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Accounting for Taste, The Triumph of French Cuisine


by Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

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, $25.00)

Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France


by Kermit Lynch

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 271 PAGES

A delightful and warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine to full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make the wine are priceless. (FRN72, $19.00)

The Age of the Cathedrals, Art and Society 980-1420

The Age of the Cathedrals, Art and Society 980-1420


by Georges Duby

  • HISTORY
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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, $28.00)

At Home in France

At Home in France


by Ann Barry

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 247 PAGES

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

The Autumn of the Middle Ages


by Johan Huizinga

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 467 PAGES

A pioneering work of social and cultural history, this well-translated classic is a richly detailed portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. (EUR17, $30.00)

Auvergne Map


by IGN

  • 2006
  • MAP

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

Auvergne-Limousin Map 522


by Michelin

  • MAP

A regional map at a scale of 1:200,000 (FRN62, $12.95)

Becoming Human, Evolution and Human Uniqueness

Becoming Human, Evolution and Human Uniqueness


by Ian Tattersall

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

Ian Tattersall, Curator in the Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, provides a wide-ranging tour of human origins and culture from the point of view of anthropology. (NAT45, $15.95)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

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)

Blue Guide Southwest France

Blue Guide Southwest France


by Delia Gray-Durant

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A compact guide with a strong focus on history and architecture, including the region's prehistoric caves and grottos, splendid medieval towns, castles and cathedrals. (FRN53, $28.95)

Bordeaux Wine Region Map


by IGN

  • MAP

A regional map of Bordeaux, shown at a scale of 1:250,000. (FRN203, $12.95)

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art

The Cambridge Illustrated History of Prehistoric Art


by Paul Bahn | Desmond Morris

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 334 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A nicely illustrated overview of prehistoric art around the world, including good chapters on the caves of France and Spain, by the prolific Paul Bahn. (ART49, $68.00)

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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

Claudine's House


by Colette | Doris Lessing

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 166 PAGES

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)

Companion Guide Gascony and Dordogne

Companion Guide Gascony and Dordogne


by Richard Barber

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 348 PAGES

A comprehensive, personable guide, organized as a series of walking tours and featuring neighborhood maps, illustrations and excellent recommendations on food and wine. (FRN06, $34.95)

A Distant Mirror, The Calamitous 14th Century

A Distant Mirror, The Calamitous 14th Century


by Barbara Tuchman

  • HISTORY
  • 1987
  • PAPER

Tuchman's celebrated history of Europe before the Renaissance, a time of both splendor and war, taking in the crusades, the Plague and other monumental events of the time. (FRN212, $18.95)

Divisadero

Divisadero


by Michael Ondaatje

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 273 PAGES

Ondaatje weaves several stories into an interconnected, lushly depicted tale of family, desire and dislocation in this novel, which moves back-and-forth in time from San Francisco to Nevada's casinos and, eventually, to south-central France. (FRN665, $15.00)

An Englishman A La Campagne, Life in Deepest France

An Englishman A La Campagne, Life in Deepest France


by Michael Sadler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 182 PAGES

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)

Extinct Humans

Extinct Humans


by Ian Tattersall | Jeffrey Schwartz

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

An illustrated overview of the origin of our species, rewarding for both the scholar and interested general reader, which explores the history of our species in this masterly synthesis of archaeological discovery. (NAT46, $30.00)

Eyewitness Guide France

Eyewitness Guide France


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 720 PAGES

This superb guide to all of France features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (FRN01, $30.00)

Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur

Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur


by Roger Williams

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This is an illustrated, colorful guide to the art and architecture, literature, history and attractions of Provence. With photographs and site plans, maps and sections on the Riviera, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhones, Vaucluse and the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. (FRN18, $23.00)

Floating Through France, Life Between Locks on the Canal Du Midi

Floating Through France, Life Between Locks on the Canal Du Midi


by Barb Euser

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

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)

France and the French, A Modern History

France and the French, A Modern History


by Rod Kedward

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 736 PAGES

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 in Mind

France in Mind


by Alice Powers

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES
  • COMING IN FEBRUARY

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

France Map


by Michelin

  • MAP

A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (FRN07, $11.95)

French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary

French English Bilingual Visual Dictionary


by DK Publishing

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

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, $14.95)

French or Foe?

