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The GR5 Trail, Through the French Alps, Lake Geneva to Nice

by Paddy Dillon

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 314 PAGES

A compact guide to hiking in the French Alps, covering the GR5 trail from Lake Geneva to the Mediterranean. (FRN406, $27.45)

Scrambles Amongst the Alps: In the Years 1860-69

by Edward Whymper

• EXPLORATION
• 2002
• PAPER
• 320 PAGES

Edward Wymper's vivid account of Victorian-era mountaineering, a classic, captures the geography, beauty and allure of the Alps. (ALP02, $16.00)

Solo Faces

by James Salter

• LITERATURE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 218 PAGES

The story of an American climber who, dissatisfied with his everyday life, travels to the Alps of southern France to tackle mountain peaks. The prose is glorious and the mountain-climbing scenes are as vivid as they get. (ALP14, $15.00)

Provence Alps French Riviera Map 527

by Michelin Travel Publications

• 2008
• MAP

A colorful and detailed map of the region from Lyon to Marseille along the Rhone River, at a scale of 1:200,000. (FRN22, $11.95)

 

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Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur

by Roger Williams

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

This is an illustrated, colorful guide to the art and architecture, literature, history and attractions of Provence. With photographs and site plans, maps and sections on the Riviera, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhones, Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. (FRN18, $23.00)

Lonely Planet French Phrasebook

by Marie-Helene Girard | Anny Monet

• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• 2011
• PAPER

This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)

The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence

by Michael Jacobs

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2012
• PAPER
• 224 PAGES
• COMING IN MAY

With an excellent introduction on the history, culture, landscapes and the pleasures of Southern France, this illusrtated guide features 34 towns and villages across Provence from the Vacluse to Bonnieux and Gordes, tranquil Alpine villages and southern vineyards. (FRN28, $26.95)

The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France

by Ina Caro

• HISTORY
• 1996
• PAPER
• 339 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

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)

A Life of Her Own

by Emilie Carles

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1992
• PAPER
• 271 PAGES

This memoir of life in the French Alps was a French bestseller when first published in 1977. (FRN468, $16.00)

A Year in Provence

by Peter Mayle

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1991
• PAPER
• 207 PAGES

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, $14.95)

Eiger Dreams, Ventures Among Men and Mountains

by Jon Krakauer

• EXPLORATION
• 2009
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

A collection of some of Krakauer's (Into Thin Air) best journalism, these stories and essays focus on the mindset and determination of world-class mountaineers, including Alpine and Himalayan climbers. (ALP10, $14.95)

Killing Dragons, The Conquest of the Alps

by Fergus Fleming

• EXPLORATION
• 2001
• PAPER
• 398 PAGES

Fleming spins lively tales of man against nature in this entertaining history of the eccentrics, adventurers and publicity-hounds who sought to conquer the Alps, including Whymper and his first ascent of the Matterhorn (where four of the seven-man team perished). (ALP16, $14.00)

There & Then, Travel Writings of James Salter

by James Salter

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 296 PAGES

These sketches and essays cover 20 years of novelist Salter's peripatetic life, particularly his extended time hiking and skiing in the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and France. (ALP28, $15.00)

Village in the Vaucluse

by Laurence Wylie

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1986
• PAPER
• 390 PAGES
• FAVORITE

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, $27.50)

France, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by William Rodarmor

• ANTHOLOGY
• 2008
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

This collection contains literary gems from all corners of France--not just Paris--by a select group of 20th-century French writers, from Colette to Georges Simenon. (FRN767, $14.95)

Travelers' Tales Provence

by Tara Austen Weaver | James O'Reilly

• ANTHOLOGY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 262 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

This sampling of true tales includes an excellent cast of writers, journalists and travelers, including Peter Mayle, Lawrence Durrell, Kermit Lynch and Alain de Botton. (FRN410, $16.95)

Birds of Europe

by Lars Svensson

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)