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	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)
	The Accidental Connoisseur, An Irreverent Journey Through the Wine World • Lawrence Osborne • FOOD • With a winning wit and not a drop of pretense, Osborne sets out to discover what's what with wine, traveling through Sonoma and Napa, France, Italy and other European wine meccas, 11 adventures in all. He meets plenty of interesting characters along the way, revealing much about the pleasures of wine (and travel!). (TVL31, $14.00)
	Accounting for Taste, The Triumph of French Cuisine • Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson • FOOD • A penetrating look at the evolution of the food of France into "French cuisine," a benchmark for international cooking and shorthand for high culture. Ferguson explores the history and personalities that brought about this revolution in taste. (FRN691, $22.50)
	Afloat • Guy de Maupassant • LITERATURE • A book of dazzling but treacherously shifting currents, a seemingly simple logbook of a sailing cruise along the French Mediterranean coast that opens up to reveal unexpected depths, as Maupassant merges fact and fiction, dream and documentation in a wholly original style. (FRN754, $14.00)
	The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848 • Eric J. Hobsbawm • HISTORY • A trenchant account of society's vast transformation wrought by the French Revolution and Britain's Industrial Revolution. (GBR418, $15.95)
	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, $26.00)
	Alias Olympia, A Woman's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and Her Own Desire • Eunice Lipton • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A fascinating glimpse into Victorian France through the lens of Manet's mysterious model. (FRN220, $17.95)
	All Rivers Run to the Sea, Memoirs • Elie Wiesel • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel recounts his remarkable life, from his childhood in Romania to the horrors of Auschwitz, his days as a young writer in post-war France and New York, and his many pilgrimages to Israel. (EUR153, $16.00)
	Alsace et Lorraine Map 516 • Michelin Travel Publications • An up-to-date regional map at the very good scale of 1:200,000 published by Michelin. (FRN158, $11.95)
	Angers / Chinon Map • IGN • A detailed, topographic map of the Loire from Angiers to Chinon. (FRN485, $11.95)
	Annecy-Lausanne Map 45 • IGN • An excellently detailed map of the Haute-Savoie at a scale of 1:100,000. (FRN390, $11.95)
	Aquitaine Map • Michelin • A regional map of the Aquitaine region from Arcachon south to Pamplona at a scale of 1:200,000. (FRN205, $11.95)
	Aquitaine Map R15 • IGN • A detailed regional map of the Aquitaine. (FRN452, $11.95)
	Around the World in Eighty Days, The Extraordinary Journeys • Jules Verne • LITERATURE • A complete, critical edition of Jules Verne's classic novel, in which Phileas Fogg races against the clock. (FRN288, $9.95)
	Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700 • Richard Beresford • Anthony Blunt • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A depiction of artistic endeavors which were born in 16th- and 17-century France. (FRN242, $37.00)
	Art and Illusion • E. H. Gombrich • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic study on the ever-evolving relationship between perception and art. (ART15, $37.95)
	Art and Society in the Middle Ages • Georges Duby • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. (EUR85, $30.55)
	Artists and their Museums on the Riviera • Alan Halpern • Barbara F. Freed • GUIDEBOOK • This book covers 28 museums on the French Riviera, discussing the works of such greats as Picasso, Renoir, Matisse and Cocteau. (FRN133, $19.95)
	Artists in Residence • Dana Micucci • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An attractively illustrated guide to exploring the homes of 19th-century artists in and around Paris, including Giverny, Auvers and Ornans. An excellent guide for day-long excursions outside Paris with a focus on nature and art. (FRN353, $19.95)
	As They Were • M. F. K. Fisher • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This marvelous collection of autobiographical essays by the celebrated, much-adored Fisher covers her life, family, food and adventures from Whittier, California to the south of France. (FRN705, $14.00)
	At Home in France • Ann Barry • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Subtitled "Tales of an American and Her House Abroad," this account of life in a small village in southwestern France is shot through with Barry's irony and New York outlook on life. (FRN215, $19.00)
