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These 4 items are available for $65, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXFRN277)

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)
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)
Travelers' Tales Provence  •  Tara Austen Weaver  •  James O'Reilly ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 262 PAGES A sampling of true tales, 8-14 pages each, by a cast of mostly modern writers, journalists and travelers, including the ever-present Peter Mayle, lovely Lawrence Durrell, wine-maven Kermit Lynch and philosopher Alain de Botton. (FRN410, $16.95)
Vaucluse Map  •  IGN MAP A French-made recreational map of the Vaucluse region of Provence at a very nice scale of 1:100,000. (FRN357, $12.95)

Discovering Wine Country, South of France  •  Jonathan Healey   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy guide, featuring 100 color photographs and 12 maps, includes suggested wine tours, traveler's tips and recommended producers. (FRN500, $19.95)
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)
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)
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)
The French  •  Theodore Zeldin   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN  •  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)
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)
Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye  •  Pascal Bonafoux   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • FAVORITE  •  From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and Provence, this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the south of France. Engaging, compact and illustrated with hundreds of photographs. (FRN29, $12.95)
A Year in Provence  •  Peter Mayle   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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. (FRN19, $13.00)
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)
My Father's Glory and My Mother's Castle  •  Marcel Pagnol   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Best known as a filmmaker, Pagnol evokes his childhood in Provence and Marseilles fifty years ago. These memoirs sparkle with delight in the people, landscapes and daily life of southern France. (FRN178, $28.00)
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)
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)