French or Foe?


by Polly Platt

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 292 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes. (FRN54, $16.95)

From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and its Restaurant

From Here, You Can't See Paris: Seasons of a French Village and its Restaurant


by Michael S. Sanders

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 322 PAGES

Sanders captures the routines and traditions of life in a small village in this warmly observed account of a year in the kitchen of La Recreation in Les Argues (Cahors). (FRN478, $13.99)

The Generous Earth

The Generous Earth


by Philip Oyler

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 170 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A classic account of life in rural Dordogne, originally published in 1950. Philip Oyler, farmer and traveler, moved to the Dordogne from Britain after WWII. (FRN399, $27.50)

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott presents history, design, architecture and wonder of the medieval cathedral and the great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $21.95)

The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France

The Lost Upland, Stories of Southwest France


by W.S. Merwin

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Three richly evocative stories of life in a Dordogne village by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Merwin, one of our finest living poets. Originally published in 1992, the book is steeped in history, food and personality. (FRN11, $16.00)

Henri Matisse 1869-1954, Master of Color


by Volkmar Essers

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

A slim collection of 300 color reproductions. (ART45, $9.99)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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, $15.00)

Lest Innocent Blood be Shed


by Philip P. Hallie

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A riveting account of the people of people of Le Chambon and their remarkable efforts on behalf of the Jews of the village during the horrors of WWII. (FRN471, $14.99)

Life With Picasso


by Francoise Gilot

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Little Saint

Little Saint


by Hannah Green

  • RELIGION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 300 PAGES

A reverential account of the traditions and lore of Conques in south-central France, interweaving folklore with historical documents and the author's own encounters with modern villagers. (FRN420, $19.00)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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, $38.50)

The Mays of Ventadorn, Tales from Southwest France


by W.S. Merwin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A shapely memoir and literary meditation by the great poet and author of The Lost Upland: Stories of Southwest France. (FRN341, $20.00)

Midi Pyrenees Map 525

Midi Pyrenees Map 525


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • MAP

A nicely detailed (1:200,000), frequently updated regional map of the central Pyrenees, centered on Toulouse. (FRN163, $12.99)

Mont Saint Michel and Chartres

Mont Saint Michel and Chartres


by Henry Brooks Adams

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 398 PAGES

First published at the turn of the century, this classic work is a meditation on the Medieval world as reflected through its most famous religious structures. (FRN44, $17.00)

Oxford Illustrated History of Prehistoric Europe


by Barry W Cunliffe

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 532 PAGES

Dozens of experts contributed essays to this illustrated account of the sweep of early human history in Europe from the Paleolithic to the fall of the Roman Empire, featuring 300 well-integrated maps, photographs and site plans. (EUR32, $31.95)

Pimsleur Quick & Simple French

Pimsleur Quick & Simple French


by Pimsleur Language Method

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

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)

Prehistoric Art in Europe

Prehistoric Art in Europe


by N.K. Sanders

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 508 PAGES

An overview of European prehistoric art, well illustrated with black-and-white photos, line drawings and maps. This book places the cave art in southwestern France within the larger context of prehistoric art. (EUR02, $40.00)

Short Stories in French

Short Stories in French


by Richard Coward

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 214 PAGES

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, $15.00)

To Travel Hopefully, Footsteps In The French Cevennes


by Christopher Rush

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 279 PAGES

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)

The Tour De France, A Cultural History

The Tour De France, A Cultural History


by C. S. Thompson

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

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, $24.95)

Travelers' Tales France

Travelers' Tales France


by James O'Reilly | Larry Habegger

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

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)

Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye

Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye


by Pascal Bonafoux

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and Provence, this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the south of France. Engaging, compact and illustrated with hundreds of photographs. (FRN29, $12.95)

Vive La Revolution, A Stand-up History of the French Revolution


by Mark Steel

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER

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, $15.00)

Walking in France, Exploring France's Great Towns And Finest Landscapes on Foot

Walking in France, Exploring France's Great Towns And Finest Landscapes on Foot


by John Souter | Gillian Souter

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A wonderful guide for the independent traveler, featuring walks in a variety of French locations and settings. (FRN533, $20.00)

Walking in the Dordogne


by Janet Norton

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

An overview of the region and practical guide to 30 recommended walks in the Dordogne, taking in villages, chateaux and other local spots. (FRN516, $22.00)

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries


by Ornella D'Alessio | Marco Santini

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 324 PAGES

Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. (EUR191, $35.00)

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age


by William Manchester

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 322 PAGES

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)

A Year in Provence

A Year in Provence


by Peter Mayle

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 207 PAGES

The original best-selling tale of settling down in Provence, told with warmth and a great deal of humor. It offers a wonderful inside look at the charms and quirks of the people and the countryside in the south of France. (FRN19, $14.95)

 

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