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France: Bordeaux
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Wine and War, The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
• Donald Kladstrup
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
Thrilling and harrowing story of the French wine producers who undertook ingenious, daring measures to save their cherished vineyards and wines as the Germans closed in on them.
(FRN874, $15.00) |
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Bordeaux Map
• IGN
MAP
A magificently detailed map of the city of Bordeaux and surrounding areas at a scale of 1:13,000, bundled with a 68-page index. Published by IGN, the French National Geographic Institute. Two Sides. 26x47 inches.
(FRN295, $9.95) |
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Bordeaux Wine Region Map
• IGN
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A regional map of Bordeaux, shown at a scale of 1:250,000.
(FRN203, $12.95)
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Bordeaux, A Consumer's Guide to the World's Finest Wines
• Robert M., Jr. Parker
• GUIDEBOOK
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Parker's wine bible, organized geographically, includes every chateaux in Bordeaux.
(FRN876, $60.00)
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Cadogan Guide The Dordogne, Lot & Bordeaux
• Michael Pauls
• Dana Facaros
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the region from Bordeaux to Toulouse with detailed information on cultural attractions, history and travel planning.
(FRN224, $19.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Dordogne
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Featuring hundreds of color illustrations, local and regional maps and site diagrams.
(FRN580, $25.00)
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Lonely Planet French Phrasebook
• Marie-Helene Girard
• Anny Monet
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(FRN120, $8.99)
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Made in France, A Shopper's Guide
• Laura Morelli
• GUIDEBOOK
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Both a fascinating history of France's artisanal legacy and an insider's shopping guide, the book includes illustrations, maps, a primer on French shopping culture and craft festivals.
(FRN706, $24.95)
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Corkscrewed, Adventures in the New French Wine Country
• Robert V. Camuto
• FOOD
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An American journalist living in the south of France, Camuto travels far afield from Bordeaux visiting new winemakers from the Alsace to Mayonnaise, Corsica and Burgundy for this celebration of the culture and diversity of French wine.
(FRN938, $15.95)
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Grands Vins, The Finest Chateaux of Bordeaux and Their Wines
• Clive Coates
• FOOD
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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)
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The Food of France
• Waverly Root
• FOOD
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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)
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A Traveller's History of France
• Robert Cole
• HISTORY
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This fast-moving survey covers the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times.
(FRN08, $14.95)
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
• William Manchester
• HISTORY
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Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
• Jean-Benoit Nadeau
• Julie Barlow
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
• Ina Caro
• HISTORY
• BEST SELLER
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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)
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Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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, $15.95)
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Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
• Kermit Lynch
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A delightful and warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. Lynch brings the domains and appellations of French wine to full-blown life, and his portraits of the grand personalities who make the wine are priceless.
(FRN72, $19.00)
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France in Mind
• Alice Powers
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN JUNE
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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)
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France, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• William Rodarmor
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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