	Atlas Pocket Travelers France: Travels With a Donkey, Gleanings in France, a Motor-flight Through France • Diane Johnson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Presented in a delightful boxed set, these three petit travel classics by Robert Louis Stevenson, James Fenimore Cooper and Edith Wharton, respectively, include Travels With a Donkey, Gleanings in France and a Motor-flight Through France. The authors -- two Americans and a Scot -- each find a different France, reflecting not just when they visited but their own ideas. (FRN756, $45.00)
	Autonauts of the Cosmoroute • Julio Cortazar • LITERATURE • This novel's comic and surreal adventures along the Paris-Marseilles freeway circa 1982 lend themselves to a fascinating examination of why we travel. (FRN707, $20.00)
	The Autumn of the Middle Ages • Johan Huizinga • HISTORY • A pioneering work of social and cultural history, this freshly translated classic volume is a richly detailed portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. (EUR17, $25.00)
	Auvergne Map • IGN • A map of the Auvergne from Moulins south to Aurillac and Le Puy-en-Velay, at a scale of 1:250,000. (FRN607, $11.95)
	Auvergne-Limousin Map 522 • Michelin • A regional map at a scale of 1:200,000 (FRN62, $11.95)
	Avignon Map • IGN • A French-produced city map of Avignon. (FRN293, $9.95)
	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)
	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 detailed reproduction shows stiches clearly and is enhanced by Wilson's accompanying text. (FRN445, $50.00)
	Berlitz French Phrase Book & CD • Berlitz Multimedia • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A 224-page phrase book and audio CD, this handy language primer focuses on food, people, fun and the basic phrases for getting around in another language. Compatible with iPod and MPS devices, this bestselling series is geared for travelers. (FRN709, $14.95)
	Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris • A.J. Liebling • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE • Liebling captues with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine. (FRN32, $14.00)
	Birds of Europe • Killian Mullarney • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)
	Bloom's Literary Guide To Paris • Mike Gerrard • GUIDEBOOK • (FRN690, $14.95)
	Blue Guide Burgundy • Ian Ousby • GUIDEBOOK • Invaluable for its many site plans and town maps, this compact guide focuses on the art and architecture of the region. With a good general overview and suggested routes. (FRN76, $19.95)
	Bocuse's Regional French Cooking • Paul Bocuse • FOOD • A culinary tour of France by world-class chef Paul Bocuse. Bocuse's sumptuous, yet easy-to-follow recipes are drawn from the local heritage of the land. (FRN480, $19.98)
	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)
	Bordeaux Map • IGN • A city map of Bordeaux at a scale of 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)
	The Botanist and the Vintner, How Wine Was Saved for the World • Christy Campbell • SCIENCE • In this witty book Campbell interweaves a dramatic tale of the devastation of vineyards in 1860's France with French cultural history and a tale of the mad scramble by scientists (along with witches, priests and mystics) to discover the cause and cure. The French were none too pleased that salvation (as well as the disease) came in the form of American root stock. (FRN497, $14.95)
	Boundaries, The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees • Peter Sahlins • HISTORY • A study of national identity in Catalonia, Cerdanya and the border lands between France and Spain, with an overview of their demarcation and arbitrary division in 1659. (SPN154, $26.95)
	Bourgogne Map • IGN • A colorful map of the Burgundy region of France. (FRN262, $11.95)
	The Bretons • Patrick Galliou • Michael Jones • HISTORY • An engaging scholarly history of the Bretons, from prehistoric to modern times. (FRN239, $29.95)
	Brittany Map • Michelin Travel Publications • A regional map of Brittany by Michelin at the very good scale of 1:200,000. (FRN79, $11.95)
	Burgundy and its Wines • Nicholas Faith • FOOD • A marvelously well-informed and illustrated guide to Burgundy as seen though its famous wine and wine producers. (FRN761, $19.95)
	By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept • Paulo Coelho • LITERATURE • From the wildly popular Brazilian author Paulo Coelho comes this magical tale of a woman who follows a former childhood friend through the French Pyrenees. (FRN221, $13.95)
	Cadogan Guide Brittany • Philippe Barbour • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide in the British series. (FRN383, $19.95)
	Cadogan Guide Gascony & the Pyrenees • Dana Facaros • Michael Pauls • GUIDEBOOK • A town-by-town guide to Southwestern France, with 6 color maps. (FRN446, $18.95)
	Cadogan Guide Languedoc-Roussillon • Dana Facaros • Michael Pauls • GUIDEBOOK • Based themselves in southwest France, Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls cover the sweep of the Mediterranean from the Rhone Valley to the Spanish border in knowledgeable detail. (FRN602, $18.95)
