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Fabulous France   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide France  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 720 PAGES
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)
  Eyewitness Guide France
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 Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
France, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  William Rodarmor
ANTHOLOGY •  2008 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
From the excellent Traveler's Literary Companion series, this collection contains literary gems from all corners of France, not just Paris. Interesting stories written by great modern French writers. (FRN767, $14.95)
  France, A Traveler's Literary Companion
The Food of France  •  Waverly Root
FOOD •  1992 •  PAPER  • 450 PAGES
An aromatic and and beautifully written survey of French food. 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). A great read for anyone interested in the foundation of French cuisine. (FRN17, $18.00)
  The Food of France
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, $11.95)
  France Map
 

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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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Cathedrals and Castles, the Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  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, $15.95)
 
 
Impressionism, Art, Leisure, and Parisian Society  •  Robert L. Herbert   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A magnificently illustrated social history, this book shows the cafes, opera houses, dance halls and other places of entertainment and leisure that inspired the great Impressionist paintings. (FRN117, $35.00)
 
 
The Cave Painters  •  Gregory Curtis   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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, $15.95)
 
 
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 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)
 
 
Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France  •  Kermit Lynch   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A delightful and warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine to full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make the wine are priceless. (FRN72, $18.00)
 
 
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, turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci (as husband Paul). (FRN596, $15.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
France in Mind  •  Alice Powers   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This wonderful selection of essays, excerpts and stories filters the experience of being in France through the lens of 33 British and American writers. (FRN384, $14.00)
 
 
Travelers' Tales France  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger   • ANTHOLOGY • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE  •  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. (FRN05, $18.95)
 
 
In a Dark Wood Wandering, A Novel of the Middle Ages  •  Hella Haasse   • LITERATURE  •  With a cast of thousands including Joan of Arc and the Dukes of Burgundy, this 1949 historical novel renders the political intrigue, people and texture of 15th-century Europe. Haasse captures medieval court life during the Hundred Years War. (FRN86, $21.95)
 
 
The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France  •  W.S. Merwin   • LITERATURE  •  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. (FRN11, $16.00)
 
 
Timeline  •  Michael Crichton   • LITERATURE  •  Crichton's blockbuster fantasy combines time travel and adventures in Medieval France. A fast-paced, remarkably well-researched introduction to 14th-century Dordogne and Perigord. (FRN135, $7.99)
 
 


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