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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $81, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFRN484)		  
Michelin Green Guide Normandy  •  Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 432 PAGES
A thorough introduction to Normandy and the Channel islands in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions. (FRN89, $21.99)		   Michelin Green Guide Normandy
Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2010 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES
This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe. (MED07, $15.95)		   Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
The Secret Life of the Seine  •  Mort Rosenblum
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 290 PAGES
After losing his Paris apartment, Rosenblum, a born storyteller, takes to a houseboat moored on the Seine. The result is this entertaining tour of the places and people he encounters during his explorations along the river. (FRN48, $17.50)		   The Secret Life of the Seine
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 D-Day. This comprehensive account contains 32 pages of photos and eight maps. (FRN40, $18.99)		   D-Day June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II
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. Two Sides. 40x61 inches. (FRN49, $11.95)		   Normandy Map 513



Also Recommended

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)
 		  
Footprint Normandy  •  Andrew Sanger   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information on accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler. (FRN892, $21.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet French Phrasebook  •  Marie-Helene Girard  •  Anny Monet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)
 		  
Rough Guide Brittany & Normandy  •  Greg Ward   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An informative, detailed guide to Brittany and Normandy with a good overview of history and culture (FRN238, $21.99)
 		  
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, the book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace) and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
D-Day  •  Antony Beevor   • HISTORY  •  A new account invasion by the bestselling author of Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945. (FRN828, $18.00)
 		  
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, $17.00)
 		  
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 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, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Joan of Arc  •  Mary Gordon   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In elegant, insightful prose, novelist Gordon meditates on the courageous and complex young girl and the iconic status she has acquired. (FRN753, $15.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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, $11.95)
 		  
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, $12.00)
 		  
A Time to Keep Silence  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor   • LITERATURE  •  This entrancing chronicle of sojourns in the monasteries of Solesmes, Wandrille and La Grande Trappe in Normandy in the 1940s concludes with a visit to Cappadocia's rock chapels, hewn of stone and long abandoned. (WLD121, $12.95)
 		  
Madame Bovary  •  Lydia Davis  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
 
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