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	Michelin Green Guide Normandy  •   Michelin Travel Publications GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 486 PAGES A thorough introduction to Normandy and the Channel islands in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions. Organized alphabetically, we like it for its broad coverage, and especially for its excellent local maps. (FRN89, $21.95)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A slim encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. This volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and more information than you would imagine between its slim covers. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe. (MED07, $12.95)
	French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France  •  Polly Platt CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 292 PAGES With humor, directness and great insight, this little book explains the French and how to get along with them. Whatever your thoughts about cultural stereotypes, her suggestion for how to get out of sticky situations is perfect: "Excusez-moi de vous deranger." It also works! An expanded third edition, which now includes the French romance with cell phones and a short chapter with recent vignettes. (FRN54, $16.95)
	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)
	D-Day June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II  •  Stephen Ambrose HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 655 PAGES 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)
	Normandy Map 513  •   Michelin MAP A colorful, detailed map of Normandy at a scale of 1:200,000, featuring Rouen, Le Havre and the route of the Seine from west of Paris to the Atlantic. (FRN49, $11.95)

	Battle of Normandy 1944 Map  •   Michelin Travel Publications    •  A reproduction of a 1947 map of Normandy showing the main sites of the summer 1944 battle. (FRN264, $12.95)
	A Traveler's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy  •  Carl Shilleto  •  Mike Tolhurst   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact guide to Normandy's WWII battlefields, memorials, sites and cemeteries. (FRN330, $14.95)
	Insight Guide Normandy  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An overview of Normandy for the traveler, featuring excellent maps, color photographs and short essays. (FRN78, $21.95)
	Rough Guide Brittany & Normandy  •  Greg Ward   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An opinionated, practical guide to Brittany and Normandy. (FRN238, $19.99)
	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)
	1066, The Year of the Conquest  •  David Howarth   • HISTORY  •  A crack medievalist and storyteller, Howarth brings to life the momentous events of 1066 in rich, anecdotal history -- a classic portrait of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. (GBR115, $14.00)
	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)
	A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age  •  William Manchester   • HISTORY  •  In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)
	Dawn of D-Day: These Men Were There, June 6, 1944  •  David Howarth   • HISTORY  •  Howarth weaves interviews and eyewitness reports to recreate the atmosphere, horror and confusion of the assault on Normandy in this spellbinding account, first published in 1959. (FRN768, $14.95)
	Mont Saint Michel and Chartres  •  Henry Brooks Adams   • HISTORY  •  First published at the turn of the century, this classic work is a meditation on the Medieval world as reflected through its most famous religious structures. (FRN44, $16.00)
	Six Armies in Normandy, From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris  •  John Keegan   • HISTORY  •  A provocative account of the invasion of Normandy and the battles that proceeded it. Keegan's intense descriptions of the war in northern France are accompanied by perceptive analysis of the military tactics that resulted in Allied victory. (FRN118, $16.00)
	The Age of the Cathedrals, Art and Society 980-1420  •  Georges Duby   • HISTORY  •  The definitive historical study of the building of the great cathedrals. French scholar Duby, writing very accessibly, describes the cathedrals themselves, and the philosophical, religious, and political climate that enabled them to be built. (EUR01, $28.00)
	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)
	Claude Monet, The Color of Time  •  Virginia Spate   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A critically lauded analysis of Monet and his art. (FRN311, $39.95)
	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)
	The Bayeux Tapestry  •  David Wilson   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated, full-color reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry, whose colorful embroidery and Latin text tell the story of the Norman victory over England in 1066. The reproduction shows the detailed stitches clearly and is enhanced by Wilson's accompanying text. (FRN445, $50.00)
	A Woman's Story  •  Annie Ernaux   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A lovely, impressionistic tribute to the author's mother, who lived much of her life in Yvelot in Normandy. (FRN218, $8.95)
	Chantemesle, A Normandy Childhood  •  Robin Fedden   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A lyrical account of an enchanted childhood in rural Normandy. (FRN396, $20.95)
	Joan of Arc  •  Mary Gordon   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this contemplative biography, Mary Gordon analyzes the legend of the 'Maid of Orleans" while examining the history of criticism surrounding her canonization. A volume in the "Penguin Lives" series. (FRN198, $19.95)
	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)
	On Rue Tatin, Living and Cooking in a French Town  •  Susan Herrmann Loomis   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A refreshingly direct, affectionate memoir of making a home -- and cooking -- in Louviers. (FRN308, $14.95)
	Travelers' Tales France  •  James O'Reilly  •  Larry Habegger   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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)
	A Day in the Country and Other Stories  •  Guy de Maupassant   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A collection of 28 of de Maupassant's short stories, set mostly in the writer's native Normandy. (FRN307, $10.95)
	A Parisian Affair and Other Stories  •  Guy de Maupassant   • LITERATURE  •  Set in in the nouveau riche Paris of society women, prostitutes and playboys, in Normandy at sea and in the South of France, the 34 gems in this Penguin Classics collection are vintage Maupassant: economical, darkly humorous and brilliant. (FRN757, $11.00)
	A Time to Keep Silence  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor   • LITERATURE  •  Fermor's entrancing chronicle of sojourns to the monasteries of Solesmes, Wandrille and La Grande Trappe in Normandy. He ends this short meditation on the contemplative life with a visit to the Byzantine rock chapels of Cappadocia. Orginally published in 1953. (WLD121, $12.95)
	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)
	Secrets of Monet's Garden, Bringing the Beauty of Monet's Style to Your Own Garden  •  Derek Fell   • NATURAL HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  A study of the world-famous gardens at Giverny and Monet's philosophy of color and light. (FRN36, $27.50)

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