	Candide • Voltaire • John Butt • LITERATURE • The classic satirical French novel and basis for the Bernstein opera. (FRN655, $9.00)
	Carmen and Other Stories • Prosper Merimee • Nicholas Jotcham • LITERATURE • A collection of nine stories, including Carmen, memorably set in southern Spain -- and source for the Bizet opera of the same name. (FRN201, $13.95)
	Carpentras, Vaison-la-Romain map • IGN • Topographic map of the region, at a scale of 1:25,000 (FRN593, $14.95)
	The Catalans • Patrick O'Brian • LITERATURE • Patrick O'Brian's tale of a family in crisis is set against the sun-drenched backdrop of the Pyrenees town of Saint-Feliu in French Catalonia, where O'Brian made his home. (FRN511, $23.95)
	Cathar Castles, Fortresses of the Albigensian Crusade 1209-1300 • Marcus Cowper • Peter Dennis • ARCHAEOLOGY • A slim guide to the medieval walled cities of Languedoc, including Albi, Carcassonne, Beziers and Toulouse. With illustrations, photographs and diagrams. (FRN623, $16.95)
	Cavaillon Digne-Les-Bains Map • Institut Geographique National • A "Carte de Promendade" at a scale of 1:100,000. (FRN693, $11.95)
	Cecile, Gates of Gold • Mary Casanova • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • Historical background is nicely incorporated into this tale of a 12-year-old lady-in-waiting, providing insights into life at 18th-century Versailles. (FRN526, $7.95)
	Centre Map 518 • Michelin Travel Publications • A colorful map of central France, including the Loire valley, Tours, Orelans and Bourges, at a scale of 1:200,000. (FRN241, $11.95)
	Cezanne • Mary Tompkins Lewis • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A well illustrated introduction to Cezanne's life and works in the stimulating Art and Ideas series by Phaidon, featuring 193 color and 13 black and white illustrations. (FRN508, $19.95)
	Cezanne in Provence • Evmarie Schmitt • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A compact overview of Cezanne with a focus on his images of Provence, featuring color reproductions of 50 oil and watercolor paintings. (FRN507, $9.95)
	Cezanne, Landscape into Art • Pavel Machotka • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A handsomely illustrated survey of Cezanne's landscapes, paired with photographs of the real places that inspired him. This is an intriguing look at the great artist's inspirations and processes. (FRN463, $70.00)
	Chagall, The Art of Dreams • Daniel Marchesseau • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short, illustrated introduction to Chagall and his work. (FRN268, $12.95)
	Chamonix to Zermatt, The Walker's Haute Route • Kev Reynolds • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to the classic Haute Route, covering each segment of the long-distance walk, and including an introduction to the region. (ALP21, $19.95)
	Chamonix, Mont Blanc Massif (East) • IGN • This fabulously detailed topographic map (scale 1:25,000) shows the eastern portion of the Mont Blanc group. (FRN314, $16.95)
	Champagne-Ardennes Map 515 • Michelin Travel Publications • A regional map at 1:200,000 scale, with topographic details, city plans and attractions. (FRN159, $11.95)
	Charming Small Hotel Guides, France • Fiona Duncan • Leonie Glass • GUIDEBOOK • A full page with a color photograph is dedicated to each entry in this guide focused on hotels with 20 bedrooms or less. (FRN625, $19.95)
	Chasing Matisse, A Year in France Living My Dream • James Morgan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A warmly personal, anecdotal account of a year in the places that inspired Matisse, including Picardy in Northern France, Collioure in Catalonia, Nice, Venice and Morocco. (MED88, $25.00)
	Chocolat • Joanne Harris • LITERATURE • This charming novel set in the Loire Valley pits provincial morals against pleasure. Adapted into a popular movie. (FRN484, $14.00)
	The Chronicle of Impressionism • Bernard Denvir • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The personal lives of artists such as Monet and Manet are captured within the historical context of the Impressionism movement in this illustrated history. (FRN230, $29.95)
	Citizen Soldiers • Stephen Ambrose • HISTORY • Ambrose's account of the battles fought in the year between D-Day and the German surrender. (WAR19, $18.00)
	Citizens, A Chronicle of the French Revolution • Simon Schama • HISTORY • A detailed account of the French Revolution from an eminent historian. (FRN115, $29.95)
	Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe • Glynis Ridley • HISTORY • The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)
	Claude Monet • William Seitz • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short survey of Monet's greatest works. (FRN249, $24.95)
	Claude Monet, The Color of Time • Virginia Spate • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A critically lauded analysis of Monet and his art. (FRN311, $39.95)
