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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Loire Valley
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 264 PAGES
Visually rich, comprehensive, and practical, this guidebook is an excellent introduction to the history, culture and attractions of the Loire Valley. Highly recommended.
(FRN43, $23.00) |
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Lonely Planet French Phrasebook
• Marie-Helene Girard
• Anny Monet
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •
2011 •
PAPER
This handy phrasebook focuses on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler.
(FRN120, $8.99) |
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A Traveller's History of France
• Robert Cole
HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
An exceptionally well-written survey of French history from the paleolithic to the present. It includes the conquests of ancient Gaul, the heady days of revolution and modern times in its fast-moving 238 pages. With maps, a useful chronology and a list of popes and emperors.
(FRN08, $14.95) |
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France, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• William Rodarmor
ANTHOLOGY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
From the excellent Traveler's Literary Companion series, this collection contains literary gems from all corners of France, not just Paris. Interesting stories written by great 20th-century French writers, from Colette to Georges Simenon.
(FRN767, $14.95) |
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France Centre Map 518
• Michelin Travel Publications
MAP
A colorful map of central France, including the Loire valley, Tours, Orleans and Bourges, at a scale of 1:200,000. Two Sides. 39x52 inches.
(FRN241, $11.95) |
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Also Recommended
Cycling the River Loire, The Way of St Martin
• John Higginson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to cycling the country lanes and byways along the Loire.
(FRN515, $18.95)
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Footprint Loire Valley
• Roger Moss
• GUIDEBOOK
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A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information on accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler.
(FRN897, $21.95)
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French or Foe?
• Polly Platt
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN
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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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Made in France, A Shopper's Guide
• Laura Morelli
• GUIDEBOOK
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Both a fascinating history of France's artisanal legacy and an insider's shopping guide, Made in France includes illustrations, maps, a primer on French shopping culture, and craft festivals.
(FRN706, $24.95)
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Corkscrewed, Adventures in the New French Wine Country
• Robert V. Camuto
• FOOD
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An American journalist living in the south of France, Camuto travels far afield from Bordeaux visiting new winemakers from the Alsace to Mayonnaise, Corsica and Burgundy for this celebration of the culture and diversity of French wine.
(FRN938, $15.95)
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The Food of France
• Waverly Root
• FOOD
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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)
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong
• Jean-Benoit Nadeau
• Julie Barlow
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This lively, astute examination by two Canadian journalists tackles the contradictions and complexities of the French character, paying particular attention to the question of why the French resist globalization.
(FRN755, $16.95)
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Speak the Culture France
• Andrew Whittaker
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This helpful guide with a sense of humor provides an overview of historic and contemporary French culture, including literature, performing arts, fashion, communications and, of course, food.
(FRN885, $24.95)
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The Age of the Cathedrals, Art and Society 980-1420
• Georges Duby
• HISTORY
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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
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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, $30.00)
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The Most Beautiful Villages of the Loire
• James Bentley
• Hugh Palmer
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An illustrated portrait of the region, its landscape, architecture, and people, featuring 275 color photographs and accompanying lively essays by Francophile James Bentley.
(FRN483, $40.00)
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The Road from the Past, Traveling through History in France
• Ina Caro
• HISTORY
• BEST SELLER
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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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Art and Architecture in France, 1500-1700
• Richard Beresford
• Anthony Blunt
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A depiction of artistic endeavors which were born in 16th- and 17-century France.
(FRN242, $40.00)
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Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Adventures on the Wine Route, A Wine Buyer's Tour of France
• Kermit Lynch
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A delightful and warmly anecdotal book, highly recommended for anyone touring the wine regions of France. The book brings the domains and appellations of French wine to full-blown life, and Lynch's portraits of the grand personalities who make the wine are priceless.
(FRN72, $19.00)
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French Revolutions, Cycling the Tour De France
• Tim Moore
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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British humorist, travel writer -- and woefully inexperienced cyclist -- Moore attempts to tackle the Tour de France, all 2,256 miles of it, in this hilarious, irreverent travelogue.
(FRN387, $15.99)
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Chocolat
• Joanne Harris
• LITERATURE
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This charming novel set in the Loire Valley pits provincial morals against pleasure. Adapted into a popular movie.
(FRN484, $15.00)
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France in Mind
• Alice Powers
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN FEBRUARY
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This wonderful selection of essays, excerpts and stories filters the experience of being in France through the lens of 33 British and American writers.
(FRN384, $14.00)
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Travelers' Tales France
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
• ANTHOLOGY
• COMING IN
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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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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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