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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $61, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFRN440)		  
Tour De France, The History, the Legend, the Riders  •  Graeme Fife
SPORT •  2011 •  PAPER  • 496 PAGES
Fife provides compelling insights into the mystique of the Tour, the ultimate tests for professional cyclists. (FRN886, $19.95)		   Tour De France, The History, the Legend, the Riders
French Revolutions, Cycling the Tour De France  •  Tim Moore
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  PAPER  • 277 PAGES
In this ill-advised escapade, British humorist, travel writer -- and woefully inexperienced cyclist -- Moore (Frost on my Moustache) tackles the Tour de France. His lightweight account is great fun and you can't help but admire his determination. He didn't actually compete in the race, but he did finish (several weeks ahead of the actual event) the entire course. Apart from making hilarious fun of himself, Moore includes extended riffs on the history of the race and some its more famous personalities, wacky travelogue, and brief character sketches of headstrong proprietresses and shop clerks. (FRN387, $15.99)		   French Revolutions, Cycling the Tour De France
It's Not about the Bike, My Journey Back to Life  •  Sally Jenkins  •  Lance Armstrong
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2001 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES
Not just an inspirational account of Armstrong's battle with cancer, this memoir reveals the athlete's scrappy youth, coming-of-age, marriage, fatherhood -- and a great deal about the elite world of championship cycling. (GEN258, $16.00)		   It's Not about the Bike, My Journey Back to Life
Midi Pyrenees Map 525  •  Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A nicely detailed (1:200,000), frequently updated regional map of the central Pyrenees, centered on Toulouse. All of France is covered in 21 maps. Two Sides. 39x56 inches. (FRN163, $12.99)		   Midi Pyrenees Map 525



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Cycle Touring In France  •  Stephen Fox   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide to eight week and two-week bicycle tours, including routes through Brittany, Picardy, Alsace, Auvergne, Languedoc, Provence, Dordogne, Lot, the Alps and Pyrenees. (FRN686, $19.95)
 		  
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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)
 		  
French or Foe?  •  Polly Platt   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN  •  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)
 		  
Getting Back in Shape, 32 Workout Programs for Lifelong Fitness  •  Ed Burke   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide features advice from four experts: Mr. Universe Bill Pearl (weight training); Stretching author Bob Anderson (stretching); Olympic cyclist Ed Burke (aerobic exercise); and Olympic runner Jeff Galoway (tackling fat). (GEN269, $16.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet Cycling France  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Here's a practical, cycle-themed guide to France, offering the usual Lonely Planet detail on where to stay and eat -- plus the best bike routes and an overview of the Tour de France. (FRN356, $24.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet French Phrasebook  •  Marie-Helene Girard  •  Anny Monet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)
 		  
Michelin Green Guide Languedoc Roussillon Tarn Gorges,  •  Michelin Travel Publications   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A venerable driving guide to the Langedoc region by Michelin, organized alphabetically and featuring detailed local maps. (FRN265, $21.99)
 		  
The Cyclist's Training Bible  •  Joe Friel   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Technical, yet comprehensive, this terrific guide, designed for the serious cyclist, has all the tools to help stay healthy and get in shape. (BCY10, $24.95)
 		  
The Essential Touring Cyclist, A Complete Course for the Bicycle Traveler  •  Richard A. Lovett   • REFERENCE  •  Whether you're heading out for five hours or five months, this vividly illustrated and resource-rich guide to bicycle touring delivers. With hints for planning your tour, safe riding techniques and advice on traveling with your bike. (BCY01, $16.95)
 		  
Blazing Saddles, The Cruel and Unusual History of the Tour De France  •  Matt Rendell   • HISTORY  •  Award-winning sports writer Rendell relates the riotous history of cycling's most popular race. Includes over 100 classic photographs. (FRN964, $24.95)
 		  
France from the Air  •  Yann Arthus-Bertrand   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This spectacular book of photographs, one in a series by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, showcases the rivers, fields, landscapes and cities of France in a series of dramatic low-altitude shots. With a introductory history and descriptive captions. (FRN598, $55.00)
 		  
Pop-up Tour De France, The World's Greatest Bike Race  •  Pamela Pease   • SPORT  •  The enterprising Pamela Pease, devoted practitioner of the moveable book, presents a delightful and informative history, guide and celebration of the 200 cyclists in the Tour de France. With popup cyclists, mountains, a glossary of participants and more. (FRN831, $36.00)
 		  
The Discovery of France  •  Graham Robb   • HISTORY  •  Winner of the 2008 Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize, Robb's erudite portrait, the result of time both in the library and on his bicycle, marvelously illuminates the rural byways, history and charting of France. (FRN770, $17.95)
 		  
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, $24.95)
 		  
We Might as Well Win  •  Lance Armstrong  •  Johan Bruyneel   • SPORT  •  Whether mounting a difficult climb, managing a team of 30 riders and 40 support staff from a miniature car hurtling along narrow European roads or looking a future legend in the eye and willing him to believe, Bruyneel's coaching acumen works: eight Tour de France victories. (BCY12, $14.95)
 		  
Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France  •  Kermit Lynch   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A delightful and warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. Lynch brings the domains and appellations of French wine to full-blown life, and his portraits of the grand personalities who make the wine are priceless. (FRN72, $19.00)
 		  
Paris to the Moon  •  Adam Gopnik   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Gopnik writes with candor and humor about Paris and Parisian ways in these charming reflections on adapting to life abroad. (FRN208, $16.00)
 		  
France, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  William Rodarmor   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This collection contains literary gems from all corners of France--not just Paris--by a select group of 20th-century French writers, from Colette to Georges Simenon. (FRN767, $14.95)
 		  
North Wind in Your Spokes, A Novel of the Tour de France  •  Hans Blickensdorfer   • LITERATURE  •  German sportswriter Blickdorfer crafts suspense out his tale of the race, a heady mix of ambition, drugs, bad behavior and the thrill of cycling. (FRN386, $13.00)
 		  
The Quotable Cyclist, Great Moments of Bicycling Wisdom, Inspiration and Humor  •  Bill Strickland   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This trove features pearls of wisdom on cycling from Lance Armstrong, John F. Kennedy, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells and many, many more. (BCY03, $13.00)
 		  
 
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