	Claude Monet: Life and Art • Paul Hayes Tucker • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A generously illustrated introduction to the life and art of Claude Monet. (FRN552, $55.00)
	Claudine's House • Colette • Doris Lessing • LITERATURE • A marvelous new translation of Colette's warm, sensual account of growing up under her mother's watchful care in the south of France. (FRN570, $15.95)
	The Club Dumas • Arturo Perez-Reverte • Sonia Soto • MYSTERY • In this second Perez-Reverte thriller, book detective Lucas Corso helps uncover the secret behind a hanged book-lover and a fragment from the original "The Three Musketeers." Black magic, adventure, and murderers follow him as he travels between Madrid, Toledo and Paris. (FRN577, $14.00)
	Coming Down the Seine • Robert Gibbings • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An affectionate account of Gibbing's 400-mile journey, first published in 1953. (FRN443, $15.00)
	Companion Guide Burgundy • Robert Speaight • Francis Pagan • GUIDEBOOK • A personable district-by-district guide to Burgundy, this intelligent (and very British) book interweaves maps, some illustrations and plenty of opinionated detail regarding local geography, history and culture. (FRN73, $27.95)
	Companion Guide Gascony and Dordogne • Richard Barber • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, personable guide, organized as a series of walking tours and featuring neighborhood maps, illustrations and excellent recommendations on food and wine. (FRN06, $27.95)
	The Complete Claudine • Colette • LITERATURE • A collection of four short novels about coming of age as a woman in turn-of-the-century France. Colette beautifully evokes period and place in this vivid portrait of Victorian Paris. (FRN125, $20.00)
	The Complete Jewish Guide to France • Toni Kamins • GUIDEBOOK • A well-research compact guide to visiting synagogues and other sites of Jewish interest. (FRN349, $17.95)
	A Concise History of France • Roger Price • HISTORY • A compact survey of French history, events and personalities from medieval times to the early 1990s in the series by Cambridge University Press. (FRN269, $25.99)
	Consider the Oyster • M. F. K. Fisher • FOOD • The inestimable Fisher's ruminations on the oyster, a delightful essay full of recipes and bits of trivia. (GEN273, $11.00)
	The Contested Parterre, Public Theater and French Political Culture, 1680-1791 • Jeffrey S. Ravel • HISTORY • MIT professor Ravel's scholarly account of the relationship between rowdy theatre audiences and the political culture of eighteenth century France. (FRN745, $25.95)
	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, $32.50)
	The Cornerstone, A Novel • Zoe Oldenbourg • Edward Hyams • LITERATURE • An engrossing historical novel, set during the 13th-century Albigensian crusade in France. The author vividly evokes the turbulent and often violent atmosphere of the Middle Ages, and the intensity of the ongoing religious warfare. (EUR171, $14.95)
	Corsica Map • IGN • A detailed map of the island of Corsica at a scale of 1:250,000. (MED57, $11.95)
	Cote D'or, A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy • Clive Coates • FOOD • An in-depth guide to the region's wines. Coates introduces every major grower and his wines, analyzes climatological effects, and profiles the top wines by year, climate, and region. (FRN645, $65.00)
	The Count of Monte Cristo • Alexandre Dumas • David Coward • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • The adventures of the French sailor Edmond Dantes; accused of abetting the exiled Napoleon, Dantes must vindicate himself -- but first he must escape an impenetrable island fortress. Dumas's absorbing classic of hidden treasure, guile and revenge. (FRN122, $13.95)
	Courbet • Linda Nochlin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Leading Art Historian Linda Nochlin scrutinizes the entirety of Courbet's oeuvre in this collection, which spans forty years worth of her scholarship. (ART82, $29.95)
	Courbet's Realism • Michael Fried • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An analysis and scholarly overview of the French realist painter. (ART50, $47.00)
	Cultural Misunderstandings, The French-American Experience • Raymonde Carroll • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An entertaining examination, by a Frenchwoman and anthropologist married to an American, of the possibility for cross-cultural misunderstanding on everything from telephones and money to food and friendship. (FRN475, $14.00)
	Culture Smart! France, A Quick Guide to Customs And Etiquette • Barry Tomalin • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (FRN704, $9.95)
	Cycle Touring In France • Stephen Fox • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to eight week and two-week bicycle tours, including routes through Brittany, Picardy, Alsace, Auvergne/Languedoc, Provence, Dordogne/Lot, theAlps and Pyrenees. (FRN686, $19.95)
