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	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)
	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)
	Aix-en-Provence Map • IGN • A French produced traveler's map of Aix en Provence. (FRN411, $9.95)
	The Ancient Mediterranean • Michael Grant • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Grant explores the realms of archaeology, geography, art and economics to sketch this classic portrait of the ancient world, from prehistory through the Roman Imperium, and the influence on western civilization. (MED10, $18.00)
	Anything Considered • Peter Mayle • LITERATURE • The story of Bennet, an Englishman who places an ad looking for employment and finds himself living in a wealthy businessman's condo in Monaco. (FRN154, $13.95)
	Art Book Van Gogh: A Profound and Tormented Genius - His Life in Paintings • Anna Torterolo • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A colorful survey of the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh. (NTH51, $12.95)
	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)
	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)
	Avignon • Marianne Calmann • LITERATURE • An epic tale of the medieval city set in 1346, the year the Black Death comes to Avignon. Calmann captures the intrigues of the court of Pope Clement VI as well as peasants' daily lives in this sweeping novel. (FRN394, $15.95)
	Avignon Monpellier Map • IGN • A detailed topographic map. (FRN375, $11.95)
	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)
	Bouches du Rhone Map 13 • IGN • A map of the westernmost departement of Provence. (FRN358, $9.95)
	Cadogan Guide Provence • Dana Facaros • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular Biritsh series. (FRN506, $19.95)
	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)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information. (MED07, $12.95)
	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 and Provence, The Painter and His Culture • Nina Maria Athanassoglou-Kallmyer • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This thorough study of Cezanne's work takes as its jumping off point his 1886 move from Paris to his native Aix-en-Provence. The author uses the history and culture of Provence to provide a fresh analysis of the landscape's influence on the painter's technique. (FRN554, $65.00)
	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 in Provence • Denis Coutagne • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A brief, illustrated overview of the influence of Aix-en-Provence (where he was born and spent much of his life) on Cezanne's work. (FRN555, $18.95)
	Chagall, The Art of Dreams • Daniel Marchesseau • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short, illustrated introduction to Chagall and his work. (FRN268, $12.95)
	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)
	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)
	Collected Short Stories, Vol. 1 • W. Somerset Maugham • LITERATURE • Maugham's very human tales take place in the South Seas, America and Europe, including several stories set on the French Riviera, notably "The Three Fat Women of Antibes." (FRN653, $17.00)
	The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh • Vincent Van Gogh • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A handsome three volume set containing all the available letters written by Vincent Van Gogh. (NTH35, $100.00)
	The Debt to Pleasure • John Lanchester • LITERATURE • An epicurean, Francophile Englishman recounts his past pleasures in Provence in this celebrated novel -- a meditation on food, vodka and restaurant-going that becomes a dark satire on hedonism. (FRN732, $14.00)
	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)
	Encore Provence • Peter Mayle • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Peter Mayle returns to Provence. (FRN128, $12.95)
	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)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe • Guy Mountfort • FIELD GUIDE • A classic field guide in the Peterson series. (EUR15, $22.00)
	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 Provence And the Cote D'azur • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining. (FRN714, $17.95)
	Fodor's See It Provence and the Cote d'Azur • • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Provence and the Cote d'Azur. (FRN460, $22.95)
	The Food of France • Waverly Root • FOOD • A classic and aromatic survey of French food, beautifully written. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970's, 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, $17.95)
	For the Beauty of the Earth: Birding, Opera, and Other Journeys • Thomas Urquhart • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Urquhart chronicles a lifelong affair with nature, combined with a passion for music, as he travels-- and bird watches-- through pastoral England, Italy, the Camargue in Provence, and the villages of Mali. (BRD35, $15.00)
	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 du Sud Map • A handy, folded map of southern France at a scale of 1:600,000. (FRN750, $12.95)
	France in Mind • Alice Powers • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	France Map • Michelin • A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (FRN07, $11.95)
