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Eyewitness Guide Dordogne & Southwest France
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 320 PAGES
An outstanding guide to exploring Southwest France, featuring hundreds of color illustrations, local and regional maps and site diagrams.
(FRN580, $25.00)
The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France
W.S. Merwin
LITERATURE 2005 PAPER 320 PAGES
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. The author owns a house in Loubressac overlooking the Dordogne.
(FRN11, $16.00)
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)
Dordogne Map
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MAP
Centered on Perigueux, this French-made map covers the Dordogne at a scale of 1:140,000. One Side. 48x35 inches.
(FRN60, $9.95)
Bordeaux Map
IGN
This magnificently detailed city map includes a separate 68-page index. 1:13,000.
(FRN295, $9.95)
Bordeaux Wine Region Map
IGN
A regional map of Bordeaux, shown at a scale of 1:250,000.
(FRN203, $12.95)
Blue Guide Southwest France
Delia Gray-Durant
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide with a strong focus on history and architecture, including the region's prehistoric caves and grottos, splendid medieval towns, castles and cathedrals.
(FRN53, $28.95)
Cave Art, A Guide to the Decorated Ice Age Caves of Europe
Paul Bahn
GUIDEBOOK
An authoritative, illustrated guide to exploring 50 caves in England, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy, as well as relevant museums and centers. Half of the book is devoted to cave art in France.
(EUR282, $24.95)
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)
Bordeaux and its Wines
Robert Joseph
FOOD
Replete with vivid photographs, this guide to the Bordeaux region contains excellent information on wine making and wine buying. With an introduction by Hugh Johnson.
(FRN762, $19.95)
Families of the Vine, Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France
Michael S. Sanders
FOOD
A delightful, informative portrait of a venerable winemaking family in Southwest France and the stylish, savory wines of Clos Triguedina, by an American chef who lived in the region.
(FRN479, $13.95)
Grands Vins, The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines
Clive Coates
FOOD
From Britain's master wine critic comes this focused study of the Bordeaux region of France and its tradition of producing fine wine.
(FRN210, $65.00)
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, $18.00)
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)
Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings
Amy Kelly
HISTORY
A spirited, meticulously researched chronicle that recreates the life and world of Eleanor of Aquitaine in 12th-century Europe.
(FRN129, $25.50)
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)
South-West France, The Wines and Winemakers
Paul Strang
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Strang covers the South-West with expertise and enthusiasm, providing a history of the wine industry and introducing readers to a wine-lover's paradise that seems to defy globalization. With 70 color illustrations.
(FRN795, $45.00)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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, $12.95)
Lascaux: Movement, Space, and Time
Norbert Aujoulat
ARCHAEOLOGY
A striking tour of the magnificent prehistoric cave of Lascaux, with 100 stunning full-page color photographs, maps and explanatory diagrams.
(FRN232, $65.00)
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)
Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
Kermit Lynch
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A delightful, warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine into full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make wine are priceless.
(FRN72, $18.00)
France, A Traveler's Literary Companion
William Rodarmor
ANTHOLOGY
This collection contains literary gems from all corners of France--not just Paris--by a select group of modern French writers.
(FRN767, $14.95)
Deadly Slipper
Michelle Wan
MYSTERY
Wan crafts a suspenseful, elegant tale of food, romance and murder out of a search for a long-lost woman in Southwest France.
(FRN631, $13.95)
Death in the Truffle Wood
Pierre Magnan
MYSTERY
This deft mystery combines humor, an atmospheric setting in rural Provence -- and, of course, murder.
(FRN671, $13.95)
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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