	Cycling the River Loire, The Way of St Martin • John Higginson • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to cycling the country lanes and byways along the Loire. (FRN515, $18.95)
	D-Day June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II • Stephen Ambrose • HISTORY • Written by the best-selling historian Stephen Ambrose, this well researched book draws together interviews and recent government documents to tell the gripping tale of June 6, 1944. It's a comprehensive account of D-Day. With 32 pages of photos and eight maps. (FRN40, $18.00)
	The D-Day Landing Beaches, The Guide • Georges Bernage • GUIDEBOOK • Each landing site is described with information on troop locations, fortifications, and terrain. With over 200 photographs, maps and charts. (FRN646, $19.95)
	Da Vinci Code • Dan Brown • MYSTERY • A surprisingly well-researched mystery thriller, partly set in the Louvre. (FRN422, $14.95)
	David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair • Irene Nemirovsky • LITERATURE • These four novels, newly translated for this Everyman's Edition by Sandra Smith, capture the contradictions of growing up an exile and Jewish in 1920s France. (FRN746, $25.00)
	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)
	The Days of the French Revolution • Christopher Hibbert • HISTORY • An accessible and informative history of the French Revolution, this book is a fantastic introduction to a pivotal historical period, aimed at the general reader. (FRN153, $16.00)
	The Debacle • Emile Zola • LITERATURE • Zola's novel of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune. (FRN251, $15.00)
	Degas • Keith Roberts • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A quick illustrated survey of Degas' work. (ART26, $9.95)
	Degas and the Dance • Jill Devonyar • Richard Kendall • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A gorgeous exhibition catalog. (ART27, $49.95)
	Degas, Impressions of a Great Master • Gerhard Gruitrooy • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A portfolio of Degas' best works. (ART25, $16.98)
	Dirty Snow • Georges Simenon • LITERATURE • (FRN683, $14.00)
	Discovering Wine Country, Burgundy • Patrick Matthews • GUIDEBOOK • This handy guide, featuring 100 color photographs and 18 maps, includes an overview of the wines of Burgundy, wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers. (FRN499, $19.95)
	Discovering Wine Country, South of France • Jonathan Healey • GUIDEBOOK • This handy guide, featuring 100 color photographs and 12 maps, includes suggested wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers. (FRN500, $19.95)
	The Doughboys, America and the First World War • Gary Mead • HISTORY • World War I through the eyes of the American veterans who fought in its trenches. (WAR75, $19.95)
	The Dream of Scipio • Iain Pears • MYSTERY • This absorbing and complex historical novel interweaves stories from ancient, Medieval and modern days set in the Rhone Valley. (FRN470, $15.00)
	The Dreyfus Affair, 'J'accuse' and Other Writings • Eleanor Levieux • Alain Pages • Emile Zola • LITERATURE • This volume includes Zola's denunciation of the 1894 arrest of Alfred Dreyfus, as well as letters and articles pertaining to the case. (FRN289, $22.00)
	Edouard Manet • Pierre Courthion • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A good survey of the life and work of Manet. (FRN378, $24.95)
	Edouard Manet, Rebel in a Frock Coat • Beth Archer Brombert • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An examination of the ambiguities of Manet's personal life and work. (FRN377, $19.95)
	Eleanor of Aquitaine, A Life • Alison Weir • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An extremely well-researched, enjoyable biography of the woman who was both queen of France (married to Louis VII) and queen of England (married to Henry II). Eleanor became a political and artistic powerbroker in an age when most women were seen but not heard. (FRN287, $17.00)
	The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages • Marilyn Dunn • HISTORY • This book by University of Glasgow lecturer Marilyn Dunn traces the development of monasticism through history from its earliest roots. (EUR196, $45.95)
	Encore Provence • Peter Mayle • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Peter Mayle returns to Provence. (FRN128, $12.95)
	The End of the Old Order, Napoleon and Europe, 1801-1805 • Frederick W. Kagan • HISTORY • Kagan re-examines the Napoleonic era from the balanced perpsective of all of the key players, offering a fascinating new study that draws on previously untapped archival documents. This is the first book in a 4-volume series. (EUR280, $27.50)
