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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $66, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFRN506)		  
Long Ago in France, The Years in Dijon  •  M.F.K. Fisher
FOOD •  1992 •  PAPER  • 159 PAGES
A memoir of Fisher's years in France in the late '20s and early '30s, a time of exuberant discoveries of the glories of French food and French culture. (FRN21, $13.95)		   Long Ago in France, The Years in Dijon
A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France  •  Georgeanne Brennan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2007 •  HARD COVER  • 209 PAGES • FAVORITE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
Offered as a bonus book in the Essential Reading package for just $1.00! With the launch party at Chez Panisse, you better believe that Brennan is devoted to food. She writes in this brief, thoroughly appealing memoir of making cheese, buying and butchering pigs, hunting for truffles and the simple joy of country living. Each section ends with a recipe. (FRN687, $1.00)		   A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France
The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France  •  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)		   The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur  •  Roger Williams
GUIDEBOOK •  2012 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES • BEST SELLER
This superb guide, another entry in the excellent Eyewitness series, features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of attractions in both Provence and the Riviera, including Avignon, Arles, Marseille, Nice and Cannes. (FRN18, $23.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur
Rhone Valley Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A colorful, detailed map of the Rhone Valley from Lyon south to Port St. Louis, the Cararmgue and Marseille at a scale of 1:200,000. One Side. 38x52 inches. (FRN64, $13.95)		   Rhone Valley Map



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Rhone-Alpes Map 523  •  Michelin Travel Publications    •  A detailed map of the Alps along the Italian and Swiss border from Geneva and Grenoble west to the Rhone, including Lyon and Valence. (FRN255, $12.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Michelin Green Guide Burgundy / Jura  •  Michelin Travel Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A thorough introduction to the region in the classic Michelin style. (FRN164, $21.99)
 		  
The Roman Provence Guide  •  Edwin Mullins   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN MAY  •  Mullin's succinct history and guide to the many monuments, arches and other antiquities of Provincia Nostra, the first Roman territory outside Italy, covers the must-see archaeological sites of Provence and neighboring Languedoc in detail. With 2 maps and 60 black and white photographs. (FRA05, $20.00)
 		  
The Cook and the Gardener, A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside  •  Amanda Hesser   • FOOD  •  An American cook in Burgundy, the author records her recipes and growing fondness for a very French gardener, in this narrative cookbook. It includes 250 recipes and some fine observations on local people and places. (FRN85, $35.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong  •  Jean-Benoit Nadeau  •  Julie Barlow   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This lively, astute examination by two Canadian journalists tackles the contradictions and complexities of the French character, paying particular attention to the question of why the French resist globalization. (FRN755, $16.95)
 		  
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise  •  Peter Abelard  •  Betty Radice   • HISTORY  •  The correspondence of the famous 12th-century lovers, translated from the medieval French. This Penguin Classic edition translated by Betty Radice. Peter Abelard's "Historia Calamitatum" is a classic. (FRN75, $15.00)
 		  
The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence  •  Michael Jacobs   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  With an excellent introduction on the history, culture, landscapes and the pleasures of Southern France, this illustrated 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 Popes of Avignon, A Century in Exile  •  Edwin Mullins   • HISTORY  •  Grounded in the architecture and papal legacy of Avignon and the surrounding area, this engaging history sets the 70-year period of papal exile in the south of France against the context of Europe's turbulent transition from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. (FRN806, $14.95)
 		  
French Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of France  •  Richard Goodman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Another story of a foreigner transplanted to the south of France. This captivating tale, set near Avignon, is noteworthy for Goodman's willingness to work, passion for horticulture and frank portrait of his neighbors. (FRN417, $13.00)
 		  
My Life in France  •  Julia Child   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Child's characteristically ebullient record of Paris and Provence, her many friends, family and memorable meals, in the years after WWII, turned into a movie starring Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci (as husband Paul). (FRN596, $16.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
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 20th-century French writers, from Colette to Georges Simenon. (FRN767, $14.95)
 		  
In a Dark Wood Wandering, A Novel of the Middle Ages  •  Hella Haasse   • LITERATURE  •  With a cast of thousands including Joan of Arc and the Dukes of Burgundy, this 1949 historical novel renders the political intrigue, people and texture of 15th-century Europe. With a magisterial grasp of the era, Haasse captures medieval court life during the Hundred Years War. (FRN86, $21.95)
 		  
 
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