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	Eyewitness Guide Provence & the Cote D'Azur  •  Roger Williams GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES This superb guide, another entry in the excellent Eyewitness series, features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of attractions in both Provence and the Riviera. Handsome, comprehensive and convenient, this is the guide to carry. (FRN18, $23.00)
	A Year in Provence  •  Peter Mayle TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 207 PAGES The original best-selling tale of settling down in Provence, told with warmth and a great deal of humor. It offers a wonderful inside look at the charms and quirks of the people and the countryside in the south of France. From the best meals in the valley to shady dealings with black-market truffle-hunters to the trials of finding construction workers who will finish their work within a given decade, this loving, mirth-filled picture of the Vaucluse is a mouth-watering treat. (FRN19, $13.00)
	The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France  •  Ina Caro HISTORY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 339 PAGES 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)
	Vaucluse Map  •   IGN MAP A French-made recreational map of the Vaucluse region of Provence at a very nice scale of 1:100,000. One Side. 38x43 inches. (FRN357, $12.95)

	The Food of France  •  Waverly Root   • FOOD  •  An evocative and beautifully written survey of French food. First published in 1958 and revised in the mid-1970s, this book covers the important regions of French cuisine by dividing them into domains of Butter (northern France), Fat (Alsace), and Oil (the south). (FRN17, $17.95)
	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)
	Market Day in Provence  •  Michele de la Pradelle  •  Amy Jacobs  •  Jack Katz   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A fascinating examination of the French institution of the outdoor market through an in-depth look at the market at Carpentras. (FRN527, $35.00)
	The French  •  Theodore Zeldin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • OUT OF PRINT  •  A stimulating and very entertaining social history in the guise of a "how-to" book. Zeldin considers, for example, such imponderables as when to laugh at a joke, how to be friends with a peasant, and how to eat properly. (FRN31, $17.00)
	The Most Beautiful Villages of Provence  •  Michael Jacobs   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This oversize book, which includes the life and landscapes of 34 small towns, is an informative, stunning keepsake. (FRN28, $40.00)
	Cezanne in Provence  •  Evmarie Schmitt   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A compact overview of Cezanne with a focus on his images of Provence, featuring color reproductions of 50 oil and watercolor paintings. (FRN507, $9.95)
	In the South of France  •  Don Krohn   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Invoking artists and authors captivated by Provence and the south of France, this gorgeous collection of photographs also features an introduction to the history and culture of the region and generous excerpts from writers inspired by the south of France. (FRN192, $45.00)
	French Dirt, The Story of a Garden in the South of France  •  Richard Goodman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Another story of a foreigner transplanted to the south of France. This captivating tale, set near Avignon, is noteworthy for Goodman's willingness to work, passion for horticulture and his frank portrait of his neighbors. (FRN417, $13.00)
	The Magic of Provence, Pleasures of Southern France  •  Yvone Lenard   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The adventures and misadventures of a French woman and her American husband who leave L.A. for a home in the Luberon mountains. (FRN449, $14.00)
	Village in the Vaucluse  •  Laurence Wylie   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A loving portrait of rural Provence and its inhabitants by a sociologist who lived in Roussillon just after WWII. It was a different world then, a traditional village with two telephones and a single cafe. (FRN225, $23.50)
	Travelers' Tales Provence  •  Tara Austen Weaver  •  James O'Reilly   • ANTHOLOGY  •  This sampling of true tales includes an excellent cast of writers, journalists and travelers, including Peter Mayle, Lawrence Durrell, Kermit Lynch and Alain de Botton. (FRN410, $16.95)
	Avignon  •  Marianne Calmann   • LITERATURE  •  An epic tale of the medieval city set in 1346, the year the Black Death comes to Avignon. Calmann captures the intrigues of the court of Pope Clement VI as well as peasants' daily lives in this sweeping novel. (FRN394, $15.95)
	The Sibyl in Her Grave  •  Sarah Caudwell   • MYSTERY  •  A delightful comedy of manners starring Oxford professor and amateur sleuth Hilary Tamar, the last in a series of four. In this installment, the story veers from Britain to Cannes, where the action (as usual) involves taxes and lawyers. (FRN539, $7.99)

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