	An Englishman A La Campagne, Life in Deepest France • Michael Sadler • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A humourous, quirky narrative of Englishman Michael Sadler making do in rural France, filled with anecdotes that convey the charm of the French countryside and the unavoidable mishaps that accompany Sandler's immersion in local life. (FRN569, $12.95)
	The Enormous Room • George James Firmage • E. E. Cummings • LITERATURE • A fictional account of the poet's four-month confinement in France during World War I. (WAR33, $14.95)
	Essays • Michel de Montaigne • LITERATURE • (FRN134, $14.00)
	The Essence of Style, How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, And Glamour • Joan E. Dejean • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • French historian DeJean's premise is simple: largely because of one obsessive spendthrift, Louis XIV, France, in the late 17th century, became the arbiter of chic, a position from which it has never faltered. (FRN758, $15.00)
	The Essential Touring Cyclist, A Complete Course for the Bicycle Traveler • Richard A. Lovett • REFERENCE • Everything you need to know about traveling with your bicycle. (BCY01, $16.95)
	Eye-Deep in Hell, Trench Warfare in World War I • John Ellis • HISTORY • The gritty reality of the Western Front. (WAR81, $19.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Brittany • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A thorough, gorgeously illustrated guidebook. (FRN401, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Loire Valley • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Visually rich, comprehensive, and practical, this guidebook is an excellent introduction to the history, culture and attractions of the Loire Valley. Highly recommended. (FRN43, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Paris • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with maps, this compact book provides an excellent overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. (FRN02, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur • Roger Williams • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to the art and architecture, literature, history and attractions of Provence. With color photographs and site plans, maps and sections on the Riviera, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhones, Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. (FRN18, $22.50)
	Eyewitness Handbooks, Mushrooms • Gary Lincoff • Thomas Laessoe • NATURAL HISTORY • An illustrated guide to more than 500 species of mushroom. (FG54, $18.95)
	Eyewitness Paris Pocket Map & Guide • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Paris features color photography, easy-to-use foldout maps and top attractions. Convenient and up-to-date with an unbeatable price, this is the guide to carry. (FRN635, $6.99)
	Eyewitness Phrase Book, French • Eyewitness Guides • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A pocket guide to Franch, mai oui. (FRN263, $7.00)
	Eyewitness Real City Paris • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • With up-to-date information on what's hot in Paris, this chic guide lists the trendiest local spots to eat, shop, party and relax. Supported by a website so you'll always be on the inside track. (FRN636, $15.00)
	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)
	The Feasting Season • Nancy Coons • LITERATURE • (FRN667, $13.95)
	First Great Triumph, How Five Americans Made Their Country a World Power • Warren Zimmermann • HISTORY • How America became a major imperialist power. (WAR84, $30.00)
	The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes • Tess Uriza Holthe • LITERATURE • COMING IN JULY • The intricately woven plot of these bittersweet stories center on a wealthy American's suspicious death on the French Riviera. (FRN766, $13.00)
	Floating Through France, Life Between Locks on the Canal Du Midi • Barb Euser • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • These essays and poems are the reflections of a group of writers who slipped along the Canal du Midi together in two old boats in the summer of 2005. (FRN572, $14.95)
	Fodor's Exploring France • Adam Ruck • GUIDEBOOK • (FRN742, $22.00)
	Fodor's Exploring Provence • Nick Hanna • GUIDEBOOK • (FRN743, $22.00)
	Fodor's France • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent all-around guidebook to the attractions, cultures and natural history of France. (FRN180, $22.95)
	Fodor's Paris • Rach Klein • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, popular guide featuring full color photos, maps, and plenty of information on hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities. (FRN716, $18.95)
	Fodor's See It France • Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring France. (FRN459, $24.95)
	Food, A Culinary History from Antiquity to the Present • Jean Louis Flandrin • Massimo Montanari • Albert Sonnenfeld • FOOD • First published in French, this is a social and cultural history of food and eating customs, organized chronologically from prehistoric times to today. (CUL04, $25.00)
