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Bourgogne Map
• IGN
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A colorful map of the Burgundy region of France.
(FRN262, $11.95)
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Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe
• Glynis Ridley
• HISTORY
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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)
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Claudine's House
• Colette
• Doris Lessing
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Dijon Tournus Map
• IGN
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A detailed traveler's map of the region south of Dijon in Burgundy at a scale of 1:100,000.
(FRN514, $6.95)
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Dijon/Tournus Map
• IGN
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A detailed topographic map of the region south of Dijon.
(FRN376, $11.95)
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An Englishman A La Campagne, Life in Deepest France
• Michael Sadler
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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Floating Through France, Life Between Locks on the Canal Du Midi
• Barb Euser
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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)
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France and the French, A Modern History
• Rod Kedward
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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France in Mind
• Alice Powers
• ANTHOLOGY
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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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French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary
• DK Publishing
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629
• Mack P. Holt
• HISTORY
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A lively social history of the French civil wars of the 16th and 17th centuries geared for undergraduate students.
(FRN560, $27.99)
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The Frenchman
• Philippe Halsman
• Art Buchwald
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Gustave Courbet
• Sarah Faunce
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A wonderfully illustrated study of Gustave Courbet, the 19th century French realist painter.
(FRN155, $24.95)
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Henri Matisse 1869-1954, Master of Color
• Volkmar Essers
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A slim collection of 300 color reproductions.
(ART45, $9.99)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Life With Picasso
• Francoise Gilot
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Life With Picasso
• Francoise Gilot
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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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)
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Picasso, The Early Years 1892-1906
• Pablo Picasso
• Marilyn McCully
• Natasha Staller
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A collection of essays about Picasso's formative years as an artist, featuring hundreds of drawings, plates and photographs.
(ART43, $25.00)
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
• John Ure
• HISTORY
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(EUR202, $15.95)
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
• John Ure
• HISTORY
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(EUR202, $15.95)
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Pimsleur Quick & Simple French
• Pimsleur Language Method
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(EUR142, $9.95)
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Short Stories in French
• Richard Coward
• LITERATURE
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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)
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To Travel Hopefully, Footsteps In The French Cevennes
• Christopher Rush
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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The Tour De France, A Cultural History
• C. S. Thompson
• HISTORY
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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)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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Vive La Revolution, A Stand-up History of the French Revolution
• Mark Steel
• HISTORY
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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)
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Walking in France, Exploring France's Great Towns And Finest Landscapes on Foot
• John Souter
• Gillian Souter
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderful guide for the independent traveler, featuring walks in a variety of French locations and settings.
(FRN533, $20.00)
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