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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.
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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) |
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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, $28.00) |
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages
Johan Huizinga
HISTORY
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, $28.00) |
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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) |
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The Bayeux Tapestry, Monument to a Norman Triumph
Wolfgang Grape
ART & ARCHITECTURE
The story of the Norman conquest of England as told through the scenes depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. This book places Grape's text alongside full color photographs of the tapestry -- an accessible and visually enjoyable summary of events.
(FRN245, $29.95) |
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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, $15.00) |
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Birds of Europe
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Killian Mullarney
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95) |
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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) |
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Cadogan Guide Brittany
Philippe Barbour
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, practical guide in the British series.
(FRN383, $21.95) |
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Cadogan Guide Gascony & the Pyrenees
Dana Facaros
Michael Pauls
GUIDEBOOK
A town-by-town guide to Southwestern France, with 6 color maps.
(FRN446, $19.95) |
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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) |
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The Celts, First Masters of Europe
Chriatiane Eluere
ARCHAEOLOGY
OUT OF PRINT
A colorful pocket-size encyclopedia documenting the art and archaeology of the Celts. With 100 maps and illustrations.
(CLT01, $15.95) |
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Chantemesle, A Normandy Childhood
Robin Fedden
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A lyrical account of an enchanted childhood in rural Normandy.
(FRN396, $20.95) |
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Citizen Soldiers
Stephen Ambrose
HISTORY
Ambrose's account of the battles fought in the year between D-Day and the German surrender, from the U.S. Army's perspective.
(WAR19, $18.00) |
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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) |
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Claude Monet
William Seitz
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A short survey of Monet's greatest works.
(FRN249, $24.95) |
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Claude Monet, The Color of Time
Virginia Spate
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A critically lauded analysis of Monet and his art.
(FRN311, $39.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Debussy and His World
Jane F. Fulcher
MUSIC
Twelve scholarly essays on Debussy and fin-de-siecle Paris in the Bard Music Festival Series.
(FRN518, $29.95) |
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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) |
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Eyewitness Guide Brittany
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A thorough, gorgeously illustrated guidebook.
(FRN401, $25.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide France
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Fodor's Paris' 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
This shirt-pocket map and guide includes essential information on the city's history, highlights and sightseeing, ideal for a short visit to the City of Light.
(FRN41, $11.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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France Map
Michelin
A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(FRN07, $12.95) |
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The French
Theodore Zeldin
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
OUT OF PRINT
A stimulating and very entertaining social history in the guise of a "how-to" book. Zeldin considers, for example, such imponderables as when to laugh at a joke, how to be friends with a peasant, and how to eat properly.
(FRN31, $24.95) |
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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, $14.95) |
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French Provincial Cooking
Elizabeth David
Juliet Renny
Julia Child
FOOD
More than just a cookbook. In this influential classic, David includes a long introduction on the origins of food traditions in France, and asides on history, food traditions, literature and the pleasures of rural France.
(FRN174, $18.00) |
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French Ways and Their Meaning
Edith Wharton
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A wonderfully readable, elegant look at French civilization written in Paris during the last two years of WWI by the perceptive mind of Edith Wharton.
(FRN55, $14.95) |
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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, $19.95) |
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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, $19.95) |
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A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany
Aubrey Burl
GUIDEBOOK
An excellent guide to finding -- and understanding -- all the major sites, plus a few not-so-well known ones. It includes maps, black-and-white photographs, site diagrams, and a bibliography.
(GBR102, $37.00) |
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Henri Matisse 1869-1954, Master of Color
Volkmar Essers
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A slim collection of 300 color reproductions.
(ART45, $9.99) |
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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, $15.00) |
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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, $15.00) |
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I'll Never be French (No Matter What I Do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany
Mark Greenberg
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Utterly under the influence of Madame P., Mark Greenberg, an American, in his 40s, somehow finds himself buying an old stone house in Brittany (literally, Finistre, the end of the world), falling haplessly in love with the French and French way of life.
(FRN793, $24.00) |
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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) |
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Insight Compact Guide Brittany
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A compact guide to Brittany.
(FRN194, $7.95) |
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Insight Guide Normandy
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
OUT OF PRINT
An overview of Normandy for the traveler, featuring excellent maps, color photographs and short essays.
(FRN78, $21.95) |
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Le Divorce
Diane Johnson
LITERATURE
This wonderfully written novel doubles as a study of French and American convention.
(FRN56, $15.00) |
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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, $16.00) |
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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, $16.00) |
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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) |
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
Cornelius Ryan
HISTORY
Long the standard history of the Allied invasion of Normandy, Ryan's visceral account of men at war is skillfully written and accurate. First published in 1959.
(FRN382, $15.00) |
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Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
LITERATURE
The landmark novel of a woman who suffers in search of relief from her humdrum life in a provincial village outside Rouen.
(FRN301, $12.00) |
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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, $38.50) |
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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, $38.50) |
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Michelin Green Guide Brittany
Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK
A thorough introduction to Brittany, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions.
(FRN90, $21.99) |
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Michelin Green Guide Normandy
Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK
COMING IN APRIL
A thorough introduction to Normandy and the Channel islands in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions. Organized alphabetically, we like it for its broad coverage, and especially for its excellent local maps.