	France and the French, A Modern History • Rod Kedward • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A sweeping, in-depth history of France from 1900 to the present day, from the disasterous world wars to the crumbling of the empire to France's modern place in the European Union. (FRN573, $24.95)
	France Atlas • Michelin Travel Publications • An authoritative reference and planning guide, this up-to-date atlas covers all of France at a scale of 1:200,000. (FRN663, $25.00)
	France Bicycling Map • Institut Geographique National • This map shows long distance bicycling routes and trails thoughout France at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (FRN685, $11.95)
	France Centre Map • IGN • A detailed regional map by the French Institut Geographique National at a scale of 1:250,000. (FRN448, $11.95)
	France du Sud Map • A handy, folded map of southern France at a scale of 1:600,000. (FRN750, $12.95)
	France on the Brink, A Great Civilization Faces the New Century • Jonathan Fenby • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A timely cultural portrait by a British journalist, Francophile and, since 1995, editor of Hong Kong's South China Morning Post. It's a lively account, interweaving current events, travel, commentary history and culture. (FRN175, $16.95)
	France, Long Distance Footpaths Map Grande Randonnee • IGN • A map of all of France, highlighting the footpaths. (FRN347, $11.95)
	Franche-Comte Map • Michelin Travel Publications • A detailed map of Franche-Comte, centered on Besancon, at a scale of 1:275,000. (FRN505, $11.95)
	The French Century • Brian Moynahan • HISTORY • An illustrated history of modern France, one in a series of well-edited documentary photo albums illuminating the events, people and drama of a modern nation. (FRN689, $39.95)
	French Cheeses • Joel Robuchon • FOOD • A handy pictorial guide to French cheeses. (FRN321, $20.00)
	The French Encounter with Africans: White Response to Blacks, 1530-1880 • William Cohen • HISTORY • A bold study of European perceptions of West Africans from the early years of the slave trade up through the age of European imperialism. (AFR160, $24.95)
	French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary • DK Publishing • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With thousands of neatly arranged color photographs, this compact book is impressively comprehensive, covering everything from the basics of le corps (body) to the vocabulary of la buanderie (utility room). (FRN520, $12.95)
	French Gastronomy • Jean-Robert Pitte • Jody Gladding • FOOD • This book examines French cuisine in the context of its history and natural resources. (FRN346, $31.50)
	French in 10 Minutes a Day • Kristine Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A workbook for the beginner. (FRN260, $19.95)
	French Lessons, Adventures with Knife, Fork and Corkscrew • Peter Mayle • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A volume in the continuing saga by the transplanted Peter Mayle. (FRN474, $12.95)
	French Provincial Cooking • Elizabeth David • Juliet Renny • Julia Childs • FOOD • Recipes and reflections on regional French food. (FRN174, $16.00)
	French Revolutions, Cycling the Tour De France • Tim Moore • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • British humorist, travel writer -- and woefully inexperienced cyclist -- Moore tackles the Tour de France. (FRN387, $14.95)
	French Riviera, Living Well Was the Best Revenge • Xavier Girard • HISTORY • A stunning photo-biography of the glamourous and creative life on the French Riviera in the 1920s. (FRN651, $40.00)
	The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 • Mack P. Holt • HISTORY • A lively social history of the French civil wars of the 16th and 17th centuries geared for undergraduate students. (FRN560, $27.99)
	French, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (FRN525, $7.95)
	The Frenchman • Philippe Halsman • Art Buchwald • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This much-loved book, out of print for 50 years, captures something inimitable about the French. Philippe Halsman asked the rubber-faced vaudeville actor Fernandel questions about America and recorded his facial expression in response. (FRN574, $19.99)
	Frommer's Portable Paris 2008 • Darwin Porter • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. (FRN715, $12.99)
	Frommer's Provence & the Riviera • Darwin Porter • GUIDEBOOK • A practical travel guide featuring excellent annotated listings of what to do and where to eat and sleep. With one-color maps and suggested excursions. (FRN713, $19.99)
	Frommer's Provence & the Riviera Day by Day • Anna Brooke • GUIDEBOOK • A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit. (FRN763, $12.99)
	The Gallic War • Julius Caesar • Carolyn Hammond