cast of mostly modern writers, journalists and travelers, including the ever-present Peter Mayle, lovely Lawrence Durrell, wine-maven Kermit Lynch and philosopher Alain de Botton. (FRN410, $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)
Provence Alps French Riviera Map 527  •  Michelin Travel Publications MAP A colorful and detailed map of the region from the southern Alps south to the Carmargue, Marseille, Toulon, Cannes and Nice at a scale of 1:200,000. An excellent map for travelers on the Rhone River. (FRN22, $11.95)

A Literary Guide to Provence  •  Daniel Vitaglione   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Follow in the footsteps of generations of authors who found inspiration in Provence's beauty. With maps, 50 color and black and white photos, and short literary excerpts, organized geographically. (FRN395, $17.95)
Artists and their Museums on the Riviera  •  Alan Halpern  •  Barbara F. Freed   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This book covers 28 museums on the French Riviera, discussing the works of such greats as Picasso, Renoir, Matisse and Cocteau. (FRN133, $19.95)
Blue Guide Provence and the Cote D'Azur  •  Blue Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to southern France with a strong focus on history and architecture. Organized as a driving guide, it includes helpful town and regional maps, suggested excursions and select practical information. (FRN416, $24.95)
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)
Insight Guide French Riviera  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With a touring map, this compact, illustrated, guide to the Riviera covers the villages, celebrated beach towns, culture and attractions of the region in detail. (FRN179, $18.95)
Made in France, A Shopper's Guide  •  Laura Morelli   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Morelli's illustrated, personal guide to locally crafted, hand-made textiles, porcelain, crystal, digestifs and much more. (FRN706, $24.95)
French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France  •  Polly Platt   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes. (FRN54, $16.95)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence  •  Michael Jacobs   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This oversize book, which includes the life and landscapes of 34 small towns, is an informative, stunning keepsake. (FRN28, $40.00)
Colors of Provence  •  Michel Biehn  •  Heinz Angermayr   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A handsome sourcebook and celebration of the French countryside, its culture, landscapes and traditions, organized by color and scattered throughout with recipes, quotes and notes. (FRN173, $29.95)
In the South of France  •  Don Krohn   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Invoking artists and authors captivated by Provence and the south of France, this gorgeous collection of photographs also features an introduction to the history and culture of the region and generous excerpts from writers inspired by the south of France. (FRN192, $45.00)
The Essential Marc Chagall  •  Howard Greenfeld   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A brief, colorful introduction to Chagall's life, art, and influences in the Essential series. (FRN673, $12.95)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye  •  Pascal Bonafoux   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • FAVORITE  •  From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and Provence, this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the south of France. Engaging, compact and illustrated with hundreds of photographs. (FRN29, $12.95)
A Pig in Provence  •  Georgeanne Brennan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Marvelously frank about daily chores and the decidedly unglamorous business of raising goats and pigs, Brennan lards her earthy tale of the rural life with recipes, one per chapter. (FRN687, $13.00)
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)
Matisse The Master, A Life Of Henri Matisse: The Conquest Of Colour: 1909-1954  •  Hilary Spurling   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Spurling's unprecendented access to letters and private archival material gives extraordinary insight and depth into Matisse's life and art. With color plates and over 100 black-and-white images. (FRN654, $40.00)
My Life  •  Marc Chagall   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A memoir of Chagall's early life and influences, with whimsical illustrations by the artist. (FRN672, $16.95)
Two Towns in Provence  •  M. F. K. Fisher   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE  •  Celebrated food writer M.F.K. Fisher contrasts village life in Aix-en-Provence with bustling Marseilles, evoking both with anecdote and loving description. (FRN27, $16.95)
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, $23.50)
Tender is the Night  •  F. Scott Fitzgerald  •  Charles Scribner   • LITERATURE  •  Fitzgerald's tragic tale of wealthy expatriate lovers living on the French Riviera. Dick and Nicole Diver fill their home with friends, but cannot find happiness for themselves and slowly slip into psychological despair. (FRN196, $15.00)
The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes  •  Tess Uriza Holthe   • LITERATURE  •  The intricately woven plot of these bittersweet stories center on a wealthy American's suspicious death on the French Riviera. (FRN766, $13.00)
The Solitude of Compassion  •  Jean Giono   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of loosely plotted stories, first published in 1932, evoking the villages and people of Provence in vivid, heartfelt detail. (FRN458, $15.00)