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Insight Guide French Riviera
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 288 PAGES
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)
In the South of France
Don Krohn
ART & ARCHITECTURE 1999 HARD COVER 117 PAGES
Invoking artists and authors captivated by Provence and the south of France, photographer Don Krohn captures the magic light, rich colors and long traditions of the region. With an introduction to Provencal history and culture, generous excerpts from writers inspired by the south of France, and stunning color photographs. Krohn balances his portrayal of the landscapes, vineyards, fields and other natural features, with photographs of castles, medieval churches and chateaux.
(FRN192, $45.00)
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)
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)
Nice Map
IGN
A good map of Nice.
(FRN372, $9.95)
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)
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)
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, $17.95)
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)
French Riviera, Living Well Was the Best Revenge
Xavier Girard
HISTORY
A stunning photo-biography of the glamourous and creative life on the French Riviera in the 1920s.
(FRN651, $40.00)
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
Ina Caro
HISTORY
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)
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 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)
Mediterranean Summer, A Season on France's Cote D'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella
David Shalleck
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A young American chef recounts his alluring, evocative summer voyage on the Mediterranean and into the enchanting seaside towns of France's Cote d'Azur and Italy's Costa Bella aboard an Italian billionaire couple's spectacular yacht.
(MED111, $12.95)
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)
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)
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)
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