	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 his frank portrait of his neighbors. (FRN417, $13.00)
	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 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 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 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 Garden of Eden • Ernest Hemingway • LITERATURE • Published posthumously, Hemingway's unfinished novel is set on the Cote d'Azur in the 1920s, where the relationship between a young married couple begins to disintegrate when they both fall in love with the same woman. (FRN652, $15.00)
	Gauguin • Robert Goldwater • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A nice series of 116 reproductions of Gauguin's major works. (FRN281, $19.95)
	A Good Year • Peter Mayle • LITERATURE • Max Skinner loses his job, inherits his uncle's vineyard in Provence and embarks on his new life in France in this fifth novel by expatriate Peter Mayle, very much in the spirit of A Year in Provence. (FRN618, $13.95)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	Haut Queyras Monviso Maps • IGN • This set of eight hiking maps covers the Queyras region in the Hautes Alpes at a scale of 1:25,000. (FRN659, $29.95)
	Hautes-Alpes Map • IGN • (FRN660, $9.95)
	Henri Matisse • Susan Sternau • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short introduction to the arist and his work. (ART23, $16.95)
	Henri Matisse 1869-1954, Master of Color • Volkmar Essers • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A slim collection of 300 color reproductions. (ART45, $9.99)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception • Belinda Thomson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short, readable account of the French Impressionist movement and its most notable artists, illustrated with color reproductions. This book's thoughtful analyses of individual works are illuminated by solid historical and cultural background. (FRN310, $16.95)
	Insight Guide Corsica • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to Corsica with essays on its attractions, history and culture. (MED17, $22.95)
	Insight Guide Mediterranean Cruises • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Covering 120 ports of call throughout the Mediterranean from the Canary Islands to Egypt. (MED94, $22.95)
	Interpreting Matisse Picasso • Elizabeth Cowling • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A swift survey of the relationship between Matisse and Picasso. (ART19, $16.95)
	Jigsaw, An Unsentimental Education • Sybille Bedford • LITERATURE • Bedford draws on her own cosmopolitan, bohemian upbringing in this novel set in the years before WWII in the South of France. (FRN519, $15.95)
	Joy of Man's Desiring • Jean Giono • LITERATURE • Giono's fiction invokes the folklore and traditions of his birthplace in southern France. (FRN193, $18.95)
	Knopf Mapguide, Provence and the Cote D'Azur • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the region, featuring fold-out maps. (FRN641, $8.95)
	Letters of Vincent Van Gogh • Vincent Van Gogh • Mark Roskill • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A collection of letters by Vincent Van Gogh. (NTH22, $14.00)
	The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics) • Vincent Van Gogh • Ronald De Leeuw • Arnold Pomerans • ART & ARCHITECTURE • There are many versions of Van Gogh's letters, but this one is as good as any, a thorough selection of writing that highlights the artist's love for his art and family. (NTH52, $16.00)
	Letters on Cezanne • Rainer Maria Rilke • Joel Agee • ART & ARCHITECTURE • FAVORITE • This brilliant meditation on Paris, art, and life takes the form of a series of short letters by the great poet Rilke to his wife Clara. The book chronicles Rilke's daily pilgrimage to a Cezanne exhibition at a Paris gallery. (FRN300, $13.00)
	Life With Picasso • Francoise Gilot • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The intimate memoir of Francoise Gilot, who met Picasso in 1943 when she was 21 and he was 62, and lived with the artist for nearly ten years. (ART42, $15.00)
	Lonely Planet French Phrasebook • Marie-Helene Girard • Anny Monet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy phrasebook for French basics. This guide focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)
	Luberon, Parc Naturel Regional Map • IGN • A detailed topographic map of Luberon regional park in Provence at a scale of 1:60,000. (FRN442, $14.95)
	Lust for Life • Irving Stone • LITERATURE • Emotionally charged, controversial and utterly readable, this well known, fictionalized biography probes the life of Van Gogh from his auspicious beginnings as a London art dealer to his death at 37. (NTH18, $17.00)
	Mademoiselle Benoir • Christine Conrad • LITERATURE • The young American protagonist of this first novel fixes up a house in the South of France -- and gets tangled up with Mademoiselle Benoir. (FRN578, $20.00)
	The Magic of Provence, Pleasures of Southern France • Yvone Lenard • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The adventures and misadventures of a French woman and her American husband who leave L.A. for a home in the Luberon mountains. (FRN449, $14.00)
