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Eyewitness Guide London
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2010 FLEXI-BOUND 448 PAGES
This superb guide to London features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(GBR34, $25.00)
Eyewitness Guide Paris
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2010 PAPER 432 PAGES
Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. Featuring well chosen literary excerpts and a detailed synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(FRN02, $25.00)
The Story of England
Christopher Hibbert
HISTORY 1992 PAPER 224 PAGES
Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past.
(GBR02, $14.95)
Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2001 PAPER 338 PAGES
Gopnik writes with candor and humor about Parisian ways in this charming collection of reflections on adapting to life abroad. The chapter on French medicine and the birth of the Gopnik's new baby alone is worth the price of this book. Other notworthy essays cover Deux Magots and Le Flore (A Tale of Two Cafes) and cross-cultural encounters (Trouble at the Tower).
(FRN208, $15.00)
London Map
Borch Maps
2009 MAP
This sixth edition laminated folded map of London includes London proper at 1:15 000, Kew Gardens & Richmond (1:35 000), Central Sights (1:11 000), Greater London (1:375 000) along with Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Public Transport London. With hotels, museums, monuments, markets, public transport, top sights and points of interest, useful statistics, and conversion charts. Two Sides. 20x26 inches.
(GBR114, $8.95)
Paris Map
Borch Maps
2006 MAP
A sturdy laminated map of the city center of Paris at a scale of 1:12,000 and all of Paris at a scale of 1:15,000. Two Sides. 20x26 inches.
(FRN400, $8.95)
Fodor's London's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This slim guide to London (with handy full-color maps) has everything you need to know for a short visit to the city, including recommended sightseeing, restaurants, hotels and shops.
(GBR08, $11.95)
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)
Time Out London Walks, 30 Walks by London Writers
Time Out
GUIDEBOOK
A personable guide to a wide variety of London excursions.The handy guide is chock full of color photographs, illustrations, practical information and good maps.
(GBR595, $19.95)
A Propos De Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This handsomely produced coffee table book features 131 duotone images of Paris selected by Cartier-Bresson in honor of his 90th birthday. It's a splendid tribute to the people and life of the City of Light.
(FRN132, $35.00)
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)
London Perceived
Evelyn Hofer
V. S. Pritchett
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A classic, lyrical celebration of the palaces, parks, people and everyday experience of London. Pritchett's eloquent riffs on the character of the city are accompanied by evocative black-and-white photographs by the superb Evelyn Hofer.
(GBR310, $19.95)
London, A History
A.N. Wilson
HISTORY
A brief, evocative meditation on the rich and varied history of England's capital city by the prolific British writer, critic and historian. Wilson examines London through several lenses, using humor and insight to discuss art, architecture, politics and culture.
(GBR480, $14.00)
London, The Biography
Peter Ackroyd
HISTORY
A big thematic history of London from Celtic settlement to Roman outpost and world power, much focused on the life of the city. A popular biographer and novelist, Ackroyd leavens the centuries with anecdote, personality and great affection.
(GBR248, $21.00)
Paris, The Biography of a City
Colin Jones
HISTORY
Jones writes with obvious affection in this entertaining, ambitious history of Paris, its architecture, culture and politics, from the late Stone Age to Jacques Chirac.
(FRN502, $18.00)
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)
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, $19.95)
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, $15.00)
Into a Paris Quartier, Reine Margot's Chapel and other Haunts of St. Germain
Diane Johnson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Novelist Diane Johnson (Le Divorce) writes with insight, verve and wit in this affectionate, personal portrait of St Germain-des-Pres, her neighborhood on the Left Bank.
(FRN491, $10.95)
Talk to the Snail, Ten Commandments to Understanding the French
Stephen Clarke
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Clarke's essays on France and the French, as witty as they are useful, combines a guide to cultural understanding with some perfectly rendered, and perfectly hysterical notes on how to speak French.
(FRN643, $15.95)
Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel
Jerome Jerome
Jeremy Lewis
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
FAVORITE
Written in 1889, "Three Men in a Boat" (to say nothing of the dog!) is a laugh-out-loud account of a man-powered voyage along the River Thames, full of detail on life and lore. A Longitude favorite.
(GBR28, $11.00)
Americans in Paris, A Literary Anthology
Adam Gopnik
ANTHOLOGY
This wide-ranging anthology includes early impressions by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, as well as by a generous sampling of 20th-century literary masters.
(FRN427, $40.00)
Travelers' Tales Paris
James O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY
OUT OF PRINT
This diverse collection of well-chosen, mostly modern tales by mostly foreign writers includes short excerpts by Edmund White, Jan Morris, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Julian Green.
(FRN25, $18.95)
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
LITERATURE
Dickens' famous tale of love and intrigue, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
(GBR100, $8.00)
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
LITERATURE
Orwell's first published work, this novel -- based, in part, on true experiences -- is a tale of the underclass in 1930's Paris and London.
(GBR99, $14.00)
Murder in the Marais
Cara Black
MYSTERY
Literate, thrilling and with a strong sense of the geography and flavor of Paris, this first mystery starring Aimee Ledoc shows off the French-American detective's wit and wile.
(FRN561, $13.00)
The London Scene, Six Essays
Virginia Woolf
LITERATURE
The great Virginia Woolf, here writing for the British Good Housekeeping magazine in the 1930s when she was already a leading light, makes a congenial guide to her hometown in these essays, loosely organized as a series of walking tours. Her focus is on London's lterary scene, including Keats, Carlyle and a whole lot of dead poets.
(GBR693, $16.95)
The Ministry of Fear
Graham Greene
LITERATURE
A thriller set in London during the Blitz by the master of atmosphere and ambiguity Graham Greene.
(GBR571, $15.00)
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