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Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
• Kermit Lynch
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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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Battle of Normandy 1944 Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
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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
• David Wilson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated, full-color reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry, whose colorful embroidery and Latin text tell the story of the Norman victory over England in 1066. The detailed reproduction shows stiches clearly and is enhanced by Wilson's accompanying text.
(FRN445, $50.00)
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The Bayeux Tapestry, Monument to a Norman Triumph
• Wolfgang Grape
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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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
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Liebling captues with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine.
(FRN32, $14.00)
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Blue Guide Burgundy
• Ian Ousby
• GUIDEBOOK
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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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Chantemesle, A Normandy Childhood
• Robin Fedden
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A lyrical account of an enchanted childhood in rural Normandy.
(FRN396, $20.95)
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Citizen Soldiers
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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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
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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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Claude Monet
• William Seitz
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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
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A critically lauded analysis of Monet and his art.
(FRN311, $39.95)
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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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The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
• Vincent Van Gogh
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A handsome three volume set containing all the available letters written by Vincent Van Gogh.
(NTH35, $100.00)
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D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy
• Anthony Kemp
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A pocket-size illustrated encyclopedia, the book transports you to the beaches with its fold-out maps, battle plans, birds-eye views of the terrain, and hundreds of illustrations.
(FRN30, $12.95)
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D-Day June 6, 1944, The Climactic Battle of World War II
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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Written by the best-selling historian Stephen Ambrose, this well researched book draws together interviews and recent government documents to tell the gripping tale of June 6, 1944. It's a comprehensive account of D-Day. With 32 pages of photos and eight maps.
(FRN40, $18.00)
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A Day in the Country and Other Stories
• Guy de Maupassant
• LITERATURE
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A collection of 28 of de Maupassant's short stories, set mostly in the writer's native Normandy.
(FRN307, $10.95)
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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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Eyewitness Guide France
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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
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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
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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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Fodor's Paris' 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A shirt-pocket map and practical guide to Paris, including essential information on the city's highlights, guidelines for sightseeing, and restaurant recommendations.
(FRN41, $11.95)
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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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France Map
• Michelin
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A colorful, accurate and up-to-date map of France at a scale of 1:1,000,000.
(FRN07, $11.95)
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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 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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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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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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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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Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception
• Belinda Thomson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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 Guide Normandy
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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An overview of Normandy for the traveler, featuring excellent maps, color photographs and short essays.
(FRN78, $21.95)
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Joan of Arc
• Mary Gordon
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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In this contemplative biography, Mary Gordon analyzes the legend of the 'Maid of Orleans" while examining the history of criticism surrounding her canonization. A volume in the "Penguin Lives" series.
(FRN198, $19.95)
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Le Divorce
• Diane Johnson
• LITERATURE
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This wonderfully written novel doubles as a study of French and American convention.
(FRN56, $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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Little-known Museums in and Around Paris
• Rachel Kaplan
• GUIDEBOOK
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A high quality, illustrated guide to off-the-beaten-path museums in Paris. The author presents thirty little-known artistic, cultural and historic museums on subjects ranging from music to crystal dolls to magic.
(FRN16, $19.95)
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The Longest Day: June 6, 1944
• Cornelius Ryan
• HISTORY
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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
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The landmark novel of a woman who suffers in search of relief from her humdrum life in a provincial village outside Rouen.
(FRN301, $11.00)
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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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Michelin Green Guide Normandy
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $21.95)
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Monet's Years at Giverny, Beyond Impressionism
• David Wildenstein
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• OUT OF PRINT
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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
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A colorful pocket-size reference to Monet's life, paintings and contemporaries, perfect for those visiting Giverny.
(FRN35, $12.95)
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A Moveable Feast
• Ernest Hemingway
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A treasure for anyone interested in Parisian cafe society circa 1925 and portraits of its luminaries. Hemingway includes sharp portraits of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Maddox Ford and others who were idling on their way to greatness.
(FRN26, $15.00)
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Normandy Map 513
• Michelin
• CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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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, $11.95)
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On Rue Tatin, Living and Cooking in a French Town
• Susan Herrmann Loomis
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A refreshingly direct, affectionate memoir of making a home -- and cooking -- in Louviers.
(FRN308, $14.95)
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Overlord, D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
• Max Hastings
• HISTORY
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A readable and well researched account of "Operation Overlord," the name given to the Allied Invasion of Europe.
(WAR20, $22.95)
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Paul Cezanne
• Meyer Schapiro
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A short analysis of the Impressionist painter Cezanne and his work.
(FRN250, $24.95)
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Pegasus Bridge
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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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, $13.00)
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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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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 Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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)
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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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Seas of Gold, Seas of Cotton: Christophe Poulain Dubignon of Jekyll Island
• Martha L. Keber
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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, $39.95)
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The Secret Life of the Seine
• Mort Rosenblum
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Rosenblum, a born storyteller, takes to a houseboat moored on the Seine after losing his Paris apartment. This entertaining tour of people and place is his account of his explorations along the river.
(FRN48, $17.50)
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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
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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
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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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Six Armies in Normandy, From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
• John Keegan
• HISTORY
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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
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A selection of 200 recipes and travel essays from Elizabeth David's nine influential books, including Book of Mediterranean Food and French Country Cooking. With illustrations from the original Penguin Cookery editions. As Julian Barnes notes in his appreciative introduction, David stood for excellence of ingredients, simplicity of preparation, respect for tradition and for region.
(MED30, $18.95)
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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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A Traveler's Guide to D-Day and the Battle for Normandy
• Carl Shilleto
• Mike Tolhurst
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide to Normandy's WWII battlefields, memorials, sites and cemeteries.
(FRN330, $14.95)
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Travelers' Tales Paris
• James O'Reilly
• ANTHOLOGY
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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
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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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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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Upper and Lower Normandy Map
• IGN
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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
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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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William the Conqueror, The Norman Impact Upon England
• David C. Douglas
• HISTORY
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A classic account of the Norman invasion of England and its aftermath.
(GBR249, $22.95)
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A Woman's Story
• Annie Ernaux
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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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