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Eyewitness Guide Dordogne

Eyewitness Guide Dordogne

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Featuring hundreds of color illustrations, local and regional maps and site diagrams. (FRN580, $25.00)

Lonely Planet French Phrasebook

Lonely Planet French Phrasebook

by Marie-Helene Girard | Anny Monet

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (FRN120, $8.99)

Dordogne Map D24

Dordogne Map D24

by IGN

  • 2010
  • MAP

Centered on Perigueux, this French-made map covers the Dordogne at a scale of 1:200,000. (FRN60, $12.95)

 
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)

Made in France, A Shopper's Guide

Made in France, A Shopper's Guide


by Laura Morelli

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Both a fascinating history of France's artisanal legacy and an insider's shopping guide, the book includes illustrations, maps, a primer on French shopping culture and craft festivals. (FRN706, $24.95)

Michelin Green Guide Dordogne Berry Limousin

Michelin Green Guide Dordogne Berry Limousin


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A thorough introduction to the region in the classic Michelin style. (FRN15, $21.99)

Families of the Vine, Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France

Families of the Vine, Seasons Among the Winemakers of Southwest France


by Michael S. Sanders

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 265 PAGES

A delightful, informative portrait of a venerable winemaking family in Southwest France and the stylish, savory wines of Clos Triguedina, by an American chef who lived in the region. (FRN479, $13.95)

The Food of France

The Food of France


by Waverly Root

  • FOOD
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 450 PAGES

An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, the book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace) and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $18.00)

A Traveller's History of France

A Traveller's History of France


by Robert Cole

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This fast-moving survey covers the conquests of ancient Gaul through the heady days of revolution to modern times. (FRN08, $14.95)

South-West France, The Wines and Winemakers

South-West France, The Wines and Winemakers


by Paul Strang

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 400 PAGES

In this sparkling introduction to a region, winner of the 2009 GOURMAND "Best Wine Atlas/Tourism Book in the World" award, Strang covers the South-West with expertise and enthusiasm providing a history of the wine industry and introducing readers to a wine-lover's paradise that seems to defy globalization. With 70 color illustrations. (FRN795, $50.00)

The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France

The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France


by Ina Caro

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 339 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

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)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages


by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)

Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France

Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France


by Kermit Lynch

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 271 PAGES

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)

A Twist of Orchids

A Twist of Orchids


by Michelle Wan

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

Murder and danger trump Mara Dunn and orchidologist boyfriend Julian Wood's romantic difficulties in this third book in the series by Michelle Wan. Her likeable young characters may be invented but the gorgeous countryside — and many species of orchids, Latin names included, are real. This latest follows The Orchid Shroud (FRN870, $13.95) and Deadly Slipper (FRN631, $13.95). (FRN869, $24.99)

Deadly Slipper

Deadly Slipper


by Michelle Wan

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 301 PAGES

Wan crafts a suspenseful, elegant tale of food, romance and murder out of a search for a long-lost woman in the Dordogne. (FRN631, $15.95)

Death in the Truffle Wood

Death in the Truffle Wood


by Pierre Magnan

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A deft mystery, combining humor, an atmospheric setting in rural Provence and murder. Magnan evokes the folkways and traditions of Banon, a heretofore quiet village devoted to truffles. (FRN671, $13.95)

France, A Traveler's Literary Companion

France, A Traveler's Literary Companion


by William Rodarmor

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

The Dark Vineyard

The Dark Vineyard


by Martin Walker

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

As in Walker's delightful debut, Bruno, Chief of Police (FRN811, $14.95), this second novel is packed with food, wine and the glories of the French countryside. (FRN890, $14.95)

The Orchid Shroud

The Orchid Shroud


by Michelle Wan

  • MYSTERY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

In the second suspenseful novel in the Death in Dordogne series, Mara Dunn again teams with orchidologist Julian Wood, this time to investigate the case of an infant murdered more than 100 years ago. (FRN870, $13.95)

Timeline

Timeline


by Michael Crichton

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

Crichton's blockbuster fantasy combines time travel and adventures in Medieval France. A fast-paced, remarkably well-researched introduction to 14th-century Dordogne and Perigord. (FRN135, $7.99)

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