	Making Paradise: Art, Modernity, and the Myth of the French Riviera • Katherine Silver • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly, wonderfully illustrated history of the Cote d'Azur from 1890 to the present with a focus on its importance to modernist artists. (FRN296, $37.00)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $34.95)
	The Man Who Planted Trees • Jean Giono • Michael McMurdy • LITERATURE • FAMILY • Told with affection and lyrical simplicity, beloved French novelist Giono (1895-1970) turns the life of Elzeard Bouffier, a shepherd turned tree-planter, into a fable of hope, forests and the power of the individual to change the world. (ALP12, $10.00)
	Market Day in Provence • Michele de la Pradelle • Amy Jacobs • Jack Katz • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A fascinating examination of the French institution of the outdoor market through an in-depth look at the market at Carpentras. (FRN527, $35.00)
	The Masterpiece • Emile Zola • LITERATURE • Zola's novel tells of the downfall of a painter in 19th-century Paris, based on his childhood friend Cezanne. This classic is evocative of the artistic life in turn-of-the-century France. It was also the novel that would end their friendship. (FRN227, $12.95)
	Matisse and Picasso • Yve-Alain Bois • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This book charts the competitive relationship between Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso. (ART17, $35.00)
	Matisse and Picasso, The Story of their Rivalry and Friendship • Jack Flam • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The latest book on the relationship between Matisse and Picasso. (ART20, $17.95)
	Matisse Picasso • Museum of Modern Art • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This exhibition catalog juxtaposes the works of the two 20th-century masters. (ART18, $60.00)
	The Matisse Stories • A.S. Byatt • LITERATURE • A collection of three tales which owe a debt to Matisse. (FRN299, $12.00)
	Matisse: The Wonder of Color • Xavier Girard • I. Mark Paris • Henri Matisse • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Using excerpts from interviews and Matisse's own notes and letters, this book uncovers little-known facts about this great artist. (FRN146, $12.95)
	The Mays of Ventadorn, Tales from Southwest France • W.S. Merwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A shapely memoir and literary meditation by the great poet and author of The Lost Upland: Stories of Southwest France. (FRN341, $20.00)
	The Messengers of Death • Pierre Magnan • MYSTERY • COMING IN SEPTEMBER • This atmospheric thriller set, like all Magnan's work, in Provence, and featuring his engaging detective, Commissaire Laviolette, links the peasant community of Upper Provence to nineteenth-century South Africa. (FRN765, $24.95)
	Michelin Green Guide French Riviera • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive driving guide to the Cote D'Azur in the Michelin series, organized alphabetically and featuring detailed local maps of each region, city or village. (FRN271, $21.95)
	Michelin Green Guide Provence • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive driving guide to Provence in the Michelin series, organized alphabetically and featuring detailed local maps of each region, city or village. (FRN23, $21.95)
	The Middle Sea, A History of the Mediterranean • John Julius Norwich • HISTORY • NEW • A marvelous writer who has already tackled Byzantium, the Normans in Sicily and Venice, Norwich spins his magic in this story of culture, trade and politics, royalty and rulers, wars and religion in the Mediterranean. (MED98, $20.00)
	Monet's Years at Giverny, Beyond Impressionism • David Wildenstein • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • A classic, beautifully illustrated account of Monet's life and work at Giverny featuring 81 color plates. Originally published in 1978 to accompany the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (FRN213, $15.98)
	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, $12.95)
	My Father's Glory • Yves Robert • The screen adaptation of the first half of the memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, set largely in the sunny fields of Provence. (FRN451, $19.98)
	My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle • Marcel Pagnol • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Best known as a filmmaker, Pagnol evokes his childhood in Provence and Marseilles fifty years ago. These memoirs sparkle with delight in the people, landscapes and daily life of southern France. (FRN178, $28.00)
	National Geographic Traveler Provence & Cote D'Azur • Barbara Noe • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Provence and the Cote d'Azur in the visually attractive National Geographic style, complete with photographs, illustrations, maps, and information about culture, nature and history. (FRN512, $21.95)
	New French Country, A Style and Source Book • Linda Dannenberg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A photographic celebration of more than a dozen notworthy houses and gardens in Provence. (FRN599, $40.00)
