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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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FRANCE: BORDEAUX

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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)

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)

Michelin Green Guide French Atlantic Coast

Michelin Green Guide French Atlantic Coast


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 474 PAGES

A practical guide to the western coast of France from Nantes and La Rochelle south to Biarritz, with a good fold-out map and helpful local and city maps. (FRN207, $21.99)

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)

 

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