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PARIS & THE HEART OF NORMANDY
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Chantemesle, A Normandy Childhood
• Robin Fedden
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2002 •
PAPER
• 100 PAGES
Fedden (1908-1977) evokes the landscape, history and culture of Normandy in this lyrical account of an enchanted childhood on the banks of the Seine, originally published in 1964. Fedden (who was later a distinguished professor and colleague of Lawrence Durrell and other heavy hitters) looks back on his youth in rural France with a startling intensity.
(FRN396, $20.95) |
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Coming Down the Seine
• Robert Gibbings
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
A classic account, in words and engravings, of Gibbing's 400-mile journey down the Seine from its source near Dijon across France to Le Havre. He includes towns and cities along the river and the art and arists who have been inspired by the Seine. Originally published in 1953. With 50 engravings by the author, who had a fondness for rivers.
(FRN443, $15.00) |
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A Day in the Country and Other Stories
• Guy de Maupassant
LITERATURE •
2009 •
PAPER
• 312 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
A collection of 28 short stories, set mostly in de Maupassant's native Normandy.
(FRN307, $11.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Paris
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 432 PAGES
Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. Featuring well chosen literary excerpts and a detailed synopsis of the city's attractions.
(FRN02, $25.00) |
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On Rue Tatin, Living and Cooking in a French Town
• Susan Herrmann Loomis
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
2002 •
PAPER
• 288 PAGES
A culinary memoir of Normandy by the author of "The Farmhouse Cookbook," who settled in a remodeled convent in Louviers in 1994. Loomis is a talented chef with a winning prose style and an impressive dedication to all things culinary, and her book is as pleasant as a picnic. With 50 Norman recipes throughout. The book is dedicated to the Louviers and its inhabitants "for making room for us."
(FRN308, $14.95) |
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