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Eyewitness Guide France
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2010 FLEXI-BOUND 720 PAGES
COMING IN MARCH
This superb guide to all of France features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(FRN01, $30.00)
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 Secret Life of the Seine
Mort Rosenblum
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2001 PAPER 290 PAGES
Associated Press correspondent Rosenblum, a born storyteller, takes to a houseboat moored on the Seine after losing his Paris apartment. This book is his account of his explorations along the river from its source in Burgundy to Le Havre, stopping along at Giverny and other celebrated river towns. It's an entertaining tour of people and place.
(FRN48, $17.50)
Travelers' Tales France
James O'Reilly Larry Habegger
ANTHOLOGY 2002 PAPER 528 PAGES
A wonderful collection of mostly contemporary tales, including such marvelous authors as Peter Mayle, M.F.K. Fisher, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Jan Morris. Organized thematically, it's a good introduction to the history, culture and character of France. With a section of practical travel information.
(FRN05, $18.95)
France Map
Michelin
2009 MAP
A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000, with scenic routes highlighted. We also carry a variety of more detailed regional and city maps. One Side. 40x61 inches.
(FRN07, $12.95)
Fodor's Paris' 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This shirt-pocket map and guide includes essential information on the city's history, highlights and sightseeing, ideal for a short visit to the City of Light.
(FRN41, $11.95)
Burgundy and Its Wines
Nicholas Faith
FOOD
A well-informed and illustrated guide to Burgundy as seen though its famous wine and wine producers. Marvelous color photographs, producer profiles and a history of winemaking all bring the region to life.
(FRN761, $19.95)
Cote D'or, A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy
Clive Coates
FOOD
An in-depth guide to the region's wines. Coates introduces every major grower and his wines, analyzes climatological effects, and profiles the top wines by year, climate, and region.
(FRN645, $65.00)
Long Ago in France, The Years in Dijon
M.F.K. Fisher
FOOD
A memoir of Fisher's years in France in the late '20s and early '30s, a time of exuberant discoveries of the glories of French food and French culture.
(FRN21, $13.95)
The Food of France
Waverly Root
FOOD
An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, 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, $18.00)
A Traveller's History of France
Robert Cole
HISTORY
This fast-moving survey covers the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times.
(FRN08, $14.95)
D-Day June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II
Stephen Ambrose
HISTORY
Written by the best-selling historian Stephen Ambrose, this well researched book draws together interviews and government documents to tell the gripping tale of June 6, 1944. This comprehensive account of D-Day contains 32 pages of photos and eight maps.
(FRN40, $18.00)
French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
Polly Platt
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
COMING IN FEBRUARY
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 Longest Day: June 6, 1944
Cornelius Ryan
HISTORY
Long the standard history of the Allied invasion of Normandy, Ryan's visceral account of men at war is skillfully written and accurate. First published in 1959.
(FRN382, $15.00)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Burgundy
James Bentley
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Divided geographically, this handsome book is an illustrated portrait of the region, its landscape, architecture and people. With maps, a travel guide and 260 photographs.
(FRN80, $40.00)
The Most Beautiful Villages of Normandy
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An oversized, full color photographic celebration of the villages, churches, chateaux, harbors, and coastlines of Normandy.
(FRN647, $40.00)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology.
(MED07, $12.95)
Monet, the Ultimate Impressionist
Sylvie Patin
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A colorful pocket-size reference to Monet's life, paintings and contemporaries, perfect for those visiting Giverny.
(FRN35, $12.95)
A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A treasure for anyone interested in Parisian cafe society and its luminaries circa 1925. Hemingway includes sharp portraits of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Maddox Ford and others who idled on their way to greatness.
(FRN26, $15.00)
Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris
A.J. Liebling
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
Liebling captues with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine.
(FRN32, $14.00)
Joan of Arc
Mary Gordon
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
In elegant, insightful prose, novelist Gordon meditates on the courageous, complex young girl and the iconic status she has acquired.
(FRN753, $14.00)
My Life in France
Julia Child
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Child's characteristically ebullient record of Paris and Provence, her many friends, family and memorable meals, in the years after WWII. It's now a movie starring Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci (as husband Paul).
(FRN596, $15.00)
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Gopnik writes with candor and humor about Paris and Parisian ways in these charming reflections on adapting to life abroad.
(FRN208, $15.00)
France, A Traveler's Literary Companion
William Rodarmor
ANTHOLOGY
This collection contains literary gems from all corners of France--not just Paris--by a select group of modern French writers.
(FRN767, $14.95)
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
LITERATURE
The landmark novel of a woman who suffers in search of relief from her humdrum life in a provincial village outside Rouen.
(FRN301, $12.00)
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