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FRANCE
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Companion Guide Burgundy
Robert Speaight
Francis Pagan
GUIDEBOOK
2000
PAPER
385 PAGES
A personable district-by-district guide to Burgundy, this intelligent (and very British) book interweaves maps, some illustrations and plenty of opinionated detail regarding local geography, history and culture. Revised and updated by Francis Pagan.
(FRN73, $34.95) |
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Discovering Wine Country, Burgundy
Patrick Matthews
GUIDEBOOK
2005
PAPER
144 PAGES
Both a guide to wine and to wine country, this handy guide, featuring 100 color photographs and 18 maps, includes an overview of the wines of Burgundy, suggested wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers. Patrick Matthews, general editor of the series, has a home in Burgundy.
(FRN499, $19.95) |
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The Food of France
Waverly Root
FOOD
1992
PAPER
450 PAGES
An aromatic and and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970's, this book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace), and Oil (the south). A great read for anyone interested in the foundation of French cuisine.
(FRN17, $17.95) |
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Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
1995
PAPER
175 PAGES
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A slim encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. This volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and more information than you would imagine between its slim covers. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe.
(MED07, $12.95) |
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Burgundy Map
Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
An up-to-date regional map at the good scale of 1:200,000 published by Michelin. It's map number 519 in a series of 21 regional maps, an easy-to-fold reference with good topographic details, city plans and attractions.
(FRN84, $11.95) |
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Burgundy & Franch-Compte
AAA Publishing
This clear regional map covers the heart of France from Dijon to Lyon, including portions of the Rhone and Saone rivers, at a scale of 1:800,000.
(FRN664, $8.95) |
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Saone-et-Loire Map
Institut Geographique National
This departmental map covers Burgundy south of Dijon at a scale of 1:250,000.
(FRN662, $9.95) |
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Barging In Burgundy: Boating, Exploring, Wining & Dining
Erasmus Kloman
GUIDEBOOK
Kloman offers a down-to-earth, you-can-do-it-too account of renting and piloting a barge on the waterways of Burgundy in this practical book. It's a winning combination of travelogue and guidebook.
(FRN492, $12.95) |
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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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Rick Steves' French Phrase Book & Dictionary
Rick Steves
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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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Burgundy and its Wines
Nicholas Faith
FOOD
A marvelously well-informed and illustrated guide to Burgundy as seen though its famous wine and wine producers.
(FRN761, $19.95) |
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Cote D'or, A Celebration of the Great Wines of Burgundy
Clive Coates
FOOD
An in-depth guide to the region's wines. Coates introduces every major grower and his wines, analyzes climatological effects, and profiles the top wines by year, climate, and region.
(FRN645, $65.00) |
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Long Ago in France, The Years in Dijon
M.F.K. Fisher
FOOD
A memoir of Fisher's years in France in the late '20s and early '30s, a time of exuberant discoveries of the glories of French food and French culture.
(FRN21, $12.00) |
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The Cook and the Gardener, A Year of Recipes and Writings from the French Countryside
Amanda Hesser
FOOD
An American cook in Burgundy, the author records her recipes and growing fondness for a very French gardener, in this narrative cookbook. It includes 250 recipes and some fine observations on local people and places.
(FRN85, $32.50) |
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A Traveller's History of France
Robert Cole
HISTORY
This fast-moving survey covers the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times.
(FRN08, $14.95) |
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
William Manchester
HISTORY
In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99) |
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French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
Polly Platt
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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) |
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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, $25.00) |
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
Peter Abelard
Betty Radice
HISTORY
The correspondence of the famous 12th-century lovers, translated from the medieval French. This Penguin Classic edition translated by Betty Radice. Peter Abelard's "Historia Calamitatum" is a classic.
(FRN75, $15.00) |
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Burgundy
James Bentley
Hugh Palmer
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Divided geographically, this handsome book is an illustrated portrait of the region, its landscape, architecture and people. With maps, a travel guide and 260 photographs.
(FRN80, $40.00) |
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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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Two Lives of Charlemagne
Nofker the Stammerer Einhard
Lewis G.M. Thorpe
HISTORY
Two 8th-century histories of Charlemagne and his military conquests. Both present a vivid account of his life and times, already establishing him as a legendary character.
(FRN77, $15.00) |
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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, $17.95) |
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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 Secret Life of the Seine
Mort Rosenblum
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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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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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Fire in the Blood
Irene Nemirovsky
LITERATURE
Nemirovsky explores in this exquisite short novel the passion of youth and ties of family in provincial France in the years before WWII.
(FRN711, $12.95) |
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In a Dark Wood Wandering, A Novel of the Middle Ages
Hella Haasse
LITERATURE
With a cast of thousands including Joan of Arc and the Dukes of Burgundy, this 1949 historical novel renders the political intrigue, people and texture of 15th-century Europe. Haasse captures medieval court life during the Hundred Years War.
(FRN86, $21.95) |
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The Botanist and the Vintner, How Wine Was Saved for the World
Christy Campbell
SCIENCE
In this witty book Campbell interweaves a dramatic tale of the devastation of vineyards in 1860's France with French cultural history and a tale of the mad scramble by scientists (along with witches, priests and mystics) to discover the cause and cure. The French were none too pleased that salvation (as well as the disease) came in the form of American root stock.
(FRN497, $14.95) |
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