	Nice Barcelonnette Map 61 • IGN • A regional, topographic map of southeastern France. (FRN408, $11.95)
	Nice Map • IGN • A good map of Nice. (FRN372, $9.95)
	Old Provence • Theodore Andrea Cook • James Ferguson • HISTORY • A reprint of the classic 1905 account of travels through Provence, focusing on the history the region from Greek and Roman temples to Medieval market towns and castles. (FRN257, $16.00)
	The Olive Season, Amour, A New Life, and Olives, Too...! • Carol Drinkwater • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • (FRN579, $13.95)
	The Olive, Tree of Civilization • John Train • Mark E. Smith • HISTORY • A history of the celebrated vegetable and the mythology behind it. (NAT72, $25.00)
	Patricia Wells at Home in Provence, Recipes Inspired by Her Farmhouse in France • Patricia Wells • FOOD • Award-winning cookbook writer and critic Patricia Wells takes her knowledge of French cuisine to the home kitchen in this luxurious coffee-table collection of recipes from Provence. (FRN114, $24.00)
	Paul Cezanne • Meyer Schapiro • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A classic biography of C�zanne, originally published in 1969. (FRN568, $19.95)
	Paul Cezanne • Meyer Schapiro • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short analysis of the Impressionist painter Cezanne and his work. (FRN250, $24.95)
	Paul Gauguin ,1848-1903: The Primitive Sophisticate • Ingo F. Walther • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In this short, illustrated introduction to Gauguin and his paintings, color reproductions are paired with commentary on the works. (FRN280, $9.99)
	Picasso, The Early Years 1892-1906 • Pablo Picasso • Marilyn McCully • Natasha Staller • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A collection of essays about Picasso's formative years as an artist, featuring hundreds of drawings, plates and photographs. (ART43, $25.00)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple French • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic French, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (FRN523, $19.95)
	Post-Impressionism • Bernard Denvir • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series looks at the work of Van Gogh, Gauguin and Cezanne and how it was a bridge between French Impressionism and art movements that followed. (FRN279, $14.95)
	Provence A-Z • Peter Mayle • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A companion to all things Provencal, from bouillabaisse to lavender and vinaigre, by the expatriate and prolific British writer. (FRN619, $25.00)
	Provence Harvest, With Recipes by Jacques Chibois • Louisa Jones • FOOD • A loving, illustrated celebration of Provence and its food with recipes by the great country chef Jacques Chibois. (FRN535, $40.00)
	Provence, A Cultural History • Martin Garrett • HISTORY • (FRN601, $29.95)
	Rick Steves' French Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. It's peppered with humor and Rick Steves' insider insight into how to break the ice and make friends around the world. (FRN366, $7.95)
	Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (EUR142, $9.95)
	The Rise of Christianity • Rodney Stark • RELIGION • The subtitle to this book says it all: "How the Obscure, Marginal Jesus Movement Became the Dominant Religious Force in the Western World in a Few Centuries." (MED64, $14.95)
	Saint Exupery: Art, Writings and Musings • Nathalie Des Vallieres • LITERATURE • A lovingly illustrated tribute to the aviation pioneer, author and French national hero. (FRN441, $50.00)
	Selected Letters • Madame de Sevigne • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The collected letters of Madame de Sevigne. (FRN226, $13.95)
	Short Stories in French • Richard Coward • LITERATURE • From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in "The Hunter's Cafe," to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic "You Never Die," these stories make good reading in any language. A volume in New Penguin Parallel Texts. (FRN594, $14.00)
	The Sibyl in Her Grave • Sarah Caudwell • MYSTERY • A delightful comedy of manners starring Oxford professor and amateur sleuth Hilary Tamar, the last in a series of four. In this installment, the story veers from Britain to Cannes, where the action (as usual) involves taxes and lawyers. (FRN539, $6.99)
	The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Picasso, Provence, and Douglas Cooper • John Richardson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Richardson's gossipy memoir of the 10 years he spent with the eccentric art expert and collector Douglas Cooper at the Chateau de Castille in Provence does not stint on personality. (FRN454, $17.00)
	Spinsters in Jeopardy • Ngaio Marsh • MYSTERY • Inspector Roderick Alleyn is on vacation with his family en route to the French Riviera when all the fun erupts in this pleasingly convoluted whodunit by March, a contemporary of Agathie Christie and Dorothy Sayles. (FRN490, $5.99)
	The Stones of Balazuc, A French Village in Time • John Merriman • HISTORY • A warm, wonderfully told history of a medieval village set on the bluffs over the Ardeche river in South-Central France. The legacy of this village serves as a lens through which to view all of French history, especially over the last several hundred years. (FRN421, $27.95)