(FRN89, $21.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Normandy
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An oversized, full color photographic celebration of the villages, churches, chateaux, harbors, and coastlines of Normandy.
(FRN647, $40.00) |
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A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A treasure for anyone interested in Parisian cafe society and its luminaries circa 1925. Hemingway includes sharp portraits of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Maddox Ford and others who idled on their way to greatness.
(FRN26, $15.00) |
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My Father's Glory
Yves Robert
LITERATURE
The screen adaptation of the first half of the memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, set largely in the sunny fields of Provence.
(FRN451, $19.98) |
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My Father's Glory
Yves Robert
LITERATURE
The screen adaptation of the first half of the memoirs of Marcel Pagnol, set largely in the sunny fields of Provence.
(FRN451, $19.98) |
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National Geographic 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) |
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Normandy Map 513
Michelin
A colorful, detailed map of Normandy at a scale of 1:200,000, featuring Rouen, Le Havre and the route of the Seine from west of Paris to the Atlantic.
(FRN49, $12.95) |
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The Normans
Trevor Rowley
HISTORY
An archaeological perspective on the Normans with a good, illustrated chapter on castles.
(EUR176, $27.50) |
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Overlord, D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
Max Hastings
HISTORY
A readable and well researched account of "Operation Overlord," the name given to the Allied Invasion of Europe.
(WAR20, $16.95) |
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Pegasus Bridge
Stephen Ambrose
HISTORY
Detailed and engrossing, this volume tells of the British airborne troops whose attack on German defense forces on June 6, 1944, opened the door for the Allied invasion of Normandy.
(WAR18, $14.00) |
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Perfume, The Story of a Murderer
Patrick Suskind
LITERATURE
The chilling tale of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a monster in pursuit of the prefect perfume, rich in the earthy details of 18th-century Paris.
(FRN69, $14.00) |
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
John Ure
HISTORY
Former British Ambassador Sir John Ure relates the stories of medieval Christian pilgrimage during the 500 years of its peak between 1066 and 1536.
(EUR202, $15.95) |
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
John Ure
HISTORY
Former British Ambassador Sir John Ure relates the stories of medieval Christian pilgrimage during the 500 years of its peak between 1066 and 1536.
(EUR202, $15.95) |
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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) |
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The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
Ina Caro
HISTORY
Time travel through France by way of its finest castles, chateaux, cathedrals and monasteries. This unusual travelogue is an invaluable companion for traveling in Paris, southern France, the Dordogne and the Loire Valley, combining personal observation with large doses of well-presented history.
(FRN03, $17.00) |
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Seas of Gold, Seas of Cotton: Christophe Poulain Dubignon of Jekyll Island
Martha L. Keber
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A history of 18th-century sea-trade and a biography of Christophe Poulain Dubignon, a Frenchman whose adventures took him from his home in Brittany into the service of the French India Company and finally to a life on Georgia's Jekyll Island.
(USS368, $44.95) |
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Secrets of Monet's Garden, Bringing the Beauty of Monet's Style to Your Own Garden
Derek Fell
NATURAL HISTORY
OUT OF PRINT
A study of the world-famous gardens at Giverny and Monet's philosophy of color and light.
(FRN36, $27.50) |
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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) |
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The Silent World
Jacques Cousteau
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
This memoir relives Jacques Cousteau's invention of SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) and his first experiences with underwater exploration. 50th anniversary edition.
(OCE86, $15.00) |
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The Silent World
Jacques Cousteau
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
This memoir relives Jacques Cousteau's invention of SCUBA (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus) and his first experiences with underwater exploration. 50th anniversary edition.
(OCE86, $15.00) |
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Six Armies in Normandy, From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
John Keegan
HISTORY
A provocative account of the invasion of Normandy and the battles that proceeded it. Keegan's intense descriptions of the war in northern France are accompanied by perceptive analysis of the military tactics that resulted in Allied victory.
(FRN118, $16.00) |
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South Wind Through the Kitchen, The Best of Elizabeth David
Elizabeth David
FOOD
A selection of 200 recipes and travel essays from Elizabeth David's nine influential books, including Book of Mediterranean Food and French Country Cooking.
(MED30, $18.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Travelers' Tales Paris
James O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY
OUT OF PRINT
This diverse collection of well-chosen, mostly modern tales by mostly foreign writers includes short excerpts by Edmund White, Jan Morris, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Julian Green.
(FRN25, $18.95) |
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
Marybeth Bond
Mary Morris
ANTHOLOGY
Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95) |
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
Marybeth Bond
Mary Morris
ANTHOLOGY
Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95) |
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Upper and Lower Normandy Map
IGN
COMING IN APRIL
A map that covers the route of the Seine from Paris to the Atlantic Ocean.
(FRN231, $11.95) |
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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, $15.00) |
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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) |
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William the Conqueror, The Norman Impact Upon England
David C. Douglas
HISTORY
A classic account of the Norman invasion of England and its aftermath.
(GBR249, $24.95) |
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Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries
Ornella D'Alessio
Marco Santini
FOOD
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) |
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Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries
Ornella D'Alessio
Marco Santini
FOOD
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) |
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A Woman's Story
Annie Ernaux
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A lovely, impressionistic tribute to the author's mother, who lived much of her life in Yvelot in Normandy.
(FRN218, $8.95) |
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
William Manchester
HISTORY
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) |
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