	Summer Doorways, A Memoir • W.S. Merwin • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A measured, graceful account of coming of age at Princeton and in the South of France. Raised in rural Pennsylvania by a difficult Presbyterian minister father, the poet Merwin found soul mates and joy in the 1930s and 1940s. (FRN546, $27.95)
	Time Out South of France, Provence And the Cote d'Azur • Sam Le Quesne • GUIDEBOOK • Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in the South of France, from Marseille to Avignon to the Riviera. With regional maps organized by location and introductory chapters on culture and history. (FRN542, $19.95)
	To Travel Hopefully, Footsteps In The French Cevennes • Christopher Rush • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this beautifully written, moving tale of getting through grief, Rush heads to France with a donkey on the trail of fellow Scot Robert Louis Stevenson. (FRN534, $17.95)
	Toujours Provence • Peter Mayle • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The sequel to the best-selling memoir "A Year in Provence," this is another touching look at country life in southern France. Describing the setting and people with detail and warmth, Mayle creates an evocative portrait of Provence, rife with amusing personal anecdotes. (FRN121, $13.95)
	The Tour De France, A Cultural History • C. S. Thompson • HISTORY • This lively, engaging history of the famous cycling event goes beyond a simple history of the race to consider the Tour de France and its meaning in a wider cultural context. (FRN584, $18.95)
	Tour de Provence • Julian More • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A lovely, illustrated overview of the food, history and culture of the region. (FRN319, $24.00)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Travelers' Tales France • James O'Reilly • Larry Habegger • ANTHOLOGY • A wonderful collection of mostly contemporary tales, including such marvelous authors as Peter Mayle, M.F.K. Fisher, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Jan Morris. Organized thematically, it's a good introduction to the history, culture and character of France. (FRN05, $18.95)
	A Traveller's History of France • Robert Cole • HISTORY • A fast-moving survey of French history, from the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times. (FRN08, $14.95)
	Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes • Robert Louis Stevenson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Stevenson's sprightly, humorous account of ten days with a stubborn donkey named Modestine in the French Cevennes. (FRN538, $16.95)
	Vallee du Rhone Map • IGN • COMING IN AUGUST • A colorful, detailed map of the Rhone Valley from Lyon to the Mediterranean at a scale of 1:250,000. (FRN64, $11.95)
	Van Gogh and Gauguin, Electric Arguments and Utopian Dreams • Bradley Collins • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An study of the relationship between Gauguin and Van Gogh. (FRN283, $30.00)
	Van Gogh and Gauguin, The Search for Sacred Art • Debora Silverman • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An analysis of the art of Van Gogh and Gauguin in relationship to religion. (FRN274, $60.00)
	Van Gogh in Arles • Alfred Nemeczek • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This short book is a very fine narrative account of Van Gogh's year in Arles and the work that he produced there, complemented by 66 color illustrations. (FRN248, $9.95)
	Van Gogh's Progress • Carol M. Zemel • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A revisionist portrait of Vincent Van Gogh: madman no longer. (ART08, $55.00)
	Vaucluse Map • IGN • A French-made recreational map of the Vaucluse region of Provence at a very nice scale of 1:100,000. (FRN357, $12.95)
	Vive La Revolution, A Stand-up History of the French Revolution • Mark Steel • HISTORY • This "stand-up history" hits all the major points of the French revolution in a distinctly unique (and hilarious) style. Steel, as you might guess, is a British comedian with a flair for history. (FRN609, $14.00)
	Walking in France, Exploring France's Great Towns And Finest Landscapes on Foot • John Souter • Gillian Souter • GUIDEBOOK • A wonderful guide for the independent traveler, featuring walks in a variety of French locations and settings. (FRN533, $20.00)
	Wildflowers of Britain and Europe, Compact Guide • W. Lippert • D. Podlech • FIELD GUIDE • A compact photographic guide to British and European wildflowers, covering 350 of the most commonly encountered species. Flowers are organized by color for easy identification. (EUR46, $19.99)
	The World Atlas of Wine • Hugh Johnson • Jancis Robinson • FOOD • Not just an authoritative guide, this stunning world atlas includes hundreds of photogaphs and illuminating local and regional maps. (GEN244, $50.00)
	A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age • William Manchester • HISTORY • In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)
	The World of the Troubadours, Medieval Occitan Society, c. 1100 - c. 1300 • Linda M. Paterson • HISTORY • A scholarly introduction to the culture and language of the Troubadours. (FRN467, $43.00)

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